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Recent labor market developments in China have drawn media attention to the rising labor cost in China. More than 50 years ago, Arthur Lewis pointed out that with the expansion of the modern sector of a low-income country, the "unlimited labor supply" (from the rural sector's labor surplus) would disappear and as a result the country will enter into a phase of faster real wage increase.
Many countries including South Korea and Japan have experienced such a change. What about China—is it already at the Lewis turning point? Is this the end of a cheap labor manufacturing era for China? If it's true, what would be the impact of the new labor cost dynamics on the country's economic growth pattern and on the world (for example, on global imbalances)?
Real wage of the manufacturing industry and foreign funded unites of China
Source: China statistic year books, China National statistic bureau
The coming of the Lewis turning point for China has been noticed since 2004, when the "shortage of labor" was first faced by manufacturers in the southern coastal area. Rising labor cost has already impacted some aspects of the economy. For example: net FDI flows to China in 2009 plummeted by 64% to $34.3 billion. A closer look at the credit and debit sides of the FDI inflows of the Balance of Payment table shows that the net decline was from both the credit side, where new foreign investment in China declined by 32% to $110 billion from the historic high of $147 billion in 2008, and the debit side, a 143% increase of disinvestment from the country (see figures). Besides large capital withdrawals from financial sectors, non-financial sectors saw disinvestment of $21.2 billion, up 64% from 2008.
China FDI inflow: investment and disinvestment
Source: China State Administration of Foreign Exchange
Although the fall in China's FDI last year was largely due to the liquidity problems of international investors after the subprime crisis, the Lewis turning point discussion also questions how the increasing labor cost will change the prospects for FDI flows to China. Will the disinvestment from China in the next couple of years increase due to the possible shift of manufacturing from China to countries with even lower wage costs such as Vietnam? Will there be a shift of FDI from manufacturing to other sectors of China?
It is clear that China's manufacturing sector has seen a decline in its share of FDI since 2005, with the infrastructure and finance sectors gaining larger shares of FDI.
China FDI inflow to manufacturing industry
Source: China statistic year books. NBS
But several factors may slow down the tide of disinvestment in China's manufacturing sector in the next few years. First, the increase of labor supply from rural areas into the manufacturing sector has not been exhausted, due to the fact that there are still large real income gaps and between rural and urban area in China (1: 3.3 as of 2009. Source: Green book of China rural economy 2008-2009, China Academy of Social Science). Second, the manufacturing shift may happen within China where labor costs can be lowered by moving away from the coastal areas. Third, the shift may push up labor costs of other economies as well due to the large scale of the factories. (Then we may see another wave of automation in the industry). Fourth, moving production across countries will incur large costs. The labor cost in China has to rise to a certain threshold to trigger large disinvestment. Small factories or low value-added manufactures may move first.
So is this change good or bad?
The change is in line with the current economic development strategy of the government which is to shift from export-reliant growth to a more sustainable growth driven by domestic demand. It may also benefit the global rebalance. However, as with any other changes, there will be pain and risk. The main concern here is inflation pressure, domestically, and even globally.


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A niche of wilderness. A refuge for restoration. A place for reflection and meditation. A space to create. An invitation to encounter and discover... something new.
Kandy Cottage is a holiday home located in the heart of Sri Lanka's spectacular central mountain region, yet only ten minutes' walk from the centre of the city of Kandy. We invite you to rent one of the rooms, or the whole house, for just one night, or for as long as you like. It's your break - you decide!
The cottage nestles in a little hollow, in the midst of trees, beside a tiny virgin forest - "Udawatakelle" Forest Sanctuary (the name means "the wilderness above the garden") - just one of the many splendidly green spaces that is Kandy.
Bird calls and the chirruping of insects enfold the cottage. A tribe of chattering monkeys visit it, for it lies on their daily route. Who watches whom is hard to say, for they sit solemnly on a tree or roof and watch you as you watch them. The fragrance of jasmine permeates it, and in season the coffee blossoms jostle for an airing of its fragrance. A kaleidoscope of green is all that can be seen from the cottage; in the morning and evening the sun lights up the trees into a mosaic of mellow shades.
Kandy Cottage gives you space to "be". It nurtures, refreshes, and gives you peace - the peace of "being" - which many of us lose in everyday life. It is an invitation to encounter Kandy (its people and culture, both past and present), and to discover the hidden beauties of life within and around you.
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Jelis Claversz (d. 1571)
Jelis Claversz is an Anabaptist martyr found in van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror (Dutch edition, 536, English edition, 871) with the information that he was executed at Antwerp, Belgium, in 1571 with a large number of fellow martyrs. This martyr is, however, not found in the Antwerp records. Bibliographie suggests that Jelis Claversz is identical with Gillis van Havre, executed at Antwerp on 9 May 1571. This may be true. He may have been the same person as Jelis de Metselaer, who according to Martyrs' Mirror (Dutch version, 506, English version, 846) was burned at the stake at Antwerp on 2 May 1571.
Haeghen, Ferdinand van der., Thomas Arnold and R. Vanden Berghe. Bibliographie des Martyrologes Protestants Néerlandais. II. Receuils. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1890: No. 148.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 360.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Jelis Claversz (d. 1571)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 15 Dec 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jelis_Claversz_(d._1571)&oldid=92137.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Jelis Claversz (d. 1571). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jelis_Claversz_(d._1571)&oldid=92137.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 104. All rights reserved.
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Following the standard 3 column approach with a landscape orientation that the Geniuses have turned into their signature look, 7 Cure Light Wounds Feats is another solid addition to the Bullet Points series. With two pieces of art from Mongoose this time, one line drawing and one B&W, both of decent quality, and if of excellent quality in regards to spelling and editing.
Our 7 new Feats this time are all about the Cure Light Wounds spell, and the classes that can utilize it, and how to turn this rather humdrum, but extremely necessary utility spell into something more interesting and efficient. So lets take a look and see how they did, shall we?
Bolstering Cure allows for a usage for those extra hps we all hate to see go to waste when your cleric rolls well enough to grant more hps then are needed to heal to max, always a good thing to have a few extra on hand. Cloak of Curing is easily my choice out of this one for favorite, You may hold the charge of a cure light woulds spell, allowing your comrades to receive its benefits through touching you, thereby freeing you up to do other actions during combat, but still being the emergency healing station. Lay on Cure seeks to rectify a gap between paladins and clerics, allowing you to heal yourself at a faster rate than normal. Lingering Cure is one of those that took me a second to fully grasp, but once the idea is there, it is solid, and really good. Instead of poof, here's your hps, it spreads out how many you are getting over a matter of rounds, granting a higher amount of hp's when its done. Basing its bonus hp's upon the level of the spell (which matters more if you are utilizing meta feats or are a ranger) it allows this very limited healing spell to kick back a much better ratio of hps, albeit at a slower pace. Moderate Mastery allows you to apply feats designed for cure light to cure moderate....now go back and reread Lingering Cure and start to make that connection of how cool these two would be in conjunction with each other. Shared Cure allows you to split the total of hps from your roll between the healer and the healed. And Reinforced Cure lets you stack a 0 level spell on top of your healing, as long as it meets the prerequisites of the feat.
For the sheer amount of healing one can make happen if they chain Lingering Cure and Moderate Mastery with the right meta feats and spell mastery's this PDF is worth it, the fact that the rest of the feats are excellent and useful as well is gravy my friends. Yet another Bullet in the chamber, and another 5 stars to the Geniuses.
This pdf is 7 pages long, 1 page front cover/introduction, 1 page editorial/SRD, 1 page content presenting 7 new feats that expand the usefulness of the cure light wounds"-spell, let's check this out!
The feats are:
-Bolstering Cure: If you heal more than the target's max hp, he retains the superfluous points as temporary HP. (No, they don't stack.)
-Cloak of Curing: This feat enables you to hold the charge of a cure light wounds spell for a limited number of rounds and do other things (like casting spells) without expending it. Neat!
-Lay on cure: Once a round, cast the spell as a move action instead of a standard action. I'd usually start ranting about double-casts, but the alignment-restriction of the feat as well as its limit to one 1st-level spell makes this an ok choice.
-Lingering Cure: When casting the spell modified by metamagic, the spell heals as if not penalized by the augmentation, but slower over multiple rounds.
-Moderate Mastery: Extends benefits from these feats to cure moderate wounds spells.
-Shared Cure: Lets you split the healing you deliver between yourself and the recipient. Neat!
-Reinforced Cure: Allows you to add a limited selection of beneficial 0-level spells to your cures.
Editing and formatting are top-notch, I didn't notice any glitches. Layout adheres to SGG's no-frills bullet-points 3-column layout. The pdf has no bookmarks, but needs none at this length. I've said it before in my review of Misfit Studios' stellar "Superior Fantasy Synergy" and SGG's "Spiritual Weapon Feats" - I consider the idea of synergy between spells and feats a neat one, especially if a DM wants to reward players with a feat rather than loot. In contrast to the Spiritual Weapon-feats, though, these ones lose some of their appeal at higher levels - even with the expanded options. That being said, moderate mastery alleviates this gripe somewhat and reinforced cure, bolstering cure and Cloak of Curing are all rather cool feats. Due to being less useful in mid-to higher levels, though, I feel like I have to settle for a final verdict of "only" 4 stars for this neat little pdf.
Endzeitgeist out.
A very nice product, small, concise, precise, and useful. The last is the most important. The feats are neat and I can't imagine a cleric (or any sort of healer) not wanting to take a feat that would allow the extra hit points healed as temporary hit points. That's the good.
The bad is that the product really needed to be proof read by someone who had no idea what the author was trying to say. Example: how long do temporary hit points gained via one of these feats last? And can someone, anyone, explain the text of Lingering Cure? I read it once, went cool Read it again to make sure i understood it, got more confused and then on the third reading gave up.
All that being said I have room for these feats in my campaign. the only concern I have about including them is that they break some of the barriers between the classes. These feats allow cleric to do some things that other classes can do (e.g. the cleric cast CLW on himself as a move like a paladin laying on hands.
And now i that i think of it, it might be worthwhile to explore the possibilities of these feats as metamagic healing feats. That would allow the use of them at higher level and better fit the concept of a metamagic feat.


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Death Notice: Jerry Lee Mitch, Jr.
Jerry Lee Mitch, Jr., 38, died Friday, December 7, 2012, at the Pershing Hospital in Brookfield, MO. A memorial gathering will be Monday, December 10, 2012, at 12:30 a.m., at the Eagles Lodge in Marceline, MO. GREENING-EAGAN-HAYES Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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Saturday, June 30, 2007
omar the tent maker and the baby doll
pierre frey pillows
gang art
these birds are all over l.a. right now. does anyone know what they are? it's usually a p.r. stunt. we had a graphic artist, here in the beach cities,
do this with his 'hippy trees' to, sort of, brand his image. i remember reading somewhere that gangs will often throw tennis shoes up on to a wire to signify territory. (ok, if you're a gang member, reading this, and i have it all wrong, please don't laugh at me. i'm a suburban white girl. what would i know about the g-man--i just report what i read.....G)
in the dog house
gang art update----danglebird
Q: How many are there in L.A.? A: I've thrown up about 200 here.Q: Anywhere else? A: Yeah, San Francisco and Santa Barbara. And I'll be in New York next week to put a bunch up. And then possibly France in March.
Q: It seems the birds have taken on a life of their own. A: They have and it's really weird because that was not my initial goal.
Q: What was your goal? A: My whole thing is -- and I don't know if it sounds selfish -- it was really about me just having fun.
Q: So there's no meaning or message there? A: I haven't really released or told anyone the meaning of it. The thing is I've heard so many different interpretations. People think they're about "peace" or they're this and that. And I'm fine with that. Let them have that. I'm not going to dispute it. I don't like to use this example but it's like when a kid finds out there's no santa. Why should I take the imagination and mystery away from somebody?
Q: What's the overall reaction that you've experienced about the birds? A: I haven't heard anything negative about it. It's all been positive and that right there makes me feel even better. This is something that I enjoy and other people are freaking out over. It's awesome.so much for my gangster art theory. this interview was snagged from blogging.la.com
sale on!
Friday, June 29, 2007
peace out
happy canada day weekend!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
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Henrik Zetterberg scored three goals, and his second assist of the game set up Pavel Datsyuk's tiebreaking goal at 9:38 of third period to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis 5-3 on Friday night.
Zetterberg scored the first two goals and set up Jonathan Ericsson's tying goal early in the third period. Detroit's captain missed practice on Thursday because he wasn't feeling well, but he was at the top of his game Friday.
St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak left the game shortly after Zetterberg's second goal midway through the first period and was replaced by Brian Elliott. It wasn't clear whether Halak was hurt or was pulled by coach Ken Hitchcock.
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Someday, you're going to be something big.
You'll be very famous - of that, you're absolutely certain. Lots of people will want your autograph, photographers will scream for your picture, you'll be onstage every night and everyone will clap for you.
It's going to happen. It will.
All it's going to take, perhaps, is a bit of practice - or maybe, as you'll see in the new book "Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars" by Ricky Martin, illustrated by Patricia Castelao, you might just need to sleep on your idea for a night…
From the time he was just a tiny boy, Santiago wanted to be a star.
He wanted to sing onstage, and maybe act. He wanted everybody to applaud for him. He wanted to see his name in lights. So when auditions were held for the annual school play, he decided to try out for a part.
But when he got there, another boy was auditioning and that kid was good. So when it was Santiago's turn to perform, he felt very nervous. Everyone laughed at him, and he was embarrassed.
That night, Santiago was sad when he told his father that he didn't get the part in the play. But his father wasn't worried. "Never give up," Papa said. "And no matter what you choose, always reach for the moon!"
Santiago fell asleep, thinking about what his father said. That night, his dreams took him to some interesting places…
He dreamed that he was a teacher, helping kids and inspiring them. Then he was a pilot in a "big jet," flying across the sky. He was a doctor, then an astronaut, then a famous dinosaur hunter, and a world-class baseball home-run hitter. And then the best part of the whole night: Santiago dreamed that he was onstage, in front of a big crowd that was happy to see him.
It was all so amazing that he decided to practice the things he loved doing. He practiced dancing every chance he got. He sang at home and at school, inside and outside. He practiced so much that when something unexpected happened, Santiago the Dreamer had his eyes wide open.
Looking for a little encouragement for a little one? This book may be just right - or it may not.
I liked "Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars." Author Ricky Martin offers his readers a feel-good story, and artist Patricia Castelao adds some of the most appealing illustrations I've seen in a good long while. The problem, I fear, is that the ending of the book - which seemed like it was lifted off a motivational poster - might be lost on fans of picture books. Will your 3-to-6-year-olds grasp the meaning here? Would an older child consider a picture book to be too babyish?
Still, I keep looking at the illustrations and this story and I can't not recommend this book. Kids with imagination and vision might like it just fine. For them, "Santiago the Dreamer in Land among the Stars" could be big.
Terri Schlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old, and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 11,000 books.


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Please direct all replies to the PCGen Experimental Y! group or the Forum where this is located (http://groups.pcgen.org). This first message is basically to let everyone know our plans.
As some folks may, or may not, know, during the last Board of Directors meeting we had discussed moving to using GIT and GITHUB as our repository. This would be a migration from SVN, our current main repository.
Here is the summary of our migration plan:
- PCGen 6.4.1 would be the last release from SVN - once we have the final commits in, this will mark our time to migrate to GIT.
- We will use GITHUB as it has the wonderful Pull Request and other nice features to make using GIT much easier. (We've been using it for some time, and most of us are comfortable with it)
- Our monolithic SVN repo will be split into more manageable repo due to the fact that in GIT you get the entire copy and cannot isolate the specific parts you want as you could in SVN
- We will have a "Main" (actual name TBA) repo which is the current Trunk/pcgen directory (This is where we do the majority of code development, and what we release from)
- We will have a "NewSource" repo - which is where the data team will produce new books
- We will have an "Archive" repo, for much older items that we no longer use
- We will have a "Utilities" repo for the tools that support PCGen
Adopting a best practices but a simplistic approach we are adopting a minimalist git work flow to make contributing easier:
- Master will be our normal 'active development' branch
- We will have a release branch (we are determining whether to give unique branch names or just call it release), this would be the items we feel are ready for the current releases (6.5.0, through 6.6.0, etc.)
- Contributors will use best practices of making each feature or bug fix it's own branch and submit it to Master using the Pull Request method to isolate work.
- Since Pull Requests "PRs" allow for review of work, we would relax the rules on what can be altered. Our main developers would review the PRs and approve the ones affecting their respective scopes.
Our recommendations for Windows users are Atlassian's SourceTree (Windows 7 or higher), or TortoiseGIT. SourceTree is a complete GUI program and offers many capabilities. TortoiseGIT integrates with the Shell, and can be used directly from some Text Editors (Editplus is an example of this). For Linux, the only GUI I've found (Using Zorin) was RabbitVCS which is a shell integration like TortoiseGIT. For Mac, they have a few offerings, but we haven't had any feedback from the Mac developers yet.
At this point, we are making final adjustments, and nothing is written in stone. If you have any concerns, comments, or questions, please direct your questions to the pcgen_experimental group or the pcgen forum. We want to make sure everyone understands that this is meant to include more developers, and encourage community involvement.
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Mashed potato fans in the US may soon be able to get a tubful of the white stuff from a vending machine if there's enough demand for food company Maggi's somewhat unusual creation.
The mash-dispensing machine is apparently a big hit in Singapore, where potato lovers in the city-state have been enjoying the spud-based snack at 7-Eleven stores for a while now.
A YouTube video (below) demonstrating the vending machine shows a rather runny substance pouring from the nozzle, followed by an equally runny helping of gravy. And there you have it. Mash and gravy. There's a "mashed potato BBQ flavor" button on the machine too, offering something a little different flavor-wise.
We assume that the snack is produced from potato powder and water rather than freshly picked and peeled potatoes, so we wonder about its taste. And it really does look a little too much on the runny side for our liking.
The Tecca website was told by a 7-Eleven rep that "each 7-Eleven owner is responsible for requesting such hardware for their specific locations," which opens the door for the possible appearance of the mash maker at a convenience store near you. But would you use it? Would a tub of mash and gravy beat a burger when you're hankering for a quick food fix?
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Canaries Open Season With 5-4 Victory Over Sioux City
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- Riding strong pitching and the longball, the Sioux Falls Canaries opened the 2014 regular season with a 5-4 victory over their I-29 rivals, the Sioux City Explorers. 2,485 fans braved the cold and windy conditions to give the Birdcage a festive Opening Day atmosphere.
Brandon Jones got the party started with a two-run blast to right-center in the bottom of the 1st, putting the Canaries on top 2-0.
After falling behind 3-2 in the top of the 4th, Steve Tinoco hit a three-run homer in the bottom half of the inning that put the Canaries back on top 5-3. It was a lead they would not surrender, though it became a nail-biter in the 9th.
Ben Moore turned in a strong performance on the mound, going six strong innings and allowing three runs while striking out nine. The righty did not walk a batter and used his precise command to work both sides of the plate. Moore hit a rough stretch in the 3rd when Sioux City started the inning with four straight hits to score a pair of runs and tie the game at 2. However, his strong mental makeup allowed him to stay composed and he stranded a pair of runners to end the inning. Moore got stronger as the game went on and struck out the side in the 6th to finish his outing and earn his first win of the season.
Kaohi Downing worked a scoreless 7th, starting a double-play on a comebacker in the process. After Josh Giles kept the Explorers off the scoreboard in the 8th, it was up to Alan DeRatt to close it in the 9th.
The Explorers started the inning with a pair of singles and sent the go-ahead run to the plate with nobody out. While they scored one run on the ensuing sacrifice fly, left-fielder Brandon Jones threw a rifle to second base to turn a double-play on the tagging Luke Murton. DeRatt then retired Nate Samson to preserve the Canaries first victory of the 2014 season.
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Gathering History, Making Bridges
Organizers of the first Shenandoah Valley History Harvest, held at James Madison University in April, are overwhelmed by the public's willingness to share their historical religious artifacts for eventual online research.
"The History Harvest was a huge success," said Dr. Andrew Witmer, an assistant professor of history. "It generated an estimated 8,600 individual digital scans and 17 outright donations to JMU Special Collections. We collected clothing, congregational histories, photographs, church records, letters and journals."
One beauty of the History Harvest was that people did not have to "give up" their artifacts to participate. Instead, 35 students in Witmer's Introduction to U.S. Religious History class, working with professionals from Special Collections and the Center for Instructional Technology in Libraries and Educational Technologies, digitally scanned or photographed religious items with connections to Rockingham, Augusta, Page and Shenandoah counties. "People love their stuff, but they are willing to share them for scanning and photographing," Witmer said.
Artifacts gathered represented the Jewish, Mennonite, Amish, Presbyterian, Brethren, Episcopal and Seventh-day Adventist communities. By far the largest treasure trove is a collection of 18 banker's boxes from the Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, a Seventh-day Adventist Church-affiliated boarding high school established in 1908, the same year JMU was founded.
One student who worked to make the harvest a success, Kim Twomley, was instrumental in the sharing of the SVA collection through her assignment to the Page/Shenandoah Counties Outreach Committee of the project. The natural fit, given that she works for the academy and lives in Shenandoah County, led her to talk about her class and the harvest with coworkers in hopes of learning more about her church's Valley history.
"Jan Osborne, our director of alumni affairs, was born and raised here, has lived here all her life and knows everyone connected with the school and church for the past 60 years," Twomley said. "She handed me a book written by Richard Harris, a former pastor of the New Market SDA church, which chronicled the founding of the school. Sure enough, the first few chapters of the book were all about Mr. Charles Zirkle, the man who donated the property for the school to be built on and whose family was the first Seventh-day Adventists in the Shenandoah Valley."
Even better, Harris' research documents are property of the alumni department at the academy. "Embedded in those archives is the Zirkle family history," Twomley said, "and thus the founding documentation of the SDA church in the Valley. Jackpot!"
Archivists in Special Collections are currently organizing the collection, which is on loan to the library, and placing pieces in non-acidic folders for safekeeping, said Mark Peterson, archive specialist in Special Collections. "There's quite a bit of material and it will take us a while to scan the artifacts," Peterson said. "The Adventist collection will be important for the local community." He believes the collection will be available for researchers to access by the end of 2012, with much of the finding guide completed by the end of the summer.
Beyond the wealth of new materials the project generated for the library, the harvest's "crop" was practical experience for students. "As a history major, I appreciated the experience because it is exactly what JMU has trained us to do – value history and its story," said May graduate Kayla Patterson. "But more than that, we took something valuable to others and made it known to the public."
"I was pleased with how invested the students were in the project," Witmer said. "They represented JMU well."
"Our aim in holding this event was certainly to have valuable religious documents brought in for digitizing, but we also wanted to establish some ties to the community around JMU," said Russell Leary, who earned his undergraduate degree in political science in May and is now a JMU graduate student working toward a masters of art in teaching degree. "I believe the true value of the History Harvest came through many of the connections we were able to make through the process of reaching out to the academic and religious community around us."
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X-Mas Wrap Up (US - )
Gabe looks at three releases for your Christmas Eve viewing consideration...
Santa Buddies (Blu-ray/DVD two pack)
Sigh, the Buddies are back, and this time they're dragging a very distraught George Wendt into the STV gutter with them. After laying the moral problem of children (and their puppies) being too selfish to understand the meaning of Christmas on as thickly as possible, the film introduces us to a nightmare world of talking dogs and tone deaf elves. Even the kids that the film is aimed at have to find the whole North Pole set up devastatingly bleak. This is followed by more heavy-handed morals, and more dog hijinx. The dog's blank faces are eerie, the sets are cramped and sparse, and the majority of major characters are selfish to the point of mean-spiritedness. The basic plot and tone are consistently depressing, as the slow death of the Christmas spirit breaks down Santa's workshop, literally starts to kill Santa and Santa Paws, and the junior Santa dog 'Puppy Paws' is captured by Lloyd's evil dogcatcher (Stan Kruge). Of course everything ends with a happy ending (spoiler alert), but it's a trudge to the finish, and one not spiked by as many goofy bodily function comedy as the last 'Buddies' flick. I suppose embarrassing, white-guy infused hip-hop speak and talking dogs might be enough for the kids, but I have a feeling this one won't go over very well. Perhaps really bratty kids will learn a lesson through pure guilt. Christian families will also be happy to know that Lloyd finds Jesus at the end too.
Santa Buddies is brimming with terribly fake looking digital effects, but they're certainly colourful. The Blu-ray disc's high definition video doesn't do anything to help the reality of these smoothed over, low detail effects (check out the North Pole exteriors and the digital doggie doubles), but it's certainly crystal clear, and those colours are certainly pure and bright. The transfer is only as consistent as the material, so real world stuff is perfectly presentable, while the more extensive digital effects shots are really soft. The soundtrack is a relatively centric affair, spiked by a few of the more verbose 'magic' sound effects, which rarely find their way beyond the stereo channels. The film's score, which is repetitive, and like the film, surprisingly bleak, make up the majority of the non-centric effects, but do little to assist the LFE. The extras are quite minimal, including three sing along Christmas sings (3:00, HD), a music video (2:00, HD), and some Disney trailers.
White Christmas: Anniversary Edition (DVD)
White Christmas was a Christmas tradition in the Powers household, though I rarely made it past the half way point before falling asleep with Christmas Eve anticipation exhaustion. Looking back on the film, it's Danny Kaye's performance that sells the film beyond the song and dance. Kaye is infectiously funny, and fills the film with life every time it threatens to fold back into its uncontrollable plot, that chugs along without any real thought. I hadn't noticed over the years how inconsequential the story is, or how non sequitur so many of the songs are ('Choreography' being of special note, as its really a snotty indictment of modern dance that has nothing to do with Christmas or WWII). But those willing to float along with the goofiness of the whole thing are treated to some mesmerizing Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney songs (beyond that title piece), and Vera Ellen's impossibly perfected dance steps. With that extra added punch that is Kaye's comedic performance it's a whole lot easier to forget that the film is practically an ad for Bing Crosby: Entertainer (it's the third of a trilogy of movies where he sang the title track), and forgive the lack of story, convincing characters, and genuinely affecting pathos. It certainly isn't the best musical of its era, but there's no other Christmas themed musical that touches its colourful grandeur.
It's really too bad Paramount didn't see fit to release White Christmas on Blu-ray, because it's such a colourful movie, and the original VistaVision release, but if the problems here are any indication, the process would be moot. Besides the inconsistent details and edge-enhancement, which are par for the standard definition course, this particular print is pretty grainy, and has its share of artefacts, including scratches and dirt fleck. The bigger issue is the blue part of the colour process, which seems to slip out of sync with the yellows and reds. The Dolby Digital 5.1 mix isn't particularly impressive, or different than the restored Mono track. Even the musical moments are particularly centric, exception some of the sung dialogue. 'Snow' is a good example, where the music is still centred, while the vocal performances work stereophonically according to the actor placement. The extras include a commentary from Rosemary Clooney, taken from an older release, the informative 'Backstage Stories from White Christmas' (12:00), 'Rosemary's Old Kentucky Home' (13:30), 'Bing Crosby: Christmas Crooner' (14:20), 'Danny Kaye: Joy to the World' (13:15), 'Irving Berlin's White Christmas' (7:30), ' White Christmas from Page to Stage' (4:30), ' White Christmas: A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney' (17:00), and two trailers.
It's a Wonderful Life (Blu-ray)
Is there any other movie that more defines Christmas than It's a Wonderful Life. Has any film been more mimicked or parodied in terms of Christmas stories? Are there many other movies without a Christmas theme? The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Jaws and Star Wars, maybe? It's a Wonderful Life is a monster chunk of the American zeitgeist, for better or worse, and a film we cannot ignore. Frankly speaking I'm not a huge fan of the film based partially on super-saturation, but also on the general unlikeability of George. It's also a pretty harsh climb to that famous catharsis. But one would have to be blind to miss the film's place in the pantheon, and we tend to miss the intricacies of the well structured script among the bombast of Capra's emotional overbearing. If you've somehow managed to live into adulthood without seeing this particular Christmas classic, this would be a good time to remedy that. At the very least you're in for some strange scenes of glowing, talking nebulas.
Do you need It's a Wonderful Life in high definition? No, not really, but there's no reason to complain about this Blu-ray release, so toss out those blobby copyright free discs, or better yet, re-gift them to relatives. The Blu-ray features both the original black and white and colourized versions of the film (on different discs for some reason). Since I'm not a Nazi, and clearly love America, I only glanced at the colourized version, but the black and white copy is just about perfect. Presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, this print is sharp, detailed, with rich shades, deep blacks, and very little grain or artefacts. The soundtrack is well cleaned, and presented in the original mono. It's not a fancy uncompressed track, but considering the film's rather thin sound design there shouldn't be any call for protest. The b+w disc features the set's only extras – a making-of featurette and an HD trailer. The featurette (22:45, SD), which has been made available elsewhere (and was clearly made for television), is a bit light tonally, but covers basically everything most fans will want to know about the production, if not briefly, including inception, scripting, production, casting, Production Code problems, set construction, fake snow, and release.
There you go. Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for reading. I've got to throw another log on the fire, and make up some hot chocolate in hopes of staving off the crippling altitude sickness…
Editorial by Gabriel Powers
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I like Holiday Inn over White Christmas.
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David Blackwell wrote: I like Holiday Inn over White Christmas.
aren't they basically the same movie?
unless thats just another hollywood urban legend but yeah. lol
aren't they basically the same movie?
unless thats just another hollywood urban legend but yeah. lol
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F**K The Santa Buddies, what about Charlie Brown Christmas?
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Didn't get a review copy.
RalphFiennes Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 741
It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas are great Christmas films. I dearly hope I never see Santa Buddies.
Agree with you about White Christmas, it would be nice to see that on Blu-ray.
Agree with you about White Christmas, it would be nice to see that on Blu-ray.
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years.
It's A Wonderful Life will never get old.
It's A Wonderful Life will never get old.
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Area Ministers Bring Congo Relief Effort to Campusby John Dykstra '12 • October 29, 2010 Share:
Water-borne diseases plague the Congo population. Water is removed from often disease-ridden streams and transported long distances to hydrate its people. Crawfordsville churches have taken up the cause and will bring the effort to Wabash Sunday afternoon.
Six churches will be hosting a fundraiser to raise money for a Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV): Christ Lutheran Church, First Christian Church, First Church of the Nazarene, First United Methodist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church; along with Habitat for Humanity.
"It has been a blessing to see six neighboring churches come together to do something in Christ's name to help those who are truly least and last," said Rev. John Van Nuys, pastor of Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church. "This is truly a God-thing in our midst, and I am eager to see this miracle happen."
The coalition of churches has already raised $2,000 dollars. They hope to raise another $3,000 to fund the manufacturing of a Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV), which will be manufactured by the Institute for Affordable Transportation, an Indianapolis-based non-profit agency. The BUV will be sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Congo Helping Hands, another Indianapolis-based non-profit agency.
BUVs have the capability to carry 1,200 pounds at 20 mph. It will serve the Congo population by transporting well drilling equipment from town to town. By digging wells, the population hopes to provide more safe drinking water and decrease said water-borne diseases. One out of every 8 Congolese children dies before their fifth birthday in part from said diseases.
"The BUV should have a huge impact, as people in those areas [the Congo] now have to walk long distances to collect water," said Professor of Biology, Dr. Anne Bost. "With the scope of the fundraiser, we're optimistic we'll reach the goal by Sunday afternoon."
Woody Collins, President of Congo Helping Hands, will do a live demonstration of a BUV. Concessions, live music, games and entertainment from Wamidan will also be present. Proceeds from concessions will be donated to the cause. Personal donations are also welcome. The event is open to the community and will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday at 810 Jennison St., the Habitat for Humanity property.


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A 38-year-old Bluffton man accused of groping women in area grocery stores remains in the Beaufort County Detention Center on $15,000 bond.
Bluffton police arrested Javier Ramirez-Vaca on Tuesday after reviewing surveillance footage from the Towne Drive Kroger that police say gives the appearance that Ramirez-Vaca played off grabbing a woman from behind as accidental contact.
He was charged with second-degree assault and battery, which carries up to two years in prison, said Lt. Joe Babkiewicz.
The Beaufort County Detention Center is also holding Ramirez-Vaca for questioning from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the center's logs, which also show a 2009 arrest for driving without a license.
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Traffic congestion is already a problem across the GTA and will only get worse as our community continues to grow. Congestion results in lost time, lower productivity, and higher transportation costs, to name a few. Many studies show how the stress of the daily commute on congested roads negatively affects a worker's quality of life and the quality of their work. Regional and municipal governments have made a commitment to build more roads and expand public transit services but this is only part of the solution.
The City of Markham is pursuing many initiatives to reduce the dependence on the automobile. Changing our philosophy about travel will take time. The philosophy is not to eliminate the automobile but to provide alternatives to reduce the dependence on the automobile as the primary mode of travel in Markham. Markham has a four-point transportation strategy (MTPS-2002), which is the blueprint for transportation over the next 20 years.
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Urologic oncology is the main direction in the work of our clinic. Besides tumor surgery with preservation of organs and functions, the clinic provides medical treatment of tumors, including the intravasal chemotherapy for progressive cancer. We acquired particularly rich experience in the area of substitution of the bladder continents with the so-called artificial bladder created from the small intestine. This surgery technique was invented in Urological University Clinic by Prof. Mr. Hautmann and gained universal acceptance. It is improved continuously and forms a continuation of a series of the most important techniques for such surgeries. Besides artificial bladder, the clinic introduces all kinds of urination aids, for both men and women. For surgeries on prostate cancer with preservation of functions, the clinic offers, besides open surgeries, the ability to conduct surgeries using the minimally invasive robotic technology with daVinci SI. In its own center for prostate cancer certified by the German Cancer Society, the clinic determines the optimal treatment plan for patients with prostate cancer at any stage of the disease at regular interdisciplinary meetings with oncologists, radiotherapists, radiologists and pathologists.
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The Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) is pleased to announce its 2009 VEF Fellowship program for Process B. Process B involves the submission of an application and documentation supporting a VEF Fellowship award for applicants already in possession of a Letter of Admission from a leading graduate school in the United States for study commencing in Fall 2009 in a science and technology (S&T) field. The fellowship application and selection process is open, competitive, and transparent. Applicants do not need to pay any fees to anyone in order to apply or be considered for a VEF Fellowship. Winners are chosen based on individual merit including academic performance, intellectual capabilities, English communication skills, and the potential for scientific contribution to education and research.
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Alumni Tim Hayse '02 and Lucas McCain '03 met first at King College, but leave it to sport as the reason for their reconnection.
Through faith and sport Tim Hayse and Lucas McCain first met on the King College campus to work a basketball camp held in the summer of 1999. They later became teammates over the next three years but reconnected well after their playing days. Leave it to sport as its reason.
Following their graduation from King, both men ventured off in different directions to start families and careers. They both also took up another activity that would later reunite them in the most unlikely of scenarios.
Hayse and McCain stayed in touch loosely over the years following their graduation. Both started looking for more ways to stay active and healthy. McCain gave triathlon a shot in 2005 after his father encouraged him to try it out. Hayse decided to try triathlon in 2008 without any knowledge of McCain's participation in the sport. They were hooked.
"I remember racing in the fall of 2009 at Fall Creek Falls State Park," McCain said. "It was hot and I was hurting on the run. Then I heard someone shout, 'Go get 'em Luke.' I was shocked because I absolutely knew the voice, but it had been a few years since I'd heard it."
Even though the men live more than 1,000 miles apart, turns out Hayse was competing as well. The two reconnected after the race, and they have met at several races across the country since then.
McCain and Hayse competed at the Ironman Wisconsin in Madison in September 2012. Both men showed great determination and completed the grueling race which consisted of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bicycle ride, and a full 26.2 mile marathon run, which included a loop to the field of Camp Randall Stadium, home of Wisconsin Badgers Football.
McCain finished with a time of 10 hours, 51 minutes, and 58 seconds to place 33rd in his division. Hayse came in with a clip of 12:30:04.
Hayse credits triathlon as being more than just a hobby. "Triathlon has been way more than a sport to me," he said. "It has been an inroad into my community, a place for solitude, competition, fun, and travel. It has enabled a healthy lifestyle that has had ripple effects into every area of my life."
McCain graduated from King in 2003 with a B.A. in History though pursued a technological career where he worked for Health Care Corporation of America. In 2010, Lucas moved to Boulder, Colo. to run a tech start-up in the endurance sports industry. He also is part owner and editor of 303 Triathlon News.
After a great career as a student, athlete, and a Fellowship of Christian Athletes leader, Hayse graduated from King in 2002. After graduation, he married outstanding King volleyball player, Robin Vadney ('02), and they moved back to their home state of Florida. The couple returned to Tennessee where Tim is the Assistant Pastor at the Northshore Fellowship Church in Chattanooga. They have three children, Noah, Anna, and Avery.
Hayse and McCain continue to keep in touch despite their busy lives, talking about training schedules, life, and their fond King memories. Both know their involvement in the demanding sport has grown into a sustainable, healthy lifestyle and a way to keep connected.


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A new gun law passed by the 2010 Indiana General Assembly voids the current human resource policies of many area companies.
To help these companies understand the implications of the new law, the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce is hosting a seminar on May 25 starting at 7:30 a.m. at the Matterhorn Conference Center, 2041 Cassopolis St., in Elkhart, Ind. according to a news release.
According to the new law, a company may not prohibit workers from bringing firearms to work, as long as those weapons are secured in a vehicle. Many companies have policies prohibiting firearms on their property. Those policies are now illegal.
The chamber designed the seminar to provide area companies with guidance on sorting through new liability issues, worker safety concerns and policy requirements. Information will be provided by a panel that includes an attorney from Barnes and Thornburg, an HR manager from NIBCO and a deputy from the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department.
The breakfast meeting costs $10 for chamber members and $15 for non-members. Register with the chamber at (574) 293-1531 or www.elkhart.org.
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Shakespeare in Delaware Park brings 'Hamlet' back to basics
During Saul Elkin's first attempt to bring "Hamlet" to life on the Shakespeare in Delaware Park stage in 1977, the young director made some bold and bizarre choices.
He inserted a snooping Hamlet, disguised as a Puerto Rican janitor, into a scene in which the scheming King Claudius enlists two of the young prince's college buddies to spy on him. When the time came for Hamlet to deliver Shakespeare's most famous soliloquy – "To be, or not to be ..." – he did so in a Puerto Rican accent. Ophelia's death scene involved Hamlet raising a gun to her head while carting her off stage in a sort of wheelbarrow.
The whacked-out production was based on "Naked Hamlet," an adaptation of Shakespeare's original by Elkin's Ph.D. mentor, Joe Papp, who founded the Public Theatre and the New York Shakespeare Festival in the early 1950s. It included a rock band, film projections and all sorts of bells and whistles beyond even the Bard's expansive imagination.
But when Elkin's fifth version of "Hamlet" opens on Shakespeare Hill tonight, all audiences will see is a jet-black stage punctuated by a single painted tapestry and actors delving into the language of the play. No avant-garde interpretations. No modern-day flourishes. And no Puerto Rican accents.
"It was my notion, back then, that was the direction theater was going. I'm not sure it is anymore," Elkin said. "Then, I thought I had to throw everything in, and I did. Now, I'm thinking that I need to trust Mr. Shakespeare. I need to trust the play a little bit more."
Though Elkin has pared the play down from its original running time of more than four hours to around three, he has otherwise left the language untouched. The set is spare and the play's frequent shifts from one location to the next are usually indicated by nothing more than the actors' body language. The audience, as was the case in Shakespeare's time, fills in the rest with their own estimable imaginations.
His take on "Hamlet" has evolved over the decades, from an all-out "total theater" interpretation to gradually more language-focused productions. This year's show, he said, is about bringing it back to basics.
Niagara Falls native Shaun Sheley, a St. Louis-based actor and teacher who last appeared on the Shakespeare in Delaware Park stage in a 2000 production of "As You Like It," is playing the demanding role for the first time in his career. Though at first the prospect of playing perhaps the most sought-after and challenging role in English theater weighed heavily on Sheley, he has since come to treat it as he would any other theatrical challenge.
After reading books on the role and familiarizing himself with the most notable performances of the conflicted Danish prince, from Edwin Booth and John Barrymore to Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, he has settled into a kind of confidence about the task ahead of him.
"You get sort of a wide range of interpretations of the different Hamlets," Sheley said of his research for the role. "But having said that, it's gotta be your own. You've got to just leave all that aside and get out there and dig for truth."
"Hamlet," like all great works of literature, strikes the reader at remarkably different angles depending on that reader's age. A teenager reading the play for the first time might think of the 30-year-old prince as unfathomably complex and adult. It might take on more self-analytical overtones for a 30-year-old. And for those a decade older than the tortured protagonist, it takes on even deeper and more complicated shades.
For Sheley, approaching the play with 40 years of life experience behind him makes its existential themes all the more evident and poignant.
"I'm more attuned now to all the various motifs around the idea of death, life. He goes back and forth with this struggle: what is life, what is death, what comes after, what the hell are we doing in this place, what's the point, is there a point, yes there has to be a point," he said. "It's just those ideas that keep popping up over and over again: What are we doing here, what are we supposed to do, how do we get through this life and not screw up too much?"
These are eternal, unanswerable questions to which anyone of almost any age can relate to, which is one essential part of the play's appeal across the centuries.
But the play's language – quotable and poetic as it is – has proved one of its major challenges. For Elkin, having actors on hand like Sheley, his daughter Rebecca Elkin-Young, who plays Ophelia, and SDP veteran Tim Newell as Claudius, helps to make sure none of Shakespeare's meaning gets lost in translation.
"The quality both these gentlemen have is that they can speak the language with great clarity and they can also be very real about the action that underlies the language," Elkin said. "There's no doubt in my mind what's up with Hamlet and Claudius while they're up there."
Elkin has decided to leave the play's anachronistic references and outmoded words intact, challenging the actors to help the audience understand the language by highlighting its context and communicating its motivation. There's a scene, for instance, in which Claudius says that he has "bought an unction of a mountebank" – a poisonous oil from an untrustworthy doctor – which remains unchanged.
"A what from a who?" Sheley asked, jokingly. "But we make it clear," Elkin said. "The intention is there."
While there are no radical interpretations at work in this production of "Hamlet," the sixth in the company's history, Elkin and Sheley view Hamlet as a pragmatic figure rather than as a tortured man who procrastinates and is completely unsure of himself.
In Elkin's view and Sheley's delivery, Hamlet's most famous soliloquy has more to do with the practical considerations of carrying out murder than with the existential poetic reverie we normally associate with the speech. To them, the question is not exactly "To be, or not to be?" but rather, "To murder, or not to murder?"
"My advice to Sean was, this is not a contemplative speech," Elkin said. "This is not only, 'Should I commit suicide?' but, 'Should I kill the king as well, and what happens if I commit murder?' So he comes in on the run and does it."
Sheley immediately bought into the approach, which replaces what is typically a bout of tortured poetic yearning with a straightforward internal debate. "He's thinking on his feet all the time," Sheley said. "He can't be sitting there ho-hummin'. He's got to be thinking, he's got to be moving."
For Newell, who has played a string of villains on the SDP stage to great acclaim – none more popular than his portrayal of Richard III last year – the opportunity to play Claudius provides a different challenge.
"He's up there with King Richard, I think, in how deliciously charming he can be," Newell said. "The real fire kicks in in the second half of our production, once he's on to the fact that Hamlet is now pursuing his life."
There are endless readings of Shakespeare's longest tragedy and his popular protagonist, many valid and many out of left-field. For his fifth time through, Elkin and his cast have chosen to hew closely to the text and to let Shakespeare's language speak loudly and clearly for itself.
"In the end, every actor's task is to attach a believable intention to the words," Elkin said, "and if the intention is believable and if it's true to the text, then the words are understandable and we know what you're about. We know what you're after."
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I have a buddy at work that dabbles at making stuff.he has a few pieces of milling equipment at his home so I asked if I brought him some 1 inch aluminum rod if he could try to make me a fore grip or 2.I let him take a rail and a vertical adapter with a gas through to see what he could come up with.this is what I got for my 6.77$ worth of aluminum rod,4 different pieces at 15 degrees that actually fit really nice.what do you guys think?
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"IBM and Sun Microsystems did indeed announce an agreement for deploying the Solaris operating system on IBM servers, but it wasn't the system we guessed: IBM will deploy Solaris for its Intel x86-based System x and BladeCenter servers. It's a significant move, as it validates the presence of Sun's operating system among a broad customer base that few can mistake as a "niche." As Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz told reporters today, IBM becomes the first Tier 1 reseller of Solaris products and services for x86 platforms." His blog is here.


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A therapeutic riding program at one of Brookfield's most historic sites has closed, and the property owners are exploring options to sell.
Elm Hill Center at the historic Elm Hill Farm has been home to the Rehabilitative Resources therapeutic riding program since 2009. The nonprofit, which is based in Sturbridge, runs residential and community day programs for disabled people and, its new CEO said, the cost of operating at Elm Hill Center was becoming a burden.
The facility has been losing more than $100,000 each year, and that number has been growing annually.
"It pains us," CEO Michael Coughlin said. "I've been here about six weeks, and the last thing I wanted to do was give this kind of news."
But to continue running a program that was losing so much money would have eventually affected other programs, he explained, and so the board decided to close the riding program effective Feb. 2.
"There are other riding programs in the area," Mr. Coughlin said, adding that he's hopeful clients who had been using the Elm Hill Center will be able to transfer to those programs.
Rehabilitative Resources is looking into selling the 30 acres it owns along with three houses, barns and other outbuildings, but, Mr. Coughlin said, some options are off the table and that includes selling the land to a developer.
That was good news to Ronald Couture of the Brookfield Historical Commission, who spent 15 years creating the archives that contain 200 years of history of the five families, most prominently the Blanchard-Means, who lived on the property.
Mr. Couture said the property, including the mansion house, was not in the best shape when Rehabilitative Resources moved in.
"It needed a lot of upgrading and they put the upgrading in," he said. "They did a wonderful job. There are thousands of volunteer hours in there. There are two Eagle Scout projects that were done there."
While the farm might be best known for producing Elsie the cow, a registered Jersey heifer that served as mascot for the Borden Co., she is a small part of the farm's history.
There were Revolutionary War veterans living at the farm, "Great Gatsby"-like parties at the mansion, elaborate gardens, and herds of the nation's best cows that provided milk for the Army. "It's the backbone of Brookfield history," Mr. Couture said.
Some of the family's collection went to Old Sturbridge Village. Mr. Coughlin said he will speak with officials there about the archives and for guidance about the property.
He's hopeful another nonprofit might be able to make its operation work at the site.
Mr. Couture said there is a need to keep the heritage farm working. Hay is gathered from the fields, but at one time the family's apple orchard was famous — each piece of fruit hand picked, wrapped and labeled and sold in New York.
His vision includes an educational component, maybe a college where students could make use of Abby Blanchard-Means' meticulous garden journals, which include about 60 years of day-to-day notes.
A dormitory could be made in the mansion house, he believes.
The property is listed by Massachusetts Preservation as one of the state's most endangered historic resources for 2012.
The farm is not officially on the market, and Mr. Coughlin admits it could take years to find the right buyer.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will increase aid to New Jersey towns struck hard by Hurricane Sandy in October.
FEMA said Wednesday it will increase the federal contribution from 75 percent to 90 percent of the cost for projects ranging from debris removal to infrastructure repair under the FEMA Public Assistance Grant Program.
"This is great news for New Jersey and something we've been aggressively working to achieve over the last eight months," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said in a statement. "This increased funding from the federal government will go a long way as our residents and communities continue rebuilding from Sandy."
New Jersey has received more than $550 million in public assistance grants from FEMA since Hurricane Sandy devastated the state's shoreline. The funding increase has been allowed because disaster aid numbers passed a pre-determined threshold, FEMA officials said.
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"When federal disaster aid to a state meets or exceeds a set amount per state resident – currently $133 – federal regulations allow for the president to authorize an increase to 90 percent," Gracia Szczech, FEMA's federal coordinating officer, said in a statement.
The increase is not automatic once state funding crosses this red line. Only when relief efforts tip this scale, said FEMA officials, can governors request the increase from the White House. Wednesday's announcement only applies to New Jersey federal aid, but FEMA public assistance in New York, which also sustained massive damage from Sandy, was granted the higher level of federal contributions in May after requests from Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The New Jersey increase was authorized by President Barack Obama after requests from Christie.
Obama toured the shore with Christie on May 28 to see recovery efforts, as the two men from different parties again displayed the warm relationship they developed when the federal government rushed aid to the state in the immediate aftermath of the storm and Christie openly praised the response. That praise, coming in the heat of the Obama re-election campaign, drew criticism from some of Christie's fellow Republicans, who said it needlessly helped Obama in a close contest.
Christie lauded Obama again Wednesday.
"I am grateful for the continued bipartisan cooperation from the White House and our congressional delegation and will continue working across the aisle with leaders on all levels of government until our state is fully restored," he said.


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108 Media will launch international sales in Cannes on suspense drama The Time Being starring Wes Bentley and Frank Langella.
The film premiered at Toronto last autumn and marks the feature directorial debut of Nenad Cicin-Sain, who co-wrote the screenplay with producer Richard Gladstein of the Film Colony.
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As I read article after article about social media and what it means to Human Resources, the more I see that this is a huge topic that is only going to get messier and probably create far more questions than anyone will have answers for. Here are some examples of the different topics and the opinions being formed. I encourage you to take a look at these articles, and particularly the comments, to see the many discussions taking place.
- There is the argument made by fellow blogger Lance Haun that you don't need a social media policy. His opinion is that too much policy is a bad thing and if the focus is on education, there isn't a need for policy. Do you have a policy? Do you need one?
- Another example is a very scary article about Pre-Crime coming to HR by Mike Elgan that essentially shifts responsibility for employees' future behavior to the company based on what can be learned by mining social media platforms. Will HR ultimately end up responsible if you don't monitor social media?
- There is an interesting article written by Michael Greco regarding whether updating profiles after an employee leaves is considered breaking the non-compete agreement. How do your contracts read? Is social media included when your employees sign their employment contracts, non-competes, and confidentiality agreements? Do you think it should be?
- Then there is the debate about whether it is ethical to use social media when recruiting. Laurie Ruettiman wrote a post citing personal experience as an example of why it is wrong to do so. Do you use it to recruit? Do you believe it is public and therefore okay? Do you think it is unethical?
- Jeannette Palodino wrote a blog post about the success IBM has had in using social media to engage and retain employees. The choice of whether to promote its use or restrict it is yet another hot topic. Has it been a useful tool for you to engage employees? Have you considered using social media in this way?
Reading all of these articles has led me to three conclusions: There seem to be an equal number of people on each side of each issue and pretty much all the arguments are compelling. The only certainty is that there is no certainty. Things are changing rapidly and even the Supreme Court is ruling on both sides of many of these subjects, depending on the situation. Human Resources should not ignore social media. It is already having a huge effect on your department whether you like it or not, and it is not going to go away. Do you discuss the impact social media is having on your employees, your company brand, your methods, and the legal ramifications of these impacts? Do you use it, monitor it, and keep up to speed on the debates that are occurring around social media? Please share your experiences in the comments. This was reposted from www.careercurve.com/blog by the author.


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Logo for "The Echo Nest". You may or may not use "the" although we would prefer it. Echo Nest must be two separate words. Logo must work in just black or white and at small sizes.
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It's been a roll call of the richest companies in America lately. The publicly traded entities with cash-flush balance sheets are cutting loose some of their greenbacks, declaring one-time distributions that will be payable this month.
And why not? The tax rate on qualified dividends that currently maxes out at 15% is set to nearly triple for some high earners. If a company has ever wanted to return money to its stakeholders, this may be the last month in a long time when it makes sense.
Not every company that can dig deep into its pockets is doing so, though. The country's most valuable and richest company has been somehow absent from the list of companies making these special declarations. What's Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) waiting for?
First Bank of Apple
The Cupertino titan is good for the money. It closed out its latest quarter with more than $121 billion in cash and marketable securities on its balance sheet. That's nearly $128 a share in cash. Now, the lion's share of that money is docked overseas. Until repatriation rules ease -- and that's not likely to happen, given the government's hunger for revenue -- that's where the funds will stay.
Meanwhile, Apple's stash keeps growing. Even after finally coming around and initiating a quarterly dividend policy earlier this year, Apple is collecting more money than it needs. A year ago it had just $81.6 billion on its balance sheet in cash and marketable securities. The company generated more than $50 billion in operating cash flow over the past year, and it's going to crank out even more this new fiscal year.
The only two reasons for Apple's stinginess would be if it's gearing up for a major acquisition or if it's saving for a rainy day.
Well, let's bury any potential buyout chatter. Apple doesn't make needle-moving acquisitions. There have been nibbles here and there, but we've never seen the company attempt the big-ticket purchases that other tech titans have pulled off.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) paid 10 figures for Skype, aQuantive, and Yammer. Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) shelled out more than a billion for Motorola Mobility, YouTube, and DoubleClick. In comparison, Apple has yet to make a deal bigger than its $402 million purchase of NeXT -- and that was 15 years ago.
That isn't to suggest that Apple should go on a shopping spree. I'm merely suggesting that Apple doesn't need to have so much money in its vault.
Tim Cook's big umbrella
What about that rainy day? If Apple was a cyclical company, holding on to its gobs of cash would be understandable.
Ford (NYSE:F), for example, has a net cash position of $9.9 billion, but no one there is clamoring for a fat check. Investors have seen the exhilarating highs and crushing lows of the auto industry, and they're aware of the albatross of underfunded pension liabilities. Ford is a solid investment, but it will never be a consistent grower. Did you know analysts see Ford posting slightly lower sales and earnings this year?
There's no such dark cloud looming over Apple. Sure, Wall Street sees Apple's revenue growth slowing to 24% this new fiscal year and 15% the following year. But so what? The same can be said for Microsoft and Google.
No, Apple doesn't lack risks and challenges. Android can continue to gain global market share in tablets and smartphones, potentially at Apple's expense. Or a new mobile computing platform may emerge where Apple's iOS isn't a major player.
But again, so what? That's business. Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) doesn't have a problem returning $2.2 billion to its investors later this month in the form of a one-time distribution of $2.75 a share. Casinos have their ups and downs, and this operator's dependence on the gambling market in Macau introduces geopolitical risks.
The beat of its own drummer
Of course, Apple has defied conventional wisdom in the past -- and won. Most tech companies wouldn't dream of letting their stocks approach the triple digits without declaring a stock split. But Apple's not doing it.
Most large caps wouldn't dream of holding out on paying a dividend, but Apple became the country's most valuable company two years ago with a yield of nil. It wasn't until earlier this year that Cook moved to appease income investors in a way that Steve Jobs never did.
However, the clock is ticking on this particular event. Apple may very well declare a stock split next year, but it would be cruel to decide to return money to its stakeholders through a special distribution after this month's kinder tax rates are toast.
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Okay, so you might remember I had a forum where you post ur drawings made on anything but rmd a long time ago, but I cant find it xD so post your non-rmd drawings here!
EDIT: Somebody finally posted to the original forum so here it is! http://www.ratemydrawings.com/community … 87&p=1
Here's one of mine. ^.^
Let me see yours!
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Aw, so cute, anime!
Kinda old ones xD
and omg they are huge.. O_o
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how do you post non rmd images? cos i have some pottery id like to share
if you have a picture of it upload it to here http://tinypic.com and then just post the direct link between [img][ /img]
well then here are my sculptures (sorry the pictures are so big :S)
This is a pepper
The head of mimir (Norse mythology)
And an exploded bubble
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Whoa, nice work Zan, and jessilator! Very creative, both of u ^^
ummmmm ok
this one is a wolf howling at the northen lights:
this one is a anime girl waitin for her mummy after school but mummy never comes.....
Because they posted ones from other places like from DeviantArt. ^^
Nice pics tho ^^
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nice work!
Anyone else?
C'mon.... you know you wanna post something. (;
i love the teddy
x''D Here are some of mine, done in SAI
Sora and Link Mirror
Done with colored pencils. Bad quality..
Done on Photoshop Elements. Used a tutorial.
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Beyonce keeps it sheer while attending the premiere of her film Life Is But A Dream held at the Ziegfeld Theater on Tuesday (February 12) in New York City.
The 31-year-old singer was joined on the red carpet by Oprah Winfrey, who will interview her on Oprah's Next Chapter on Sunday (February 17).
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