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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
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Musical tribute cashes in
Touring Broadway show performs Johnny Cash revue tonight
BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommerville@kansan.com
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A tribute to the Man in Black is coming to the Lied Center.
Cast members perform a scene from "Ring of Fire" Sister performs travel with the touring Broadway production that honors the life and music of Johnny Cash.
A touring production company out of New York City will perform a Johnny Cash musical revue tonight.
The Road Company is putting on "Ring of Fire," which premiered in New York in 2006.
The show tells a story, but it doesn't have a plot or scenes like a musical or play. Malty said.
Richard Malty by $J_{\mathrm{r}}$ the director and creator, worked with the Cash family to create a musical image of Cash's life. On the event's Web site, Malty says that it's not designed as a play.
All the music is played live on stage by the company.
The Web site said the show is designed to bring Cash's music to everyone.
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said the center first got interested last year when it heard the show was touring.
"A lot of us on staff are huge Johnny Cash fans, and a lot of people everywhere are huge Johnny Cash fans," Christilles said.
featured hits
The center hoped this would be a popular event because the show is centered on the music of Cash and not just his life.
Christilles also said the center has worked with The Road Company before and have been impressed with its work.
I Walk the Line
Folsom Prison Blues
Ring of Fire
Big River
Get Rhythm
I Still Miss Someone
A Boy Named Sue
"The Lied Center has a really excellent reputation not only because of the quality of our facility and our crew here," Christilles said, "but also because we're here in the Midwest and there's not a lot of theaters this size."
SOURCE: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
The Road Company brought its own technical staff to put on the show. They have a sound person, a light person, a stage manager and other crew members.
About 60 to 80 of the center's own technical staff help load and unload the company's set, costumes and gear.
Three full-time technical directors help oversee the rest of the staff, which is made up of University students.
Sixteen performers, not including understudies, are travelling with the company.
Christilles is excited for the show.
"They're sort of like my kids";
Christilles said. "I'm always excited about the next one coming up."
A USA Today review featured on the center's Web site raves about the show.
— Edited by Katherine Loeck
The review said the show captures many aspects of Cash's life. It calls the singing some of the best on Broadway this season.
and it burns ...
What: Ring of Fire
Where: The Lied Center,
1600 Stewart Drive
When: Tuesday, February
12, 7:30 p.m.
Cost for children/KU students:
$24.50
Cost for adults: $49
》 ENVIRONMENT
Leaders fight global warming United Nations meeting creates a new blueprint
"If 2007 was the year when climate change rose to the top of the global agenda, 2008 is the time we must take concerted action." Ban said at the start of a two-day U.N. General Assembly debate to generate support for a new treaty by 2009 to fight global warming.
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UNITED NATIONS — U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged all nations to join private companies, civic groups and individuals this year in sustaining "the unprecedented momentum" to fight global warming.
General Assembly President
Srgian Kermi join U.N. member
states, government officials and business and civic leaders to the United Nations to follow up December's international climate conference on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. There, delegates from nearly 190 nations agreed to adopt a blueprint to
"The conference delivered what it set out to do," Ban said. "Now the real work begins. The challenge is huge. We have less than two years to craft an agreement on action that measures up to what the science tells us."
In key reports last year, a U.N. network of climate and other scientists warned of severe consequences from rising seas, droughts, severe weather, species extinction and other effects - without sharp cutbacks in emissions of the industrial, transportation and agricultural gases blamed for global warming.
Toavoid the worst, the Nobel Prize-
winning U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced by 25 percent to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 — and by at least half by 2050.
control global warming gases before the end of next year.
The new agreement would replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which requires 36 industrial nations to radically reduce emissions by 2012, when it expires. The United States is the only major industrial country that did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
"This is just as important as stopping nuclear proliferation. This is just as important as stopping terrorism," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday in the keynote address,
"Developed countries need to take a clear lead, but success is possible only if all countries act."
A new agreement needs to be adopted by the end of 2009 to ensure a smooth transition to a new post-Kyoto regime. Before then, Ban said, the international community must
map emission limitation commitments; mobilize the financing needed and technological innovation; and agree on "essential action to adapt to the impacts of
BAN KI-MOON U.N. Secretary General
"Developed countries need to take a clear lead, but success is possible only if all countries act," Ban said. "The more ambitious the commitments by developed countries, the more actions we can expect from developing countries."
climate change."
He called on governments, organizations, and individuals around the world to "help sustain the unprecedented momentum that propelled the climate change agenda forward so dramatically last year."
Kerim said new technologies, renewable energies and more research are essential to solve the problem.
"What is needed is ... global alliance for action, shared by individuals, the media, lawmakers, business leaders, governments, regional organizations and ultimately the global community embodied in the UN," Kerim said. "Only then will we have
Bloomberg said the world's cities can help lead the way toward reducing the greenhouse gases blamed for warming the planet. He also called on the United States to set "real and binding" targets to reduce emissions, instead of the current U.S. strategy that largely relies on voluntary approaches and spending for research and technology.
a chance to tackle this enormous challenge to our way of life"
Special guests at the climate debate include British billionaire Richard Branson, who has decided to invest heavily in "biofuels", and actress Daryl Hannah. Nearly 100 countries have signed up to speak and 20 are sending ministers, assembly spokesman Janos Tisovszky said Friday.
The debate follows a recent report by the secretary-general which said global warming could cost the world up to $20 trillion over two decades for cleaner energy sources and do the most harm to people who can least afford to adapt.
"I believe that the American people are prepared for our responsibility to lead by example," he said.
>> POSTAL SERVICE
Stamp cost to increase by one cent
WASHINGTON — Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more.
The cost of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12, the U.S. Postal Service said Monday.
The price of the Forever stamp will go up at the same time, meaning those stamps can still be purchased for 41 cents but will remain good for first-class postage after the rate increase takes effect.
The post office has sold 5 billion Forever stamps since they were introduced last April and plans to have an additional 5 billion in stock to meet the expected demand before the May price change, the
The charge for other services, such as advertising mail, periodicals, packages and special services will also change. Changes in the price for Priority Mail and Express Mail will be announced later, the agency said.
agency said.
In the past, raising postage rates was a long, complex process involving hearings before the independent Postal Regulatory Commission, a process that could take nearly a year.
Postage rates last went up in May, 2007, with a first-class stamp jumping 2 cents to the current 41-cent rate.
However, under the new law regulating the post office that took effect in late 2006, the agency is allowed to increase rates with 45-days notice as long as changes are within the rate of inflation for the previous year. The Postal Regulatory Commission calculated that rate at 2.9 percent through January, limiting the first-class rate to an increase of just more than a penny.
Under the new law, postal prices will be adjusted annually each May, the Postal Service said. Officials said they plan to give 90-days notice of future changes, twice what is required by law.
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BUSINESS
Station offers cheaper fuel
Kristin Hoppa/KANSAN
Jonan Feddema, professor of geography, pumps Ethanol based fuel at the new Zarc 66 at Nithm and Iowa Monday. Any vehicle made after 1980 can run on the E10 fuel only with vehicles flexible engines can run on EBS, which is cheaper than regular fuel.
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BY ANDY GREENHAW
agreenhaw@kansan.com
New Zarco 66 features two kinds of ethanol fuel
It's called Ethanol, and at the E85 grade, it is about 40 cents cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline, but
A cheaper, alternative fuel is now available at the new Zarco 66 at Ninth and Iowa Streets.
not all cars can use the newly available fuel. There are two different grades of ethanol available at the new gas station: E10 gasoline and E85 ethanol. According to Zarco 66's
ruin their vehicle's engine, which wouldn't be covered under warranty", Merschbrock said.
E10 contains 10 percent ethanol and costs the same amount as regular fuel but is cleaner for the environment said Steve Martin, manager at the new Zarco.
"Because 10 percent of what you're burning isn't fossil fuel, it's 10 percent cleaner to use."
"Because 10 percent of what
STEVE MARTIN
Zarco manager
Web site, any car manufactured after 1980 can use the E10 gasoline, but only vehicles with flexible fuel engines can use the E-85 ethanol.
According to Crown Chevrolet sales manager Kenny Merschbrock, without a flexible engine, any gasoline that contains more than 10 percent ethanol could cause severe damage.
"If anyone uses anything above a 10 percent blend, it could
According to Zarco 66's Web site, the first tank of
you're burning it, it's 10 percent cleaner to use," he said. "But it still costs the same as regular gasoline."
E85 ethanol could cause an engine to run slightly rough because the ethanol will consume water that has accumulated in the fuel tank, but once the water is absorbed in the first tank, it should run normally.
E85 Ethanol also contains 27
While E85 ethanol is more environmentally friendly and cheaper for consumers, that doesn't necessarily mean it's cheaper for everyone said Ilya Tabakh, research associate for the Transportation Research Institute.
percent less energy than gasoline, but gas mileage only decreases 5 to 12 percent because of the increased octane rating, according to the company's Web site. The decrease in fuel efficiency is almost unnoticeable for E10 gasoline.
"Ethanol is more expensive to produce than regular gasoline," he said, "but because the government subsidizes it, it's cheaper for consumers."
Tabakh said that while it may be more expensive now, ethanol is a good transitional fuel because companies are learning a lot more about the infrastructure that's necessary to handle alcohol-based fuels.
— Edited by Nick Mangiaracina