Source: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/updates-on-the-winter-storm/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Hey Monopoly, the clothes iron lives on!
When online voters nixed the clothes iron token from Hasbro's Monopoly game, the appliance was held up as passe, as something your grandmother once used to ease the wrinkles out of linens and handkerchiefs.
"Despite being an integral part of life when the token was added to the game in the 1930s, the iron has fallen out of favor with today's fans," the Rhode Island-based company said in announcing its replacement ? with a cat.
But even with the rise of wrinkle-free fabrics, the iron, it seems, is holding its own.
While U.S. iron sales declined in volume 1 percent last year, they were up nearly 3 percent overall from 2007 to 2012, according to the market research group Euromonitor International. Over the same period, steam generator irons ? which make more steam than traditional ones, speeding up the process ? experienced what the firm called "enormous growth." Sales were $368 million last year.
Kim Kalunian irons nearly everything: sweaters, dresses, pants, even jeans. The 23-year-old digital producer at WPRO Radio in East Providence inherited her distaste for wrinkles from her mother, whom she describes as a "fierce ironer." She finds the chore ? and the hiss of the steam ? therapeutic.
"It's sort of magical," says Kalunian, who irons in the morning before work and at night if she's donning a new outfit and going out. "There's these wrinkles there, and they're annoying, and you whip out this iron and you can banish them."
When she travels, she always checks her hotel room to make sure it has an iron, but draws the line at adding creases to pants ? or ironing sheets, pillowcases or underwear.
Rowenta, a manufacturer of high-end irons whose U.S. headquarters is in West Orange, N.J., says the appliance is as relevant as ever.
The company, whose products have been used to keep wrinkles out of the clothing on "Project Runway," is constantly updating technology to make ironing easier, faster and better for clothes, spokeswoman Michele Lupton says. Its regular models, ranging in price from $70 to $175, now include an "eco-friendly" one that uses less energy.
Hasbro nixed the iron after it got the fewest votes in a Facebook poll; it is being replaced with a cat. As a nod to its service, Rowenta plans to give away 10 board games with the iron token ? along with a real iron ? before the piece is discontinued. People will be asked to weigh in on Rowenta's Facebook page with their "fondest" ironing memories.
There are those, of course, who will go to any length to avoid ironing ? throwing dry clothes into the dryer to soften wrinkles, using special sprays, buying no-wrinkle fabrics or paying to have it done at the dry cleaner.
A man in Leicester in the United Kingdom in 1997 decided to spice up his dreaded ironing by doing it while rock climbing. Phil Shaw ? nicknamed Steam ? says in his book on so-called extreme ironing ? also done with skiing, snowboarding and canoeing ? that it "combines the danger and excitement of an 'extreme' sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt." Long extension cords hooked to generators were used at first, before the advent of battery-powered irons.
Consumer Reports noted this week, after the death of the iron token, that it had recently conducted tests to name the 10 best steam irons. Some, it said, cost "just a bit more than a Monopoly game."
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Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/hey-monopoly-clothes-iron-lives-1B8296995
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Friday, February 8, 2013
BEGINNING ANEW: A mindfulness practice for communicating ...
Many people have experienced painful and hurtful relationships in their childhood,?youth, and adult life. Most people don?t grow up in an?environment where nurturing communication and?positive interaction exist. Often, due to this personal?history, many have difficulty communicating?with others because they?re accustomed to focusing?on the negative qualities in themselves and in others,?creating an experience of separateness, rather than?connection.
Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Sangha?developed the practice of Beginning Anew to help?practitioners communicate with each other with?mindfulness and kindness. The practice provides practitioners?with the methods and tools to build stable?relationships and skillfully navigate the many storms?that arise in relationships. The practice supports you in moving towards the experience of connectedness?and away from separateness. Beginning Anew helps?you become aware of your own positive qualities that?exist in your store consciousness, and to know that?other people carry these positive qualities as well.
You can practice Beginning Anew with one person?or a group, with a family member, a partner, friend,?co-worker, members of your spiritual practice group,?or anyone else in your circles whenever difficult circumstances?arise. Beginning Anew works best when?you practice regularly, especially when you?re first beginning?this practice. You might decide, for example,?to meet at least twice a month with your partner, a?close friend, or a coworker to take part in this practice.?But, of course, this practice only works if both?people involved are willing to commit to this type of?communication.
Part 1 ? Watering the?flowers of gratitude
In the first part of Beginning Anew, one person talks?about the positive characteristics of the other without?exaggeration and flattery. This is called ?watering the?flowers in the other person.? You share all the positive?things you became aware of during the last week?or month. For example, you might say to your partner,??I was so happy that you cleaned the kitchen and washed all the dishes last week when I came home?absolutely exhausted.? The result of focusing on the?positive qualities of another person and expressing?them are often astonishing. Regular practice begins?to change your perception of the other person completely.?Instead of criticizing him or her as you might?have done before, you become researchers whose job?it is to detect as many positive qualities as possible.?You don?t want to sit at your next meeting with them?and not be able to mention any positive qualities.
When you first practice Beginning Anew, you focus?solely on the positive qualities in the other person.?This can be practiced for many months, especially in?a difficult relationship. It will result in a strong foundation?of mutual appreciation. I practiced this way?for several months with a friend and it was a great?blessing for both of us. We come from very different?worlds, but we lived and worked together. It was important?for us to get along. If we had decided to have?more customary heart-to-hearts in which we listed all?the things that weren?t going well between us, our relationship?might have ended. However, the opposite?happened for us. We started to look forward to our??flower-watering? nights when we could express?the?many beautiful qualities and features that we?d discovered?in each other. This first part of the Beginning?Anew exercise can bring deep healing to a broken?relationship.
Part 2 ? Confess your mistakes and regrets
In the second part of Beginning Anew, you confess?your mistakes and regrets to the other person. You?apologize for things you said, did, or neglected to do?that may have hurt the other person. For example,?you may say, ?I?m sorry that I hurt you with my?judgmental?remark. I realized later that this comment?was difficult for you and I shouldn?t have spoken in?that way.?
Part 3 ? Communicate your preoccupations
In the third part of Beginning Anew, you have an?opportunity to let the other person become aware of?a situation that may be preoccupying you and making?you less available. This can relieve the other person?of any feelings of confusion or guilt that might have?developed or any concern that he or she might somehow?be responsible for your changed behaviour. You?may be dealing with other circumstances that have?influenced the way you communicated with the other?person. For example, you may have learned that you?have a serious illness, that you might lose your job,?or that someone close to you needs care or might not live much longer. These kinds of situations can?easily make you anxious, and it?s important to share?these feelings with the person you?re engaging in this?practice with. There?s no need for the other person to?feel guilty or suspect that he or she is responsible for?your behaviour. You might say, ?If I?ve been sad or less?cheerful recently, please don?t think that this has anything?to do with you or something you have done. It?s?just very difficult for me to deal with this situation.?
Part 4 ? Express your hurt
In the fourth part of Beginning Anew, you talk?about the times when you?ve felt hurt. Expressing to?another person that you?ve been hurt should happen?in a calm way, never in an exaggerated, reproachful,?accusatory, or desperate manner. This is about the?healing of the relationship, not about hopelessness or?breaking up. Before you share how you?ve been hurt,?make sure you feel calm inside. You might even want?to practice sitting or walking meditation beforehand.?One person expresses his or her feelings of hurt while?the other person listens without responding, even if?the person who?s speaking says something that has?resulted from a wrong perception. Then you agree to?meet again at another time, so that the other person?may speak and present his or her perspective. Some people may want to invite a neutral third person to?witness this fourth part of Beginning Anew. Often,?the presence of a neutral person in these circumstances?can support a mindful and kind interaction.
Guided meditation
Use this guided meditation to help you develop appreciation, forgiveness, compassion, and?truthfulness in your relationships.
Breathing in, I know I?m breathing in.
Breathing out, I know I?m breathing out.
Breathing in, I see all my positive qualities.
Breathing out, I want to recognize the positive?qualities in my partner, friend, co-worker,?or family member.
Breathing in, I want to find many examples of the?positive qualities in my partner, friend, coworker,?or family member and express my appreciation?of him or her.
Breathing out, I feel the joy that my words of?appreciation bring to my partner, friend, coworker,?or family member.
Breathing in, I?m willing to recognize how my words?or actions may have hurt another person.
Breathing out, I?m willing to apologize to him or her.
Breathing in, I share a difficult situation I?m?encountering.
Breathing out, I assure the other person my unusual?behaviour isn?t related to anything that he or she?has done.
Breathing in, I?m aware that I feel hurt by someone?s?words or actions.
Breathing out, I?m willing to calm my mind in sitting?or walking meditation.
Breathing in, I ask to talk to my partner, friend,?co-worker, or family member about my hurt feelings.
Breathing out, I will share my hurt feelings in a?calm and friendly manner. I won?t accuse or blame?the other person.
Breathing in, I feel the joy that comes from?communication based on goodwill, truthfulness,?and appreciation.
Breathing out, I smile.
| Annabelle Zinnser received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh in 2004 to become a Dharma teacher. She currently leads the Quelle des Mitgef?hls meditation centre in Berlin, Germany.Reprinted from Small Bites: Mindfulness for Everyday Use?by Annabelle Zinser with permission of?Parallax Press, Berkeley, CA?http://www.parallax.org.?? 2012 by Annabelle Zinser. If you liked this excerpt, buy the book! |
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Source: http://www.themindfulword.org/2013/beginning-anew-mindfulness-communicating-appreciation/
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Fashion GPS Breaks Into The Notoriously Tech-Averse Fashion Industry Just In Time For Fashion Week
As you may well know from Twitter (or the inordinate amount of heels clacking through a snowy New York this morning), Fashion Week is underway. It’s like the Superbowl for designers, retailers, and everyone in between. But the fashion industry is ancient, and is thus quite averse to new technology of any kind. However, a company called FashionGPS has chipped its way into the world of fashion offering a one-stop destination for designers, editors, retailers, etc. to communicate during the most important week of the year. “We’ve been working on this for seven years,” said founder and CEO Eddie Mullon. “But only recently has the fashion industry become ready for this kind of tech.” FashionGPS is broken into several different iOS apps and web services that follow a product throughout its entire life cycle. First, GPS Events lets designers (who essentially coordinate the entire week) manage their runway shows directly from an app. Designers can send invitations to everyone important, track RSVPs in real time, and use an interactive seating chart to make sure everyone is in their proper place. If someone cancels or doesn’t show up, the designer can immediately give the seat away to someone else. In the past, this has been done with paper invitations, calls for RSVPs, and taken between four to eight weeks. When attendees arrive at the show, they can then check into the show with GPS Events (effectively skipping the line). From there, the process changes from coordinating an event to coordinating the various product samples going out to different blogs, magazines, and department store buying offices. Using GPS Radar, buyers and editors can have access to a lookbook immediately, and request which samples they’d like for advertising purposes. Again, what once took between six and eight weeks can now be done directly from the runway show. After samples are requested, the process gets even more complicated. Everyone from magazines to department stores need access to a single prototype before the collection goes on sale in stores. Tracking that sample across various locations and countries is almost impossible, and many samples are lost because of this. Fashion GPS offers an app called GPS Samples to solve this problem. GPS Samples lets editors and buyers scan the barcode of a prototype so that the designer can track it as it goes all over the world. But not all brands have fashion shows, samples orSource: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/AgwTS5sEZtA/
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Grammy Awards: Go Straight To The Red Carpet With MTV!
'Big Morning Buzz Live,' 'AMTV,' and 'House of Style' will bring you into the thick of Grammys action with an unprecedented live stream.
By MTV News Staff
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Photo: Christopher Polk/ Getty Images
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1701523/grammy-awards-mtv-red-carpet.jhtml
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
You Can Fold This Indoor Chair Just Like a Car Seat
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