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Alitheia-Chthonick www.myspace.com/alitheiamusic The product of a complex ebb-and-flow of uncompromising experimentation, Miami-based Post Metal/Prog Rock band Alitheia releases its debut album Chthonick.
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I just got my copy yesterday. It really kicks ass
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Posted: July 21 2008 at 07:52 |
Yes - a very good one - recommended ... |
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Fine art print on bright white, fine poly-cotton blend, matte canvas using latest generation Epson archival inks. Individually trimmed and hand stretched museum wrap over 1-1/2" deep wood stretcher bars. Includes wall hanging hardware.
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Hamburg to London
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I built this chest for my mother as a house warming gift. I also like to do projects like this to help keep me tuned up. I came across this piece of 5qtr Mahogany 20" wide by 16' long and knew right away what it wanted to be. I hand cut the dovetails, put a raised panel bottom in, cut some ogee molding on the table saw, and bam it was done. for the finish I applied a water base stain, just enough to help tone all the wood one color. I did wet the chest to raise the grain before I applied the stain. to seal it I used dewaxed shellac, two coats. Then rubbed it out with 0000 steel wool to a smooth surface. Finally I rubbed on three cooats of Minwax Antique Oil.
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That's quite a slab of Mahogany.. like what you did with it. I especially like the legs/feet detail. Did you leave it the full 1" thickness? That's got to be one heavy (ie, rock solid) box. -- I'll grow up when ketchup bottle farts stop being funny. |
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Ted I milled it to 3/4". I wanted it to be sturdy but not too heavy. |
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I enjoy building chests, blanket chests in particular. That one looks great. I like the stain choice especially. It resembles the type on a Darrell Peart blanket chest. I have been researching Pennsylvania German Painted Blanket Chests to build a few in that influence and also a really nice Shaker Antique Red Blanket Chest with two drawers. Again great work. Keep it up and thanks for the finish details as I want to try that finish on a current or future blanket chest I have going. The dovetail layout and size on your chest really fit well with the piece. The pictures posted here are actual antiques I located images of using google. There are so many great antique blanket chests out there. There's always plenty of inspiration available. -- "So many projects...so little time..." Psalm 23 |
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Nicely done. -- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY. |
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I really like it. Nice piece of furniture. -- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca. |
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looks great. did you put a glove box in it. i always put a special box on the left, inside for keepsake stuff and to hold the lid open when in use. and they are all different. some have little drawers and some have secret comp. sheetzy -- Sheetzy |
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Hand cut? I might of missed that part but great looking dovetails -- Life is enjoyable especially when you borrow from people |
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very nice! -- Woodworking for the hobbyist woodworker. http://sawdustking.com |
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Cook udon noodles in a large pot of boiling water per
package instructions. Drain, rinse with plenty of cold water,
and set aside. While noodles are cooking, dilute green
curry paste in a small amount of water and set aside. You
may use more paste if you prefer a spicier noodle.
Chop at least 3 large cloves of garlic (more if you like),
green onions, and cilantro. In a wok, heat 3/4 T canola
oil and 1/4 T peanut oil. Fry chopped spice mixture
approximately 2 minutes on medium-high heat.
Add tofu and broccoli to mixture, sprinkling with a fair
amount of tamari. Fry until broccoli is tender, adding
water as needed. Set aside cooked tofu/broccoli mixture.
Add remaining 3/4 T canola oil and 1/4 T peanut oil to
wok. Fry cooked noodles until warm, using a generous
amount of tamari. Return tofu/broccoli mixture to wok.
Add curry, mix everything together, and dig in!
- 2 packages udon noodles
- 1 package extra firm tofu or seitan
- 3+ cloves of garlic
- 1/2 bunch cilantro
- several green onions (scallions)
- 1 head broccoli
- 1/2 - 1 tablespoon Thai green curry paste
- 1 1/2 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/2 tablespoon peanut oil
- tamari (gourmet quality soy sauce)
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is another term for "friends of man & beast". Things have gone in a decidedly downwards direction since last I put words here. What happened/where da hood at?
I cannot believe anyone saved that link.
I knew it would be handy one day.
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A paragon?! It has gotten that bad huh? I'll shed a few oily tears over that sad state of affairs if I can summon up the fluids.
Regardless, Ythrl says that the tide always returns to the shore, though the shore is never enriched by the meeting. I think he means that I've washed up on your forums again like so much driftwood to sell you a bronze membership package in the Cult. It is hard to tell with him. He loves talking talking about tides and eons of imprisonment and all kinds of other weird stuff so you never can tell. That video reminds me that it has been nearly 5 years since the Exodar chapter was founded. If it was a child, it would be old enough to join a militia in Syria. |
It has gotten that bad! Its refreshing to see the Cult being represented again.
All I can say is.. it's about time. What precipitated the return of the cult of the Great Tentacled One? You have been missed. We haven't sacrificed any gnomes in quite some time.
Well, it is a little embarrassing, but I'm essentially trapped here now by means of an ever tightening web of restraining orders. It turns out that Exodar is at least 300 yards away from most places at all times.
I'm saddened by the state of the forums. The most popular threads are guild recruitment with like 500 views over months. I remember threads easily hitting that many views in a day. Where did everyone go? Is the server dead, or do people just not use the forums? |
We haven't sacrificed any gnomes in quite some time. Watch it, zombie. |
Alot of ppl stopped trolling when an addon became available with chrome that allowed others to see who your main is. We also have an Exodar facebook page where people still troll, but there are fewer limitations than on Blizz's forums.
Heart don't tell more people about that addon, it will only encourage.
Eh, well I only have a level 80 shaman on this account so no worries on that front. So all the old crew went over to facebook? That is almost as sad as the state of the forums. How active is it over there?
It's pretty active. There is QQing at times, and good drama. Less restrictions than here. Too bad you missed the whole Ducelet and Vile drama, you would have enjoyed.
It's pretty active. There is QQing at times, and good drama. Less restrictions than here. Too bad you missed the whole Ducelet and Vile drama, you would have enjoyed.Tell me this tale so that I may record it in the pages of the Liber Dramaticus.
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Oh Ducelet was the GM of a Horde guild called Ever After. She took a break, and passed GM to someone else who guild-kicked her when she came back and asked for lead (this is according to all her QQ's in trade). So she became a huge trade troll and was quite nasty. Then a certain someone discovered her FB page where it became clear that she wasn't a she at all, but a he. Even though she quite sounded like a she in vent (I know this personally from doing a pug with her). She server transferred rather quickly after she was exposed.
The story of Vile I was personally involved in. A druid healer in my guild pugged a raid with a raiding guild called "Vile". a BIS offhand dropped for resto druids, but a mage in their guild ended up with it. I stepped in and made it known that this was a problem, and was pretty much blown off. So I let everyone know in the usual way to beware of pugging with Vile, and the experiences of my guildie. They attempted to defend their actions, but things really went downhill fast when their GM, whose name was Khumquat, stepped up to the forums. He tried to rationalize it as many ways possible, but the damage was already done, and it was all quite comical. The end result was that they were henceforth unable to recruit to their guild, as their guild had become the server joke. Several of their key raiders left, and in the end Khumquat server transferred, guild and all. Sorry you missed all that, it was comparable in hilarity to the time you exposed Alexio. |
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Saying the data "is still being collected," the Chinese Finance Ministry has declined to release figures on local security spending, a major component of a domestic security apparatus that has grown bigger than the military.
March 06, 2014, ThursdayLawyers and friends of Liu Xia and Cao Shunli said long-term detention had damaged their health.
February 21, 2014, FridayLiu Xia, the wife of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned dissident who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, has been hospitalized, according to family friends.
February 21, 2014, FridaySeven marble columns from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, acquired more than a century ago by a former Norwegian cavalry officer, are set to return home this fall under an agreement between a Norwegian museum and a Chinese businessman.
February 09, 2014, SundayThe poet Liu Xia has been held in extralegal detention in her apartment since the imprisonment of her husband, Liu Xiaobo, after his conviction on charges of inciting subversion of state power.
January 15, 2014, WednesdayIn lionizing the former South African president, China's propaganda authorities have hopscotched over much of Mr. Mandela's life as they try to write him into a political narrative that burnishes the Communist Party's legitimacy.
December 12, 2013, ThursdayOn the eve of the vice president's visit, human rights groups urged him to press Chinese leaders on the plight of two of the country's most prominent dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, and his wife, Liu Xia.
December 03, 2013, TuesdayLiu Xia, the wife of the Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, says she finds joy in reading. "My reading has no specific goal; for me it's rather like breathing — I have to do it in order to live," she wrote in a letter.
November 29, 2013, FridayA court in Beijing sentenced Liu Xiaobao to 11 years in prison for advocating wide-ranging political changes that sought greater democracy.
November 20, 2013, WednesdayA group of intellectuals who in Chinese public life are often at each other's throats have come together to forge what is now being dubbed the "Oxford Consensus" — four theses expressing their hopes for a pluralistic, liberal China.
October 18, 2013, FridayIn an open letter to President Xi Jinping, Liu Xia said the sentencing last Sunday had been unfair and urged Mr. Xi to govern China in a way that respects the rights of individuals and avoids "ruthless suppression based on violence."
June 15, 2013, SaturdayThe sentence is being widely seen as political persecution of the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is himself serving an 11-year prison sentence.
June 10, 2013, MondayRelatives of political prisoners and 30 organizations called on President Obama to use his summit meeting with President Xi Jinping to highlight the issue of human rights abuses in China.
June 7, 2013, FridayLiu Ping's daughter and her lawyer say Ms. Liu is in detention after years of activism; most recently, she called on Chinese officials to disclose their assets.
May 13, 2013, MondayThe brother-in-law of Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is accused in a case that supporters said appeared to be an effort to intimidate the family.
March 30, 2013, SaturdayThe Tang Prize, a new award set up by Taiwanese billionaire Samuel Yin, will pay more than the Nobel Prize, and joins a growing list of prizes in the region as Asian wealth and philanthropy spread.
January 29, 2013, TuesdayThe Nobel honoree for literature is a Chinese novelist who has learned to keep his voice low.
October 18, 2012, ThursdayMo Yan, the new Nobel laureate, stepped into a political minefield over Liu Xiaobo, 2010's peace prize winner.
October 13, 2012, SaturdayChina erupted in something close to a national celebration for the writer Mo Yan, just two years after the government condemned a Nobel Peace Prize for the dissident Liu Xiaobo.
October 12, 2012, FridayA friend of the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo has just published a new biography of Mr. Liu, China's most famous political prisoner. Yu Jie said he has tried to cast Mr. Liu as a profound and important thinker, as well as a flawed human being. He also has some sharp and dismissive words for the dissident artist Ai Weiwei.
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January 1, 2012, SundayA popular writer, race-car driver and heartthrob aroused intense debate this week in China with three short political essays that drew fire from democracy advocates, including the dissident artist Ai Weiwei, while appearing to hearten the Chinese authorities.
December 27, 2011, TuesdayA group of five Nobel laureates has called on China to release Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the Nobel Peace Prize last year.
December 10, 2011, Saturday"No Enemies, No Hatred," coming in January, is the first English-language collection of works by Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel laureate sentenced to 11 years in prison for "incitement to subvert state power."
December 01, 2011, ThursdayThe groups called on China to release the imprisoned dissident writer Liu Xiaobo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize a year ago, and to end the house arrest of his wife, Liu Xia.
October 08, 2011, SaturdayThree brothers of Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned dissident writer who was given the Nobel Peace Prize last year, were allowed to visit him in a prison in northeast China.
October 05, 2011, WednesdayThe Ministry of Culture has canceled a prize that a group of Chinese had come up with as an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize, which was given to an imprisoned dissident, Liu Xiaobo, last year.
September 30, 2011, FridayChinese authorities released Teng Biao, a leading human rights activist and lawyer, on Friday, one day after American officials raised public concerns about his detention.
April 30, 2011, SaturdayU.S. envoy Michael H. Posner said that in two days of talks, Chinese officials offered few responses to American queries about the conditions of detained activists.
April 29, 2011, FridayOfficials are investigating Ai Weiwei, the celebrity artist and social critic, who was detained in Beijing while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong.
April 08, 2011, FridayChang Ping, a prominent newspaper columnist who challenged government censors by writing about corruption and political reform, was fired by his publisher.
January 28, 2011, FridayPresident Obama should say that in Tunisia, and everywhere else, that we will side with those working to build democracies.
January 23, 2011, SundayThe Nobel Peace Prize for the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and Beijing's reaction to it carried a powerful message about the relationship between power and those who defy it.
December 18, 2010, SaturdayA rising superpower (think China) and a rising group of superempowered individuals (think WikiLeakers) are currently challenging the world system.
December 15, 2010, WednesdayThe campaign against Liu Xiaobo and his Western admirers was adopted after Beijing realized that the news could not be entirely blocked.
December 11, 2010, SaturdayOver China's loud objections, the Nobel Committee honored the imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo in his absence.
December 11, 2010, SaturdayThe ceremony for the Confucius Prize, conceived as a rejoinder to the Nobel Peace Prize, was a bare-bones affair.
December 10, 2010, FridaySharon K. Hom of Bayside, the executive director of Human Rights in China, has traveled to Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Liu Xiaobo.
December 10, 2010, FridayThe blackout comes a day before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is to honor Liu Xiaobo, an imprisoned Chinese dissident.
December 10, 2010, FridayThe number of countries declining to attend the Nobel ceremony on Friday has tripled; China schedules its own prize for Thursday.
December 08, 2010, WednesdayLiu Xiaobo was convicted for attempting to save the Chinese republic after its principles and ideals had been stripped away.
December 07, 2010, TuesdayChinese authorities stopped the two presumable because they are trying to keep Chinese intellectuals from attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway next Friday.
December 04, 2010, SaturdayIf Liu Xiaobo, his family and Chinese colleagues cannot make it to Oslo, countries that enjoy human rights should represent them at the ceremony.
December 02, 2010, ThursdayThe auction house's recent "Trans-Realism" show is part of an effort to improve relations with the Chinese, but some question the government's role in the project.
November 20, 2010, SaturdayThe presentation in Oslo next month will most likely be postponed because China is not allowing the dissident Liu Xiaobo or his family to attend.
November 19, 2010, FridayThe two legal advocates believe the government feared they would try to attend the Nobel ceremony.
November 10, 2010, WednesdayChina's ruling Communist Party denounced the prize on Friday as a tool of the United States and other Western democracies that "fear the rise of China."
November 06, 2010, SaturdayMr. Ban said that China was on the path to political reform and building a society based on the rule of law.
November 06, 2010, SaturdayThe Nobel award to a Chinese dissident is emerging as an early test of China's newfound diplomatic clout.
November 05, 2010, FridaySecretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday ignored pleas from human rights activists to ask President Hu Jintao to release Liu Xiaobo from jail.
November 02, 2010, TuesdayThe wife of the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has invited 143 Chinese activists, academics and celebrities to the award ceremony to be held in Oslo.
October 27, 2010, WednesdayWASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates urged the G-20 to ask China to free the imprisoned rights activist Liu Xiaobo, whose receipt of the prize this month infuriated Beijing. ''The Chinese government's release of Dr. Liu would be an extraordinary recognition of the...
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The China Equation
Staff Staff -- Casual Living, August 11, 2011
Napoleon Bonaparte saw this coming from two centuries away. Even as he reigned over much of Europe during the early 19th century, he cautioned against disturbing the slumbering giant: "Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world."
Indeed, China got her beauty rest – 140 years' worth between 1839 and 1979 in which the country was beset by wars, revolution and political upheaval – but today, she is a force, changing the economic global landscape by essentially serving as the world's factory.
"I think China is the new economic giant on the world stage," said Joe Logan, executive director of the International Casual Furnishings Association. "With the growth projected for China, they are a power and will very much continue in that role. She is making her presence felt."
The casual industry is feeling that presence, as many U.S. outdoor furniture manufacturers are doing business with China and engaging in partnerships that have – and still are – proving mutually beneficial. The work that the manufacturers provide is fostering the growth of China's developing middle class, while Chinese factories churn out product more cheaply and efficiently than the manufacturers could get elsewhere.
But several economic variables are disrupting those partnerships. American manufacturers now must tweak business models to adjust for increasing labor wages, rising costs of raw materials and an unfavorable exchange rate, among other hurdles. The collective impact is significant and undulates throughout the industry. As the manufacturer incurs greater production expenses, those costs, inevitably, are passed down to the retailer, and ultimately, the consumer.
China's labor dilemma is one of the most critical factors influencing the way casual furniture manufacturers do business in the country. With its burgeoning middle class clamoring for higher wages and ironic shortage of manpower in a land boasting 1.4 billion people, the multilayered nature of the issue is perplexing.
The principle takeaway is that the labor dilemma is causing manufacturers to incur greater costs in producing their wares, which translates to higher price points. And it all starts with the ambitious Chinese laborer, who now requires more compensation for her time.
"Labor in China is going to go up 20% a year for the next five years, and this is a simple fact," said Bob Gaylord, president, Agio. "There are really two countries here: You've got 400-500 million people living on the coast that's emerging as a middle class, and on the other hand, there's another billion that is playing catch-up, and that's what the [Chinese] central government is trying to take care of. And they'll do that by forcing people like us to pay more and more for labor."
"The [Chinese] people – with communication being so fast with cell phones, Facebook, you name it – they know what's going on, and they want a fair wage," said Jan Trinkley, executive VP, Gensun Casual. "Labor rates have gone up significantly over the last couple of years in China. You could say anywhere between 20-30%. And that doesn't include the benefits that they also want."
Not only does this aspiring Chinese middle class want fatter paychecks, they want faster paychecks as well. They don't like logging 60 hours per week on the assembly line, and they don't like moving 1,000 miles away from home to do so, only returning for the Chinese New Year. And at that, there's no guarantee that they'll come back to the factory. In essence, the Chinese middle class wants what their Western counterparts have in the way of labor rights. This is what's stimulating the demand for higher wages.
"[The Chinese] are becoming like the United States," said Harold Hudson, VP of sales and marketing for Summer Classics. "There's a cost for that, and that cost has to be passed on to somebody."
The Gen Y Chinese especially pose challenges to manufacturers seeking labor. The younger people in China want to veer from the trail their forebears blazed in the furniture and cut-and-sew factories of not so long ago. In other words, they want to make more money.
"A lot of the young people don't want to work that long. They don't want to work that hard," said Oliver Ma, president and CEO, Treasure Garden. "China is a big country, and they still have a lot of people that need jobs. But even so, the labor isn't easy to get anymore." And even if there wasn't a labor dilemma, China's desire to uproot from its manufacturing past must be considered. Just as the cut-and-sew operation left China for lesser developed countries, furniture production will migrate to a region where the workers want it.
"China is the factory to the world," said Steve Lowsky, executive VP, Pride Family Brands. "But with their growing middle class, their domestic needs will change that dynamic over the next few decades. And even if they remain the factory to the world, they want to do it with higher-end commodities. They want to make iPhones and they want to make flat-screen TVs. Furniture isn't on the wage scale toward their middle-class goals."Treasure Garden allocates a portion of its 3,500 employees to its Activa facility in Ningbo, depicted in this aerial rendering.
Gloster, a 51-year-old company, knows its way around Asia, having transferred its overseas manufacturing there from West Africa in the 1970s.
Those who have followed the currency battle between the United States and China know that it has been a stalemate in perpetuity. By this point, no one would blame any industry for growing to accept the exchange-rate relationship between the two nations as a fact of life.
The synopsis: China is holding its exchange rate at an artificially low level, prompting the United States to accuse China of sustaining a large trade surplus to the detriment of the U.S. (and other countries). In turn, Washington is pressuring the Chinese government to boost consumption and allow for faster appreciation of its currency. Generally speaking, China hasn't relented – at least not enough.
"Essentially, [China] is keeping their exports cheap but making it more expensive for our members to sell into China currently," said ICFA's Logan. "There was an adjustment in the years prior to 2008, but since that time, adjustments have been minimal. Certainly, Washington is trying to put pressure on China to adjust, but to date, that has not really happened."
"The U.S. dollar has dropped against everything," Trinkley said. "Against the Chinese dollar, you can buy 5% less than what you could buy last year. So costs for our goods, which are manufactured in China, have gone up 5% because of the lower U.S. dollar value. And that doesn't consider anything else."
Translated, "anything else" is a nifty euphemism for other factors that are contributing to a bulkier bottom line for manufacturers. Add the rising cost of raw materials and China's expanding network of transportation to the list of determinants making for an uglier MSRP.
When discussing higher-priced raw goods, aluminum is a good place to start. It's a material watched closely by Gensun, which primarily manufactures furniture made of cast aluminum or cast and extruded aluminum. Trinkley said the price of aluminum has remained mostly level during the recession, but that it is up around 20% over the last year. About 50% of that is the actual cost of the product, so Gensun's cost of manufacturing a chair has risen by approximately 10%.
Tom Murray, president of NorthCape International, explains that resin product, on the other hand, is different in that its price is tied to another commodity – oil. So when the price of oil rises, the price of woven furnishings will likewise trend upward. Even with higher labor costs, however, "woven product is high-labor content, so we still have advantages working with China," he said.
These increasing wages are spurring factories in southern China – where the majority of the country's production is based – to head northbound. This creates the need for a transportation network that can facilitate the product back to the ports along the east and the south. And that's another cost for which manufacturers have to adjust.
"Not only is the labor rate going up, but the transportation rates and lead times are going up," Lowsky said. "That's the evolution of what is happening in China, and that creates challenges."The manufacturing process for Pride Family Brands is a technical one, which poses a challenge for taking production elsewhere.
Given the spectrum of these increasing production costs in China, a million-dollar question comes begging: What is the next frontier?
The natural inclination is to sift through a multiple-choice pool that includes Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Mexico – all countries that trail behind China's economic development and don't offer emerging middle classes with which U.S. manufacturers must contend. But the greater majority of the casual industry's manufacturing circle is still interested in leaving the dance with the girl it came with, and her name is China.
"Considering China has the infrastructure and the logistics to produce the product, I think that this is the way it is going to be for a while," Trinkley said. "China ships so much, and I don't see a change in the foreseeable future because there's no one else that can do that kind of volume. There's no place else to go."
Really, Trinkley is using infrastructure and logistics as umbrella terms for all of the individual gears that make overseas production grind forward – manpower, port capacity, factory capability, transportation network, etc. There's no "next frontier" because the current one is still better than all the others.
"After China, I can't imagine where else we can go," Ma said. "Even if the labor wages double, I will still stay in China because China still has a lot of advantages."
One such advantage is the synergies that companies have established with their overseas production facilities. And that advantage becomes even more pronounced when the company owns its factories. By not having to buy from outside factories, a company can better control for product quality.
"I see portions of industries going to other places like Vietnam and Indonesia," Gaylord said. "Indonesia and Vietnam are very similar – you have a lot of little factories – so it's almost like you have to deal with five guys to make one collection of furniture. The Philippines is very much the same way. But overall, there's no new China."
"Furniture is pretty technical," Lowsky said. "It can't just move overnight – it could take a decade. China is definitely going to continue making furniture."
Even for companies that don't own their Chinese factories, there are still ways to manufacture quality goods without straying from the production timeline.
About 40% of Gloster's product derives from its partner factories in China, but the company has its own technical and quality company there that enables it to work with those partner factories on a daily, interpersonal basis.
"We wouldn't plan our company any other way than the way we have planned it," said Gloster Deputy CEO Charles Vernon. "Being able to deliver what we promise on time is an important part of our brand. Without our structure as it is, I can't imagine how we would operate."
For manufacturers of woven furnishings, the skill level that Chinese weavers have achieved over time is something that would take a while to cultivate elsewhere.
"Even though [China] is taking the shift to make the services sector a bigger part of the economy, I don't see in my mind a better place for what we're going to need out of China, which is basically access to weaving labor," Murray said.
Additionally, China offers relaxed regulation of environmental standards that makes production more convenient for U.S. manufacturers. China has not yet implemented the environmental regulations that the United States has to make production processes "greener." Those regulations are gradually taking hold in China, but there's still enough freedom with respect to less-regimented, code-driven manufacturing methods that it is an incentive to continue operations in China.In spite of the increased costs for U.S. manufacturers relying on Chinese labor, the People's Republic will remain front-and-center amongst all overseas producers of outdoor furniture.
The burgeoning Chinese middle class may be driving up labor wages, but it is also birthing a new consumer – a consumer that embraces Western culture and styling. So not only is it making sense for manufacturers to keep their production in China from a logistics perspective, there's now an opportunity to pursue the domestic Chinese market.
"What I'm seeing is that this middle class doesn't want furniture, interior goods or exterior goods that are Chinese – they want something that's Western," Hudson said. "There's a new consumer in this emerging middle class that's being developed, and they want Western goods, so who better to supply Western goods than Western people?"
In the end, the relationship between the United States and China is a mutually beneficial one. China has America's debt, and America has China's work. Theoretically, the economic marriage could be a long and prosperous one.
"I believe they do need us, and we certainly need them," Logan said. "The relationship is going to be a very interesting one, but I think it will be a challenge for both of our governments to navigate these issues because both economies are so interdependent."
With the infrastructural and logistical means not yet available to escort furniture production elsewhere on a larger scale, manufacturers and retailers will have to consider the dynamic between the United States and China in their business equation. Until then, expect the world to keep on shaking.


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Many professing Christians regularly compete and fall all over themselves trying to "outdo" each other in order to gain favoritism, preeminence and the high seats in the church. But there are not supposed to be any competition, favoritism, preeminence and high seats in the church. How do we know this?
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality [favoritism]. 1 Tim 5:21
In addition to giving much favoritism to themselves, ungodly leaders also bestow much favoritism on those who have money and/or skills that they think will be useful in promoting their agendas. This too is entirely forbidden in the Scriptures. See James 2: 1-9.
I have already written much about this in other articles, but briefly for now let me mention that in 3rd John, we see that Diotrophes loved to be first. He loved the preeminence and because of this caused all kinds of trouble in the church.
I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, received us not. Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church. Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil hath not seen God.
In Matt 23:8, we see that we have One Master Christ and we are all brothers. This is a horizontal statement of our equality as Christians. Not only does this verse not establish a vertical hierarchy among us, it topples to dust any such idea.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. Rom 12:3
Also, with popular worldly concepts like the Dove Awards, "Christian" music charts and "Christian" best sellers lists, most professing Christians have become conditioned to think and act just like the world since these type of competitive practices are exactly what the world does. It is impossible to engage in the activity of trying to outdo your brothers and sisters and at the same time obey the command to not considering yourself more highly than you ought to. These concepts are mutually exclusive and contradictory and therefore do not mix.
Further complicating matters, massive competition is not only encouraged in most churches, but an atmosphere of competition is usually nurtured and maintained so that the resident authoritarian can hand pick church workers from the "best of the best" or "the cream of the crop". Christians regularly jump through al kinds of fiery hoops of manmade rules and regulations in order to please such ungodly leaders. The more these unwary souls submit to the agenda of men, the "higher" they ascend to the top of the pot to be considered the cream of the crop. This places them in great danger of being selected and ushered into the inner circle within the belly of the "beast".
We see in 2 Cor 13:11 that we are to be of one mind and one understanding and we are to live in peace. But there is no peace and no unity of mind in competition. There is only selfishness and selfish agendas, which always work contrary to God and to the good of a church as a whole.
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Cor 1:10
Well, each time someone seeks to be exalted, they seek to set up a mini faction where they rule and rein to some degree over those foolish enough to follow them. It is no secret that many senior pastors bestow massive favoritism upon themselves as well as to those that they are partial to. Even though we have so many bad examples running around all over the place, this is no excuse for us to do the same.
4) High Seats in the Church Are Forbidden in the Bible
Virtually the entire chapter of Matt 23 exposes the ungodly practices of the Pharisees. We have many modern day Pharisees today running all over the landscape. And being Pharisees, they chase the honor and recognition of men instead of caring much about what God thinks of them, if they really care at all.
For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
But be not called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Jesus covered all the title bases. In fact, the word Rabbi here can be translated as "master teacher". So we are basically not to call any man (in the church) by a title. We should all be content to be known as brothers and sisters. But that is not enough for the self-exalted. Certainly, knowing someone's role is fine but titles like "Senior Pastor" and "Reverend" are not only unbiblical, they are ridiculous.
Reverend is probably the worst title that men can take unto themselves. This is because the word reverend is reserved as a description of God Himself. Yet many men flock to be called by this name. The word reverend in Ps 111:9 can actually be translated "awesome". So when someone runs around having everyone call him "Reverend So-and-so", people are actually calling him "awesome". The Bible makes it clear that there is one and only one most holy and reverend (awesome) God.
He sent redemption unto His people: He hath commanded His covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name. Ps 111:9
Before I studied the Bible for myself, I had no idea this kind of unbiblical garbage was going on. I just swallowed the traditions and teachings of men hook, line and sinker. Not so any more thanks be to God.
In conclusion, competition, preeminence and high seats are actually all different forms of favoritism as well. Without question favoritism in the Body of Christ is one of the major problems that we face as the Church. This is because, in addition to the fallout caused by any transgression of God's holy commands, competition is one of the underlying causes of the rise of so many false teachers. Competition in the church is one of the many nasty products or bad fruits of authoritarianism in the church. And, with a competitive environment being the preferred mode in so many churches, things are not likely going to change on a large scale anytime soon. Typically, only those of the truth, those who have died to themselves and their selfish agendas will obey the Scriptural mandate to show no favoritism. These are those who understand well that showing no favoritism does not only apply to others, but even more importantly, we must show no favoritism to ourselves as well.
Want a challenge? If the Lord leads, try getting the ideas in this article across to a "senior" pastor. Can you guess what to expect? I can. Unless something changes, in about 99.5% of the cases you will meet with great resistance and trouble. You may even be blackballed which is pretty typical. That is because these concepts are usually foreign to the vast majority of "senior" pastors today. These guys are usually so set in their ways and so convinced that they have learned all that they will even need to know about the Bible at "Seminary" or "Bible College", that there is nothing you can possibly teach them. How sad, especially for those who are foolish enough to follow these fools. On rare occasions you may actually find a rare gem, a man of humilty who will hear, listen and repent. I pray that you find just such a man of God to share the truth with.
For us to remain useful to God, we must all be reachable and therefore teachable. Let's begin with me. If you disagree with my views, I welcome you to bring me correction from God's Word. A righteous man loves correction. If I have made any errors that can be proven and substantiated from the Bible, I will not only stand corrected, I will publicly apologize and amend my statement.
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) tries to escape the tackle of Carolina Panthers defensive end Charles Johnson (95) during the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Manning was sacked on the play. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn) |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers wanted to eliminate talk of coach Ron Rivera's job security entering the bye week. So they earned their most lopsided victory.
Cam Newton threw three touchdown passes and ran for another, and Carolina sacked Eli Manning seven times as the Panthers handed Tom Coughlin his worst defeat as coach of the New York Giants, 38-0 Sunday.
It was the largest margin of victory in Panthers history after they surrendered fourth-quarter leads in their first two games, losses to Seattle and Buffalo.
The Panthers (1-2) allowed Newton to run out of the read option, which helped open up an offense that had been mostly stagnant this season. Newton had 223 yards passing and threw two touchdown passes to Brandon LaFell and one to Ted Ginn Jr. He ran for 45 yards and his first TD of the season.
The Giants are in trouble: Of the 161 teams that have started the season 0-3 since 1978, only five made the NFL playoffs, according to STATS LLC.
The Giants came in with only 73 yards rushing in their first two games and managed just 60 yards on the ground. Manning, under pressure all day long, finished 12 of 23 for 119 yards with two interceptions.
The Panthers had started their first two seasons 1-5 and 1-6 under Rivera and there was plenty of speculation surrounding his job entering the game Sunday after their slow start this year.
But the Panthers left no doubt about this one.
Despite missing three defensive starters, the Panthers elected to defer to the Giants after winning the coin toss. Carolina's defense dominated from there.
The Panthers set the tone early, sacking Manning five times in the first quarter. They limited the Giants to 18 total yards — 1 yard passing — and two first downs in the first half and took a 17-0 lead to the locker room.
The Panthers turned to a read-option on their second possession, something they used frequently the last two seasons but haven't gone to much this year. Newton ran four times for 40 yards on the drive, with fullback Mike Tolbert scoring on a 2-yard run.
After a 53-yard field goal by Graham Gano, Newton found LaFell in the corner of the end zone with 12 seconds left in the half.
Carolina then put the game away with touchdowns on its first two possessions of the third quarter. Newton connected on a 20-yard strike to LaFell and then scored from 3 yards on a quarterback draw. Newton later connected on a 47-yard pass with Ginn.
The Giants have plenty of concerns as they prepare for next Sunday's game against the surprising Kansas City Chiefs (3-0), beginning with their offensive line. Carolina's seven sacks tied a franchise record.
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Have One On Me sleeve painter Becca Mann lends her talents once more, not only to the evocative portrait of an American Civil War soldier on the cover but also to a beautiful birds-and-flowers etching on the B-side of the vinyl (it only plays on one side). It's an absolute treasure, and a gorgeous way to give this relic from The Milk Eyed-Mender era a well-deserved release of its own. Available on 12″ vinyl.
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Hollie and fellow Slits past and present pay tribute to the late Ari Up at a special event to be held in Bristol on July 30. Read our interview with Hollie here.
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Echo Lake's debut EP sold out within a few days upon its release in February, so if you want to own a copy of their latest single, we'd advise you to be quick off the mark! 'Another Day' is another fine slice of psychedelic fuzz-pop that finds singer (and sleeve artist) Linda Jarvis thrust to the foreground where her airy tones are finally allowed to shine. Available on MP3 and 7″ vinyl.
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This second single from the duo of Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck is a tranquil, drifting follow-up to the sweetly catchy 'Ants', a dreamy piano-led ballad with barely-there guitar. Available on MP3 and 7″ vinyl.
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Arriving in the week that should see Polly named among the Mercury Music Prize nominees for the fourth time in her career, as well as performing at the Portishead-curated ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival, 'Let England Shake' is the fourth single to be lifted from the album of the same name. Available on MP3.
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