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Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
NewSouth Window Solutions Surpasses Milestone with Omni Protection Product Line
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NewSouth Window Solutions, a leader in energy-efficient, impact-resistant replacement windows and doors, is pleased to announce a significant production milestone: over 10,000 units manufactured from its new Omni Protection line. 'This collection was built with the homeowner in mind,' said Rob Sydnes, Vice President of Operations. 'From ease of use to security upgrades, every detail works together to deliver a seamless, high-performing window.' Share Launched just eight months ago, Omni Protection is designed to defend against extreme weather, high energy costs, outside noise, and home intrusions. 'The line has quickly become a customer favorite,' said Ron Godsill, Vice President of Sales at NewSouth. 'This collection represents a next-generation leap in performance, protection, and peace of mind for homeowners. We've taken everything homeowners already loved about our windows and pushed it further, bringing together smart innovation and proven durability — designed to meet the demands of the modern home.' The Omni Protection line includes a versatile range of styles, including awning and casement windows, sliding glass doors, and classic single- and double-hung options. Each product is crafted with precision, built to perform, and available factory-direct with fast turnaround times. Product enhancements provide added strength and improved comfort, reinforcing NewSouth's reputation for quality and care. 'This collection was built with the homeowner in mind,' said Rob Sydnes, Vice President of Operations. 'From ease of use to security upgrades, every detail works together to deliver a seamless, high-performing window.' Omni Protection products are currently available by contacting NewSouth Window Solutions directly. To learn more or schedule a free consultation, visit About NewSouth Window Solutions NewSouth Window Solutions, part of the MITER Brands portfolio, serves homeowners directly by both manufacturing and installing high-performance, energy-efficient replacement windows and doors with impact-resistant options. Each product is custom made and backed with a lifetime warranty. Offering factory-direct solutions in Florida and South Carolina, NewSouth has been named the nation's largest factory-direct company for windows and doors exclusively by DWM Magazine for 11 years, and the No. 1 door and window only dealer in 2024.
ABC News
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
The enigma of the mushroom
Alison Pouliot spends her time exploring the world's mysterious and alluring third kingdom: the realm of mushrooms and fungi. Fungi are not part of the animal world, and they're not part of the plant kingdom. They are so different, fascinating and unknown to us that they get their own classification. They have given us many gifts, from penicillin to food, but can also be poisonous, scary, toxic and parasitic. Underground is where their most interesting, and intimate work takes place. Further Information Alison's latest book, Funga Obscura, and her previous book, Underground Lovers, are both published by NewSouth. See some of Alison's videos and photography here. Originally broadcast in March 2023. Find out more about the Conversations Live National Tour on the ABC website.
Sydney Morning Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Why ‘rooting' means something different to Australian ears
'Forgive the crassness of my query,' wrote Eden Sandwell, and instinctively, my ears pricked up. 'I'm reading Lonesome Dove (the classic American novel set in Texas after the Civil War), and a character named Lorena talks about Jake 'wanting a root…' Ginseng, maybe? Mandrake? Not a chance, as Lorena works at the bordello, and there's no mistaking the context. Eden added, 'I've tried in vain to find other American examples. All this time I thought it a quintessentially Aussie expression, while Americans only use root meaning to barrack for a team.' A book-sweep backs Eden's hunch. Across US media, fans are either rooting for teams, while Robert Downey Jr is rooting for Dominique Thorne, the young star of Iron Heart, a Disney spin-off of Downey's own Iron Man. Elsewhere, companies are rooting out racism, or farmers, kudzu vines. Prepositions spell the difference. Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don't root full-stop. Even in Britain, the sexual connotation is lost. Proof lies in a viral Instagram confession from February this year, when an expat English tradie and his father-in-law (also a Pom) visited a Brisbane tip. Eager to scavenge, the pair pointed to a rubbish pile, asking council workers whether they could 'have a quick root over there?' Um, said the staff. Probably not a good idea, fellas. 'Besides mate, there's cameras.' Somehow, in one verb, Cloughy the tradie went from son-in-law to 'toy boy or something'. Eric Partridge, the godfather of slang, called root 'the great Australian verb, corresponding in all senses, physical and figurative, to the British f---'. And Eric should know. For all his years in the UK, the Kiwi was schooled in Toowoomba from 1908, where rooting was common as muck. Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don't root full-stop. That said, the word took its time to become official. Associate Professor Amanda Laugesen, author of the bad-language bible Rooted (NewSouth, 2020), claims the sexual sense emerged around 1940. Though back then, rooted was more likely to mean exhausted, linked to routed: wasted. Knackered. Soon the noun denoted penis, echoed by the comic novel, They're A Weird Mob (Ure Smith, 1957). John O'Grady, writing as Nino Culotta, warned new Australians, Americans included, that root has a 'fundamental, biological, extremely vulgar application'. Not enough to faze locals who soon entwined the taboo into root rat, rootability, root ute (a shaggin' wagon), and Wellington boot: the rhyming offshoot.
The Age
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Why ‘rooting' means something different to Australian ears
'Forgive the crassness of my query,' wrote Eden Sandwell, and instinctively, my ears pricked up. 'I'm reading Lonesome Dove (the classic American novel set in Texas after the Civil War), and a character named Lorena talks about Jake 'wanting a root…' Ginseng, maybe? Mandrake? Not a chance, as Lorena works at the bordello, and there's no mistaking the context. Eden added, 'I've tried in vain to find other American examples. All this time I thought it a quintessentially Aussie expression, while Americans only use root meaning to barrack for a team.' A book-sweep backs Eden's hunch. Across US media, fans are either rooting for teams, while Robert Downey Jr is rooting for Dominique Thorne, the young star of Iron Heart, a Disney spin-off of Downey's own Iron Man. Elsewhere, companies are rooting out racism, or farmers, kudzu vines. Prepositions spell the difference. Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don't root full-stop. Even in Britain, the sexual connotation is lost. Proof lies in a viral Instagram confession from February this year, when an expat English tradie and his father-in-law (also a Pom) visited a Brisbane tip. Eager to scavenge, the pair pointed to a rubbish pile, asking council workers whether they could 'have a quick root over there?' Um, said the staff. Probably not a good idea, fellas. 'Besides mate, there's cameras.' Somehow, in one verb, Cloughy the tradie went from son-in-law to 'toy boy or something'. Eric Partridge, the godfather of slang, called root 'the great Australian verb, corresponding in all senses, physical and figurative, to the British f---'. And Eric should know. For all his years in the UK, the Kiwi was schooled in Toowoomba from 1908, where rooting was common as muck. Beyond Australia, you either root for – or root out. You don't root full-stop. That said, the word took its time to become official. Associate Professor Amanda Laugesen, author of the bad-language bible Rooted (NewSouth, 2020), claims the sexual sense emerged around 1940. Though back then, rooted was more likely to mean exhausted, linked to routed: wasted. Knackered. Soon the noun denoted penis, echoed by the comic novel, They're A Weird Mob (Ure Smith, 1957). John O'Grady, writing as Nino Culotta, warned new Australians, Americans included, that root has a 'fundamental, biological, extremely vulgar application'. Not enough to faze locals who soon entwined the taboo into root rat, rootability, root ute (a shaggin' wagon), and Wellington boot: the rhyming offshoot.
