, The 2005 Common Wealth Awards
of Distinguished Service will be presented tonight to five
renowned achievers
at a special ceremony here honoring the individuals and their outstanding
contributions
to the world community. Army for 35 years and rose to the rank of four-star general. He served
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military's top post, and
distinguished himself during
the successful Desert Shield and Desert Storm
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The California
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Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Admission
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Tim Berners-Lee
British computer scientist, Tim Berners
-Lee, 49, revolutionized modern
communication with his landmark invention of the World Wide Web. He
is
now spearheading work on the "Semantic Web," a universal medium that will make
information
understandable by machines as well as humans.
Kip Thorne
For four decades, astrophysicist
Kip Thorne, 64, has been opening new
windows on the universe for scientists and lay audiences alike
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Hayes served on the board of directors of PNC Bank Delaware's predecessor
banks from
1935 to 1965.S. Requisite's products
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Among the past winners are 11
Nobel laureates, including human
rights leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former statesman Henry Kissinger
and
author Toni Morrison. Thorne is the Feynman
Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California
Institute of Technology,
where he has taught since 1966. Atos Origin recently signed an
agreement
to deploy the Requisite solution at a major U.postulate pavlovic
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respected
leader, diplomat and soldier, for Government;
- David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
, Hollywood screenwriter
and pre-eminent dramatist, for Dramatic Arts;
- Tim Berners
-Lee, visionary inventor of the World Wide Web and director
of the World Wide Web consortium
, for Mass Communications;
- Amy Tan, best-selling novelist whose stories explore family ties
,
heritage and the Asian-American experience, for Literature;
- Kip Thorne, foremost
American researcher of black holes and
gravitational waves, for Science and Invention. Mamet
's
critically acclaimed plays include the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glengarry Glen
Ross, American
Buffalo, Speed the Plow and Oleanna. He wins the
2005 Common Wealth Award for Mass Communications
. Tan's popular stories are informed by her
Chinese-American heritage as they explore family ties
and understanding,
memory and inheritance, generational tensions and conflicting cultures. Thorne
has been at the vanguard of researchers studying gravitational waves,
hypothetical ripples in
space produced by disturbances in the universe.
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The Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service were first presented
in
1979 by the Common Wealth Trust, created under the will of the late Ralph
Hayes, an influential
business executive and philanthropist.
"The 2005 Common Wealth Award honorees are global voices
whose
achievements resonate in the arts, science and the political arena," said
Connie Bond Stuart
, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PNC
Bank, Delaware. Over the
past 30 years
, he has achieved international stature as one of the most
influential and original voices in the
history of American drama. Other successful
screenplays include The Untouchables, House of Games
, which marked his
directorial debut, The Spanish Prisoner and Spartan. Berners-Lee envisioned a
global
information space where documents stored on computers everywhere could
be interconnected and available
to everyone.requisite. Parking is
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In these gifted achievers, we see the richness of talent and the
passion for excellence
that inspired Ralph Hayes to create the Common Wealth
Awards.
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General Colin L. A signature
element of
Mamet's writing is his sparse, staccato dialogue, which one reviewer described
as
"poetic impression of streetwise jargon.
Amy Tan
Best-selling novelist, Amy Tan, 53
, is a critically acclaimed and
significant voice in modern Asian-American literature. "Requisite
and its valued business
partners have stayed true to delivering products and services that
help
get manufacturers to the next level of spend management and cost
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Five world-renowned achievers honored
for their outstanding contributions
WILMINGTON, Del. PNC Bank, Delaware has been trustee
and administrator
for the Common Wealth Awards since their inception. Powell, USA (Ret. He
wrote
the underlying technical codes-URLs, HTTP and HTML-created the first Web
server software and the
original browser program. Her subsequent novels, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred
Secret Senses
and The Bonesetter's Daughter further distinguished Tan as one
of America's most gifted fiction writers
.Momentum Building for Spend Data Visibility from Requisite Technology; Data Visibility Required for
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The company's
patented search and content management system
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The awards
also provide an incentive for people to
make future contributions to the world community. He developed
a global hypertext
system to retrieve and access information using the power of the Internet. Both
the Science Center and IMAX Theater are wheelchair accessible.Although the theory of relativity has
been accepted by the scientific community for nearly a century, there are other theories proposed.
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He
went on
to serve as National Security Advisor, becoming the first African-American to
hold the
position, as he has been in every office he has held since. As a screenwriter, he
earned Oscar nominations
for The Verdict and Wag the Dog. He was
one of three renowned scientists who conceived and founded
LIGO--the Laser
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Using LIGO's instruments,
physicists
hope to detect and measure gravitational waves and use them to
probe the nature of gravity and the
dark side of the universe.
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In many cases, manufacturers' cost reduction efforts have
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or realized only minimum gains prior to engagement with Requisite and
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the approximately 80 percent of strategic spend not captured by most
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5 million
in
prize money to 153 honorees of international renown.), 68, has dedicated his life to the service
of his country. Mamet's plays are noted
for their gritty reality as they examine the struggles of
working-class
characters in a morally bereft and predatory society. A Broadway revival of
Glengarry
Glen Ross began April 8. Thorne co-
authored the classic textbook, Gravitation, and he authored the
bestseller for
lay readers, Black Holes and Time Warps, Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. Already helping
large manufacturers dramatically reduce millions of dollars in costs,
Requisite's Spend Data Visibility
products allow companies to
consolidate, cleanse, manage and search cryptic item-level data
located
across corporate systems and facilities.S.
Established in 1993 and headquartered in Westminster,
Colo., with
operations in Toronto, London, and Walldorf, Germany, Requisite's
products and services
are deployed in more than 15 countries. Thorne was recognized for being one of the world's
leading
experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's General
Theory of Relativity and, as stated
on the citation for the award, "for
having trained a generation of scientists."
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details) California Science Center Foundation and Jeffrey N.sorites equivalency
Powell proved himself an influential statesman
as he worked to build
coalitions, forge alliances and spread the universal values of democracy and
freedom across the globe. Her
first book, The Joy Luck Club, published in 1989, tells the poignant
tales of
four Chinese women and their American-born daughters." (AMR Research, "Who is
Master
of Which Master Data?" September 2004) Requisite delivers
products that allow visibility of data
at the item-level, giving
executives a more comprehensive view of spend across their companies.
Requisite Technology develops Spend Data Visibility solutions for
transforming disorganized plant
and product data into consistent
information repositories. Leading providers of business applications
and platforms
make Requisite Technology part of their solutions. In part, his work has dealt with
the prediction of
gravity-wave strengths and their temporal signatures as observed on the
Earth
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The Common Wealth Award roster of honorees reads like a "Who's Who" of
modern history. Other
winners include actor and advocate for the
disabled, the late Christopher Reeve; dance legend Mikhail
Baryshnikov;
primatologist Jane Goodall; former First Lady Betty Ford; ocean explorer
Robert Ballard;
actress Meryl Streep; television journalist Walter Cronkite;
and DuPont scientist, Stephanie Kwolek
, the Delaware resident who helped
invent Kevlar.
"Manufacturers will continue to view cost reduction
as a strategic
imperative well into the future," said Larry Lenhart, chief executive
officer at
Requisite Technology.
"Most companies struggle with search and management of data at the
item
-level, instead focusing on indirect items and spend from just a
few suppliers," Lenhart continued
. Among a handful of
physicists, Professor Thorne is considered one of the world's authorities
on
gravitational waves. Today, QND measurements are discussed
in the context of atomic clocks.
The California Science Center established the California Scientist of the
Year Award in recognition
of the prominent role California plays in the
areas of scientific and technological development.
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He receives
the 2005 Common Wealth Award for Science and Invention.
manufacturer of oil drilling
equipment.supplant timeslip
Now in their 26th year, the awards have conferred more than $3. The awards are funded
by
the Common Wealth Trust. "They have educated, entertained and enlightened people the
world
over. He has never sold or patented the Web for his personal profit. The book became an
immediate
literary sensation, spending nine months on the New York Times
bestseller list.----In a major
landmark
, Requisite Technology, Inc. "As such, we're committing
significant research and development resources
to building the next
generation of Spend Data Visibility products for manufacturers.
Thorne
's contributions to gravity wave research extend to his seminal work
in the area of quantum nondemolition
(QND) measurements and well beyond the
concerns of gravity wave detectors. Of those selected, eleven
have earned the California
Scientist of the Year honors before becoming Nobel Laureates.rognerud m100
(NYSE: PNC
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unification of data is critical to success.com
Requisite Technology, RUS
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Requisite Technology, Inc.grt timeslip
In creating the Common Wealth Awards
, he sought to
recognize outstanding achievement in seven disciplines: dramatic arts,
literature
, science and invention, mass communications, public service,
government, and sociology. Powell's
personal integrity and
pragmatic leadership have earned him the esteem of the American people and
a
place in history as an American icon. Berners-
Lee is director of the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, where he guides the Web's on-going development
. She wins the 2005
Common Wealth Award for Literature. His innovative research has elucidated gravitational
waves,
black holes, neutron stars and the nature of space, time and gravity.
In other news, Atos
Origin, a leading international information
technology (IT) services company, and Cooperation Partner
and Logo
Partner of SAP, has deployed Requisite's products and services to
eleven customers in
its primary European territories.
Professor Kip Thorne of the California
Institute of Technology
was presented the California Scientist of the Year
at this year's Discovery Ball, the California
Science Center's annual gala,
held June 25, 2005. These "signatures" are of great relevance to LIGO
(Laser
Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory), a multi-institution gravity
wave experiment
for which Thorne has been a leading proponent.sorites pavlovic
Her short stories and essays
have appeared in The
Atlantic, Harper's, The New Yorker and others.grt unjustified
Powell was a professional soldier in the
U. In 2001
, President George W. He is acclaimed worldwide for his mentoring of
young scientists and his groundbreaking
work in applying general relativity to
astrophysics.
Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
WESTMINSTER, Colo. Rudolph (right),
Professor Thorne's scientific contributions span the full
range of topics
in general relativity including means to test general relativity against
rival
theories of gravity, applications of relativity to stellar structure
and evolution, black holes and
gravity waves. IMAX Theater tickets vary in price from $4.postulates riemannian
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Win 2005 Common Wealth Awards
com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050423/CLSA001 )
Winners of the 2005
Common Wealth Awards are:
- Gen. Hayes conceived
the awards to reward and encourage the best
of human performance worldwide. Bush appointed Powell 65th Secretary
of State., a provider of Spend
Data
Visibility products and services, today announced enthusiastic
acceptance of its solution
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thousand customers from direct and partner channels. A blue
-ribbon panel
selects a nominee whose work is current and advances the boundaries of any
field
of science.75 to $8.org.
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The honorees will receive a shared prize of $250,000 at tonight
's gala
ceremony, hosted by PNC Bank, Delaware at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. He wins the
2005
Common Wealth Award for Government." His newest play, Romance, made
its world premiere in February
2005 at Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater
Company, a repertory company he co-founded in 1985. In 1991
, he posted the Web software on the
Internet-creating the first Web site-and made it freely available
to the
world. Her essay,
"Mother Tongue," which is included in The Opposite of Fate, was chosen
for
Best American Essays in 1991 and has been widely anthologized.
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The final selection
of the honorees is the decision of the Executory of
the Common Wealth Trust. Berners-Lee dubbed his
new
creation the World Wide Web. In
addition, Requisite's global service partners, including Atos
Origin,
help deliver the infrastructure and services -- in combination with
Requisite's products
-- that make manufacturers' cost reduction
projects successful.supplant riemannian
Powell, USA (Ret. PNC Bank, Delaware
is a
member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
The 2005 winners continue the Common
Wealth legacy of excellence and
achievement. Powell served a four-year term as Secretary of
State
, and stepped down from office on January 26, 2005. Tan has also published her memoirs,
titled The
Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. Why? Most applications only make data visible at the
category
level, leaving executives unsure as to exactly how much they
spend with each supplier, item by item
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Leader, diplomat, statesman and soldier, General Colin L.
David Mamet
David Mamet, 57, winner of the 2005 Common Wealth Award for Dramatic Arts,
is renowned as a playwright
, screenwriter, movie director and author.californiasciencecenter. This category is for sites which claim
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