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By Devin Steele
CHARLOTTE, NC The textile industry has passed through a strategic inflection point in recent years and, now, survivors will be the ones who satisfy the markets perception of value and do so faster than anyone else.
John A. Boland III, GTMA executive in residence within the School of Textile and Fiber Engineering at Georgia Tech, made that assertion in his keynote address to kick off the American Association of Textile Chemists & Colorists (AATCC) International Conference & Exhibition this month.
We must face the reality that we are in a mature industry and that the relative influences of supply and demand have become more balanced, Boland said in his erudite and tantalizingly titled presentation, Politics, Viagra and Other Popular Remedies: Catch 22 and The Textile Industrys Search for Relevance.
Subsequently, the issues that separate the winners from the losers revolve around the clash between a companys perception of value for the product it offers and the markets perception of value for the same product. Too often, those perceptions have absolutely nothing in common.
The perception of the company supplying the product is too often based on the effort that went into the product, while the perception of value of the market is based on the benefits gained from using the product, he added.
Prices and quantities sold are determined more and more by the markets perception of value and less and less by the suppliers perception, said Boland, former president and CEO of Dominion Textile, Inc. whose current post is being funded by The Textile Education Foundation (TEF), an affiliate of GTMA: The Association of Georgias Textile, Carpet and Consumer Products Manufacturers.
Boland opened his thought-provoking presentation by connecting his address and its title to the conferences theme: Concept to Consumer, which reflects a newly established initiative of AATCC to provide a forum to discuss issues surrounding the creation of product, from initial concept to final consumer.
I hope (the title) stimulated your curiosity and motivated you to show up this morning eager to glimpse an 80,000-foot view of what it requires, at least from my perspective, to move from concept to customer, and perhaps even more importantly, to earn the right to do it over and over again, he said.
For almost 30 years, he has engaged in a love affair with the textile industry, he continued in his introductory comments.
I have experienced the pain of its arrogance, the humility of its ignorance, the joy of its discovery and the excitement of its revival, he said. I respect its proud legacy and I rejoice in its renaissance. I have a working knowledge of its fundamental issues, and I am sufficiently suspicious of its preoccupation with elegant solutions.
I am concerned that our industry has the fatal tendency to equate superficial change with fundamental revision, to confuse incidents for trends, activity for movement, and to see connections everywhere while making distinctions nowhere.
Today, managers in too many textile companies are working hard to match the competitive advantages of their new global rivals. They are moving manufacturing offshore in search of lower labor costs, rationalizing product lines to capture global economies of scale, instituting quality certification programs and just-in-time production strategies and adopting enlightened human resource practices.
And when competitiveness seems out of reach, they form strategic alliances often with the same companies that upset the competitive balance in the first place, he said. Important as these initiatives are, few of them go beyond mere imitation. Too many companies are expending enormous energy simply to reproduce the cost and quality advantages their global counterparts already enjoy.
Companies that have risen to global leadership over the past 20 years invariably began with ambitions that were all out of proportion with their resources or their capabilities, Boland added.
But they created an obsession with winning at all levels of the organization and they sustained that obsession over a 10 to 20 year quest for global leadership, he said. They speak of strategic intent rather than core competencies and competitive advantage.
The industry has moved into an era in which its leaders know what is required of them and have the courage of their convictions and the vision to stimulate a collective and focused response, Boland said. As such, these leaders have the knowledge and skills to fashion its destiny, he added.
We should be the architects of the new wave of change, rather than the victims of it, he said.
He went on to say: The challenge of leadership in preparing the textile industry for the 21st century is not so much to manage this industry but rather to transform it. Time is not on our side! Change is overwhelming the evolutionary forces in this industry and the customers we serve. However, I predict a bright future for change and for complexity.
Boland opined that textile manufacturers must function in an environment in which advantages are rapidly created, and just as rapidly destroyed, sometimes even in a cannibalistic-like ritual that some have characterized as creative destruction.
Leaders must prepare their organizations for an environment in which both the markets they serve and the technologies they utilize are concurrently and increasingly becoming more complex and yet more integrated, he said.
Embracing change has almost become a cliché of management, he added, noting that leaders who really stand for something tend to be paranoid. Referencing the book Only the Paranoid Survive by Andy Grove, chairman and CEO of Intel Corp., Boland said that Grove defines a strategic inflection point as that time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. At a strategic inflection point, the curve stops curving one way and starts curving another way, he said.
The old strategic picture dissolves and gives way to the new, allowing the business to ascend to new heights, or to crash to new lows, he said.
Groves book, he declared, should have been written almost two decades ago by someone in the textile industry, which itself has passed that strategic inflection point. Some in the industry, however, didnt recognize that, he suggested.
The textile industry cannot merely repackage raw materials and generate the returns necessary to earn its cost of capital, he said. We must discover new ways of creating greater value for our stakeholders by applying intellectual capital to new and innovative products and services for our customers wherever they may be located.
The new dimensions of demand are speed, flexibility, innovation, new products and variety, delivered to the right customer, at the right price, the right quality, the right time and through the right channel of distribution and to do so profitably.
Boland also suggested that textile manufacturing has been an either/or industry, meaning that its companies have told customers they can either have high-quality, innovative products delivered just in time from the U.S. or lower-cost goods delivered from the Far East. But customers have demanded both, he said.
The problem is not with foreign competition, he continued, but with unconventional competition some of which happens to be foreign. The playing field will never be level, he added.
In fact, in a global information age, power on the playing field is distributed among nations in a pattern that resembles a three-dimensional chess board: economic power constitutes only one dimension; military power and transnational relationships define the other two, he said. However, political will and market dominance are subject to the dynamics of all three. Today, the U.S. can exercise almost exclusive will only in the military dimension; we must share the playing field with Europe and Japan in the economic dimension; and the third chessboard is cluttered with actors as diverse as bankers electronically transferring sums larger than most national budgets at one extreme, and terrorists transferring weapons or hackers disrupting Internet operations at the other.
Competitive advantage is an all-too-temporary narcotic that sometimes dulls our intellectual resources to create new advantages, Boland said.
Re-engineering and restructuring have made the industry smaller, he pointed out, but the quest for continuous improvement has, in some cases, made it better. Today, he said, the industry is still replete with business that has been getting smaller faster than they have been getting better, and others that have been getting better faster than they are becoming different.
We will not be successful because we manufacture; we will manufacture because we are successful, Boland said. Our ability to learn, to switch directions quickly, to pursue new options when they arise and to discover new linkages between problems and solutions, wherever they arise, will distinguish us. The speed, agility and the integrity with which we apply these dynamic skill sets to upstream activities in the value chain will determine our success.
He then expressed a sobering notion: It will be sad if we miss our future because of our past.
Boland closed by paraphrasing the words of Abraham Lincoln, delivered at a correspondingly difficult time in U.S. history: The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present, he quoted.
The occasion before this great industry is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion, he said. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our industry. Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot escape history. We of this great industry and of this challenging time will be remembered in spite of ourselves.
I appeal to each of you: Go! Make a difference!
CHARLOTTE, NC KoSa announced a major investment to upgrade its Shelby, NC, polyester-manufacturing facility.
The project will significantly modernize the plants manufacturing technology for low denier polyester technical filament; will increase low-denier polyester technical filament capacity; and will involve substantial upgrades to the spinning process, as well as add new, state-of-the-art draw-twist equipment, the company said.
The sites low-denier polyester technical filament is primarily used for sewing thread end-uses.
The company did not disclose the dollar amount of the investment.
In the first phase of the renewal, expected to be completed during the fourth quarter, KoSa will add 8 million pounds of new capacity to the site, a 10 percent increase. A second phase is expected to follow at a later date, KoSa added.
This investment will strengthen KoSas position as a leading global supplier of low-denier polyester filament for sewing thread applications by enabling substantial improvements in product quality and productivity, said Thomas Kehl, vice president and general manager, Technical Fibers, KoSa. This project firmly demonstrates KoSas continuing commitment to NAFTA and the global marketplace for polyester sewing thread filament products and services.
The site will also continue production of polyester textile filament.
We are pleased to see a strong company commitment to this site, said Marc Simpson, KoSa Shelby site production manager. The renewal project is a great example of how we blend our knowledge to expand the leading technology position for our global sewing thread business.
The plant employs 380 workers, a little less than half of its work force number a year ago. No new jobs are expected to be created with the project, according to reports.
The news was welcomed in Cleveland County, which has endured a number of textile-related plant closings in recent years.
This asset renewal is patterned after a similar manufacturing upgrade recently completed at KoSas Bad Hersfeld, Germany site.
Sally Kay (L), president of The Hosiery Association, is joined by Carolinas Textile Club President Clyde Parker of Star Leadership Development and Vice President Gwen Perkins of the NC Center for Applied Textile Technology.
By Devin Steele
CHARLOTTE, NC U.S. trade policy has had a major impact on the domestic hosiery industry, as it has the entire textile and apparel sector, but winners will emerge after the shakeout, according to Sally Kay, president of The Hosiery Association (THA), based here.
Addressing the Carolinas Textile Club during its monthly meeting here on Oct. 14, she said that the trend towards free trade and globalization is irreversible. As such, U.S. companies must learn to compete in that environment without the luxury of safeguards.
Tenacity and the ability for companies to effectively implement long-term strategic plans will be a tell-tale sign in determining their destinies, Kay said. Ultimately, it is up to us to help ourselves.
How so? By considering a few initiatives, she said, including striving to create new and innovative products; differentiating by brand as well as product segmentation; enhancing quick manufacturing cycle times and procedures; excelling in quality and service; and developing non-traditional alliances and new business models.
Kay noted that trade policy has accelerated the exodus of apparel manufacturing out of the U.S. Citing figures from Mary Vane, an international trade specialist for DuPont, she reported that, 10 years ago, 50 percent of apparel consumed by Americans was made in the U.S. and, now, less than 10 percent is made here.
Most of that consists of sheer hosiery and socks; apparel for the military, which is mandated by law to be manufactured in this country; and high-fashion items, Kay said.
In her industry, she reported that, during the past decade, sheer hosiery manufacturers dwindled from 72 to 17, while sock makers dipped from 347 to 270.
The sheer industrys rate of decline seems to be plateauing somewhat, however, she said. We are pleased with the fact that many of the larger companies are returning to a more businesslike-type dress, she said. There are also new and innovative products, such as footless and toeless (hosiery), body shapers, etc. that are addressing what todays consumer wants.
The sock industry is now experiencing the consolidation that the sheer industry endured around 20 years ago, Kay added. Worldwide excess capacity exists, and the consumer has shifted gears from acquisition to replenishment mode, she said.
Therefore, the train wreck effect is transpiring, she said. The good news is that sock manufacturers are investing in the latest manufacturing equipment to be globally competitive from a labor standpoint and focusing on niche markets and becoming more technologically advanced via yarns, fibers, prototypes, etc.
Besides trade policy, the shifting retail environment also has had a deep effect on the industry, she said, with consolidation and the changing channels of distribution (Wal-Martization, she termed it) being major factors.
Many hosiery products have been commoditized and there is the ongoing debate as to whether or not hosiery is fashion or commodity, she said.
THA, with about 350 member companies, is playing a part in helping companies understand the new business environment and remain competitive, she said. Undoubtedly, our industry is constantly changing, she said. However, I am confident that our association is changing with it.
She then added: There are over 6 billion pairs of legs walking the earth, she said. How many of them are going to wear our products? I believe its up to us to answer that.
By Odyll Santos
The U.S. cotton crop is getting a bit smaller, though the governments October numbers dont reflect that.
USDAs most recent supply/demand report, released Oct. 11, pegged 2002-03 production at 18.07 million 480-pound bales as of Oct. 1, down about 60,000 bales from September. However, the report didnt factor in losses from two storms, Lili and Isidore, which brought strong winds and rains to key growing areas in the U.S. Delta and parts of the Southeast. USDA also projected mill consumption at 7.9 million bales and exports at 11 million, with ending stocks at 6.8 million.
It is expected that U.S. production will be down another 100,000 bales once those stories (the storms) play out, said cotton marketing specialist O.A. Cleveland in a weekly newsletter released after the USDA report.
In comments broadcast on the cotton Web site theseam.com following the release of USDAs report, William B. Dunavant Jr., chairman and chief executive of cotton merchandising firm Dunavant Enterprises, Memphis, TN, said USDAs figures were close to those his company is working with.
The firm pegged production at 18.1 million bales before the reports release. While Dunavant agrees with USDAs export figure, he said mill use might be slightly on the high side. He also believes carryout will decline to 6.6 million bales following a re-evaluation of the carryout estimate from the Census Bureau. Factoring in crop losses from the storms, total ending stocks are likely to reach 6.25 million bales by the beginning of the next marketing year on Aug. 1, 2003, he said.
Dunavant noted that the torrential rains have caused quality problems in cotton from the Mid-South and the Southeast. Much of the regions crop still remained to be picked from the fields, and there continued to be concerns about yield apart from quality. Farmers in the two regions had expected a great crop before the storms came, but now they arent sure about crop yields.
Market watchers had a more bearish view of the world cotton situation. USDA projected 2002-03 world production at 88.5 million bales, down 70,000 from September, while world mill use was pegged at 96.4 million bales. But the most notable figure was that for global ending stocks, at 39.8 million bales, with a stocks-to-use ratio of 41.3 percent. Cleveland noted that world carryover increased 700,000 bales, a significant change.
The increased stocks were a reflection of USDAs estimates for world domestic consumption and world exports, he said. Estimates for these consumption categories were lowered a combined 1 million bales.
Cleveland noted that the figure is the first indication that world cotton use will not rise to anticipated levels. Should these numbers fall, then U.S. exports will also decline, putting more pressure on (the markets) attempt to climb to the high 40s (cents per pound).
Expectations for large exports remain high. Dunavant said exporters owe a large amount of 31-grade middling quality cotton to foreign mills, but that cotton is going to be history. The trade hopes to negotiate with these mills and persuade them to take a different quality of cotton. Domestic mills are expected to take slightly lower quality growths, such as strict low middling light spotted, 42-grade cotton.
He believes the U.S. will produce cotton that will be competitive in the export market and that there will be high interest among foreign mills in buying that cotton. I think theres a huge volume of pent-up demand waiting, he said. The absence of a Step 2 marketing certificate, which makes U.S. cotton prices more attractive to buyers, has slowed selling. But its reappearance, expected in the coming weeks, is likely to spur more interest. The U.S. should see substantial buying from countries such as China, Turkey and Mexico. Dunavant said these countries are the major markets for U.S. growths now and are expected to be the top markets in the future.
Industry watchers are looking both to domestic mill use and exports to perk up the U.S. cotton market. Concerns continue that mill use and exports will drop and push U.S. ending stocks above 7 million bales. The movement to higher prices, if it is to materialize, must be led by a pickup in U.S. exports, said Cleveland in his newsletter. Until we see a sustained pick up in that arena, the market will continue to waddle in the 41- to 46-cent range.
LAWRENCE, MA Malden Mills Industries, Inc., announced more good news last week, reporting that it has secured funding in the 2003 Department of Defense budget to supply Polartec® products and research and development services to the U.S. military.
The $12.4 million dollars in funding will ensure delivery of $11.4 million dollars of the Polartec components that are the foundation of the Army, Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS).
Recently, a bankruptcy judge extended until Dec. 31 a deadline in Maldens reorganization process. The extension, which came at the request of attorneys for the company, will help Malden in negotiations with its creditors, the fabric maker said.
Polartec gear has seen extensive use in Afghanistan during this past year and has performed well under the harshest of combat conditions, the company said. Clothing items manufactured with Polartec fabrics have been awarded a 97 percent approval rating by the U.S. military, the highest rating ever recorded for a piece of issued gear, Malden added.
Included in the budget is $1 million dollars for the research and development of Rugged Textile Electronic Garments for use in Combat Casualty Care. Maldens partners on this project include Foster-Miller of Waltham, MA, Exponent of Irvine, CA, and East Carolina University.
GREENSBORO, NC VF Corp. said Oct. 17 it will close five more U.S. plants and eliminate 3,000 jobs.
The news came as the apparel maker reported record net income and earnings per share for the third quarter.
VF will close plants in Woodstock and Luray, VA; Coalgate and Okemah, OK; and Lebanon, MO. All of the plants manufacturer jeans.
A year ago, VF began a major restructuring program that included the closure of 30 to 35 plants and the elimination of 13,000 employees. Two other jeans-manufacturing plant closures in El Paso, TX, were announced then and will occur in December and next May.
When the closures are complete, the company will have about 18,000 domestic employees and about 36,000 offshore employees.
Restructuring moves are paying dividends, the company said. Diluted earnings per share rose 28 percent to $1.15 from 90 cents in the prior years third quarter.
Earnings increased 25 percent to $128.6 million from $103.2 million last year.
We are extremely pleased with these excellent results, said Mackey J. McDonald, chairman and CEO. With our Strategic Repositioning Program, we took the right actions at the right time, as demonstrated by our ability to deliver record earnings despite very challenging market conditions.
At the same time, the increase in marketing investment behind our brands is paying off in the form of market share gains across our major consumer categories, including most of our jeans, intimates and outdoor businesses.
During the year the company has rapidly increased its Asian sourcing capabilities, realized greater efficiencies in its offshore facilities and demonstrated its ability to operate with leaner inventories, McDonald added.
Despite an increasingly challenging retail environment, sales were flat, at $1.4 billion, the company added. The companys jeans and outdoor brands are performing strongly in Europe, VF said.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC Hanes, makers of the classic white underwear T-shirt, announced the official retirement of its T-shirt tag, thus eliminating the urge to scratch and the need to tuck the tag back in for millions of T-shirt wearing Americans.
A recent survey by Hanes found that two out of every three men consider underwear T-shirt tags to be annoying, and close to half of all men surveyed routinely rip or cut the tags out of their shirts. Men can now put down their scissors, as Hanes is printing tag information directly on the T-shirt.
We have always put a premium on comfort, said Terri Thompson of Hanes. What better way to make our all-American favorite the Hanes T-shirt more comfortable than to retire that last annoyance the tag? Now, Hanes is inviting all of America to go tagless.
In recognition of its many years of dedicated and some may say irritating service, Hanes is paying tribute to the T-shirt tag by retiring it with great fanfare across America. Hanes will host star-studded retirement parties with celebrities Mr. T, Dick Clark, Yogi Berra, John Paxson and George Gervin.
NEW YORK Best Manufacturing Group LLC has completed the acquisition of H. W. Baker Linen Co., Inc., the Mahwah, NJ-based supplier of textiles, amenities and guest room supplies to the North American hospitality industry.
The purchase reflects Bests strategy to focus on its core textile and garment businesses, expand product and service lines and to grow through acquisition, the company said.
Combining Baker and Bests Hospitality Business Unit, the new division will conduct business as H.W. Baker Linen Co. LLC, creating a complementary business that leverages the broad hospitality textile and amenity product lines of Baker with the napery, garment and uniform lines of Best.
Baker will continue to operate out of its Mahwah headquarters.
ELKTON, MD W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., manufacturer of GORE-TEX® fabric used in technical garments and rugged outdoor protective wear, has licensed its GORE-TEX® Cleanroom Garment Fabric to Vidaro Corporation, a maker of cleanroom garments.
Vidaro will utilize the GORE-TEX Fabric to introduce a new line of contamination control wear for critical applications in the United States.
GORE-TEX Cleanroom Garment Fabric is the highest-performing media to offer breathable comfort and flexible fit, according to Vidaro.
Featuring 99.9999 percent filtration efficiency at 0.12 microns, the fabric provides a reliable contamination barrier while allowing the release of body heat and perspiration vapor, the company added.
W. L. Gore is best known for its GORE-TEX Fabric used in military, fire fighting and extreme outdoor applications.
WesTek has achieved ISO 9002 certification in its Tire Cord and Royal Cord Divisions.
Tire Cord yarns are used in all kinds of tires, hoses, golf club grips, etc. Royal Cord yarns are used in commercial, residential and automotive hoses.
ISO, the International Organization of Standardization, is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies and is administered and approved by registrars throughout the world. American Global Standards is the registrar for WesTek.
To achieve certification, management at WesTek developed a Quality System, which includes detailed procedures and instructions for all operations within the Tire Cord and Royal Cord Divisions that affect quality. In addition, employees were trained to ensure they know exactly how to carry out every aspect of the operation.
RICHMOND, VA In the early 1970s, textile makers employed nearly 500,000 people throughout Virginia and the Carolinas. Today, that figure has dropped to just over 200,000.
In the recently released issue of Region Focus, Charles Gerena examines the major reasons for that decline in employment including increased foreign competition and the adoption of labor-saving technological advances and assesses the prospects for the industrys future.
The glory days of the textile industry have probably passed, Gerena writes. But talk to most textile executives, and they say it is premature to count them out.
The painful restructuring plans the industry implemented during the last decade may just be starting to pay off.
Region Focus, a quarterly business magazine published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, covers the economy and business activities of the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and most of West Virginia.
For free copies of Region Focus, contact the Banks Public Affairs Department at 804-697-8109. The articles are available on-line at www.rich.frb.org/pubs/regionfocus.
At the ITMA Asia show in October 2001 Sulzer Textil unveiled the G6300F, the prototype of a new terry weaving machine based on the proven G6300 rapier machine.
Since its market launch in April, numerous leading terry weavers in Europe and Asia have opted for the G6300F, according to Sulzer an indication that its exemplary performance and excellent patterning options, in combination with top fabric quality, have quickly convinced buyers, the manufacturer added.
Wherever top-quality, exclusively patterned terry has to be produced with maximum economy the new terry version of the rapier weaving machine is the ideal solution, the company said. The G6300F covers the entire range of terry fabrics, from heavy velours through matched articles to bulk terry for large orders.
In the G6300F, Sulzer said that robust engineering design, control and support electronics, automation matched to requirements and state-of-the-art terry technology have been combined to create a weaving machine with outstanding performance.
The terry technology is based on the modern, yarn-friendly sley motion control. Thanks to dynamic pile control the pile height is freely programmable and can be changed from one pick group to another. This allows unusual patterning, e.g. wave-form or relief-like pile structures to be created in combination with different terry techniques; the type of loop formation is also freely programmable.
It is possible to switch between 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- and 7 pick terry at any time. Transitions from flat to pile fabric at borders and pattern changes can be accomplished with high precision. With the color selector for up to eight weft yarns, there are practically no limitations on the design of the terry fabric or its borders, Sulzer said. High-grade terry can thus be produced with a high, dense pile and a maximum loose pick distance of 24 mm.
Even in its basic version, equipped with a rotary dobby and 20 shafts, the G6300F is capable of weaving a wide variety of terry fabrics. A jacquard head is available as an option.
With seven working widths ranging from 220 to 360 cm, the G6300F is well prepared for a broad spectrum of applications. Multi-panel weaving can be employed for weaving wide towels at the maximum weft insertion rate, optionally with leno or tucked selvedges.
A highly sensitive, electronically controlled warp left-off system is provided for both ground and pile warps. The pile warp let-off system in particular reacts quickly and precisely to pattern-dependent pile warp consumption, thus ensuring uniform pile formation from the full to the finished warp beam.
The weft density for the electronically controlled cloth take-up can be programmed in minute steps. For matched towels, the towel lengths and borders are also programmed at the terminal, via the number of picks.
Since its launch in April, the G6300F terry weaving machine has proved a major success, attracting numerous orders from customers in China, India, Portugal and Spain, Sulzer reported. Sales negotiations for further machines are nearing completion, added the manufacturer. By the end of the year, Sulzer said it expects to have sold well over 100 G6300F terry weaving machines.
THE TEXTILE and apparel industry was once a manufacturing mansion, so to speak, in North Carolina and elsewhere in the South. Built on a solid foundation, it housed many people in its multiple rooms, was elegantly furnished, embellished by towering columns and stood proudly on a lush grass carpet. In short, it was the envy of the neighborhood.
But now the place looks like a ramshackle shack, with paint peeling, shutters dangling, windows broken and weeds growing all about its feet. Which is why, perhaps, so many Tar Heel State candidates for elected office have tried to convince voters that they are best suited to serve as landlord of the dilapidated structure. Theres nothing wrong with this place that a little fixin up wont cure, hopefuls tell voters. If elected, Ill slap a little paint on the walls, redecorate the inside and hire a lawn care service. Oh, and Ill build a fence to keep any more vagrants from getting in and strewing their cheap crap around.
Its a good place to hang around if youre running for office. After all, so many North Carolina voters used to live in this dwelling known as textile and apparel manufacturing. Given recent debate fodder and the spate of advertising messages, though, you would think the fate of the industry is the make-or-break campaign issue in many NC races. And it very well may be.
TEXTILES AND apparel and, to a certain extent, furniture and tobacco have been a focal point of several major races. In the Senate race to decide Jesse Helms successor, Erskine Bowles and Elizabeth Dole both have been wallowing in the mud over this and other issues. (But what else would you expect? North Carolina Senatorial races have always been fought in the slop.)
The two candidates, in a debate on Oct. 19, waged a fierce argument over
whether or not Dole attacked Bowles wife Springs
Industries Chairman and CEO Crandall Bowles in a TV ad. In the ad in
question, a voice says, Erskine Bowles ... says hell protect our
jobs from Mexico and China. But his $2 billion family textile company is laying
off North Carolina workers and buying textile facilities in Mexico and China.
... Hell say anything to get elected. A couple of weeks earlier,
Bowles told reporters: She has the gall the absolute gall
to attack my wife. She better leave my wife alone.
When they stick to the issues, both candidates seem to have workable ideas to help the industry. Dole has advanced the notion to find the resources to develop a textile tracer for U.S. yarn and fabrics, which would help determine if finished goods returning to the country under certain trade agreements indeed consist of U.S. components. Bowles, meanwhile, has said that he wont support any future trade agreements until the U.S. starts enforcing the laws already on the books.
TWO U.S. HOUSE races in North Carolina also are putting the spotlight on the industry particularly as it relates to the connection of trade legislation to job losses. Political newcomers Ron Daugherty and Chris Kouri are both taking their incumbent opponents to task over their support of free trade, which has raised the visibility of their respective races.
Daugherty, a textile company owner running on the evil-NAFTA-and-its-wicked-stepsisters platform, has vilified opponent Cass Ballenger and made the 16-year House member campaign much harder than usual. So much harder, in fact, that the 76-year-old Ballenger recently said, Im a nice old guy. I dont understand why he wants to beat up on an old man.
And Kouri, opposing Robin Hayes, has barbecued Hayes over his vote for trade promotion authority (TPA) last December a vote Hayes changed his mind to make, he said, after receiving assurances that the textile industry would be helped. Kouri has tried to make Hayes original vote the central issue against the incumbent, saying such a move will lead to further job erosion. Hayes, a hosiery mill owner who voted against the final TPA measure this summer, also has his work cut out for him in order to retain his seat in a redrawn district.
The good news for this stately manor known as textiles and apparel manufacturing is that its issues are now on the front-burner. Whether or not it becomes a house of cards after Nov. 5 remains to be seen.


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If there is indeed a God or some higher being, than our prayers and wishes will be granted, and there will indeed be a 2011 NFL season.
BUT, things don't always turn out the way we want and expect (see also: 2011 NCAA Final Four), and so we have to make the best of things. There is almost always a replacement to something: fake Rolex's, iPhones from Japan—whatever it is, there's an alternative.
And by no means is there a lack of quality entertainment to distract you from the sorrow of a lost NFL season.

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Why do people keep voting for obviously unqualified candidates like Perry, Cain and The Newt? Well it's the same reason people kept voting for Sanjaya on American Idol, they don't want the show to end.
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Sanjaya on American Idol?
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I thought Sanjaya Gupta was on CNN as some kind of MD or something.
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Another post from Rajah with another chick he finds hot. How surprising.
One out of four people is freakishly stupid. If three of your friends are normal, then it's you.
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He looks hotter than Sanjay on CNN.
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First Round of LPGA Event in Bahamas Reduced to 12 Holes
In one of the oddest occurrences in recent memory, the opening round of the inaugural Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic was reduced to 12 holes as one-third of the Ocean Club course are still underwater.
Heavy storms on Tuesday dumped almost 15 inches of rain in the area and 50-mph winds damaged many of the temporary structures set up for the $1.3 tournament.
The first round of the 72-hole event was canceled, and officials hoped to get in 54 holes - starting Friday, but were unable to do so.
"We put our heads together and thought this was the best alternative to deal with a difficult situation," said Michael Whan, LPGA commissioner. "We think we have at least 12 holes that are playable and in this way we are putting on a golf tournament and playing enough holes for the money to count as being official. We think this is the best solution, and it still delivers a great event for our sponsors and fans."
The closing holes on the front and back nines were out of play Friday, so a composite course of Nos. 10, 6, 7, 4, 5, 11-14, 2, 3 and 8 was created. Because of the situation, there will not be a cut.
After 12 holes and with several players yet to complete their abbreviated rounds, American Heather Bowie stood atop the leaderboard after posting six birdies for a 6-under 39. Sharing second at 40 were Sweden's Anna Nordqvist and American Lisa McCloskey.
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High school all-star games prove almost nothing, that's the way I see it.
Yes, it's cool to get all of that talent assembled at one practice facility. And yes, we are undoubtedly looking at some future millionaires (thanks to the NFL). We get to see who this Robert Nkemdiche kid is, and that Max Browne guy, and the kids get to have a unique experience. Yet when it comes to the quality of football, it's kind of like the Pro Bowl—it's just not indicative of what these players can really do. It's like a "based on a true story" made-for-TV movie that doesn't come close to resembling the real thing.
No running back is going to get 20 to 25 carries, and the star linemen don't know their runners' idiosyncrasies anyway. No quarterback is going to get into any kind of rhythm, because there are three others who have been promised playing time in those four short quarters.
More players come away ticked off than happy about how games like this week's Under Armour All-America Game, Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl and the U.S. Army All-American Bowl go.
No position on the field is more handcuffed than the offensive line. I mean, think of it—a vast majority of offensive linemen go to college and redshirt a year before they ever see the field. Why? Part of the reason is to bulk up, but a huge part of it is to learn the offensive scheme and technique. So why are we surprised when the line has trouble blocking in these all-star games, and the defense gets 10 sacks? The line only first met about four days prior. Even a vanilla offensive scheme is tough to glue together in a few days.
Even if the left tackle hasn't given up a sack in his entire four-year high school career, it's unlikely he'll survive one of these high school All-American games. Why? Because that guard on his right—um, his name is Joe, right? Or maybe it's Jeff?—is a complete stranger. The quarterback is a dual-threat guy now. What's his name? What state is he from?
At one camp this summer, one of the nation's top offensive guards told Sporting News that the equipment provided was incorrectly sized, subpar quality and borderline dangerous to play in. He said he felt like he was being set up for a disastrous showing so that some sexy big-name defensive end would look like an even bigger monster recruit than he already was.
Coaches will tell you all day long that "real football all starts up front". Exactly—and in this setting, the hogs up front are at a major disadvantage.
What we usually see at these all-star events is ineptitude mixed with occasional bursts of extreme athletic brilliance—just enough to put a highlight reel together. A miscommunication on defense leads to a receiver with 4.4-second speed running untouched 91 yards for a score. Never mind that it was more of a scheming issue on defense than an astounding effort. A routine kickoff return or punt return turns into a score because the coverage unit is full of guys who don't know each other—and they're missing the backup players who take special teams to heart in the first place. Those backups are back home, watching on TV.
Nobody cares which team wins, either.
Football is fun to watch because of the superstars, but it's also fun to watch because of the role players. That blocking fullback who is 5-foot-9 –Rudy's long lost twin brother—is not invited to games like this. But he's the reason that running lane was always open for the all-world running back recruit on his high school team. That undersized linebacker with 200 tackles this year, the one who could only attract Division III offers? He's not going to be on TV this week either. In fact, he may have already played his last down of organized football—but he's also the one who helped his team get a state championship ring by shutting down the opposing offense with three BCS recruits.
Those are the sorts of things that make me roll my eyes when some talking head says this is the best display of high school football talent in America. I'd beg to differ, because while there are a bunch of shiny bricks playing on TV this week in the three major national all-star games, these games are missing a football team's mortar—and the result will be some ugly football, a bunch of bricks in a pile, actually.
There's no doubt we're going to see future NFL talent on the field this week in the national all-star games, it's just that they may not look like it at times because this isn't real football—it's reel football. As in highlight-reel football—the made-for-TV version that doesn't quite live up to real-life.


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The prevalence of epidemic encephalitis in acute and chronic forms has of necessity attracted the attention of many workers, as all fields of medicine are more or less encroached on by the multiform manifestations of this protean disease. This book deals with the points of contact with obstetrics. In the literature the author has found mention of 171 cases of acute encephalitis and twenty-three of the chronic form occurring during pregnancy or the puerperium, and he adds forty cases secured from hospital records. He admits that the conclusions to some extent are disappointing, largely negative, and partly vague. In a general way, pregnancy and the puerperium do not influence the susceptibility to the disease or its course and prognosis. Labor is usually painless, and the puerperium is sometimes modified by the occurrence of urinary retention. In early pregnancy miscarriage is uncommon, but premature labor is prone to occur with infections
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Mr., Mrs. James Joseph Kita are observing their 40th wedding anniversary Jan. 22, 2012.
They were married by the Rev. Gerald Wasko at Annunciation Church. They are members of St. Joseph the Worker Parish (Annunciation).
Mrs. Kita, the former Jeanette Marie McCloskey, is a native of Williamsport. She is the daughter of Robert E. Lewis, Williamsport, and the late Lillian (Marie) Lewis. She graduated from Williamsport High School in 1971 and is employed by Williamsport Regional Medical Center as a unit clerk in the emergency department.
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Mr. Kita, a native of Williamsport, is the son of the late Leona and John Kita. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1967 and received an associate degree in business management from the former Williamsport Area Community College, now Pennsylvania College of Technology, in 1969. He served in the Army from 1969 to 1971 and was stationed in Bad Kissinger, Germany, with the B Battery 2/41 Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division. He retired and works part time for ARAMARK as a central supply clerk.
They are the parents of a daughter, Tracy M., and a son, Jeffrey M., both of Williamsport.
In honor of their anniversary, a celebration dinner, hosted by their family and friends, was held at Mulberry Street Cafe. They also are planning a family cruise to the Bahamas in October.


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Sultry, soulful and strong touches of rocking rhythm and blues, riddled with a heavy down beat of bass. If that sounds cliche, I don't care. That is how I am going to describe the debut album "Til the Casket Drops" from artist ZZ Ward.
I feel like ZZ Ward could have easily dropped by Williamsport, done a small acoustic show and appealed to not only a crowd who loves the groove of a little hip-hop, but also to a crowd who loves the blues.
I fell in love with ZZ Ward's strong raspy vocals when I first heard "Put the Gun Down" on satellite radio. The music was so full of well-blended sounds and her vocals were so different and almost unique for today.
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I could easily hear this being played live, each instrument making its own independent sound but blending together with such a rhythm that I fell in love with it.
I was anxious to hear more.
I got the whole album, I ... love ... it.
If the first three tracks, title track "Til the Casket Drops," "Put the Gun Down" and "Blue Eyes Blind" don't draw you in, just push stop now.
"Blue Eyes Blind" is by far the best of the three. The chorus is catchy, the music is soulful, yet it has an aspect of hip-hop, which gives it a kind of new-blended sound.
"Home" has easily became one of the addictive songs of the album for me. I love the way it's written and love the music even more.
"Last Love Song" is a slower acoustic ballad. I tend to just skip ballads, but this one I can actually stand to listen to. Her methods that she puts into her writing and the meaning behind the voice makes the ballads worth listening to.
By far my favorite is "Move Like U Stole It." It will surely catch that part of your brain's attention that makes you kind of rock your body right to the rhythm. ZZ Ward shows her range of vocals, from a high note in the chorus to that raspy hold on words as she belts out the words.
Sometimes I find myself hitting repeat just to hear it one more time.
I am reminded of a strong blues message being told by ZZ on "Lil Darlin" featuring The O'Mys. You can feel the soul behind her voice. Don't believe me? Go to zzward.com and watch the live version. Amazing. She may be even be better live.
TV watchers may have heard her music on promos for "Pretty Little Liars" and in MTV's "Awkward."
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Voters were out early to vote in the primary elections in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
Here's an early voter in Manchester.
A polling location in Manchester.
Supporters line outside a voting location in Exeter.
Voters in Exeter.
Gubernatorial candidate Kevin Smith (R) getting ready to vote.
Gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan (D) casting her vote.
Gubernatorial candidate Ovide Lamontagne (R) casts his vote.
Supporters line up outside a polling location in Barrington.
Voters also hit the polls early in Raymond.
The Jackie Cilley campaign is all set up at Shaskeen.
Taking a quick lunch break at Jackie Cilley's campaign headquarters before the show begins.
The crew is now all set up at the Cilley campaign HQ.
Working at Jackie Cilley's watch party. Heather watches results as they come in.
Still quiet at Cilley campaign HQ as of 7:50 p.m.
Supporters and media start to gather at Jackie Cilley's watch party.
Crews are just setting up at Maggie Hassan HQ. They were delayed a bit because a business conference was going in this space until the afternoon.
The media set up for the watch party at Maggie Hassan's headquarters.
Maggie Hassan's headquarters began to fill up at around 8:30 p.m.
Setting up for a live satellite shot at Ovide Lamontagne's camp in Concord. Prep work for election night begins hours in advance (days really).
Ovide Lamontagne has left the building. He stopped by his party headquarters at Grappone Center in Concord with his wife Bettie to see the set-up.
The crowd started to trickle in at Ovide Lamontagne's headquarters in Concord at around 7 p.m.
From News 9's Jean Mackin: "One of my favorite people in the world preparing to sing 'God Bless America' at Lamontagne headquarters. Eleven-year-old Christopher Duffley from Manchester is blind, autistic and inspiring. He's pictured here with his friend."
Waiting for the candidate to arrive at Kevin Smith's campaign headquarters.
The scene from Smith campaign headquarters.
Ovide Lamontagne's communications director said his staff felt good about the numbers at around 8:15 p.m.
People packed into Ovide Lamontagne's headquarters before 8:30 p.m.
Supporters begin to pack Kevin Smith's headquarters.
Kevin Smith arrived at his campaign headquarters around 9 p.m. and spoke to supporters soon after.
Smith addressed the crowd around 9:10 p.m. He thanked them for support and said he was humbled. He congratulated Ovide Lamontagne and stressed the importance of unified Republicans.
At around 9:15 p.m., supporters at Ovide Lamontagne's campaign headquarters learned that opponent Kevin Smith conceded.
Christopher Duffley singing God Bless America at Ovide Lamontagne's campaign HQ.
Ovide Lamontagne's wife, Bettie, introduced her husband in front of supporters in Concord.
Ovide Lamontagne took the stage around 9:30 p.m.
Lamontagne said Kevin Smith accepted his invitation to join his team. He said "savor the moment" and use it as springboard toward general election.
Ovide Lamontagne and his wife Bettie tell us live on WMUR that this second time he's won the Republican nomination for governor (1996 was first), he has the life experience needed. He said the race starts in the morning.
Jackie Cilley conceded the primary election just before 10 p.m.
Maggie Hassan accepted her victory over Jackie Cilley in the Democratic primary election for governor around 10:10 p.m.
Kevin Smith and his wife Suzy watching News 9 election coverage.
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Two York County teens who tried to lure a group of young girls into their car told police it was just a prank.
Investigators in Carroll Township said five girls under the age of 11 were walking home from school in the 400 block of Woodland Drive in Dillsburg when two teens offered them candy to get into their car.
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A hoarding horror
- When her sister, Teresa, announces that something has to be done about their hoarding mother, Chloe flies home to Kentucky. With a therapist, they attempt to find their way through the labyrinth of their mother's hoard of stuff.Secrets come to light and the spirit that animates the house tests the bond between sisters in a fight to determine who is the enemy and who belongs.
- Title: Home: A Ghost Story
- Key Actors: Sarah Habel, Alexis Wolfe, Cullen Douglas, Barbara Kerr Condon, Kristen Rutherford
- Director: Justin Lerner
- Writer: Maureen McHugh
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How to Construct an Informative Presentation
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If fthe public school system works so well, how come must of us have forgotten so much of it?
You could also have done a comic about how your comics have four panels. It'd have been almost the same thing.
There is no part of this that isn't absolutely spectacular.
Hi again. Word missing in panel 2: THEN comes the body, or NEXT comes the body.
Who are these people you're addressing? (And shouldn't there be more of them if it's a presentation?)
But I thought; The details are unimportant!
@Dave: putting a 'then' or 'next' there is awkward. The full sentence is basically "After the intro comes the body", with embellishments. You wouldn't stick an extra word in that sentence.
This is not Grammar Poland.
How to comment on a superb webcomic. A comment has two parts. The first part is fear. The second part is surprise. The third part is ruthless efficiency... wait... hold on... I think I remember this from somewhere...
An excellent episode! Though I must say it's a disturbing reminder of some of the presentations I've endured at NASA :)
This time you've got a grammar nazi who needs to check his own grammar. You have the second panel worded and punctuated correctly and it will become wrong if you listen to DH. That should feel like revenge to you, revenge which is long overdue.
@davehaslett. Wrong. After the intro, ..., comes the body. Correct use of the language and of commas.....
AWESOME! My students will be looking at this when I assign them their next oral response.
I think the E in "educators" was probably supposed to be capitalized.
Ah, no adult left behind.
Sorry Dave Haslett but I do not agree that there is a word missing in the second panel. Remove the bit between the commas and the sentence reads "After the intro comes the body,...". Makes sense to me
Scott, why did you steal all the material of a half day course at my work?
Amazing. I literally just had to self-evaluate a paper a couple days ago before I turned it in, and I stated that my conclusion sucked, primarily because I have a personal bias as to their worth (i.e. there is none). I fully expect to get reamed for my honesty, but whatever. The truth shall not be quashed.
@Dave Haslett
There is no word missing.
"After the intro, where you told the listener what you're going to tell them, comes the body, where you tell them what you're telling them."
Cutting out the dependent clauses leaves you with: "After the intro comes the body."
@Dave: No, read it again.
If you were to omit the section between the commas, it'd be: "After the intro comes the body".
This is correct, as the clause "where you told the listener what you're going to tell them" is an adjective phrase modifying and explaining "intro".
It would be incorrect to say "After the intro then comes the body", or "After the intro next comes the body", as "next" and "then" would be prepositions modifying "comes", the verb describing what "the body" is doing, a purpose already served by the prepositional phrase "After the intro".
As "After the intro" contains no verb, it cannot exist as an independent clause, and, therefore, would not require a preposition to conjoin it to the rest of the sentence, and the suggested addition would be needlessly redundant.
Superb! i'm needing to construct a presentation for work, and now i have the basic instructions to do it!
A comment has three parts, a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The beginning of a comment has three parts, a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The beginning of the beginning of a comment has three parts, a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The beginning of the beginning of the beginning of a comment has three parts...
My presentation? "Grammar loons remind me why I don't read blog comments".
I may actually use this with my students. Probably not your intent!
A conclusion I can live without, but I hate presenters who don't tell me what they're going to talk about and leave me to figure out which bit of trivia in their meandering discussion is the point.
I've been to research presentations where a presenter talked for 45 minutes, then got asked, "What are you trying to explain, exactly?" (More formally, "What is your dependent variable?")
Also, I think we've done the "Dave Haslett, you're wrong!" point to death.
Ha! "The American Public School Method" is going on my list.
It reminds me of a quote relayed by Jerry Pournelle:
In 1983 the National Commission on Education, Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, wrote "If a foreign nation had imposed this system of education on the United States we would rightly consider it an act of war."
Dear god, why don't some of you people read the other comments? If you did you'd realize the issue has already been addressed multiple times. Now you've gone and made yourselves look just as reactionary and overzealous as the original, failed grammar-correcter.
If I were a teacher, I'd be pissed off right now. The only thing wrong with public education is that not enough money is being spent on brand spanking new buildings to teach in !!! Who is thinking about the children? What about the children? Doesn't anyone care about the children? They need to have the finest facilities or they can't get a quality education! Doesn't more money equal a better education? We need to raise school taxes more! Hire more administrators! We just have to have better football stadiums, nicer grass on the feld, and newer scoreboards! Ahhh, but I digress...
I better stop now.
1: Introduction
2: Body
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4: Conclusion!
The only change I'd suggest in the second panel is that "where" should be "in which."
Why is the guy with the belt holding the guy with the shirt's hand on panels 2 and 3?
I am starting to think we need basic instructions on avoiding a grammar flamewar :>
please hurry...
Wow! That's a whole lotta grammaring going on!
This resembles my classes in Portugal. It's understandable, with the US being a Portuguese colony and all. We share the same crappy education system.
The only thing this comments section needs is one more person telling Dave that his assertion that a word is missing is incorrect. I am that person. You're welcome.
I'm using this at my next Toast Master's presentation.
I cannot decide if this comic is saying the three-part presentation structure is good as long as you avoid tediousness; or the three-part presentation structure is always tedious and should be avoided despite conventional wisdom and your English teacher instructions.
This is awesome. I used to argur with my teachers about this."Why can't I just tell them?'
@Dave: There were more of them. The others were smart enough to run.
This is actually pretty close to the exact words the teachers used in my school.
I _hope_ that the folks posting grammar-godwins were unaware that the comments here are moderated, and posted before realizing that over 9000 versions of the same "correction" were already in the queue.
Enough with the commas, guys. As a professional editor, I hereby declare the comic correct in its grammar, punctuation, and syntax.
And as a teacher of writing, I hereby declare this comic the best in-class example EVER!
BizOp- charge five cents per comment, through paypal. Won't stop too many people- all the important comments (if only important to the poster) will still make it through. But if you implement this, you owe me...
So funny!! Thanks again! It's a really fun one to read out loud, too.


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Dispatches from the Fringe – #3
Laurence Mackin
Medea – so that's what all the fuss is about. This is a top-drawer cast and crew, in an accomplished production of one of the classics of Greek theatre that deliver a thoroughbred theatrical experience. Last night's performance looked to be a sell-out and it was always going to be one of the Fringe highlights. Writing in this paper's Arts pages, Peter Crawley said "The compelling, unsettling power of this Medea is that it folds beauty and horror into the same moment." He's not wrong.
The classics are always a difficult prospect. A few hours of your life will rarely seem longer than when you're trapped in a dark room with a poor adaptation of one of the Greek theatrical canons. That is not the case here, even if this is not a perfect production. The first half of the play drags its feet slightly; occasionally the script seems to run on a little, and it takes a while for the fury and the jealously to make its presence felt. But by the same token those new to the plot will have no problem staying abreast of the twists and turns.
Medea – Not your average family drama
The second half, though, is a furious, blood-letting riot that ends with some fairly spectacular menace and rage. Cartmell's direction is terrific, the final scene with Medea sphinx-like and up to her arms in her deeds, sends chills rattling down the spine as the plot and the set unfold their final tricks. An enormous amount is demanded of Eileen Walsh in the lead role, and she fills the role with bitterness and anger; Olwen Fouéré represents the women of Corinth, and there is something about her voice that makes it easy to forget there is anyone else in the room, on or off the stage.
This, then, is definitely one of the best productions in town. But, as I mentioned in yesterday's blog, it seems to sit strangely in the Fringe programme. The cast are almost all deeply familiar faces, as are the crew and production staff; this play would sit easily in the Abbey on an extended run or, more obviously, in the imminent Dublin Theatre Festival. It's wonderful that the Fringe has brought such a polished production to the stage, but it does seem to sit oddly among the other, more experimental theatrical offerings. Or maybe that's just me.
Over in the Project Arts Centre, meanwhile, Jerk was closing out its run, and by all accounts it's been surrounded with the kind of divergent audience reactions that are more familiar from the Fringe. The show is a re-imagining of a serial killer's crimes using puppets. There has been more than one ovation, but there has also been more than a few walk-outs – but given the subject material, you could wonder what people thought they were letting themselves in for. Peter Crawley was fairly unimpressed – he gave it two stars, saying that "Jerk is appropriately sickening but its effect carries no deeper meaning … If Jerk wishes to show that artificial means can draw genuine revulsion the point is well proven. But without insight or ethical responsibility, to what end?" Indeed, Peter has written a bit more in today's page about Jerk in the context of when it is polite to leave a show you truly abhor. So have you seen Jerk? Did you love it, or leave it before the final curtain? Let us know below.
Also on today's pages are my review of Cactus: The Seduction, Joono Katz's one-man comic tour de force that I reckon will be an audience favourite. Peter Crawley (the man is a reviewing machine) is left cold by what he sees as a missed opportunity by Diet of Worms and their play, Strollinstown. While Sara Keating finds the intensity and brevity of From The Heart hard to shake off. You can read these, and more of our Fringe coverage, here. Your thoughts, as ever, are welcome below. We might even reproduce them on tomorrow's Arts pages, so unsheathe your wit, Fringe fans.


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Sometimes I dream about video games. Sometimes I dream about them a lot, creating whole worlds of interactive madness while I sleep. I've had countless dreams about games that don't exist, I dream of playing them, being in them, living them, etc.
But sometimes I also dream about games that already exist. Last night I dreamed about Dark Souls. I dreamed that I won it.
This is of course, very far-fetched, as I'm still facing the Hydra in the Dark Root Garden. But in the dream, I finished the game, and started a new game plus.
The funny thing is I was disappointed in the ending. The ending wasn't an ending, but a rebirth. Nothing was solved. It was eternal recurrence, something that would happen over and over again.
But the interesting thing was, once I beat it, I gained control of a new character. The character had wings that sprung out of his back. The key was, when I pressed the block button, I would use my wings as a shield. This freed my hands to use a two-handed weapon, but still had the ability to block.
Oh, dream world, what wonders you present!
Anyway, that was the dream. Of course, my brother, the Dark Souls master, was also in the dream, and I pointed out my new awesome powers to him. He was flabbergasted.
In other news, my birthday is coming up on the 21st, and my mom asked me what I wanted as a gift. I thought about it. At first I considered splitting something big with her, like a new monitor, or a Vita, or something – but I decided I would save my money. I want to buy a new gaming PC in the next couple months, once I pay off my new Mac, and I've decided to cut my spending so I can afford such a thing. This will be a good year for PC gaming, plus I have all these games I bought during the Steam sale that I could play on my computer but might be nicer if I wait until I had a real machine.
Anyway, that's my plan. So I decided I'd go for a smaller birthday. What am I going to get? Two games: Far Cry 3, and Ni No Kuni. That should be a good birthday!
I really want to play Far Cry 3. I liked Far Cry 2 a lot despite its (huge) problems, and it seems like they fixed things up with the new one. I like my shooters to be open world and free, and it sounds just perfect.
Then there's Ni No Kuni. It comes out the day after my birthday, so it will be a late present, but a good present. I didn't play the demo, and I'm just taking it on a matter of faith that I will like it, but I love JRPG's, and I decided I need to support it no matter what.
As far as work goes, I didn't get much done yesterday, but I hope to be more productive today. I did clean up "Pych" a little, removing some art and adding some new art. It's nice to do a project where I do the art myself instead of relying on an outside artist… I'm going to purchase some royalty free images for this and do that for the assets, turning them into photocopied like pics.
Today I'm going to work on music for my vocalist Valerie, a Juliard graduate who resides in NYC. The stuff is 7/4 time, and really interesting, I'm pretty excited about it. But I want to finish the rough versions of these three tracks and send them to her today.
Finally, I'm sending over my Batman prologue to my artist Gisela today, and I have to clean that up a little. She's really a big Batman fan and excited about the project, which is great. She did Leucothoe for me, and I really respect her work. This should be an awesome team-up.
Anyway, that's it. I hope you all are well.


text: The Ladies Man :) by jbz 9/11/2012 | 1:11 61 Posted in News Tags:cute, victoria's secret, victoria's secret fashion show Related Bieber News Justin Bieber & Nash Grier matching little Ponytails [PICS] Justin Bieber Hides Behind MTV Trophies! Justin Bieber with a Cute Puppy! -PIC Cute-Overloaded: Justin Bieber Holding a Baby Toddler Comments Newer Comments » Jessica 9/11/2012 | 1:14 And again an exotic looking girl. What a surprise. Ha Ha. H 9/11/2012 | 3:00 That girl his kissing on the hand looks like she hasnt had any food in the last 12 months. Jeez! Mack Attack 10/11/2012 | 6:39 I was thinking the exact same thing Susie 13/11/2012 | 6:57 Oh.My.Bieber. Yeah! That is UNHEALTHY and not even attractive! LENA 9/11/2012 | 1:18 the girl looks anorexic Julie foster 12/11/2012 | 10:20 Well Duhh they are models. Susie 13/11/2012 | 6:57 yeah,super models who live off suger-free gum and diet coke!Ugh! essie j 9/11/2012 | 1:23 justin is so gorgeous 😀 and that lady is so lucky 😉 Jsha bieber 9/11/2012 | 9:05 I agree. MALLY GINA 10/11/2012 | 5:15 SHE IS I WISH I WAS HER IL_Jelena 9/11/2012 | 1:29 haa she is a luhkie girl!!! #Seriously nd idk if its just me.. (nd im not bein rascist.. i am puerto rican, black, and white (: ) butttttt.. jb doesnt rlly flock toward the white girls that much..?!?!!! juss noticed that! hahaa agin not being rascist ppl.. i luv everyone equally!! lmao #LuckyModelChick -Alyssa JB's swaggie 9/11/2012 | 3:34 he likes black and latino girls. Mrs.Bieber 9/11/2012 | 6:21 oh yeah im in there im black and im proud (but im not racist i love everyone equally and i dont look at anyone differently) inez 9/11/2012 | 1:31 BACK OFF JUSTIN OR I WELL BEAT YOU UP OK? GET IT BITCH Ashleydoyon 9/11/2012 | 1:39 Does anybody know wats goinq on between him&&Selena? Bieber Babe 9/11/2012 | 1:52 I was thinking same thing!!! always belieber 9/11/2012 | 1:59 ME2…. i am a proud belieber 9/11/2012 | 2:22 me 2 Mrs.Bieber~Malik~Styles 9/11/2012 | 2:56 im wonder ?_? Mrs.Bieber ;) 11/11/2012 | 10:34 They broke up! Ashleydoyon 9/11/2012 | 1:54 Hope they are together still ma room is full of them together:) always belieber 9/11/2012 | 1:56 Guys Justin Bieber has own decision if he wanted break up with Selena Gomez its alright if he wanted stay with her its okay……And if he date with Barbara so thats alright. We don't forced Justin Bieber ……………And his own life………We should support Justin Bieber always for our pure heart…… I LOVE THE JUSTIN BIEBER WHAT HE IS…….. Mrs.Bieber~Malik~Styles 9/11/2012 | 2:57 tru Belieber 4 life 9/11/2012 | 4:04 That's soo true I love him for him self belieber forever and hate one direction forever 10/11/2012 | 1:22 thanks all of y…………….. Ashleydoyon 9/11/2012 | 2:02 Barbara has a boyfriend already soo i knw there are not togther daughterofLordRauhl 9/11/2012 | 2:09 Lol- that's no surprise. That he's a ladies man, that is. That girl is lucky, but she looks like she needs to eat something. Look at her face. I don't know why, but I laughed when I saw the look on her face…. i am a proud belieber 9/11/2012 | 2:23 hhahahahahahaha yeah me too Ashleydoyon 9/11/2012 | 2:27 to be honest shes not Even that Pretty then selena is way prettier then that gurl i dnt think Justin Would cheated on her daughterofLordRauhl 9/11/2012 | 3:27 I didn't say that she was pretty, she looks like she hasn't eaten anything in 2 years. I don't think that Justin cheated on Selena either…. Original justin bieber 9/11/2012 | 2:31 Thanks for all coments:) Hey 9/11/2012 | 2:40 You guys got to see anther zone cuz no the didnot B up tit was a roumrs Ashleydoyon 9/11/2012 | 2:55 wats the site called? Mrs.Bieber~Malik~Styles 9/11/2012 | 2:55 He's a ladies man alright he stole my HEART 4EVA !!!! :* ummmmmmm……… yh i kno u dont wanna b fat But wat he heck i can c she flipping RIBS!!!! awell aleast she ge me him !!! hum 😀 LOVE YA BIEBER 31crushesincludingbieber 9/11/2012 | 2:57 omg that fat lady should go love on 1D and let me take her place cuz i am like seriously obbsessed with jb though nobody knows that! daughterofLordRauhl 9/11/2012 | 3:25 Actually she looks like she hasn't eaten anything in 2 years…. Bieberfever 9/11/2012 | 3:58 Don't cheat on Selena justin KAHANI 9/11/2012 | 4:27 i know right. today is there anniversary. i hope justin can make it up to selena. they have been together for THREE YEARS. EVEN THOUGH JUSIN IS A FLIRT. I DO THINK JUSTIN AND SELENA ARE SO MADE FOR EACH OTHER. ivan 9/11/2012 | 4:27 Justin looks better than some of those giraffes. He should have walked the runway-lol He's like the late Marlon Brando who also liked exotic types alexis 9/11/2012 | 5:00 i think he cheated. that girl has a boyfriend but she 19 and maybe the boyfriend is not around and selena is not in ny with him so he thought no one has a camera im going to the theater with the girl and maybe i get lucky tonight tipical guy.but he got caught red handed. Rue b 10/11/2012 | 5:15 Uhh wrong because he was with Barbara after selena and Justin were said to have broken up with was a week ago. And that the Fashion show was just now this week recorded when he even met Barbara. Then yesterday he went to see the lion king and the pics today and thats when everything started to blow out of proportions so its not like he got caught because IF they broke up he would have then met barbara after that so he didn't cheat. So yeah you can't just say that whem you don't know your self because its not right. And you can say I don't know neither because I don't. But he didn't cheat because would it be even possible to cheat on a girl you meet this week when you broke up with someone supposedly a week before. Yeah I don't think so. And know they're saying its because of trust issues and shit but I still don't believe it unless it came from justin or selena's mouth that they broke up. I don't listen to gossip shit that thy think they know everything. alison 9/11/2012 | 5:14 i think selena should be worried about that girl barbara. but i thought some here would be happy that they could break up. but i think this was not the way.if they broke up witch aparently is happening soon if selena found out now about this other girl. but as a girl i feel sad for selena in so many ways. Mrs.Bieber 9/11/2012 | 6:09 im not hating or nothing but damn ppl got to eat that girl dont have any meat on her bones you can see her ribs but she is really pretty swag swag swag on you! 9/11/2012 | 7:14 So skinny…..ouch…. BIEBER'S SHAWTY 9/11/2012 | 7:21 ok, datz girl need eat some food, even she's a model, im not trying to be mean or wat.. btw, ma Justin BIEBER always look adorable.. no matter wat… :D<3.. love Biebz sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much, <3 Sparkle 9/11/2012 | 7:43 She needs food, but she is pretty and justin kissed her hand. JELOUSE! Real sastika belieber 9/11/2012 | 7:45 ya!!! he is!!!! I LOVE U justin n yeah I STILL THINK he'll never cheat on Selena I LOVE THEM being together love JUSTIN LOVE JELENA MaliaBieber101 9/11/2012 | 7:53 Dang! You can see that girls rib cage! Lora 9/11/2012 | 9:41 Justin want selena look like those models Alisha 10/11/2012 | 12:19 Aww! She is so lucky. I already know that he is a ladies man, its not a big deal………he is looking so hot n sexy. <3 Jsha bieber 10/11/2012 | 12:22 U r right, he is looking beautiful. BieberForever 10/11/2012 | 11:36 so right toatly hot nadamrssbiebs 10/11/2012 | 1:38 omg so cute nada mrss biebs 10/11/2012 | 1:40 but plz guys i wanna any vedio!! iyana luvs justin bieber 10/11/2012 | 11:25 Ooooooo… go ahead and get u some JB Lol!! BieberForever 10/11/2012 | 11:36 I loveeeeeeeeeehimsooooooooooooooooooooooo Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!I want to meet him sooooooooo badly beyond! I want to be his girl for real!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hes the only boy i like and human being! I need himmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!1 I love you Justin always willl! Newer Comments »


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Tank Girl tanked. Born to Be Wild, born to bomb. Bye Bye, Love, bye bye.
Week after week this winter and early spring, the Hollywood studios have released new batches of movies, and week after week, with only a few exceptions, nobody went to see them. Ticket sales in March were at a five-year low, down 11 percent from last year, and year-to-date box office is down more than 10 percent from last year's totals.
Slump time has hit Hollywood hard. Only the Dustin Hoffman viral thriller Outbreak and the goofball '70s nostalgia trip The Brady Bunch Movie can qualify as out-and-out hits, and the list of releases that will recoup their production and marketing costs is a modest one indeed.


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- The oft-delayed 'I Love You Phillip Morris' has a new poster showcasing Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor's love.
- Yesterday there was a rumor going around that Guillermo Del Toro was set to direct Legendary Picture's 'Godzilla' relaunch. Today HitFix reached out to the 'Hellboy' director and confirmed that not only has no one ever approached Del Toro about the film, but that he doesn't ever even plan on reading the script for it.
- Joe Carnahan has just signed on at Endgame to rewrite and eventually direct 'Umbra,' a thriller that was intended as a Nicolas Cage vehicle last year but never got off the ground. Originally written by Steven Karczynski,'Umbra' has the vague premise of, "a man who finds an old cassette tape which reveals a horrifying secret."
- Angelina Jolie has been banned, temporarily, at least, from filming her (currently untitled) directorial debut in Bosnia until the nation's culture minister approves her script. The decision to block production was made after female victims of the Bosnian war protested to the proposed film's depiction of a Serbian man who falls in love with a Bosnian woman because it makes for "misleading history."
- People are already Photoshopping posters for the inevitable movie based on the Chilean miners:
- 50 Cent has just been given $200 million to make movies with. His production company, Cheetah Vision, will kick things off with 'Set Up,' a $20 million heist film starring Paul Walker.
- Heat Vision have an interesting story up chronicling the production of 'RED' and how (and why) Warner Bros. repeatedly passed up producing the film, which was ultimately brought to life by Summit Entertainment.
- If this marriage proposal at Comic Con doesn't make you smile, you are a person without the capacity for joy.
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Editor's Note: I met one of the guys behind GymJunkies.com out at a conference earlier this year. I thought it would be great if they were able to put together a guest post where they explained how you could get a good workout without spending much, or any, money at all. Here's a guest post on how you can get in shape without the help, or membership costs, of a gym.
This is a guest post from Vic Magary of GymJunkies.com . Vic does some pretty crazy workouts and shows you how to lose fat [3] with high intensity circuit training [4].
I'm fond of saying "getting in shape is simple, but simple doesn't always mean easy"…
While most trainers and diet pill companies are promising you an overnight fix or a magic bullet, I prescribe a different medication – short, but intense workouts coupled with a straightforward nutrition plan (none of that calorie counting bullshit). You'll start to see results in seven days. By the end of 31 days, family members might not even recognize you 🙂
How to Get in Shape Without a Gym
Globo-gyms across the world have lulled us into believing we need their fancy machines and treadmills to get in shape. Most of us end up spending the $49 per month membership fee only to never step foot in the gym. So I'm proposing an easier home and outdoor solution anyone can use to get a great workout.
These workouts are all designed to jack your heart rate through the roof. This accomplishes two things – it increases the amount of calories you burn while you're working out and your body continues to burn calories the next 18-48 hours after your workout. This is something long slow runs on the treadmill and elliptical machines just don't do.
How to Workout Outdoors
If you love the outdoors, or just need to get out of the office more often, outdoor workouts will really amp you up.
Here's an intense workout you can do in the park:
Workout 1
- Bodyweight Squat [5] – Do as many squats as possible in 20 seconds, then rest for 10 seconds. Repeat this cycle for 2 minutes.
- Find a tree or pull up [6] bar and do a pull up ladder. This means you do 1 pull up in the first minute, 2 pullups in the 2nd minute, 3 pullups in the 3rd minute and so on. See how many minutes you can go on for. If you can get in the 8-9 minute range you're in pretty good shape.
Workout 2
- Picnic Table Jumps [7] – Find a picnic table at your park and jump onto it as many times as you can in 20 seconds – take a 10 second rest after each 20 seconds and repeat this for 2 minutes. If you can't jump onto the picnic table, try making it easier by jumping on to the seat part. Or just find a wooden stump or bench that you can jump on to.
- Push Ups [8] / Plank Superset – Crank out as many pushups as you can in 30 seconds and then follow that by doing a regular plank for as long as you can. Do 3 sets of these.
Workout 3
- Do 100 burpees [9] for time. Bring your stopwatch or your cellphone and time how long it takes you to complete 100 burpees. If you are out of shape, start with 30 burpees. Return 2-3 weeks later and try the workout again, you'll see that your time will have improved (if you have been keeping up with your workouts).
- You can probably complete the 100 burpees in under 20 minutes. It'll make you wonder why you thought your 20 minute treadmill run was hard 🙂
You can get 8 more videos of home workouts [10] on my site here. [10]
How to Make Your Own Equipment
Remember in Rocky IV when Rocky trains for a fight against Ivan Drago by running in the snow, pulling a sled, sawing a log, moving rocks, and doing pullups in the barn? (if you forget, here's a video montage to remind you of American ingenuity [11]) Well, you can use that same creativity to supplement your workout.
If you want to throw some equipment into the mix, I highly recommend making your own. You can make a sandbag for under $20, and you'll be able to do every worthwhile exercise known to man.
Plus this "underground" style training is a lot of fun and just flat out makes you feel manly.
Here's a workout I did with some home equipment. This will give you some ideas…
What You Need To Do Now
Whether you have open space to workout in, or you are cramped up in your tiny one bedrooom apartment, there's NO EXCUSE for not getting in shape. I just gave you three workouts that can be done in under twenty minutes at your park.
Getting in shape doesn't have to be fifty minutes of boring cardio. Try something new, and keep your budget inline while doing it!
If you want more workout advice, come read my blog [12] or follow me on Twitter @gymjunkies [13].