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Québec, Canada - January 6th, 2010, STiL Casing Solution started the New Year by launching two (2) NEW sizes of their audio tape box: http://www.stilcasing.com/analog_audio_preservation.html
As 2009 is coming to an end what a great time to look back and remember what we succeeded and where we were this past year.
January: Official launch of our new web site www.stilcasing.com and name: STiL Design became STiL Casing Solution
March: New product; the Acetate Hub
April: Leap into Web 2.0; the birth of our blog
May: Our 1st participation at the ACA Annual Conference
June: Conference at for the 22nd FIMAC (Festival International des Médias Audiovisuels Corporate) in Bourgogne, France
August: Launching of our new & unique Audio Tape Box at the SAA Conference in Austin
November: AMIA Conference in St. Louis
December: Announce of two new formats for the Audio Tape Box; 10″ and 7″
We would like to say a warm thank you to all our clients, who besides the financial crisis and budget costs, you all stayed loyal, it is always a pleasure to do business with each and every one of you.
We’d like to wish you and yours Happy Holidays and may the New Year bring you happiness, health and prosperity. We look forward to working with you in 2010!
Have a safe and peaceful Holiday!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année !
¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!
Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!
EXTRACT OF AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY
The Late ED ZWANEVELD
(from the Technological Research and Development of the National Film Board of Canada)
The choice of film-friendly containers
The choice of containers requires a clear understanding of the life expectancy objectives, consideration of the macro-environmental (storage vault) conditions, the nature of film material, and whether the container will remain inert and stable during the lifetime of the film element stored inside it. All enclosures used must pass the Photographic Activity Test (PAT), described in ANSI Standard IT9.2.
I came across this article from the New York Times this week and I wanted to share it with you: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1942834,00.html
In the article they have stated:
“Call it the Decade from Hell, or the Reckoning, or the Decade of Broken Dreams, or the Lost Decade. Call it whatever you want — just give thanks that it is nearly over.”
Since the 1890s each decade has been named:
1890s - Gay Nineties (as in merriment)
1900s - I only found the 1900s, or “The aughts” or “naughts”
1910s - I couldn’t find a name
1920 - Roaring Twenties or Jazz Age
1930s - The Turbulent Thirties or Threadbare Thirties
1940s - The Flying Forties.
1950s - The Fabulous Fifties or the Nifty Fifties
1960s - The Swingin’ Sixties.
1970s - The Disco Era
1980s - The Decade of Decadence or Greedy Eighties
1990s - The Decade of a New Generation
What would you suggest for the 2000s?
Here is the testimony of the former Head of the Preservation Centre, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lachapelle.
“There is no need for conservation if we do not preserve, preservation begins with an access to the correct support, these products correspond perfectly to our standards in preservation”
The archives of CBC was one of our first clients. We would like to share this link so you can also discover their archives: http://archives.radio-canada.ca/info/archives/archives_en_00.asp
AMIA CONFERENCE 2009 - St.Louis, MO
par Melanie dans « EN, Events / Tradeshows / Conferences »13 Nov
A well-deserved success for audio archives! I was happy to present you our last born.. a versatile case for the preservation of audio reels. http://www.stilcasing.com/preservation_analogique_audio.html
I would like to thank all the members of the AMIA for their comments on our products and their great mood during this conference. This annual meeting gave me the occasion to reconnect with all of you and discuss about our passions and goals.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/55D8BA23042B568D862576670024AEFD?OpenDocument
Whether you call it Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day..let us take a few minutes of silence to honor our fallen, veteran and active soldiers!
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
GOOD NEWS for the audio expert…STiL will offer very soon two new formats audio tapes box !
Since its launch in August, we have received many great comments about our ”STiL” Audio Tape Box. On the same note, some suggested that we have a case for the smaller 11 inch and 7 inch audio tapes. To better satisfy your immediate needs, we have decided to develop this product sooner than we expected!
We have the pleasure to announce that the process has been started and we will be offering you the NEW FORMATS as soon as January 2010 !
Have you had a chance to look at the animation of our new, unique and efficient product: http://www.stilcasing.com/analog_audio_preservation.html?
Q: I invite you to comment via our Blog and let us know what size interests you have the most !
Melanie Simard
NEW & UNIQUE AUDIO TAPE BOX
Design by STIL CASING SOLUTION will be presented at the AMIA 2009 Conference!
This year’s AMIA Annual Conference will be held in St.Louis, MO from November 4th to 7th.
MEET ME AT BOOTH #8!
I will be there to present you with our latest:
THE STIL AUDIO TAPE BOX, YOUR BEST SOLUTION, to package and preserve your audio reel and 1/4 inch audio tape.
We have designed the first ever inert polypropylene case for reel to reel and for 1/4 inch audio tapes!
Imagine! One more new unique high efficient and pratical STiL product!
Go take a peek at the animation: http://www.stilcasing.com/analog_audio_preservation.html
Here is the link for the detailed conference information: http://amiaconference.com/
See you there!
Frédéric Lapointe
President
frederic.lapointe@stilcasing.com
The very first Thanksgiving celebration in Canada took place in 1578, when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England arrived in Newfoundland, he wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New World.
Thanksgiving was celebrated either in late October or early November, for many hundred years, until it was declared a National Holiday on November 6th, 1879. On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament announced that it should on the second Monday of October because it coincided in the same week as Remembrance Day which is celebrated on November 11th. It was then declared that Thanksgiving would be “a day of general thanksgiving to almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.”
So why isn’t the Canadian Thanksgiving not celebrated at the same time as in the United States? Geographically speaking, Canada is further north (O’ Canada! The True North strong and free!..sorry had to get that one out!), which means that the harvest season arrives earlier than the United States. Also, since the Canadian tradition is more about giving thanks for the harvest season, opposed to the arrival of pilgrims for the American tradition.
One thing that does not change, no matter where you live in North America… everyone celebrates with parades, with their family and we all get stuffed eating turkey and pumpkin pie!
What did you do this year for Thanksgiving?
