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So: What Does Bryce Harper's Hitting Coach DO?
Hadn't visited with my friend Rick Eckstein since he worked with the kids on the anachronistically named Vermont Expos of the New York-Penn League in 2006. Tonight, as for all this year and in spring training of 2011, Eckstein now works with Bryce Harper with the Washington Nationals.
Well what exactly can you DO with Bryce Harper?
"His swing gets a little big sometimes. I point that out to him," Rick said with a smile, not long after Harper hit a seemingly low line drive that appeared to just clear the batting practice pitcher and then wound up around 440 feet away, and 30 feet up, on Shea Bridge in right-center here at CitiField. "He's great about it. He constantly asks. He constantly wants to know if I'm seeing any little things he's not.
"And of course I work with him with his prep for each night's pitcher. Talking knuckle balls in advance of R.A. Dickey tonight, for instance," added Eckstein, who is whipsaw smart and has a kind of directed version of his brother David's frenetic energy. "But your implication is correct. I don't have to fix a lot with him. And," he interrupted himself with a chuckle, "obviously I don't have to motivate him."
There is, however, one fascinating component to The Care And Feeding Of Bryce Harper that figures to keep Eckstein busy, at least as long as the Nats continue to rank somewhere near their current fifth in NL team slugging and fourth in NL team OPS and he remains content to be their hitting guru: "People forget he's still growing. I mean, he's nineteen. He's likely to grow another inch at least, and with that he'll fill out and when he fills out he'll add power. There will be adjustments to make."
Which leaves Rick Eckstein trying to come to grasp with the intimidating realization that the 19-year old who has opened his career with 75 games of 9 homers, 29 RBI, and a .272/.343/.449 and as fast a pair of hands as anybody in the bigs is actually just the compact version of Bryce Harper.
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I don't think Rick Eckstein has too much to worry about except adjusting to Bryce Harper's growth patterns. If Bryce keeps his outlook and motivation levels high, there will be a lot to look forward to in his playing. He's definitely got talent and it's seems all natural (a gift)? So I say to Rick, enjoy the ride, it's going to be a wild one! It was nice to see you reunited with your friend and I really don't care what color shorts you wear. Just as long as you are having the time of your life now. There will be plenty of time in the future for whatever path you choose. LYK
Oh, I love the flashy cantaloupe shorts. You look cool and relaxed. It makes me happy that you're not afraid of color. 😉
It's great that Bryce constantly asks if he's missing anything. It shows how determined he is to stay at the level he's on and only get better. It will be exciting to see when Harper grows and fills out, should see a lot more extra base hits and homeruns.
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I came across this page in VOGUE SPY and did a double take:
The thick argyle cardi worn on the model above is a Vintage Ralph Lauren...and how do I know this?
I own one,the very same and I can even date it: 1980..the year I went to boarding school and my mother spent a fortune on my designer trousseau...I mean wardrobe!
I have never wanted to rid myself of it and despite the fact that I washed it last year and stupidly put in the dryer...I HAVE A WOOL CYCLE!
It's ok tho' not tip top but ok.
Nice to see that it can still command attention...in Vogue no less.
Now let us move our collective attention to the jeans worn by the very attractive lady on the right: Been there,did that and NEVER NEED TO DO IT AGAIN!!
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Branch cuts
Let $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ denote the group of $n\times n$ real matrices with positive determinant. Topologically, $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ is connected, and $$ \pi_1(GL_2^+(\mathbb{R})) = \mathbb{Z}$$ $$ \pi_1(GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})) = \mathbb{Z}/2,\;\;n\geq 3$$ These identities are perhaps more well-known for the homotopy-equivalent $SO_n(\mathbb{R})$; in fact, for the rest of my question, $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ may be replaced by $SO_n(\mathbb{R})$.
I want to find a closed submanifold $C\subset GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$, such that the complement $C^c$ is connected and simply-connected. The idea is that $C$ cuts $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ in such a way that it kills the fundamental group without disconnecting the space.
This is essentially the same problem as choosing a fundamental domain for the action of $\pi_1(GL_n^+(\mathbb{R}))$ on the universal cover.
Dependence on a subspace
Certainly, many such cuts exist, but I would like a construction which depends continuously on one extra piece of data. That data is a choice of an oriented, codimension-1 subspace $V$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$, which gives an embedding $GL_{n-1}^+(\mathbb{R})\subset GL_{n}^+(\mathbb{R})$ (up to $GL_{n-1}^+(\mathbb{R})$-conjugation).
This is easy for $n=2$. In this case, let $C$ be the subset of $GL_2^+(\mathbb{R})$ which sends $V$ to $V$ and preserves orientation. If $V$ is the first coordinate subspace of $\mathbb{R}^2$, then $C$ is the subspace of upper triangular matrices with positive diagonal entries.
However, the same trick doesn't work for $n\geq 3$. If we let $C$ be the subset of $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ which sends $V$ to $V$ and preserves orientation, then $C^c$ is homotopy-equivalent to $GL_{n-1}^+(\mathbb{R})$, and so it is not simply-connected.
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Is there a smart way to cut $GL_n^+(\mathbb{R})$ when $n\geq3$?


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Ask Ralf Scherschmidt if it's a bad idea to invest right now in European or other foreign companies, and he'll tell you that most people are seriously underinvested in international small-cap stocks because their emotions are telling them to stay away from the global markets.
The Oberweis International Opportunities Fund (OBIOX) portfolio manager is bullish on Japan, Europe and the U.K. because his stock-picking strategy that uses a combination of behavioral finance and fundamental research has shown him those regions are rife with opportunity.
Scherschmidt's (left) fund performance year to date totals 17.45% versus recent Lipper Award international small-cap winners Templeton Foreign Smaller Companies Series (FINEX), at 17.06%, and Oppenheimer International Small Company Fund (OSMAX), at 10.66%.
"The fact is that investors can be emotional and they take their money out of the markets at a bad time, which is when the markets are down, but that's the time to buy," Scherschmidt said Tuesday during an interview with AdvisorOne in New York.
The German-born Harvard MBA credits his study of behavioral finance, which he says proves that the traditional belief in efficient markets mistakenly presumes that investors act rationally and without emotion.
Post-Earnings Announcement Drift
"The efficient market hypothesis is wrong, and we take advantage of inefficient stock market anomalies, called post-earnings announcement drift," Scherschmidt said.
Post-earnings announcement drift, or PEAD, is a phenomenon that caught fire after first being reported in 1968 by University of Chicago accounting researchers Ray Ball and Philip Brown. Published in the Journal of Accounting Research, their findings stated that earnings surprises result in abnormal stock returns that drift in the direction of the surprise for weeks or even months after the earnings announcement.
"PEAD is the tendency of stocks that beat earnings expectations to continue to drift upwards for about two months after the announcement, or likewise for stocks that miss earnings to continue to drift downwards," wrote Victor Bernard and Jacob Thomas in the same journal in 1989. "The abnormal returns associated with the drift are substantial."
Scherschmidt, who also cites behavioral economics professor Dan Ariely's book Predictably Irrational as an influence, says that he backs up his use of behavioral analysis with deep fundamental research that leads him to undervalued companies.
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Non-U.S. small caps provide more investment opportunities than domestic small caps in terms of number of stocks, at 2,609 companies versus 1,956, writes the Oberweis international team in a February white paper. In terms of market capitalization, U.S. small caps are larger at $2.0 trillion versus $1.5 trillion for non-U.S. small caps, but while the U.S. small cap segment is larger, they assert, the international small cap opportunity set is large enough to support a stand-alone allocation.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog. And nothing says "old, possibly dead but worth a token remembrance anyway" like commemorative postage stamps.
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- Identify, describe, extend, and create numeric patterns and functions.
- Interpret and write a rule for a one operation function table.
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- Individual computers for students to use
- Internet access for BrainPOP
- Pencils, paper, and rulers
- Class set of photocopies for the Graphic Organizer and Interactive Resources
Preparation:Familiarize yourself with the game, which can be used to teach and reinforce an understanding of algebraic expressions. The goal of this puzzle is to test out security robots ("bots" for short), which are differently-shaped figures on springs whose job it is to progress down a path and explode the wall that lies at the end of all the paths.
Each "bot" is the shape of a polygon, and its shape determines the way it will travel down a particular path. The number of sides of the polygonal robot indicates how many tiles the "bot" will move with each bounce. A triangle, for instance, indicates that the "bot" would bounce on every third floor tile. Players must place each polygonal robot on the 0 area of correct path (to the left side of the path). When the players push the button below each "bot," it bounces along to the right. Players also have to make sure their "bots" avoid obstacles, such as dynamite, bombs, electrified tiles, or some combination of all three. An obstacle will destroy the "bot." If one "bot" successfully completes each path, the wall on the right side is broken and the player earns a reward.
You can check out the Introducing Labyrinth to Your Students page for tips on setting the stage and expectations for game play with your students. The Lure of the Labyrinth website produced by Maryland Public Television also provides game overviews, additional lesson plans (which portions of this lesson have been adapted from), standards alignment, graphic organizers, and more.
Lesson Procedure:
- Show the Equations with Variables movie. Turn on closed captioning to aid students in comprehension, and pause as needed to discuss.
- Pass out the photocopies of Activity One and have students complete it with a partner. Help facilitate students' conversations to encourage a rich and active discussion of math strategies and concepts.
- Introduce students to the game by projecting the Graphic Novel Page. Provide students with the Graphic Organizer to use during game play.
- Allow students to explore the Game, completing the graphic organizer as they play. We suggest that students play in pairs to encourage thinking aloud and collaborating to problem solve.
- Bring the group back to a whole class discussion. Have students share strategies for helping the bots complete the paths. Talk about how the previous activity and BrainPOP resources related to the game and helped students determine their strategies. How did the graphic organizer help them choose their strategies? What other strategies might they use in the game?
- Invite students to create their own original paper and pencil version of the game. Encourage them to sketch out different paths, obstacles, and polygons. Provide time for them to trade their puzzles with friends and solve.
- For assessment, have students complete the Quiz from BrainPOP's Equations With Variables topic.
- For additional assessment tools and extension activities, students may complete the second activity on the Interactive Resources Lesson Plan page.
Extension Activities:More games by this developer are available on the Lure of the Labyrinth website.
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When Lainey asked if I wanted to write about The Wolverine's new trailer, I had a moment of, "What is she talking about…?" and then I remembered Hugh Jackman's new movie, due in July. But I forgot about it. I even wrote about the first trailer, and I still forgot about it. That is not a good sign.
Franchise fatigue is a real thing. I love summer movie season, but I'm starting to think that cramming 95% of the tent pole releases into a twelve week frame is a bad idea. Would Star Trek Into Darkness have performed better in, say, October? There's no way to know for sure, but maybe opening two weeks after Iron Man 3 ate the box office and one week after The Great Gatsby had a surprisingly strong debut wasn't great timing. There's only so much money to go around, you know? The Wolverine looks more like an April or August movie than July.
Which isn't to say it looks bad. It still looks pretty awesome, although this trailer is messier than the first one. I'm not sure, if you don't already know something about Wolverine as a comic book character, that it entirely makes sense. I have an entire trunk dedicated just to Wolverine comics, so I'm not a good judge of how communicative this is—does it make sense to you casual viewers? What's throwing me is how the entire plot seems to revolve around his immortality, but when you think of Wolverine, is that really the first thing you think of? I'm not sure it even really occurs to casual fans that he is immortal, except in a vague, "He's old" kind of way.
I am super into Rila Fukushima as Yukio (the redhead), though. The X-Men movies haven't always treated the female characters too well. Actually, they're pretty goddamn bad at it. Except for Jean Grey and Mystique, they've all been disappointing. Anna Paquin's Rogue started out good, but I hated her by the end of X3. Fukushima not only looks cool though, she also looks like an active participant in the narrative and I like that the trailer spotlights her kicking ass while Wolverine just sort of stands there. Jackman has never had a sufficient foil in this role, but hopefully that's about to change. Now if I can just remember that The Wolverine comes out in a couple months, we'll be all set.
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Now that he's landed in L.A., David Beckham has a blog, of course. It's easy to imagine what his entries will entail: Publicist-approved (or written!) information about football; the occasional outtakes from fabulous photo shoots; notes about his soccer academy and charities. Zzzzzzz. Here's what we'd really like to see:
- Shots of Posh done up LOLCat-style, i.e., looking at a slice of chocolate cake with the words DO NOT WANT underneath.
- A Livejournal-esque self-portrait photography series of David, in various states of undress, preferably in a mirror and focusing on documenting all of his tattoos. (Hint: Call it "Becks is Sex!")
- Self-portrait shots of David kissing Victoria, thereby confirming he is capable of affection for her. (Call it SnogBlog!)
- Poignant observations, done Rosie-haiku steez (I find myself/driving down Sunset/thinking about how funny it is/my team is called galaxy/and I am a star).
- Comments from his celebrity pals (TomKat: First, bitches!!!) and links to their blogs. (Hey, in this alternate reality, that could happen.)
- Commentary in the style of L.A. wild child Cory Kennedy, a.k.a up-the-stream-of-consciousness-without-a-paddle ramblings (we went to a club in west hollywood and someone almost spilled something on victoria it was sooooo funny i love when she gives that look like i will stab you with a stiletto hahah oh yeahhhhhh).
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Mars500 diary: challenges on the way to Mars
ESA-selected Mars500 crewmember Oliver Knickel describes some of the challenges currently facing the crew of six on their simulated Mars mission, including communication delays with mission control of up to 40 minutes.
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Having entered the eleventh week of isolation, we have started the last of the three 35-day cycles of our experiment. Even though we are already more than familiar with the module's standard technical procedures, as well as the psychological and medical experiments we have to fulfil, the differing phases of our mission along with the varying conditions and the challenges of our isolation keeps us busy and makes our life inside the module varied and interesting.
While in the first weeks of isolation we simulated the stay on a space station in near Earth orbit, to prepare from there the take-off towards the Red Planet, we are now in the simulation of approaching Mars itself. This is just like it would be on a real Mars mission where a spaceship would not go immediately from Earth to Mars but would be prepared in a near Earth orbit and fly from there to its actual destination.
There are two major differences between being on a journey to Mars and being closer to Earth - these differences are related to the greater distance between the spacecraft and Earth. The first difference is the possibility to receive new supplies and the second one is the signal delay.
Because a station that circles around Earth like the International Space Station can be reached from Earth in less than two days, it is possible to send cargo ships if the crew should be urgently in need of something. On a mission to Mars, where the spacecraft can be more than two hundred days of flight away from Earth, this is no longer possible. For this reason we have now, other than in the first weeks of isolation, no possibility to receive goods from outside even if we should very much be in need of them.
The greater distance from Earth on a journey to Mars also leads to something that no astronaut has to worry about when staying close to Earth: the signal delay. A signal would, even with the speed of light, need up to 20 minutes in one direction to reach the receiver. But a communication with someone whose answer you can receive only after up to twice 20 minutes is of course senseless. So what we do in our simulation is what would be done on a flight to Mars - we record a video message with the help of a webcam and send it.
You have to pay attention to make sure the message is not too long so that the amount of data that has to be transferred stays rather small. For these messages it is important to say in just a few words precisely what you want. You have to be aware though that you will receive your answer only after up to 40 minutes.
It is by the way up to 40 minutes because the distance between Mars and Earth is not fixed but varies as both objects are in movement on elliptical orbits around the Sun. This is similar to a carousel with inner and outer seats which are moving at different velocities around the centre. If an inner seat just passes an outer one, they are rather close. But when the seats are at exactly opposite positions of the carousel, they are as far away from each other as possible. So the distance between Mars and Earth varies between 0.5 and 2.5 astronomical units (one astronomical unit is the distance between the Sun and Earth) which is from a little less than 60 to more than 250 million kilometres. This causes the signal delay to vary between durations of 3 and 20 minutes.
Of course this signal delay also makes daily life in a spacecraft to Mars even more difficult, since all urgent problems have to be solved by the crew without the possibility of receiving helping real time advice from a specialist on Earth.
One of the means to still support the crew medically in spite their limited means and the signal delay is telemedicine. For this you record medical data and send it to Earth where it is evaluated by specialists, like the teleechography, which Cyrille described in his sixth week report. Since this data usually does not have to reach Earth in real time, the signal delay does not cause any problems.
One of the experiments concerning telemedicine we fulfilled this week in the module was about a specially designed stethoscope from a French group of scientists who are part of the ESA's Mars500 scientific programme. This group designed a 'communicating stethoscope' which digitises the recorded data and sends it via Bluetooth to a computer and thereby allows a graphic representation and acoustic restitution of the signal.
From the computer the digitised data can also be transferred to specialists on Earth, which has been impossible so far with conventional stethoscopes. This is quite important since even though we have a doctor in our crew, he can of course not be a specialist for all medical fields and needs help from Earth for further far-reaching investigations of the stethoscope signal.
Each crewmember recorded a stethoscope signal from his heart and another one from his lungs and sent it towards Earth. There the scientists evaluated the condition of our organs with their special means and, if necessary, could provide us with advice and counter measures. Fortunately all of us had satisfying data which means that no crewmember has suffered from damage of these organs so far.
Besides all the science and the now more difficult conditions of isolation we still found time in between to relax and fill our spare time. This week we used the majority of our spare time for reading. We have taken lots of books into the module. We have books in four languages - Russian, English, German and French. Our library varies from recent bestsellers to thrillers and classical literature such as 'The Master and Margarita'. These books are not only good for having a quiet and relaxing time, they also offer a great chance to work on our vocabulary, especially if they are read in another language.
I guess this week's reading record was at about 1500 pages spread over three different books which is quite a lot if you take into consideration that we are busy doing science most of the daytime.
So in spite of the limited means in the module, I am quite convinced that also in the four remaining weeks of our experiment there will not be a single second of boredom since time will be what we make of it.


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President Obama isn't only a leader but a great family man! We see that by how he treats his wife, the gaze they share as they walk into any public arena.
From those questions we have learned that Michelle and Barack's first date was to a museum and that he once attempted to braid daughter, Malia's hair!
President Obama on his first date with Michelle
Our first date, I took her to the art museum, or the art institute, so I was trying to impress her and show her I was a real culturally sensitive guy. And it worked. So I'm giving tips to the young men out there…
Michelle on what she enjoys the most about being the First Lady
It'Ps the power of the big bright light that you have on things that are important and really being able to make a difference.
President Obama on braiding Malia's hair before taking her to dance practice
My favorite story out of this is Malia, when she was 4, she had a little dance thing. Well, Michelle was gone that weekend so I'm taking her to ballet. And I get her in her little leotard and her little stuff. I did her hair, put it in a little bun. We get to the dance studio and one of the mothers there right away comes up to Malia – she thinks she's out of earshot of me and she says, 'Sweetie, do you want me to redo your hair?' And Malia who she's 4 says, 'Yes please, this is a disaster' you know, she didn't want to hurt daddy's feelings.
TOO FUNNY & CUTE: President Obama LMFAO's "Sexy & I Know It" Mashup [VIDEO]
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The Central Connecticut swimming and diving team turned in a sixth-place finish at the Orange Bowl Swim Classic in Key Largo, FL on Thursday, January 3. The Blue Devils amassed 14 points in the meet, five of which came in individual events by senior Katie Lang. Lang earned the top Blue Devil spot of the day, sixth, in the 50 meter breaststroke (35.20) and seventh in the 100 meter breaststroke (1:16.16).
Lang also had a hand in the eighth place finish (two points) of the 200 medley relay team consisting of Lang, senior Hannah Packer and juniors Helene Neuhaus and Kellen Power. The foursome finished the race in 2:05.53. Central also finished 11th in the event with a team made up of seniors Taylor Friedmann and Allison Rasile, junior Erin Massey and freshman Alaina Papiro. They touched the wall in 2:07.20.
Friedmann took seventh in the 400 meter freestyle with a time of 4:32.27 and placed 16th in the 100 meter butterfly with a time of 1:09.39. She finished just behind Lang who earned 14th and touched the wall in 1:08.37.
The Blue Devils earned another top-ten finish in Neuhaus, who completed the 100 meter freestyle event in 1:00.76 for eighth place. Central also finished seventh in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:53.48 to complete the day's competition.
Other top performers for the Blue Devils include Rasile, who finished ninth in the 100 meter backstroke (1:07.49) and 12th in the 50 meter backstroke (32.30), Neuhaus who placed 12th in the 100 meter backstroke (1:08.72) and 13th in the 200 meter IM (2:30.86) and Massey, who also earned 12th in the 100 meter freestyle (1:01.90) and 13th in the 50 meter freestyle (28.49).
The University of Michigan landed the top spot in the meet, earning 291.5 points. Florida International came up with second earning 81 points. FIU was followed by West Virginia University and George Mason University. The University of Vermont rounded out the top five.
The Blue Devils return to action on Friday, January 11 at FIU at 6 p.m.
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Republicans call it a "home run" when Donald Trump addresses both houses of Congress, doesn't soil his pants, doesn't criticize the "fake news," successfully reads off a teleprompter, makes no mention of Russia, and says to the wife of a dead Navy SEAL that her husband is "happy in heaven," and that makes him presidential?
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PARADISE, Pa. — On the day after Thanksgiving, the day on which millions of Americans turned their attention to shopping for bargains, a large family from Virginia decided to kick off the holiday season in a different way, with a trip back to an earlier, more innocent holiday time.
Their Black Friday began early in the morning, as 54 family members boarded a bus they had chartered for a three-hour ride to Paradise, in Amish country just outside Lancaster. That's the location of one of America's most unique museums: the National Christmas Center, where the youthful expectation and magic of the season are palpable.
Pulling into the parking lot, visitors are greeted by an unremarkable entrance and a modest sign that reads, simply, "We're more than you expect."
That's like buying your spouse a new BMW for Christmas and casually remarking, "I just got you a little something." The museum is a magical place that, through much of the year, pays tribute to Christmas in both its religious and more contemporary, secular forms.
"People think it's a store. They have no idea what's inside," noted Jim Morrison, the museum's founder and curator.
In large part, the place is a public repository for Morrison's bounty of Christmas collectibles, which he began amassing at age 7. On the day after Thanksgiving in 1946, Morrison started his collection while on a trip to Philadelphia, about an hour east of where the museum is now, to see the decorated windows of the downtown department stores. In the Woolworth's store, he used the quarter his mother had given him to buy three small cardboard houses, similar to the ones that hung on his aunt's Christmas tree.
Those miniatures, along with hundreds of other items, are now on display in the museum's first gallery, a replica of an F.W. Woolworth store at Christmastime. (Coincidentally, Woolworth's first store was in nearby Lancaster.) The cardboard buildings, toy cars and ornamental wreaths add up to just a fraction of the items Morrison has purchased — or been given — over nearly seven decades.
"I had a four-bedroom house in Maryland, and it was filled with just boxes and boxes (of collectibles). I ended up sleeping on the sofa," he said. "It's an addiction."
Since the museum opened in 1998, Morrison has had to expand several times to showcase his ever-growing collection. Among his prized possessions are the holiday displays that once graced the windows of department stores in Columbus and Chicago.
Tudor Towne, created for the Lazarus department store in Columbus, Ohio, is of particular appeal to young children. Its colorful, animated creatures — from a banjo-picking goat to a quilting bear — share a whimsical holiday tale.
But possibly closest to the museum owner's heart is a priceless nativity scene that drew visitors by the thousands to the windows of the Marshall Field's department store in downtown Chicago more than 90 years ago.
"It was carved in northern Italy, where they had very fine wood carvers. They bought this nativity at the end of the First World War," Morrison explained. "It was shown for a few years, and then it was stored."
After decades of gathering dust in Chicago and later at a Minneapolis warehouse when Target was the parent company of Field's, corporate bosses in Minnesota donated the entire exhibit — from the baby Jesus to the wise men and the livestock, all nearly life-size — to Morrison's museum.
The realistic figures form the centerpiece of "O Holy Night," a collection of roughly 300 unique creches. Upon leaving that exhibit, visitors enter one called "The First Christmas," which shares the story of Mary and Joseph's arduous journey to Bethlehem. There's even a recounting of the birth of Christ read in Aramaic, the ancient language spoken by Jesus.
"The place touches people. I've had people come out in tears and say to me, 'I feel like I've walked with Mary and Joseph,'" Morrison recalled. "We're telling the story of a humble birth."
Along the way, guests also experience Christmas as it's celebrated around the world. They learn, for example, that Russian children are visited not by Santa Claus but by Grandfather Frost. In Sweden, the visage is that of the "Queen of Light," St. Lucia.
At the museum's core, however, is Morrison's childhood. The first exhibit visitors eye upon entering is "Christmas Memories of the 1950s." Amid other presents, a shiny new boy's bicycle sits in front of an old-fashioned tree. Nearby, a mannequin of a woman in pajamas and a robe warms herself by the fire while a nearby television set shows the classic "Miracle on 34th Street."
"I remember when I got my bike with a big red bow on it," he said. "It's about the memories, taking them back to rooms that are now empty and people who are now gone. ... It's pretty incredible to bring those memories alive again."
The National Christmas Center (717-442-7950, nationalchristmascenter.com) is at 3427 Lincoln Highway (U.S. Highway 30) in Paradise, Pa. Admission is $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 3-12.The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays in March and April, then daily May 1 through Jan. 6. It is, of course, closed on Christmas Day.


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The biggest of the big-box chains won the 20th-century shopping wars by mastering "just-in-time delivery"—the science of getting just enough of everything on shelves at just the right moment. But even its massive hub-and-spoke system, which moves products from its 158 distribution centers to its 4,005 stores, can't get stuff to your door within a few hours. To do that, the stores must become what Walmart.com CEO Joel Anderson calls "forward-deployed inventory centers." Translation: They must do double duty, acting as retail locations but also mini-warehouses for local delivery. It's a strategy that could serve a huge customer base—60 percent of US residents live within 5 miles of a Walmart store. Here's how a typical same-day order is filled.
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In the neighborhood of Wadi Salib, audiences cluster in a small theatre in an old building shrouded by industrialized structures in the downtown port area of Haifa. The theatre, known as Khashabi, is sometimes used as a cinema, and within the scope of the Haifa independent film festival (HIFF), it serves as a main venue.
One of the films shown at HIFF is "Dégradé" directed by the Palestinian twins Arab and Tarzan Nasser, born and raised in Gaza. The duo came to the premiere of their film in Haifa, but not this time. This however, does not hinder the audiences, internationals and Palestinians alike, who attend the movie session.
The film is mainly set in a beauty salon, rotating around the stories of thirteen women. There are dramas, there is small talk, there are bits and bobs of the politics, all clouding the presence of war. Against the backdrop of the 2014 Gaza war, the film places focus on the individuals, rather than the brutality of the war.
"Dégradé" is among the featured films selected to be shown during the six days of Palestinian films organized by HIFF. The films look into the reality of lives under the occupation through different angles, ranging from satire to the documentary of Palestinian refugees. But most of these films have something in common: they were made by Palestinians narrating Palestinian lives.
This is no ordinary film festival either. In fact, the Haifa Independent film festival is the first Palestinian film festival held in Israel.
"We [Palestinians living in Israel] had always been consumers of Israeli entertainment, and we did not have the means to express ourselves," Ayed Fadel, one of the organizers of the film festival tells the Palestine Monitor.
"We are boycotting the Haifa international film festival, and we are making our own film festival here," Ayed adds.
The organizers of the festival, all young Palestinians living and working in Haifa, have an ambitious goal. Its mission, as the statement reads, is to "contribute towards the development of cinema and enhancement of the film industry in Palestine."
So far, the festival has been well-received by the local Palestinian community. Many of the films were even given for free by the directors themselves.
All of the films chosen are specifically independent of Israeli governmental and institutional funding. The idea is to avoid political pressure, as happened with the cases of various Palestinian arts and cultural projects funded by Israeli government.
In 2015, for example, the Haifa Municipality decided to freeze financing for the Al-Midan theatre, the largest Arabic-speaking theatre in Israel, following the controversy over one of its plays.
The play, "A parallel time", tells the story of a Palestinian prisoner convicted of killing an Israeli soldier. Though fictional, the synopsis closely follows an actual event: the case of Walid Daka, a Palestinian man who was sentenced to life for the kidnap and murder of an Israeli soldier in 1984.
The play had been staged to the Arabic-speaking audience many times without rumpus, but a decision to subtitle it in Hebrew was enough to cause a public uproar. The family of the murdered Israeli soldier then protested outside the theatre, while Israeli media labeled the play as an act of "glorifying terrorism," spurring the Haifa municipality to open inquiry into Al-Midan's activities.
"The problem is the Israeli government, they cannot hear another narrative. They cannot understand that it could be that we are talking about Palestinian prisoners as humans, and it was really important to try to talk not about the politics, but to find the humanity in the prisoners," Bashar Murkus, director and playwright of A parallel time, tells the Palestine Monitor.
Up until now, Al-Midan theatre is still shut down, awaiting funding. The theatre's budget cut came in the context of a discussion of a "loyalty bill" that would authorize the Israeli Ministry of Culture to halt funding and impose fine levied on institutions that oppose to Israel and its national symbols.
Lack of space and more importantly, freedom of expression in state-funded projects, prompts young Palestinian artists like Bashar Murkus to seek alternatives.
Together with a group of artist friends, all theatre professionals, Murkus founded the Khashabi Ensemble Theatre in the historic Wadi Salib in 2011.
"After having both good and bad experiences with other theatres, we understood that what we actually need is a place to work, a place where we can do our own research, and a place where we can be really independent", says Bashar.
The theatre refrains from accepting any governmental or institutional funds. It is the hardest way to work, but it is "a healthy way to make art", Bashar adds. Khashabi, however, receives much support from both locals and internationals. After five years into operation, the theatre has become the playground for Palestinian local artists to perform.
Many other cultural activities among the Palestinian communities in Israel also took place here, one such as the Haifa Independent Film Festival.
Bashar says the Ensemble already has plans for the following season. The next topic aims to explore the concept of "Identity", and the idea is to bring Palestinian artists from all over, from Gaza, from the West Bank, from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, from abroad, to come to Haifa and engage in a dialogue about what constitutes a Palestinian identity.
Ayed Fadel, one of the organisers of the film festival, makes some closing remarks of HIFF at Kabareet.
A few hundred meters away, Ayed Fadel makes some closing remarks of HIFF at Kabareet, a hip, edgy-looking bar that hosts some of the short movie sessions. Here and there, portraits of Arab pop icons from the 20s to 70s like Fairouz, Umm Kulthum or Abdel Halim Hafez, dot the walls.
"Those were the golden years of Arab culture, and we [at Kabareet] would like to revive this period", Ayed, also one of the owners of the bar, tells the Palestine Monitor.
In Kabareet, young Palestinians dance, sing and chat in Arabic. It is a contrary reality outside, where Hebrew is more of an administrative language. It is taught and used in schools, universities, and public spaces.
The whole underground movement that started here few years back is a reminiscence of the Palestinian cultural scene in the city. "Haifa used to be the center of culture in Palestine, there were theatres, music, cafes. Even Umm Kulthum came to Haifa to perform", Ayed explains.
For the young Palestinians living in Haifa, the city embraces a sense of intimacy that exists in nowhere else. Among the small Palestinian community here, around ten percent of the total population, everyone knows everyone.
According to Ayed, in the recent years, young Palestinians in Haifa have become more assertive in expressing their identity and practicing their culture. And art has since become a means of resistance.
"How would you imagine a freedom without art?", asks Ayed.
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By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Looking for USA-made green gifts? It's still possible to find them, though it helps to know where to look.
US manufacturing has hung on in select areas, keeping a few venerable firms going in the cookware and shoe-making industries for example, and it's springing back in other areas as new companies innovate and keep their operations stay stateside.
Here are a couple companies to know as you consider keeping your gift-buying where it supports US labor and businesses.
Lodge cookware is a throwback, but one that many people will appreciate, because it delivers a cooking surface that's free of harmful chemicals, such as the PFOA compounds in Teflon and related non-stick surfaces. (Many brands have eliminated Teflon).
Lodge is time-tested, and the company has continued to evolve since its founding in 1896 in Tennesseee. The new Lodge Logic line offers pre-seasoned cookware that's easier to maintain that the old-style iron pans. Treat this new iron cookware right by seasoning it with oil and not using soap, and it will last.
Cooking in iron pots can be helpful for those who want to make sure they're getting enough iron; when heated the pans impart a little bit of the nutritionally vital metal. Here is one Lodge set; you can find individual pieces in many stores, even some grocery stores carry this longtime US product.
Their website has gotten a little too sexy for family-moderated tastes, but their clothes are sturdy and modern, and often made out of cotton. Aside from a few Canadian sweaters and handful of vintage rags, American Apparel clothing is stitched up right in the heart of Los Angeles.
The lost city, fashion-conscious and innovative, seems like an obvious place for the 21st Century US textile industry to re-root. And American Apparel appears determined to do just that, creating an array of looks that seem to hit just the right vibe with its intended audience (not you, mom and dad).
American Apparel wear can be oh-so classic. Witness the pouty models posturing against the factory's red brick walls in practical unisex Oxford button downs and stretchy cotton cardigans. Yet many of the clothes have a free-wheeling appeal that's completely unique, unmoored even. AA designers seem to find fresh ways to use stripes, polka dots and houndstooth for mis-matchy layerings that create that cute, disheveled (but carefully planned) Millennial look. Their coffee high must last all day, because they're simultaneously spewing caps and tights in eye-popping bursts of Green Apple or Golden Poppy, the better to spice up those black-and-white staples. We don't even have time to talk about the many ways they've invigorated the little black and many other dresses, launching little swingy, clingy, sophisticated-to-casual girlie wear.
These fun, but sturdy togs (we've been buying from them for awhile) can cost more. But they hold up.
OK, these sheets don't come in Green Apple or Golden Poppy, but they're made in the US, and this is what it comes down to, green, blue, ivory, white and whatever that other color is.
Even The Company Store, known for the quality construction of quilts and comforters that are assembled in Wisconsin (they're making an effort), isn't selling domestically made sheet sets. (In fact, a lot of TCS stuff seems to be imported). So get over it, if you want to buy domestically sourced and sewn sheets, it boils down to AJMoss, still stitching in the Northeast USA, onetime home to the world's most robust textile industry.
As noted, you can choose from five colors. This is New England, you were wanting what, cheetah patterns?
One caveat. We haven't used these personally. Also, we're thinking that this product could be greener if they used organic cotton. But we know that organic cotton is often in short supply, and so we won't quibble. (The Company Store offers some sheets in organic cotton, but they're imported.)
Regal Ware Stainless Steel Pans
It can be a sticky venture looking for American-made cookware, especially if you're trying to replace your old Teflon-lined pans with something slick, but non-toxic. Companies have been promoting stainless steel pans (recyclable and beloved by chefs) as well as newly fabricated, omelet-worthy ceramic surface cookware. Both can get the job done.
Regalware Worldwide, based in Wisconsin, offers a wide array of stainless steel pans that are made, as ever, at its domestic plants. The company also has imported some pans for sale, so one must read the descriptions to be sure the set is USA-made. Helpfully, Regal discloses when it imports. The company also aims for transparency in sustainability, and has reduced the energy and water is consumes.
Regalware's MasterClad brand offers premium, pans that would please most home chefs. This line is made in the USA and those with non-stick surfaces are PFOA-free, meaning you don't have to worry about the toxic air pollution produced by Teflon when used at high temperatures. They also sell a Tri-Ply aluminum core line, configured in various sets, such as the 6 piece Tri-ply Stainless Steel cookware set , which includes a saucepan, double boiler inset, nonstick fry pan and a 3-quart saucepan, and the 7-piece Tri-ply Stainless set (above). Both are on sale for Christmas.
Watch out for the similarly named Regalware Food Service brand, which is completely different company spun off in a corporate sale. Regalware Food Service sells cheaper, imported pans sold to extended stay hotels and consumers who aren't paying close attention. To add to the confusion, this is the line you'll find on Amazon. The original Regalware pans are sold directly by Regalware Worldwide.
If someone on your Christmas list needs work boots, either for work or just to look cool, you'll have an easier time of finding USA-made products. For some reason, several brands of boots are still made here. And these are not your fashion store knock-offs. You'll spend more money, but get incredible durability (comparatively). Some are pretty darn handsome too, if you like this authentic look or own a ranch or ride a Harley.
Check out their motorcycle boots and you'll see what we mean. Also the white-soled mocs known as Style 875 from the company's Heritage line (shown above, and if you have to ask the price…). Don't say manly, we think women might like these too. Find Red Wings at Brooks Brothers, Nordstrom's and a variety of boot and shoe stores.
Green Toys
These thoughtful toys, made from recycled plastic without BPA, phthalates or PVC, are produced in California. They promise durability and come without the sharp edges and creaky gears of so many mass-produced toys. They're also gender-aware. The dump truck is available in pink and there's a recycling truck.
A full listing of the company's play toys is on their website.
Green Toys sources its plastic from recycled milk jugs. This HDPE plastic is safe and continues to be recyclable. Green Toys says its recycled plastic saves energy — for each pound of plastic it uses, it conserves enough electricity to power a TV for three weeks. Not having to ship the toys from overseas saves additional fossil fuel emissions. Finally, the toys are packaged in environmentally friendly recycled cardboard, which is also recyclable.
Several Green Toys are available on Amazon, such as this bathtub-ready Ferry Boat, this blue airplane and this tea set.
Copyright © 2013 Green Right Now | Distributed by Noofangle Media


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How to help Oklahoma tornado victims
WISN 12, Red Cross, raise $88,777
As emergency and rescue crews respond to the tornado-ravaged areas of Oklahoma, you can help at home.
WISN 12 and the Red Cross held a phone bank on Tuesday and Wednesday. A total of $88,777 was raised in the two days. Thank you to everyone who donated and worked on the phones!
Here are some other ways you can help:
American Red Cross
- Donate online to the American Red Cross by clicking here
- Text RED CROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to relief efforts
- Call 800-RED-CROSS to donate towards national disaster relief efforts
Salvation Army
- Donate online to the Salvation Army by clicking here
- Text STORM to 80888 to contribute $10 to the Salvation Army Relief Fund
- Call 800-SAL-ARMY to make a telephone donation
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