Park Theatre Update - November 3, 2014
In this latest update from the Park Theatre renovation project in McMinnville, Tennessee, we see how work on the terrazzo flooring in the lobby of the theatre has started, and learn about the...

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In addition to satellites and computers smaller than a giant room, Arthur C. Clarke also predicted mobile touchscreen devices that could be crumpled up like a handkerchief and stuffed in a pocket. Thanks to researchers at Japan's Semiconductor Energy Laboratory company, we're almost there.

At a recent display-focused trade show in Yokohama City in Japan, the company revealed the new foldable 8.7-inch touchscreen OLED display that features full HD resolution and a pixel density of 254ppi, but more importantly can be folded three times. That puts it somewhere between the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, but over time that will certainly be further improved to compete with screen technologies currently in use.

And while the tri-fold display can't quite be crumpled up and stuffed into a pocket, it does represent a novel way to increase the screen size of a smartphone, without pushing the hardware closer to the size of a tablet. With the screen folded away a smartphone could still be easily stashed in a pocket and used like a compact device. But when you wanted to watch a movie, browse photos, or even use multiple apps side-by-side, you could unfold the display so your pocket-friendly device was as spacious as a tablet. More importantly: we'd never have to hear the term phablet ever again. [Nikkie Technology]

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Rebecca and William Phalen felt their formal dining room needed a fresh look and little sparkle.

For help and ideas, the Phalens turned to Joann Kandrac, designer and co-owner of Kandrac & Kole Interior Designs. The couple had previously worked with their firm on several larger projects in their East Cobb home.

The new design had to incorporate the dining room table and, more importantly, the gold-framed oil painting of a marsh on St. Simons Island, where William grew up.

While the new rug, accessories and art (some reframed in brass) warmed up the traditional space, the contemporary and curvy brass chandelier adds some glitter and glamour.

The gold frame was the inspiration and key reason we incorporated brass into the room, said Kandrac. The fixture is a favorite of mine, and I was so excited when we had the opportunity to put it into a clients home.

The Phalens are thrilled with their new dining room, especially the 10-light Ringmaster Chandelier by Atlanta-based Currey & Co.

It adds a wow factor to the room, said Rebecca, an attorney and mother of three children, ages six, eight and 10. But the entire room is now more inviting.

If you havent noticed, brass is back. No, not that shiny lacquered brass of the 1980s and early 1990s.

If you elected to get rid of your old shiny brass fixtures, faucets and cabinet knobs, dont fret, said Kandrac. The new brass doesnt look like the old.

The brass being used now has a more muted, matte and weathered finish, said Kandrac. The metals in todays brass will age and become more attractive over time, without the high shine.

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The Village Club Card Room, located in Chula Vista, was one of two establishments raided by the FBI on October 29. In addition to the card rooms, 10News reported that a federal search warrant was executed for a La Jolla residence. According to the report, investigators took away files and computers.

The Village Club Card Room, on 429 Broadway, is the only licensed gambling establishment in Chula Vista; it offers games such as poker and blackjack as well as food and alcohol.

In 2012, the card room acquired two properties on Bay Boulevard in ChulaVista. According to a San Diego Transcript article, the interior contract will go to Chula Vista general contractor Kevin O 'Neill.

Fox 5News reported in August that the Village Club will move from its 5000-square-foot location on Broadway to an 18,000-square-foot space that will have a card room, bar, and full restaurant. The estimated $3.7 million makeover and construction is supposed to begin in 2015.

Village Club owner Harvey Souza is known locally for his generous campaign donations. Chula Vista mayor Cheryl Cox previously worked as a consultant for Souza and the card room. In 1998, she appeared before the city council as Souzas consultant to support his request to expand his facility.

There was considerable opposition to the expansion at the council meeting, including an appearance by Paul Pfingst, who was the San Diego district attorney at the time.

Pfingst argued, One of the capabilities is because there is a large volume of dollars running through the same person, the opportunity for money laundering and other types of things are more present.

He also pointed to undue influences that large scale gambling can have on elected officials.

Cox, on the other hand, argued, Mr. Souza is in this for his business and to perpetuate 53 years of solid ownership of a business that has been good for Chula Vista, and has not levied the kind of pressure upon its political figures that we might fear, should we be looking at institutions with 180-200 tables.

When Cox first ran for mayor in 2006, the Union-Tribune carried a story about donations related to her campaign. The article states that the San Diego Lincoln Club, a pro-business political action group spent $50,872 to help Republican Cheryl Cox in her campaign to unseat Mayor Steve Padilla, a Democrat. The Club received major donations from people with Chula Vista ties....

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A tornado safe room was discussed at a special Belmond-Klemme School Board meeting held October 14.

Craig Schwerdtfeger of Struxture Architects spoke first. He explained that the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps fund tornado safe rooms based on school size. He suggested that one safe room could serve both buildings. FEMAwill help pay for a basic building, but not furnishings, brick veneer, ceilings, windows, flooring or landscaping. Those items are up to the local taxpayers to fund. If windows are included in the building, special shutters are added which are closed by the teacher when a storm comes. FEMAwill pay for emergency power in the building, and he suggested a battery system rather than a generator.

Struxture has completed safe rooms in Waverly and Grundy Center, and has started applications for Iowa Falls, Clarion and Dike-New Hartford.

Superintendent Kirk Nelson said his main concern is how much the local share of construction would be, and how the district would pay for its share.

Schwerdtfeger left the room, and Ed Wineinger of Waggoner and Wineinger Architects came in to give his ideas. W&W has completed school safe rooms in Lake Mills, Mason City, and St. Ansgar and community safe rooms in Northwood, Ventura, Clear Lake and Lakeside (near Storm Lake).

Wineinger gave a more complete report to the board, outlining the rules, financing, timeline and process for building a tornado safe room. He also stated that FEMAwill only pay for the bones of a safe room. That includes basic bathrooms, a heating and cooling system, and limited electrical power. Because under new rules, FEMAwill now pay for HVAC systems, he said a battery back-up power system would be inadequate and a generator would be needed.

Wineinger said the board should file a Notice of Interest with Iowa Homeland Security right away. This is a simple form and starts the process.

Then, he said, the board will have to decide what type of structure to build -- a classroom wing, multi-purpose room, athletic facility, etc. If classrooms, how many and what size? Once that is decided, the architect can start on a design. He handed out a drawing of a project currently being planned for the school in Alta.

Wineinger was asked about building one large safe room for both schools. You cant really do that, he said. FEMAdoesnt want kids running across the parking lot in the middle of a storm. You will have to decide if you want your safe room at the high school or the elementary school, and then size it for that.

He was then asked about building two smaller rooms. That might be a possibility. I will talk to Homeland Security in Des Moines about it, he replied.

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Although Smith & Wesson introduced their centerfire top-break revolvers, complete with automatic simultaneous extraction and ejection, in 1870, they were only available as bulky holster pistols for over half a decade. It wasn't until 1876 that they brought a smaller model, suitable for concealed carry, to the market.

The smaller models, however, had much wider appeal on the civilian market and, in one form or another, continued in production long after their more martial bigger siblings had been discontinued. With the last .38 caliber models shipping in 1940, these little guns had been in production for over sixty years and hundreds of thousands had found homes, making them easily the most common and affordable antique Smiths on the market today, so a quick overview of the most common variants may be helpful.

The first to show up was the .38 Single Action. The earliest variants had the complicated rack-and-pinion ejection system of the bigger .44 Russian models, complete with its long underbarrel housing, earning them the nickname Baby Russians. There were obvious differences, however.

Their smaller size dictated a five shot cylinder, chambered for the new .38 S&W cartridge. Further, as a single-action pistol intended for boot or pocket carry, they lacked the usual trigger and triggerguard arrangement of the bigger guns, having instead a spur trigger; a protruding nubbin protected by flanges integral to the bottom of the frame.

In 1878, they were joined by the similar, yet even smaller, .32 Single Action. The .32 enjoyed a couple of mechanical refinements, namely a simplified and more compact actuation system for the ejector and a rebounding hammer that kept the firing pin from resting on the primer of the cartridge, both features shared with the larger New Model Number 3 .44 revolvers that debuted the same year. In 1880, these features were added to the latest version of the .38 Single Action. LEFT: .38 Single Action 2nd Model (top), .32 Single Action (bottom)

The .32 Single Actions were discontinued in 1892, but the .38 received a conventional trigger and triggerguard in 1891 and remained in production until 1911.

Also in 1880, double-action variants of both the .32 and .38 were introduced. These are immediately distinguishable by their conventional triggerguard, with the trigger sitting about halfway forward inside the guard. The .32 Double Action remained in production until 1919, while the conventional .38 DA was discontinued in 1911.

RIGHT: .38 Double Action 2nd Model (top), .32 Double Action 4th Model (bottom)

In 1909, however, an interesting variant of the .38 Double Action was introduced, known as the Perfected Model. In addition to the topstrap-mounted latch shared with other Top Break Smiths, it had a knurled thumbpiece latch like the newer solid-frame Hand Ejector models. Because of this second latch, they were the only Top Break S&W revolvers with their sideplates on the right-hand side of the frame. The Perfected Model was discontinued in 1920.

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ACCENTURE, a global leader in management consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has opened its first Ideas Exchange Room in Cebu City, teaming with the University of San Carlos. The new facility supports Accentures Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative, which aims to equip 700,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a business.

The University of San Carlos has always been a great source of talent for the information technology and business process management industry, said Ambe Tierro, senior managing director for technology in the Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea.

It is our privilege to work with the university to help further develop the skills of our youth.

Tierro said the Accenture Ideas Exchange Room promotes productivity and collaboration among students and faculty members of the College of Engineering at the university. In addition to making physical improvements to the Ideas Exchange Room and upgrading computer equipment, Accenture will conduct training to enrich students educational experience.

The addition of the Cebu location brings to five the number of Ideas Exchange Rooms Accenture has opened in the Philippines. The other facilities are located at the University of the Philippines Diliman; Polytechnic University of the Philippines; University of Makati; and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. (PR)

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 31, 2014.

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Growth in residency has created a need for Uintah Care Center to take out parts of their lawn and build an addition onto the building. The addition has allowed Uintah Care Center to have the room to remodel as well, creating a recreational area in an already existing room.

Wayne Dunbar, Uintah Care Center Administrator, said the remodel was needed because the new clientele coming into the care center.

The baby boomers are coming in and the baby boomers like to be in a nicer setting when they come in for a short stay rather than mixing them with the rest of the population, Dunbar said.

The new addition has 14 private suites which were designed to be more like a hotel room with a bed, refrigerator, table for a computer, private shower and television, as well as a lift chair to help the resident get up and down.

It's all the comforts of home, Dunbar said. Then they have a dining room they can come down and eat or even in their room.

The baby boomer clientele not only has a new dining room but also a living room area where they can visit with family and friends, complete with a fireplace. The new area also has a vast room which can be closed off with dividers to make three rooms, depending on the need for the day's activity.

On the other side of the building there used to be a day care but the day care but the day care business wasn't any good anymore after 2000, because there was no federal funding, so it became like a multipurpose room, Dunbar said. We want it to be a living space now so we created this space (the open hall) to replace the old space. We have about 3,000 square feet here, a kitchenette for activities.

Commissioner Darlene Burns was present Wednesday afternoon for the open house, showing the public as well as residents the new portions of the building, which was contracted using an award winning design.

This is such a nice facility for our county to have, Burns said. One thing that is good for our county is it is paid for.

Burns said it is great to have a Care Center locally so people can stay close to home instead of leaving the area for assisted living.

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One of the longest-running fundraising traditions in the area happens Sunday at the Sid Williams Theatre, with the 39th edition of the CVCDA Telethon.

But what exactly is the CVCDA?

The Comox Valley Child Development Association is an all-in-one centre for all things related to childhood development.

From the Infant Development Program and The Autism Program, to occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech-language pathology, to pre-natal support, and even support for grandmothers involved in childcare, the CVCDA really does have it all, in regards to the development of children. And best of all, the costs are covered.

There is no cost for the services here, it is all funded by the provincial government, said CVCDA executive director Joanne Schroeder. There can be additional costs, for equipment, or respite services...but there are always options and we always work so that costs are not a barrier.

A relationship between a family and the CVCDA starts with Kim Griffiths, the associations family resource consultant generally the first contact a parent has with the CVCDA.

Once a family gets referred here, I go out and meet with them, and determine whether theres a service that is appropriate for them if there is some type of program we offer that is beneficial to the family, said Griffiths.

Chances are, the CVCDA has the tools and people - to help.

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