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When it comes to business, Americans tend to fall in love with the new—new companies, new products, new deals. But there's value in the old, too, and across the limited-service industry, major brands like to remind customers of major milestones as way of communicating trust, heritage, and expertise.
From old brands to new, these are the brands celebrating significant anniversaries in 2016.
Nathan's Famous
Think of Nathan's Famous today and you might think of two things: the hot dogs widely available in supermarkets and restaurants all across the U.S., and the July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest that draws thousands of spectators every year and countless headlines across consumer media.
But this year, Nathan's wants consumers to know something far more important than how many hot dogs Joey Chestnut ate in 10 minutes to win this year's competition (70): The brand is now 100 years old, one of the oldest foodservice brands in the U.S.
Nathan Handwerker founded Nathan's Famous in New York's Coney Island in 1916, selling 5-cent hot dogs out of a hot dog stand that eventually grew to incorporate an entire city block. Wayne Norbitz, long-time president of Nathan's Famous, says that back then, the going rate for hot dogs was 10 cents, and Handwerker was forced to get creative in attracting New Yorkers to his stand.
"What he did to overcome that was he hired actors to dress up in white coats and wear stethoscopes around their necks to stand in front of his stand and eat hot dogs all day long," Norbitz says. "That was his way of telling people that … if they're good enough for doctors, then they're good enough for you."
Handwerker sold an all-beef hot dog mixed with a special blend of spices from his family, and to this day, the product formulation hasn't changed. What has changed is how many people now have access to that hot dog.
The Handwerker family sold Nathan's Famous to private investors in 1987, and the company went public in the '90s. The new management expanded the brand to franchise locations—especially nontraditional real estate like airports and ballparks—as well as to supermarkets through a licensing deal. The Nathan's hot dog is also available as a branded product through other restaurant operators.
Today, Norbitz says, the company is working on preserving the heritage of Nathan's Famous while also incorporating modern-day appeal.
"We feel that the value of our heritage is very important and we want it preserved, but at the same time, we have to be contemporary in many different ways, whether it comes through service mechanisms or communications mechanisms," he says. "We have to be contemporary; we have to meet expectations."
Of course, the Hot Dog Eating Contest remains one of Nathan's biggest annual promotions; Norbitz says some estimates peg the contest as worth millions of dollars in free advertising for the company.
"In the '70s, the idea was to put a card table in front of the store and wait for a couple of big guys to walk by and say, 'Would you like to be in a hot dog eating contest?'" Norbitz says. "The object was to get one picture in the New York Post. I would love to tell you that it was by grand design that it was going to turn out this way, but really, it just every year got a little bigger, and things escalated the publicity. I'm as surprised as everyone else about the publicity it gets."
Nathan's dialed back the clock for Memorial Day, offering hot dogs for the original 5-cent price at its Coney Island location. Norbitz says there were two lines stretching three to four city blocks all day. In addition, the brand has advertised its centennial in radio and TV spots, as well as through branded products in restaurants and hats given to kids.
"There's a lot of stuff going on that says we're 100 years old," Norbitz says. "We're proud of it and we think it means something. You don't get a chance to do this many times, so we're going to keep on doing it until the year ends."
White Castle
As one of the oldest national quick-service chains, White Castle has built a rabid fan base over the course of nearly a century by sticking to its tried-and-true sliders. The brand launched in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, when founder Billy Ingram and local cook Walt Anderson opened the first location, which sold 5-cent sliders, Coca-Cola, coffee, and apple pie.
Now based in Columbus, Ohio, but still owned by the Ingram family, White Castle kicked off a year-long celebration of the anniversary in February when it offered its loyal fans—dubbed the "Cravers"—bundled "Share a Meals" for $9.95.
Carl's Jr.
As one-half of the CKE Restaurants portfolio—together with East Coast mainstay Hardee's—Carl's Jr. has built a reputation from California to Texas and points in between as a destination for big, juicy burgers.
But the brand didn't actually start with burgers. It started as a hot dog stand in Los Angeles that founder Carl Karcher, a farm boy from Ohio who drove a bread truck, purchased from the original owner.
"When the hot dog cart went up for sale, Carl decided he wanted to go into business," says Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE. "He had a brand-new Plymouth Super Deluxe, which he took to the bank and borrowed $311 on. His wife had $15 in her purse, which got them to the $326 that this guy wanted for the hot dog cart."
Karcher, of course, eventually added burgers when he opened Carl's Drive-In Barbecue, and in 1956, a smaller version of the Drive-In—Carl's Jr.—was born.
This year, to recognize Carl's Jr.'s heritage, CKE restored two cars: a 1975 Corvette that was given away through a sweepstakes, and a 1941 Plymouth Super Deluxe—just like the one Karcher sold—that will be auctioned off to charity. Both cars were shown off at restaurants across the West Coast.
CKE also hosted a company-wide party in July that honored franchisees, staff, and vendors. "People need to understand the history of the company," Puzder says. "I think people feel very good and very positive about being with a startup or new company and building it from the ground up, but people also feel good being involved with a company that has a very rich history."
Puzder adds that it's important to promote a significant milestone like a 75th anniversary to customers because it builds trust and lets them know the brand isn't some flash in the pan. But while heritage is important, he says, so is keeping up with the times.
"You can't make yourself a new company," he says. "We're a company with about 3,700 restaurants in 44 states and 38 countries, and you can't be the new domestic brand when you do that. But we do everything we possibly can to remain young and fresh and appeal to what's youthful in everybody."
Jack in the Box
While Jack in the Box has mostly kept the Jack (mascot) and the Box (logo) separate from each other in modern days, the original location, opened by businessman Robert O. Peterson in San Diego in 1951, had an actual Jack in the Box keeping watch over customers from the roof.
The Jack character was a significant part of Jack in the Box's growth as it grew to more than 1,000 locations across the West in the '70s, but was dispatched in 1980 as the chain attempted to mature its menu and branding. He was revived in the mid-'90s as an irreverent brand mascot, and has helped Jack in the Box establish itself as a laid-back destination for burgers, tacos, and other munchies ever since.
Jersey Mike's
For its first 15 years, Mike's Subs in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, was a humble submarine sandwich shop on the Jersey Shore that attracted fans from up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But in 1975, 17-year-old employee Peter Cancro purchased the restaurant and rebranded it Jersey Mike's, and he's spent the past 41 years growing the brand into a 1,200-unit better-sandwich titan.
The company celebrated its 60th anniversary with franchisees and managers at its National Conference in Orlando in April.
Pal's Sudden Service
Customers across the country may not be familiar with Kingsport, Tennessee–based Pal's Sudden Service, but other quick-service operators sure are. The 26-unit burger stand founded by Pal Barger is a legend in the service arena, having established service speeds that are four times faster than competitors, order accuracy that is 10 times better than its closest competitor, and employee turnover that is half the industry average.
Pal's has been so good at what it does for the last 60 years that it was the first foodservice business to win the coveted Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2001, and has since trained other restaurant operators through its Pal's Business Excellence Institute.
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Posted by Tracie Rozhon — May 2, 2006
Getting Away Without Going Too Far By TRACIE ROZHONOriginally Published on April 28, 2006 in The New York Times
ON April Fool's Day, The South Whidbey Record published a spoof issue, with an article heralding the sale of all of Langley, Whidbey Island's most visited town, to Disney for $32 million. Some of the many vacation-home buyers roaming the town — with its Main Street of movie-set-ready shops in pastel colors — probably believed it.This house, on the market in Marblehead, Mass., is just 16 miles from Boston but seems a century away in time. The town, long a yachting destination, is attracting vacation-home owners who stay on land.Homes on Whidbey Island, Wash., in Puget Sound are popular with Seattle residents. The southern end of Whidbey Island, with its laid-back ambience and hypnotic water views 58 minutes from downtown Seattle (including ferry ride), seems almost too good to be true — and you won't even run through a tank of gas getting there. Likewise, Lake Lanier, a speedy 40 minutes northeast of Atlanta, is full of house hunters trying to put their deposits down. Marblehead, Mass., a short hop northeast of Boston, features the charming cheek-by-jowl antiques houses seen on Nantucket — without the Cape Cod traffic.
Sales of weekend and vacation homes (as well as investment and retirement homes) in resort areas close to major cities are booming, real estate specialists say. San Franciscans increasingly seek respite in the Napa Valley. Houstonians find places in Galveston. Homeowners in Minneapolis are combing the banks of Lake Minnetonka for properties. Among the reasons cited are the relative ease of travel, the ability to visit more frequently and, especially these days, the rising cost of gasoline.
Walter Molony, a spokesman for the National Association of Realtors, said that second-home purchases less than 100 miles from a primary home have risen significantly in just three years, to 47 percent of all second-home purchases in 2005, up from 33 percent in 2002.
In fact, "more than one-third of recent second-home purchases are within 25 miles," Mr. Molony added. "We're hearing about more and more people who keep a condo in the city and spend their quality time — whether or not they call it vacation, weekend or dual — at their second houses."
As Kevin L'Armee, a Chicago artist, put it: "If you lived in Chicago and bought a vacation house in Aspen, the way people used to, how many times a year would you really use it? You'd have to rent it out most of the year, and you'd be worried sick about who was in it and what they were doing. You'd have to pay somebody a fortune to manage it — and you'd still worry."
Mr. L'Armee is looking for a weekend house in Lake Geneva, Wis., just over the state line, about 80 miles away.
He isn't the only one seeking a getaway that's essentially just around the corner. Diana Arnold, a semiretired schoolteacher from suburban Seattle who teaches only on Monday, Tuesday and every other Wednesday, is another. Her second home, on Whidbey Island — bought in January — is much more than an occasional respite from the rat race in Seattle, where she owns a condominium and loves the many exhibitions and performances in the city.
Her charming three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom contemporary, with a view of the Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound, is 50 minutes "door to door" from her condo, she said, and cost $412,000. "Of course, I would rather have bought right on the water," she said, gazing out at the water from her deck. "But I couldn't have afforded it."
The south end of Whidbey Island — one of a number of islands in Puget Sound — has remained raffish in parts, but that may be changing. These days, there are almost no houses on the market for less than $300,000; a one-room beach house with a rock garden leading right to the passage, with the Cascade Mountains in the distance, is priced at $595,000.
"I had a Microsoft guy give a million dollars for a beach house," said Todd M. Bitts, an agent for Coldwell Banker/Tara Properties on Whidbey. "And he called me and asked me if I could give him the names of a couple of asphalt companies for his driveway. I said no — I knew only one, and people out here didn't generally asphalt their driveways. He said he didn't want to get dings on his Porsche!" (Seems as if Aspen has come to Whidbey.)
There is more of a range of prices in Lake Lanier, Ga., where a small pink two-bedroom confection with lake views is being offered at $154,000. But for those who want a splurge, there is the lakefront mansion, with five fireplaces, for $5,295,000.
Randall D. Fox, an agent with Keller Williams Realty Premier in Atlanta, said that although the lake is around 60 miles away, "everybody makes it in 35 to 40 minutes; if you're on the Interstate you stay with the traffic flow — and we all go 80, 90 miles an hour."
"The lake area is full of marinas," he said, "and people have every kind of house — they even live on houseboats. Because Atlanta is such a dense city — four million people — they have to get away, and Florida is more than four hours away by car, so they go north to the lake."
Following a national trend, Mr. Fox said, many of his second-home buyers are baby boomers. Many of the older homes around the lake are "generational, passed down to the grandchildren," he said. "The new buyers want houses that they, too, can pass down to future generations."
Prices are going up fast. "Within the last year, a 3.5-acre lakefront tract went for $800,000," said Janet Bond, an Atlanta broker. "Five years ago, it would have gone for probably half that, $400,000."
Marblehead, a long-time yachtsmen's hangout only about 16 miles from Boston, has also begun to attract a new type of vacation-home buyer: men and women who may not know a yawl from a ketch from a kayak. To these people, Marblehead represents a convivial place where strangers are welcome at the Barnacle, which serves fried whole belly clams seven days a week, and at a variety of watering holes.
"Marblehead is known as a destination community — people know about Marblehead," said Steven White, a salesman for Carlson GMAC Real Estate. "The centerpiece of Marblehead is the harbor. People don't just pass through Marblehead — it's the tip of a peninsula. To get there you have to be bound for there."
While Mr. White insisted that his town is "still very much a blue-collar town," he said that blue-collar workers are not buying vacation houses there.
Some houses may sell for under $300,000, but the houses the vacation buyers want overlook the water — and are priced accordingly. Spectacular waterfront houses in the Marblehead Neck section — where Peter Lynch, the former Fidelity Investments executive, has a rambling contemporary — usually fetch $3 million to $4 million. Substantial houses with water views — no actual water frontage — often sell for $1 million to $2 million. Prices have appreciated 8 to 12 percent in the last year, agents say.
Some condominiums there, in a 1970's development called Glover Landing, start — for a rear, ground-floor unit — at $439,000, and rise to $1 million for the direct water views. The units range from 1,200 to 1,700 square feet.
The trip from Boston takes 35 minutes "in the best of cases, 50 minutes in the worst," Mr. White said.
It can take longer than that to get to Whidbey Island on a Friday night.
"Anybody who can gets here Thursday night," said Mollie Swope, an agent at Windermere Real Estate, speaking of Whidbey Island. "They say that the ferry lines are now even longer on Thursday night than they are on Friday." The ferry costs $9.90 for a car and two people, and takes less than a half hour.
On nights close to the weekend, the ferry becomes something of a party boat with friends embracings and strangers meeting as they share Naugahyde banquettes near the boat's snack bar. As the ferry prepared to embark one recent misty evening, the dock was crowded with travelers, their ancient Jeeps filled with paper grocery bags and spotted dogs with wagging tails.
Despite the fun, some worry that all these new residents may bring the usual issues of too much development in essentially fragile surroundings.
IN Marblehead, the existing zoning regulations — and a historic designation — have restrained development in the already densely built downtown, said Rebecca Curran, the town planner.
But Ms. Curran said she was worried about overdevelopment in the rest of the town. Apparently, so are a lot of other citizens: on May 1, a law that would limit the footprint size of any new construction will be put to a vote, she said.
"Our present zoning was enacted in the 1950's, when the average house was three bedrooms and one bath," she said. "Now they want four bedrooms and three baths and a family room. In Marblehead right now, you can build a 7,000-square-foot house on a 10,000-square-foot lot."
Lake Lanier was created by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950's by flooding the then-derelict town of Lanier. The area around it "is so big you can go for miles without meeting anybody," said Mr. Fox, the Atlanta agent, who recently bought his own second home about a half hour north of the lake, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The same is true, to an extent, on Whidbey, where, for example, a coffee-roasting plant off a dirt road is virtually unknown to most tourists but offers divine coffee in its snack shop — if you can find it. But Patricia Powell, the executive director of the Whidbey Camano Land Trust, worries about other parts of the island, like Bush Point and Cultus Bay, where houses are being squeezed onto hillsides that seem as crowded as a rush-hour subway car.
Buyers are not deterred. One lot sold last August for $150,000 in the crowded Cultus Bay section, with views of the Olympic Mountains and the bay. The woman who bought it is spending about $300,000 to build a 1,400-square-foot house on the property, Ms. Swope said. If the woman were to sell the house now, Ms. Swope said, it would bring about $550,000 — a potential profit of $100,000 in less than a year.
According to Mr. Bitts, her friend and competitor, there used to be about 125 real estate agents on the island. In the last few years, he said, that number has risen to 180.
Ms. Swope said that when her friends from the Texas suburbs visited recently, "they were amazed to see there were still trailers here."
"But I told them not to worry," she said. "They'll be gone soon."
She paused. "For better or worse."


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Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey (The Avengers, Atonement, High Fidelity) revealed that Gareth Edwards (Monsters) and Legendary Pictures (The Dark Knight Rises) will start filming their Godzilla feature remake next March. He added, ""It's wonderful working with Gareth. He's a wonderful filmmaker and somebody who understands the camera."
Legendary Pictures licensed the rights to a make a Godzilla film in 2010 and hired David Goyer (Batman trilogy, the Blade film trilogy) to rewrite the script with David Callaham (Doom, The Expendables) and Max Borenstein (Swordswallowers and Thin Men). Test footage premiered at this year's Comic-Con International.
Godzilla will open in IMAX and standard theaters in stereoscopic 3D on May 16, 2014.
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When I was about 14 years old and full of teenage angst and still very much a child, I asked for a CareBear for Christmas. There was nothing I wanted in the world more than a pink, rainbow-bellied, fuzzy CareBear. This was many, many years ago when they were new and not the second time around. On Christmas morning, there it was, at the top of my stocking – just what I had asked for! Oh, I loved that thing. I slept with it every night for years, even taking it to college with me and sleeping with it in the dorm. It was a tie to childhood and security and home.
The summer after my sophomore year, some friends and I were house & dog sitting for one of our professors. It was a lovely lake home with a real bedroom for each of us. The dogs were rambunctious labs who stayed inside all the time and were, thus, inside while we were at work during the day. Each day, I was careful to close and latch the door to my assigned bedroom because I did not want the dogs getting into my things. Towards the end of the week, we got back to the house to find the living room strewn with pink fluff and poly-fil stuffing. My worst nightmare had come true. The dogs had gotten into my bedroom during the day and destroyed the one thing that I loved most in the world. My CareBear had been chewed and tossed and de-stuffed. It's button nose and the heart button near its back-side were gone. A big hole replaced one of its ears. I cried. I cried and cried and cried. Part of my childhood was ripped to shreds.
I called my mother (fixer of all things) and she told me not to throw it away, but to send it to her and she would see what she could do. Off it went into the mail. She did her best – re-filling the bear, sewing closed all of the holes, patching him back together. I still have the CareBear, in my cedar chest. 25 years later, it still tugs a hole in my heart to think of those dogs destroying my childhood friend. I don't let my children play with him. He is mine, my memory, my past. But I lost him that day. What I have now is just a memory of what once was.
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Dorothea Lange
American Photographer
Movements and Styles: Modern Photography, Straight Photography, Documentary Photography
Born: May 26, 1895 - Hoboken, New Jersey
Died: October 11, 1965 - San Francisco, California
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"Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions."
Summary of Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange's images of Depression-era America made her one of the most acclaimed documentary photographers of the 20th century. She is remembered above all for revealing the plight of sharecroppers, displaced farmers and migrant workers in the 1930s, and her portrait of Florence Owens Thompson, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California(1936), has become an icon of the period. Since much of this work was carried out for a government body, the Farm Security Administration, it has been an unusual test case of American art being commissioned explicitly to drive government policy. After the Depression she went on to enjoy an illustrious career in photo-journalism during its hey-day, working for leading magazines such as Fortune and Life, and traveling widely throughout Asia, Latin America, and Egypt. She was instrumental in assembling the "Family of Man" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1959, a renowned celebration of struggling post-war humanity.
Key Ideas
Dorothea Lange grew up in a middle-class family in New Jersey. Her father, Heinrich Nutzhorn, worked as a lawyer, but also held several respected positions in local businesses, politics and the church, while her mother Johanna managed the household. Both parents were proponents of education and culture, and exposed both Dorothea and her brother Martin to literature and the creative arts.
Important Art by Dorothea Lange
The below artworks are the most important by Dorothea Lange - that both overview the major creative periods, and highlight the greatest achievements by the artist.
Artwork Images
The White Angel Breadline (1933)
Artwork description & Analysis: One of Lange's better-known photographs, she often cited this particular scene when speaking about her breakthrough into documentary photography. "The discrepancy between what I was working on in the printing frames and what was going on in the streets was more than I could assimilate". Drawn to the lines of people waiting for worker's compensation or food relief, the image of this elderly man waiting for food at the soup kitchen embodies the depressed mood of the times. The camera focuses on the man's hat and face, which show an exploration of texture through comparison of the rough material and wrinkles of the hat, as well as his weathered skin; her unconventional use of the fence in the foreground to lend dynamism to the scene is also characteristic of use of modernist techniques.
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Henry Swift Collection
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Ditched, Stalled and Stranded, San Joaquin Valley, California (1936)
Artwork description & Analysis: In this picture, Lange is able to capture a striking look of anxiety on the face of her subject. Stranded in his car, the man's plight suggests the larger problems that society faced during the Great Depression. To add to the feeling of claustrophobia, Lange purposely cropped the photograph into a tighter composition, which originally included a woman sitting in the passenger's seat. Rather than suggesting he pose, Lange has caught him as if unawares, an effect which persuades us all the more of the truth of the image.
- The Dorothea Lange Collection, The Oakland Museum of California
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California (1936)
Artwork description & Analysis: Probably the most famous of Lange's photographs, the description she wrote of her encounter with Florence Owens Thompson reveals that it left a deep impression on her. "I did not ask her name or her history. She told me her age, that she was 32. She said they had been living on frozen vegetables from the surrounding fields, and birds that the children killed. She had just sold the tyres from her car to buy food. There she sat in that lean-to tent with her children huddled around her, and seemed to know that my pictures might help her, and so she helped me... I knew that I had recorded the essence of my assignment." The indescribably poignant expression on Thompson's face stands out from between the bowed heads of her sons, whose presence reveals the nature of her concerns.
- San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Rosina Schiavone Ferragamo
While we are in Italy, here is another name that eludes research. Rosina Schiavone Ferragamo is often cited as being the sister of the more famous shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo. Her birth date is recorded as 1905, but I have … Continue reading
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Oppio
In 1940, Anna Ancillotti Chiarugi established a dressmaking business in Sovigliana-Vinci, near Florence. Her four daughters Sandra, Lucia, Rosaria and Stella Chiarugi inherited the business in 1975 and seven years later renamed the company Oppio (Italian for opium). The label … Continue reading
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Mrs. Franklin Inc. (1923-1938)
Last year we acquired a very nice forest green knit suit from the early 1930s. It is dead plain – consisting of a straight, ankle length skirt, and an open jacket with a belt. In the nape is a small … Continue reading
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Francis & Co., 9 rue Auber, Paris
There were so many couturiers working in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th century that it is nearly impossible to research their labels, especially when what information there is, likely exists only in France. A couple of years … Continue reading
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Acquiring Contemporary Clothing: Weston Wear, c. 2010
When collecting fashions from the recent past for the future, it can be a challenge to make sound decisions without the perspective of time that allows us to see the past more clearly. Since the museum was founded in 2004 … Continue reading
Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Carole Little
Mary Carole Lenski was born September 27, 1934. After studying fashion design in Los Angeles, she started her fashion career as a secretary at swimsuit maker Rose Marie Reid. She married her boss, James Little and by the early 1970s … Continue reading
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Evelyn Maureen Baker
Evelyn Maureen Baker passed away December 5, 2017 almost unnoticed. This seems fitting since Baker worked most of her life incognito under the label Susan Small. Born in London on May 26, 1920, Maureen was one of six children and … Continue reading
Canadian Fashion Connection – Donald Campbell
Born in Cobourg Ontario in c. 1934, Campbell trained in fashion at Ryerson Polytechnic before apprenticing with John Cavanagh in London from 1954-1956. Campbell opened his own dressmaking workshop in Bayswater Road in November 1957, but by the fall of … Continue reading
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Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Catherine Parel
Russian born Yekaterina Bobrikova (Catherine Bobrikov) worked in the Jeanne Lanvin fashion house from 1927 to 1934. She set up her own fashion house under then name Catherine Parel at 11 Rue Boissy d'Anglas in 1936. She released two small … Continue reading
Fashion Hall of Obscurity – Marit Allen
Marit Allen's career in fashion started at the age of twenty at Queen Magazine in 1961. She created a column called 'About 20' that showcased young designers with young fashion ideas – perfect timing for the burgeoning Mod movement. In 1964, … Continue reading
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Dhanushkodi: an Oceanside Ghost Town Full of Fishermen
We had driven South of the small town of Rameswaram, until we reached a spot where our driver pulled over and turned off the car. "The car can't go any further than this. You have to take a truck." he … Continue reading
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Alagar Koyil- Part Two
This post is the second part of our Alagar Koyil journey! ( BTW I'm not sure if I'm spelling it right- I see it as Koil & Kovil, too?) Alagar Koyil is overrun with people, vendors, animals, as busy and … Continue reading
A Hearty Welcome at School with a Traditional Tamil Nadu Dance
Our host had arranged for Kevin to speak with a children's school about American and Tamil culture. We pulled up to the school in our auto-rickshaw. A row of children lined the path on each side, all of them waving … Continue reading
Jain Hillside Temple in Madurai
Our host decided to dress me up for my birthday. I got an Indian outfit, pearl jewelry, and my hair done with flowers and a braid. We drove to the hills where we were going to see a Jain cave … Continue reading
Thirumayam Fort- Final Stop on the Road trip to Madurai
The Thirumayam Fort appears seemingly out of nowhere- poking out of rocks on a large hill. We enjoyed the reason to get out of the car and stretch a bit. Some of the walls are crumbling. There is a colorfully … Continue reading
Clay Horses and Fertility Wishes at a Tree Temple Near Pudukkottai- Second Stop on the Roadtrip to Madurai
Our hosted wanted to stop at a temple along the way. Not much marked it, just a small trip off the main road. Several men in lungis stood outside, waiting for us, or anyone, to get out of the car. … Continue reading
Planting Rice- Our First Stop on the Trip to Madurai
Everyone climbed into our host's vehicle for our drive to Madurai. We passed endless fields of rice, the laid back feel of South India a refreshing change. Beautiful women clothed in colorful saris bent over row after row after row … Continue reading
A New School Outside Salem
We made our way to Salem, India to stay with friends Kevin met on his last trip to India. Our host, besides being an all around amazing guy, is actively involved in the Rotary club and many of their projects. … Continue reading


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Edition of Feb. 8, 2010
views, Days Inn, Monett where I stayed Jan. 13 to Jan. 20, 2007
views of 705 N. Main on January 21, 2007
lineman across from my place, 1-20-07 my cleanup as of Feb, 4-5, 07
January 12, Friday, 7:30 pm, approximately all power visible from my house went dark. Since the storm had been well predicted I had candles and flashlights handy and had stocked up on groceries on Thurday, the 11th. I put my ham radio rig on the deep cell storage battery and called out my call sign a couple of times. A long time friend, Phil Hatzfield in Monett answered and relayed the bleak weather forecast.
Limbs had started falling sometime on Friday and continued crashing to the ground all night and into Saturday morning, the 13th, which was overcast. I could see from a window that some limbs were on my electric power connecting loop so saturday morning I got out my new manual pole cutter, braced my footing on the ice and got the limb off that was hanging from the wire. Proud of that accomplishment I said to self, 'put it away, you're ahead, don't push your luck' re considering cutting some other overhanging limbs. It was a bleak outlook, very little traffic, state highway sanding trucks had been out since Friday evening. A light misting sleet continued to fall. About 10 am I called the Freistatt Postoffice and Farmer's Exchange, no answers. I have one 40 year old 'princess phone' on a direct line in which works without the power being on. Since my van's hood latch was frozen from Thursday's rain I needed to warm up it up so I could open the hood to disconnect the battery if I intended to stay another night. I drove over to Schoen Equipment to 'see what was going on'. Debbie Schoen, Roy Obermann and Bruce Doss were in the 'coffee' area making cell phone calls. Their heat was a corn pellet burning stove, it's fan powered by a generator out front. The outlook was very grim. I did not make any ham contacts, operating only briefly on the battery power. Freistatt was not planning a shelter. Roy offered his house if I got too cold at night. I went home and prepared more storm readiness, had a cold lunch and took a short nap. When I woke up at 2 pm the house was 30-40 degrees inside so I got on the phone to motels. The only one that answered without putting me through a menu in some remote location or country was Days Inn in Monett so I reserved a room, packed what I could think of for three days. The weather was clearly getting worse.
I had been very busy Wed and Thursday clearing out my barn/garage space so the van would be inside as the ice storm started. I had a lot of batteries on chargers on Friday evening. Only my DeWalt light was freshly charged so I took that and a hand squeeze/crank light. I put some oranges, apples, pale ale, a package of mixed nuts and one of dried apricots in my handy 'picnic' cooler. warm clothing for 3 days and my sleeping bag. Left some faucets dripping. Loaded up while in van in the driveway and checked for my wallet, back into house for that, forgot cellphone which was in the'other pocket' of the robe I had been wearing. My house door lock was already frozen so I figured I'd leave it unlocked so I could get back in without having to pry the door open.
The drive to Monett was scary. Race Track Rd aka Chapel Drive, the direct 'back' road to the Monett I always use was closed and linemen were working on the line near the intersection with Highway H. I took the latter to Monett. There were very few cars on the road. I noted some poles and tree limbs down but I dared not take my eyes off the road for a good look. Overcast increasing, light sleeting, getting darker and it was about 2:30 pm.
As I finished checking in 3-4 others came in and the motel put up a No Vacancy sign which remained up for my whole stay. I asked only for a senior discount and got a slight discount. By Monday the manager told a room seeker he had 30 names on the waiting list.
I moved into my room and 'went out for dinner' at a chinese restaurant on the south side of 60 highway which I could see was open from my room. Back in my room I opened a package of mixed nuts and 'polished off' three small bottles of light ale. I rechecked my stuff for my cellphone and for three days 'punished' myself for forgetting it, since my sole reason for having it is 'for emergencies' and currently has 600 minutes stored. I called a friend in Florida with whom I exchange phone calls every day, have for years. I left a msg on one of my son's phones. He called back on sunday about 11 am and I listened to one 4 yr old grand daughter's speech and understood a few words.
I slept 9 hours. Somewhat perplexed when I woke up in the dark on, 'how did I get here?'. I loathe motels incidentally and hoped I'd be there only 2-3 days. But acclimated as the days went by. I realized I had possibly the best room in the motel, nearest to the office where one could use a small microwave and get a light breakfast. There was a nice coffee maker and small refrigerator in the room. I had a good view of Highway 60 and the Stonegate Plaza's electrical sign which gave me the time and temperature.
Motel seekers on sunday were told to try the Cassville area, 30 miles south. After that filled up, the word spread that Branson had rooms, 60 miles southeast and the shortest route via a twisting up and down road that is a challenge in good weather. I heard later Branson motels were chared a flat $30 per night.
A family originally from India own and manage the Days Inn, grandparents, and parents of two young kids, one old enough to man the desk at times. They were always friendly, courteous and polite. The owner-manager maintained his sense of humour throughout a very stressful period.
Sunday Jan. 14, was clear but vehicles outside my window were caked with ice. Many patrons struggled with their doors and windshields. About 1 pm I got mine started and cleared for partial visibility but my mirrors and side windows were caked with ice. I drove only to the Stonegate Plaza next door and ate at the El Chorro restaurant. After dinner/lunch the windows were better so I called to make sure Rameys market was open. About 2 pm I drove via the back roads to Rameys-Price Cutter on Cleveland. It is one of my favorite groceries and is on 'Business 60, a bit over a mile north from the motel. A very light rain was starting again. As I walked towards Ramey's entrance I heard a bang to the east and witnessed a transformer or something on a power pole blow up, bright blue flash, followed by a large puff of brown smoke. This was the first of my experiences that caused me by the end of the week saying, 'where ever I go, the power goes off'.
Not many customers in the semi darkness of Rameys operating on generator for the lights. They were not sure how long they'd stay open on the generator so I went after the stuff on my list easiest to find. I paid cash rather than hold up the line with a debit card which I believe they were still taking. The drizzling rain had increased and the RR gates closed as I approached on Chapel Drive. I figured it was related to the shorted power line. I was right, they started slowly back up so I went through, not under them of course. At the motel my 'keycard' didn't work so I left my groceries by the door and went to the office. It needed to be 'swiped' each day by the counter clerk. I had a few 'ales', some soft cookies, nuts and an apple and read in bed to 9-10'ish'. Now began the 'worrying too much' nights about a million contingencies, house pipes frozen, fire when power would come on, on and on. I have a mind like that. Some would call it 'expecting the worst'. I consider it vtal strategic planning material but in this case there wasn't anything I could do in advance so only resuled in waking up every few hours with another 'horror show' coming to mind. At 1:43 am monday morning the power went off, so I got up and put on the skintight silk-like super cold underwear I had with me.
Monday, the 15th, after a decent night's sleep I felt 'shaky' in the morning even after coffee and hot rolls. I called Adele at the Freistatt Farmer's Exchange who reported a dozen poles down on H highway and that Empire said the power would be off at least a week. So I went back to the motel office and told them probably be there the rest of the week. I got extra coffee for my room, an aspirin, some juice, heated a roll and chatted with a couple from Riverside California about Disneyland, mexican restaurants and grandkids.
I chatted on 'landline' with Phil Hatzfeld at 9:30 am and 2 pm. About 2:30 pm I walked to the El Chorro for a big dinner. I found an old friend, Bill Nickum after dinner and we sat and traded stories for awhile. His shop in Mt.Vernon was closed due to the power outage as well as employees being ill. I walked to the gas station convenience store on the east side of the motel for a newspaper and 'the local grapevine'. When we heard Wal-Mart was closed, the joke was, 'get your skates, hell has frozen over, Wal-Mart is closed'. Personally I never gave a thought on crossing 60 for Wal Mart. I avoid the place as much as possible since they 'remodeled' and hid things even more than usual.
Pike Electric trucks arrived about 2 am and were all pulled out by 7:30 am.
Tuesday January 16, the ice on my van was removable on the sun facing side with a scraper so I turned it around for the other side to warm up. I got a hot dog at the gas station. My main activity in the room was reading two new books I 'got' for Christmas, 'Born Fighting - How the Scots-Irish Shaped America' James Webb, 2004 and 'The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told', Bryant Urstadt, editor. 2004. I bought Webb's book for my genealogical background so took notes through out.
The power was out about 3:30 p.m. to 5:49 p.m. so I walked back to the gas station for a Monett Times and to the El Chorro who said they would close since they heard the power would be off till 7 pm and their normal closing is 9 pm. I kept the motel people informed on whatever I picked up by chatting or via the radio in the room, tuned to the Monett radio station, KRMO which played an important role with information on outages, closings,shelters, etc. .
My neighbor in Freistatt, Bob Bremer called to warn me, 'Don't give up your room'. He reported that Steve and Debbie Schoen were working on getting a shelter going in the Lions building which is across the road from my house in Freistatt. And that the lines to my house looked okay but that if I drove into my driveway it was so icy I might not get out. That was certainly true since on Thursday morning when I stopped in the top of my driveway I started slipping before I let go of my van's door, so got back in and left. He said he would cut the major logs in my yard with his new chain saw and I said I'd get one to cut the smaller limbs. He said he's close to 60, never had seen anything like this storm and that crews were not out working on the lines. I believe he was referring to Highway H west of Freistatt at the sharp south bend to the Monett substation which was not worked on for another week.
Pike Electric line trucks of Mount Airy, North Carolina arrived back at 8:30 pm and were out at 4 a.m. Their website had pictures of their working conditions in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri.
Wednesday January 17th, before 9 am I called Rameys, who said they were open on generator power. I relayed that info to KRMO, 95.9 and heard it on the air almost immediately. I drove there and noted a long freight train waiting to the east of the crossing on Chapel Drive, headed west. I shopped in Ramey's at 11:15 am, their generator being outside the front door. I yakked with the produce area guy. There were very few in the store. I had to load my groceries via my passenger side door since my van's sliding door was still stuck with ice. I noted the freight had moved and was blocking Chapel so I drove west on Cleveland and south on 16th street. About half way in the street was closed due to a low hanging electrical wire as well as downed trees. Casey's wasn't pumping any gas but the convenience store was open. All the auto shops on that street were not only closed all vehicles were covered with ice. Trees around homes on Cleveland were devastated. Very few people were out and about.
Wanting more cash I drove to UMB bank on Broadway. The 'word' there was the power would be on about noon, having been off since 9-9:15 am. The library was closed so I couldn't wait there. I left, power came back on at 12:48 p.m. At 60 and Kyler there were two fire trucks guarding the intersection where a bucket truck was attending to a power outage. Turns out that was the system failure that turned all of Monett out.
Back at the motel I noted Team (ex Spradling) Chevrolet had young workers poking ice of new cars on the front row. In the motel office/snack area it was 'like old home week' as patrons gathered whose work had been canceled or whose homes were without power. One lady's kids wind up helping with room cleaning. The manager told me later he had a 'help problem' and their mother volunteered the kids. I had a long yak with a minister who lives on the northest side of Purdy. There was a lot of exchanging of 'you might know so and so'.
From the gas station on the east side of the motel I could see that Murphy gas and Wal-Mart were open, presumably on generators. The burger place next to Murphy gas had been closed since Saturday Jan 13th when I was checking in at about 3 pm. To 'make myself useful' I called in information several times to KRMO. About 2 p.m. I called Cox Communications for the motel manager who said he hadn't been able to get through for days. I wasn't sure the room TV was not working. I have not had a TV since 1987 so was not sure my tests in turning it on were correct. Nor did I care much, of course.
KRMO announced Schreiber Mt. Vernon's second shift was called off.
Wed, 17th, 6 pm, back to my room after walking to the gas station for the Monett Times, then to El Chorro for dinner. The ground was slightly slippery. For two weeks I wore only my LL Bean insulated Storm Chaser Boots, designed for 'more northerly climes'. I don't recall wearing them at all last winter. Wednesday evening, 9 p.m. I called the number the motel manager gave me and held 'on hold' for 15 minutes, an 'eternity' for me, normally I quit after 3 minutes at most. More Pike workers arrive between 8 to 10 p.m. and double up in some rooms.
And 'surprise, surprise', the cable TV starts working. I hear it first in the room next door. Gee you 'don't thunk' some operator somewhere noted Days Inn, a $700/mth commercial account stayed on hold for 15 minutes, looked at some console and said, 'oh', pushed a button and voila Days Inn had cable. Anyway that's the humorous tale I invented.
Thursday, the 18th. I get up at 5 am, my usual time and noted the Pike boom trucks are gone. 2 of their pickups leave about 6 a.m. Since my van is clear of ice and the weather looks 'okay', I buy $20 worth of gas next to the motel and drive to UMB on Broadway. As I walk in from the east side door, a manager lady is approaching to lock the door since the power just went off. This was the beginning of my joke about 'where ever I go, the lights go out'. It took her awhile via cellphone to get my account number since I didn't have my checkbook with me. The Kansas city link was unintelligible so she called the Carthage branch and got the number so I got my $500 cash. I carry 'plastic' but use it as little as possible. Fortunately just a week before I had moved more cash into my UMB account.
Here's my noting of time and temperature by calling 236-1000, a service of Cox Monett Hospital;
My room phone only worked when the motel had power. I also noted the Gateway Plaza's electric sign temperatures were higher by 2 to 4 degrees than from Cox.
Jan 15 Mon 5:35 p.m. 13 degrees Plaza sign read 18 degrees
8:43 p.m. 10 "
9:40 p.m. 10
10:50 p.m. 9
midnight 9
Jan 16 Tues 6:36 a.m. 4
1:14 p.m. 13 degrees
5:51 p.m. 11 " Plaza sign read 16 degrees
8:18 p.m 10 "
Jan. 17 Wed 7.25 a.m. 11 degrees
8.22 a.m 14 degrees
1:37 p.m. 24 degrees
3:48 p.m. 25 degrees
6:19 p.m 23
9.55 p.m. 25
Jan. 18 Thur 5:40 a.m. 24
. 9.07 a.m 24
3.25 p.m. 27
7:47 p.m. 24
Jan. 19 Fri 5:21 a.m. 15
. 9:55 a.m. 30
11:23 a.m. 31
4:24 p.m. 33
6:45 p.m. 28
9:36 p.m. 25
Jan 20 Sat 2:25 a.m. 24
4.01 a.m. 24
7:24 a.m. 25
The bank lady and I spotted a bucket truck in the bank lot so we went out and asked the worker when the power was expected back on. He said it would be out 3-4 hours and that would be true for the next four days to enable line work.
I drove out to Freistatt to get my mail and the latest word from Sue, our Postmistress and visited the shelter in the Community Building about 9:45 a.m. A large, towable national guard generator was running on the east side of the building. Two guardsmen were still sleeping on cots in the kitchen area. Jennifer and Aaron Obermann were "running the place", Aaron on his vacation time. Their kids were along with a few others, playing card and board games mostly. Some young girls were awake on their cots, of which about 10 were set up. Aaron said he had knocked on my door checking on my well being.
I was anxious to visit my house so pulled into the top of my driveway, limbs preventing me from going further. I wanted to check the house inside and get some things. The driveway was so icy I used a broom handle as a cane but my footing was so insecure I dared not let go of the open car door. When I made a move to get back in my van, my left slid away from me, pulling a muscle or such in my lower back. I decided, "ok', I'll play the game" and bent over towards my driver's seat and sort of propelled myself in falling on the seat, then hoisted my legs under the steering wheel and writhed, wiggled into an upright position. Anyone observing would have thought, "poor old man, must be severely athritic".
I drove over to Schoen Equipment (local John Deere dealer) and visited with Jim and his son as they sat with a few lights on exchanging tales of the outage. The consensus on when the power will be on, was in 3 to 4 more days. The feed line to Freistatt comes north on Race Track Rd, aka Chapel Drive and County Road 1090. I was relieved to learn that. I had driven out on H highway after coming to the Empire District closed road signs on 1090 and counted 12 power poles down with many wires hanging low from poles still upright. Also no one was working on them.Turns out that road is Ozark Electric service area..
Back at the shelter/Community Center I noted most cots had been taken up, tables set out and about 10 kids were playing cards, well some were watching. Then several pizza's showed up and they feasted. I sat and chatted with Anne and Earl Telschow and had my first self heating meal, where you open a special water packet and pour it in an envelope into which you insert the prepackaged meal. First time through the directions caused uncertainty but the meal was good. The shelter had stacks of them as well as a huge supply of candy and drinking water. Beverly Osterloh, Stan Ness, Dan Porter and other locals visited and we exchanged stories. There was a large pile of freshly cut limbs near the front of Community building. Early in the week the water tower level had to be brought back up over 70 foot with a generator brought in by either Empire or the National Guard. Apparently many Freistatters disappeared to go with relatives in Monett.
I drove back to my motel, unsure of course how much longer I'd be there but I told the manager 3 or 4 more days.
Friday, the 19th. I got up at 5 after a good night's sleep and breakfasted on an apple, coffee, oatmeal packet and a hot bun. I planned to do a laundry, get cleaned up and possibly go to Freistatt's shelter on Saturday. I loaded all but 'a covering' of my clothes in the motel's washing machine and went to the manager for soap. He couldn't find it right off, but then all of Monett's power went off at 8:45 a.m. While waiting I took pictures from the upstairs motel balcony. The manager handed me a package of soap so I turned on the washer. That got completed and I put the clothes in the dryer. After awhile I opened it to take out delicates and it wouldn't restart. I figured it had either used up my $1.25 or opening the door ran my time out so I removed the slightly damp clothes and at noon hung them around my room. Noting the lights out I realized I might have more time on the dryer but figured, why bother. Also for the first time in my stay, ice was melting off the motel roof.
For lunch I drove to Stars restaurant on south 37, then to Race Brothers and bought a Husqvarna chainsaw. They were operating on generators. Then when the young man went in the shop to start mine and tune it up, he discovered they were out of gasoline so he went for some. On the way back to the motel I bought groceries at Sav-A-Lot. On friday I had investigated the room's small refrigerator so I felt safe buying some frozen meals to heat in the office microwave. The frig was so new I had to remove shipping tapes from inside trays.
7:17 p.m. Friday I called the National Weather office in Springfield and listened to the forecast tape. This what I noted;
Saturday 20 Jan; high mid 30's, 10-15 mph, 3-6 inches snow, upper 20's at night
Sunday 21 Jan; mid 30's, cloudy, drizzle, lower 20's overnight
Monday 22 Jan; mid 30's.
Tuesday 23 Jan; 13-17 degrees overnight
Wednesday 24 Jan; 12-17 degrees overnight, upper 20's during day
Thursday 25 Jan; 16-20 degrees.
I was now constantly weighing what day did I dare leave the motel for the Freistatt shelter? I needed more input so called Roy Obermann and his wife said their power came on at 4 pm Friday. They are the first house south of me on H highway. Not sure that meant my lights were on I called Bob Bremer and his wife said she would have him check when he drives by on his way home from work about 1 am. I tried four other neighbors and couldn't get through.
Saturday the 20th, I packed up my stuff and checked out of the motel, a nervous wreck worrying about the condition of my house, assuming the power would be on in a day or two if not already. With snow predicted for saturday night I figured better get out there while I can. Well, all my fears gradually were laid to rest, no frozen pipes, no evidence of leaks nor furry little creatures. I had filled my frig's freezer in anticipation of the storm and the house had been so cold that all in the freezer was still frozen hard and the temp was about zero. The power was not on but line crews were working on poles across from my house. Mike Harmon was reconnecting the power to the house to the east of the shelter and he told me he had checked my electric power loop and it looked okay. I hung around the Community Center, ate two ready heat meals and at 4:25 pm in light freezing drizzle I drove to the Lions lot and watched the line crews. They were connecting the hot line at the top of a pole directly across from my house and it arc'd once, the nearby pole's Christmas light flickered and all went dead. The crew then went to 3rd street and worked into the dark with cold sleeting rain. We had a gala evening at the Center. Dan Porter broke out his guitars and I ended up singing old country music in a duet, when I knew the song and he had the words opened in front of us. We didn't draw a crowd. The general conversation including the two guardsmen went on late in the evening. I ducked into the Village's office and used the computer. Finally everyone left but me and the two guardsmen and it was soon lights out. I got on a regular army cot on my sleeping bag with an army blanket over me and one for a pillow and amazed I ever slept at all.
Sunday the 21st. I got up first and at 7:15 am drove down and into the top end of my driveway. I could see my house lights were on, GREAT RELIEF. Went back to Community Center, the guardsmen had pulled out, generator and all. I loaded up and had something to eat. Back at my house I started getting things in order. I waited till the humidity came down from 100 to 70 and the room was 55 degrees before I turned on my computer. I had 75 email messages.
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The consensus here is that Finland isn't the most exciting place in the world. Which isn't to deny that there might be much more exciting parts of Finland than Muonio, being in the middle of nowhere as we are, or that we aren't actually excited to be here. We are!
But, well, things can be a little drab (just check the lighting in the photo above).
Nevertheless, there are things I love in Finland. First of all, the skiing. We were on great snow at the end of October, how cool is that?
Here's a list of seven other things I love.
1) Sparks. Referred to in English as kicksleds, these things are sweet. They are the little red wagons of Scandinavia, only better. Every day we see old people kicking their sparks home from the grocery store, laden down with the night's dinner ingredients. We also saw some very cool camoflage-bedecked high school students sparking home from school, which was awesome.
2) Nordqvist Tea. Our first black tea selection at the grocery store was "The Emperor's Bride", which despite its funny name turned out to be excellent. Excitedly, we finished the box so we could try more tea. Other varieties have names such as Faithful Friend, Tiger's Daydream, Carribean Sun, and non-sequiturs like The Wisdom of Stay and Cheery Rainy Day. Carribean Sun is my current favorite; on the Nordqvist website, its picture is captioned with "Memories are like sand in swimwear." Very profound.
3) Lingonberry Jam. On our first grocery outing, we bought a tub of Dronningham lingonberry jam, and it's been one of the best things to happen to us so far. It goes on toast, in oatmeal, and even into the homemade applesauce I cooked to disguise some rather rubbery pork. You can find lingonberry products in the United States, but they are expensive. Here, they are commonplace, and that is a very good thing.
4) Sunsets (and sunrises). I think I mentioned this before, but because the sun hangs so low in the sky all the time, sunsets and sunrises last forever. They are beautiful. In fact, unless it is cloudy, the light is generally beautiful here. So maybe I should change this one to "The Light."
5) Reindeer. On the drive to Olos, the ski area, we have seen reindeer crossing the road several times. Reindeer are pretty cool. They come in different colors! And the best thing about this was that the first time we spotted the reindeer, Hannah became completely frantic trying to catch a glimpse of them from her less-than-ideal seat in the van. Luckily, she managed to see them. If not, there would have been tears, I'm sure of it.
6) The Info Board at Olos. I didn't realize I loved this until today, when it no longer displayed just the date and time, but some other messages as well. The information cycles through, with several messages in Finnish, several in English, and universally understood schedule for racing. My favorite message is posted below.
7) Life. Finally, as part of my new job for FasterSkier, I have had the opportunity to interview some really incredible athletes. The first of these interviews, with Swedish biathlete Bjorn Ferry, was posted today. Check it out. I have the best job in the world – or two of them, actually!
That's all for now. I promise I'll try to write more frequently.


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THE site of a former Somerset pub could be developed into seven new homes.
Land formerly occupied by the Queen's Arms, at Wraxall, near Shepton Mallet, is on the market for offers in the region of £425,000.
It is being dealt with by development land and planning experts, Greenslade Taylor Hunt.
The site, which extends to 0.53 acres or 0.22 hectares, is located immediately off the A37 and offers 'outstanding' views across the open countryside to the south, the agent said.
"Mendip District Council granted outline planning permission in October 2018 for the partial demolition of existing buildings and the creation of five new build, three bedroom, detached properties plus a two bedroom conversion and a three bedroom conversion from the retained buildings," a Greenslade Taylor Hunt spokesperson added.
"The permission is subject to 20 conditions. All of the dwellings are open market and none are affordable.
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From rocket science to everyday use: how BTH is transforming Value Driven Design research
- Post by: Marco Bertoni
- 15th November 2016
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Extended product warranties up to 10 years, leasing or pay-per-use schemes are just few examples of how manufacturing companies are shifting their focus from selling products to offering "solutions" (functional sales, product-service systems etc.), combining products and services. The opportunity to maximize customer value is a main reason for this, still great challenges remain when "value" is measured and communicated while developing these solutions.
The European aerospace industry is nowadays at the forefront of this research on "Value Driven Design", and the European FP7 CRESCENDO project stands out as one of the main hubs for the development of "value models" to support design decision making. Here, Marco Bertoni, Alessandro Bertoni and Christian Johansson have been main contributors to the improvement of value-based decision-making models. A research initiated by Professors Tobias Larsson (then at Luleå University of Technology) and Ola Isaksson (previously at LTU, and now at Chalmers) during the VIVACE EU FP6 programme.
See Value Driven Design paper for more details on the initial approach.
In front of many possible solutions, engineers must identify the most value adding ones. The EVOKE tool, a result of both the CRESCENDO and VINNOVA VITUM research work, does just that:
it (EVOKE) systematically guides engineers in assessing design options (such as different aero-engine anti-ice splitter configurations), to spotlight the most valuable one to be later detailed.
The tool also recognizes that the input data are uncertain and uses the concept of Knowledge Maturity to give a feedback to the engineering team on how much the assessment can be trusted.
See EVOKE papers (#1 & #2) for more information.
See Knowledge Maturity paper for more info.
Value model results are linked to the geometry and requirements of a product by the use of color coding 3D models in the Computer Aided Design environment. The approach has been prototyped in collaboration with SIEMENS PLM systems and tested in lab.
See color coding paper for more info.
There is more than aerospace though. In the construction equipment sector value models are currently developed in collaboration with Atlas Copco and Volvo Construction Equipment within the Model Driven Development Decision Support (MD3S) research profile and KKS STOSIP project at BTH.
A major challenge here is to predict the performance of alternative configurations of a machine when operated at the site. Johan Wall and Massimo Panarotto are currently tackling this challenge by developing a chain simulation models that determines the Total Cost of Ownership of alternative machine features (as pictured below).
Data mining techniques are also explored to collect live data from machines and using them to populate the decision making models, achieving "data driven design". Another challenge is also to include sustainability as "value dimension" in the decision. The proposed models decompose and clarify sustainability implications in a way that it is possible to compare them against performance-related capabilities already during preliminary design.
See value models paper.
- Related research papers and readings from PDRL on Value Driven Design may be found here: https://www.productdevelopment.se/?s=value+driven+design
Projects where this research has evolved
- VIVACE: http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/47814_en.html
- CRESCENDO: http://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/140562_en.html
- KKS Model Driven Development and Decision Support – MD3S: https://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=68
- VINNOVA VITUM: https://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=1518
- KKS STOSIP: https://www.productdevelopment.se/?p=548
- Professor Tobias Larsson
- Associate Professor Marco Bertoni
- Assistant Professor Christian Johansson
- Assistant Professor Alessandro Bertoni


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(or, do animals reincarnate?)
...you tell me
they decided on a female; we brought home a brother and a sister - my fault.
the runt, i was told -
and as those liquid brown eyes made direct contact with my own,
brother Bri, sister Gabi - Gabriel and Gabriella ....dog? what dog? (look closely to see Lili)
like preferring fresh vegetables and fruit to meat,
as well as being his antithesis;
that really i was totally disconnected,
if only in hoping that it would offer consolation -
someone went online to find a Craigslist puppy image inexplicably popped up on their screen,
and over the process of treatment had lost all her hair –
and a voice from inside spoke to us --
you'd think i'm killing her when all i'm doing is clipping her nails –
Unpredictability energized, she fought and won freedom from her owner -
...to tear us to pieces or what? i got ready to swipe Bri up into my arms.
she simply and stunningly took his leash in her teeth
and headed toward the door!!
having experienced past life memories from an early age -
for the necessary mourning of her predecessor --
IME reincarnation is a better one
her predecessor's fatal injury seems to have manifested
but i will smile and say this:
or equally poignant: we are our children's children's children …
"leaving Mother Earth to our children."
doesn't it?
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April 14, 2009
Where the Livin Ain't that Easy Afterall
I barely slept a wink last night.
I was holding my breath wondering when I might feel the little busy feet of Mr. Topogigio tickle across me in bed and having a vivid imagination I began to think of Mr. T. burrowing down into the bed trying to get as close to my warm body as possible.
I began to think of Richard Gere. Oh, just a sec, no, that was gerbils. And, I'm sure that was never true. Urban Myth.
I was laying there as if I had a rifle beside me waiting to be taken hostage at any moment. You'd think I was on safari in Darfur.
At no time did it occur to me that moving to the country could actually be bad for one's blood pressure.
In preparation for the ultimate rodent takedown, I downsized the mousetraps. I figured out the one I'd purchased the day before was meant for rats and gophers, not mice. So, I got the ones for mice. Two of them. Where's the ones for racoons, arrogent men and small children I think to myself.
Sure enough when I woke up this morning and walked into the kitchen the poor little thing was lying there, head crunched inside The Better Mouse Trap, silver tail curved slightly, gleaming a little under the kitchen lights with its prickly mouse feet clenched in surprise.
I gingerly walked over and peered down. I debated calling Pauline. What do I do now? Where should I throw it? If I throw it outside close to the house will I have a whole bunch of other mice heading like lemmings for my cottage as if they are launching a coup on the evil dictator? Will they overthrow me?
This is not how I want to start my day. This is not how any civilized person should start their day; staring down at the prey they killed the night before not unless they're a contestant on SURVIVOR. If I was in the city, I'd be at a Tim Horton's drivethrough! (THIS IS A JOKE!)
But, you gotta do what you gotta do so I got dressed. I put on my pink rubber gloves. I picked up the trap with the little petrified mouse body hanging out. I walked 50 paces into the woods behind my place, opened the trap and it dropped with a little crisp sound on a leaf behind a tree trunk. Poor thing. I covered it over with a piece of tree bark and said "So Help Me God" under my breath. I walked back and decided that eating breakfast at home under such traumatizing circumstances was simply out of the question.
I swear to you that between the Daddy Long Leg spiders hanging above my head in the room that doubles as my dressing room/clothes closet, the mice, the racoons, the vigilence required to miss ever-wandering twitless deer in the path of my vehicle, the possibility of having the one mythical cougar on the island stalk me when I take hikes alone, the big Dobermans and other scary dogs in Duck Creek sans leashes, and the ever worrying thought that the wood stove may burn the place down, I'm pretty sure my blood pressure is through the rat-infested roof.
I'm not sure I've ever been as uptight as I am now and lets face it I'm always pretty damned uptight. I'm starting to twitch and flinch in ways that may begin to make strangers think I'm in the early stages of Parkinsons Disease.
Tonight, I had dinner at Paulines. I was telling her my stories. After dinner, relaxing on the couch, I'm looking out on her deck and what do I see? I see yet another rodent. That's a pretty big mouse I think. I jump up. "What's THAT?" I yell. Oh MY GOD is that a RAT? I scream out! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
She thinks I'm kidding. She thinks I'm just foolin' around after all the mice talk. But she comes running, can't believe her eyes and races outside to scare it away. "Norway Rat. Roof Rats," she says. "Damn Thing. It's after the bird seed. I must have spilled some of the humming bird feeder liquid. Brazen thing."
Why isn't it on the roof then? Why is it on the deck?
"OH MY GOD, they're everywhere," I say. And just as I'm about to go inside, I hear this incredible whirring right above my head as a humming bird dive bombs me and I jump and duck and scare myself as Pauline laughs at my wimpy citified nervous system.
When it's time to leave, I give her a hug goodbye and all she says is RUN! RUN to the Car! Don't look back! A big smile crosses her face as she just shakes her head at me.
I'm about to go to bed now. I've set the traps again. The sound of crickets and frogs provides the appropriate background music for the murder mystery that's about to unfold yet again.
Stay tuned! Oh, and sweet dreams...
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Enermax has been making power supplies since the early 90's so it's really no surprise to see much of their lineup landing in the top levels of the 80+ efficiency range. It takes a lot of good engineering to maintain such an extremely high-efficiency rating under a heavy load. Here we find that Enermax has taken its flagship Platimax lineup and married to another of their technologies, the D.F.R. fans. The Dust Free Fans spin in reverse at startup to blow all the accumulated dust back off of the fan blades. Marry all of this to a fully modular platform and you have the new Platimax D.F. family of power supplies. Today we'll be taking a look at the largest in the family, the 1200W Platimax D.F. Platinum.
ProClockers would like to thank Enermax for sending the Platimax D.F. 1200W power supply over to check out!
Enermax's take on the Platimax D.F. 1200W:
Platimax D.F. power supply series is 80 PLUS® Platinum certified in 160mm depth, featuring full modular cable design and stylish individual sleeved cables – SLEEMAX. Moreover, Platimax D.F. is built with ENERMAX patented DFRTM (Dust Free Rotation) technology with smart semi-fanless control ensuring silent operation. Users can activate the DFRTM function at any time during operation through the unique D.F. switch. Platimax D.F. is surely a perfect solution for high-end gaming rigs or multi-GPU systems.
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