| New Domestic Violence Shelter | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:48:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Violence during the holiday season is nothing new. Experts say the holidays are one of the worst times of the year for domestic violence. That's why Churches United is opening a domestic violence and homeless women's shelter in Moline. Today volunteers who worked hard to make the shelter possible had the oportunity to walk through the renovated home. Each room was designed with a woman and her children in mind. The shelter manager, Kit Miller, says this time of year it's important women have a safe place away from their abuser. "Holidays are emotional and so when you combine that with somebody who's abusive it can be a very explosive holiday," Miller says. The shelter's name is Winnie's Place. It is still looking for common household items for the new families and even some Christmas gifts.... | |
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| | | Brand launches | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 12:48:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | MCC Group introduced four new Polaroid digital cameras with a first ever 7 megapixel pink-coloured Polaroid i733 digital camera. The range also includes Polaroid i1032 (10 megapixels), Polaroid i832 (8 megapixels) and Polaroid i533 (5 megapixels) Cameras in gunmetal grey. The new cameras have a 2.5" TFT LCD screen, 3x optical zoom and in-built storage of 16MB and 32MB. Giddy Up OSIM launched iGallop — a fitness machine that closely resembles the real-life experience of horse riding. The machine is believed to help shape and tone your body through a trio of random speeds and three fitness levels viz. trot, gallop, and race. Available in yellow and purple colours it is priced at Rs 36,500. Sporty Special Nike launched Nike Pro — a light weight base layer garment with enhanced compression.... | |
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| | | A Leading Edge Camera For Molecules | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:50:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg have visualised vibration and rotation in the nuclei of a hydrogen molecule as a quantum mechanical wave packet. What is more, this has been achieved on an extremely short spatio-temporal scale. They "photographed" the molecule using intensive, ultrashort laser pulses at different points in time and compiled a film from the separate images. This allowed them to visualise the quantum mechanical wave pattern of the vibrating and rotating molecule (Physical Review Letters, Online-Edition, November 6, 2006). .... | |
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| | | Wal-Mart Turns up Holiday Savings; Turns Down Prices on the ... | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:49:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | Bentonville, AR--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--November 7, 2006--Wal-Mart continues to brighten the holidays for families everywhere with significant price rollbacks on nearly one hundred of the seasons must have electronicsthe second set in a series of price cuts on thousands of key gift, entertaining and holiday goods. Key merchandise -- rolled back at Wal-Mart in the month of November through December 31-- includes High Definition Televisions, digital cameras and cell phones. While gathering to watch hot new releases such as MI3, Cars or Over the Hedge, families will be thrilled with the crisp picture, vibrant colors and superior sound of a new HDTV. Top television prices rolled back include the Panasonic 42 HD plasma TV (was $1,794/now $1,294) and the Polaroid 37 LCD HDTV (now $1,297/will be $997) and the RCA 32 LCD HDTV (was $997/now $847).... | |
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| | | Z-Car Designer Albrecht von Goertz Dies | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:51:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | BRUNKENSEN, Germany — Albrecht von Goertz, the legendary designer and German aristocrat, died on October 27 at age 92. Goertz was responsible for the design of such classic automobiles as the BMW 507 and the Datsun 240Z, as well as such well-known industrial designs as the Mont Blanc fountain pen. As an associate of Raymond Loewy and later as a New York-based freelance designer, Goertz designed furniture, cameras, appliances, boats, apparel, musical instruments and other products for such clients as Agfa, Custom Craft, Fuji, Polaroid, Puma and Rowenta. But it was his work on the 507 and later the BMW 503 that raised his stature in the automotive world. Goertz would again gain acclaim as the talent behind the design of the original Z-car. His name also has been linked with the equally stunning Toyota 2000GT.... | |
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| | | BMW Designer Albrecht Graf Goertz passes away | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:49:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Munich. Designer Albrecht Graf Goertz passed away last Friday at the age of 92. In the mid-1950s, Count Goertz designed the legendary BMW 507 to create not only an icon of the BMW brand but also what many regarded as the most beautiful two-seater car in motoring history. His second design for BMW, the elegant BMW 503, was destined to stand in the shadow of the 507. But Goertz’s artistry and creative powers went far beyond the bounds of automobile design. He created a wide range of consumer objects ranging from fountain pens and cameras all the way to musical instruments, furniture and textiles. “In Albrecht Graf Goertz, BMW has not only lost the creator of the BMW 503 and 507, one of the most consummate cars in history. The entire design fraternity bids farewell to one of its most passionate champions, a man who was not only a car designer heart and soul but also creative and successful in every field of design,” said Christopher Bangle, Head of BMW Group Design.... | |
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| | | Man accused of stealing items from several Fond du Lac stores | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 6:51:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Fond du Lac police arrested A 25-year-old Sheboygan man after a ShopKo employee reported seeing him leave without paying for several items. A number of the items that appeared to be stolen were returned to the stores. According to a police report, a member of ShopKo's Loss Prevention department saw the man and stopped him in the parking lot on Oct. 13. The employee escorted the man back inside after noticing several suspicious items in his vehicle. He contacted Wal-Mart, 377 N. Rolling Meadows Drive, and Target, 485 N. Rolling Meadows Drive, to see if any thefts had been noted that morning. Target officials later contacted police to report that a theft had occurred sometime between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Surveillance cameras captured the man leaving the store with a Lyon electric guitar, valued at $149.99, and an Ion drum set worth $299.99.... | |
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| | | POLAROID DONATES CORPORATE ARCHIVES TO HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL'S BAKER LIBRARY | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:49:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | BOSTON - The Polaroid Corporations Archives, a unique collection of materials that document the evolution of one of Americas most famous and innovative companies, have been donated to the Harvard Business Schools Baker Library (HBS). Housed in the librarys Historical Collections, the Polaroid Corporation Archives includes approximately 1.5 million items dating from the companys founding in 1937 to the present and chronicling the invention of instant photography by Polaroid founder Dr. Edwin H. Land as well as company press clippings, packaging, employee newsletters, and annual reports. Artifacts within the collection include sunglasses, military goggles, 3D glasses, and examples of many of the camera models and accessories Polaroid produced from the early 1950s to the late 1990s. Portions of the collection will be available for research use in mid-2007.... | |
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| | | Limited-Edition 3xCD Joy Division Box Set Due This Month | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 10:49:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | "And this chair. And this paddle-ball game. And this Joy Division box set, and that's all I need." [Posted Wednesday, November 12th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time] Hey there, kiddies! Disgruntled Santa in the house, keeping it real on the wizzle-wagon, and all of that garbage. I've got a question for all of ya'll, and don't sweat the answer too much-- it's not the kind of question that you can get wrong. How many of you lovable tykes enjoy the seminal stylings of Joy Division? Don't even think about raising your hand, Billy, that was clearly a rhetorical question. Of course you like Joy Division! Their gloomy, tightly-woven, and freakishly danceable sound paved the way for all those shithead revivalists you eat up with a spoon, and they're widely regarded as one of the greatest bands of all time.... | |
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| | | Polaroid Donates Corporate Archives to Harvard Business School's ... | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:48:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | BOSTON, Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Polaroid Corporation's Archives, a unique collection of materials that document the evolution of one of America's most famous and innovative companies, have been donated to the Harvard Business School's Baker Library (HBS). Housed in the library's Historical Collections, the Polaroid Corporation Archives includes approximately 1.5 million items dating from the company's founding in 1937 to the present - and chronicling the invention of instant photography by Polaroid founder Dr. Edwin H. Land as well as company press clippings, packaging, employee newsletters, and annual reports. Artifacts within the collection include sunglasses, military goggles, 3D glasses, and examples of many of the camera models and accessories Polaroid produced from the early 1950s to the late 1990s.... | |
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