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This fire resistant suit is being burned at 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit for about 12 seconds. If you were wearing this suit with that kind of fire attacking you, there's still a possibility you might suffer some second degree burns. But if you were wearing traditional fire retardent material, well, you'd be dead.
What's so special about this new suit? It's in the material. The material, designed by Lamination Technologies, uses artificial fibers spun into a fire-proof yarn. The material can withstand fire for a long time without ever burning. But the problem is our bodies can't do that. That's why the key of the suit is actually a brand new knitting process that traps air pockets to give even more protection from the fire. Hawt. [New Scientist via Pop Sci]


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"It's not how you start, it's how you finish," Durant told reporters.
"I just tried to stay with it, no matter what. My team mates did a great job screening for me."
Durant's assured performance carried the Thunder to a third West final in four years, in which they will play the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs.
It was far from easy going for Oklahoma City, however, as they had to rally from an 11-point deficit in the third quarter to muscle past the Clippers.
In Game Five, the Thunder were down by 13 in the closing minutes of the fourth but fought back to stun Los Angeles.
The Clippers' Chris Paul, who took most of the blame for that loss with several bad plays in the final few moments, had 25 points and 11 assists in their season-ending defeat.
Blake Griffin added 22 points and eight rebounds.
For Los Angeles, it was a post-season of drama, starting when owner Donald Sterling made racial comments that got him banned for life from the NBA.
"We've gone through a lot of stuff over the last three or four weeks," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "I don't think that's why we didn't win. I don't think we should use that as an excuse."
For the Thunder, Game Five hero Russell Westbrook made just 4-of-15 shots from the field but recorded 19 points and 12 assists.
It was also a solid night for the Oklahoma City bench, although the team lost forward Serge Ibaka to a calf injury in the third quarter.
The Thunder made their push in the third after trailing early, with Oklahoma City using a 7-0 run at the end of the quarter to tie the game at 72-72 before carrying the momentum into the fourth.
As a whole, the Thunder out-scored the Clippers 62-48 in the second half.
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Greg Lupfer, CSU Rams assistant coach, apologizes for remarks to Washington State QB during New Mexico Bowl
Colorado State University defensive line coach Greg Lupfer apologized on Saturday for remarks he made to Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday during the New Mexico Bowl.
Video captured by ESPN — and clipped by the sports blog Deadspin, which first reported the story — appears to show Lupfer directing obscene language and the words of an anti-gay slur (warning: Graphic language in this link) at Halliday near the sidelines during the game. The video does not contain audio.
"I am truly sorry for what I said," Lupfer said in a statement released by the Rams. "It was wrong and those words do not represent who I am and what I believe in. I apologize for the embarrassment I caused for Colorado State University, this team & my family."


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The venerable Takács Quartet initiated on Wednesday a run of classical concerts at Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo that will give the Segerstrom Center a run for its money. Over the next few months the facility, now in its second season, will host concerts by Louis Lortie, Yo-Yo Ma, the Vancouver Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Jeremy Denk, the Pacific Symphony and Barry Douglas. Ears will head south.
Until Wednesday, I had not heard chamber music performed in the hall. First impressions are that it is a little less than ideal for the art form. The string quartet's sound had a lovely bloom on it and the reverberation time was generous, but the size of the hall and the stage worked against intimacy and detail. I sat perhaps 35 feet away from the performers, and a little above, and missed an immediacy in the phrasing and articulation that turned some of the music blurry. When pianist Joyce Yang joined the Takács on the second half, she sounded as if she were in a different room, distant and mushy. When anyone played alone, however, the sound seemed close to ideal.
The hall is tunable, though, so some of the acoustical issues could be ironed out. Many first-timers were in the audience (a show of hands told) and there was clapping between movements (at first) and loud shushing by others. The program contained no notes on the pieces performed, not good.
Founded in 1975, and still including two of its original members, the Takács is among the most respected in the business. It offered warmly expressive, suavely pliant and minutely nuanced accounts of quartets by Haydn (the "Sunrise") and Brahms (Op. 51, No. 1), and, with Yang, of the Piano Quintet by Dvorák.
The thick textures of the Brahms and its intricate counterpoint didn't speak well, but the musicians played it with commitment. I thought they overplayed the Haydn, slighting its wit and simplicity. The Dvorák, with its folk-like melodies and rhythms, emerged strongest, aptly rugged, light and heartfelt in this performance. The Takács play a different program (with the Haydn, without Yang) at Samueli Theater on Friday night.
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Friday Funnies -- President Bush and Elvis
Graceland is of course in my home town of Memphis, TN, where I will be this weekend for the Fourth of July holiday. The clip is a funny Audi commercial featuring an Elvis impersonator. Enjoy.
And in related news, President Bush's trip to Missouri on Wednesday included a visit with "Andrew Benecke, an 18-year-old whose academic achievements earned him the honor of being named a Presidential Scholar this year." Benecke was unable to attend the ceremony at the White House due to treatments he is receiving for bone cancer. As a token of thanks, the Benecke's gave President Bush a copy of John Piper's devotional book, Life As A Vapor. I hope that he will read it and possibly come to love my favorite author as much as I do (HT: Justin Taylor)


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o .-SESP V/ "How," asked the Wall Street Journal on December 23, 1963, "does an attractive maiden fend off the unwanted advances of a wealthy suitor? Often by eloping with someone else." The maiden in the WSJ article was Garrett Corporation, a big Los Angeles maker of gas turbines and "environmental controls," principally in the aerospace industry. The wealthy suitor was Curtiss-Wright Corporation, which had asked for tenders of some 47% of Garrett's stock—enough to gain working control. And the someone else was Signal Oil and Gas Company, a client of our Los Angeles Office. The article told of the financial in-fighting that followed Curtiss-Wright's advances, and it made fascinating reading. We have a sequel to tell —a story about a few long days in October that year when a crew of Los Angeles Office accountants strove mightily to win on another front. As a story it could have come from Omaha or Birmingham, from Buffalo or Orange County—you don't have to be on the staff very long before you have your own tale of working on X assignment—Saturdays, Sundays, and past midnight. And though psychologists might say you can't perform effectively beyond a certain level of fatigue, it's amazing what self-winding our people can do to keep up a high level of performance under do-or-die conditions. In most cases, the heroes are unsung; but the records are there to confound the man who comes new on the engagement next year and tries to puzzle out—"how in the world did those fellows get a job that size done in such a short time?" We recalled Signal-Garrett recently (it was an SEC engagement and involved several accounting questions that were batted around the Executive Office) and we asked the men who did the work to recall "how it was." They came back at us, despite the intervening years, with vivid details. Monday, 8:00 am Rudy Greipel told us how it started, on Monday, October 21, 1963. "I was the senior in charge of the Signal audit. As I drove to work that morning, I was thinking about which assistants I could release, because our interim work was nearly finished, and I forgot to tune in E. E Hutton's business news on the car radio. I realized this as I pulled into the parking lot. Oh well, I thought, probably nothing exciting happened over the weekend anyway." But it had. Ted Middendorf, driving in on the Hollywood freeway, heard the news that Rudy missed, and on it, as it had been for the past month, was the offer by Curtiss-Wright Corporation to buy Garrett stock. But also on the news was a report of a possible merger of Signal and Garrett. Ted was exploring with other assistants the effects such a merger might have on their work assignments when Rudy got off the elevator at the eleventh floor. As 10
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BEVERLY HILLS, California - Tom Hanks wants to be one of the Wright brothers in his next life. Halle Berry and Ben Whishaw would like to come back in feline form. Susan Sarandon wants to remain a woman, and she'd like a great set of singing pipes.
The stars of "Cloud Atlas" - along with British author David Mitchell, who wrote the novel that inspired the genre-bending epic about souls returning and intertwining over the centuries - shared their beliefs and disbeliefs about reincarnation as the film heads to U.S. theaters Friday.
Hanks himself doesn't buy into reincarnation, while Berry, Whishaw, Mitchell, Sarandon and co-stars Hugo Weaving and Jim Sturgess either believe or at least think it's possible that souls come back for an encore.
"I think there's far too many reincarnated Cleopatras to buy into the notion that the exact person comes back as someone else," Sarandon said. "But I do believe that this energy which can't be destroyed when a person dies, where does that go?"
"I've met people that I know I knew, where I had no way of knowing them," Berry said. "I think that comes from some other past-life connection. I never have been able to say, when we're done, we're done. I just choose not to believe that. I don't want to believe that when I die, I just turn into a lump of dust, and that's all there was to me. I want to believe that there's a soul.
"I've seen people die before, like right before my eyes, and I feel like I've seen their souls just leave their body. And I believe it goes somewhere. I don't believe it just goes off into this abyss of nothingness."
Directed by siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski ("The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run"), "Cloud Atlas" spins six stories spanning 500 years, with the actors taking on multiple roles playing the same souls progressing through the ages.
Here are their thoughts on their next-life prospects.
Hanks (interviewed alongside Berry): One of the Wright brothers. I'd love to be the first guy to see the earth from the sky. I think that'd be great. Either one, Orville or Wilbur. Who was the funniest? I want to be the funny Wright brother.
Berry: I'm going to choose an animal (Hanks rolls his eyes). Probably a lion. King of the jungle. Some animal roaming the earth.
Hanks: Let's say I'm going to buy the reincarnation thing. I'm taking animals out of it.
Berry: Why?
Hanks: You have never seen a happy old lion, and I would like to be somebody who can be happy when they're old. Old lions, you know what they do? They've got busted teeth, and they've got ulcers somewhere. They can't catch anything. They get thrown out of the pride.
Berry: How do you know that?
Hanks: Because I've seen old lions! I've been to the zoo!
Berry: But they're in the zoo. I don't want to be in the zoo. I want to be out in the wild.
Hanks: Oh, man. You've seen "The Lion King" way too many times.
Whishaw: I don't want to be human. I'd like to be an animal, and maybe some kind of big cat. A predatory cat.
Sturgess: You always want to say some sort of incredible artist of some sort, but actually, maybe not human at all. To experience life as a different animal would be kind of interesting. I mean, a bird. Having the opportunity to fly. That would be pretty awesome. Something as far away as what your experience this time around could possibly be.
Weaving: I love working on the land, actually. My dad's family came from a long line of illiterate farm laborers in the west country of England. Generations and generations of them. There's something of that in me, I think. I plant a lot of trees. I have a property about three hours north of Sydney and head up there with family and friends. So maybe something to do with the earth and the land, or trees or nature.
Sarandon: I like being a woman. I really do, and I guess it would depend on how the world is. But I would certainly like to be a very healthy woman, girl, young girl, that lives in a time of empowerment. Not necessarily wealthy, but empowered somehow. And I'd like to be able to sing like a black woman. That must be so joyful to be able to open your mouth in the shower and have Alicia Keys come out of you. I don't care what I look like so much, but if I could open my mouth - it doesn't have to be professional. It could be privately, but instead of talking like this, to be able to express yourself that way would be great. Anything musical, because I don't think I'm particularly musical.
Mitchell: We've really lucked out in this life. We're sort of reasonably middle-class-ish people in a lucky, privileged country where existence isn't a grim scramble for survival in brutal conditions. I'd be delighted to be here again pretty much in this form, thank you very much. If there's space for me.


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We encourage Gloucester county residents and businesses to recycle...every little bit that is recycled helps! In 2012, 25.6% of the county's waste was diverted from the landfill through recycling efforts. Statewide, Virginians recycled more than 3.9 million tons of material in 2012. The statewide recycling rate was 41.5%. Please join in these efforts by recycling at your home and/or business.
Items for recycling must be taken to and are accepted at each of the Convenience Centers in Gloucester County. Please rinse all plastic containers with the # 1 and #2 symbol. Paper and cardboard should be dry and free of grease and debris.
What Can Be Recycled in Gloucester County
A variety of paper and cardboard products are recyclable, including:
- Cardboard box packaging (i.e., cereal boxes)
- Corrugated cardboard (flattened)
- Junk mail
- Newspaper and magazines
- Office paper and envelopes
- Paper bags
- Phone books
Plastics with #1 and #2 in the recycle symbol are recyclable in the county, including:
- Plastic bottles #1 & # 2
Plastic lids and caps can be recycled.
A variety of metal items are accepted for recycling including:
- Aluminum cans
- Empty aerosol cans that have no slosh or hiss
- Metal cans
Rinsed aluminum beverage cans may also be deposited at one of the Giving Garden Foundation's five Can Cottage locations:
* Abingdon Ruritan Club on Guinea Road
* Main Street Shopping Center
* Gloucester Moose Family Center on Moose Drive
* Franktronics at 3618 George Washington Memorial Hwy.
* Mathews High School on Buckley Hall Road in Mathews
Other Items Recyclable Throughout Gloucester County
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Gloucester Home Depot and Lowe's stores accept non-working, unbroken CFL bulbs for responsible disposal. Ask a store associate for assistance.
Please note that older fluorescent tube light bulbs are considered household hazardous waste and can be dropped off twice per year at the Household Hazardous Waste collection dates or the they can be recycled by going to LampTracker website and requesting a box to return the bulbs in. There is a shipping fee.
Metal Clothes Hangers
Metal clothes hangers can be recycled by taking them back to the two Village Cleaners locations:
- 6870 George Washington Memorial Highway
Gloucester, VA 23061
- 6626 Gloucester Street
Gloucester, VA 23061
Do NOT put them in the convenience center recycle bin.
CDs / DVDs
CDs and DVDs can be recycled by taking them to Best Buy.
- Best Buy retail stores accept most electronics (to include tube televisions) for recycling for a fee, nothing over 50 inches. Contact a Best Buy store for details.
- Franktronics accepts computers for recycling, computer peripherals and other electronic devices. Items can be dropped off during normal business hours from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. -to1 p.m. on Saturday at the store location: 3618 George Washington Memorial Highway. Call 804-642-5233 for more information.
- Verizon Wireless offers recycling and re-purposing for certain electronic devices.
- Computer Recycling of Virginia, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization located in Tappahannock. Their mission is to place educationally-useful equipment into Virginia's schools and non-profit organizations free of charge, while promoting electronics recycling throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. They accept computer related equipment and many other electronic devices. Contact Computer Recycling of Virginia at 804-445-9672.
Before recycling your old computer, read about safeguarding your personal information.
Auto and marine batteries can be returned to the store when you purchase a new battery and are accepted at most auto part stores in Gloucester. Rechargeable tool batteries can be recycled at the Gloucester Home Depot and Lowes. Regular household alkaline batteries can be put in the trash. Lithium, rechargeable and button batteries can be taken to Household Harmful Waste Days in October and April.
Plastic Grocery Bags
Many local grocery stores in Gloucester (including Food Lion, Farm Fresh, Walmart, and Lowes) have containers to collect and recycle plastic grocery bags. There are also collection boxes at both library locations; those bags will be recycled into benches by the Trex company; thanks to the Lions Club coordinating this effort.
Larger Scrap Metal (Including Junk Automobiles)
Several companies offer scrap metal recycling and/or accept junk cars or trucks. Dickey's Auto Recyclers (Phone: 804-693-5860) accepts junk automobiles. Middlesex Metals, Inc. (Urbanna, VA) (Phone: 804-758-2916) and Sims Metal Management (Yorktown, VA) (Phone: 757-599-4940) both accept junk cars and trucks (residents must bring the vehicle to them along with the title and any additional Department of Motor Vehicle paperwork). They also accept ferrous and non-ferrous metals including copper, brass, aluminum and other metals.
They accept items and appliances from homes made of steel, copper, and tin including:
- Discarded Piping
- Dryers
- Electrical Wire
- Metal Bikes
- Metal Play Sets and Swings
- Old Air Conditioners
- Refrigerator
- Satellite Dishes
- Washers
Contact each for more information and rates are subject to change.
Vehicles & Boats
Several charities offer automobile, boat, RV, and truck recycling (depending on the condition) to re-purpose or repair and donate to those in need. A few examples include Boat Angel, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. Contact each for more information.
What Cannot Be Recycled at Gloucester County Convenience Centers
- Aluminum foil food trays
- Batteries
- Ceramic bowls, dishes and items
- Foam food containers
- Glass cookware (i.e., Pyrex)
- Grease-stained containers (i.e. pizza boxes)
- Hardbound books
- Light bulbs
- Metal clothes hangers
- Microwave trays from frozen foods
- Plastic grocery bags
- Pots and pans
- Small propane canisters and propane tanks for grills
- Styrofoam cups
- Styrofoam packaging
- Used paper plates, napkins, and plastic ware
Additional Information
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact the Clean Community office at 804-693-5370.


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Greta Johansson became the District Director of the New Hampshire District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration in April of 2011. She leads the state's SBA team in delivering SBA's programs and services throughout New Hampshire, working with lenders, SBA resources partners, economic development entities and others to foster entrepreneurship and business growth.
Prior to joining the New Hampshire team Ms. Johansson served as the Deputy District Director of the Connecticut SBA office since 1996. In this capacity she helped guide the office through several Agency transitions including extensive changes in product delivery methods and significant reductions of staff and Agency resources. For much of this time she led the Connecticut District's lender relations and development efforts. During her tenure, the SBA office in Connecticut saw more than 15,500 small business loans issued for over $2.8 billion through more than 220 SBA lenders. Her knowledge and understanding of the needs of both small business owners and the small business lending community resulted in her participation in several key SBA initiatives to modernize its lending procedures for the SBA's 7a and 504 programs as well as to launch other initiatives.
Previously, Ms. Johansson served for over 14 years with the SBA's Disaster Loan Program. She joined Disaster Area 1 in the summer of 1982, and subsequently worked for over 14 years in several of the disaster offices, the last five years as the Deputy Area Director for Area 1 in Niagara Falls, NY. During those years Ms. Johansson's experiences included rebuilding an office that had been largely decimated by a major relocation while responding to disasters covering a broad range of events from small, localized fires to wide-scale flooding and high-level destruction from earthquakes and hurricanes.
Ms. Johansson was raised in Mystic, Connecticut and holds a BS degree in Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University. She currently resides in Concord, New Hampshire.


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Burton J. Smith Rrcnicecc of trie supercomputer Rt eight-thirty in the morning, as is his custom on every working day, Burton J. Smith pulled up to his parking slot in his 1982 Jeep stationwagon. He cut the ignition, climbed down from the driver's seat, and headed for the low building ahead of him. Around him were miles of brown-stubbed flatlands that led up to the Rockies in the distance. Once they were dotted with horse ranches; now they are the suburbs of Denver. Oblivious to the scenery, Smith entered his office, gestured his visitor to a seat, and responded to a question about his role in today's history of the supercomputer. "I'm not an inventor; I'm an architect," he began. "I take a little bit of engineering, a little bit of art, some intuition and guesswork, and the tiniest bit of science—and I put things together in new ways." He settled his bearish frame into his chair. "I work with existing materials, but I live in a world of abstractions and symbols. Everything I do goes directly from here," he said, pointing to his forehead, "to there," he said, pointing to the notepad on his desk. At 42, Burton J. Smith, Sc.D., is vice-president, research and development, of Denelcor, Inc. And arguably, as principal "architect" of Denelcor's HEP 1 supercomputer, Burton Smith is among the most important people in the history of electronic computing since J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly joined forces to develop the first practical electronic computer, the ENIAC, at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. What makes a computer a supercomputer is speed, not size. Supercomputers perform in millionths of a second (referred to as microseconds) what a typical home computer 'would take thousandths of a second to perform. To put a perspective on this sort of speed, consider the fact that the Denelcor HEP 1, operating at full capacity, can perform 160 operations per microsecond— and that there are more microseconds in a minute than there are minutes in a century. These blinding speeds are faster by factors of unimaginable magnitude than any business computer on the market. The world's first supercomputer, a custom-built machine financed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, computed the dynamics of airflow around the engine of a rocket. The job took 18 hours. Machines are now in the planning stages that could do it in around 10 seconds. The stakes are extremely high. As science writer William J. Broad recently pointed out in the New York Times, "No computer is now powerful enough, for example, to simulate the airflow around an entire aircraft, so aerodynamic designs are often put together in piecemeal fashion or by the repeated processing of two-dimensional slices. The first country with computers that can design a plane as a whole, according to a report by the National Science Foundation, 'will undoubtedly produce planes with superior performance.'" Last year, a team of researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Livermore National Laboratory came back from a fact-finding trip to Japan with a troubling report: backed by nearly a billion dollars in funding over a ten-year period, the Japanese are embarked on programs to produce supercomputers at least a thousand times more powerful than anything produced today. According to the U.S. investigating team, the Japanese see a need for large-scale computing capability in such areas as nuclear fusion, electrical power-system analysis, structural and thermal analyses of satellites, and the design and simulation of leading-edge semiconductor devices. Breakthroughs in supercomputing are increasingly based on advances in "architecture," that is, on the way a computer goes about processing its problems; and this is the area in which Dr. Smith is making his main contribution. Cray Research and Control Data— the only other American companies making supercomputers— use conventional, sequential processing: one part of a problem must be completed before the next part can be started. Smith's supercomputer is
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31 January 2010
Greenwich Village 1969
If you have roughly eleven minutes of your life to spare, I highly recommend checking out this short film. It's one part creepy-whitewashed-mid-century-utopia, one part cotton-industry-propaganda, one part American-history-lesson and a whole lotta awesome.
P.S. The girl that appears at the sidewalk cafe at 3:05 - can I puh-lease have her entire outfit?
5 comments:
- MYCLOSETGARDEN said...
Oh I love her outfit and the one on the bike with the cut hat and matching tie - WANT IT! This was a little creepy. Probably the beginnings of changing Greenwich to what it is now.
- January 31, 2010
- Diane @ Haute Flashion said...
That was fascinating and oh, so nostalgic!
This video makes that time seem so romantic and carefree, and yet our society was changing at an unheard of speed. Woodstock, the Vietnam war, desegregation, womens' lib...all of these would change the landscape of our society forever, and wearing cotton was not going to change that fact.
It was amusing to see the Nehru jackets (especially with beads), and smoking as an unspoken representation as the epitome of cool. Neither of those are now considered as cool.
Yet the corduroy cape, the boots, and the fun hats would be completely stylish today.
I guess that is why vintage is so much fun. It allows us to choose the best of design, no matter when it originated, and make it fresh for today.
Thanks for sharing!
- February 01, 2010
- reckless daughter said...
incredible photos! thank you for sharing!
- February 01, 2010
- Ms. B @ Millie Deel said...
What a great video! I'm sure the cotton manufacturers had to be on their toes during that time since artificial fibers and fabrics were all the rage!
- February 01, 2010
- Sara said...
What a charming video. I can certainly see why the Village became such a coveted place to live. Were they to make a video like this about New York today, they'd likely substitute some Brooklyn neighborhoods as epitomizing that "city casual" vibe. Now the Village is the best place to spot celebrities on their way into their multi-million dollar townhouses!
Style Artisan - great points. There was that one glimpse of "paint peace" on a graffiti-splattered wall, but otherwise very little sense of the tumultuous changes the country was going through. But then again, maybe if you were wearing cotton, nothing could get you down. ;)
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Kasey Lange earned ECAC and Ivy League Rookie of the Year
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After leading the Harvard softball team to a record-breaking season, Ivy League championship and NCAA tournament berth, Kasey Lange and Ellen Macadam were named to the ECAC Division I All-Star team, the organization announced. Lange was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year and earned a spot on the second team at third base, while Macadam was the second baseman on the second team.
Lange led the Ivy League in RBI (65), doubles (20), sacrifice flies (6) and total bases (123) and was the unanimous decision for league Rookie of the Year. Her .444 batting average at the end of the regular season ranked 12th nationally and she was also second in doubles per game (0.4) and sacrifice flies, and seventh in RBI per game (1.30).
Macadam, who also received first-team all-region accolades and was named Ivy League Player of the Year this season, was among the league leaders in every offensive category. She led the Ancient Eight in hits (76) and runs scored (52). She also holds the school record for hits in a season (76) and a career (222), and runs in a season (52) and a career (139). She earned Academic All-America honors following her senior season with the Crimson.
2011 ECAC Division I Softball All-Stars
Player of the Year
Jocelyn Dearborn, Sr., 3B, Fordham (Atlantic 10)
Pitcher of the Year
Jenna Caira, Jr., Syracuse (BIG EAST)
Rookie of the Year
Kasey Lange, 3B, Harvard (Ivy League)
Coach of the Year
Bill Edwards, Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association)
First Team
Gina Mason, 1B, Sr., Albany (America East)
Teresa Healy, 2B, Sr., Niagara (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Julie Towers, SS, Sr., Connecticut (BIG EAST)
Jocelyn Dearborn, 3B, Sr., Fordham (Atlantic 10)
Liz Lucas, C, So., Lehigh (Patriot League)
April Setterlund, OF, Sr., Boston University (America East)
Jessica Phillips, OF, So., Binghamton (America East)
Vangie Galindo, OF, Jr., Maryland (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Brooke Short, DP/Util., So., Longwood (Independent)
Jenna Caira, P, Jr., Syracuse (BIG EAST)
Olivia Galati, P, So., Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association)
Second Team
Sara Michalowski, 1B, Sr., Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association)
Ellen Macadam, 2B, Sr., Harvard (Ivy League)
Shannon Jones, SS, So., Siena (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Kasey Lange, 3B, Fr., Harvard (Ivy League)
Charlise Castro, C, Fr., Maryland-Eastern Shore (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
Jordan Reid, OF, Jr., Delaware State (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
Tessa Ziemba, OF, So., Hofstra (Colonial Athletic Association)
Tory Speer, OF, Fr., Boston College (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Alyssa Maiese, DP/Util., Sr., Iona (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Jen Mineau, P, Jr., Fordham (Atlantic 10)
Sara Plourde, P, Jr., Massachusetts (Atlantic 10)


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Linus Torvalds Switched Back To Gnomelast updated in Categories Gnome, Kde, Linux, Linux desktop, Linux distribution, Linux laptop
Linus Torvalds, Linux's creator, dislikes the GNOME desktop. There was a big flame war(s) between Linus Torvalds and the GNOME community. At one point he claimed that – "Gnome seems to be developed by interface Nazis and that its developers believe their users are idiots". And guess what? Who made the switch to Gnome?


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Friday, November 29: Tesla Shows Signs of Recovery
Tomi Kilgore takes a look at which stocks traders will be watching during market action, including Tesla, Verizon, and Hewlett-Packard. Photo: Getty Images.
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Start of ride. Notice that everyone else is gone.
Is Randonneuring French for Beauocracy? In preparation for yesterday's 200k I sent off my membership to Randonneuring USA (RUSA) and included Swarm! as my club. About a week ago I got a response from someone at RUSA saying that my club was not official and that he would just put that my club is RUSA. Funny thing is, Jack just made our club official with USA Cycling. Politely I relayed this info to the membership coordinator or whomever at RUSA and he said we still did not count! What is a club then? I ride bikes almost every day with my friends and then we do long distance rides on the weekends. We were a club pre-namesake, unlike, I imagine, most 'clubs'. Our list of 2006 events is pretty impressive (doubles, triathlons, 508, Messenger World Championships, etc) so I passed this on to him with our President's info (Jack Lindquist) and Chris Kostman from AdventureCorps as a reference. Finally, he said we were borderline, but he would count it anyway. Thanks for the favor. He also refused to recognize the '!' in 'Swarm!'.
Despite all that, at 345am I was up and ready to head to (near) San Diego with Paul and Zack in Paul's truck. Budge decided not to go last minute after not sleeping a wink. Plus he hasn't ridden much. Not much traffic at 430am and we are there early! The Randonneur scene is like a subculture of a subculture. Wasn't sure what to expect, but the riders were similar to the double century crowd (some racers, some fast-looking old dudes, some people with racks and tons of stuff and mostly non-descript guys and a few females, on bikes). I paid my $5 and both Paul and Zack joined RUSA in order to get medals. Then, even after being early to the start point, we were late leaving. Fifteen minutes behind the group start, which is a mental fuck.
I had heard poor things about the route, but is was not too bad. We saw our friend Lynn on tandem who insisted on introducing me to everyone as 'Matt who did 508 team on a fixed-gear'. I looked like I should be much faster than I am, but this is not a race it is a Brevet. Therefore it is also self-supported; my jersey and seat bag were filled with 2 bananas, an apple, 2 lara bars, 2 clif bars and some Sustained Energy. The self-support thing may be an issue for the longer rides, but for this it was fine. It makes Brevets an interesting combination of ultra-distance cycling and bike touring.
Other highlights:
I ate a Clif bar out of the garbage at Control Point 2
Rode to almost dark!
PCH route to SD- Had memories of with Justin, in 2002 on the way to Belize, when we saw the steel worker who had ridden from Ohio after he lost his job. That was almost five years ago! Also, Matt Pro and I were on this route when we did LA to SD in one day training for my first double in 2004. Self-supported 175 or whatever it was, was so huge back then.
Zack signing his route card after finishing. Paul celebrates with a donut.Afterwards we headed up to El Segundo to hang out at Brian's dad's place again and pretend to live the life for a night. Food, chillin, hot tub (this time there were some females at least). In the morning four of us went for an hour run on the beach. Yeah, California!


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The association is encouraging EU heads of state to vote for binding national targets when they meet on 20 March.
The EC claims in its Impact Assessment on the policy framework for 2020-2030 that the "pull" effect of greenhouse gas reduction will lead to a renewables share of 27% in 2030 if the greenhouse gas target is set at 40%. Declaring a 27% target for the EU as a whole thus looks like fancy packaging for business-as-usual.
The European parliament responded a few days later by voting against the EC framework, recommending a separate and nation-specific renewables target of at least 30% in 2030. A letter from eight countries — France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Portugal — was sent to the commission advocating this approach on 5 February. Europe is split on the issue, with those countries that have built up a substantial manufacturing industry in renewables largely in favour of binding renewable targets, and those that import the required technology, or rely heavily on nuclear power, largely against.
Austria's wind federation IG Windkraft says the EC package is a homage to the nuclear industry, which lobbied hard for a single greenhouse gas target because this could also be reached with nuclear power. The recent flurry of new nuclear project announcements across the continent now seems no coincidence despite nuclear's expense and problems that include operational safety, security and the cost of long term radioactive waste storage.
New nuclear plans
The UK government proposes a 35-year payment of roughly Eurocent 10.9/kWh (also adjusted for inflation over the period) to the consortium that includes French nuclear giant Areva (parent of offshore wind company Areva Wind) that is planning the new 3,200MW Hinkley Point nuclear power station. The slated generation cost is considerably higher than for onshore wind, which in Germany is less than Eurocent 9/kWh and expected to drop to Eurocent 4.95/kWh after just five years of operation at very good sites.
Poland's economy ministry presented plans on 29 January 2014 for two new nuclear reactors, the first to be completed by 2025. On 14 January, Hungary signed an agreement with Russia for two reactor units at its Paks site. Spain is now reportedly considering extending the lifetime of its reactors beyond 40 years. The Czech Republic announced plans for two new reactors at its Temelin site in early 2013. Yet already inflexible nuclear generation is blocking the transmission networks and hindering expansion of renewable energies, says IG Windkraft.
The UK and Czech Republic governments were explicitly against setting a firm target for renewable expansion to 2030. In the consultation of member states completed in July 2013, the UK argued only for a 40% reduction target in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels claiming its upcoming Electricity Market Reform with Contracts for Difference will bring on investment in nuclear, renewable, and carbon capture and storage — signficantly stated in that order — while its Carbon Price Floor will provide long-term certainty to electricity generators "acting as a backstop in providing continued certainty to investors in low carbon generation when the EU carbon price is low."
The UK's Renewable Energy Association's initial impression, posted on 27 January 2014, is that an EU-wide renewables target, without binding targets for specific member states, will give only very limited impetus for expanding renewables in the UK. The Confederation of British Industry in contrast said: "This package puts us on the right path to delivering a competitive, low-carbon future. It's important that member states have flexibility to decarbonise in the most cost-effective way."
The Czech Republic's wind and renewables sectors are close to being wiped out. The Czech parliament passed a renewable energy act amendment in August 2013 which effectively eliminates end support for renewables plants after 2014.
In the consultation, Denmark and Austria's government's were perhaps most clearly in favour of a separate renewables target.
The German federal government did not respond, but is preparing its own new renewables targets. If not delayed by opposition from industry associations and federal state governments, the new German renewables act could take effect from August 2014.
A major conflict is brewing in Germany over the planned "breathing cap" of 2.4-2.6GW a year for onshore wind, substantially lower than the 3GW installed in 2013, because planning uncertainty and therefore financing costs increase just when many federal states want to speed up their wind developments.
Under the breathing cap mechanism, already used to sharply brake solar power expansion, a regular quarter-year assessment of the previous 12 months expansion will set a decrease (or increase) in payment per kWh (yet to be fixed) for wind farms commissioned 12 months later. The initial payment is fixed for five years, then adjusted according to wind quality at the location for the ensuing 15 years. The lowest rate will be Eurocent 4.95/kWh or just above current peak wholesale electricity prices on the Franco-German EPEX Spot electricity exchange.
From 2017, however, German onshore wind expansion will be steered by tendering for new capacity, a radical change partly prompted by the EC's drive for more market elements in renewables support. Another dramatic change will be expiry of the classic feed-in-tariff (FIT) mechanism when the new renewable energy act takes effect. Electricity from all renewables plants with 500kW or more will have to be marketed in a system that resembles the UK's planned contracts for differences. It remains to be seen whether these changes can all be implemented as proposed, or whether the Upper House, representing the federal states, pushes for other measures.
As one of the eight countries pushing for a renewables target, France broadly welcomed the Commission's proposals, particularly its recommendation for a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, noting that President Hollande has called for such a cut on numerous occasions. "These ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support renewable energy development are essential to give a long-term signal to energy stakeholders and investors to fully engage the European energy transition, and for the credibility of European engagement in the fight against climate change," energy minister Philippe Martin said.
But the French wind industry is disappointed by the lack of ambition in the renewables target and sceptical about a target that is only binding at the EU level. "No one understands how this will work," said Jean-Louis Bal, president of renewable energy trade association SER.
The industry is calling on the government to push for a higher target in the EU framework, and for it to take the lead at a national level in the forthcoming law on energy transition. An ambitious binding target "is a necessary condition for greening our energy sources," said Frédéric Lanoë, president of the French Wind Energy Association. France is committed to cutting the share of nuclear in its energy mix to 50% by 2050, which should work in favour of renewables deployment, at least in the mid-term.
The government will also be keen to protect the 11,000 jobs created by the industry and to capitalise on the increasingly competitive costs offered by onshore wind. "It would be counter-productive to harm an industry that has so much potential and clearly needs a strong home market," Lanoë argues.
In the meantime, the industry is more concerned that the government make good on its promises to simplify the regulatory framework. Then France would at least be able to meet its 2020 target, albeit somewhat delayed.


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1450 miles pedaled, over half way to Belize. Internet places have been few and far between because we are taking the toll way. Its much more direct and has a huge, clean shoulder. I don't have time to write much, but I will say that we have had gigantic climbs, rain every single day, and tons of bike problems. It's been a great adventure.
We hope to be in Mexico City by the weekend and I will do more updates then. Back to riding in the rain!


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THE GIFT (photo) & IN MEMORY (dreamku) by Roswila
I pick Matthew up
to keep him safe
soon he'll be too big
his young warm arm
curves gently around me --
holding me back from
leaving my house or
simply being affectionate?
[a very old dreamku written maybe 15 years after Matthew's death, and a dream tanka just written on a dream of 3-21-12. As I've mentioned before – and usually around this time of year – Matthew was a boy I helped his mother raise for the first almost 10 years of his life. He was killed 30 years ago, only weeks before he would have turned 15. His birthday just passed. Photo "The Gift" by Roswila]
Also, the photo accompanying a daily dream poem or non-dream based poem is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse -- similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku). I've also recently realized that although the dreamku (i.e. dream based poems) posted here tend not to have metaphor or simile, the accompanying photos almost always act as such.
To write a metaphor or simile into a dream scenario is something I rarely do. It can be confusing: did it really look like a hand, say, in the dream, or am I just being poetic to make my conscious point? As these dreamku act as a dream journal, my over-riding tendency is to try to stay close to the actual dream scenario itself. Admittedly making for a tendency to less "poetic" dreamku. Then why pay attention to any haiku, tanka, or monoku parameters at all when writing about my dreams? Because I find in even attempting to adhere to them I'm making choices that relieve my dream recall of a great deal of chatter so that I can get down to some important dream aspects. Here's a link to THE AREN'TS OF DREAMKU & ACCOMPANYING PHOTOS in which I go into some of the basic parameters for dreamku and the photos chosen to go with them (and with any non-dream based poems I post here, as well).
The archives in the sidebar hold years of the daily dreamku, tanka, monoku and photo posts I've made, grouped in one post by month. As I no longer post dreamku (or non-dream based poems) strictly daily, each post will appear below and then in the archives by the day on which it was posted.
There are many other sorts of posts here, not all dream-based. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non-dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers than myself), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006 in the sidebar.
'til next time, keep dreaming,
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LWN did a survey of RSS aggregators featuring aKregator. *** Those clever Debian developers got KDE running on HURD. *** KDE Edu has a list of improvements in 3.5 and the first porting to KDE 4 docs. *** Customise Kicker within an inch of its life with the Kicker Hacks wiki page. *** As reported on Slashdot, KDE was demoed at a Microsoft roadshow. *** Everaldo released his Crystal Clear icon set while David Vignoni announced Oxygen. *** And finally, congratulations to the aforementioned David for getting hired by SUSE to work on KDE and to release dude Stephan Kulow for getting married.
Isn't a bit too early to show Oxigen at Akademy? KDE4 seems at least 1.2 year from now, and by the time it will be out, Oxygen will be already looking "old".
By ac at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
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> by the time it will be out, Oxygen will be already looking "old"
Hint: simply don't look at it now then. ;-)
By Anonymous at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
That's impossible, I'm too curious :)
By ac at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
How does Aero look like?
By Martin at Mon, 2005/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
1.2 years? A long time, sounds like 3.6 will be released before...
By Gerd at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
KDE 3.5 will be really the last release of 3.x series.
By Anonymous at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
Wasnt that what they said about 3.4 as well?
By Elias Pouloyiannis at Thu, 2005/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Oxygen
The release will took long, but you're free to use and feel the greatness of alpha-1-2-3-x, beta-1-2-x, rc-1-2-3-x and all the other releases that will come out till the final release. You'll start having fun soon, and me too :-)
By jumpy at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
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I hope it will be complete. As an example: I like so much Crystal Clear, it's really awensome! But it took me many days to start feeling it good, since Icons for konqueror/kmail are the 'old' CrystalSVG ones and didn't feel good placed aside the folder masterpiece icons.
By jumpy at Sat, 2005/07/16 - 5:00am
That hurd port looks really promising :) But I can't find info how the project is improving or whats it status is. Is those debian devolopers the main developers of hurd, or are they just porting programs to it?
By Petteri at Sun, 2005/07/17 - 5:00am
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By John Schneiderman at Tue, 2005/07/19 - 5:00am
CrystalClear Icon theme
The new CrystalClear icons are nice (if you like artsy stuff) but there is a problem. There was a long discussion on the kde-artists list about the fact that there are no SVG files.
The general thought was that it should be policy that we shouldn't accept any totally new icons without SVG files. But, the question wasn't resolved.
I do wish that Everaldo would provide at least AI files that can be opened in Acrobat Reader for all of his new icons.
By James Richard Tyrer at Thu, 2005/07/21 - 5:00am


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Sean "Diddy" Combs has upped the ante on MTV's "My Super Sweet 16."
The reality show is fond of documenting the coming of age party of wealthy American teens, and the highlight usually comes in the episode when the newly 16-year-old gets a new car from their folks. In Diddy's case, however, his teen son Justin Dior didn't just get a car — he got a Maybach, according to the NY Daily News.
The silver car, worth more than $300,000, was wrapped in a big red bow outside of the M2 Ultralounge, where Justin and his pals celebrated his big day.
But Diddy didn't just give the teen a car. According to the paper, he gave Justin a check for $10,000, which the youngster turned around and donated to Wyclef's charity, Yele Haiti.
"Seeing Justin grow up is a big deal for me," Diddy told the partygoers, MTV reported. "This is him entering manhood. I know a lot of y'all out there can relate to it. I wanna take this time out to say, Justin, I love you, from the bottom of my heart."
Among the stars who stepped out for Justin's bash were "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, who Tweeted on her way there — as well as Nicki Minaj, a protégé of Lil Wayne's, Trey Songz and Lil Kim.
MTV News reported that Trey and Kim led the crowd in serenading the birthday boy with "Happy Birthday."
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Many thanks to Contributing Editor May Flaum, who contributed extensively to the creation of this article.
Here it is finally…the Scrapbook Update CHA Winter 2011 Top Ten Hot Picks!
For those new to Scrapbook Update, our CHA Top Ten Hot Picks list are our picks for the products and companies that we saw at CHA that are sure-fire winners, heavily buzzed-about, or groundbreaking in some way.
Making the selections this time around took a long time because it was surprisingly difficult, much more difficult than it usually is after a CHA show. As we discussed on the Roundtable show at CHA, the show felt somewhat muted. There wasn't a lot of buzz about very many things. The choices weren't as obvious as after a lot of CHA shows when the air is just electric with excitement about things.
Also, some of the clear standouts were companies that have been heavily featured on recent Top Ten Hot Picks lists from CHA shows. We didn't want to sound like a broken record, but we also didn't want to penalize companies who have been consistently on top of the industry lately.
Ultimately, we came up with a great list of products, and it is full of a lot of familiar names. I think that says something about where the industry is right now: We have some companies that are simply dominating certain categories of products from both a market and quality standpoint.
So let's take a look (in no particular order) at who and what made the Scrapbook Update CHA Winter 2011 Top Ten Hot Picks list!
Tim Holtz
Ok, let's just get the obvious one out of the way…Nowhere on the show floor are the crowds bigger (except for the big Provo Craft giveaways) than for anything that Tim Holtz does. He is the arguably the most marketable name in scrapbooking right now, with his name on products by Advantus, Ranger, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Core'dinations, and Tonic Studios.
Tim's workshops have sold out almost immediately at all of the recent CHA shows and this time was no exception. On the show floor, his demos were always surrounded by huge crowds.
Holtz's products sales are spurred by his marketability and gift for teaching, but also by his brilliant market placement: he exists in an area between mixed media and scrapbooking, enabling him to reach an audience in both markets. His booth displays always contain a mix of everything from scrapbook layouts (including some at CHA Winter 2011 by Scrapbook Update's own Contributing Editor May Flaum) to shadow boxes and jewelry and other three dimensional decor items.
Perhaps the flagship introduction of the new Tim Holtz products at CHA Winter 2011 was the Distress Stain, a whole new category of Distress colorant from Ranger. Available in 12 Distress palette colors, the Distress Stain comes in 1 oz bottles with a dabber top, similar to walnut ink many scrappers and stampers may have used. Distress Stain is a water-based dye that soaks into porous surfaces like paper. It's not blendable like the Distress Ink pads are. In CHA demos, Holtz showed its usability for covering large areas (like a tag background) with color and for creating soft ink effects, like a watercolor look, with stamping.
Two of the other new Tim Holtz items at CHA Winter 2011 that look destined to be extremely popular with consumers are his new Kraft Glassine paper (pictured in use with an embossing folder above) and the Core'dinations Distress cardstock pad (photo below shows Tim demonstrating the monochromatic contrast between the outside and the inner core).
His two new patterned paper pads, including one that is kraft colored with resist ink designs on the pages, will also be wildly popular. But in reality, I expect most of his product lines from this show to be top sellers, with a few exceptions.
Speaking of Core'dinations, it isn't just their Tim Holtz products that attracted a lot of attention at CHA Winter 2011. This company has been lining up licensing arrangements right and left, taking part in one of the industry's hottest business trends, and their introductions in Los Angeles were their best to date.
In addition to the Distress and Adirondack pads, they introduced pads for Graphic 45, BasicGrey, and a host of other companies. Perhaps most amazing were the Core D'Amour collections of papers designed by Teresa Collins and Jenni Bowlin. Those papers featured both embossed and printed design elements, with the contrasting color core for distressing. The result is absolutely beautiful. Photos don't do the depth of the effect justice (a close-up of one of the Jenni Bowlin papers is below).
With all their licensing arrangments, Core'dinations is bringing a lot of design punch to what used to be a boring scrapbooking staple. In the words of Contributing Editor May Flaum, "They've made cardstock sexy!"
Cosmo Cricket Glubers
This is one product that I knew instantly when I saw it would be a hot pick! It was one of the few items I heard buzz about in Los Angeles.
Like most of the best ideas, the idea behind Glubers is deceptively simple: it is a giant round dot of adhesive. The brilliance is in the application of that giant dot of adhesive. Cosmo Cricket is marketing Glubers (available in packages of 12 for $4.99 and multiple sizes from 2″ to 3″) as the basis for creating custom fabric flower embellishments, a look that is currently extremely trendy. Booth samples showed fabric, ribbon and other items being used to create large decorative flowers.
Uniformed Scrapbooks of America
There is a huge market for military scrapbooking supplies, but there tends to be little innovation in that market. Heather and Charles Lovern have brought something new with Uniformed Scrapbooks of America, a new exhibitor at CHA Winter 2011 that sells scrapbooks that have covers that appear as if they are made out of a military uniform shirt.
The product was originated when Heather decided to make a scrapbook for her ex-Marine husband, Charles. She sewed a cover for the scrapbook out of one of his uniform shirts…and a new product line was born. The company is licensed by the US Armed Forces. In addition to the album covers, the company also sells customizable embroidered name tapes that adhere to the album cover "shirts" in the appropriate places, and rank insignia to adhere to the shirt collars.
Something fresh like this should be a big hit in communities with a lot of military families who are sick of the same old, same old in military themed scrapbook offerings.
Technique Tuesday
This company revamped their entire offerings for CHA Winter 2011, with dramatic results. Technique Tuesday eliminated virtually all of their alphabet stamp designs from their catalog, and redesigned their packaging to be much smaller. Instead of being packaged on 8.5 x 11 storage sheets, sets are now packaged on 4 x 6 sheets. This will mean stores will need to devote less display space to sell the products. Technique Tuesday has also lowered their price points, important to be more competitive in a market that is flooded with clear stamp designs.
Balancing the shrinking of their alphabet catalog, Technique Tuesday unveiled a large expansion at CHA Winter 2011 of their most popular offerings: their Ali Edwards signature collection. The five new mini sets of sentiments in Edwards' distinctive handwriting, with an MSRP of $2.99 each (one is pictured above), will certainly be popular. Love, travel and other theme sets round out the stamp set offerings. The company also introduced new paper designs by Edwards in its Perspectives collection.
The company also expanded their popular class kit offerings, including offering a new kit that capitalizes on the trend towards large dimensional flowers in scrapbooking. The "In Bloom" by Technique Tuesday class kit creates 9 flowers and can be taught over one or two class sessions.
Bella Blvd: Sophisticates by Stephanie
Since its inception, Bella Blvd has consistently provided scrapbookers a bright, cheery look without going 100% over into the cute style dominated by companies like Doodlebug and BoBunny. Existing in a middle ground has allowed the company to draw from a wide range of scrapbook customers.
The new Sophisticates by Stephanie collection introduced at CHA Winter 2011 will certainly continue that wide appeal. Consisting of 11 monochromatic patterned papers, 4 embellishment papers, cardstock alphabet stickers, and chipboard alphabets & embellishments, the collection provides good usable basics in Bella's signature happy color palette.
Bella Blvd is now including their Blooms a Bella flower embellishments as part of the Sophisticates collection, and introduced a new, smaller, size with buttons in the center to the collection.
Jenni Bowlin
Jenni Bowlin showcased an all-star line up of releases at CHA Winter 2011. At the last show she partnered with Ranger and released high quality inks and paint dabbers, and now she's returned with even more amazing designs and all new products that all vintage loving paper crafters will need. While she has a new paper line, the real star of the show is all of the trinkets and treasures she released that mix so well with any of her current or past products – and that will also appeal to the growing group of papercrafters who are dabbling in mixed media projects. The hidden genius in this release is how simple it is. Packages of little rosette ribbons, colored plastic bows with rhinestones, additions to her Core'dinations cardstock collection, and trend-forward silhouette rub-ons are only a few of the things coming from Jenni this year.
Bowlin is expanding her usual array of goods that go so well with card making, scrapbooking, and altered arts by also adding vintage inspired tins (shown above – projects above and below by Ranjini Malhotra for Jenni Bowlin Studios), as well as vintage inspired wooden thread spools (shown below). These items have any number of uses for home décor and mixed media work. They are fresh additions to the market as well as simple enough to be user friendly.
For those who aren't into altered items, Jenni has released more of her popular bingo cards. She is also introducing three Hodge Podge mini books that work as a mini book, or can be taken apart and used in other paper craft projects. The materials featured vary from board book to transparency, and they include brass rings to bind them together.
Bowlin now also offers some stamps, as well as more chipboard shapes, flag banner stickers, and even some rhinestone charms. It is obvious that Jenni Bowlin Studio has put time and effort into a release that should be a winner with consumers. These products build on her existing line of products, complementing and adding new dimension to them while at the same time they're fresh, new, and must-have items.
EK Success Smash Books
These were one of the most buzzed-about items at the show (if not the most buzzed about, period). These fun journals are designed more in the style of "old-fashioned" scrapbooking – to capture the random scraps of our lives – but are very modern in design.
In addition to the four spiral-bound journal designs (which come with a double-ended ink/glue pen), the Smash line includes accessories like date/phrase stamps, page markers, decorative tape and paperclips. The Smash book pages are heavily designed – this product is obviously intended for a young (or at least hip) audience. This isn't your grandma's scrapbook!
We R Memory Keepers Lucky 8 Punches
At CHA Summer 2010, We R Memory Keepers caused a buzz with the Sew Easy tool. This time around it was the Lucky 8 border punches that had everyone talking. This company is quickly becoming the company for tool innovation in the scrapbook industry.
The Lucky 8 punches, available in 6 designs, turn any sheet of 12 x 12 paper into die cut paper. Since the punches can cut an outer edge design, an inner edge design, or both designs at once, they can create three different effects from the same punch. Additional effects can be created by punching fewer than the 8 punches needed to do the entire outer edge of a sheet of paper, to create a partial die cut effect (for instance, just doing opposite corners with the inside cut design).
The Lucky 8 punches have an MSRP of $29.99 each, but compared to buying die cut paper at $3/sheet, the savings of using the punch can add up quickly.
Webster's Pages
They've been reliably producing beautiful vintage collections for several shows now, but this time Webster's Pages hit every note just right with their five new collections. In particular, their new Trendsetter collection is very eye-catching, calling on a more modern period for its look than most of Webster's collections while still echoing their romantic look.
In particular, some of the collection's smaller patterns and its embellishments seem to be very usable – even for scrapbookers who aren't necessarily into Webster's signature flowery look. Trendsetter may bring a new audience to Webster's Pages with its more modern, yet still classic, look.
With designs containing butterflies, dress forms, birdcages, and silhouette portraits, Trendsetter's name is very accurate. It hits on many of the most prevalent trends on the CHA Winter 2011 show floor, while presenting them with Webster's Pages own signature style.
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7th Annual New Fire Fighters Conference
01/28/20 - IAFF 7th District
Were you born after 1986 or have less than 5 years on the job and want to learn more about your Union? Well then the annual IAFF 7th District New Member Conference might be what you are looking for. In 6 years over 1300 of the 12000 active members in this Magnificent 7th District have attended this conference and it is making a difference in participation and engagement.
Scholarship Opportunity
01/28/20 - IAFF Local 2819
Greetings Members of the Magnificent 7th District, This is an announcement of the annual 7th District Scholarship opportunity. Annually our 7th District Benevolent Fund awards 10 scholarships (ranging from $500 to $750) to dependents of our active and/or retired members for them to use in thier first post high school education.
IAFF Peer Support Group
01/27/20 - IAFF Local 51
Brothers and Sisters, The IAFF Peer Support Team will be in town this week for a follow up visit for the August 3rd incident. The finalized schedule (subject to change) is below and attached. This visit will focus on the Firefighters that responded to the incident and anyone else in need of assistance. Please email me ( ThompsonPA@elpasotexas.
February 2020 General Membership Meetings
01/27/20 - International Association of Firefighters
Our next general membership meetings will take place on Monday, February 10th and Tuesday, February 11th at The Cabin on Rt 33 in Freehold. Both meetings will start at 1700 sharp on the patio (back room behind the fireplace). Please make every effort to attend.
Annual 7th District FIREOPS 101 Approaching
01/27/20 - IAFF 7th District
The annual 7th District FIREOPS 101 is fast approaching and slated for March 19-20 at the HAMMER training facility in Richland, Washington. This is the 16th year and our FIREOPS 101 is one of the Magnificent 7th District's longest running program. We offer 42 spots on a first-come first-served basis so don't delay.
MPFF's Char Torkelson Is Retiring
01/27/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
After 18 years of dedicated service to the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, Char Torkelson has announced her retirement effective Friday, January 30th. Char has been a mainstay at the MPFF office.
Monday Morning Headlines 1/27/2020
01/27/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Monday Morning Headlines 1/27/2020 Don't forget to do the Survey Monkey. On January 31, the Executive Board will be meeting to discuss the direction and future goals of our Local. We discussed the importance of having a member-driven organization and want your input to discuss when we meet.
FSA/HRA Update
01/26/20 - IAFF Local 21
121Benefits Update... ?Obviously there have been many frustrations and questions with the new FSA/HRA transition. So far, with the exception of what would be described as poor communication from/between both the city and 121benefits to our members, everything seems to be accurate. You will notice that all dollars rolled into the 121benefits from Cielostar are off by 10%.
01/26/20 - Cambridge Fire Fighters
Koried Educational Conference
Enjoyed serving as Co-Chair of the 2020 Koried Educational Conference along with fellow Co-Chairs Jarvis V Hollingsworth, Chairman Teacher Retirement Systems of Texas and Patrick Colligan, President New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association. Also had the opportunity to serve as Moderator for one of the workshops concerning JANUS and the effects on organized labor.
IAFF Alert: Novel Coronavirus
With cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-n-CoV) now reported in the United States, individuals infected with this infectious disease may seek assistance from emergency response personnel as the coronavirus spreads. The IAFF has developed a resource for responding to patients who may have been exposed to 2019-n-CoV.
Fire Service Day at the Capitol is Feb 19th
01/24/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
Please join the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters (MPFF) and the Minnesota Fire Associations Coalition (MNFAC) for the annual Fire Service Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO REGISTER: https://forms.gle/xHNcGDPCJJKR1v8G7 . Registration deadline is February 7th.
Notice of Nominations for Convention Delagates and Alternates
01/23/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Nominations for Delegates & Alternates to the 2020 IAFF Convention will be held at the February Union meeting on February 5th at 7:00 pm & February 6th at 8:30 am at 12 Lakeside Lane, Denver, Colorado 80212. Nominees will have the opportunity to speak at the Union meeting on March 4th at 7:00 pm & March 5th at 8:30 am.
Executive Director Search
01/23/20 - Northern Ohio Fire Fighters
IAFF Center of Excellence
01/23/20 - Tennessee Professional Fire Fighters Association
As part of efforts to increase awareness of the IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery, we have developed a video virtual tour of the facility to ensure our members know what to expect at the unique treatment center exclusively for IAFF members. https://youtu.
Friday Update 1-24-20
01/23/20 - IAFF Local 1014
Comp Time Implemented
01/23/20 - IAFF Local 1014
Four New Members Sworn In - 1/2/20
01/23/20 - Norwalk Professional Firefighters
On January 2nd, 2020, Local 830 swore in four new members. Congratulations to Edwin Napol, Lauren Roach, Kristi-Starr Smith, and Wilson Figueroa. May you all have a long, and rewarding career.
Joe Needs You: MPFF Will Travel To Iowa Feb 1st For Biden
01/22/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
The Iowa Caucus is February 3rd and the MPFF is conducting a day-trip to Waterloo, IA on Saturday, February 1st to rally in support of the IAFF's endorsed candidate for President, Joe Biden. This is your opportunity to make a difference in the most important presidential election in our lifetimes.
Sunday, February 9, 2020: 10-Year Anniversary - Kleen Energy Memorial Service
On February 7th 2010, the Kleen Energy plant exploded in Middletown, Connecticut killing 6 workers and injuring as many as sixty others.
Bethlehem Local 735 Arbitration Award 2018-2022
01/22/20 - Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association
Bethlehem Local 735 Interest Arbitration award covering 2018-2022 posted in the Contract's page.
1/21/2020 North Main St.
01/22/20 - Norwalk Professional Firefighters
The Norwalk Fire Department responded to an explosion and fire in a sidewalk electrical vault. The vault located in front of 44 North Main Street had its door blown open with flames and heavy black smoke showing, when Firefighters arrived.
Engineer Allen Retirement
01/21/20 - South Metro Firefighters IAFF LOCAL 2086
Congratulations and thank you to Engineer Steve Allen for his 25 years of service. Enjoy your retirement! https://www.southmetro.
CODE 3: Back Draft beer now available!
01/21/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
CODE 3: Back Draft by Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative. You can also visit their location at 3134 California St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 or visit them at www.brokenclockbrew.com for where else in Minnesota you can pick some up. A portion of the proceeds from CODE 3: Back Draft will be donated to Firefighters for Healing.
VPFF Scholarship
01/20/20 - Henrico Professional Firefighters Association
Applications are now being accepted for financial assistance for spouse and legal dependents of the Virginia Professional Fire Fighters members (including spouse and legal dependants of Line of Duty Deaths members). Applications and supporting materials must be mailed no later than March 1, 2020. All applications and supporting materials will become the property of the VPFF.
Monday Morning Headlines 1/20/2020
01/20/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Good Monday Morning, TODAY'S HEADLINES ALTS Union Office Closed Survey Monkey Ball Tickets ALTS - This week, members of the Executive Board are in Orlando, FL, at the Affiliate Leadership Training Summit. They are taking classes such as Duty of Fair Representation, Grievances, and New Union Leader classes, to name a few.
NLFD 2019 Fire Marshal's Year End Report
01/19/20 - New London Fire Fighters
The NLFD has compiled an elaborate year end report for our 2019 year. You may see it here.
Local 21 Regrets To Announce The Passing Of Retired Captain Tim Pleau
01/18/20 - IAFF Local 21
Local 21 regrets to announce the untimely passing of Retired Captain Tim Pleau. Captain Pleau started with the Saint Paul Fire Department on May 11, 1992 and retired on June 30, 2019. Funeral arrangements will be posted when available. THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED THAT NO FACEBOOK POSTS ARE DONE AT THIS TIME.
Jim Smith Named State Fire Marshal
01/17/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
Replacing Bruce West as state fire marshal is Jim Smith who previously served as deputy state fire marshal. Fire Marshal Smith who has been in the fire-service since 1980, served as as a firefighter/paramedic, district chief, and assistant chief of operations with the Saint Paul Fire Department and is a former member of Local's 21 and 3939.
Bruce West Named Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety
01/17/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
In November, Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety John Harrington appointed State Fire Marshal Bruce West to be the new Assistant Commissioner of Public Safety. Assistant Commissioner West has been in the fire-service for 41 years were he served with the Anoka Fire Department and as Elk River Fire Chief for 15 years.
Governor Walz Appoints Tom Thornberg To PERA Board
01/17/20 - Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
Last week Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appointed IAFF 5th District Vice-President Tom Thornberg to the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Board of Trustees. The eleven member board approves PERA's operating budget, decides legislative policy and priorities, and hires the executive director.
Union Office Closed
01/17/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Denver Fire Fighters Local 858 Offices will be closed January 20th thru January 22nd for the IAFF Affiliate Leadership Training Summit and Human Relations Conference. We will return to regular operating hours on January 23rd. If you need immediate assistance, please contact your District Vice President or Principle Officer.
Friday Update 1-17-20
01/16/20 - IAFF Local 1014
2020 Stair Climb Events
01/15/20 - IAFF Local 21
Attn. Medicare EligibleRetirees
01/15/20 - Canton Professional Firefighters Association
Vic George form the Canton Police Department is working with a representative of Humana to establish a supplemental health care plan for retired police and fire members. This plan will only be available to those 65 or older. Humana has recently provided a similar plan to Hoover Co. retirees to cover the additional costs to their members that are Medicare eligible.
Help Put Joe Biden Over the Finish Line in Iowa
01/15/20 - Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters
Brothers and Sisters, As many of you are aware, I have been traveling the state of Iowa over the past week, along with General Secretary-Treasurer Kelly and 2nd District Vice President Woolbright, speaking directly to our members about the importance of caucusing for Joe Biden. We are excited about the possibility of a strong fire fighter showing at the February 3 Caucus.
Downing St. Structure Fire
01/13/20 - South Metro Firefighters IAFF LOCAL 2086
Around 3:45am Monday, January 13th Local members responded to a house fire in the 3600 block of S. Downing St. in Cherry Hills Village. When members arrived on scene they found a house fully involved in fire and immediately began fighting the fire defensively from the outside of the structure.
2019 Big Buck Contest
01/13/20 - IAFF Local 21
2019 Big Buck Contest Winners Archery contest winner, Eric Torgerson (left) with a Wisconsin 11 point buck scoring 137 5/8. Gun contest winner, Jim Engen (right) with a 10 point buck scoring 122 inches.
Monday Morning Headlines 1/13/2020
01/13/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Good Monday Morning, 9-Ball - Today and tomorrow is the Denver Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation 25th Annual Scotch Doubles 9 Ball Tournament. It's at the Wynkoop Brewing Company and begins both days at 11 am. $30 per two-person team and $40 per three-person team. See Poster for additional information.
Passing of FF Philip Norris - C4 Aide, Retired
01/12/20 - IAFF Local 739
Passing of Firefighter Philip Norris - C4 Aide, Retired Philip P. Norris, age 68, of Peabody and formerly of Lynn, died on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers, surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was the loving and devoted husband of Joan M. (Hurley) Norris with whom he shared 48 years of marriage.
Saint Paul Fire Foundation Food and Wine Event
01/11/20 - IAFF Local 21
Minnesota Food & Wine Experince Discounted Tickets for Firefighters.
Fire Service Day at the Capitol
01/09/20 - IAFF Local 21
Please join the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters (MPFF) and the Minnesota Fire Associations Coalition (MNFAC) for the annual Fire Service Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO REGISTER: https://forms.gle/xHNcGDPCJJKR1v8G7 Registration deadline is February 7th.
January 9, 2020: Members – 25 Years of Service or More
Dear Affiliated Local Presidents: President Carozza is currently working on a project with the Governor's Office. We are requesting each affiliated local to forward a listing of your members who have TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS OF SERVICE OR MORE. Please provide this information ASAP to Jane McCarthy at firstname.lastname@example.com
2020 Beer Dabbler Sign Up
01/09/20 - IAFF Local 21
Friday Update 1-10-20
01/09/20 - IAFF Local 1014
Nominations at Bi-Monthly Meeting
Nominations will be held at the Bi-monthly meeting in February. Nominations will be accepted for the Principal Officer position of President, the position of DVP for all even-numbered districts, and Assistant DVP for Districts 1, 2, & 6.
Denver Firefighters Museum Update
01/08/20 - Denver Firefighters Local 858
Dear Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of the Denver Firefighters Museum Board of Directors I would like to offer up some things for you to think about. After the tumultuous annual meeting which resulted in a large turn over in directors things were very contentious.