2008-Aug-1 - American History museum to reopen in November

American History museum to reopen in November.By BRETT ZONGKER – 15 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special new gallery for the flag thatinspired the national anthem will debut in November when theSmithsonian's National Museum of American History reopens after alonger-than-expected renovation, the museum announced Wednesday.The Nov. 21 reopening of the home of Kermit the Frog and Dorothy'sruby slippers coincides with the 145th anniversary of AbrahamLincoln's Gettysburg Address, the famous Civil War speech deliveredon Nov. 19, 1863. The museum will give visitors a rare chance tosee the White House copy of Lincoln's handwritten speech forseveral months. The document is usually kept in the Lincoln bedroomand must be back before the next president moves in. Glassware "We want visitors to come away with a deeper understanding andappreciation of the American dream and what it has meant to be anAmerican," said museum director Brent Glass. A visit to the flaggallery, he said, "will be memorable and inspiring. It will be oneof the must-see destinations in Washington, D.C."

The museum had been slated to reopen this summer, but officialssaid unexpected asbestos and lead paint discovered duringconstruction caused some delays in the $85 million project. Thebuilding, which usually draws millions of visitors each year, hasbeen closed since September 2006. The asbestos cleanup cost anadditional $2 million, Glass said.

The nation's most popular history museum is in the midst of a majormakeover. In addition to the new flag gallery, the museum's centralcore will be opened up with a skylight to brighten spaces that hadbeen dark and cavernous.There's also an effort to make the museum more "green" with cafesthat forego disposable items in favor of real plates andsilverware, along with locally grown foods, and carpet and chairsmade from recycled materials.The museum will be reorganized around a central atrium, which Glasscalls the "public square." It will become a place fornaturalization ceremonies for new immigrants, musical performancesand other events. Like other public squares around the world, themuseum will become a place "to exchange information and ideas,"Glass said.Beginning with the reopening, the museum plans to have historiccharacters walking around peaking with visitors every weekend andon holidays, as well as tours, theater and musical programs.The iconic artifact will remain the 30-by-34-foot Star-SpangledBanner. Its new gallery is specially designed to allow visitors'eyes to adjust from the bright sunlight of the atrium to a dimlylit space that will protect the flag and depict "the dawn's earlylight."The distance between the light and dark spaces was carefullyplanned to allow visitors' eyes to adapt as they approach the flag,said Gary Haney, design partner with the architectural firmSkidmore, Owings and Merrill, which designed the space. "Ithopefully will be something that no one notices, but it's a verydelicate operation."Part of the exhibit will show how the flag has been preserved.As visitors approach the flag, they'll first learn about the War of1812 and the burning of Washington. A piece of charred timber fromthe White House will "really anchor people in that moment," saidJames Gardner, associate director of curatorial affairs. "We thinkthat's something that will make visitors go 'Wow!'"The idea is to set the historical scene before visitors see theflag. "We are at war with the greatest empire on earth," curatorJeffrey Brodie said. "The survival of the nation is at stake."After the British destroyed the White House, they moved north tothe commercial hub of Baltimore, where Francis Scott Key penned thewords that would become the national anthem. The flag gallery willinclude some of the sights and sounds of the kind of battle hewitnessed."There will be a fragment of a bomb that visitors can touch —'The bombs bursting in air ...,'" Brodie said. "You'll actually seewhere those words came from."

2008-Aug-1 - Fake 'green' campaign kills real jobs

.Unfortunately, given its monopoly position, the LCBO's strong-armtactics have paid off. "We were recently advised that as a resultof commercial pressure by the LCBO, a major beverage alcoholproducer in Ontario is switching from competitively-priced glasspackaging to plastic bottles," notes Mr. Stroucken. The LCBO, itseems, is taking greenmail to a new level.

2008-Aug-1 - Breaking the metal mold

Lefever said Fred Wilton, of York, was one of his predecessors aspresident. John Wilton, of Wrightsville, oversees the factory storein Mount Joy. Richard Wilton, of Palm Springs, Calif., heads thecompany's design efforts. And Steve Wilton, another formerpresident who now lives outside Denver, Colo., helps with itsmarketing strategy and environmental efforts. Glassware The company once made everything from wagon wheels to brasstrinkets to wall ornaments, and in the 1950s was the country'slargest manufacturer of barbells, Lefever said.The Armetale formula that Bud Wilton developed in the early 1960sis a thermal alloy that both holds heat and stays cold longer thanother metals.The name, Lefever said, is a combination of the words art and metalput together with a little French flair.At first, the company used the alloy to manufacture products forthe restaurant industry."It wasn't until the early to mid-'70s that we started sellingit at the retail level," Lefever said..Wilton Armetale now makes about 700 different cookware andserveware products, Lefever said, turning out about 700,000 items ayear with a work force of 80 to 85 employees and sales runningbetween $15 million and $20 million.

"We are the largest manufacturer and supplier of alternativemetal in the country," Lefever said. "We call ourselves'the last man standing'  in an industry where made in the USAstill means something."But to grow, he said, the company had to break with that tradition,a decision that Lefever said has not always set well with all itscustomers.OutsourcingThe new lines of glassware and ceramics are not Wilton Armetale'sfirst forays into outsourcing. They're part of a process ofmodernization that began several years ago.One of the first steps the company took to ensure its future was toinvest about $4 million in new equipment in 1999 and 2000 to makeits Mount Joy foundry operations more efficient and environmentallyfriendly.Expanding its brand beyond metal was another step in the process."For us to continue to grow our business, we realized we hadto branch off into other media," Lefever said. "Thereason we import the glassware and ceramics is we don't have theexpertise to do that ourselves."Importing is also a step that most of Wilton Armetale's competitors— Arthur Court, Mariposa, Nambé and Lenox — tooksome time ago.

"We have to constantly reinvent ourselves when we're in anindustry as competitive as this," Lefever said.

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2008-Aug-1 - Popular Bedroom, bathroom glassware

.So whether enjoying someone else's collection of depression glassor perhaps thinking of starting your own, remember this lovelyglassware doesn't have to be restricted to the china cabinet.

.Riel Nason catontheporch@yahoo.ca is a columnist, collector andantique dealer living in Quispamsis. Her column appears the lastSaturday of every month.

2008-Aug-1 - Alderfer Auction Company

2008-Aug-1 - Everything including the kitchen sink

More than a few people have made the mistake.Commercial Glass and Restaurant Supply is not the place to go toreplace a piece of glass.But if you."re looking for top-of-the-line, American-made glassware, china and implements or equipment for your kitchen atthe same prices your favorite restaurant is paying, then thewell-appointed Arnold Avenue showroom should definitely be thefirst stop on your itinerary.H.J. Fox had been vacationing in Naples since the late 1960s, whenhe got tired of the cold Michigan weather and found opportunityhere in the form of supply and demand. Restaurants were having ahard time finding sources for a case of drinking glasses.A short while later, business became so good that his son, Rock,packed his house and family to move here to help. Now, 30 yearslater, the family-owned and operated full-service restaurant supplycompany stocks everything . except the food . needed to operatea functional, well-groomed kitchen.And it."s not just for restaurants. From flatware, utensils,linens and even coffee mugs to pots, pans and paper or plasticgoods, Commercial Glass and Restaurant has all the table-toppers,cleaning supplies and disposables one can imagine, allowingcustomers to shop as if they were restaurant owners.SWith a growing community, I see more and more homeowners wantinggood quality kitchens with guarantees in place. They."re allwelcome here,. said the younger Fox, who now runs the business,with his son, Tyler.And, Commercial Glass and Restaurant is prepared to help design thelayout of your kitchen and stage it, too, including delivery andinstallation of those specialty freezers and ovens..SIt."s all about being local, hands-on, and being able todeliver what."s needed to make customers." lives easier,. saidFox. .SIt."s about taking care of our customers and understandingtheir needs by giving them the right information and the rightequipment so they can fulfill their quest with ease. We can stay intune with their needs because we are local and we take care of anysituation.Dealing with just about every restaurant and hotel in the county,Fox notes the restaurant industry is never idle.SPeople always love to go out to eat,. he said. .SThere."s alot of creativity in this business..Fox said that while some of the smaller items are imported, thelarger equipment is all made in the U.S. In fact, he works with 172American factories; thoroughly examining the background of eachproduct under consideration to make sure it exceeds specifications.Commercial Glass and Restaurant delivers daily, and beginning Nov.1, will be open Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m., through Mother."s Day.

SThe name may be a little misleading, although we have sold a lotof glassware,. said Fox. .SBut if you."re looking for greatquality and selection in kitchen accessories, this is the place toshop first..

2008-Aug-1 - Bligh airs glassing worries

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she is concerned about thenumber of violent incidents using broken glasses at pubs and clubs. Glassware The Member for Caloundra, Mark McArdle, is calling for reforms tothe hospitality industry after a recent spate of glassings on theGold and Sunshine coasts - including mandating the types ofglassware used in pubs and clubs.Others have called for glass to be replaced with plastic cups.Ms Bligh says the Government has no immediate plans to do that."When people get to a certain stage in their drinking, frankly theyshouldn't be served any more," she said."These sorts of incidents happen because people are too fuelled upwith alcohol and issues that shouldn't become violent becomeviolent."I'd rather deal with this at the very source of the problem andthat is clamping down on irresponsible drinking.".Tags:

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2008-Jul-31 - Author Richard Price

2008-Jul-31 - RAP Tax Committee Hears Funding Requests

2008-Jul-31 - Outdoor LED Display features tricolor capabilities.

2008-Jul-31 - At Dover Town Library (July 31)

Department.Color a puzzle for the kids at Children’s HospitalThe next time you are in the Children’s Department thissummer, take a minute or two and ask for a puzzle to color for theyoung patients at Children’s Hospital. When you are donecoloring, leave your completed puzzle in the Puzzle Drop Box at thechildren’s main circulation desk. Puzzles will be availablethroughout the summer. On Sept. 20, at Dover Days, all completedpuzzles will be on display and ribbons will be awarded for variouscategories. The puzzle program is a community effort between theDover Library copper clad laminates and Precious Beginnings Preschool to supportChildren’s Hospital’s young patients healing throughplay.Beach Reads for AdultsLooking for a relaxing read to stick in your bag as you head outthis summer? We have a fabulous display of great, fun, relaxingreads for adults on display all month in the Children’sDepartment. Grab something for you on your next visit to thelibrary.Summer Bag Silent AuctionStop in and check out the Friends of the Dover copper clad laminates Town Library silentauction going on in the Children’s Department through Aug. 4.Place a bid on the Backyard Blast or the Outdoor Entertainingsummer bags on display. All proceeds will support children’sprogramming.Open Gaming — Every Tuesday and WednesdayDrop by and try the latest Wii and Playstation2 games every Tuesdayand Wednesday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the foyer of theChildren’s Department throughout the summer months. All agesand skills are welcome — so come and enjoy, whether you arean absolute beginner or a more advanced player, you are sure tohave fun.Call All Fair Weather ArtistsDrop by the Children’s Department this summer and decoratethe garden and outside area with beautiful chalk drawings and playsimple “sidewalk” games. We will have sidewalk chalk,in bright bold colors, available for you to use on summer days. Ifit is no already out, just ask at the desk. For all ages.Afternoon Movie ProgramsThroughout the summer, the Children’s Department will beshowing a variety of films for the whole family to enjoy in theCommunity Room. We will be showing “How to Eat FriedWorms” on Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. No registration required.Summer Reading ProgramMetamorphosis! started at the Dover Town Library on June 2 and runsthrough Sept. 12. Join us as we explore literature and the worldaround us this summer. We are simply “a buzz” withactivity — help us plant a community garden, hatchbutterflies, earn badges, discover the fascinating world ofinsects, frogs and more. Let your imagination soar.Registration for the program is online this year, in keeping withour efforts to “go green.” You can register today athttp://www.readsinma.org/dover. The program is open to readers ofall ages and prereaders as well. The registration process is thesame for both readers and prereaders. The whole program is nowavailable for all to access completely. We have also posted thesummer events calendar and an overview of this summer’sMetamorphosis! reading badges in easily printable pdf format on theregistration page as well as the main Children’s page of thelibrary’s Web site,http://www.dovertownlibrary.org/kids/kids.htm.Small Community Garden at the Dover Town LibraryHelp the Children’s Department and be part of a group ofyoung and enthusiastic young gardeners this summer as we grow asmall community garden at the library. Throughout the summer, wewill be watching plants and flowers grow, watering in theafternoon, discovering more about the environment, as well aslearning important science and math concepts.We have set up an interactive garden calendar within theChildren’s Area to track the plant and flower growth, as wellas rainfall, weather conditions and more. Check out theChildren’s Department section of the Web site for updatephotos. Drop by and help us garden and water anytime!Kids Knit (for ages 8 to 12 years old)Kids Knit meets once a month in the Children’s Department— come and join us. Boys and girls, beginners and those whohave tried knitting are welcome to learn a new skill and meet newfriends at the Dover Library. Bring a set of needles, any size, ifyou have them. We’ll learn together and work on differentprojects.Super Storytimes (for ages 2-5)Come and share some super stories with us on Wednesdays and Fridaysat 11 a.m., and make a related craft to take home. Fun upcomingthemes include Flowers, Springtime, Cars, Fabulous Food, Cowboysand more.Babytime (for infants)Fun for the littlest ones! Join us every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.Come and bounce, clap, sing, blow bubbles and giggle.StoryCraft (for ages 5 to 7 years old)Relax at the end of the day on Mondays from 4-5 p.m. with storiesand fun craft project. Upcoming themes include Birthdays, FairyTales and Birds.

2008-Jul-31 - Top tropicals for dazzling containers

Plants need to have the same rate of growth, so one plantdoesn completely overtake he others, says Martin. SAlso,typically you want to have one plant in the center as the focalpoint, such as a papyrus or a banana, and have other plants asfillers and even a variety or two that cascade down sides ofthe pot. Don know a passion flower from a hibiscus? Here is Martin slist of easy-to-grow container plants for a dazzling summerdisplay:Brugmansiaypress Gardens

Brugmansias are commonly called angel trumpets for a goodreason. The prolific flowers do look like heavenly trumpets,hanging down gracefully from the treelike plant. ypress Gardens is a variety that flowers quickly as a youngplant, often at just 3 feet in height, with dozens of trumpetsopening at once. (The mature plant reaches 4 to 6 feet tall in acontainer.)The white flowers are fragrant at night, have the pendant gracetypical of Brugmansias, and fade to a light salmon with age. In no time, you will havemore trumpets than a royal wedding. Brugmansiaypress Gardens  loves full sun, and it blooms in spring,summer, and fall.This plant is hardy only to USDA Zone 8, so most gardeners willneed to bring it indoors during the winter.Another great choice is Brugmansiaa varieties are lovely vines that sprawl profusely.

2008-Jul-31 - "China Week in Review"

CCL China 2008 to Be Held in GuangzhouJuly 14-16, 2008Organizers, China

Electronic Materials Industry Association Copper-clad LaminateAssociation (CCLA) and the China Printed Circuit Association (CPCA), will hold the annual CCL China 2008 conference inGuangzhouat the Guangzhou outdoor full color display Huatai Hotel, July 14-16, 2008.The conference will cover a wide range of topics, including CCLmarket research; market development prediction; industry policies;CCL technology research; and CCL raw materials and equipments.Co-organizers of this event are:ChinaElectronic Materials Industry Association;IPC;TPCA;ChinaElectronic Materials Industry Association; Electronics Copper FoilMaterials Association;ChinaElectronic Materials Industry Association; Electronics PrecisionChemical and Polymer Materials Association;China Circuit Technology Corp.;Dongguan ITEQ; andShenzhen Times PCB Information Co. Ltd.Hon Hai to Open New Slovakia Plant Following the opening of plants in the Czech Republic and Russia,Hon Hai has confirmed it will open a new plant in Slovakia.According to industry resources, Slovakia was chosen because of itslocation in central Europe and because of the country's local taxrate of 19%. If all investments go well, the project will gothrough in the second half of 2008.Hon Hai has invested heavily in Eastern Europe to strengthen thecompany's globalization strategy.Statistics show that the company is second only to SKODA when itcomes to investment in the region. Currently, Hon Hai boasts plantsin Russia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The company'ssubsidiary, Foxconn, has plants in Hungary and Romania specializedin manufacturing and assembly services.FPC Industry on the Rebound; Flexium and Career Tech See BetterPerformance in 2H

2008-Jul-31 - "EPTE Newsletter from Japan PCA Show, Part IV"

Halogen-free materials, with copper clad laminates and solder maskmaterial, are no longer considered a new material, but somemanufacturers showcased improvements with the physicalperformances, such as heat resistance and flammability.Liquid crystal polymer (LCP) materials that include film and copperlaminates were still featured as new materials with low dielectricconstant and loss tangent. I asked the same question as last year,Is business growing or not Representatives from a fewdifferent booths gave me almost the same answers they did lastyear, Business is growing slowly. I read between the lines andsummarized that business for LCP manufacturers still has not takenoff.

Panasonic displayed a new molding technology for three-dimensionalwiring. An engineer explained to me the new technology can generate70 micron lines on the surface of the molded parts. The technologysounds good; however, the density of the traces is not the majorissue for molded circuits. More than 10 companies have tried tocommercialize the molded circuits over the last twenty years, butsuccessfully maintained it as a going business concern. SincePanasonic is a very serious company for practical businessapplications, I bet they have a new spin on an older technologyconcept and will make lemonade from lemons. The engineer in thebooth could not tell me what this new idea involves or how thetechnology can be commercialized.

Printable electronics is a relatively new topic for the printedcircuit industry and many material manufacturers are activelyintroducing new printable ink or paste materials for newapplications. Manufacturers are assuming the process for printingwill be either ink jet or screen-printing. I found new printableconductive materials in the booths of Fujikura Kasei, Taiyo Ink,Toyobo and others, but these companies did not mention if theyprovide nano-paste. They did state that their new materials havebetter conductivities than traditional silver pastes. Inkmanufacturers also displayed insulation inks as printablematerials.That wraps up my material observations from the show. Stay tunedfor next week newsletter.Correction Note: In last week newsletter, I may have confusedreadersin the last paragraph, I wrote fiver laser insteadof fiber laser. I chalk it up to a typical mistake of AsianEnglish speakers.Dominique K. Numakura DKN Research,

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Samsung SDI (Major display device supplier in Korea) 7/1The company will invest 552 billionwon to increase themanufacturing capacity of OLED by 260% to 9 million units, per month, to meet the booming demands for mobileapplications.

2008-Jul-31 - CCL prices stable although demand from PCB clients remains weak

Asustek Computer expects to introduce new features for its Eee PCrange including "whole-day" battery life and Internetstorage. outdoor full color display The company... Read moreChip vendors extend lead time for switch and WLAN chipsSystems | Jul 25, 16:57Some vendors of networking device chips, notably those for switchproducts and WLAN devices, have recently extended delivery leadtimes despite concerns... Read moreLED demand from China white-box handset segment still not strongDisplays | Jul 25, 16:55With demand for white-box handsets in China recovering at a slowpace, order visibility for Taiwan LED players remains low,according to market source...

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2008-Jul-25 - Diodes Inc (DIOD) more shares bought by Regions Financial Corp

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2008-Jul-25 - Light-emitting Diodes: Understanding Factors That Influence ...

Placing an organic layer on top of the conductive layer modifieseach layer's individual work function, or the minimum energy neededto extract the first electron from the metal.

"Measuring the work functions independently for each layerdoes not provide an indication of how their energy levels matchwhen they touch each other," explained Jean-Luc Brédas,a computational materials chemist, professor in the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology's School of Chemistry and Biochemistry andGeorgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar.

The energy levels for each layer should align when attached;otherwise, a barrier will form and a higher voltage will berequired to send current in.

With funding from the Office of Naval Research, Brédas firstdeveloped a theoretical model of the interface between conventionalmetals and a single layer of organic molecules forming aself-assembled monolayer on the metal. His goal was to determinehow the metal work function could be modified by depositing theself-assembled monolayer.

Brédas and postdoctoral research fellow Georg Heimel, who isnow at the Humboldt University in Berlin, looked for changes in thework function of gold when they modified the chemical nature of thehead group of the organic molecules in the self-assembled monolayerand the nature of the docking group, which directly connected theorganic layer and metal.

The study, published in the April 2007 issue of Nano Letters,showed that changing the head group of the organic moleculeslocated far from the surface and changing the docking groupprovided two nearly independent ways to modify the metal workfunction.

While studying two metal substrates -- gold and silver -- theresearchers found that even though the chemical interface betweenthe metal and thiol-based self-assembled monolayer were different,the organic-covered metals had virtually identical work functions.

Postdoctoral research fellow Pavel Paramonov, who is now anassistant research professor at the University of Akron, expandedthe original work to model the interface between a self-assembledmonolayer and indium tin oxide, the conducting material commonlyused as the transparent electrode in liquid crystal displays andorganic light-emitting diodes.

"Researchers frequently cover the hydrophilic indium tin oxidesurface with a self-assembled monolayer containing a hydrophobicsubgroup pointing away from the surface, providing much betteradherence and compatibility with the active organic layer thatcomes on top," said Brédas.

2008-Jul-25 - Simple Mod Turns Diodes Into Photon Counters

The Y axis is probability, the x axis is millivolts. The output ofan avalanche photodiode is current. So what is being measured hereand how does it relate to the article?

If this is the probability of finding particular signal amplitudes(time unspecified), how does it relate to single photon counting?

It seems all back to front. Naively one might expect that multiplephotons would result in a larger initial avalanche current, but thegraph doesn't seem to relate to this at all. It shows a highprobability that the output at no photon will be around 5mV,whatever that is supposed to mean. Is that the dark current of thediode at a given bias, before it triggers?

I suspect that what we are seeing here is a diode biased with somelow voltage from a limited current source, and that the pulseamplitude results from the self-discharge of the diode capacitanceinto the measuring resistor. In which case what is being shown isthat the resting output is around 5mV, and that the pulse heightdepends on the number of simultaneous photons. If so, this couldhave been shown quite clearly on a conventional graph with theoutput pulse height represented on the Y axis, the number ofphotons on the X axis, and the probabilities shown by the shape ofthe distribution.

So, either I don't get it (always a possibility) or someone needsto go and (a) read up statistics again and (b) read Tufte.

2008-Jul-25 - Diodes shares fall as analyst initiates at 'Hold'

Shares of semiconductor and electronics component maker Diodes Inc. fell Wednesday after a Roth Capital Partners analyst initiatedcoverage with a "Hold" rating, citing weak economic conditions.

"With end markets in consumer electronics, computing and automotiveproducts looking uncertain, we remain cautious on Diodes (nasdaq: DIOD - news - people )' ability to achieve meaningful organic growth in the second halfof 2008," analyst Jay Srivatsa wrote in a note to investors.

He also called the company's stock "fairly valued." He establisheda $27 price target on the shares.

Shares of Diodes fell $1.66, or 6.2 percent, to $25.20 Wednesday.The stock has ranged from $19.51 to $35 over the past year.

However, Srivatsa wasn't entirely downbeat on the company. He notedthe company's recent entry into the analog chip market as apromising development.

"Analog integrated circuit market being fragmented and possessing aprofile similar to discrete semiconductors, we believe Diodes couldgain meaningful penetration into this market in fiscal 2009 andbeyond.

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