Retirement is no longer about trading in one’s career for a rocker in front of the TV. For many of the retirees who move to the Lowcountry, retirement is another chapter in their lives that began innocently enough with a vacation to the Hilton Head area.
Joanne and Stephen Murray moved from Fort Washington, Pa., just outside of Philadelphia, to Sun City Hilton Head in October 2011, but were part-timers since 2006. Joanne was finance director for a dance school and Stephen retired as a conductor for the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA).
“We started to vacation in Hilton Head and wanted to move to warmer climates when we retired,” said Joanne. “It made perfect sense to choose a retirement community here. And because we’d been here so much, we felt like we were home when we got here.”
With more than 14,000 residents and dozens of groups to join, it’s like a small town, one that the Murrays enjoy.
“What I like about Sun City is the resort atmosphere when you drive through the front gate,” said Joanne. “You feel like you’re still on vacation even though you’ve come home. There is so much friendliness. I love the fact they have a community theatre and a really good one. And everyone has made us feel welcome quickly.”
The Cypress, with nearly 430 residents, and TidePointe, with about 300 residents, are much more intimate, offering first-class independent living along with different levels of continuing care, nursing care and assisted living on the grounds.
Tom and Beverly Conner kept their options open before finally moving into The Cypress. They were in the market for a move and looked around while en route to visit his brother in Vero Beach, Fla. On the way back from Florida, they looked in The Crescent in Bluffton and bought a house right away. That was in 2001. In November 2012, the Conners moved to The Cypress.
“We picked up our life in Bluffton, moved it down to Hilton Head and now we are just 14 miles closer to everything we do,” said Tom.
Tom, a former school superintendent in Washington, Pa., is part of the Center for Medical Excellence, one of the newest businesses accepted into the incubator at the Don Ryan Center for Innovation. He is also a volunteer at the Allendale prison where he takes his Labrador therapy dog. Beverly, a former program officer for Alcoa Foundation, participates in her church activities. Both are active in the annual Hilton Head Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance.
“We were really looking down the road as we get older. We were looking at when’s too early, when’s too late? You really have to be able to walk in here in order to live here,” Tom said. “It’s comfortable here, the service here is great. We have really enjoyed it, our health is good, and now Bev’s sister is moving into the house next to us. We have never looked back.”
Mary Moser lives at The Seabrook of Hilton Head, a non-profit, independent living retirement community with more than 200 residents. The Seabrook’s 21-acre campus includes the Fraser Health Center, a 33-private bed skilled nursing facility.
Originally from Reston, Va., Mary’s husband was career civil service and golf was his passion.
“In 1980 we came to Hilton Head for a 3-day/2-night golf package and went home proud owners of a lot in Hilton Head Plantation,” Moser said. “We were captivated by the island’s natural beauty and couldn’t wait to make it home.” After several years in a nice condo area after her husband died, Moser knew it was time to move. She moved to The Seabrook, which is nestled in the natural beauty of a peaceful maritime forest with easy access to the beach.
“A number of my friends live at The Seabrook and I’ve found it to have a small-town feel, where people are welcoming and friendly,” Moser said. “It’s the perfect place to call home.”
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2013年8月27日星期二
2013年8月16日星期五
Naval architect in Muskegon
A field of wind turbines floating on Lake Michigan isn’t that far off, a naval architect and engineer told a crowd of about 45 people in Muskegon Thursday, Aug. 15.
Or, at least, the technology is nearly ready, said Glosten Associates naval architect and marine engineer Charles Nordstrom. There’s still no state mechanism to regulate such a project.
“There is not a framework for proceeding with a project,” Nordstrom said. “We’d love to.”
Glosten in 2012 had a partnership with Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and Michigan Technological University for a federal grant to test its floating wind turbine technology on the Great Lakes, but the U.S. Department of Energy did not fund the grant.
Glosten is now completing engineering work on a demonstration project to put floating wind turbines using its PelaStar technology off the southeast coast of England. PelaStar works using tension-weight platforms, buoy-like hollow steel bases, anchored to the sea floor by cables.
PelaStar would work best where the lake is more than 160 feet deep, Nordstrom said. That contrasts to turbines with solid-construction foundations in the sea bottom, which become unfeasible before 160 feet of depth.
The depth of the water needed for PelaStar could place the floating turbines far enough out into the Great Lakes as to be nearly invisible from shore, Nordstrom said.
He pointed to maps that show strong wind conditions off the thumb of the Michigan mitten and off the coast of Southeast Michigan. The deep water in those areas starts 12 miles from shore.
“Pretty much can’t see these machines from the shoreline at 15 miles from shore,” he said, adding that the wind is also stronger. “It’s cheaper and deeper.”
The past debate over a proposal for the Scandia Offshore Wind project in Lake Michigan off the West Michigan coastline was a major controversy and ended with opposition to being able to see the turbines from shore. With deep-water deployment, wind turbines could be put on Lake Michigan without any detection from shoreline properties or public beaches, MAREC Director Arn Boezaart has said.
“(Land-based wind energy) is here to stay, the horses are out,” Boezaart said on Thursday. “But I think we’re at the point where offshore wind is a reality.”
Glosten is designing its turbines to be easily and more cheaply installed than others in the past. Nordstrom tried to show how close the floating turbines are to being feasible by comparing current electricity prices with the target prices Glosten is designing toward.
“This is not something that is just too expensive, and doesn’t work, messes up my view,” he said. “The conversation needs to change. This is not going to happen tomorrow, but let’s keep talking about it.”
For Dr Johann Overath, principal managing director of the Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (Federal Association of the German Glass Industry), this show is just the right forum for verifying these requirements: "Glass packaging has always been a part of the beverages market. For wine, sparkling wine, beer and spirits, almost exclusively glass bottles are used. For this reason drinktec, too, is very important for us, because the customers of the glass-container industry come to this forum.”
In the view of Dr. Johann Overath there are currently two main trends in glass packaging: "On the one hand there is increasing public focus on sustainability. And on the other, in particular as regards mineral water, we are seeing a real renaissance in glass. And in trend beverages, too, we are seeing glass bottles being used for new and innovative drinks."
Popularity of cans on the up again
Glass is 100% recyclable, and so, too, are beverage cans. Germany is seeing a return to the use of cans as containers for beverages. Since the introduction of deposits on disposable containers in 2003, beverage-can sales have only now broken back through the billion barrier. In 2011 sales of this type of can were at over 1.1bn, a rise of around 19% or 175m, over the previous year.
Even back in 2006 the three biggest beverage can manufacturers – Europe′s Ball Packaging Europe, Rexam Beverage Can Europe & Asia and Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East – were seeing an upwards trend. These companies are members of BCME, and all of them will be at Drinktec 2013.
For Welf Jung, spokesman for BCME Deutschland and sales and marketing director for Germany at Rexam Beverage Can Europe, the advantages for cans lie in their variety of formats and designs, the ideal product protection they offer and in terms of convenience and recycling: "Increasing mobility, the global battle against food wastage and a rising awareness of sustainability are trends in society and good reasons why people are choosing the beverage can. New segments where cans are currently making good ground include health drinks with sensitive ingredients and wines. With the latter in particular the can is the key to reaching a young, mobile target group."
Manufacturers are currently working on functional improvements to cans, in terms of better convenience and reduced material consumption. They are also trying out innovative new looks and even a new feel for cans.
One example is the development of thermochromic beverages cans, which change colour as they cool down. Another idea is for fluorescent cans that glow in UV light, for use in particular in discotheques and clubs. Tactile cans feel different because of their raised surface designs and they also have visual appeal. All-round modelling, for example, can be used to suggest to the consumer, both visually and through touch, that he is holding an orange, for example.
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Or, at least, the technology is nearly ready, said Glosten Associates naval architect and marine engineer Charles Nordstrom. There’s still no state mechanism to regulate such a project.
“There is not a framework for proceeding with a project,” Nordstrom said. “We’d love to.”
Glosten in 2012 had a partnership with Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and Michigan Technological University for a federal grant to test its floating wind turbine technology on the Great Lakes, but the U.S. Department of Energy did not fund the grant.
Glosten is now completing engineering work on a demonstration project to put floating wind turbines using its PelaStar technology off the southeast coast of England. PelaStar works using tension-weight platforms, buoy-like hollow steel bases, anchored to the sea floor by cables.
PelaStar would work best where the lake is more than 160 feet deep, Nordstrom said. That contrasts to turbines with solid-construction foundations in the sea bottom, which become unfeasible before 160 feet of depth.
The depth of the water needed for PelaStar could place the floating turbines far enough out into the Great Lakes as to be nearly invisible from shore, Nordstrom said.
He pointed to maps that show strong wind conditions off the thumb of the Michigan mitten and off the coast of Southeast Michigan. The deep water in those areas starts 12 miles from shore.
“Pretty much can’t see these machines from the shoreline at 15 miles from shore,” he said, adding that the wind is also stronger. “It’s cheaper and deeper.”
The past debate over a proposal for the Scandia Offshore Wind project in Lake Michigan off the West Michigan coastline was a major controversy and ended with opposition to being able to see the turbines from shore. With deep-water deployment, wind turbines could be put on Lake Michigan without any detection from shoreline properties or public beaches, MAREC Director Arn Boezaart has said.
“(Land-based wind energy) is here to stay, the horses are out,” Boezaart said on Thursday. “But I think we’re at the point where offshore wind is a reality.”
Glosten is designing its turbines to be easily and more cheaply installed than others in the past. Nordstrom tried to show how close the floating turbines are to being feasible by comparing current electricity prices with the target prices Glosten is designing toward.
“This is not something that is just too expensive, and doesn’t work, messes up my view,” he said. “The conversation needs to change. This is not going to happen tomorrow, but let’s keep talking about it.”
For Dr Johann Overath, principal managing director of the Bundesverband Glasindustrie e.V. (Federal Association of the German Glass Industry), this show is just the right forum for verifying these requirements: "Glass packaging has always been a part of the beverages market. For wine, sparkling wine, beer and spirits, almost exclusively glass bottles are used. For this reason drinktec, too, is very important for us, because the customers of the glass-container industry come to this forum.”
In the view of Dr. Johann Overath there are currently two main trends in glass packaging: "On the one hand there is increasing public focus on sustainability. And on the other, in particular as regards mineral water, we are seeing a real renaissance in glass. And in trend beverages, too, we are seeing glass bottles being used for new and innovative drinks."
Popularity of cans on the up again
Glass is 100% recyclable, and so, too, are beverage cans. Germany is seeing a return to the use of cans as containers for beverages. Since the introduction of deposits on disposable containers in 2003, beverage-can sales have only now broken back through the billion barrier. In 2011 sales of this type of can were at over 1.1bn, a rise of around 19% or 175m, over the previous year.
Even back in 2006 the three biggest beverage can manufacturers – Europe′s Ball Packaging Europe, Rexam Beverage Can Europe & Asia and Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East – were seeing an upwards trend. These companies are members of BCME, and all of them will be at Drinktec 2013.
For Welf Jung, spokesman for BCME Deutschland and sales and marketing director for Germany at Rexam Beverage Can Europe, the advantages for cans lie in their variety of formats and designs, the ideal product protection they offer and in terms of convenience and recycling: "Increasing mobility, the global battle against food wastage and a rising awareness of sustainability are trends in society and good reasons why people are choosing the beverage can. New segments where cans are currently making good ground include health drinks with sensitive ingredients and wines. With the latter in particular the can is the key to reaching a young, mobile target group."
Manufacturers are currently working on functional improvements to cans, in terms of better convenience and reduced material consumption. They are also trying out innovative new looks and even a new feel for cans.
One example is the development of thermochromic beverages cans, which change colour as they cool down. Another idea is for fluorescent cans that glow in UV light, for use in particular in discotheques and clubs. Tactile cans feel different because of their raised surface designs and they also have visual appeal. All-round modelling, for example, can be used to suggest to the consumer, both visually and through touch, that he is holding an orange, for example.
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2013年4月17日星期三
Fashion show April 27 to showcase cutting-edge designs
Matthew Gottesman ’13 views fashion design as “an experiment in
creativity,” beginning with sketches and original machine knits that he
transforms – through intensive trial and error – into full looks that
will fit his models flawlessly for the April 27 Cornell Fashion
Collective spring runway show.
Evoking an “interplanetary expedition to a jungle planet,” his collection of pants, shorts, dresses, parkas and sweaters – named “Io” after one of Jupiter’s moons – draws on such influences as sci-fi films “Prometheus” and “Star Wars” and the spacey sounds of the electronic band M83. To develop his aesthetic, he experimented with plastics and parachute nylons and even worked with Paper No. 9, a Brooklyn company that specializes in sustainable textiles, to create an original fabric that bonds white paper to green denim.
Gottesman and more than 40 other student designers – mainly from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD) in the College of Human Ecology and a few from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and of Architecture, Art and Planning – are busy cutting, stitching and fitting, putting the finishing touches on their pieces for this year’s show, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Barton Hall. From freshman designers – each of whom will create one look related to a common theme, “The Seven Deadly Sins” – to seniors who will send eight to 10 ensembles down the runway, the annual show is an opportunity for undergraduates to display their finest examples of high fashion.
“It’s a huge time commitment and a labor of love, but it is also intensely gratifying work,” said Gottesman.
Show organizers have been working round-the-clock, too. Susan Freeman ’13, president of the collective, said planning for this year’s event started just after last year’s show. She leads an executive board of eight students who oversee every element of the show – runway installation, promotion, model castings, ticket sales and more – making Cornell’s event one of the only completely student-run collegiate fashion shows. Freeman, who also relies on student volunteers from across campus to stage the spectacle, expects about 2,000 people to watch the show.
“I’m excited to see everything come together,” she said. “Almost all of this work is done outside of class, so our designers and executive board members have given so much to make the event successful.”
For the first time, the show will also be streamed to Cornell alumni and friends through an online platform set up by the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
In addition to Gottesman’s experimental pieces, designer Caroline Delson ’13, who also serves on the executive board, is creating a menswear line that incorporates stretch denim, velvet, frosted vinyl, Japanese cotton and neoprene – most commonly used in wetsuits. Katelyn Ridgeway ’13 is developing an earthy line of outdoor apparel that combines classic wools with modern waterproof and abrasion-resistant fabrics.
“Quite a few students designed their own fabric and created digital prints for them, and many students took advantage of the laser cutter this semester,” said Delson of the high-tech design equipment in the Human Ecology Building. “It’s brought the visual impact of the show to a new level.”
Evoking an “interplanetary expedition to a jungle planet,” his collection of pants, shorts, dresses, parkas and sweaters – named “Io” after one of Jupiter’s moons – draws on such influences as sci-fi films “Prometheus” and “Star Wars” and the spacey sounds of the electronic band M83. To develop his aesthetic, he experimented with plastics and parachute nylons and even worked with Paper No. 9, a Brooklyn company that specializes in sustainable textiles, to create an original fabric that bonds white paper to green denim.
Gottesman and more than 40 other student designers – mainly from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD) in the College of Human Ecology and a few from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and of Architecture, Art and Planning – are busy cutting, stitching and fitting, putting the finishing touches on their pieces for this year’s show, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Barton Hall. From freshman designers – each of whom will create one look related to a common theme, “The Seven Deadly Sins” – to seniors who will send eight to 10 ensembles down the runway, the annual show is an opportunity for undergraduates to display their finest examples of high fashion.
“It’s a huge time commitment and a labor of love, but it is also intensely gratifying work,” said Gottesman.
Show organizers have been working round-the-clock, too. Susan Freeman ’13, president of the collective, said planning for this year’s event started just after last year’s show. She leads an executive board of eight students who oversee every element of the show – runway installation, promotion, model castings, ticket sales and more – making Cornell’s event one of the only completely student-run collegiate fashion shows. Freeman, who also relies on student volunteers from across campus to stage the spectacle, expects about 2,000 people to watch the show.
“I’m excited to see everything come together,” she said. “Almost all of this work is done outside of class, so our designers and executive board members have given so much to make the event successful.”
For the first time, the show will also be streamed to Cornell alumni and friends through an online platform set up by the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
In addition to Gottesman’s experimental pieces, designer Caroline Delson ’13, who also serves on the executive board, is creating a menswear line that incorporates stretch denim, velvet, frosted vinyl, Japanese cotton and neoprene – most commonly used in wetsuits. Katelyn Ridgeway ’13 is developing an earthy line of outdoor apparel that combines classic wools with modern waterproof and abrasion-resistant fabrics.
“Quite a few students designed their own fabric and created digital prints for them, and many students took advantage of the laser cutter this semester,” said Delson of the high-tech design equipment in the Human Ecology Building. “It’s brought the visual impact of the show to a new level.”
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