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The nation's first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972–58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's Day official–that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States.
Origins of Father's Day
The campaign to celebrate the nation's fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, "fathers haven't the same sentimental appeal that mothers have."
On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation's first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December's explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday.
The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother's Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation's first statewide Father's Day on June 19, 1910.
Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father's Day.
Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June: Father's Day 2017 occurs on June 18; the following year, Father's Day 2018 falls on June 17.
In other countries–especially in Europe and Latin America–fathers are honored on St. Joseph's Day, a traditional Catholic holiday that falls on March 19.
Father's Day: Controversy and Commercialism
Many men, however, continued to disdain the day. As one historian writes, they "scoffed at the holiday's sentimental attempts to domesticate manliness with flowers and gift-giving, or they derided the proliferation of such holidays as a commercial gimmick to sell more products–often paid for by the father himself."
During the 1920s and 1930s, a movement arose to scrap Mother's Day and Father's Day altogether in favor of a single holiday, Parents' Day. Every year on Mother's Day, pro-Parents' Day groups rallied in New York City's Central Park–a public reminder, said Parents' Day activist and radio performer Robert Spere, "that both parents should be loved and respected together."
Paradoxically, however, the Great Depression derailed this effort to combine and de-commercialize the holidays. Struggling retailers and advertisers redoubled their efforts to make Father's Day a "second Christmas" for men, promoting goods such as neckties, hats, socks, pipes and tobacco, golf clubs and other sporting goods, and greeting cards.
When World War II began, advertisers began to argue that celebrating Father's Day was a way to honor American troops and support the war effort. By the end of the war, Father's Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution.
In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father's Day a federal holiday at last. Today, economists estimate that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father's Day gifts.
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By the turn of the century, America was home to over 1,000 automobile manufacturers, including Ford, Cadillac, and General Motors. What automobile history does not record is the presence of an automobile manufacturer owned and run by an African-American family in Ohio. Charles Richard Patterson was born enslaved in 1833, and escaped nearly thirty years later to settle in Greenfield, Ohio.
It was in this town that Patterson worked as a blacksmith to a carriage maker, and within the following decade, he had married and fathered five children, and gone into partnership with J.P. Lowe, a white Greenfield-based carriage manufacturer. For the next twenty years, Patterson and Lowe developed a highly successful carriage-building business, and after buying out Lowe's shares, Patterson incorporated the carriage business into C.R. Patterson & Sons Company to reflect his partnership with his younger son, Samuel C. Patterson.
Eldest son Frederick Douglas Patterson became the first African-American to graduate from the local high school and upon entering Ohio State University, the first African-American to play on the college's football team. He withdrew from OSU to teach in Kentucky, but news of his brother's illness prompted his return to Ohio in 1897. After Samuel's premature death in 1899, Frederick took a greater leadership role in the company, and by the time of his father's death in 1910, Frederick surmised that the automobile would supersede the popularity of the carriage.
Some sources claim Patterson Automobile Company began manufacturing motorcars as early as 1902, but the first Patterson-Greenfield car rolled off the line in September 1915. According to advertisements, the vehicle was available as either a two-door touring car or a four-door roadster and featured a 30hp Continental 4-cylinder engine, a full floating rear axle, cantilever springs, electric starting and lighting and a split windshield for ventilation and cost $850.
Many contemporary accounts considered the Patterson car to be more sophisticated than the Ford Model T, but the small firm of C. R. Patterson could never have matched Ford's manufacturing machine. Nonetheless, despite its small scale, the firm built an estimated 30 vehicles between 1915 and 1918, which were primarily sold to local and regional customers.
However, with the rapid transformation of the car from a rich man's plaything to a mass-produced vehicle to be enjoyed even by the middle-classes, small automobile companies like Patterson-Greenfield felt the crunch of competition from the much larger corporations. Frederick responded by switching the company's focus to the manufacture of truck, bus, and other utility vehicle bodies for General Motors, Ford, etc.
Reorganized as the Greenfield Bus Body Company in 1920, the subsequent decade killed any momentum to be had, and the death of Frederick D. Patterson in 1932 and the Great Depression delivered a fatal blow to the company before it finally closed in 1939. Unfortunately, there are no extant Patterson-Greenfield cars in existence (as of yet!), but enough material about the company and the family survives to keep their story alive and inspiring!
The Gilded Age not only witnessed an unprecedented boom in technological advances and the businesses created by a rapidly globalizing economy, but the amazing growth of equally advanced professions within the African-American community. Whether it be the manufacture of hair products and beauty schools, the opening of colleges and universities, or the founding of a life insurance company, African-Americans defied commonly-held assumptions about their intelligence, work ethic, and ingenuity—particularly within less than fifty years after emancipation.


Site Workshop selected as landscape architect!
We had terrific response to our request for qualifications which made the selection process particularly exciting. Interviews were held this week and we anticipate that the landscape architect will be announced early next week.
The Magnolia News ran a story about our project (link) which we hope will help get the word out about this public process.
It was no small thrill to see the big yellow sign go up at Magnolia Manor Park this week. Two years ago a group from Sustainable Magnolia gathered at the park to consider the suitability of a community garden in this densely populated sunny park in Magnolia. Pam Lewis, founder of Sustainable Magnolia, quickly gave me the reigns on the project. (I think she did this to demonstrate that great things can happen even under the leadership of someone with absolutely zero experience). Little did we know just how long of a road it would be to get to this point, but here we are.
The exciting part about the sign is that it announces the fact that this park is to be designed with feedback from the community . I love this quote from "Community", by Peter Block: "Leaders will always be under pressure to speak, but if building social fabric is important, and sustained transformation is the goal, then listening becomes the greater service." So with that I urge neighbors to bring their voice to the project so that the transformation of the park will indeed be sustainable.


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Oil-Free Systems Keep Special Chemicals Pure
Givaudan Corporation of Clifton, NJ, needed vacuum-generating equipment for their new distillation center. The equipment would increase manufacturing capacity of rare and costly perfume ingredients and essential oils made in small quantities.
Because they are highly time/temperature sensitive, the specialty chemicals are purified at reduced temperatures by vacuum distillation. Thus, reliability of the vacuum source was of utmost importance. And because trace impurities could change fragrance characteristics substantially, vacuum equipment was sought that would not add oil, lubricant or other contamination to the highly purified essential oils.
The plant has 10 stills, ranging from 150 to 1000 gallons, permitting flexibility in batch sizes for the various chemicals. The company's output is two million lb/yr, but shipments are made in 55 gallon drums because the materials are varied and special. They include fragrance constituents such as eugenol, lilal, linalool, geraniol, citranol, and other essential oils and aroma chemicals.
Ten ejector vacuum systems were installed on the specified 10 reactor vessels. The four stage ejectors have no moving parts and require no oil or lubricants. They have low maintenance requirements and are engineered for trouble-free service. Vacuums to 5 micron Hg absolute can be achieved with this type of equipment. The plant generally operates their ejectors in the one millimeter range, as their essential oil products are volatile.
Five of the stills have been in production since mid-April, 1980. All 10 of the jet vacuum systems have been tested and determined to be operating effectively. According to the company's engineers, the chief operating problem in start-up is the clogging of steam jets from dirt in the steam pipes. Once the lines are cleaned out the equipment operates dependably and efficiently, according to the engineers.
The four-stage steam jets are capable of handling 5 lb/hr of air at one millimeter. There is a shell and tube intercondenser between the second and third vacuum stages, and an aftercondenser at the atmospheric (first) stage. The condensers are connected to a barometric leg hotwell, so that any trace organics and all steam condensate are channeled to this collector.
All gases are vented to the atmosphere. The steam jets are mounted in the second story of the building, higher than 34′, the height of the barometric leg. Seven units are routed to one hotwell, and three to another.
Givaudan engineers have had experience with steam jets as a vacuum source. When specifying equipment for the new plant, they selected designs that were known for reliability of operation. The company uses 30 to 40 sets of steam jets in other areas of its Clifton plant. Now that they have seen the units in operation, the engineers are pleased with the performance of the steam jets that are in production. The units' dependability allows vacuum distillation to be carried out at the highest efficiencies possible for the products and the distillation columns used.
Distillation efficiency means obtaining high yield of the desired products and minimizing upper and lower cuts, which add to disposal problems. This is economically important to a producer of high value, low volume specialty products.

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Trump tariffs put U.S. plastics companies at risk, says industry association
Norbert Sparrow
The response to the Trump administration's announcement today that it would go forward with imposing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from Canada, the European Union and Mexico was swift and often harsh.
Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb) called it a "dumb" move. Republican governor of Ohio John Kasich asked on Twitter, "By imposing damaging tariffs, do we really want to treat our allies like enemies? That's not how America leads." And from that paragon of politeness to our north, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the tariffs "totally unacceptable." Referencing the Trump administration's justification that the tariffs amounted to a national security measure, Trudeau added, "Canadians have served alongside Americans in two world wars and in Korea. From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of Afghanistan, we have fought and died together." Considering Canada a "national security threat to the United States is inconceivable," he added.
The U.S. plastics industry also has a dog in this fight because it relies on steel and aluminum to manufacture goods. In a statement made public today, William R. Carteaux, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS; Washington, DC), called on President Trump to reconsider this "dangerous, disruptive approach to trade policy."
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Dudes - my eyes are up here, and it's semi-difficult to read the 'Nocturnal' font on everybody's badge. It's uncomfortable to reach for their badge with a significant other standing right next to them. Check it!
OBeer & OSpirits / All other ideas!
When an error code is generated, it would be helpful to have a link to the support site that explains what the error is and how it might be resolved.
I have a request to include a 'change log' in SAP that records all changes made to any forecasts? Very similar to the 'Sales Order Change Log'? This would help immensely when looking for changes made in previous weeks.
On the Stillhouse & Cooking Worksheet, there needs to be an option to display the Proof and also Proof Gallons as optional fields for your view in Form Settings. It's insanely hard to find this information.


BsnTech Networks was contacted by Jack several months ago in regards to getting a website created for his small business, Nifty Thrifty Five. He also requested that we make a logo for his website.
We wrote about the logo design in a previous blog post, but today – we have published the Nifty Thrifty Five website!
Jack is still working on the site and getting the feel for how to manage and maintain it. His website incorporates a standard eCommerce system with a USPS shipping plugin for automatic rates. This way he can sell fixed price items on his site.
In addition, he also wanted to be able to list auctions on the site. The auction site is setup so that only he may post the items, but BsnTech Networks also has the ability to make auction websites that allow memberships and members to post items for auction as well.
We appreciate the business from Jack!
The Nifty Thrifty Five website is at niftythriftyfive.com.


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Derek Ellard & The future business model
Alternative // Galway, Galway
**I hope you're doing ok, so, here's some songs about it**
New single The lake, March 5th, followed by An EP called 'A nod; then a wave'. keep an ear out
Derek Ellard and the future business model are a four piece Alt Indie Folk/Rock band based out of Galway, Ireland.
Obsessed with the human condition, the bands songwriter, Derek, delves head first into the tribulations of our current climate with his emotionally charged rhetoric reinforced by their distinct use of vocal harmonies and metrical sleight of hand. As deliberately challenging
as it is intoxicating. Often hysterical, invariably restless but principally honest. pushing folk rock in new and challenging directions. Blurring the lines of genre definition, stealing pages from math rock, prog, jazz and electronica. Produced, recorded and released, in conjunction with Joseph Padfield under the Umbrella records collective.
Compared to artists such as Band of horses, Frightened rabbit, Frank Turner, grizzly bear, Ben Howard and TTNG.
After removing all his previous releases, 4 years of radio silence, a degree and an artistic breakdown, Derek returns with the future business model to bring his unique songwriting style to full fruition
Derek has been lucky enough to support the likes of Gavin James, Admiral Fallow, Wallis Bird, La galaxie and The Unthanks.
"an intoxicating brew of folk and post rock that's peppered with a little bit of prog and it should see the four-piece's stock soar over the months ahead." Hotpress, Edwin McFee
"he has begun to shake and stir the foundations of conventional acoustic singer song writing with harmonies,poly-rythms,and beautiful guitar based syncopation, presented in a digestible manner that even the least experienced listener can enjoy right up to the most knowledgeable amateur musicologists" Sea Sessions
"self-depreciative and funny banter ensures that spirits do not wane as he works through tunes that, while having a definite folk basis similar to that of Frank Turner and The Frames, also feature plenty of variety with nods to the math rock happiness of Enemies or TTNG. The trio incorporate plenty of tasteful, raspy vocal harmonies reminiscent of Dry the River or Bear's Den but with an evidently newfound fascination with all things digital the sound remains fitting to the sparkling, electronic theme of the evening" The Thin Air
"A great voice, a loop station and an undeniable way with an acoustic guitar, his fingerpicking style gels beautifully with his husky rasp as he uses a rather unusual technique to create memorable songs"
Lauren Murphy, The Irish Times
"Derek's performances on the E.P. are marvellous. His vocal work is passionate and emotional.
I really can't fault this EP. It's haunting at times, cheeky at times, and at more times deliberately disturbing and challenging. Well played sir. 9/12"
2UIBestow Bobby Noonan
Buy on Bandcamp
Breaking Tunes Tracks
Equal to or greater than
Wine shake
www.derekellardmusic.com
Band of Horses, ben howard, city and color, Frank Turner, Frightened Rabbit, Grizzly Bear, Phoebe Bridgers, The Frames, TTNG
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