As we approach the end of the year I have begun my process
of figuring out who the industry MVP will be.
Previous winners were Tracy Rogers of Quanex and the entire CR Laurence
organization. 2015 looks to be much harder as again there is no shortage of great
candidates. What I look for is a person
or company that has made an impact on our industry. Be it technical, marketing, codes, leadership
and so on. So I am gathering my list and
if you believe there’s someone deserving in your opinion please shoot me an e-mail. I get around quite a bit but not everywhere
so I may miss a potential candidate. I
will note some of the finalists in November and then unveil and honor the
winner in December. Thank you.
Elsewhere…
-- Once again enjoyed the Twitter coverage supplied by Glass
Magazine, this time from the Vitrum show in Italy. Great pictures and details including a neat
shot of what it looks like inside a working tempering oven. Overall it looked like an interesting show in
regards to some cutting edge equipment. And
speaking of machinery, can that sector be any hotter right now? It is surely a good time to be in that
world. Congrats to those folks who had
to really hold their breath through the tight times a few years ago.
-- Have you seen the wild glass bridge in China? Thanks to friends Evan Otruba of Binswanger
and Rick Shaw of Solar Seal for bringing me up to speed on this. The 984-foot glass suspension bridge is
something to see, and it made even bigger news this week when a tourist dropped
a metal travel mug and cracked one of the superficial exterior lites of
glass. As those of us in the industry
know, it’s not a big deal, but for the mainstream media it’s cause for a major
story.
-- It is October and that means the NFL breaks out its annual
Pinkwashing campaign. This is the time where every player, coach and official
wears a multitude of pink to make us aware that they care about breast
cancer. The league also sells all of
this pink gear with “proceeds” going to charity. Sadly and it’s been like this for years they
are just donating just a tiny bit of money to actually combat this heinous
disease. After it’s all broken out,
around 8% of proceeds of the pink gear sold goes to the American Cancer Society
and none of it goes towards research.
Yes that tiny sliver of cash goes towards “awareness” which is a joke
given that the last thing society needs in this effort is awareness. What IS needed is research and a cure…. I
just can’t stand that every October this sham of campaign goes on, and the NFL
gets richer and we remain no closer to any breakthroughs in cancer world. We treat cancer the same way in 2015 that we
did in 1980. That’s insane. In
addition, good charities that need the funding suffer because of the overall
power of something like this- that unintended consequence makes it hurt even
more.
-- Last this week the GANA Fall Conference takes place in San
Antonio. I won’t be there but I do look
forward to hearing about what goes on and the discussions that arise.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- The end of an era library wise…
-- Interesting story on baby names, tradition, family, and
money.
VIDEO of the WEEK
The latest Steve Jobs movie is coming out soon… not sure if
I will see that or not… but Conan O’Brien decided to create a trailer for what
would be a hilarious movie… if you treated life of Michael Dell (of Dell
Computers) like everyone does Steve Jobs.
The result is comical…
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