This past week was pretty quiet in terms of major news so
for this post I decided to make it more of a quick hitter piece with notes and follow-ups. So without further delay, here goes:
-- Last week I noted the great gesture from Bill Evans and his
company. Bill dropped me a line with
more detail and kudos for the guys that physically got it done. So thank you to Joel Poole, Terry Gilley,
Fred Rowe, Jay Devers, and Versie Shannon.
It truly was a great thing you did for a family in need!
-- Sad news as yet another long time industry guy, Lester
Peacock passed away. I met Lester in
Houston last year at his last professional home Binswanger Glass and he shared
with me stories of working with many members of my family in the years
past. Lester was a tremendous man,
respected by all, who knew more about
the ins and outs of the industry and its products, than I ever will. He surely will be missed.
-- Did you get your Glass Magazine Award nominations in
yet? I know many people who were working
on this last week, and for good reason, it IS the most prestigious award
program in our industry, especially the ones that will be voted on by the
public. So if you haven’t done it- hurry
up and do it. Deadline is April 16th.
-- Guardian SunGuard launched a revamped website and I must say
it looks tremendous. I really like the
cleaner look and the fact on the front page you have access to everything. I’m also a fan of the use of “icons” and Guardian
really handled that nicely. Well-done
folks!
-- Also on that note… There have been some serious web
improvements going on in our world, the last three I have noted Guardian,
Viracon, and General Glass (GGI) have really raised the bar out there.
-- Last fall the excellent Dr. Helen Sanders of SAGE gave a
speech on Eco Labeling at the Glazing Executives Forum at GlassBuild. I have to admit, I had no clue what it was
and unfortunately did not get to the speech. However since then I had learned
more and more, and then this past week I ran into this article that really
explained the process nicely and even has a pretty cool experiment going with
it.
-- I know it’s a week late, but that college basketball
championship game was absolutely fantastic.
Easily one of the best games I have ever seen- with both teams playing
at the highest level. Shame anyone had
to lose. Congrats Louisville fans…
-- Last this week… if was 39 degrees and raining last week in
Michigan and 92 and blistering in DC.
Ummmm can someone alert Mother Nature that its Spring…. Not Winter or
Summer….
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Want to know why newspapers are cutting back? This piece helps put into perspective.
-- This is simply an infuriating situation and
unacceptable. Heads should roll at United
Airlines for this. Unreal.
-- Comical piece for those of you who liked “Weekend at
Bernie’s”
VIDEO of the WEEK
If you don’t get chills when watching this video, then you
are not human. A little boy, with
terminal cancer, getting his dream to come true running a touchdown for
Nebraska. Wow. Class act folks and keep fighting little guy!
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