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A Legend in the Rag Trade
BY Michelle Saxton
Anne Ludvigson vice chairman and president of Swedish textile company AB Ludvig Svensson was in Charlotte in April for a business trip. While traveling to America she came to Wilmington to see Randy Trull first.
An executive with a textile company meeting with one of the world's foremost fabric designers makes perfect sense. Except that Trull no longer represents AB Ludvig Svensson. This was strictly a personal visit.
"He's part of the family " Ludvigson says. "I add on a private visit to Randy whenever I am in the United States."
The relationship did start as a professional one. But it evolved to the point where Trull spent Christmases from 1975 to 1985 with the Ludvigsons at their home in Gothenburg Sweden. "Then we'd go somewhere we'd never been before — Cape Town South Africa China Brazil. Last year we went to L.A. then the Coronado Hotel in San Diego the Getty Museum for New Year's " Trull says.
"Uncle Randy" and Ludvigson travel the world together.
"He's extremely outgoing very social " Ludvigson says. "He has a very very high EQ and gets involved with absolutely everybody. He's a great storyteller lots of fun."
Not everyone he does business with becomes a life-long friend or an honorary family member. But 60-plus years of over-the-top talent and innovation that have made Randy Trull a household name in the world of fabric design combined with his engaging personality make him someone that is impossible to forget.
"When Randy grabs on to something he takes it full-bore " says John Miller Trull's business partner for his newest venture decorative jobber fabric company MFANO and its manufacturing and sewing subsidiary Pender Creek Design Workshop located near Wilmington International Airport where they create their own fabric line and finish goods from their own fabrics. "He applies a lot of intensity because he takes it seriously."
Trull now a well-seasoned 87 can't remember a time when he didn't have that intensity. Early in his life he began to look at everything as a challenge to be overcome.
"I would conquer it " he says.
As a preeminent fabric clothing and home furnishings designer he still brings that passion enthusiasm and inspiration to his work. His face lights up with a smile while talking about plans for MFANO.
"My mind never stops spinning away at some way that I can do something that's just a little bit different " Trull says.
During an interview at his patio home near Wrightsville Beach his bichon frise Queeni-Bee watches patiently in a room decorated with colorful furniture upholstered in Trull's fabric designs such as a monkey and red flower-patterned chair.
"I have this idea " Trull says pausing to laugh. "Here we go again."
Born in the 1930s in the middle of the Great Depression Randolph Holand Trull — "always Randy" — began designing as a child growing up in the Hayes Barton district of Raleigh.
"I am old North Carolina " he says.
It all began with dollhouse furniture.
"I'd go to the dime store to Woolworth's and buy the plastic furniture — sofas and chairs and lamps — and I was building little rooms before I was 10 years old " Trull says adding he would use aluminum foil to turn buttons into silver plates and golf tees into candlesticks.
Trull credits his mother Mabel Trull who collected antiques for being a creative influence.
After graduating from Broughton High School and Campbell Junior College (now Campbell University) Trull attended the Parsons School of Design in New York and then in Europe. Even then he was driven to be the best.
"At Parsons I thought 'How do I get ahead of the rest of my class?'" he says.
After serving in the U.S. Navy to gain experience Trull began his career answering the phones part time in the adjustment department of a store that belonged to Lord and Taylor in New York.
"New York was the place to be back then " he says.
Lord and Taylor offered him a job as a designer for $35. He turned them down and took a position as a fabric converter and sample boy at $60 per week for Kandell Fabrics in New York.
He rose from working on the floor as a samples boy to designing showroom displays. He would work for the next 35 years in curtain drapery linen and domestic linens.
Soon after Trull decorated a duplex apartment for Jerome Kandell and his second wife "Mr. Jerome" began asking his opinion of collections. He liked Trull's answers and his designs.
"At Kandell one of the fabrics I did for him sold over 3 million yards " he says.
This was in the 1954-1960s era. It launched his career in textiles.
Kandell gave him no bonuses but did send him for six weeks a year of paid vacation in the south of France.
"Everybody would be there " he says. "I was so young. I never thought it was a big deal. But when I look back on it it was a big deal. When you are that young and that busy you don't really think about who you are."
He met Yves Saint Laurent the Rothschilds and the Duke and Duchess of England. He enjoyed many visits with Italian princess Donatella Colonna at her summer palace in Ancona Italy. He became friends with Rosita Fanto of Monte Carlo.
"Everybody was somebody but me " he says.
He was never happy doing just one thing. He had an antique shop and from there he launched his own fabric company Tressard. Not wanting to be called simply a designer he was a founding member of the National Society of Interior Designers (NSID).
He was an innovator from the beginning. For an NSID luncheon fashion show Trull presented ready-to-wear designs in furniture fabrics. He asked actress Carol Burnett who was performing in the off-Broadway production of "Once Upon a Mattress " to model his Tressard mattress ticking.
"She said 'You've got a deal if you won't tell anybody my measurements '" Trull recalls calling Burnett "Miss Once Upon a Mattress."
"It launched my company. She was just a wonderful lady just super nice. The character you saw on her TV shows that made her so famous was her " he says.
Trull became a consultant for Heritage Furniture in High Point doing fabric selections and designing their showroom.
He designed two menswear lines before going back to home furnishings. His dance card reads like a who's who of design and fabric. He rattles off names: a stint with the curtain and drapery business Croscill/Kahn Fieldcrest Cannon Bates Bloomcraft Larry Kravet. Kravet Fabrics is the biggest decorative jobber in America he adds. Luther Travis Trull/Travis Sears of Canada Spiegel Cameo Curtain Company Montgomery Ward.
Every endeavor benefitted from his creative touch. Tufted bedspreads were common until Trull pushed Bates Manufacturing to make printed bedspreads.
"I was head of their design department; I went to Japan and did a whole series of bedspreads on those wide looms " Trull says.
He put printed designs on corduroy jeans. He pioneered the trend of layering pillows and shams across a bed because he thought it looked more luxurious.
"They let me do anything I wanted because everything I touched turned to gold " he says.
By the time he was 32 (1962) he had an apartment on Park Avenue complete with a live-in housekeeper and chauffeured limousine. He did a lot for House of Fraser which owned most of the major department stores in England except Harrods. He still maintains an apartment in New York at No. 60 Sutton Place South and a house in the Hamptons. Trull kept a London flat for 25 years finally giving it up two years ago.
He started a new design chapter in the late 1980s when his home state's Glen Raven Mills approached him to consult for the company's Sunbrella fabric line.
Beyond Solids and Stripes Canvas and Awnings
Glen Raven a family-owned business founded in 1880 in Alamance North Carolina as a cotton mill introduced Sunbrella fabrics in 1961 for awnings and later for boat canvas. The popular water-repellent stain-resistant and bleachable performance fabric expanded to the outdoor furniture market and eventually to interior design.
"You can actually have a white sofa or a white dining chair and if you do spill red wine on it you're able to get it off quite easily " says Greg Rosendale residential market manager for furniture fabrics at Glen Raven.
Sunbrella was offered in solids stripes and checks when Trull came aboard. He designed different print patterns and proposed new textures.
"Randy is conceptually a very very bright thinker " says Glen Raven CEO Allen Gant Jr. grandson of founder John Quinton Gant. "He has the capacity to walk into a room and see it in a homogeneous way that allows him to put different colors and patterns together that make the room sparkle and come alive. Randy has an incredible ability to understand and coordinate color. His styling and design pushed us to use more color and more design than we probably would have."
In 1994 Trull proposed including jacquard fabrics which would allow for even more detailed intricate patterns.
"I felt we needed a jacquard offering in Sunbrella which had never been successfully done before " he says.
He floated the idea by close friend Mark Grigalunas design director for Sunbury Textile Mills a high-end custom weaver in Pennsylvania.
"When I first presented the idea of a Sunbrella jacquard to Sunbury management they thought I had gone insane " Grigalunas said in a 2014 press release celebrating the 20th anniversary of the partnership between the two companies. "Glen Raven had mastered the cleanable and durable parts so all we had to do was make it beautiful which I knew we could do."
As it grew it was a very viable relationship for both companies.
In "An American Success Story – Celebrating 50 Years " a book published by Glen Raven the company credits Trull's visionary idea for starting "a whole new chapter in the life of Sunbrella. � The brand was suddenly elevated to an entirely new level and given access to premium markets."
Suddenly price was not an object. Trull brought Glen Raven an opening order from Kravet Fabrics for $526 000.
"What he has been good at is seeing opportunities which other people have not " Ludvigson says. "He's taken known businesses to new areas. Look at what he's done for the casual furniture market which wasn't designed before. He's certainly been a big part in establishing and developing Sunbrella into a more design-oriented brand. He takes his knowledge and puts it into a new type of business."
With Trull's designs Sunbrella's interior fabrics also include boucle chenille and terrycloth textures.
"My whole life has been not seeing things the way everyone else sees it " he says. "My whole career has been based on thinking outside the box."
Trull continued to consult for Glen Raven until 2000. At his retirement party Gant told the crowd that Sunbrella products were 10 percent of the company's volume when Trull came on board. Gant credited him for raising it to 90 percent.
"Randy is one of the most creative individuals I've ever known " Gant says. "He pushed us really hard to open our horizons. He opened a whole new avenue of fabrics and ideas that we didn't have. I can't say enough good things about Randy."
Setting Sail for New Adventures
Still working in New York Trull moved back to North Carolina in 1995 settling in Wilmington to be near the water. His latest boat a 52-foot Hatteras motor yacht the R Holland which once carried Trull between New York and Florida is docked in Southport. He chose Southport because of its proximity to the number of locations that are a short trip from home base.
Trull set up a European antique shop Classic Designs of Wilmington around 2000. He then added textile retail. He sold the shop earlier this year to devote more time to MFANO. However Classic Designs is still is a showroom for Trull's fabric line. Customers include local interior designers and homeowners shopping for decorating project materials says owner Matthew Lappin. Most of the fabric displayed is Sunbrella.
"It's soft enough for inside it's tough enough for outside " Lappin says.
Meanwhile Trull and Miller are growing MFANO and Pender Creek Design Workshop.
"The way his mind works and the way he's able to come up with things that we can translate into textile design it's like nobody I've ever seen " Miller says.
MFANO offers about 200 items of its own proprietary line of Sunbrella fabric designs as well as more than 1 000 items of stock open line Sunbrella Miller says.
Six decades into a career marked by creativity Trull still looks at what for him are the trades. He routinely peruses fashion and home-furnishing magazines to keep up with style trends which can lead to creative sparks of his own. When he sees something he likes he tears the page out and ideas come.
"I take every fashion magazine always have " he says.
New colorways can be inspired by what he sees. He saw a picture of a woman wearing a cheetah-patterned coat in beige. He tore the page out. MFANO already had a cheetah pattern in black and beige and Trull introduced it in other colors including a vivid blue.
"We can't keep it on the shelves " Miller says.
A colorway is any of a range of combinations of colors in which a style or design is available.
"Most have five colorways " Miller says. "Our Prisma pattern has 15 colorways; that is unusual. Trull designed Dupoine for Glen Raven. It comes in 23 colorways; it is their bestselling fabric."
Prisma became his big show in Las Vegas at the Casual Furniture Show in the World Market Center in July.
"Prisma is the hottest thing going that's Randy's prediction. He always picks the winner stay with him " Trull says speaking of himself in third person which he often does.
Before this Trull designed a new pattern called "Windows" after being drawn to a magazine photo of a city skyline. His inspiration continued after seeing the fabric in woven form and how different yarns came together in the multi-color windows.
"He considers that Glen Raven's next Dupoine " Miller says.
Trull has seen much of the world during his career and he still travels to visit clients and friends. He has no plans to retire.
"I don't even like the word " he says. "If you love what you do it's not work. It's almost therapy. I simply adore what I do. I enjoy it. Everything is a challenge for me to do create something new something different — that's exciting for me. That is my retirement."
In early August Trull was showing off his Prisma pattern inside a polka dot and the fabric is reversible.
"I'll be sending this to all the buyers in October " he says.
Like the Sunbrella fabric used for his patterns his enthusiasm and inspiration for his work could be labeled fade-resistant.
"He's still good " Ludvigson says. "He still gets it. He's very curious; he's very up to date. He tries new things."
Afterword: Trull put Glen Raven together with Sunbury Textile Mills in the late 1980s. Thirty-seven years later on July 28 2017 CEO Allen Gant Jr. called to tell him that Glen Raven purchased Sunbury.
"He called they all called me to tell me 'You started it and now we own it '" Trull says.
Pat Bradford and Simon Gonzalez contributed to this story.
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How Covid-19 is widening gender gap
by Natalia Ospina and Levine Thio 26 November 2020
Targeted policies needed to prevent magnifying inequalities
Men may be more vulnerable to Covid-19, but women have been hit hardest by the pandemic's impact on education, employment and the wider economy. Targeted policy action is needed to ensure these inequalities are corrected as economies recover. Digital financial inclusion and targeted income transfers can be powerful instruments, according to a panel of female leaders from central banks, international financial institutions and the private sector hosted by OMFIF on 25 November.
Close to 1m women have lost their jobs since the start of the crisis, according to Ratna Sahay, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's monetary and capital markets department. Banco Central do Brasil Deputy Governor Fernanda Nechio added that in Brazil, the female unemployment rate is now double that of men. One in four women still in work are considering moving to a lower-level position or leaving the workforce, according to McKinsey research cited by Gina Omolon, partner at Mazars.
Women work in sectors hit hardest by pandemic due to lockdown and social distancing measures, Sahay explained. These include hospitality and food services, as well as the informal sector.
Kawtar Ed-Dahmani, managing director of emerging markets sovereign debt at Barings, highlighted that, 'Any shock tends to magnify existent inequalities.'
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Rescue operation underway in NC after home destroyed in massive explosion
Officials say the two individuals found were the only ones in the home. A death investigation is underway for the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Author: WCNC Staff
Published: 2:25 PM EDT July 2, 2019
Updated: 5:29 PM EDT July 4, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Firefighters said a woman was found dead in the rubble after a home exploded near the Ballantyne Country Club Tuesday afternoon.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department confirms the woman killed in the explosion was 58-year-old Rania Karam.
The explosion happened around 2 p.m. on James Jack Lane. Emergency dispatchers received multiple calls from neighbors who felt the explosion. Fire officials said the explosion was felt several miles away, including at a nearby Publix, where some customers thought a bomb went off in the parking lot.
Charlotte Fire also said a second victim, a man, was pulled from the debris. Miraculously, officials said the man was able to call 911 and directed firefighters to his location. He was flown to a Charlotte hospital for treatment of his injuries.
According to the police report from CMPD, Jebran Karam, was the man who placed the 911 call.
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The hospital where Karam works released the following statement regarding the incident:
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the Karam family during this difficult time. Dr. Jebran Karam is a tremendous cardiologist, physician and advocate for his patients. We wish him a full and fast recovery."
Wednesday, one of Karam's spoke on his relationship with him.
"Dr. Karam is one of the finest men I've met in my life," he said. "He's a wonderful man, a wonderful physician, he's the kind of guy who takes a lot of time with his patients."
Charlotte Fire officials said they're confident the two victims found were the only people in the home during the explosion.
Charlotte Fire officials say identified an interior gas leak as the preliminary cause of the explosion.
Charlotte Fire says the explosion was likely accidental. Officials stressed they believe it was interior, not exterior, meaning other nearby homes don't need to worry.
Charlotte's not the first city to experience this and likely won't be the last.
Firefighters don't know what sparked the explosion, but they believe natural gas fueled what they say was an accident. They said the survivor smelled an odor shortly before.
Investigators said you shouldn't be overly concerned about your home, but should take precautions, regularly maintaining your household appliances and not taking any chances if you ever smell gas.
"There's a reason that there's an odor added to resources like natural gas, to let you know if you smell that there's potentially an issue," CFD Battalion Chief Matt Westover said.
Just a day before this explosion, a home in Georgia exploded. Last month, an explosion in New Jersey leveled a home. In May, another explosion, this one deadly in Indiana, damaged more than a dozen houses nearby. Someone else died in March in Colorado and yet another person died in February in Minnesota.
Of those explosions, in the cases where investigators determined or predicted a cause, they blamed either natural gas or propane.
Additionally, this wasn't the first explosion in Charlotte. Firefighters said there was one in 2008 that led to fatalities, but the damage was isolated, unlike in this case.
After Tuesday's explosion in Ballantyne, neighbors were checked by Medic and evacuated from their homes. Some neighbors spent the night in a hotel as a precaution for their safety.
Several ambulances were on scene as well as a mass casualty bus.
Piedmont Natural Gas released a statement late Wednesday morning that stated their technicians tested and checked the Piedmont natural gas lines in the area, and no natural gas leaks on the lines were detected.
We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life. Our condolences and prayers are with those who are injured and who've lost a loved one.
Yesterday, our technicians tested and checked the Piedmont natural gas lines in the area, and no natural gas leaks on our lines were detected. We've determined the Piedmont natural gas pipelines in this area are operating safely. In an update last night, the fire department confirmed the area is safe.
Piedmont Natural Gas is committed to assisting and cooperating fully with the fire department and other agencies investigating this tragedy. The safety of this community continues to be our highest priority.
Call 800-752-7504 if you have any concerns about your natural gas service.
CMPD Deputy Chief previously said they hadn't ruled out anything about the cause of the explosion saying "even the survivor himself has no idea."
Crews that responded to the scene "arrived at a pile of debris", according to Charlotte Fire. The department reports the home collapsed due to the fire.
More than 80 firefighters were on scene. Officials say crews were provided with water and shade because temperatures were in the 90s.
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Two patients from surrounding homes were evaluated for non-life threatening injuries. Seven firefighters were treated on the scene with IVs, then returned to duty. One firefighter was transported to a nearby hospital for non-emergency dehydration, according to Charlotte Fire.
Police confirm the address of the home is 11812 James Jack Lane. Property records show the 8,830 square foot home was built in 2004 and most recently purchased in June 2015 for $1.2 million.
Investigators estimate the total damage to the home and the surrounding homes to be about $5 million.
PHOTOS: Ballantyne explosion
Ballantyne explosion / Photo: Medic
Ballantyne explosion
Ballantyne explosion / Photo: Charlotte Fire
Ballantyne explosion / Photo: James Brierton
Neighbors told NBC Charlotte the address of the home is 11812 James Jack Lane. Property records show the 8,830 square foot home was built in 2004 and most recently purchased in June 2015 for $1.2 million.
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And now in the name of our loving, liberating and life-giving God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Well good morning Episcopal Church! We are here! We are here! We are here!
I think it was Secretary Barlowe at one of the introductory sessions a few months ago, orientation sessions a few months ago, who said that the theme of the City of Austin was "Keep Austin Weird," and he said that he had full confidence that we would be able to accomplish that. It is so good, it is so good to be here.
Allow me, if you will, to offer a reflection on the words of Jesus that you just heard from the 15th chapter of John's gospel, which happened to be at the Last Supper in John's gospel, at the Last Supper, not long before Jesus would show what love looks like, giving of the self, even sacrificing the self for the good and well-being of others.
Allow me, if you will, to reflect on that, the Jesus Movement text, by using another text. They told me never do that in seminary, but I have been out of seminary almost 40 years. But there is another story in the Bible in the gospel that actually may illuminate what Jesus was getting at here. I am the vine, you are the branches. Abide in me as I in you. For those who abide in me bear much fruit prove to be my disciples. How's that Lord? By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, not that you can recite the baptismal covenant, that's important - and it is important - not that you know the Nicene Creed by heart, or whichever version with the filioque clause, or without, that's important, but that's not it, not that you know the Athanasian Creed at the end of the Prayer Book and those historical documents that only historians actually read. No, how will the world know that you are my disciples? He says that you love one another. Love is the way. Love is the only way. Those who follow in my way follow in the way of unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial love and that kind of love can change the world! That, that kind of love.
But the question is how? How do you do it? Young people – on Wednesday I was with the Youth Presence, they're probably in here somewhere, I don't know where – where are y'all? Oh, there they are, all right, there they are! We were talking about this on Wednesday, and somebody said "How do you follow Jesus in the way of love in a world that is profoundly unloving?" How do you do it? This message is for you. So let me talk to them, and I want you to be like Sarah in the Bible, and eavesdrop at the tent.
Now, I have a feeling there are several passages behind that song, but one of them comes out of the 14th chapter of Matthew's gospel. And in the 14th chapter of Matthew's gospel, Jesus has sent his disciples, at least some of them, off on a trip on the sea. And he tells them to get in the boat and he says, Y'all go across to the other side. The y'all was the King James Version of that, but that's what he – that's what he . . . Y'all go across to the other side. And as they were on the perilous journey, on the Sea of Galilee, in the middle of the night, if you will, a storm erupts, and they're fearful for their very lives, 'cause this is in the middle of the night. And this is night with not having ambient light. This is night without artificial light. All they had, whatever lamps they had in that boat, that was it. It was NIGHT. James Weldon Johnson said, "Blacker than a midnight in a cypress swamp." Night! And they were fearful because they couldn't even see the wind and the rain and yet they could feel them buffeting them back and forth, buffeting back and forth!
And then, when it was darkest, when it was most uncertain, Peter looked out, and he could see off in the distance, he saw a figure coming toward them. And he kept looking. And he even stood up in the boat while it was rocking. Imagine the others holding on to him. And the figure kept coming closer. And at first he thought maybe this is a hallucination. And then he could make out the face. And it was Jesus. He was walking on the water. And Peter, without even thinking, says, "Lord, if you bid me come to you I'll come to you!" And Jesus says, "Well come on, brother," and Peter jumps out of the boat and starts walking on the water, heading toward Jesus, and he actually did it! He just saw him, he said, "Lord!" He kept walking, "Lord! It's you!" And then, he looked around, and it was a serious "uh-oh" moment. And the text says – Matthew very skillfully weaves the story – says that when Peter looked at the wind and the waves and saw the storm around him and lost focus off of Jesus and focused on the storm, THAT'S when he began to sink!
Oh, my brothers and sisters, I think there's something there!
Got my hand on the Gospel plow!
Just keep your eyes on the prize!
Oh, I bet that there's something here. Now I'm not going to be long, I'm going to bring this to a conclusion . . .
But there is some wisdom here, 'cause in Matthew's version, I want you to notice that the storm doesn't stop. This is not a story about Jesus calming the sea. This is about Jesus, the storm rages on. But if you want to know how to walk through a storm – I like Rodgers and Hammerstein, but that's probably not the best way to do it – you want to know how to walk through the storm? Keep your eyes on the prize! Keep your eyes focused on this Jesus, on his teachings, on his spirit, abide with him, dwell with him, live in him, when you live in him guess what? He'll start living in you!
And the amazing thing about this is yes, Peter walks on the water – that really is amazing, I mean, I'm not surprised that Jesus walks on the water, that's what he's supposed to do. I mean, he is the Lord, that's what I would expect the Lord to do – but I am surprised that Peter does it, and if you look at the dynamics of Peter doing it, it's when Peter – Dietrich Bonhoeffer – I'm coming to a point, don't worry, don't worry – when Peter – Dietrich Bonhoeffer said that when he wrote a book called "The Cost of Discipleship", and he was talking, it's an exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5, 6, and 7, where Jesus says stuff like "Love your enemies," and Bonhoeffer says, I think what's going on there, is that you have Jesus giving these teachings about how to live a life of love. But if you approach them as mechanical, legalistic things, you'll stumble.
Bonhoeffer says the key is not to turn the teachings of Jesus into a new law. The key is to throw yourself into the arms of God. Throw yourself into the hands of Jesus. And then, you might actually learn to love an enemy. Then you might pray for those who curse you. Then you know what it means to be blessed. The poor. The poor in spirit. The compassionate. Makes them hunger for God's justice.
To throw yourself into the arms of Jesus.
Keep your eyes on that prize!
Now, I'm gonna ask you to do something. I'm an Episcopalian all my life, so I know how Episcopalians say no, they just get quiet.
Several months ago, I invited a group of Episcopalians, clergy, laity, bishops, just a kind of a group of folk, and I asked them to come and meet, if they would just come and spend just a little bit of time to help me think and pray through how do we help our church to go deeper as the Jesus Movement, not just in word, but not just in deed, either, but for real. How do we help our folk to throw themselves into the arms of Jesus? How do you help me to do that? 'Cause I know when we do it, and abide in him, we will bear fruit we never imagined. But I have to admit, Michael Curry didn't have the answer. Still don't. Yet, you're saying, what are you going to say for the rest of the sermon?
And so we sat down, we met in the Atlanta airport, cause that was kinda easy, an easy place to be. We met in the Atlanta airport and we just kinda locked up, said Holy Eucharist, said our prayers, and just locked each other – we didn't do any wining and dining in Atlanta. We didn't go to underground Atlanta. We didn't get any Paschal's fried chicken, though I wish we had but nonetheless, we didn't, and we locked up in Atlanta, we just stayed there and just kept engaging, and they kept pushing me and we kept going back and forth, back and forth, and finally we realized something, we didn't need to come up with a new program for the church. We got programs and there's nothing wrong, but we don't need a new program. We don't need a new program. No. No. We realized that – wait a minute, we don't have to do anything new!
Jesus said in Matthew's Gospel, "The scribe who is fit for the Kingdom goes into their treasure box and pulls out something old that becomes something new." And we realized that we already have what we need in the tradition of the church going back centuries. For centuries monastic communities and religious communities and people of faith who have gone deeper in this faith have lived by what they often call a rule of life; a set of spiritual practices that they make a commitment to live in, practices that help them open up the soul, open up the spirit, helped them find their way, a way of throwing yourself into the arms of God. They've been doing this for long, you don't believe me ask St. Benedict. They've been doing this a long time and we realized, what would happen, what would happen, if we asked every Episcopalian to adopt what we're calling a way of love, practices for a Jesus-centered life. What would happen? And we got folk together, some of the monastic communities helped us out, some of the theological scholars helped us out. People who do formation in the church people who know how to do…we have what we need. It's sitting in this room. It's in the church. We brought them together and asked, help us. And this is what they came up with. It's not a program. But did you all get these? Take 'em out, take 'em out. This is the old parish priest coming in me. I always gave my congregation some homework and had a handout. Got a handout? Everybody got it? If you found it, say, Amen!
If you can't, say, Help me Lord. And look on that first one that says, What do we seek? We seek love. Because we all just want to be loved. We were made by the God, whom the Bible says is love. We were made to be loved and to love. We seek freedom. Every child of God was meant to breathe free. We seek abundant life, not bargain basement life, but the real thing. Maybe all that's summed up by saying we seek Jesus. We seek Jesus. They came up with some words, and there's all sorts of stuff online for you and should be up, I hope it is up by now, it's already up, yep they're nodding, it's already up, the sources are there. This is coming from people in this church. The treasure was ready here.
It starts, Turn. That's turn, repentance, that was a nice code word for repentance. We figured we'd scare everybody off if we started off by calling it repentance. But that's turn. Repentance is not about beating up on yourself, it's about turning from old ways that don't work, old habits that don't, turning and turning, like a flower turning in the direction of the sun. Turn! And then learn. Oh, the Bible's a good book. I don't know if it's the number one best seller on the New York Times list, but it ought to be the number one best seller in the Episcopal Church. I remind all my Baptist friends, we gave you all the King James Version of the Bible. Turn! Learn! Pray! Worship! Bless! O we have been blessed to be to be a blessing. How can you bless this world, how can you bless others? Bless! And then go! Go! Go and make disciples! Go and proclaim good news! Go and be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judaea, in Samaria, in first century Galilee and in twenty-first century Austin! Go! And then rest. Sabbath rest is there in Genesis for a reason. Rest! I want to ask you to think about a commitment. I want to ask not only you, but every Episcopalian to make a commitment to throw yourself into the hands of Jesus. And then live life out of that. And these tools may help you. Now somebody's wondering, will it work? We're not far from California, and they field test everything in Silicon Valley. Let the Bishop of El Camino Real, the Bishop of California, see they know what I'm talking about, everything's got to be tested. And I am glad you asked that question, because I was anticipating it. 'Cause the truth is, it works. It's already been field tested. You don't believe me, read the Psalms of David. In the Psalms of David, the psalmist says, "in the morning, at noonday and at night, I offer my prayers to you." That is a rule of life. That is a structure of times and places and a way to pray. You don't believe, you don't believe the Psalms of David, come to the New Testament. St. Paul, and I know folk have some issues with Paul, but don't worry about that, my grandma used to say, "St. Paul was like any preacher. He has some good sermons and some not so good sermons. The problem is, they put them all in the Bible." Oh that's the problem. Yeah. But let me tell you something, Paul was having a good day in First Corinthians, chapter 9, when he says, he trains himself like an athlete. He trains his spirit like an athlete, like a great musician. He trains himself by practicing. Somebody asked me, how do you live a sacrificial, loving life? Well I guess it's the same way a first responder does, a firefighter. They've practiced. They've practiced how to save a life. And when the moment comes, it's instinct. The spiritual practices are how we practice for when the moment comes, and the Spirit moves through us.
If you still don't believe me, with this I really am going to sit down, I hope I haven't thrown the schedule off, the Secretary, he's way back there, he can't talk. He can't stop me. In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, my mama's people hail from North Carolina. My daddy's people hail from Alabama. Around, not far from Birmingham in 1963 Birmingham then was not the Birmingham we know, and are thankful to see, today. It's a different city. In 1963 the sheriff of Birmingham was a man named Bull Connor. I believe he might have been an Episcopalian, but I'm not going to investigate too much. Bull Connor, well, Birmingham was as segregated as segregated could be. Birmingham was seen as one of the most intractable places in the entire south. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference determined that they needed to make a stand in Birmingham in order to transform the south, and eventually the whole country.
And so Dr. King and others went to Birmingham and they went to Alabama. The Alabama we know today is not what Alabama was then. Alabama, Birmingham, 16th Street Baptist Church, my aunt Callie taught Sunday school in that church in 1963. In 1963 four little girls who would have grown up to be my age, were killed in Sunday school when a bomb planted by a Klansman went off in a church. Birmingham in 1963 when young people marched, hoses were, water was sprayed on them from fire hoses and German Shepherd dogs attacked them at the hands of the police. Birmingham, Selma, Edmund Pettus Bridge. Our own Jonathan Daniels gave his life in Alabama. The Alabama today is not what it was yesterday because somebody was willing to love unconditionally, unselfishly, sacrificially. And they were black and white. They were Protestant, Catholic, Jew and Muslim. They were people of God and good will.
As part of their training for non-violent protest, Dr. King composed a set of practices, a kind of rule of life. And here's part of what it said, "Remember, the non-violent movement seeks justice and reconciliation, not just victory. Remember, always walk and talk in a manner of love, for God is love. Remember, pray daily to be used by God. Remember, sacrifice personal wishes so that all might be free. Remember, observe with friend and foe alike, the ordinary, normal rules of courtesy. Remember, perform services for others and for the world. Remember, refrain from violence of the fist and violence of the spirit. Remember, strive to be in bodily good and spiritual health." But the first thing on the list that he repeated over and over again, was this, "Before you march, before you protest, before you do anything, meditate on the life and the teachings of Jesus." My brothers and sisters, I am asking us as the Episcopal Church, no, asking us as individual Episcopalians, asking us as the Episcopal Branch of the Jesus Movement before you begin your day, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. I am asking you to make that commitment. And nobody's going to know but you and God, but I am asking you to make the commitment. Before you march, and while we're here at Convention before you get up to speak at that microphone, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. You with me now. Right, right. With me now. Before you go over to the water cooler and start whispering something into somebody's ear, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus! When we leave this Convention meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. When we come in here to worship, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. When we go out to the Hutto Detention Center, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. When we join with Bishops United Against Gun Violence, meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. Episcopal Church, join me, join me and meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus. Throw ourselves into him, and let Jesus take over.
I love this church. I was born and raised in it. Baptized on the eighth day – oh, I don't know what day it was, but anyway, baptized as an infant according to the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Lord have mercy! My swaddlin' clothes were that Episcopal flag. I love this church, and I love it because I learned about Jesus in and through this church. And I know, and I believe that we in this church can help Christianity to reclaim its soul and re-center its life in the way of love, the way of the cross, which is the way of Jesus.
So God love you. God bless you. And just throw yourself in the arms of Jesus and let those almighty hands and arms of love lift you.
Got my hand on the gospel plow.
Wouldn't take nothin' for my journey now.


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All are welcome! To volunteer, call or e-mail the church at (717) 766-4611 or office@fumchurch.com.


Opening thought: Who needs facts?
The results are in for my first ever Freedom Of Information (FOI) request, which I filed late last year with the UK's Treasury. As readers of ITK will remember, the subject was recent comments made by the UK's finance minister Philip Hammond.
Talking to the Treasury select committee, the Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared to make a link between the British economy's low productivity problem and an increase in the number of disabled people entering the workforce. A link that I suspected was entirely baseless.
And guess what? The UK government agrees with me.
So, no link between higher rates of employment of disabled people and low productivity in the UK economy.
But what about high levels of employment more generally? Edwards' report also seems to dispel that myth, too, citing the IFS. It is well worth a read, and thanks Jim for a decent bit of journalism.
Talking of which, the journalism standards of flack-turned-hack Christian May, the Editor of London regional newspaper City A.M., appear to have fallen short last month when he used his column to suggest that, whilst Philip Hammond's remarks caused unnecessary offence, he was in fact correct.
Thanks to my FOI and BI's follow up reporting, we now know that the Chancellor wasn't just unkind but factually wrong. Perhaps the ex-flack and City A.M. editor should work harder on getting his facts correct in future, too.
Irish startup SoapBox Labs is on a mission to create what it calls "the world's most accurate and accessible speech technology for children", tech it plans to offer to third-party hardware and app developers.
Lisbon-headquartered Unbabel, a startup that has developed what it describes as an "AI-powered, human-refined" translation platform that makes it more cost effective to conduct business globally, has raised $23 million in Series B funding.
Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, though François Paulus of Breega Capital, which backed the company's €6 million Series A, tells me he is "happy with the return".
Goodlord, the London 'proptech' startup that has built a software platform to handle transactions and the "paperwork" normally associated with renting a home, has laid off nearly 40 employees, while TechCrunch understands from sources that co-founder and CEO Richard White will soon be leaving the company.
London-based CityStasher is building what it calls an 'Airbnb for luggage', a network of brick and mortar businesses across Europe that will store your luggage for a few hours after you have checked out or are waiting to check into your travel accommodation.
Money transfer company TransferWise has begun a private launch of its "Borderless account" for consumers. It marks the first time the European unicorn has offered a debit card, a move that is bound to draw further comparisons with newer fintech upstarts such as Revolut.
Insurtech was one of the big VC bets of 2017, and that looks set to continue into the new year as startups spot gaps in the insurance market. Continuing this trend is Dinghy, a new startup that offers "flexible" insurance for freelance professionals, all delivered and managed through a mobile app.
SuperMeat, an Israeli biotech and food-tech startup that is developing lab-made chicken meat, has raised $3 million in seed funding, as it becomes the latest of a crop of so-called 'clean meat' companies to get off the ground.
I've only been back to work properly for a week and I'm already causing trouble.
Writing for TechCrunch, I reported that Richard White, the co-founder and CEO of London 'proptech' startup Goodlord (backed by Rocket Internet's GFC, LocalGlobe, and Ribbit Capital), has stepped down. This comes after a round of layoffs that have seen nearly 40 people leave the young company.
A spokesperson for Goodlord denied that White has left, claiming that he is still CEO. However, I stand by my story and expect an official confirmation very soon when his replacement is unveiled, possibly as early as next week.
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Cleveland Indians Bullpen is One of the Best and Deepest in Baseball
Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /
After the addition of Boone Logan, the Cleveland Indians have one of the best and deepest bullpens in all of baseball heading into the 2017 season.
The Cleveland Indians made one of the most improbable World Series playoff runs in recent memory last season. Despite being one of the best teams in the regular season, a pair of devastating injuries to their rotation seemed to derail any chance the club had in the playoffs.
But despite Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar getting hurt, the Indians were able to thrive thanks to a lights-out backend of the bullpen and the work of manager Terry Francona to get the most out of it. With the recent addition of reliever Boone Logan on a one-year deal, the Tribe figures to not only have one of the best bullpens in the league once again but one of the deepest thanks to a plethora of plus arms.
The Core of the Bullpen
Adding Logan to the Tribe bullpen may not seem like a ton at first glance, but what it does is helps every member of the bullpen fall into the proper spots, beginning with the closer role. Cody Allen will return to that role he's held down the last few years. After back-to-back years of 30-plus saves, Allen remains one of the better closers in the league and has shown the ability to not just get the traditional three-out save but multi-inning saves.
Andrew Miller will be back for his first full season in an Indians uniform after spending just the final two months of the regular season and one insane month in the postseason. While he won't be used as he was in the playoffs, he still figures to fill the "bullpen ace" role and pitch anywhere in the 7th, 8th or even 9th inning this season. He remains arguably the best reliever in the game and his ability to pitch multiple innings will help bridge the gap between the starters and Allen, although he may not have to do that too often.
Despite his painful finish to the season, Bryan Shaw will slot back into his familiar 7th/8th inning role. He may not have the flair of an Allen or Miller, but he's proven to be effective and reliable. Over the last three seasons, Shaw has made 229 appearances, second-most in the league (Jeurys Familia, 230).
Related Post: Indians sign Boone Logan to bolster the bullpen
Dan Otero was a surprise last season, though in reality 2016 was a lot more like his 2013-2014 seasons than his failed 2015 season that led him to Cleveland. 2016 was the third time in four years he posted a sub-2.30 ERA.
Adding Boone Logan to this mix gives the Indians the missing lefty specialist they haven't had for a few years. In fact, one could argue they haven't had one as good as Logan since Rafael Perez nearly a decade ago. Over the past two seasons, Logan has held opponents to a .172 batting average, lower than any current Indians pitcher over that span. He won't be replacing a guy like Shaw but is a perfect late-inning complement to him. No more seeing the Anthony Rizzo or David Ortiz's of the world facing off against righties late in games.
The Final Spots
Even after those big five, the Indians figure to have plenty of bullpen depth. Zach McAllister may be a name Tribe fans love to mock, but since moving to the bullpen in 2014 he's been very solid. He's thrown 127 1/3 innings in 118 games, posting a 2.76 ERA and 3.13 FIP. He's also struck out over 10 per nine innings. Not bad for a guy that figures to be at best sixth in the bullpen pecking order.
Holby Milner figures to get the first crack at the seventh spot in the bullpen. As a Rule 5 draft pick, Milner must remain on the roster all season. He has thrown just 11 innings above Double-A but has shown some potential and could give Francona a third lefty in the pen.
Beyond him, there's Shawn Armstrong, who remains a fringe top prospect with wipeout stuff. He still has work to do on control, though. Kyle Crockett is another lefty that Tito could turn to and has been up and down the last three seasons. Mike Clevinger remains a big league starting pitcher prospect but showed last year he could be used in the bullpen effectively.
It remains to be seen if the Indians will carry seven or eight relievers, but whichever number it is, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better, or deeper, bullpen in the big leagues. The team has two guys that could close, one of the best LOOGYs in the game, a pair of workhorses, and plenty of depth to back all those guys up in case of injury.
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There still figures to be some turnover in the bullpen as there is with every team ever year, but the core of the bullpen hasn't been stronger in a long time (if ever). If Tribe fans thought the 2016 bullpen was magical, they ain't seen nothing yet.


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China's healthcare system is being tested by the number of elderly patients in the country, with more than 12% of China's population over the age of 60. The number of people older than 60 years reached 160 million at the end of 2009, which is 12.3% of the country's total population, X
China's healthcare system is being tested by the number of elderly patients in the country, with more than 12% of China's population over the age of 60.
The number of people older than 60 years reached 160 million at the end of 2009, which is 12.3% of the country's total population, Xinhua news agency reported.
The country has 2.5 million beds in rest homes while an estimated eight million elderly are seeking accommodation in such facilities, the news agency said.
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package animator.event;

import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import animator.command.CommandStack;
import animator.command.NodeDragCommand;
import animator.model.*;

import javax.inject.Inject;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;

import static animator.event.SelectionDragEvent.Type.*;
import static animator.model.AnimatableField.*;
import static animator.util.MapFunctions.filterByKeyAndForEach;

public class SelectionDragHandler {

    private final CommandStack commandStack;
    private final TimelineModel timelineModel;
    private final SceneModel sceneModel;

    private Map<KeyValueModel, Object> startValues;

    @Inject
    public SelectionDragHandler(CommandStack commandStack, TimelineModel timelineModel, SceneModel sceneModel, EventBus eventBus) {
        this.commandStack = commandStack;
        this.timelineModel = timelineModel;
        this.sceneModel = sceneModel;
        subscribeToEvents(eventBus);
    }

    @Subscribe
    public void onSelectionDragged(SelectionDragEvent event) {
        if (timelineModel.getSelectedKeyFrame() == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (event.getType() == START) {
            startValues = new HashMap<>();
            filterByKeyAndForEach(getKeyValues(), NodeModel::isSelected, this::storeStartKeyValues);
        } else if (event.getType() == DRAG) {
            event.getNewPositions().keySet().forEach(node -> moveNode(node, event));
        } else if (event.getType() == FINISHED) {
            Map<KeyValueModel, Object> endValues = getEndValues(event);
            if (startValues != null && anyNodeMoved(endValues)) {
                commandStack.append(new NodeDragCommand(startValues, endValues, timelineModel, sceneModel));
            }
        }
    }

    private Map<NodeModel, Map<AnimatableField, KeyValueModel>> getKeyValues() {
        return timelineModel.getSelectedKeyFrame().getKeyValues();
    }

    private void storeStartKeyValues(Map<AnimatableField, KeyValueModel> keyValues) {
        filterByKeyAndForEach(keyValues, this::isLayoutField, v -> startValues.put(v, v.getValue()));
    }

    private boolean isLayoutField(AnimatableField field) {
        return field == LAYOUT_X || field == LAYOUT_Y;
    }

    private void moveNode(NodeModel node, SelectionDragEvent event) {
        getKeyValues().get(node).get(LAYOUT_X).setValue(event.getNewPositions().get(node).getX());
        getKeyValues().get(node).get(LAYOUT_Y).setValue(event.getNewPositions().get(node).getY());
    }

    public Map<KeyValueModel, Object> getEndValues(SelectionDragEvent event) {
        Map<KeyValueModel, Object> endValues = new HashMap<>();
        getKeyValues().forEach((node, values) -> {
            if (event.getNewPositions().containsKey(node)) {
                addLayoutKeyValues(endValues, values, event.getNewPositions().get(node));
            }
        });
        return endValues;
    }

    private void addLayoutKeyValues(Map<KeyValueModel, Object> endValues, Map<AnimatableField, KeyValueModel> keyValues, Point2D point) {
        endValues.put(keyValues.get(LAYOUT_X), point.getX());
        endValues.put(keyValues.get(LAYOUT_Y), point.getY());
    }

    private boolean anyNodeMoved(Map<KeyValueModel, Object> endValues) {
        return startValues.entrySet().stream().anyMatch(e -> !Objects.equals(e.getValue(), endValues.get(e.getKey())));
    }

    private void subscribeToEvents(EventBus eventBus) {
        eventBus.register(this);
    }
}

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Performing Arts Journal
Anthropology and Theatre: Interviews
Alessandro Fersen
The MIT Press
Volume 8, Number 3, 1984 (PAJ 24)
Alessandro Fersen Alessandro Fersen has had a long distinguished career in the theatre. He headed the Teatro Stabile in Genoa (1951-54) at the time one of Italy's major theatres, presenting world classics. In 1957 he founded his own Studio Fersen and began to pursue research linking theatre and anthropology. Since then he has lectured extensively on his work and toured with his company to introduce ideas on "mnemodrama." Fersen, who resides in Rome, is the author ofThe Theatre and After and The Universe as a Game. This interview was taped by Bonnie Marranca in New York City in April 1984. What made you give up your work as head of Italy's distinguished Teatro Stabile to begin research in a workshop situation? I began to do theatre in 1947, as a director, actor and playwright. Already in 1957 when I headed theTeatro Stabile, I felt that the theatre was not a clear goal. It was not clear what the theatre must be in society and in the life of one person who was completely occupied with theatre as a life choice. I felt that aesthetic values were not sufficient to consider the theatre an important activity in our culture. It was at this time I started my workshop. It was a school. What was your earliest program of study at the studio, and how did you find your way to anthropology research? 19 I have a great respect for my theatrical past. The first stage was to explore Stanislavsky in order to understand the mechanism of the actor. I was interested in this phenomenon: that a man at a certain moment becomes somebody else. That is a very strong psychological event which I began to study. I was still heading the Teatro Stabile. During a tour in South America I decided to leave the company and go to Brazil. I flew to Bahia where I had some contact with a tribe living in the north. This was in 1958. But my interest in anthropology dates from earlier in my past. After I obtained a doctorate I left Italy-this was the period of Fascism. I went to Paris where I followed the lectures of Levy-Bruhl at the College de France from 1936 to 1939. It was in Brazil in 1958 that I made my first field observation. Here I began to observe and study the behavior of participants in a ritual. It was clear that they reached the state of identification with their gods-it was a polytheistic religion-through two things: the technique of abandonment, coupled with the technique of control. In a codified rite you can see that there is the possibility of the abandonment of the participant in the rite to god, to the shamanic journey. At the same time there is a great control of this abandonment. When I returned to Italy I created a series of exercises to teach abandonment and real sponteneity. What relationship do abandonment and spontaneity have in your view of acting ? In theatre, actors talk about living a role and not living a role. There is a jargon about this. But the condition of the actor is an oneiric condition -one of non-ego. You speak of it as a somewhat Pirandellian idea. How did you combine Stanislavsky, Pirandello, and anthropology to arrive at the idea of the theatrical non-ego? Stanislavsky belongs to naturalism so he speaks always of living a role. All his work is constructed in order to create the condition in which actors can live another life from their own. In anthropology this point is not clear, but I think that in all ritual the identity with primitive gods and the shamanic journey are not a form of living the life of the gods. It is something different. We can understand this by adopting the language of aboriginal Australian people. They speak of the age of the dream: an era in which there was no life as we conceive it. It was a strange state in which the condition of being was in the sphere of the dream. They speak of the creation of the world that took place in the age of the...


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