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Jobs | Graphic Designer/Illustrator – Lawn Fawn (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
By Nancy Nally on January 11, 2018 in Jobs, Work
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Graphic Designer/Illustrator – Lawn Fawn (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
Lawn Fawn creates crafting products with a simple goal… to bring smiles into people's lives!
Our products are used to create a wide variety of crafts, such as scrapbook layouts, party decorations, and especially handmade greeting cards.
We're currently looking for a new "Fawnie" staff member to join our team. Continue Reading →
By Nancy Nally on August 18, 2017 in Design Team Calls, Jobs, News, Work
Makeover. One of the country's largest (and at nearly 75 years old, one of its oldest) craft chains is undergoing a rebranding. The company long known as Jo-Ann Stores recently began calling itself "JOANN" in company announcements and has a newly redesigned logo and a fresh new shade of green as its signature color.
In addition to the new cosmetic look, the new JOANN is also engaging in a branding campaign, promoting the hashtag #handmadewithjoann and launching a series of videos about creating and creators.
In addition, JOANN has created a new mobile app that is much more community focused, allowing users to share their own creative projects.
"As shoppers' behaviors and preferences evolve, we need to adapt the way we connect with them," said Chris DiTullio, senior vice president, marketing and omni-channel at JOANN. "We're committed to the longtime loyalists coming in to our stores, as well as the next generation of creators who want to shop, learn and share wherever they are. This app is so exciting because it offers something no other craft retailer does – the ability for customers to confidently share their finished projects with us, and with friends, family and one another as well."
Partnership. Etsy has announced that it is launching a partnership with Printful that will provide print-on-demand integration to Etsy sellers. This will allow graphic artists to sell on Etsy and have Printful handle the logistics of printing and shipping items like t-shirts, mugs, hats, totes, wall prints, and other items.
"We applaud Etsy on adopting more professional services for their sellers," says Printful CEO, Davis Siksnans. "Sellers can continue devoting time to their craft while leaving logistics to third-parties like Printful."
Support. Taylor Swift got support from an unexpected source during the recent trial in Denver over her successful civil suit alleging she was groped by a radio DJ during a fan meet & greet. The offices of Craftsy are right across the street from the Denver courthouse where the trial took place. The Craftsy staff showed their support for Swift during the trial with a series of Post-It note messages on the windows that were clearly visible from the street below. Swift's unofficial girl squad at Craftsy did not go unnoticed – they received a delivery of flowers and a note of appreciation from the singer on Tuesday after the trial's conclusion.
"We are just a group of creative women supporting another creative woman" – The women at @beCraftsy who are behind the daily post-it-notes ? pic.twitter.com/oBVBcKWeBJ
— Taylor Swift News (@TSwiftNZ) August 12, 2017
Delinquent. The Tennessean reports that on the evening of August 8th, firefighters had to climb to the roof of the Dickson, Tennessee Hobby Lobby store to remove a 15 year old trespasser trying to use the store's roof as an impromptu skateboard ramp.
Calls. Tombow USA has a call open until September 11th to find members for their 2018 design team.
Jobs. The following craft industry jobs are currently listed as available:
International Program Support – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Sr. Online Campaign Marketing Manager – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Creative Director – American Crafts (North Salt Lake, UT)
Art Director – American Crafts (North Salt Lake, UT)
Marketing Specialist – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Graphic Designer – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Photographer – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Marketing Designer – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Update | Taxes, Growth, Exclusives, Earnings, Events, and More!
By Nancy Nally on July 28, 2017 in Jobs, News
Taxes. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) has proposed a bill that would affect how companies like Etsy, Lyft and AirBnB have to report their sellers' income to the IRS. The bill would lower the income threshold that requires reporting by these entities to the IRS from $20,000 to $1,000 per year. It's estimated by one tax policy expert at American University that the policy change, if implemented, will result in billions of dollars of new taxes being collected from sellers in the sharing economy who previously didn't report their income.
Predictions. Market research firm Technavio has just made a new report available on the Global K-12 Arts and Crafts Material Market that predicts that market will grow at a CAGR of over 2% from now until 2021. To purchase the full report, visit the Technavio website.
Exclusives. Sizzix has announced that its Big Shot Jewelry Studio machine and an exclusive collection of jewelry dies and embossing folders are now available in a limited number of Michaels Stores. Only 30 stores – less than 3% of Michaels stores – are scheduled to stock this collection. To see the list of stores, visit the Sizzix website.
Events. Registration is now open for Bella Blvd's "Designer Day" event that will take place in Milwaukee on October 12th. The event will feature classes by Illustrated Faith designer Shanna Noel, Megan Hoeppner, Cynthea Sandoval, Jamie Pate, and Bella Blvd founder Stephanie Smokovich.
Deep Thoughts. Vicki O'Dell has a thought-provoking blog article up about the concept of being a "serial crafter". I've long believed that most crafters tend to migrate through multiple crafts over the course of their lives. It's an interesting thought to contemplate both from the standpoint of what it means for craft marketing, and what it means for the careers of professional crafters.
Security. In modern marketing, social media accounts are a vitally important company asset. They are also a major target for hackers, and a successful hack can cause at best a PR crisis or at worst the complete loss of social marketing assets. To combat this threat, Pinterest has just announced it is rolling out several new security features to help keep its users' accounts secure. Turning on the new two factor authentication will require providing a code sent to your phone before you can log in. A list of logged-in devices on their account will also be available for Pinterest users, allowing them to disconnect ones they do not recognize. In addition, Pinterest will begin notifying users via email if a device not previously used on the account logs in.
Expansion. Hobby Lobby's new store in the Lake Park area of Palm Beach has had its opening delayed until after the first of the year by what the company calls issues with getting permits. Another new store in progress, in Turlock, CA, is expected to open in September. A hiring event for 30-50 positions for the new store will be scheduled once an opening date is set.
Earnings. Amazon announced its 2nd quarter earnings today. Investor anticipation of the number temporarily made Jeff Bezos the world's richest man, as Amazon's stock rose enough to put Bezos over Bill Gates before a drop put Gates back on top again. The company reported a 25% increase in net sales versus the same period in 2016. Net income, however, was down significantly compared to 2016: $197 million versus $857 million last year.
The recent Prime Day event on July 11th, which will be reported with 3rd quarter sales, was described in a July 12th announcement as the biggest day ever in Amazon history. While sales were lead by offerings of Amazon's signature devices like Fire and Kindle tablets, many other companies took part as well. Cricut was one craft company who offered Prime Day items. Even Amazon Handmade sellers took part, with Marcia Ricchiuti of Kahili Creations in Pahoa, Hawaii saying of the day that "So far, this year's Prime Day sales increased 350 percent from last year's. Getting the opportunity to offer lightning deals as a Handmade at Amazon artisan has been a boom to my business."
Salutations. Happy Birthday to Jayne Burns of West Chester, Ohio. Jayne works at the cutting counter at the Jo-Ann Fabrics in Mason, OH – and celebrated her 95th birthday with her coworkers on Wednesday.
Peeks. A lot of crafters joke their homes look like a craft store…but what would your house actually look like if you owned one of the country's biggest craft chains? You can check out this real estate listing for the answer – it's the iconic Dallas home of Michaels Stores owner Sam Wyly. For a mere $12.5 million, you too could live in 7579 square feet of historic 1924 home on the Dallas Country Club golf course.
Jobs. The following industry jobs are listed as open and available:
Buyer – Candles and Frames – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)
Update | Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Celebrities, Layoffs, Jobs & More
By Nancy Nally on July 6, 2017 in Jobs, News, Work
Crime. One of the culprits behind the 2011 payment card data breach at some Michaels Stores pled guilty recently to two charges related to the crime, which involved installing 88 counterfeit PIN pads at 80 Michaels Stores locations in 19 states. As many as 94,000 cards were believed to be compromised in the breach.
According to a press announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, Angel Angulo pled guilty in Federal Court in Camden, NJ on June 20th to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. The conspiracy to commit bank fraud charge carries a potential sentence of 30 years in prison (plus a $1 million fine). In addition, the identity theft charge carries a mandatory 2 year sentence, which must be served consecutively to the bank fraud charge sentence. Sentencing in the case is scheduled for September.
Another conspirator in the fraud, Crystal Banuelos, pled guilty in 2015 to similar charges, and is still awaiting sentencing. She also consented in her plea to a forfeiture of $480,300 which is believed by prosecutors to be proceeds of the crime.
Crime II. Ivette Rodriguez, an attendee at Stampfest in Orlando over this past weekend, is being hailed as a hero by exhibitor Marco's Paper and Crafts after she caught two people attempting to shoplift in their booth. Later in the day, in perhaps proof that the arc of the universe bends towards justice after all, Rodriguez won one of the event's door prizes – a gift certificate to Marco's Paper and Crafts.
Celebrities. Does your favorite Etsy seller have a secret – famous – identity? According to several news stories this week, Etsy apparently has some celebrity crafters lurking among its store owners. Singer Adele told a Wembley Stadium crowd recently that she has a secret hobby of making pom poms and selling them on Etsy. Also, Tila Tequila recently opened her own Etsy shop to sell her paintings through. (And of course, it's not new…but who could forget Snooki's Etsy shop?)
Celebrities II. Julianne Hough, of Dancing with the Stars fame, had her wedding shower last week for her wedding this Saturday to hockey player Brooks Laich. The event was thrown in Hough's native Utah by her sister Sharee, who brought in Heidi Swapp to help plan and design the event. Hough's blog contains an extensive recap of her wedding shower, including details on how Heidi incorporated her Design Boards and Instax products.
Books. Proving that trend is still going strong, designer Erin Bassett has a new book coming out September 5th called [Amazon affiliate link] The Art of Bible Journaling. The book is being published by Get Creative 6, an imprint of Sixth & Spring, which is a division of SoHo Publishing.
Layoffs. Etsy, for the second time this year, has announced that it is laying off staff. This second round of layoffs will include approximately 140 positions (or 15% of its workforce), making a total of 230 (or 22%) of its workforce laid off in 2017 based on end of 2016 employee numbers. The current round of layoffs will primarily be of marketing and product management staff as well as general & administrative positions. Most affected employees will come from the ranks of the company's Brooklyn headquarters.
Etsy has not fared well with investors since its IPO in April 2015. Debuting at $16/share, the company briefly traded over $30/share before beginning to drop in value. Trading below $7 at one point in early 2016, the stock has been making a volatile climb back up. But as of today, it is still trading at $14.63, well below its IPO value 27 months ago.
Travel. If you are traveling to Creativation in Phoenix in January 2018, and your driver's license is from Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Washington, you will need an alternate form of ID in order to travel home by air (starting on Jan. 22nd, 2018). Starting on that date, state ID from those states will no longer be valid for use for Federal purposes such as entering TSA checkpoints in airports, due to those states' failure to implement the Federal REAL ID law that was passed on recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. Residents of those states will need to supply alternate ID, such as military ID, a green card/permanent resident card, or a passport, to be able to pass through airport security when traveling. It is recommended that if you need to apply for or renew a passport in the coming months, that you do so early, as the State Department expects a higher than normal level of applications due to REAL ID implementation in 2018.
Fees. Photobucket, in a stealth update to its terms of service, implemented major changes that now limit the ability to link to images hosted on the site from 3rd parties. This ability – which was previously available to all accounts, including free ones – is now limited to the service's "Plus 500" level of account, which costs $399/year (or $39.99/month).
Linking to graphics hosted on free Photobucket accounts has long been a popular way on the internet of displaying message board images, and of hosting blog graphics to circumvent bandwidth and storage limits on blog hosting accounts. This change by Photobucket has resulted in a millions of images all over the internet now displaying instead as a Photobucket error graphic – being referred to as a ransom graphic by some. In many cases, the refusal of PhotoBucket to serve hosted images that have been linked has totally destroyed the usability of the associated content on blogs and message boards. In the crafts industry, this is especially true of one of the most affected sites – Etsy – where listings without photos are virtually useless.
Changes like this are why I always recommend to bloggers that their graphics be hosted on their own blog host. Linking to graphics on 3rd party sites carries the risk that those links could be cut off at any time. Especially risky is linking to images on accounts controlled by other people, such as design team members, who may choose to delete those accounts or images at any time for any reason.
Events. Ali Edwards has announced a second Story Camp in Eugene, Oregon fot October of this year. Registration opened on June 27th, but bad news if you are interested in going – all 35 slots are already sold out!
Settlements. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced yesterday that it has filed a civil complaint against Hobby Lobby, alleging the company smuggled Iraqi antiquities into the U.S. in 2010. According to the government, Hobby Lobby spent $1.6 million in Dec. 2010 to purchase 5,500 antiquities from a dealer in UAE. The company proceeded with the purchase, allegedly, despite having been warned by a consultant they had retained about several red flags in the transaction that indicated the antiquities may be looted Iraqi objects. The antiquities were then shipped to the U.S. without proper customs paperwork, and labeled as "ceramic tiles" or "clay tiles (sample)" that originated in Turkey. Some of the shipments were seized by U.S. Customs, and further shipments originating in Israel were seized the following year.
International law enforcement agencies are highly interested in stopping illegal trade in antiquities from Iraq and other locations in the Middle East because selling looted antiquities is widely believed to be one source of funding for the ISIS terrorist network.
In a stipulation of settlement that was filed with the complaint, Hobby Lobby agreed to forfeit thousands of artifacts it had illegally imported, and pay a $3 million fine to settle the case. In addition, the company agreed to implement changes in the way it will acquire future antiquity purchases and to submit quarterly reports to the government of their purchases for the next 18 months to ensure that such transactions are legal. "We should have exercised more oversight and carefully questioned how the acquisitions were handled," said Hobby Lobby President, Steve Green. "Hobby Lobby has cooperated with the government throughout its investigation, and with the announcement of today's settlement agreement, is pleased the matter has been resolved."
Jobs:
Photographer – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Creative Director – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Graphic Designer – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)
Talent Acquisition Specialist – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)
Sales Assistant – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Update | Amazon, Prima, Jobs, Events, Trends, & More!
By Nancy Nally on June 16, 2017 in Design Team Calls, Jobs, News, Update, Work
Losses. Condolences to the family and friends of Jeff Murphy, known to many in the industry after his thirteen years in sales at EK Success/Wilton Brands that ended last year. Murphy passed away last week in a hiking accident in Yellowstone National Park.
Openings. Hobby Lobby has set the (tentative) opening date of its new store in the Ozark Crossing strip mall in Harrison, AR for August 7th. The store is expected to hire between 30 and 50 workers.
Costs. Users of Intuit's Quickbooks Online accounting software service are being notified about upcoming price increases that will go into effect in July for users. The price for the Quickbooks Online Plus level of service will increase from $39.99 to $50 per month. Suggestions for replacements include Sage, Xero, and Less Accounting.
Changes. Amazon has announced to affiliates that it is retiring the aStore tool in its affiliate program due to low usage and poor conversion rates on the tool. Starting on July 14th, new aStores can no longer be built, and on August 11th existing stores will no longer be able to be edited. The feature will be completely retired on October 27th, at which time all aStore links will redirect to the Amazon.com home page.
Ventures. Toronto-based Scraptime host Christine Urias is branching into food art, marketing a line of candy through her new company Sweet Artisan Candies.
Designer Laura Bray is preparing to launch a line of stamps in her signature style later this month under the Laura K Bray Designs brand name, available through her website. To get a sneak peek of one of the set, visit her blog.
Events. AFCI President Mark Hill attended the 41st Japan Hobby Show put on by the Japan Hobby Association in April, and shares an interesting look at the event and trends seen at the show on the AFCI blog. Some of the trends seen may be regional while some may be harbingers of things to come in other parts of the world.
Alt Summit has announced their 2018 event dates. The 2018 Alt Summit will take place from February 26th-28th at the Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, CA. Registration begins on Wednesday, June 21st
Trends. Trend Curve is predicting that pink will be a hot trend for the Christmas holidays for 2018-2019. Also, Quilt Market's e-insider has a look at trends from Spring Quilt Market for quilt fabric, which often shares design and color trends with scrapbook paper and embellishments.
Fun. Maybe it's because he didn't get the memo that scrapbookers think cats are trendy and cool…but whatever the reason, Garfield the Cat has been poking fun at scrapbooking.
Teams. Prima Marketing has design team calls open for their Design, Mixed Media & DIY, and My Prima Planner teams through June 30th. For information on how to apply for the teams, visit the Prima blog.
Jobs. The following industry positions are listed as open and taking applications:
Corporate Controller – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Sourcing:
Sourcing Specialist – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
General Merchandise Manager – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Design Coordinator – Inked Brands (Bowling Green, KY)
Senior Graphic Designer – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Marketing Graphic Designer – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Marketing Graphic Design Intern – Inked Brands (Bowling Green, KY)
Marketing Assistant – American Crafts (Lindon, UT)
Product Launch Manager – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Relationship Manager – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Copywriter – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Creative Director, Marketing – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
CRM Manager – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Marketing Director – Inked Brands (Los Angeles, CA)
Update | Stampin' Up, Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Jobs & More!
By Nancy Nally on June 9, 2017 in Jobs, News, Update, Work
Color. June means a new Stampin' Up! annual catalog, and with it a new edition of the trend-based "In Colors" that are added each year to the Stampin' Up color palette for a two year limited edition. Of note this year is that the palette is completely pink and green in shade: Fresh Fig, Berry Burst, Powder Pink, Tranquil Tide, and Lemon Lime Twist.
Endings. Craft Ideas magazine is ceasing print after over 40 years in production. The Summer 2017 issue will be the magazine's final one. Editor Molly Goad told readers in a letter published on the magazine's blog that the company is looking for strategic partners to continue the magazine, but has no certain relationships at this time. Best wishes for the future to their talented staff . some of whom I've previously worked with – from the Scrapbook Update family.
Redesigned. Tonic Studios has issued an update to its customers indicating that it plans to ship a redesigned version of the Tim Holtz stamp platform beginning the week of July 9th.
As we move to catch up with the demand for the product we will be releasing the incoming shipments on a first come first served basis based with our retail partners on when we received the orders. We will be confirming the expected delivery date to each of our retailers within the next 7 days. The first shipments we expect to be dispatched on the week of 09 July with the second delivery to be on the week of 16 July. We are working to improve this wherever possible; however, we want to provide a clear and realistic route to completion. We also want to be realistic that the product will be entering the country during the holiday period which may involve additional small delays. These dates are when we will receive product into our warehouse in California so there may be a few more days to get the product to the partners and then onto the consumers.
Shows. Hotel reservations are open for Creativation 2018, which takes place in Phoenix from January 18th-22nd, and badge registration begins on Tuesday, June 13th.
Crime. According to a report in the Santa Clarita Valley area publication The Signal, the assistant manager of the Hobby Lobby store in Saugus, California has been arrested on child pornography charges. Donald Anthony Little has been charged with two felony counts related to alleged sharing of child pornography images online, and with being in possession of more than 600 child pornography images on his laptop computer. Little is free on bail pending his arraignment on June 22nd.
Neighbors. The White Sands Mall in Alamogordo, New Mexico, is losing its major tenant with the impending closure of the Kmart that has been there since 1976. However, the owner of the property told the Alamogordo Daily News that his company isn't worried about filling the space, and has over a dozen prospective tenants lined up to tour the space. What's the draw, in an era of dying malls? The mall will be breaking ground this month on a new Hobby Lobby next to the soon-to-vacant Kmart. "A lot of merchants, it appears, love to be next to Hobby Lobby," Griffith told the paper.
Earnings. Michaels Companies held its earnings call for the first fiscal quarter of 2017 on Tuesday morning (June 6th) before NASDAQ market open. Net sales were flat for the quarter, with comparable same store sales down 1.2%, due the company said to a decrease in average purchase ticket. Gross profits, though, were up .6%, due to an accounting adjustment from the Lamrite West acquisition and increased margins (from the expansion of the company's store branded merchandise lines). Michaels held its fiscal year 2017 expectations the same overall at net sales growth of 2.2% to 3.7%, and says that it expects that in the 2nd quarter same store sales will be down .5% to 1.5% (or flat to down 1% on a constant currency basis). The company plans to open four new stores in the quarter, relocate two others, and close four Aaron Brothers stores.
Michaels stock (NASDAQ: MIK) did not react well to the news from the Tuesday earnings call. It had been trending upward on Monday the day before the earnings call, closing up $.28 on the day at $19.83. Opening at $18.91 on Tuesday due to losses in after hours trading, after the morning earnings call the stock dropped hard and closed at $18.16. This was followed by an additional drop to $17.51 by close on Wednesday, a total loss of over 10% in value over Tuesday and Wednesday. Today, the stock started trending back upwards, closing up $.81 at $18.20.
New. American Crafts is launching a new decorative food collection with Sweet Sugarbelle in Michaels Stores. The line will include stamps and cutters and dough die, along with edible coloring book pages and paint palettes, to create decorative cookies.
Peek. If you are fan of artist Katie Pertiet, you might appreciate this profile with a peek into her studio and thoughts on design in a profile done for the blog of art licensing company Wild Apple.
Jobs. The following industry jobs are currently posted as available:
Project Designer & Enthusiast Crafter – Momenta (Portsmouth, NH)
Digital Art Production Assistant – Forever (Pittsburgh, PA)
Digital Marketing Analyst – Forever (Pittsburgh, PA)
help wanted – Scrapbooks Forever (Branson, MO)
Email Marketing Manager – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Assistant Controller – Cricut (South Jordan, UT)
Manager of New Product Innovation – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)
Controller – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)
Creative Project Manager – AC Moore (Berlin, NJ)


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'The Biggest Industry On The Planet': Pauline Frommer Talks The Future Of Tourism, In Michigan And Beyond – Traverse City Ticker
By Craig Manning | April 6, 2022
If you've picked up a travel guidebook in the past 65 years, you probably know the name "Frommer." Launched by Arthur Frommer in 1957, the Frommer's series of travel guides now includes more than 350 titles and has sold over 75 million copies worldwide. Pauline Frommer – Arthur's daughter and the co-president of Frommer Media – will be in Traverse City later this month to give a keynote address at the Pure Michigan Governor's Conference on Tourism, scheduled for April 19-21 at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Ahead of the event, The Ticker caught up with Frommer about her ties to northern Michigan, her predictions for the future of travel in a post-COVID world, and her thoughts on hot-button hospitality issues like labor and short-term rentals.
Ticker: What's your familiarity with northern Michigan?
Frommer: I spent some of the best summers of my life at Interlochen Arts Camp. I studied Shakespeare there, and I absolutely loved it. Being a New York City kid, I remember being stunned by the experience, because people would just smile at you, even if they didn't know you and say, 'How are you doing?' It was just an open, trusting place.
Ticker: The leisure travel market crashed off a cliff two years ago, but has bounced back nicely. What do you predict for the next few years?
Frommer: We've seen a decimation of business travel, and that hasn't really lifted. And the problem with that is, in certain ways, business travelers made travel less expensive for the leisure traveler. The airlines got into the habit of leaning on business travelers by charging them exorbitant prices for last-minute flights or business class seats. And because business travelers were overpaying, leisure travelers got a decent price. I don't know when business travel will come back, or if it will come back in the same way, and that may lead to higher consumer prices. We're already seeing that: Since January, airfares have gone up every five days. Right now, domestic airfares are 21 percent higher than they were in 2019. And it's only going to get worse, because of the cost of gas.
Ticker: How are labor shortages impacting travel?
Frommer: I was talking to somebody about destination weddings, and they're seeing smaller destination weddings because of staffing shortages. A lot of resorts are saying, 'Sorry, we can't handle a 200-person wedding right now. If you want to come to us, it's going to need to be 125 max.'
Hospitality is arguably the biggest industry on the planet. By some estimates, one out of every 11 human beings works at hotels or restaurants, in train stations or airports, on planes. It's a huge industry, and a lot of the jobs pay terribly. So, you have a lot of people right now saying, 'I'm going to do better with my life,' and that's going to reshape the industry.
I'm currently updating our guidebook to New York City. I visited a new hotel where there's an elaborate bar cart in every room, and every guest can call down to the bar and get a mixologist sent up to their room to make a drink. So that's very, very high-touch. But the day before, I went to a Japanese chain hotel where it's all going to be automated. They have what they're calling 'magic closets,' where you put your clothes in, shut the door, press a button, and everything gets steamed and disinfected. So that's the dichotomy: high-touch for the luxury set, automation for the rest of us.
One positive thing is that, with Trump gone, a lot of what he did in terms of restricting short-term guest worker visas is being lifted. Those policies really hurt the travel industry, because for decades, you've had people coming from Jamaica, and from Colombia, and from all parts of the world to work during our high season of travel. That's what's kept travel affordable. And when those pieces were gone, a lot of a lot of small businesses in tourist destinations were in deep, deep trouble.
Ticker: A trend we're seeing in Michigan since the pandemic is that people have reconnected with outdoor attractions, which maybe require less of a labor force.
Frommer: Absolutely. That's been a huge trend that I don't think shows any sign of letting up. Arches National Park [in Utah] had to close its gates 20 times last year, because their parking lots kept filling. Yellowstone had a million more visitors in 2021 than it did in 2020.
Another trend that I think will stay: Because a lot of attractions needed to enforce social distancing, they started requiring advance reservations. Museums, theme parks, ski resorts: They all realized, 'Wow, this makes our planning much easier.'
Ticker: What do you see as Michigan's biggest asset as a tourist destination? Our biggest challenge?
Frommer: One of your biggest assets is that you can't go more than six miles without hitting a body of water in Michigan. Local folks have done a great job getting every ounce of fun out of those waterways. Last year, I went to see the ribbon-cutting for the aquatic trail that opened in Gaylord. It's one of the only aquatic trails in the United States. It's like a hiking trail, but you travel from place to place on the water. You can paddle for 2-3 days, and there's new signage that shows where you can pull up your boats, where the facilities are, etc. It's all on an app, and it's also on signs by the side of the river.
As for challenges, I don't think everyone in the country knows about the beauty of Michigan. People in the Midwest do, but I've been talking about Michigan in California and New York, and people have no idea. I think you need to raise the profile of the state. There are other states that have done a better job of letting the public know what fun things are out there.
Ticker: What's the chatter in the travel industry about short-term rentals?
Frommer: By some estimates, 30 percent of all homes sold now are sold as investments, which is really driving up the cost of homeownership. I was watching PBS the other night, and they were saying we're seven million units short on low-income housing, which is tragic. There just aren't enough homes.
I think we're going to see more communities pushing back [against short-term rentals]. For example, New York City has long had a rule on the books limiting rentals of less than 30 days, but it was impossible to enforce. Now, the city is putting the onus on the platforms to prove that the person [renting out their property] got a very special, hard-to-get license to do so. If they don't, the platform gets fined. So, I think cities are going to keep making it harder for Airbnb to do its business.
Ticker: We have regulations on short-term rentals in our town, but we also have legislators at the state level trying to make it so local jurisdictions can't regulate those rentals.
Frommer: I guess it all depends on where your politicians are getting their money. Because in many destinations, the hotel lobbies are pushing to make it harder to do vacation rentals; the political might is behind the hotels and against vacation rentals. And then I guess in other communities, maybe Airbnb dimes it up.


Help needed with steering rack dimensions.
I'm fitting a 126 steering rack to my fiat 500. I've started making brackets, but I don't know what height they need to be fitted from the leaf spring mounting plate.
My floor plan is the same as an early 126 so the dimensions will be the same .
Could someone measure the distance I have crudely drawn on this sketch please?
Re: Help needed with steering rack dimensions.
I am not sure, perhaps someone else can assist?
I found some information on the design of the bracket set for the 500 rack and pinion conversion, which may help you.
Brackets are underway. Should have them finished this week with a view to fit them at the weekend.
Michael, lifted the 126 and measured 23 on passenger side and 25 on drivers side.
Michael, you could fit the rack in the brackets and offer up putting the column spline drive through the access hole. It may mean the rack is positioned slightly off fron the 126 position. If I remember correctly I had to enlarge the access hole as the angle, going through the floor, for the 126 is different to the 500. I had to cut and shunt the 126 column to keep the 500 stalks and steering wheel.
Cheers Ralph. I fitted a 126 upper and lower column a long time ago so the reat of the steering is already 126 based!
Brackets are ready to be offered up tomorrow.
Brackets are now welded into place, steering rack is bolted into place, but the job is not complete!
1. I had to cut away part of the floor support section because the 500 one is Y shaped and the widest part gets in the way. I need to make a new one which is more like the 126.
2. The splined shaft enters the floor but It looks a little short, I may have to modify the bulkhead. Didn't check it thoroughly as it was late on Saturday night when I discovered this.
3. Lower steering column is too short. This will have to be lengthened.
I'll take some photo's later.
This is the cut to the floor support.
The bracket and rack almost fitted in while it was there, but it was impossible to get the lower clamps in place.
It was slightly obstructing the rack as well so it seems the best option is to remove and make a new one.
The new one will be as narrow as the front and the same width all the way back to the leaf spring area.
Ready for a test run tomorrow.
I need to do a bit more tidying and painting. Also the hole where the splined shaft comes through needs tidying.
I made a new floor support bracket to replace the original which clashed with the steering rack.
I also cut and lengthened the lower steering column to fit.
The steering shaft was extended with a tube. I cut it with a 6cm overlap and quartered each end.
The tube was clamped in place and each quartered slot was welded and the adjoining ring was welded so there are 4 welded spline and one welded ring each end.
I've been out for a few drives since then.
First drive showed a big improvement over the worn steering box.
There was some play in the steering shaft which I hadn't realised because the steering box was so bad! That has been corrected and the steering is significantly better.


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Oregon's Most Sensory Woman
Somewhere between living in France, mastering Julia Child's 'Turducken' and earning degrees in biochemistry, chemistry and mathematics, Ann Colonna made a life-change that blended her love of science and food.
Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame and the University of Washington had already offered full scholarships to the All-American track star from Eugene's Sheldon High. In the end, a sunny University of Arizona beckoned, and there the long-distance
runner graduated with honors from a grueling pre-med program. "Just for fun" before medical school, Colonna indulged
her love of baking and enrolled in a six-month culinary arts school that straddled Boulder, Colorado and Provence, France.
While meticulously creating exquisite petite fours and soufflés, something happened. Now Colonna is one of a small breed of experts known as sensory scientists. Simply put, Colonna studies what we like to eat and why.
Colonna manages the Oregon State University Sensory Science Program at the Food Innovation Center. The gleaming, modern facility in Northwest Portland is one of only two such off-campus, university experiment stations in the nation. Its
mission is to promote research and market opportunities for Oregon food and agriculture producers, and to conduct testing
for local and national companies. Colonna has built an enviable databank of 13,000 testers, a group that companies all over
the nation come to access. What these unusually discriminating testers see, smell, taste, feel, even hear inside the sensory
science lab can make or break companies and brands.
You've gone from studying what mosquitoes eat in biochemistry classes to studying what people eat. How does your biochemistry background help you as a sensory scientist?
Of course all those science classes are helpful and necessary when getting a graduate degree in food science. We are required to have taken courses in chemistry including organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry, mathematics, statistics, physics, microbiology, nutrition, food chemistry, food engineering and food microbiology just to be a candidate. Sensory science strongly relies on statistics and psychology as well as all the core food science courses. So, at times, outsiders will observe a sensory test and believe that it is a simple setting up of samples for people to taste and asking them to give their opinions. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is a process that requires a clear understanding of each test's objective, use of the proper methodology, analysis and reporting. We have lighting, serving guidelines and product coding.
Multibillion dollar companies and local startups test their products here to find out what Portlanders think about their products. Why Portland?
Portland has an excellent population of people who are interested in FLOSS (fresh, local, organic,sustainable and seasonal). When it comes to certain product categories, companies will pay large amounts of money to get the opinions of these consumers. Many people in Portland are very knowledgeable and passionate about food. This is both a strength and weakness to us in Portland. I once had a company tell me at the end of a focus group session that they were surprised at how concerned these consumers were about reading labels and knowing where their food was coming from.
Take us through a typical testing session and what the companies want to know.
As a taste-tester, we invite people to sit down in a testing booth, which has a small window and computer. We pass samples back and forth through the window and ask people to give their feedback using our data acquisition system. We use different types of questions to get at our objectives: nine-point hedonic category scale questions labeled from "like
extremely" to "dislike extremely," five-point "JAR" (just about right) scales from "too strong in an attribute" to "not strong enough," purchase intent questions, product expectation and usage questions—the list goes on. We want them to use all of their senses to evaluate these products. That could mean smelling sashimi for aromas of the sea or crunching down on a potato chip for texture appropriateness. We want to know what drives product-liking and if people are willing to buy these products.
Any kitchen horror stories you can share?
The most challenging tests are those with products that are difficult to prepare. We always request that our client be on site to oversee the all-important product preparation. They know exactly how each item should look and taste. The key is making all 120 samples uniform—each consumer should see exactly the same thing. When you are cooking ground beef patties for more than 100 people, it can be difficult. We often bring in trained chefs to manage the kitchen for difficult projects. The raw material must be weighed and cooked to the same temperature. Everything must be planned ahead of time. The horror comes into play when things don't go according to plan. One time we blew a fuse using too many microwaves at once (nine) and lost power for part of the test. You can't put the test on hold because the consumers just keep coming and coming—usually ten every half hour. If the product is not ready, the panelists must be paid and sent away without participating. Another time, all ten of our computers went down at once because of an antivirus update. This shut the whole test down for that particular session. These are the things that drive you crazy as a sensory scientist.
Testers are sometimes taken back to a room that looks like something out of the TV series, "The Closer." What happens in there?
Ohhhhh, the dreaded focus group room. Actually we give each group an introduction as to what they can expect before participating. We try to make them feel as comfortable as possible and let them know they can leave at any time. Often we find that after the first five minutes, the groups forget they are being recorded and begin to talk freely and give their opinions. That is what we are paying them for after all. We look for people who feel comfortable in this type of group setting. A moderator leads the ninety-minute discussion about product concepts or consumers' opinions on products they have just tried in a taste test. Focus groups are yet another tool for the sensory scientist.
You don't just test food here. You're also a boutique business incubation center. How does that work?
We have a team of product developers, a packaging specialist, an economist, as well and the Oregon Department of Agriculture's Development and Marketing Division and Export Services Laboratory. It is a great team of people dedicated to advancing Pacific Northwest foods. An example of helping new businesses get their feet on the ground and a product out the door is Marie Osmunson and Chez Gourmet. Marie started out with an idea and with strong encouragement from her family and friends, began a small food business, Chez Gourmet. Her idea was a veggie burger based more on local vegetables than soybeans and she worked with Sarah Masoni, product development manager at the FIC.They worked together on formulation, packaging and nutritional labeling, helping Marie gain confidence that she could market her product. Marie began small, selling to local grocery stores such as Zupan's and was basically a two-person operation working a few days a week out of a small kitchen facility. Then everything changed when Burgerville (thirty-nine stores) needed a replacement for their veggie burgers. Burgerville liked Marie's product in Zupan's and asked Marie if she could increase her production from 2,000 a week to 2,000 a day. Somehow she made it work and Chez Gourmet moved into a 12,000-square-foot production facility in Wilsonville with six employees. The story continues as she soon will be supplying large retail markets on the West Coast.
Tell us about some of your most successful graduates.
As most of the work I do is proprietary and highly confidential, I can't discuss most of the products we work on, but recently we worked with a fisherman out of Coos Bay, Oregon who is producing a "canned" albacore product, but in a pouch. Sea Fare Pacific is a fantastic product that is now sold in Market of Choice and other local specialty shops. His product was preferred two to one over the national brand we tested, and because it is only cooked once, it retains six times more Omega 3s than most brands that are twice cooked in the can.
You have an education component, being affiliated with OSU. What classes and workshops are available for the public?
A two-part entrepreneur product development seminar is offered on Friday afternoons twice a month. Part one addresses product formulation, nutritional labeling and food safety and part two addresses product packaging, processing and shelf
stability. The seminars include lecture and hands-on activities familiarizing students with basic food product development. These seminars are for anyone interested in developing a home recipe to sell to the market. We also conduct a day-long hands-on sensory methods workshop through OSU extension a few times a year.
What do you bake when you're not working in the Food Innovation Center kitchen?
Oh, I love to bake. Just last night, I made some sweet potato biscuits with local sweet potatoes purchased from the Portland Farmers Market. My favorite cookbook is Baking with Julia. I haven't come across one bad recipe, and I've made almost every one. Every August, I bake the vanilla chiffon chocolate mousse cake for my husband's birthday. It's the best!
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Usually, developers make iOS and Android versions of their apps. But there apps that are made just for Android. We will show 5 exclusive Android apps that you must have on your device.
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This app can be called your life tracker. It records who you talk to, what posts you write on social networks, where do you check in and so on. If you want to go at a point in time in a certain past date to see what have you done, you will have all the information there.
This app lets you use your phone remotely from your computer. You can send messages from your phone or you can move wirelessly files in or out. This app also can erase your data from the phone.
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New year, new kitchen quandaries! Rather than freezing four separate containers of homemade crab stock, I used it to make a healthy Ramen/Pho-like pulled pork and soba noodles dish. We even had leftover pulled pork at the end of it.
Pulled Pork: place all ingredients in a crock pot on low for 6 hours.
Noodles: once pork is ready, cook noodles of choice separately in their own pot using additional broth. Add kale or other greens once noodles are near al dente.
Serve pork on top of noodles and add condiments of choice. David had his with a little Sriracha sauce.
Tonight's dinner was a Thai spin on slow cooked meat and potatoes, minus the caloric unknowns of takeout. Even with my simplified and somewhat clumsy hybrid of Domestic Superhero's Crock Pot Thai Peanut Pork and Eats Well with Others' Coconut Potato Curry, the crock pot generated heavenly smells all afternoon, and the potatoes turned out oh so tender.
In the crock pot, place a pork tenderloin followed by a jar or so (drained) of roasted red (bell) peppers, 1/2 cup of soy sauce and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Sprinkle 2 minced garlic cloves and 1/2 cup of peanut butter around the liquid. Set the crock pot on low for 6-7 hours.
Midway through, turn loins over and distribute peppers over the top to keep meat moist.
Towards the end of the cooking time, shred meat in the pot and let it cook in its own juices until ready to serve.
Meanwhile, drizzle about 1 tbsp of olive oil in a large pan or Dutch oven over medium to low heat. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon cumin, followed by 1/2 cup soaked and chopped cashews, and stir to coat. (Keep heat low so cashews don't burn.) Add about 1 pound red potatoes and toss to coat. Next, add a mixture of 1/2 cup water and 2 tbsp tomato paste, followed by a can of lite coconut milk, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper and 1/2 bag of frozen peas.
Serve shredded pork in a bowl with the potatoes, peas and coconut milk broth. Enjoy the clearing of your sinuses!
I desperately needed to find a new meat technique to take me out of my weeknight rut. So when I came across slow cooked Asian-style short ribs on Pinterest, I decided to give it a whirl. But there was a catch: all I had to go off of was a list of ingredients, and a leap of faith. As hoped, the meat fell off the bone about 5 hours in. And the results were deceivingly decadent!
Mix all ingredients together in the crock pot, and then arrange 4 pounds' worth of beef short ribs in the sauce. Cook on low for 6 hours. Flip about half way through cooking, and then again towards the end if you plan to leave it on warm for extra time like I did. I served the ribs over salad that had been mixed with Asian vinaigrette, but rice or noodles would work well too.
I'm a convert and just pinned about 20 new recipes for my new weekly staple. Welcome to the family, short ribs!
In the early days of Dinner with David, I spent a fair number of nights boiling chicken to make enough shredded, juicy meat for several dinners. Nutritious and satisfying, it was about as exciting as, well, boiled chicken.
So, with a generous bunch of green onions in the fridge, and inspiration from Pinterest, I took some liberties with two nights of leftovers.
Simply boil leftover broth along with two cups of water. Add 1 tbsp each of soy sauce and fish sauce, and green onions. Add soba noodles and cook until nearly tender; then add leftover chicken and frozen peas, and stir until peas are cooked through.
This attempt was a little more dicy. Inspired by Pinterest, I decided to give the ol' rice cooker a try at making Spanish rice. Add one can of diced tomatoes (I used tomato sauce), 1 1/2 cups water, 1 1/2 cups of rice and 2 tbsp of taco seasoning to the rice cooker. Be prepared to force your rice cooker's handle to stay in the on position like I did (mine wanted to stop a couple of minutes in). But, unlike me, don't let it cook so long it chars the bottom of the pot. 🙂 Serve with leftover chicken, broth and green onions.
Today I was introduced to a whole new world inside of Duc Loi Supermarket in the Mission. They carry all kinds of local produce, organic products and wine, for a fraction of the price of fancier gourmet shops. But what we really came for was the Banh Mi Sandwich from the deli counter. At just $5 a pop, you get an entire meal in one sandwich – and bite by bite, it lived up to its rep.
So what's in a Banh Mi sandwich? Five kinds of meat: pork pot roast, liverwurst, pork roll, head cheese and pork belly. But here's the kicker, all that rich protein is balanced with carrots, jicama, cilantro, cucumber, daikon, and jalapeno – served on French bread.
Oh, and I walked out with a bunch of green onions for $0.49. Can you think of anything that costs less than a $1 at the grocery store? Me neither. Consider me a convert!
Us modern girls like to have our cake and eat it too. Why not squeeze in a workout while making dinner?
Lately I've been putting this theory to the test, courtesy of our makeshift home gym.Here's how to make ramen inspired by Everyday Food's Asian-Style Chicken Soup, while doing four sets of three exercises.
It may sound crazy, but if you're a multi-tasker like me, you'll eat it up (pun intended). And if all that juggling makes it hard for you to remember to defrost the chicken ahead of time, no worries – this version uses straight-from-the-freezer tenders.
2. Put 5 frozen chicken tenders in pan; cover with foil. Fill large pot with water.
3. Put chicken in oven and set timer for 20 min. Turn stove on high; put pot of water on.
4. Put Chinese-style ramen noodles in the boiling water for 3 minutes; stir to separate.
5. Check on chicken; set timer for 15 more minutes, if needed. Remove noodles from stove; drain and leave in colander.
6. Put drained noodles in bowl with 1 tbsp of oil to avoid sticking.
7. Remove chicken from oven to cool. To make the soup base, combine 10 cups of chicken broth, 3 tbsp fish sauce, 4 tbsp soy sauce, and a dash of ground ginger in the same large pot you used for noodles; bring to boil.
9. Add noodles, chicken, and any veggies you like (I used spinach and radish slices) to the broth. Bring back to boil. Simmer for a couple of minutes. Season as needed.
Enjoy your ramen with a side of endorphins.
I've been wanting to try a flank steak recipe for some time, so tonight I modified Everyday Food's Asian Steak Salad with Napa Cabbage.
I used radicchio in place of napa cabbage, and half an orange instead of two limes. I also used the same stoneware casserole dish to marinade and cook the steak. Since the radicchio is more bitter than cabbage, I cut it with a diced fuji apple. Lastly, I diced up the other half of the orange for extra sweetness.
Night 1: boiled spaghetti in low sodium chicken broth; added spinach towards the end. Meanwhile, sautéed sliced zucchini in olive oil. Served zucchini over pasta with Parmesan.
Night 2: sautéed broccolini and bok Choy (cut into 1-2 inch slices) in olive oil; covered and steamed until slightly tender. Added soy sauce and leftover noodles from night 1 and cooked until warmed through. Voila!
Once upon a time I made homemade Pad Thai. I used a similar method the other night to clean out the limited items in my fridge, this time using rice noodles, corn, spinach and egg (cooked in garlic). The sauce consisted of soy sauce and brown sugar – but the original recipe calls for lime.
Basically, you saute two chopped cloves of garlic, scramble two eggs in the same pan, and then set aside. Meanwhile soak the noodles as instructed. Saute the spinach and corn in the same pan used for the eggs; remove. Saute the noodles with the sauce, then mix back in all the other ingredients.
It's a light way to enjoy the Thai fan favorite. We ate the entire batch in one sitting!


An exhibition dedicated to the peasant culture, its forms, legends and profound contemporary crisis.
A major exhibition dedicated to the city of Milan, featuring important photographs from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
The exhibit presents a special selection of photographs by important Italian authors, taken from the late twenties to the end of the twentieth century and depicting the richness and variety of the Milanese urban landscape and of the vast and productive territory that surrounds the city, significantly marked by the many canals that flow through it.
Vetrinetta is a public art project ideated by Paolo Riolzi. The project is based on a specific item of furniture – the vetrinetta or étagère – which collects, holds and displays in homes cherished personal or familial objects belonging to the household, thereby tracing a fascinating biography of memories and desires.
This exhibit presents 120 photographs taken by 15 important Italian photographers of the twentieth century, whose subject is the South of Italy, a theme very well represented in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
The exhibition presents a selection of photographs taken by Mario Cresci near Tricarico and Barbarano Romano between 1967-1978, when he was living in Basilicata.
The majestic corridors of the Colosseum host a major exhibition devoted to the cults of the Earth, from prehistory to the Roman imperial period.
After presenting the work of Federico Patellani in group shows and solo exhibitions devoted to single themes, the Museum of Contemporary Photography organized a major retrospective of the great master of Italian photojournalism.


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Earlier this week the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit's new space was officially opened. The whakawātea was conducted by Hata Temo and Mark Brunton from the Office of Māori Development, pictured below with some of the Unit staff. It was so great to see such a large turnout of Department of Preventive and Social Medicine staff and post-graduate students supporting the event. The Unit has been hosted in the department since 1996 and conducting research that focuses on understanding and improving Māori health outcomes. The new space on the first floor enables the staff and students of the Unit to be located together and has created a vibrant hub in the Adams building for this group.


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As I wrote the book, I grappled with the way Martin Luther King's speechmaking style evolved from careful preparation to impromptu genius. I tried to tease out the connections between the brilliant panzer commander Erwin Rommel, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, and the primary campaign of Donald Trump. I interviewed Stewart Brand about the world's most creative messy building – and Brian Eno about the way David Bowie would reject perfection in favour of something flawed and interesting every time.


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Writer Brian Schirmer, artist Claudia Balboni, and colorist Marissa Louise's new whodunit fantasy series Fairlady launched with a West Coast signing tour and early fan support. Fairlady #1 will be rushed back to print in order to keep up with the enthusiasm for the new series.
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Photo Report – Calm Dog: MD-82 S5-ACC at Maribor
February 18, 2014 December 13, 2015 Posted in Yugoslav And Croatian Aviation HistoryTagged 9A-CBD, Air Adriatic, Air Kosova, Aurora Airlines, LJMB, Mad Dog, Maribor, Maribor MD-80, N815US, N940PS, S5-ACC, Spirit of Juliett Papa, ZA-ARB
While I have stated on more than one occasion that I'm not much of an airliner person, I'm nevertheless always on the lookout for rare and interesting examples of the breed – especially if they have a fair bit of history (and the odd plot twist) behind them 🙂 . Unfortunately though, the region's traditionally fickle airline fortunes mean that "rare and interesting" is often synonymous with "abandoned and failed", with a number of local airports home to disused aircraft in various states of (dis)repair that had been left behind when their parent companies went under. The very nature of these airlines – small, private start-ups fighting uphill for their place under the sun – had meant that these machines would inevitably be cheap members of the MD-80 family, with three such frames located within a 200 km radius from Zagreb.
One of these (and by far the best preserved) is the titular MD-82, nowadays displayed at Maribor Airport (LJMB) and briefly featured in one of my previous posts – where I'd pledged to give it a proper "work over" at some later date 🙂 . So, for another of my periodic returns to the world of commercial aviation, I've decided to make good on that pledge and – catching a break in our depressing winter weather – drove up there to see what's what…
Just standing there, quiet and engineless, ACC was instant, "Grade A" Achtung, Skyhawk! material…
Mad Dog One
Following the universal path of the MD-80, ACC had led quite a varied and geographically diverse life, latterly changing operators more often than most people do socks 😀 . Sporting the serial 48095 and line number 1055, its story begins with first flight on 20 January 1982, soon after which – 23 April to be precise – it would join the fleet of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) as N940PS. Interestingly – though I've been told this was not unusual among early Mad Dogs – N940PS had actually started out in life as an MD-81, to be reworked into its current MD-82 standard sometimes in the mid 80s. While both versions are visually identical inside and out, the 82 is fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217A engines – which produce 89 kN of thrust, versus the 82 kN of the -209 series fitted to the 81 – allowing for greatly improved performance in hot and high* conditions. The extra grunt had also led to a Maximum Take Off Mass (MTOM) increase of around three tons, even though fuel, passenger and cargo capacities had remained the same.
* a term that has pretty much entered everyday aviation conversation, "hot and high" refers to a specific set of atmospheric conditions created by a combination of high temperature and altitude. As the air warms up, its density begins to decrease, leading (among other things) to a reduction in engine efficiency and power. The same effect also occurs as altitude increases and is essentially one of the major factors that define an aircraft's performance ceiling. Individually, either of these effects can be handled and overcome without undue problems by the majority of "regular" aircraft; however, when they combine, their total impact can be such that operations are only possible at very low weights – weights that imply a small payload and questionable operating economics. To overcome these conditions (found in many lucrative coastal areas around the world), several aircraft have been designed with higher than usual power-to-weight ratios and aerodynamics tailored to get as much out of thin air as possible. By far the most famous of these is the superlative 757, which, on a cold day at low altitude, can leave any other airliner for dead in the take off and climb 🙂 .
N940PS itself would continue to fly with PSA all the way into the beginning of April 1988, when the company merged with rival USAir (precursor to today's US Airways). Retained in the new combined fleet, the aircraft would become N815US on 9 April, and would continue to serve staunchly until it left the fleet for good on 27 February 1997.
From there on end though, things start to get interesting 😀 . As far as the Internet is concerned, the aircraft had disappeared off the face of the planet for several years – in all probability spending some time in a desert somewhere – until it resurfaced back again in May 2003 as 9A-CBD 🙂 . Operated by Air Adriatic – one of the very few private airlines to have ever been formed in Croatia – it would fly various charter flights across the Balkans and Europe until August 2005, when it was wet-leased to Italian operator MyAir (keeping its Croatian registration as per the usual leasing rules). Sadly though, the realities of airline operations in Croatia – not to mention the complexities of their operating economics – had quickly caught up with Air Adriatic, which began shedding its eight-strong MD-82/83 fleet already by 2006 (the airline would eventually go under just a year later). Among the first to go, CBD was quickly acquired by Albanian low cost start-up Belle Air (which had commenced operations in 2005), where it became ZA-ARB on 1 February 2006.
But, even though the carrier was financially far sounder than Air Adriatic – and would, in fact, continue to operate for a further seven years before closing its doors in November 2013 – ARB still hadn't experienced much in the way of smooth sailing. Having done its bit in giving Belle Air the initial kick it needed to get going, it would be pulled from the fleet just two years later, making way for the far more economical – and comfortable – A320.
Migrating back north once again, in early 2008 the jet would take on its current identity, serving now with Aurora Airlines, a Slovenian start-up operating out of Maribor 🙂 . Having spent much of the first half of the year on crew training duties, ACC would enter the commercial arena in September, flying on behalf of Air Kosova, a plane-less airline formed in the wake of Kosovo's 17 February independence. Re-based at Priština Airport (BKPS) for this purpose, it would be used to connect Kosovo with several larger German cities, a traditionally sound choice given their wide variety of connection – as well as the presence of significant expat populations, in common with virtually every other Balkan nation.
However, given the new country's economic climate and the population's near-complete lack of purchasing power – Kosovo always having been one of the poorest regions of the Western Balkans – it was only a matter of time before Air Kosova too went under. And so it had happened near the end of the year, when the whole operation disappeared off the radar as quickly as it had appeared…
What was – with 20/20 hindsight – the final nail in ACC's coffin, this development had left Aurora without any form of stable, sustainable work. Several charter contracts came and went – the last of which was for Hajj flights into Mecca – but pretty soon Aurora began to feel the same strain felt by Air Adriatic several years back; operating a cheap-to-buy but nowhere near cheap-to-run type on a shoestring budget, the company was pretty soon forced back against the wall. With bankruptcy staring it into the eyes, the company had no choice but to sell off its infrastructure while it could still be salvaged. Its second Mad Dog – MD-83 S5-ACE – was eventually sold, but ACC found no new home to go to. And so, on 14 January 2009, it had rolled up to a remote part of the Maribor apron and shut down its engines for good*…
* interestingly, this last flight – repositioning without passengers – was flown by two of my future CPL flight instructors, who'd once told me that despite its age and colorful working history, ACC was one of the finer Mad Dogs they'd flown…
A Trip to the Other Side
With those very engines now removed and sold, ACC was pretty much left to the elements. However, standing there for the better part of the year, it had caught the attention of the management of Letalski center Maribor (Maribor Flight Center), located on the opposite side of the runway. Deciding that it was not likely to go anywhere ever again – and that it could make for a nice addition to the center's grounds – LCM had made a bid for the aircraft, eventually buying it outright in 2010 🙂 .
In what is perhaps the best tribute to both ACC, Aurora – and the MD-80 family as a whole – upon taking possession LCM had not gone down the path of turning the jet into a kitsch fairground attraction. Instead, they'd simply trucked it over to their side of the airport and preserved it (as much as possible) in its original shape and form 🙂 . Still in remarkably good nick, the aircraft is today open to visits by various school groups and enthusiasts – one of which had rocked up on 14 February with a huge camera and a mean-looking tripod… 😀
"Quiet" and "MD-80" – not words one is accustomed to seeing in the same sentence! The only Mad Dog hush kit fully approved by Pratt & Whitney, the Quiet Eagle mod includes an exhaust mixer, engine core sound insulation and a specially designed propelling nozzle and front fan case. Together, these elements quieten the MD-80 down to so-called "Stage 4 levels", allowing it to fly into virtually all of Europe's noise-restricted airports.
The party piece of the DC-9/MD-80 design, the rear air stairs were designed as a cheap and simple way of speeding up boarding without having to rely on your destination's (sometimes questionable) ground equipment. However, after two well known incidents in the 70s – one on the DC-9 and one on the 727 – where hijackers parachuted out through this door, it was disabled and locked on most in-service machines (interestingly, the world-renowned Perris Valley Skydive center used to fly a short-body DC-9-21 on parachute flights). A good thing too, since my ears still have childhood traumas from the wail of the APU – located next to the right nacelle – while boarding JAT's DC-9s in the late 80s… note also the protective tail skid just below the door, preventing tail scrapes on rotation.
Lightened by the absence of fuel – and never having to take the stresses of landing again – ACC is standing only on the number of legs it really needs (the two main wheels are actually stored nearby in LCM's maintenance hangar).
A rare opportunity to steal a peak at the MD's main wheel assembly. Even though it is not the most impressive unit around – not by a long shot – one cannot but be amazed by the size and robustness of all its components. A design built to true Douglas measure!
Like the rear door, the front is well equipped for operations from spartan airports (a trait shared with – among others – the 737). Of interest is also the jet's name; while I have not been able to ascertain what exactly does "Juliett Papa" refer to, I have a sneaking suspicion it has something to do with JP, the IATA airline code for Slovenia's national carrier Adria Airways (from which I believe a number of Aurora crew had transferred).
Probably one of the most famous offices in the history of aviation… simple and straightforward, the Diesel-9 and Mad Dog cockpits have weened generations and generations of airline pilots, and are as instantly recognizable as the jet itself. Interestingly, ACC's cockpit is preserved in near-perfect condition, with only two altimeters and warning panels missing. Note also the unusual cockpit color, replacing the type's traditional aquamarine.
Pure magic! While its essence is the same as that of the DC-9, the MD-80 cockpit is nevertheless significantly more advanced, mostly through the addition of more sophisticated avionics and systems. Compared with the average DC-9, the MD-80 includes an additional Inertial Navigation System (INS), a new digital autopilot panel and new digital radios, improved warning panels and digital fuel readouts. The later Mad Dogs – the 87 and 88 – had gone even further, ditching analogue engine gauges completely in favor of a 737-300/400 setup, and substituting the primary flight instruments with a basic EFIS system also used on said aircraft.
Like the cockpit, the rest of the interior has been preserved "as is" – even down to the food trolleys. The only things that are missing as far as I could see were various items of emergency equipment, which have either been sold (some being quite valuable) or removed for safety's sake (such as crash axes). A walk down the cabin had also revealed that the passenger emergency oxygen system has been removed, another sensible safety precaution (since the MD-80's "chemical candles" – which generate oxygen through a high-energy chemical reaction – are not the safest things to have lying around on an inert aircraft).
A shape that will likely never be forgotten. While there are far better and more sophisticated designs around, the whole DC-9 family has that special character and soul that is nigh on impossible to find today. Standing here, one cannot but feel respect and admiration for it – a true, unpretentious workhorse that has held its own for half a century now, standing shoulder-to-shoulder even with designs once set to replace it…
I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. Danilo Kovač of Letalski center Maribor for his time – as well as for opening ACC for me and sharing interesting snippets from its recent history!
Airfleets.net – S5-ACC page
Airliners.net – S5-ACC photos
Plane Logger – N940PS page
various "human sources"
5 thoughts on "Photo Report – Calm Dog: MD-82 S5-ACC at Maribor"
Cneoridium says:
Another great report! I wonder if this was one of the PSA MD 80s that would roar over my house in San Diego in the 80s, big smile painted under the nose… All poor students like myself lived under the flight path, and alway conversations would automatically stop, VCRs would be paused, as MD80s and 727s would scream over, trying to clear the ridge in ridge of Point Loma in front of the airport…. And resume as they continued past, out over the Pacific.
Turbulence7700 says:
It's more than likely that you had heard N940PS at least once – from what I'd gathered, they had clocked A LOT of hours in those years (ah, cheap fuel!) and had seen most of the continental US on their travels. The only bit of its history I was not able to verify with any reasonable accuracy is the six-year gap between leaving the US Airways fleet in 97 and it's reappearance in Croatia in 03… but given that a lot of airlines were getting rid of their MDs at that time, it really is likely it was parked somewhere in Nevada or Arizona :).
Actually, here she is at San Diego: http://www.airliners.net/photo/PSA—Pacific/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-82/1170052/L/ 🙂
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dlberek says:
Thank you for this detailed report! I am always gratified to learn about new preserved airliners, and this one (I admit) is new to me. I also love the flight deck and cabin pictures.
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