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Maria Messier, a registered nurse turned entrepreneur based in Clifton Park, said she has “created a solution to a “growing” problem.” Though she has been a nurse for 15 years, Messier said she has always had “an entrepreneurial mind.” After having four children and experiencing the discomforts of pregnancy during harsh northeastern winters, Messier decided to come up with her own solution to a problem pregnant women have been dealing with for ages — how to make your winter coat fit as you grow through your pregnancy, without buying a huge coat you won’t ever wear again. She realizes maternity coats are nice, but noted not everyone can afford to buy a new coat for their pregnancy. “They are expensive and are used for such a short time,” she said. She calls it the Extendher and it can be used during pregnancies and after for holding your baby hands-free. It is an extending panel which clips onto outerwear with a zipper. According to their website, the product has adjustable pull toggles to ensure a great fit throughout each stage of pregnancy. Having experienced the frustrations of coats that refused to zip first-hand, Messier began to wonder why something like the Extendher did not already exist. She shared the idea with her aunt, Joanne Frank of Schenectady, at a family gathering. Frank, who worked as a fashion designer for 40 years, told her niece, “You are on to something,” and agreed to create the first prototype. “After many tweaks and changes, our final extendher was born,” said Messier. She said the best part is that you can still use the product after having a baby by using it as a baby carrier. The Extendher is not only for expectant mothers, but can also be worn by fathers, grandparents and babysitters. Messier said “Babywearing is huge right now, so customers really love this option.” The Extendher comes in a variety of colors. Heavyweight and lightweight options are available for different seasons. The business, Extendher LLC, became official in 2015. Messier said their product has been featured on Elaine Houston’s “Today’s Women” on News Channel 13, WNYT. “Most importantly,” said Messier, “we are 100 percent made in the USA, manufactured in upstate NY.” The Extendhers are being manufactured in Little Falls, New York.Read more at:www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-sydney
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 2:16 AM UTC
judy-smith
Local women create Extendher
Maria Messier, a registered nurse turned entrepreneur based in Clifton Park, said she has “created a solution to a “growing” problem.” Though she has been a nurse for 15 years, Messier said she has always had “an entrepreneurial mind.” After having four children and experiencing the discomforts of pregnancy during harsh northeastern winters, Messier decided to come up with her own solution to a problem pregnant women have been dealing with for ages — how to make your winter coat fit as you grow through your pregnancy, without buying a huge coat you won’t ever wear again. She realizes maternity coats are nice, but noted not everyone can afford to buy a new coat for their pregnancy. “They are expensive and are used for such a short time,” she said. She calls it the Extendher and it can be used during pregnancies and after for holding your baby hands-free. It is an extending panel which clips onto outerwear with a zipper. According to their website, the product has adjustable pull toggles to ensure a great fit throughout each stage of pregnancy. Having experienced the frustrations of coats that refused to zip first-hand, Messier began to wonder why something like the Extendher did not already exist. She shared the idea with her aunt, Joanne Frank of Schenectady, at a family gathering. Frank, who worked as a fashion designer for 40 years, told her niece, “You are on to something,” and agreed to create the first prototype. “After many tweaks and changes, our final extendher was born,” said Messier. She said the best part is that you can still use the product after having a baby by using it as a baby carrier. The Extendher is not only for expectant mothers, but can also be worn by fathers, grandparents and babysitters. Messier said “Babywearing is huge right now, so customers really love this option.” The Extendher comes in a variety of colors. Heavyweight and lightweight options are available for different seasons. The business, Extendher LLC, became official in 2015. Messier said their product has been featured on Elaine Houston’s “Today’s Women” on News Channel 13, WNYT. “Most importantly,” said Messier, “we are 100 percent made in the USA, manufactured in upstate NY.” The Extendhers are being manufactured in Little Falls, New York.Read more at:www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-sydney
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It was immaterial who had fired the first proverbial shot in the great Schenectady logomachy. What was immediately clear, however, after the proverbial dust had proverbially settled was that the battle had left no survivors. Proverbially. And what had begun as a simple ballot measure to rebrand the municipal mascot had ended in the annihilation of every intellect in Schenectady County. And much of the East, West, and No Coast regions of the United States. The grass roots campaign to replace the Schenectady Patriot with the Schenectady Concientious Objector (a figure no less devoted to country, but more "free thinking," its proponents would argue) had gathered unexpected steam when introduced to the public at large in a tweet by the nation's commander in chief. The inevitable result being a relentless and fast paced evolution of the story by all-day-all-night-all-the-time news producers. All using the same words with different tone and inflection. And the relitigation of every detail by 37% of American households. Including 6% that didn't actually give a **** but enjoyed participating. So what had been good natured and modestly ambitioned civic badinage progressed through all the stages of twenty-first century newspeak familiar to the politically observant of the time. With any nuanced or genuine debate relegated to micro-audienced podcasts and IRC channels scattered about the internet. And when the measure passed. As part of a pendulum swing greater than itself. The victors taken by surprise and frayed at all edges by the death threats and vitriol visited upon them in the preceding weeks felt sure that everything would be better off simply left alone. While their detractors apoplectic foretold the end of civilization. And prepared accordingly.
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May 7, 2018
May 7, 2018 at 6:02 AM UTC
hrdieterle
Logomachy
It was immaterial who had fired the first proverbial shot in the great Schenectady logomachy. What was immediately clear, however, after the proverbial dust had proverbially settled was that the battle had left no survivors. Proverbially. And what had begun as a simple ballot measure to rebrand the municipal mascot had ended in the annihilation of every intellect in Schenectady County. And much of the East, West, and No Coast regions of the United States. The grass roots campaign to replace the Schenectady Patriot with the Schenectady Concientious Objector (a figure no less devoted to country, but more "free thinking," its proponents would argue) had gathered unexpected steam when introduced to the public at large in a tweet by the nation's commander in chief. The inevitable result being a relentless and fast paced evolution of the story by all-day-all-night-all-the-time news producers. All using the same words with different tone and inflection. And the relitigation of every detail by 37% of American households. Including 6% that didn't actually give a **** but enjoyed participating. So what had been good natured and modestly ambitioned civic badinage progressed through all the stages of twenty-first century newspeak familiar to the politically observant of the time. With any nuanced or genuine debate relegated to micro-audienced podcasts and IRC channels scattered about the internet. And when the measure passed. As part of a pendulum swing greater than itself. The victors taken by surprise and frayed at all edges by the death threats and vitriol visited upon them in the preceding weeks felt sure that everything would be better off simply left alone. While their detractors apoplectic foretold the end of civilization. And prepared accordingly.
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