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For anglers looking to cast a line in Leaser Lake in Lehigh Co., a little patience could go a long way.
Thursday night's Leaser Lake Heritage Foundation meeting held at the Lynn Township Municipal Building provided good news for those eager to see the massive rehabilitation project totally completed as they were told that things are on the right track.
"Obviously the construction is all done," said Carl Zvanut, vice chairman of LLHF, of the dam itself. While the dam was rebuilt on schedule, according to George White, president of the LLHF board, some portions were on back order, which have delayed the filling of the lake.
A survey is in the process of being submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Zvanut said.
"DEP has to approve the whole thing," Zvanut added.
The good news for antsy water enthusiasts and fishermen is that it looks like there will be water in the lake by next summer, Zvanut said.
"And if there is water in it by late spring, then they will start stocking trout based on a regular stocking plan," he added.
Does that mean fishermen can cast their lines hoping to craft some tall tales? Not quite.
"It will be open for fishing although there really won't be any fish to catch in the lake for probably several years," Zvanut said.
Leaser Lake is a 117-acre impoundment that that is managed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, according to LLHF committee members. It was built in 1971 by the PFBC.
The PFBC leases the public areas and the operation of them to Lehigh County. PFBC is responsible for the dam, which is located on the Jacksonville Branch of the Ontelaunee Creek. The entire upgrade project, which began in 2009, is slated to cost about $5.7 million, according to the PFBC.
After taking a few questions from audience members the meeting was adjourned.
The LLHF meets at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of the month at the Lynn Township Municipal Building.


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Movie shotgun question
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May 19, 2005, 09:36 PM
In the late 1980's Vietnam flick "Platoon Leader", one of the characters ("Roach", I think) uses a pump shotgun. It's been a while, but it looked like a Winchester 1200. Anybody recall this one?
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May 19, 2005, 10:53 PM
I thought it was a Ithaca 37. :confused:
I was probably too involved in the dialogue, the plot, the acting, to pay attention to guns. :D
May 19, 2005, 11:04 PM
I some what remember the movie but not what shotgun Sergeant Roach was carrying? I do remember the part where he did a combat load by inserting a shell in the open ejection port and quickly closing the action then firing. So it wasn't a Ithaca Mod 37 in that scene. He could of used one in the next few scences since Hollywood is not consistant when it comes to factual firearms accuracy. I need to rent this movie again soon........
May 19, 2005, 11:12 PM
inserting a shell in the open ejection port and quickly closing the action then firing. -
Good point, I forgot that scene, he sure did. Then later I recall the shells ejecting downward...didn't they???
The forearm I am remembering was the "rattail" like the Ithaca 37, the Model 12, some 97's. The 1300...humm...
Very well could have been a 1300 with that forearm and ability to load as he did.
Good question - making us think for sure. :)
May 19, 2005, 11:31 PM
I 'll have to watch the movie again now dammit. I may be wrong about this but think I read one time the Army had some old Stevens pumpguns in their inventory back then. Do know a friend of mine carried a Win model 97 at some times while there.
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May 22, 2005, 04:45 AM
The military used the Winchester model 12 for years due to it's ability to fire rapidly, not resetting the trigger between pumps. The old Ithaca model 37's were the same way. Just hold the trigger down and keep pumping. :evil:
May 22, 2005, 06:49 AM
Don't forget, this was a movie and the prop master and continuity guys easily fall asleep at the wheel, mix up gear, and then say, "Screw it. The audience won't know the difference anyway".
Easily could have been a Model 12 in one seen and a Ithaca in the next. Especially in such a high budget, high quality, award winner like "Platoon Leader". :D
May 22, 2005, 08:33 PM
It must have been a winnie 1200...it had that v-notch in the receiver, and 1300s I don't believe were yet in production...but like Gunsnrovers says...
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PENNSDALE - At Wednesday night's meeting, Muncy Township supervisors wrestled with issues brought on by construction of the new Blaise Alexander Chevrolet-Buick dealership and gas drilling activity in the area.
Sewer and water lines need to be dug along Alexander Drive, which is a township-maintained road and will provide access to the dealership.
"We need to get in writing that the county is reimbursing us for the rehabilitation and repairs on the shoulder there," Supervisor Thomas Schaech said. "I don't want Muncy Township holding the bag."
"We haven't had to do any maintenance on the road yet, because no one used the road," solicitor Garth Everett said.
While the dealership is being built, Blaise Alexander will pay $5,000 for excessive maintenance on a four-tenth-mile section of Griggs Road that will see heavy truck traffic.
A newly proposed gas main also was discussed during the supervisors' planning session.
UGI Penn Natural Gas has submitted a plan to the state Department of Environmental Protection that calls for a 12-inch steel gas main that runs over eight miles, from Quaker Church Road to the proposed Moxie-Patriot power plant in Clinton Township.
The proposed main will be buried and run under Interstate 180 and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
In other business, supervisors accepted the $657,477 no-tax-hike budget proposed at their November meeting.
Police Chief Chris McKibben reported that "almost everything we've handled this month has been mall-related."
The supervisors accepted the resignation of auditor Esther Lauchle and appointed Danielle Baum to fill out her term.
Muncy Township's next supervisors meeting is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at the fire hall, 261 Village Road.


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Back to wet, cool and possibly a winter similar to the last
That's it – nine days of summer. The nine days of over 80 degree temperatures in September look like the best we'll get this year.
"Looking at the maps, the large scale maps over the hemisphere, things have really changed. We've gone from a summer-type pattern to a much more winter-like pattern," Cliff Mass told KPLU's Keith Seinfeld in this morning's weather report. "The Jet stream is really strengthening and the storm systems are moving south. "
Today's weather will be partly cloudy with not much rain and even some sun breaks with temperatures in the 60s (which is the return of our normal fall- and winter-like temperatures), predicts Mass, University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences.
Tomorrow a weak front comes in and there could be considerable clouds on the whole western side of Washington and Oregon with temperatures getting up into the mid 60s andn even some scattered showers.
"Not a terrible day but not a great day," he said.
The "real weather" comes in on Sunday
Probably in the morning, said Mass, we'll see the strongest weather system we've had in a while.
"Light to moderate rain over the whole region. Clouds. So it will be like a winter-type storm with extensive precipitation and clouds," Mass said.
Monday and Tuesday are slightly nicer, but then more storms by Wednesday or Thursday.
This is a hint of what the National Weather Service is modeling for the winter: another La Nina. That means colder, wetter and more snow ... like last year.
You can get the full rundown on the La Nina predictions on Mass's blog.
The general consensus is this coming year's La Nina pattern will be weaker than last year but wet and cool all the same. (That's in contrast to the El Nino pattern of warmer weather.)
The weekly KPLU feature "Weather with Cliff Mass" airs every Friday at 9 a.m. immediately following BirdNote, and repeats twice on Friday afternoons during All Things Considered. The feature is hosted by KPLU's Health and Science reporter Keith Seinfeld. Cliff Mass is a University of Washington Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and renowned Seattle weather prognosticator.


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One day several years ago, a couple parked in the driveway to the Neal family home in Fruitport village, got out of their car and walked up to the front door.
The man was insistent on meeting with Stephen Neal and so he invited the couple into the house. This was long before Neal was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so he was in excellent health.
Sue Neal, Stephen's wife, watched with more than a bit of curiosity. Mrs. Neal, though, was not invited into their discussion, which Stephen admitted later was about the man wanting to thank him for saving his life in Vietnam.
Sue remembered what the man said: "If Steve hadn't saved his life, he wouldn't be here now."
After about three hours, the couple left, but they asked to return so their children could meet the man whose courage that day in a far-off Southeast Asia jungle was the reason for their very existence.
As Sue Neal remembers it, Stephen Neal wasn't having any part of a return visit.
In fact, he was slightly annoyed they had come to see him at all.
He wasn't angry, Sue told me a few days after Stephen's funeral.
"He just felt the visit was unnecessary. Steve wasn't ashamed of his service. He was proud of it," Sue said. "But Vietnam was something he didn't want to relive. Saving that man's life, Steve felt, was just something that had to be done. He didn't want any thanks. He knew that someone else would have done it for him."
Sue, Stephen's daughter Jaime, his youngest son Joshua, and a few other family members and friends all agreed that was vintage Stephen L. Neal.
Vietnam was something that happened in Stephen Neal's distant past, and that was where he wanted it kept buried.
They understood. For as long as a year after Stephen Neal returned from his tour of duty, the lights had to be left on at night. When awakened with anything but a gentle nudge, he flew out of bed, arms flailing. Vietnam was always lurking in the dark.
Roughly a year before our nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of Vietnam's active military phase, the war finally got Stephen L. Neal. The family believes prolonged exposure to the deadly defoliant "Agent Orange" killed him.
But Stephen Neal's long illness, culminating in his death on May 10, resulted in the family rediscovering his obscure war past.
The medals and ribbons attached to the breast of his uniform jacket, the cryptic ink drawings and names on his helmet cover, and recently found citations for bravery under fire, are all part of the emerging story of an unknown part of this man's life.
Three Bronze Stars, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, a purple heart, the Army Commendation Medal for Heroism (with the coveted "V" for Valor device) -- these are just the few awards that are known.
Each new bit of metal adds more to the story of the quiet man who tried to forget war in order to protect his own family from its terrible memories.
This Memorial Day, spare a few thoughts for Fruitport's Sgt. Stephen L. Neal (1948-2013), a proud member of Company C, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, an unsung hero of the Vietnam War.


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A Harris County sheriff's deputy shot and injured a suspected robber who made a move for a pistol, Houston police said.
The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Thursday after a sheriff's deputy was flagged down by someone who reported an armed hold-up inside Loan Star Title Loans along Uvalde at Halifax. The deputy then called for backup, Houston police said.
HPD officials said two deputies covered the front of the building while two others were in the back.
A worker ran out and said three robbers were in a back room. The deputies who had been in front went into the building and commanded the men to come out and show their hands, HPD officials said.
One of the suspect robbers, wearing a mask and armed with a pistol, came to the doorway of the back room. Fearing for his safety, one of the deputies fired at him but HPD officials believe he missed. The armed robber then ducked back inside the room.
The other deputies then went into the store. They again gave several commands for the men in the back room to come out and show their hands, Houston police said.
The suspects yelled out they were lying on the floor but wouldn't come out.
The deputies went into the back room and saw the three men. A deputy fired when one of them moved toward a pistol on the ground, HPD said.
One of the deputies then fired, striking the suspect. He was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
The deputies were not injured.
Sheriff's officials said one of the deputies who fired is assigned to the parks division and has been with the agency for 15 years. The other is a patrol deputy who has been with the Harris County Sheriff's Office since 2003.
Houston police detectives are investigating because the shooting happened within city limits. The Harris County Sheriff's Office and the Harris County District Attorney's Office also are investigating.


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>> No, there is not. A default install of Slackware does indeed include
>> iptables. A default install of Slackware indeed does *NOT* include
>> any packet filter rules enabled by default. In other words, it
>> does not provide any "firewall" by default.
> That doesn't make much sense, considering how simple a basic firewall
> turns out to be.
It makes perfect sense. If you want a distribution that will
immediately setup everything for you and give you the warm and fuzzies,
Slackware isn't for you.
I'm going to disagree again with how "simple" a "basic" firewall is.
After all, just what is a "basic firewall" anyhow? Is it something to
give you a false sense of security on your desktop? Is it something to
prohibit any inbound traffic? Is it something to do port forwarding
and Network Address Translation? Hint: there is no such thing as a
"basic firewall". Every person has different needs, and a good bit of
people don't need any firewall at all. Hell, the majority of my
Slackware systems don't have any firewall rules loaded.
> And how necessary the experts think it is.
Just who are these so-called experts exactly? Are these the same
people that recommend a firewall for the simple reason that it is a
"security feature"? Do these experts even know what your LAN looks
like? Do they know if your system is behind another firewall? Do they
know what services if any you want to offer? Do they know if you want
to forward packets for nodes behind your machine? Beware anyone who
claims to be a "security expert". Most of these people are nothing but
marketing idiots with canned "solutions" in search of a problem.
Anyone who promises to give you a generic tool that will enhance your
security should be carefully scrutinized. Most of these people are
selling snake-oil, or hauking refrigerators to eskimos.
> If a firewall is considered to be optional by Slackware, why not
> just leave iptables out of the basic install and save the diskspace?
Good point! Let's ditch apache since it isn't turned on by default as
well. What about openvpn or samba, neither of which can be quickly
turned on because they lack a config file (samples however, are
provided)? X doesn't run by default, so we can throw it away, along
with xap/, kde/, and kdei/. Pretty soon we'll have Slackware back down
to a single CD, with source code!
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Serum testosterone
A testosterone test measures the amount of the male hormone, testosterone, in the blood. Both men and women produce this hormone.
The test described in this article measures the total amount of testosterone in the blood. Much of the testosterone in the blood is bound to a protein called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Another blood test can measure the "free" testosterone.
A blood sample is taken from a vein. The best time for the blood sample to be taken is between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. A second sample is often needed to confirm a result that is lower than expected.
The health care provider may advise you to stop taking medicines that may affect the test.
You may feel a slight prick or sting when the needle is inserted. There may be some throbbing afterward.
This test may be done if you have symptoms of abnormal male hormone (androgen) production.
In males, the testicles produce most of the testosterone in the body. Levels are most often checked to evaluate signs of low testosterone such as:
In females, the ovaries produce most of the testosterone. The adrenal glands can also produce too much of other androgens that are converted to testosterone. Levels are most often checked to evaluate signs of higher testosterone levels, such as:
Note: ng/dL = nanograms per deciliter
The examples above are common measurements for results for these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different specimens.Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Increased testosterone levels may be due to:
Decreased testosterone may be due to:
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THERE will be plenty of great music, banter and laughter on offer at the annual Bromsgrove Folk Festival which takes place from next Friday (July 11) to Sunday (July 13) at The Bowling Green Inn, Shaw Lane, Stoke Prior.
The event, part of the bigger Bromsgrove Festival, gets underway on Thursday night (July 10) from 8pm to 11pm at the pub with the traditional pre-Folk Festival Singin', Suppin' and Session. As well as performances at The Bowling Green, all ages and all genres are more than welcome to the acoustic open mic session in the mini marquee.
Next Friday (July 11), there will be the Bromsgrove Folk Festival Friday Night Concert at The Bowling Green. Sets from Fairfield, Granny's Attic, Mike Silver, Richard Digance and Blackbeard's Tea Party will provide plenty of great entertainment.
Tickets (unallocated seating) start from £20.
Next Saturday (July 12), Kim Lowings and the Greenwood, Anthony John Clarke, Abie's Miracle Tonic, Dougie Maclean and Seize the Day offer a varied line-up at The Bowling Green Inn from 7.30pm to 11.30pm. Tickets (unallocated seating) start at £22.
On the Sunday morning (July 13), there will be the Morning Walk: Singin' and Suppin', dance demonstrations, the World Dry Foam Flinging Championships and mini marquee entertainment from 10am.
Then, between 2pm and 5pm there will be performances by 'Fairfield and Friends' to bring the curtain down on what should be a fantastic festival.
For those wanting to take in the whole festival, there is camping available and full weekend tickets (excluding camping) are £39.
All tickets are available from www.artrix.co.uk or by visiting www.bromsgrovefolkclub.co.uk/festivaltickets.html
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By Devin Steele
WASHINGTON, DC A newfound sense of optimism seemed to pervade the second annual meeting of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), which concluded here May 19.
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez addresses members of the NCTO, including Andy Warlick, CEO of Parkdale Mills, Inc., Gastonia, NC.
About 50 members met with purpose and resolve inside the Beltway, and many were rather upbeat about prospects for a healthier domestic textile manufacturing base.
Less than two weeks after voting to formally support the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), NCTO delegates saw a few positive signs emerge during their annual meeting, particularly as it relates to the Bush Administrations addressing industrys concerns:
NCTO President Cass Johnson, along with representatives of the National Cotton Council and other groups that have endorsed DR-CAFTA, met President Bush at the White House on May 17 to discuss the trade deal;
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez spoke to the group during its dinner program that night;
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman met privately with NCTO board members early that evening to bring them up to date on three issues of industry concern with the DR-CAFTA; and
the U.S. government announced earlier that day that it would impose safeguards on four more textile and apparel product categories of China imports, five days after approving three safeguard cases.
If you think were making progress now, just imagine what could happen, said Allen Gant Jr., outgoing NCTO chairman and president and CEO of Glen Raven, Inc., Glen Raven, NC, telling members at the conclusion of its business session. What Im suggesting to you is that if this industry finds a way to get closer together and stand together on strategic issues and were prepared to do the heavy lifting, I think the skys the limit.
Were the only ones who stand in the way of our coming together with Congress and the administration to make this industry much, much, much stronger than it is today. Now, we can choose to walk through that door or we can choose not to.
On hand for the meeting were representatives of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) and the National Textile Association (NTA), two groups that oppose the DR-CAFTA and expressed disappointment that NCTO had voted to endorse the pact.
We asked them to be here because we want everybody to understand whats at stake by not being on the train with us, Gant told STN.
But it will take more than just one disagreement to keep the allied organizations at odds, according to Auggie Tantillo, executive director of AMTAC.
We are continuing to work together on as many issues as possible, Tantillo said. China obviously is a significant one, where we see completely eye to eye.
Audience members listen to a presentation during the general business session.
I believe weve accomplished a lot over the last two years, he added. Well continue to keep that in mind. On CAFTA, well go our separate ways, but it is important for us to try to find a common ground on those other issues.
Likewise, Karl Spilhaus, president of the NTA, called NCTO members friends and said his group plans to continue to work with them, despite differences on the trade deal.
This is why there are different organizations, because youre going to have different interests, he said. Our position has been consistent on CAFTA since the deal was finished, and we havent seen anything to convince us to change it. CAFTA is a back door for a hell of a lot of Chinese fabric and hitting right at our members interests.
Strides the groups have made together cannot be overlooked, he added. I give Allen Gant and NCTO a lot of credit for what theyve accomplished on the safeguards, Spilhaus said. You cant take that away from them.
Noticeably absent from the proceedings was Roger Chastain, CEO of fabric maker Mount Vernon Mills, Greenville, SC, one of the dissenters on the DR-CAFTA vote who resigned from the NCTO board after the decision.
NCTO concluded the meeting with a full day of Congressional lobby appointments on Capitol Hill.
The council also issued a release at the end of the meeting indicating that several other industry organizations have jumped on board with the DR-CAFTA.
NCTO Vice President Missy Branson updates members on various trade issues.
The coalition, said to represent more than $100 billion in annual U.S. textile sector production and sales, includes the NCTO and the NCC, along with the American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA), the American Textile Machinery Association (ATMA), the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) and INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry.
Despite concerns over several troublesome provisions in the agreement, the groups said they urge the U.S. Congress to endorse DR-CAFTA without delay, to make available its broad array of export benefits for the American textile sector as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, AMTAC, NTA and two other groups representing the industry and organized labor issued a release reiterating their opposition to the DR-CAFTA.
Calling the proposed deal, a job killer just like NAFTA, AMTAC, NTA, UNITE HERE and the Domestic Manufacturers Committee of The Hosiery Association (DMC-THA) urged Congress to defeat DR-CAFTA and prevent its loopholes from destroying a substantial portion of the U.S. textile industrys exports to Central America and the Dominican Republic.
In his remarks to the group, Gutierrez applauded NCTO for its courage and foresight in endorsing the DR-CAFTA and said the administration recognizes that support.
Your support of CAFTA comes at a crucial time, he said. As you know the president has expressed his commitment to free and fair trade. This is a difficult time for free trade because its something that we know needs to be managed. And we know that long term its needed. Opening up markets and promoting free enterprise and competing on the basis of ideas and innovation is the kind of future that wed like to see.
The administration is extremely serious about pursuing your concerns, he added. I believe that weve built a foundation for trust and cooperation. We dont take that lightly. We want to continue to build on that.
Regarding his meeting with Bush, Johnson said he was struck by his passion on the DR-CAFTA issue.
He talked about security concerns, he said. He talked about the importance of nurturing these emerging democracies. It was clearly heartfelt. In fact, he said, I know I say that a lot of things are important, but this one is very, very important to me.
WASHINGTON, DC In rulings five days apart, the U.S. government approved a total of seven safeguard cases against China-made textile and apparel products.
On May 18, the Bush Administration imposed safeguards on four categories manmade fiber trousers, manmade fiber knit shirts, woven shirts and combed cotton yarn. Those threat-based cases were filed by industry groups in October.
Less than a week earlier, safeguard measures were announced on three apparel categories cotton trousers, cotton knit shirts and underwear that represent more jobs in the domestic textile industry than any other.
A self-initiated review was begun in April by the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), an interagency panel chaired by the Commerce Department.
For the second time in a week, this administration has acted to save thousands of textile jobs that are at immediate risk from subsidized Chinese imports, said Cass Johnson, president of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO). As a result, thousands of our workers will rest easier tonight knowing their jobs are no longer at risk from Chinas unfair trade practices. This industry again expresses its sincere grateful for the unprecedented speed with which the government has acted.
According to the U.S. Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), through April, the volume of U.S. imports from China had surged:
287 percent in manmade fiber trousers;
364 percent in manmade fiber shirts;
293 percent in non-knit shirts;
78 percent in combed cotton yarn;
1,505 percent in cotton trousers;
1,346 percent in cotton shirts; and
347 percent in cotton and manmade fiber underwear.
The unprecedented surge of Chinese imports imperiled tens of thousands of jobs, leaving the U.S. government no choice but to act, Auggie Tantillo, executive director of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC). Anticipating Chinas surge, the U.S. textile industry began pursuing threat-based safeguards on these categories in the summer of 2004. These safeguard approvals validates that work.
With approval of the safeguards, the growth of Chinese exports to the United States will be limited to 7.5 percent when the U.S. government sends China an official diplomatic cable requesting consultation on this matter.
The United States and China then have 90 days to consult and try to reach an agreement on limiting the growth of Chinese exports to the United States in these categories. If no agreement is reached, the U.S. can maintain the 7.5 percent growth limit through the end of calendar year 2005.
This fast action by the government saves U.S. jobs, Johnson said. Given the enormous surge from China more than 1,500 percent in cotton trousers China would have caused enormous U.S. job losses if the government had not made a quick decision. Based on current Chinese export trends, Chinese quotas could have been as much as 19 times their 2004 trade levels if the government had not moved quickly.
Unfair trade practices like export tax rebates, non-performing loans, currency manipulation and other subsidies fuels Chinas export surge, Tantillo added. Failure by the U.S. government to discourage these practices would make a mockery of Americas free markets.
The U.S. textile industry six other additional safeguard cases pending on other critical categories, Tantillo said.
We urge the U.S. government to approve them under the fastest timetable allowed by the safeguard procedures, he said.
The U.S. textile industry has been reviewing the data of U.S. imports from China in other categories, he added. Several of them are ripe for safeguard filings and the U.S. textile industry will act soon.
The National Cotton Council also applauded the ruling.
The decision to utilize safeguards is authorized by the agreement, appropriate under the circumstances, and should enable the U.S. textile industry to better adjust to this competition, NCC President and CEO Mark Lange said. While the safeguard authority is temporary and is based on current levels of trade, it is an important tool the administration can use to help improve the trade imbalance that currently exists in textiles and apparel.
By Mac Isaacs
GREENVILLE, SC As the GTP/Picanol Open House drew to a close here on May 12, a textile executive was overheard telling another: This was quite a show.
More than 200 people attended an open house at GTP/Picanol on May 12 in Greenville, SC. Presenters at the event included (L-R) Phillip Gilliland, manager of quality, GTP Greenville Accessories Div.; Jan Laga, vice president, weaving machines & services, Picanol Group; Jim Thomas, president, GTP Greenville; Patrick Steverlynck, chairman, Picanol Group; and Jan Maes, international sales manager, Picanol Group.
Attendees gathered in a large room at GTP Greenville, and learned from Jim Thomas, president, GTP Greenville, that they were sitting in a room where Steel Heddle once turned out 45,000 quills and 4,000 shuttles each day.
How times have changed. While Steel Heddle now operates as part of GTP Accessories, it concentrates its manufacturing efforts on heddles, drop wires, dents and reeds.
It has been the constant change in the industry that has demanded innovative strategies, according to Patrick Steverlynk, chairman of the Picanol Group. The grandson of the companys founder said, We must be open to collaboration, and we must consider alliances that span from machine manufacturer to weaver. It was in this respect that we founded GTP (Global Textile Partner) and acquired Steel Heddle. Today we employ 300 people in Greenville.
The Picanol Group consists of two divisions: Technologies; and Weaving Machines & Services.
Jan Laga, vice president of Weaving Machines & Services, said his division includes the entire sales process, using the CRT system Customer Relations Teams. The division also handles after market sales and support. The Weaving Machines & Services Division markets six weaving machines in two insertion types air jet and rapier.
The company manufactures machines in three locations:
in Ieper, Belgium (also company headquarters), Picanol manufactures the GamMax rapier machine, introduced at ITMA 2003, and the new OMNIplus 800 air jet launched at the May 12 event;
at the Gunne, Germany, facility, the company manufactures the OMNIplus TC air jet for tirecord and the TERRYplus air jet for terry toweling; and
in China, the company produces what Laga calls mid-level machines the GTXplus rapier and the Olympica air jet.
That more than 200 people attended this event is indicative of a number of factors:
the industry in the U.S. is not dead;
those who have survived crave new technology; and
the U.S. textile industry has a deep respect for Picanol machines.
And it was clear that the main drawing card for the crowd of textile men and women was the OMNIplus 800 air-jet weaving machine. Jan Maes, longtime international sales manager for the Picanol Group, provided the details.
The machine, based on the past, is clearly built for the future. The past, according to Maes, capitalizes on Picanols 25 years of air-jet technology experience and expertise and capturing the major features of the OMNIplus introduced in 2000. The future, Maes said, is the machine was built with three goals speed, quality and flexibility.
Visitors watch the wide OMNIplus 800 air-jet weaving machine producing a sheeting fabric during the GTP Greenville/Picanol open house.
And the three roads toward these goals are performance, quality and modularity.
We have designed this machine to serve all segments from the mass producer to the high-end players, from the small to the big-sized plant, Maes said.
The robust machine is blue and gray instead of the traditional Picanol green. You can weave up to 160 in. in width, a 15 percent increase over previous models.
We have paid real attention to tubing and cabling, Maes said.
The machine comes with Picanols SUMO motor, of which 60,000 are operating in the market.
Flexibility is a key to the new machine. It has a harness-driven modular design. The cambox, dobby and jacquard are all interchangeable, should future requirements change. It can operate with single- or double-loom beams. A top beam can be added if needed for styles containing ground warps. The selvage device is independently driven. Mechanical or air tuckers can be added.
Picanol was the first company to include a microprocessor on its weaving machines. And its experience and expertise clearly show on this machine. The electronic and pneumatic controls are ergonomically placed on the insertion side of the machine.
Picanol does not introduce new technology to the market frivolously. And its experience with the launch of the OMNIplus 800 was no exception. The company ran trials for one year at four plants on 14 machines in eight executions. And in most cased, data could be compared to older OMNIplus machines.
Maes shared some of the results:
a German plant achieved 21 percent better performance on air consumption on similar styles;
a plant producing filament fabrics obtained 15 percent more performance on comparable styles;
in France, a plant producing sheeting-like fabrics in 2- and 4-color versions achieved 16 percent more performance; and
in Belgium, a plant weaving jacquard mattress ticking obtained 14 percent better performance in air consumption and speed.
Steve Brown, sales manager, GTP Greenville, also discussed the new GamMax rapier machine. It is available in 190-380 cm widths. New rapier widths include 210, 230, 320 and 360 cm. It uses the same SUMO motor as the OMNIplus 800 and can now operate with up to 12 colors.
Attendees were also treated to demonstrations of the machines:
the 75-inch GamMax produced an 8-color filament style with various fillings ranging from Ne 80 cotton to 1,000-den polypropylene chenille. Speed changed from 570 to 630 rpm on the fly depending on the filling being inserted.
an OMNIplus 800 340 machine with air tuckers produced a satin stripe sheeting at 700 rpm or 2,800 mpm weft insertion. The machine was weaving an Ne 50 cotton warp and Ne 80 cotton filling, inserting four picks at one time; and
another OMNIplus 800, 220-cm wide, demonstrated production of denim at 1,200 rpm. Yarns were Ne 8 cotton warp and Ne 10 cotton filling. Even though the machine was not bolted down, there was no vibration.
Quite a show.
LUBBOCK, TX Scientists from The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University on April 4 unveiled a newly developed fabric used to protect against biological and chemical agents.
Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R) discusses the importance of the new fabric with fabric developer Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech during the news conference.
The nonwovens fabric was developed by scientists with the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats, a research program within TIEHH.
Although research and development began in 1999, this innovative product will be an asset to homeland security efforts in a post-September 11 environment, according to product developers.
Once again Texas Tech has proven itself to be a leading research institution by developing this innovative and necessary product, said U.S. Congressman Randy Neugebauer, who was on hand for a press conference announcing the development. This new fabric will protect our troops on the battlefield, as well as Americans here at home against biological and chemical warfare.
The fabric possesses several qualities that make it a unique product, according to TIEHH researchers. Soft and non-corrosive, the fabric can be used as a wipe to remove dangerous contaminants from surfaces ranging from human skin to fighter planes.
The fabric can absorb toxic chemicals and pesticides, according to developers. The product could also be used as a lining in a protective suit.
The wipe is constructed using nonwoven technology, which is much more cost effective than the more conventional, woven alternative, they added.
By developing this product, TIEHH is meeting the specific needs of todays military, as expressed in a 2004 report published by the Department of Defense. In this report, DoD called for products such as the one developed by TIEHH to be a part of its Decontamination Science and Technology Strategy.
TIEHH has tapped into a local resource in developing the fabric as cotton is one of the primary components.
This innovative use of cotton carries the added benefit of creating a new market for West Texas cotton growers, according to Seshadri Ramkumar, the researcher at the institute who developed the fabric.
Texas Tech recently licensed Hobbs Bonded Fibers, a Waco, TX-based company, to market the fabric. Negotiations with government officials could begin within a couple of months, according to Carey Hobbs, the companys CEO.
Neugebauer worked to secure $3.75 million through the Defense Appropriations Bills for FY 2004 and 2005 in order to fund the Zumwalt Program.
The project was made also possible through funding by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, Cotton Incorporated, Texas Food and Fibers Commission and the Cotton Foundation.
News of the technology also gained notice during the recent INDEX05, the worlds largest congress on nonwovens. The trienniel event, organized by the European Disposable and Nonwovens Association (EDANA), attracted more than 12,000 visitors to Geneva.
Though Texas Tech did not participate in the show, a news article about the TTU-TIEHH nonwovens wipe was published in the INDEX05 Daily News in conjunction with the event.
WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND Saurer has stepped up its presence in the nonwovens market with this months 100 percent purchase of Austria-based Fehrer Group, a deal that came on the heels of its April acquisition of Kortec GmbH of Germany.
Fehrer ranks among the top worldwide suppliers of needlepunching machines for the nonwovens and textile industry. Fehrer, which employs about 180 people, also manufactures carding lines with the aerodynamic web-forming principle and DREF friction spinning machines.
In 2005, sales of about 30 million euro is expected to be achieved. Besides machine production, a considerable portion of sales turnover stems from the worldwide services and spare parts business.
Saurer became a supplier to the nonwovens industry with the development of spinning components through its Neumag business unit. With the acquisition of U.S.-based Ason, Neumag began to supply turnkey machines in the spunbond segment.
Through Danish company M&J Fibretech, its competence in nonwoven manufacturing with airlaid processes i.e. the manufacturing of nonwovens out of short fibers such as pulp was further developed.
With their majority participation in Autefa, Saurer then covered the field of cross-laying. Together with the acquisition of Fehrer, the portfolio now includes the main elements for producing carded nonwovens from long fibers.
Saurers acquisition of Fehrer gives the company access to new market segments such as automotive, carpets and geotextiles.
Kortec is a leading supplier in festooning technology, which is a laying method for bulky and/or elastic strip materials. It enables space-saving plaiting-down, particularly for bulky nonwoven strips.
The buyout of Dr. Ernst Fehrer AG of Linz, Austria still has to be approved by certain regulatory commissions.
CARY, NC INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced new leadership of its International Trade Advisory Board (ITAB).
Serving as co-chairs for the ITAB will be Gonzalo Castro of Cardinal Health and David Ford of BBA Fiberweb.
In announcing this change, INDA President Rory Holmes noted, International trade is a critical issue for the global nonwovens industry and we are confident that Gonzalo and David will lead the ITAB in its efforts to ensure that trade is conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
By selecting one chair from the segment of INDA members who produce nonwoven roll goods and a co-chair from the segment of INDA members who convert nonwoven roll goods into finished products, ITAB leadership will represent a broader spectrum of the nonwovens industry.
Now that Castro and Ford have agreed to serve as co-chairs, ITAB members will be asked to develop a formal set of operating procedures spelling out the groups mission, policies regarding meetings, leadership succession, consensus building and other areas of industry interest.
CARY, NC Nonwovens and consumer products companies from around the world will once again be competing for the industrys most prestigious recognition as the nomination process for the 2006 Visionary Award opens on June 1.
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, which sponsors the annual award, will be accepting nominations through Sept. 1. The award recognizes consumer end products that utilize nonwoven fabrics or employ nonwoven technology during their manufacturing process.
For more information, call 201-612-6601 or visit www.inda.org.
ENFIELD, CT Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. (STR), based here, one of the leading quality-assurance testing and compliance monitoring companies in the world, announced that its UK operation, STR Ltd. (UK), acquired the textiles testing business of the British company Precision Processes (Textiles) Ltd. (PPT).
Founded in 1944, Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. has grown into a full-service, privately owned consumer product quality assurance testing and compliance monitoring company, with fully accredited laboratories and inspection offices in more than 30 countries.
Established in 1953, PPT is a provider of textile QA services, principally in the United Kingdom, but with an increasing international profile.
PARIS Rhodia and Snia, each holding a 50 percent interest in their Nylstar joint venture, signed a letter of intent with RadiciGroup to establish an alliance between their respective businesses Nylstar for Rhodia and Snia, RadiciFibres for RadiciGroup in the textile fibers area.
That area includes polyamide, polyester, elastane and acrylic.
The new venture will mostly be owned by RadiciGroup. Rhodia and Snia will share the remaining capital.
With more than 4,000 employees, the new company is expected to general annual sales of 800 million euro, according to company officials.
The alliance will put Nylstar and RadiciFibres in a stronger position to face the growing impact of imported goods from Asia, officials added.
CARY, NC Continuing its role as an information resource for the global nonwovens industry, INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is publishing a comprehensive report, Analysis of the Nonwovens Industry Asia-Pacific: 2004-2009.
Scheduled to be available in a CD format in June, the report provides one of the most in-depth reviews ever published of the growing Asia-Pacific market for nonwovens and engineered fabrics, according to INDA.
The 81-page report includes technology updates, production capacity reports and projections for consumption and production in the region through the end of the decade.
Cost for INDA members is $2,200. To order, go to the INDA eBookstore at www.inda.org or call INDA at 919-233-1210.
NEW YORK CITY J. Jill and Cotton Incorporated have launched their Compassion in Fashion campaign to celebrate women who give of themselves to help the poor and homeless women.
As such, J. Jill has renamed its best-selling item the Compassion Tee, a cotton T-shirt. For each shirt sold, J. Jill will donate $1 from each sale to the J. Jill Compassion Fund, which provides financial support to community-based organizations and/or programs whose mission is that of aiding women and children in need.
WILMINGTON, DE DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announced a price increase of 7 cents per pound on off-list prices for all grades of DuPont Elvanol® polyvinyl alcohol (PVA/PVOH), effective June 1 or as contracts permit.
CARY, NC [TC]2 has released a 3-D body scanning software application for automatically extracting human body measurements from seated pose body scans.
The application has been developed under contract to QinetiQ, a United Kingdom-based defense contractor. QinetiQ acquired [TC]2s model 2T4 full body scanner and standing pose automatic measurement software in 2002.
The development of the new seated posture software is an exciting acquisition for QinetiQ, said Simon Green, 3D body scanning anthropometric specialist in the Centre for Human Sciences Division of QinetiQ.
Combined with the standing posture software, it will allow us to offer our customers a more flexible anthropometric approach to aid in the ergonomics of cockpit workspaces and future air crew clothing design, he added.
AMELIA ISLAND, FL J. Tom Watters, Jr., chief operating officer of Syntec Industries in Rome, GA, was elected chairman of GTMA: The Association of Georgias Textile, Carpet and Consumer Products Manufacturers (GTMA) at the 105th Annual Meeting of the association here.
Watters succeeds Don Henderson, vice president of Mount Vernon Mills in Trion, as chairman.
David C. Clarke, president of Royal Ten Cate USA in Pendergrass, was elected vice chairman, and Larry L. Galbraith, president and chief executive officer of Denim North America in Columbus, was elected treasurer.
Watters founded Syntec Industries in 1989 with three of his brothers, marking yet another milestone in a career that has been closely linked with Romes textile industry. After graduating from Georgia Tech with a bachelor of science degree in textiles, he joined his familys business, Integrated Products, where he worked in several positions throughout the company.
In 1983, he succeeded his father as president. Upon the sale of that company, he moved on to found Syntec in 1989.
He is active in many community organizations and is a past president of the Greater Rome Existing Industries Association and of the American Yarn Spinners Associations Carpet Yarn Group. Watters has also served as treasurer, vice president and president of The Textile Education Foundation and as a member of the GTMA board.
Clarke earned his bachelor of administration in marketing degree from Notre Dame University in 1980. He began his textile career shortly thereafter with the American Thread Company in Charlotte, NC, where he progressed through several sales and marketing positions.
He became director of sales at Threads USA, a division of Dixie Yarns, and was elevated to president in 1994. Upon the sale of Threads in 1996, Clarke joined the Mirafi Division of Nicolon Corporation as president. Two years later he was named group director of Industrial Fabrics Worldwide of Royal Ten Cate, the parent company of Nicolon. He was promoted to president of Royal Ten Cate USA in 2004.
Galbraith brings an engineers perspective to the association, having trained and worked as a construction engineer prior to joining the textile industry. From building a textile plant in Columbus he moved to plant engineering and facilities management before joining management ranks, being named president and chief executive officer of Southern Phenix Textiles in 1988.
He retired in 1996 but was enticed back into the textile industry when the Marubeni plant in Columbus was facing shutdown. His engineers eye told him the plant was state of the art, his optimism made him believe that the management and marketing problems could be fixed, and he was among the purchasers of the plant in 2002, according to GTMA.
Advanced training and product upgrades, combined with an emphasis on quick response and short, small production runs have proved him right, and made Denim North America a model of efficiency and productivity, the association added.
In addition, Galbraith has served on the GTMA board of directors, was president of the Alabama Textile Manufacturers Association, chaired the Phenix Regional Hospital Board, co-chaired the Troy State University Campaign for Excellence, and participated in many other community initiatives.
Four textile executives were elected by the associations membership to serve three-year terms on the board of directors:
Audie McDearis, vice president of supply chain, Coats & Clark, Albany; Heard Smith, president for Ten Cate Nicolon USA and Europe, Pendergrass Doug Hettinger, new business integrations director, Ethicon, Cornelia; and Allen Rice, president, Savannah Luggage Works, Vidalia.
In addition, Sam McEntrye, vice president and general manager for Royal Cord in Thomaston, was elected to fill an unexpired term on the board.
The association also re-elected Roy Bowen as president and Elizabeth Hopkins as secretary.
The Georgia textile industry is the states largest manufacturing employer with nearly 90,000 employees.
AMELIA ISLAND, FL Douglas R. Tingle, chief executive officer of 1888 Mills LLC in Griffin, Georgia was elected president of The Textile Education Foundation, Inc. (TEF) at its 62nd annual meeting here this month.
Tingle succeeds John P. Cahill, vice president of human resources of Ten Cate Nicolon USA in Pendergrass.
Also elected were Jim Prater, group director of the Natural Yarn and Carpet Division of Shaw Industries in Dalton as vice president, and Stephen Felker Jr, manager of corporate development for Avondale Mills in Monroe, as treasurer.
Tingle is completing his 32nd year in the textile industry, having joined Dundee Mills as an industrial engineer upon his graduation from Georgia Tech in 1973. While employed by Dundee, he attended and graduated from the Woodrow Wilson College of Law and was admitted to the Georgia and American Bar Associations.
Shortly thereafter he was named chief financial officer, corporate secretary and in-house legal counsel for Dundee Mills.
In 1996, Tingle co-founded 1888 Mills and currently serves as chief executive officer.
Three textile executives were elected by the Foundations membership to serve three-year terms on the board of directors: Joe Glovier, Southern Mills, Union City; Jule Smith, SI Corporation, Chickamauga; and Mike Bowers, Mount Vernon Mills, Trion.
The Foundation also re-elected Roy Bowen as executive vice president and Elizabeth Hopkins as secretary.
FORT MILL, SC Springs Industries, Inc., announced May 10 that it has sold Eureka Plant to Spartan Fiber, which plans to use the former textile weaving facility in Chester, SC, for yarn storage and distribution.
Gary Mahaffey, president and owner of Spartan Fiber, said the facility will initially employ a small number of Spartan employees and employment could grow as the business expands.
Because there is more space at Eureka than Spartan currently needs, the company agreed to lease office space to the Good Samaritan Clinic to better provide care to the medically underserved in the community. Health professionals volunteer at various times, including one evening a week.
The Springs Close Foundation has provided financial support to the clinic to buy medical and office supplies.
ROCK HILL, SC Springs Creative Products Group and Scene Weaver, LLC, have joined forces to enhance each units product line and customer base.
Springs Creative Products, a division of Springs Industries and based here, markets craft fabrics and novelty products through national and regional retailers. Scene Weaver, based in Columbia, SC, markets fabric throws and decorative textiles to gift and home décor channels.
The two companies are now partners in a venture that will promote finished textile related products, including licensed items, in a variety of retail outlets.
This is a great partnership because the products and accounts of both companies complement each other, and our focus going forward will be to leverage those synergies to grow sales and market share, said Louie Harrison, Scene Weaver chief executive officer.
Scene Weaver entered the throw and decorative textiles market in 1997 and established a reputation for detailed licensed designs and products.
Scene Weavers stable of artists and properties include Al Agnew, Paul Brent, Bob Timberlake, Spode, Betty Boop, Teresa Kogut, Jim Killen and John Deere. Springs Creative Products offers many licenses with broad consumer appeal, including Disney, NASCAR, Universal, Warner Bros., and Donna Dewberry, among others.
GREENSBORO, NC Unifi, Inc. announced May 12 that it try again to manufacture in China, this time with a new partner.
The boards of directors of Unifi and Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. have authorized their managements to sign the agreements regarding the previously announced joint venture between the two companies.
Unifi said that it expected the signing of the agreements and the required notices to occur this month.
The signing of the joint venture contract and issuance of certain required notices are anticipated to take place sometime next month, Unifi said.
Based on this timeline, the establishment of the joint venture will probably occur sometime in the companys first quarter fiscal 2006.
The companies are forming a joint venture to manufacture, process, and market polyester filament yarn through YCFCs Plant 5 facilities in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China.
The joint venture will be owned 50 percent by each company. Unifi said its investment in the proposed joint venture is estimated to be $30 million.
The proposed joint venture will focus on the production of higher margin specialty yarns for use within China and Asia.
Two years ago, Unifi tried to set up a joint venture with two China-based manufacturers, but the deal fell apart last year as its partners were unable to meet certain obligations.
CHARLOTTE, NC Sales at thread maker American & Efird, based in Mt. Holly, NC, increased 17.3 percent to $80.1 million in the second quarter, parent company Ruddick Corp. said.
A&Es operating profit was $2.7 million from $2.2 million in the same quarter last year.
Acquiring Ludlow Textiles Co., Inc. and Synthetic Thread Co., Inc. enhances our industrial thread business, establishes an entry into the specialty engineered yarn market and provides further opportunities to optimize our domestic operating costs, said Thomas Dickson, Ruddick president and CEO.
MEMPHIS, TN Executives from nine Pakistani textile mills, which collectively spin more than half a million cotton bales, will see U.S. cotton operations and meet with U.S. cotton exporters and other industry leaders during a coast-to-coast tour May 16-25.
These important U.S. raw cotton customers are participants in a COTTON USA Special Trade Mission sponsored by Cotton Council International (CCI), the Memphis-based National Cotton Councils (NCC) export promotions arm.
Pakistan imported 375,000 bales of U.S. upland cotton and 185,000 bales of U.S. pima cotton in 2004-05. One of the worlds largest cotton consumers, Pakistan had total domestic consumption of 10.22 million bales in 2004-05 with 1 million of that imported.
CCI President Gary W. Taylor, a Memphis merchant, said this trade mission is significant because Pakistan has emerged as one of the larger markets for U.S. raw cotton in recent years. Hopefully, this event will spur additional U.S. cotton exports into a country that is increasing their presence in the world textile marketplace.
The Pakistani textile executives will begin their U.S. tour May 16 in New York, where they will participate in a seminar and tour at the New York Board of Trade and visit Cotton Incorporateds offices. On the 17th in Washington, DC, they will meet with CCI and USDA staffs and the Pakistani American Business Association.
On May 18 in Memphis, the group will meet with NCC and American Cotton Shippers Association staffs and cotton exporters and tour the USDA cotton classing office. The next day they will meet with the Texas Cotton Association in Lubbock, TX.
While in California May 23-25, they will visit with Western Cotton Shippers Association leaders in Fresno, tour the San Joaquin Valley ranch of American Cotton Producers Chairman John Pucheu and attend seminars with the Supima and San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton Growers associations and with AMCOT in Bakersfield.
The participating textile mills include: Al Karam Textile Mills Ltd., Siddiqsons Denim Mills, Ltd., and Tata Textile Mills Ltd., all in Karachi; the Hussain Mills Ltd. and Mahmood Group, both in Multan; and Nishat Group-Nishat Chunian Ltd., Pak Kuwait Textiles Ltd., Suraj Cotton Mills Ltd. and The Crescent Boards Limited, all in Lahore.
MEMPHIS The National Cotton Council of Americas board of directors announced May 9, following a special session, that the organization's support for the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
The NCC board adopted a resolution that urges Congress to endorse the current DR-CAFTA and recognizes that the agreement should provide the United States the best opportunity for supplying apparel manufacturers and other end-use manufacturing industries in the western hemisphere with U.S. cotton fiber and U.S.-produced cotton textile products.
In addition, the resolution urges the administration to continue to address the trade priorities of the U.S. cotton industry, including taking appropriate action regarding increased competition for U.S.-produced textiles.
Earlier this year, during its annual meeting, the NCC reaffirmed its conviction that a good CAFTA is beneficial to the U.S. cotton and textile industries.
The NCC stated its intent to recommend passage of the current agreement if benefits to all segments of the cotton and textile industries are achieved by effectively reducing the adverse effects of third-country participation and the administration continues to address other Council trade priorities.
By Odyll Santos
USDA went beyond optimistic expectations with its May supply/demand report, giving cotton market observers a bullish view of the new crop year. Some market observers even said that if USDAs 2005-06 projections come true, they could give new-crop prices a significant boost. A move to the upper 60-cent-per-pound level, perhaps even above 70.00 cents, could be possible.
World 2005-06 projections show sharply lower production and higher consumption and trade, leading to lower ending stocks. But key among all the numbers is data on Chinese trade, which contributed to a decrease in world, as well as U.S., ending stocks. The bullish sentiment among observers stemmed from increased imports by China, at 15 million 480-pound bales, driving a sharp increase in world trade in 2005-06. USDA noted that Chinese cotton imports in the new season would nearly double the estimated 2004-05 level. That would help to cut world ending stocks by about 8 percent from 49 million bales in 2004-05 to 45.2 million bales in 2005-06.
Also contributing to lower carryover in the new season is a world production forecast of 107 million bales and a consumption estimate of 111.5 million bales.
USDA noted particularly that Chinas planted area is likely to fall about 15 percent from the 2004-05 season due to low prices at harvest. Reduced production in China and the United States accounts for about 60 percent of the 12.3-million-bale decline anticipated for the world, USDA said.
The consumption figure assumes above-average growth for the second consecutive year, based on continued expansion in textile demand and favorable cotton prices relative to polyester, according to USDA.
Projections for the U.S. also were influenced by China. U.S. production is estimated at 19.5 million bales, 16 percent below the level seen in the last season. Much of the crop is expected to be shipped off to foreign destinations. USDA projected that U.S. exports in 2005-06 would reach a record 14.5 million bales, supported by strong growth in Chinas import demand. The export estimate is above the current seasons 13.4 million bales.
Meanwhile, domestic mill use is projected to fall 8 percent to 5.8 million bales as domestic mills market share continues to decline amid growth in textile imports. USDA noted that the estimate does not include the impact of safeguards on China textile imports.
With total offtake, exports and mill use combined, at 20.3 million bales, USDA expects U.S. ending stocks to fall 11 percent from 2004-05 levels to 6.3 million bales, or 31 percent of total use.
For the current season, USDA estimated slightly higher global production and higher ending stocks. USDA raised world 2004-05 production by 100,000 bales from its April forecast to 119.32 million bales. The agency also increased world consumption by about 900,000 bales to 107.98 million bales, which includes increases for China, Thailand and Pakistan. But it raised world ending stocks to 49.07 million bales, 1.2 million bales above last months estimate.
In its final estimate of the 2004-05 U.S. cotton crop, USDA increased total production to 23.25 million bales, up from the previous estimate of 23.01 million. That was offset by higher U.S. exports, increased by 200,000 bales to 13.4 million bales. With mill use remaining at 6.30 million bales, total U.S. offtake is 19.7 million bales, which results in ending stocks of 7.1 million bales for 2004-05.
The May report presents USDAs initial assessment of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects and U.S. prices for the 2005-06 season. Naturally, USDA cautions that the projections could change, as spring planting is currently occurring in the Northern Hemisphere, while in the Southern Hemisphere, planting is several months away.
RELATED TO THE textile industrys getting some of its concerns addressed by the U.S. government, is the proverbial worm beginning to turn? Sure seems that way. Consider:
in the last two weeks, the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) announced it would institute safeguard relief on seven categories of textile/apparel products coming from China;
industry trade groups and lawmakers from textile/apparel-producing states received assurances from Bush Administration officials that several industry concerns would be addressed in the proposed Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA); and
administration members, including President Bush himself, gave industry leaders even more than just the time of day during the annual meeting of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) in D.C. this month.
But what gave rise to these developments? And are they interrelated?
THE WORMS TURNING sunny-side up offering a glint of hope for the beleaguered domestic textile industry is no coincidence, not as the DR-CAFTA gets closer to a vote in Congress. So say some opponents of the trade pact, who see the White House as bending over backward, forward and sideways to drum up enough votes to pass the deal. Hence, the China safeguard initiation, they say. But, they add, theyll take what they can get while they can get it.
Certainly, Bush wants the deal passed badly, as it will serve as a bellwether for his free-trade agenda. As such, the administration has been on a nationwide P.R. blitzkrieg to pull in proponents of the DR-CAFTA. And the NCTO finally went from fence-sitter to supporter of the deal, but only after receiving assurances that problematic areas would be addressed in the free trade agreement although none of those fixes is written in stone.
Which makes the NCTOs vote to support the deal a bit unsettling for other textile and manufacturing trade organizations. With so many trouble spots in the DR-CAFTA, which could give China another avenue into the U.S. market, its opponents see DR-CAFTA as buying the gun with which to shoot yourself.
WHO CAN SAY for sure? But one thing is certain: By splintering from its brethren on the DR-CAFTA issue, the industry is back to its old ways of sending mixed messages to Congress. NCTO board members have said that supporting DR-CAFTA is the only way that its issues will be addressed in this or any other free trade agreement. And they may have a point. Anti-DR-CAFTA groups have taken a strong stand against on principle in large part because of those flaws in the deal that could lead to more U.S. job losses. And they may have a point, too.
These are interesting, important times for the industry. Whoevers right, our only hope is that the industry isnt one day in the company of worms, dead and buried.


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CAREY - In 1912, Bishop Joseph Schrembs, the first bishop of the Diocese of Toledo, invited the Conventual Franciscan Friars of the Province of the Immaculate Conception to minister to the parishioners and pilgrims at the Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation.
The future of the shrine was uncertain at the time and the bishop asked the Franciscans to come for five years and then make a prayerful decision about whether to continue or look for ministry elsewhere. Father Aloys Fish arrived in June 1912 and discovered a tremendous faith in the pilgrims who visited the shrine and many signs of the presence of God and the intercession of Our Lady, consoler of the afflicted.
The shrine had been in existence since the statue of Our Lady of Consolation was brought to Carey from Luxembourg in 1875 under the direction of Father Joseph Peter Gloden. Plans were made to carry the statue of Our Lady of Consolation in a seven-mile solemn procession May 24, 1875, from St. Nicholas, Frenchtown Township, to Carey, where it would be installed in the new church.
As the procession was organizing in Frenchtown, the entire area was hit by a sudden and severe thunderstorm. The driving winds, lightning and huge amounts of rain made many think the procession should be postponed; however, Gloden, urged the people to begin the procession. At once, the clouds above Frenchtown parted and the procession moved ahead.
Though all in the procession could see the drenching rain, wind and thunder on either side of them, not a drop of rain fell on anyone in the procession to Carey or on the statue of Our Lady of Consolation. As the statue was brought into the little white church and those in the procession followed into the church, the storm broke outside with tremendous fury.
To this day, the statue of Our Lady of Consolation has served to inspire devotion to our Blessed Mother for hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. The statue was moved to the large Basilica Church, which was completed in the 1920s. August is particularly busy during the Novena preceding the Feast of the Assumption. The shrine has grown to include a 30-acre park complete with outdoor Stations of the Cross and a large memorial altar. The area around the Basilica includes a cafeteria, gift shop and a retreat house.
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National Shrine in Carey plans events during May
The Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey is to offer the following events next month:
Friday, 7 p.m., Mass for cancer victims and survivors.
May 6, 2:30 p.m., May crowning and outdoor rosary procession.
May 20, noon, Italian Heritage Day; Mass in Italian.
May 25, 7 p.m., Feast of Our Lady of Consolation and 100 year anniversary of the Franciscan Friars ministering at the shrine. Bishop Leonard Blair and other Diocesan officials are to celebrate Mass.
Pilgrimage devotions are celebrated every Sunday throughout the year at 2:30 p.m. These devotions include an outdoor rosary procession carrying the statue of Our Lady of Consolation (from the first Sunday of May to the last Sunday in October) and special prayers for healing with the Friars praying individually with the pilgrims. Sunday Masses are celebrated at 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon.
For more information, please call the shrine at (419) 396-7107 or visit us at www.olcshrine.com.
Over the years, pilgrims grateful to Our Lady of Consolation have left behind a collection of crutches, canes, braces and other items attesting to the wonderful prayers of Our Lady of Consolation. Many of these items are on display in the lower shrine basilica, which also houses a chapel of the holy relics. So many people come here looking for God's touch in their lives and leave with peace and hope in their hearts. The faithful are invited to come to the shrine in person or to send prayer intentions through the mail of over the Internet.
Pilgrimage devotions are celebrated Sundays throughout the year at 2:30 p.m. These devotions include Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, a rosary procession carrying the statue of Our Lady of Consolation (from the first Sunday in May to the last Sunday in October) and special prayers for healing with the Friars praying individually with the pilgrims.
Some of the 2012 special events celebrated at the shrine are:
June 10, Indian Heritage Day.
July 14, Filipino Heritage Day.
Aug. 14-15, Feast of the Assumption.
Sept. 16, Latino Heritage Day.
Sept. 30, Family Day.
Oct. 14, Feast of St. Gerard Majella.
Oct. 16, Mass of Hope and Healing.
For more information, call
the shrine at (419) 396-7107 or visit www.olcshrine.com.


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AMHERST – The Monsanto Co. has donated a unique plant cell library and related equipment valued at more than $1 million to the University of Massachusetts for research.
The library contains tissues and cells from 3,500 plant species and is considered to be one of the largest plant cell collections in the world, according to a press release.
University and company officials state that the collection of materials does not contain any genetically modified organisms, but rather comprises natural plant materials from around the world, according to the press release. Millions have protested Monsanto's use of genetically modified organisms.
University researchers and their industry partners will use the donation in a myriad ways.
"The donation will provide researchers with a powerful new tool for ongoing research, new grant-funded projects and collaboration between campus scientists and industry," James D. Capistran, executive director of the UMass Innovation Institute, said in a statement.
"The potential applications of the plant products from this collection include applications in human health, oils, resins, tannins, natural rubber, gums, waxes, dyes, flavors, fragrances and applications in agriculture."
He also said that it "opens up numerous research opportunities, will help us pursue new academic research grants and will help expand our collaborations with industry."
Michael F. Malone, UMass Amherst's vice chancellor for research and engagement, in a statement said, "This is a terrific opportunity that aligns UMass scientific and engineering strengths with societal needs and industry interests. We're looking forward to the collaboration and outcomes this donation will drive between world-class academic researchers and world-class corporate partners."
"Monsanto is pleased to contribute this plant cell library and associated know-how to UMass Amherst," Monsanto's CTO Robert Fraley said. "We hope the library will help foster public-private research and collaboration that will lead to the discovery of new innovations."
The cell library and related equipment will be housed in the new Life Science Laboratories with adjacent laboratory and office spaces for the research teams.
A $150,000 grant from the UMass President's Office science and technology fund and money from the College of Natural Sciences and the vice chancellor for research and engagement at UMass will pay for operating costs, according to the release.
Last summer, Gov. Deval L. Patrick awarded the university $95 million to outfit the life sciences building to create three new research centers dedicated to partnering with regional life sciences and precision manufacturing companies to develop innovative products and services.
This will be used as a complement to those centers, Capistran said.


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Posted on behalf of Alyce Flanagan, UW student intern
This spring one of my classes gave me the option of doing a service-learning project instead of writing a research paper. I jumped at the opportunity to gain some sort of real world experience instead of sitting in the library. I ended up volunteering in the vegetable garden at the UWBG Arboretum, and it has been an enjoyable experience. It is great to have an excuse to spend a few hours outside, get dirt on my hands and learn about growing food. The class that my arboretum service learning is connected to is Global Food Policy. Modern cultures have become extremely disconnected from our sources of food. Technology allows for the mass production of cheap food, and working in a garden has given me perspective on how what it takes to grow vegetables.
Food is a vital resource that is frequently taken for granted. Growing and gathering food is something that was an integral part of our ancestors' lifestyles. In recent years, we have grown away from this routine. Food is bought from the grocery store, and we have only a vague idea of where it was before that. My Global Food Policy class looked at where food was before it got to the store. Our severe disconnection from the production of the food we eat is unfortunate, but it is a system that we are totally reliant on. Learning about food; where is comes from and how its grown, is the first step to not taking food and this its large scale production for granted.
Food sovereignty is an issue that relates to peoples right to decide what food they eat, where it comes from, and how it is produced. In America, most people would say that they have the right to choose their food, but in reality, much of our food is under the control of a few big agricultural businesses. Growing at least some of our own food is an important step towards food sovereignty.
The vegetable garden at the UWBG Arboretum is intended to teach children about the process of growing food, and hopefully inspire in them an interest in growing their own food. Volunteering at the Arb has done just that for me. Watching plants grow over the course of a few months is somehow exciting and motivational. Hopefully sometime in the next few years I will be able to start a garden and become at least a little less reliant on the mysterious system that produces food that feeds the world.
I am looking forward to visiting during the summer and seeing how the garden has changed.


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Update: On June 18, 2008, Ahmed Mohamed pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists in Federal Court in Tampa, Florida. In accordance with the plea agreement the government agreed to drop all other charges against Mohamed. Mohamed was sentenced to 15 years in prison on December 18, 2008. Youssef Samir Megahed was acquitted on all charges on April 3, 2009. Three days later, Megahed was arrested on immigration charges and put in jail again. He faces deportation and could lose his permanent resident status if he is found to have violated immigration laws.
Two University of South Florida students have been indicted on charges of transporting explosives across state lines. One of the students also faces terrorism-related charges.
Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, 24, and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, were arrested on August 4, 2007, in Goose Creek, South Carolina, on speeding charges. The Naval Weapons Station Charleston military base, where high-profile terrorism suspects have been detained in recent years, is located about seven miles from where the students were arrested.
Mohamed and Megahed, both Egyptian nationals with student visas, were initially indicted in South Carolina on state charges of possession of an explosive device. The state charges were dropped following the federal indictment charging the men with transporting explosives across state lines. Mohamed also faces terrorism-related charges for allegedly demonstrating how to use the explosives.
The indictment does not accuse either student of being a terrorist or of connections to any terrorist group.
After police officers pulled over the two men for speeding, they seized an electric drill, a 20 foot safety fuse, bullets, a five-gallon canister of gasoline and three pipe bombs filled with potassium nitrate, Karo syrup and cat litter from the car. The explosive mixture in the pipe bombs meets the definition of a low-grade explosive, according to authorities.
Also seized from the car was a laptop computer, on which Internet searches on martyrdom, Hamas and Qassam rockets were reportedly made. It also contained a 12-minute video, that Mohamed reportedly admitted to making, showing how to turn a remote-controlled toy car into a detonator. In the video, Mohamed says that his reason for making the device is "to save one who wants to be a martyr for another battle."
During a search of Megahed's house, FBI agents found a .22 caliber rifle and two Egyptian passports; both passports had Megahed's picture, but one had a different surname.
Megahed faces a maximum of ten years in prison if convicted. Mohamed faces a maximum of thirty years in prison.
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Thanks phigment :) Now to keep going and really start dropping the weight off. I want my size 16's to be too big!!!!
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Thanks phigment :) Now to keep going and really start dropping the weight off. I want my size 16's to be too big!!!!
I weighed in at 187.4 this morning :D
I ate well yesterday ... lots of veggies and meat and fat. Busy making burgers for lunch and going to eat them on a bed of sauteed cabbage. Off house hunting this afternoon .... long hours on the road today. Got 4 different places to give a once over and see if any are close to what we are looking for. Can't qualify for a loan until early Feb but we are trying to get a feel for what is out there and which areas are good for what we need.
Pretty good day overall.
We drove all afternoon looking at properties. Those were just 4 different places within the same area. Stressful and yet fun too. Inbetween wondering if we are going to be able to afford to buy anything here!
I had an apple and chunk of cheese while on the road. Dinner was a big bowl of salad and a burger patty. And a piece of 70% chocolate with orange flavouring - nice, but not addictive (thank heavens!!) We are going to have a mug of turmeric tea in a bit and then it is off to bed for me.
My macros seem pretty good to me :-
Calories 1557
Fat 109 g
Carbs 51 g
Protein 92.4 g
This is the best I could do - how on earth do you measure what you have in a salad?! I just figure it is all good and don't worry about trying to figure out how much of each individual ingredient I get - too fussy for me! I just figure out the dressing and odd bits like blue cheese or nuts that I may add, since those add up quickly.
[QUOTE=Siobhan;1042963]Mead...yeah...need to get me some mead...
I have the same hair thing going on! After I went primal/low carb I had significant hair loss, which was really scary but apparently normal. Now it's all growing in and I have so many little short hairs that I actually sprang for a kind-of-expensive hairspray to tame them down. (Catwalk - great stuff) I have dreams of a thick head of hair, which probably won't happen, but a decent head of hair is perfectly okay too. At my age I am not going to complain as long as I actually have hair.[/QUOTE]
Same here, lost a lot of hair after going paleo/primal; but I went to the hairdresser last week and she said I had very fine but LOTS of hair, so it's finally getting better :) .
Happy Newyear Coll! Looks like the new year has started well for you! Good luck on your goals this year :) .
Thanks Candy :) I am feeling good at the moment -hopefully I can keep my momentum up and my eyes on the goals I have instead of getting kyboshed by sugar along the way! Right now I am doing pretty well with the sugar thing, but I know I need to stay off it or it'll suck me dry and spit me out!!! The sugar demon - nasty thing that!
Fortunately I have always had very thick hair so the amount I have lost has not left me balding!! I was at the hairdresser recently too and she was commenting on how healthy my hair was, particularly as my hair is so long. I was encouraged by that.
I have thought about trying to go poo-less, but I am not ready to try that yet. I think I need to get moved and settled before I try something like that ... dunno why but it sounds daunting to have to deal with nasty locks for a while. My hair is one of the few things that I feel looks good on me and the thought of that looking all stringy and oily just doesn't sound like a good idea at the moment.
Breakfast:_ Cup of tea with cream and stevia
Lunch: BAS and burger patty with cheese and another cup of black tea with cream and stevia. 3 pieces of 85% chocolate.
Dinner: Spaghetti squash with spaghetti sauce (made with grass fed beef, and ground elk - a friend blessed us with some deer and elk meat!) Everyone chowed down and I made enough to freeze at least 4 meals for lazy days. I have one more spaghetti squash left from our garden this year ...
DH and I will have our turmeric tea in a little while. Exercise is not happening yet :( But I am doing plenty around the house what with laundry, cooking and cleaning and chicken chores... We are thinking of getting a storage unit so that I can pack up the stuff that we don't need at the moment and start moving things out without the pressure of closing dates etc. Will also make it easier to keep it clean and tidy for when the landlord starts bringing people around to see the place. Not looking forward to that. I am hoping that the snow and ice are going to melt off completely the next few days as the weather is supposed to warm up a bit. There are bits and pieces of tools and toys that are embedded in snow and ice and I want to get them out before the next snow storm hits!
DD is so fragile at the moment. I think the impending move and looking for a home and missing her old buddies is all compounding to make her miserable at the moment (and a touch of cabin fever!) Hopefully we can get out for a walk tomorrow - DS fell today and twisted his ankle/ foot so he was hobbling around for most of the day. We were supposed to go for a walk today and when that didn't work out there were tears.
I tried going poo-less and I am somewhat embarrassed to say that I am just too much of a girly girl - I missed washing my hair. I just like the lotions and potions. My hair actually looked okay - I rinsed it every day and it didn't look greasy. But...but...I just like shampooing my hair. I have, however, stuck with making my own toothpaste.
I did go poo-less, then over the holidays was using (SLS-, paraben- & fragrance-free) shampoo again. I've gone poo-less again this weekend. I "wash" my hair with sodium bicarbonate mixed with a little water, let that sit for a minute and rinse thoroughly. Then I rinse it with 2 cups of water with a few tablespoons of ACV, let that sit a few minutes and then rinse well again, until I don't smell like vinaigrette anymore ;) . The ACV makes the hair really soft and shiny, I used that instead of conditioner when using shampoo too!
[QUOTE=Siobhan;1055084]I tried going poo-less[/QUOTE]
I read this and thought to myself 2 things... 1. HOW is this even possible, and 2. WHY would you want to.... and realized you were talking sham-POO....... I can be soooo dense some days! lol
[quote=ssn679doc;1055167]i read this and thought to myself 2 things... 1. How is this even possible, and 2. Why would you want to.... And realized you were talking sham-poo....... I can be soooo dense some days! Lol[/quote]
Oh my gosh, 679, that is TOO funny! Heeheehee!


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