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Need help in fixing the grout in the kitchen floor
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I need some advice in how to go about fixing my ongoing "dissapearing grout" issue in the kitchen floor.
To make the story short, when the leg column was initially being installed, but porcelain floor (3/8") tile cracked (fault of the installer, not of the tile) and it had to be replaced. Due to the fact that the new one only had 48 hours to dry (it was glued in with thinset), it seems that this time was not enough because when the column was put in, I guess the screws that hold it in place "tilted" the new tile by a fraction. This has in effect makes the tile move (sway) maybe by a couple of milimeters when someone steps on it. We have tried to re-grout the spot 3 times now, but due to this slightest of all movements, the grout eventually cracks and within 5-6 weeks almost dissapears. See the photo attached.
It has been suggested to me that to fix this (without redoing the whole job from scratch, as it is impossible since the countertop breakfast table sits on that leg) that I should try one of the two following solutions:
1) I should mix the grout and right before applying it, I should add a little bit of CEMEX glue and apply that combo directly into the gaps. This way, it will keep the grout color and the cemex will prevent the grout from carcking again.
2) I should just buy a beige-colored CAULK (no idea if acrylic or silicone ?!?), and just fill-in the gaps.
What should I do to make this a more "permanent" solution? I want to whatever I do to be able to withstand cleaning of this "very much used" floor with a WET Swiffer Sweeper cloth, and not having these gaps re-open up.
All suggestions are very much appreciated!
Hi Mysti?,
The tile is loose, it needs to be removed and reinstalled. I can't tell from the pic, (too close), but those legs are usually adjustable. You might be able to raise the leg and replace the tile without too much trouble.
Otherwise, you might be able to inject some epoxy glue under there and then use caulk that matches your grout. Might work. :yes::no:
Unfortunately, the leg is not adjustable, and was custom made to my exact specs. So what you are saying is then clean out the existing grout, inject expoxy and then insert caulk? What kind would you use?
I just noticed your post of this over at "do it yourself", with some updated pics. Those tiles are loose, the ones that sound hollow. Even though the grout might still look ok, I guarantee you have hairline cracks. It's not gonna get better.
If you choose to leave these tiles alone and just use caulk as the grout, go ahead and get caulk made by the same people that made the grout. It'll look a little different and is available in both unsanded and sanded. I imagine yours is sanded.
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'Billy Elliot': Big Show, Big Heart
"Billy Elliot the Musical" started out as a movie, a smallish, critically well received and quite popular English movie about a working class kid who wanted to become a ballet dancer. The movie became a popular hit and received some award nominations. Then, as small movies often do, it disappeared, apparently indelibly embedded in the minds of people who saw it.
If you go to the Kennedy Center's Opera House—and you should—to see "Billy Elliot the Musical,", you might be amazed to think that this was ever anything you could call small. The touring version is big—a really big show—big in physical size, in production qualities, and most importantly, big in ambition and heart, while rarely mushing or stooping to out-and-out sentimentality.
Oh, it's still the same old story, one boy's fight for leaps of glory, but it manages to be fresh, original, it manages to be about big subjects—the importance of art in lives that rarely come in contact with it, the mystery of talent, and as always, the equally mysterious natures of families. At three hours, the musical should be a bit of a slog, but it's worth every minute, a worthy payoff of time and money and a critical success at that.
We're in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Britain, where the national mining union has just gone on strike, and the Iron Lady is out to bust the workers in villages across the country, which may explain her natural affinity for Ronald Reagan. In one such village, Billy Elliot, an adolescent boy who's lost his mother and lives with his belligerent father, tough brother and slightly daft grandmother, is taking boxing lessons when he accidentally wanders into a ballet class. He's intrigued, watching the energy of the dancers under the guidance of the tough-talking, colorful Mrs. Wilkinson, but he's also put off, because in the mining culture ballet is part of the upper class world, not to mention unmanly.
Still, he comes back, and finds something in himself—a gift for movement, flight, he's a natural—and Mrs. Wilkinson gives him private lessons.
When pops and brother find out, they cut his budding efforts to get into the National School of Ballet short. But as the miners battle cops and scabs and run out of money, it occurs to Billy's family and the extended family of miners that maybe Billy ought to get a chance to live his dream -- and theirs -- with him. And so, off they—Billy and pops—go to an audition in London, an enterprise that is often funny in a clash-of-cultures way, but also results in Billy's audition number "Electricity" where Billy, in a bout of spectacular dancing expresses what dance means to him—its electricity, its hope, its dreams and freedom.
The show—with music by Elton John, a book by Lee Hall, choreography by Peter Darling and direction by Stephen Daldry—ended up winning 10 Tonys when it first hit Broadway. The road company requires a cast of five different Billys, and just watching, somewhat awestruck, two of the big numbers Billy is featured in, you can understand the need for a break.
Lex Ishimoto was the Billy I saw, lithe, unpretentious, a kid until he started to fly and leap. Billy talks like a normal working class kid, there's nothing treacly here, no Oliver Twist, no David Copperfield or Tiny Tim. This is an often lonely kid who misses his mother tremendously, whose best friend is an exhibitionist gay teen who likes to wear dresses, who feels adrift in the often violent, macho world of the miners.
I expect that none of the Billys are particularly grand singers—both dance and voice are exacting disciplines that require training, and, as far as I know, there is no Rudolf Nuryev's greatest hits album.
Darling and Daldry have done something remarkable here, they've put dance and music in the service of the story, instead of the other way around. In depicting the battles between cops and strikers, they've included the ballet dancers in seamless fashion.
"Billy Elliot" is in fact, very moving, in a tug-tug way, it delves into the fulfillment and pursuit of aspirations, it creates the world of the miners with not only drama but dance and song, some of which occasionally swerves into Les Mis territory.
And it should be said that while its hero is a kid, "Billy Elliot, the Musical" is no Disney effort. It's gritty, with the occasional blunt, four-letter gruff language of working class types, something that we can applaud, but also approach with caution, if you're a parent.


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The Capitals failed to pick up two points Tuesday night, falling 5-4 in a shootout to the Los Angeles Kings at Verizon Center. But equally if not more concerning than that unrealized extra point is the uncertain health of both Nicklas Backstrom and Jack Hillen.
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty upended Backstrom 5 minutes 3 seconds into the second period on a check near the Capitals' bench. Doughty flipped Backstrom in the air, sent him into the glass and when the center crashed down to the ice he landed hard on his left shoulder. Russian Machine has a GIF of the hit, here.
Backstrom went to the bench and headed down the tunnel to the dressing room four minutes later and didn't return to the contest having suffered what the team will only describe as an upper-body injury.
Coach Adam Oates said Backstrom was not undergoing concussion protocol testing and reiterated that the 26-year-old suffered an upper-body injury. It's possible that the impact of falling to the ice resulted in a shoulder injury for Backstrom.
As the Capitals have learned over the years, there is arguably no player whose absence is more difficult to cope with than Backstrom's. When he missed 40 games with a concussion during the 2011-12 season the Capitals were without their best playmaker and the void was noticeable both at even strength and on special teams.
"You miss Backy but every team has guys that go out," Oates said. "You've got 19 other guys that got to do the job, we have plenty of guys that can do the job."
Then 2:22 into overtime Hillen had a violent collision with Alex Ovechkin in the neutral zone. Both players were making their way through center ice and neither one saw the other, leading to a scary scene as Hillen lay motionless on the ice and Ovechkin hunched over stunned from the impact.
"I lose my breathing but I didn't see him," Ovechkin said. "I just turned and he came to me, nothing I can do."
Via Dan Steinberg, here's the slow-motion replay of the hit.
Ovechkin is listed at 6-3, 230 pounds while Hillen is 5-10, 190 pounds and the defenseman ran directly into the winger cutting full speed through the ice. Despite appearing woozy, Hillen made it off the ice under his own power. Oates said Hillen was being evaluated by team medical personnel after the game and he wasn't able to provide any more details on the defenseman.
It's an unfortunate situation for Hillen, who missed 60 games with a fractured tibial plateau this season and has had serious injuries plague his entire career. Here's the hit and the full aftermath.
The team is off on Wednesday, so expect updates on both Backstrom and Hillen once the Capitals practice again on Thursday morning.


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FYSA has eliminated heading in matches for player's age 10-years-old and younger (2006-11u and younger), per the new calendar year registration guidelines. 2005-12U teams will participate in non-heading divisions until December 31, 2016, and then heading divisions shall be permitted Jan 1, 2017.
The FYSA Official team roster is the only roster allowed for the MDSL games.
Schedule changes are inevitable as a result of bad weather, unanticipated field closures, etc. However, once the MDSL schedule is officially posted for the season, it is considered primary compared to other events such as tournaments and outings.
8.3 INCLEMENT/HAZARDOUS WEATHER (Rainout Policy)
Soccer is an all-weather sport. We play in rain, cold and wind. We do not play when there is danger to the children or spectators or when we may cause extensive damage to the fields. If there is lightning in the area we will cancel matches or suspend matches that have already begun. In the event of inclement conditions, club officials will evaluate field conditions and the weather forecasts to make a determination at the earliest practical time. Games are always to be played as scheduled unless the fields are closed.
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So your saying I can buy a wordpress template I like, and use the blog section for my home page?? Rather than having all the fancy sliders on my homepage?
Thanks, Jon
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Alright, well then maybe I can get some help on finding a template that fits my needs?
The majority of the wordpress templates I find are full blown websites with specific homepages and sliders.
Well I don't want a slider, nor do I want anything but blogs and a side bar on the homepage. I have a site, and I am adding a sub-domain of community.example.com so when you click on say a link called Community it brings you to my company blog site.
I need a simple site, for example nettus+ that site is the perfect example of what I am looking for. A site that displays blogs on the home page and a side bar nothing more.
Any advice for what I am looking for what be GREATLY appreciated!Thanks, Jon
Hey Jon,
any theme can have just a blog and a sidebar… you're not obligated to have an home page or anything more… the previews showcase everything, but you can build your contents as you want.
Send me an email using the contact form on my profile page and show me your mock up, I could help you to find what you need.Parker
^ I'm replying to your email.
Yes, indeed.
How would I go about doing that?
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@jrp1 Yes, indeed.
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How would I go about doing that?cippo said
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The daughter of a mechanic engineer and a dental surgeon, talks about how important her family is to her, and with great pride describes of where her interest and hobby of drawing comes from. My dad in the seventies would make cartoon characters of his co-workers. He has the gift of drawing.
Now that I think about it, when I was very young I realized maybe I had something special, and whenever people would tell me that I drew very well I believed them. Now whenever my nephews show me their drawings, I tell them well done and always encourage them. Laura Ramirez, who was born in Mexico City grow up in the border city of Tijuana were, at an early age started to practice and was self-thought in the plastic arts.
She finished high school at Preparatoria Federal Lazaro Cardenas, and then went on to the school of architecture for over one year and graduated in plastic arts at the Autonomous University of Baja California or also known as U.A.B.C.
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Kim & Khloe Kardashian's Windy City Meet 'n Greet
Tending to their Windy City press duties, the Kardashian ladies drew a full house at the Woodfield Mall in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois on Friday afternoon (April 20).
Sisters Kim and Khloe blew kisses to the gathered crowd while also joined by mother Kris Jenner at the Sears based promotional fan greeting for The Kardashian Kollection's new line.
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The board consists of not less than seven and not more than ten directors and is currently comprised of the following:
Sean has extensive international engagement experience, with a focus on international competitiveness and a commitment to job creation in South Australia. He is a recognised opinion leader around Australia's engagement with China with a particular focus on South Australia's economic transformation through improved trade and investment dealings with China.
As the SA Government's Strategic Advisor on China, Sean provides strategic advice to the Premier, Ministers, Local Government and Industry Bodies to facilitate closer bilateral links between South Australia and China. As a highly competent Mandarin speaker, Sean plays a pivotal role in trade and investment deals involving Chinese Parties.
Sean is also the Chairman of Partners at Norman Waterhouse Lawyers and specialises in commercial, infrastructure, property and foreign investment law and transactions. Sean has led the South Australian local government sector's growing role in key infrastructure, development and commercial projects and is a leading voice on the critical economic development role that Councils play to grow local economies and communities in South Australia.
Sean is the National Vice President of the Australia China Business Council and President of the South Australian branch. ACBC provides education and support to businesses seeking out trade and investment opportunities with China.
Sean was the recipient of an Australian Government Scholarship to study intensive Mandarin in China in the late 1980s prior to commencing a double degree in Law and Arts at the University of Adelaide.
Sean's roles include: Chairman, South Australian Tourism Commission, Chairman, Norman Waterhouse Lawyers, SA Government Strategic Advisor – China, National Vice President of the Australia China Business Council Ltd and SA President of the Australia China Business Council, Board Member, Salisbury Water Management Board, Economic Development Board's Industry Growth Sub-Committee Member, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Confucius Institute (Uni Adelaide), and Foundation Member of the Advisory Board for the Centre of Asian Business (UniSA).
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Hi, I am getting ready to redo my upstairs bathroom. I'm going to tear out the tub and do a tile shower. My plan is to tile the entire 3 x 8 shower space to the ceiling. So do I need to run the cement board all the way to the ceiling or do I just put it where the old tub was??
Just where the tub was is fine----
I do suggest that you water proof the new board with a paint on waterproofing like Red Guard or a surface membrane like Kerdi----
Any thing above the shower head will never get wet enough to worry about---
Thanks, I have read all to much about waterproofing !!!!! :eek:
You might want to take it down to the ceiling. When I tore out my fiberglass tubs I found the drywall had been shimmed out so it laid flat over the tub flange. It may also be easier to lay the tile over a common flat surface vs possibly having a difference due to the thickness of the cement board and drywall.
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Good New Year's resolutions open you up to new experiences, broaden the borders of your world, feed your soul. Bad New Year's resolutions are about self-denial, and make you cranky and bitter. We're holding this Woot-Off to help you keep the good resolutions and break the bad.


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The Department of Theatre and Dance present the first dance concert of the 2012-13 season on Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10. "Laws of Motion" will feature dance students performing dances choreographed by faculty members Elissa Kyriacou and Jeff Hendrix, and guest choreographers Summer Brown, Michael Nickerson-Rossi and Sean Plank with artistic direction from dance program coordinator Doris Ressl.
What: Laws of Motion Dance Concert
When: 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10
Where: University Theatre
Cost: $15 general admission; $12 students and senior citizens
Tickets and info: www.csudh.edu/theatre/tickets.htm, (310) 243-3589.


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The big story for the papers was last night's abortion vote, in which MPs rejected a cross-party attempt to reduce the upper termination limit of 24 weeks. They agree that it was the most significant Commons battle over abortion laws for almost 20 years.
"What About This Baby's Rights?", howls the Daily Mail in its headline, alongside an ultrasound scan of a 23-week-old foetus.
The paper, which strongly favoured the move to cut the time limit to 22 weeks, fumes in an editorial written before the final result was known: "Almost every other country in the civilised world has adopted much lower limits than ours. But nothing seems to shake the dogmatic certainties of Britain's chattering classes."
The Times focuses on another landmark ruling from last night's late session in parliament, when MPs voted to remove the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child's need for a father, another decision that will infuriate traditionalists such as the Mail.
"The decision means that the legislation will grant the most significant extension to homosexual family rights since gay adoption was sanctioned," the Times reports. A Guardian editorial welcomed the move as a "heartening outcome" where "progressives prevailed".
In an analysis piece for the Times, Rosemary Bennett argues that the anti-abortion campaigners won't go away. "If the Conservatives form the next government, there is likely to be another chance to bring the issue to a vote within a few years, rather than wait for another 20 years. And if the number of abortions continues to rise, they will have even more ammunition next time."
Commenting on issues of conscience, Michael White, the Guardian's sage political commentator writes: "Scientific or medical knowledge informs some of these votes alongside conscience and prejudice. But party and constituency calculations also matter. Some Labour MPs voting with most Conservatives are serious Catholics. Others voted because Catholic voters in western Britain would kick them out if they didn't."
The sketch writers turn quite serious, apart from the Guardian's Simon Hoggart, who found the debate on fathers and IVF clinics rapidly "going bonkers". He thinks more lesbian couples might staunch the decline of the English pub. "They would have signs in that old-fashioned curly writing: 'Cask Ales, Fine Wines, Good Food. Monday: Quiz Night. Tuesday: Roving Lesbians.'"
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- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons dried minced onion
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dill seed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 3-1/2 pounds), cut up
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the first 10 ingredients; add chicken. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 4-6 hours.
- Drain and discard marinade. Grill chicken, covered, over low heat for 50-60 minutes or until juices run clear, turning several times. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Moist Lemon Chicken in Quick Cooking January/February 1999, p43
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"We are low-sodium and am always on the lookout for flavorful meals within our sodium restrictions. What a wonderful combination of flavors. I marinated skinless/boneless breasts. I was going to broil them but sauteed them instead, I didn't want to heat up the house with the oven. They were delicious and OMG did my house smell good! Definitely gonna make this again."


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John William Dunne
|John William Dunne
John William Dunne in his D.5 biplane at Eastchurch, 14 June 1910
Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland
|24 August 1949
Banbury, England
|Cicely Marion Violet Joan Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
|John Geoffrey Christopher Dunne
Rosemary Elizabeth Cecily Dunne
|General Sir John Hart Dunne
Julia Elizabeth Dunne
John William Dunne FRAeS (1875–1949) was a British soldier, aeronautical engineer and philosopher. As a young man he fought in the Second Boer War, before becoming a pioneering aeroplane designer in the early years of the 20th century. Dunne worked initially on early military aircraft, concentrating on tailless swept wing designs to achieve the first certified inherently stable aircraft. He later developed a new approach to dry fly fishing before turning to philosophy, where he achieved some pre-eminence and literary influence through his theory on the nature of time and consciousness, which he called "Serialism".
John William Dunne was born in County Kildare, Ireland,[1] the oldest son of General Sir John Hart Dunne KCB (1835–1924) and Julia Elizabeth Dunne, Anglo-Irish aristocrats. His later life and career was mainly in England.
From an early age he was interested in science and technology and, inspired by a Jules Verne novel, at the age of 13 he dreamed of a flying machine that needed no steering.
Military career[edit]
Dunne volunteered for the Imperial Yeomanry as an ordinary Trooper and fought in the Second Boer War in South Africa, under General Roberts but in 1900 was invalided home with typhoid.
Recovered and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment on 28 August 1901, he went back to South Africa to serve a second tour in March 1902.[2][3] He fell ill again and was diagnosed with heart disease, causing him to again return home the next year. Much of his remaining time in the Army would be spent on aeronautical work while on sick leave.[4]
While on Army sick leave in 1901, Dunne began a systematic study of flight. Like many other pioneers he closely observed birds in flight however, unlike most, he was convinced that a safe aeroplane needed to have inherent aerodynamic stability. Encouraged among others by H.G. Wells, whom he befriended in 1902, he made a great number of small test models which would eventually lead to the development of a stable tailless swept wing configuration.[4]
On his return to England for the second time he resumed his study of flight and by 1906 had developed a tailless, swept-wing "arrowhead" configuration which was inherently stable and would become his trademark.
At the request of Colonel John Capper, the unit's commanding officer, in June 1906 he was assigned to the new Army Balloon Factory in South Farnborough.
A manned glider, the D.1, with provision for fitting engines and propellers, was constructed under great secrecy and, in July 1907, was taken to Blair Atholl in the Scottish Highlands for flight testing. The D.1 made several unsustained glides during secret trials conducted in the hills north of the village. On its one successful flight, Capper flew it for just long enough to demonstrate its stability before crashing into a wall. It was repaired and fitted with its powered chassis, but crashed on its first attempted flight when the takeoff trolley veered off course.
In the winter of 1907–1908 Dunne designed the Dunne-Huntington triplane and a smaller glider, the D.2, to test the design. The glider was not built but the full-scale craft would eventually be built by A. K. Huntington and flown successfully from 1910.
The 1908 season at Blair Atholl saw two new "arrowhead" machines brought up from Farnborough, the D.3 man-carrying glider and the D.4 powered aeroplane. The glider eventually flew well at the hands of Lt. Launcelot Gibbs and the D.4 had limited success being badly underpowered and consequently, in Dunne's words, "more a hopper than a flyer".[5]
Dunne returned to the Balloon Factory in the midst of a Government Inquiry into military aeronautics. As a result of its findings the War Office stopped all support for powered aircraft and in the Spring of 1909 Dunne left the Balloon Factory. By now, he was also an official in the Aeronautical Society.
With his friends' financial investment Dunne formed a small company, the Blair Atholl Aeroplane Syndicate, to continue his experiments and took up hangar space on the Aero Club's flying ground at Eastchurch on the Isle of Sheppey. Short Brothers had a workshop there and were contracted to build the D.5, a similar biplane in which Dunne installed a more powerful 35 hp engine. Following a series of increasingly successful flights, on 20 December 1910 Dunne demonstrated the extraordinary stability of the D.5 to an amazed audience that included two official observers, Orville Wright and Griffith Brewer. He was even able to take both hands off the controls and make notes on a piece of paper.[6] Shortly afterwards, another pilot crashed the D.5.
Dunne had originally wanted to construct a monoplane, but at the time the Army expected biplanes and Capper had instructed Dunne accordingly. Dunne's next design, free of Army influence, was a monoplane, the D.6. This and its derivatives, the D.7 and D.7bis, flew throughout 1911-1913. British-built examples were flown both at Sheppey and at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, and one was also built by the Astra company (later acquired by Nieuport) in France.
Parallel with the monoplane work, the Dunne D.8 had been developed from the D.5. An example was flown across the Channel to France, and a much modernised Farnborough evaluated the type. Production was licensed to both Nieuport in France and Burgess in America.
Through 1913 and 1914 Dunne's continuing ill health was making it difficult for him to remain active in aeronautics. Production of the War Office machines for Farnborough ran into difficulties and only one was ever delivered. The Blair Atholl Syndicate was eventually liquidated and Dunne moved on to other areas.
Throughout World War I, mainstream aircraft design proceeded along an entirely different path. Although the principle of inherent stability was proven and slowly gaining acceptance, Dunne's designs were now obsolete.
Later years[edit]
Dunne published his first book, on dry-fly fishing, in 1924, with a new method of making realistic artificial flies.
Meanwhile, he was studying precognitive dreams which he believed he and others had experienced. By 1927 he had evolved the theory of serial time for which he would become famous and published an account of it, together with his dream researches, in his next book An Experiment with Time. Further works developing this topic included The Serial Universe (1934), The New Immortality (1938), Nothing Dies (1940) and Intrusions? (published posthumously in 1955).
In 1928 he married Cicely, daughter of Geoffrey Cecil Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 18th Baron Saye and Sele and they lived for a good deal of time after that at the family seat of Broughton Castle.
Dunne died in Banbury, England on 24 August 1949, at age 74.[7]
Dunne created some of the first practical and stable aircraft. The majority were unusual in being of tailless swept configuration. Stability was achieved by progressively rolling the leading edge down from root to tip, a feature known as washout. Careful balance of its characteristics allowed the use of only two flight controls. A disadvantage of this was that, without a rudder, crosswind landings were not possible and the approach had to be made into the wind.
The aircraft designed by Dunne were:
- Dunne D.1 (1907, flown as a glider; the powered version was badly damaged on the launch apparatus.)
- Dunne D.2 (proposed small glider version of the Dunne-Huntington type, not built.)
- Dunne-Huntington triplane (design 1907–1908, flying 1910,[8][9] Triple tandem wing with central wing high-mounted and smaller fore wing, leading some to refer to it as a biplane.[10] Constructed by Professor A. K. Huntington to Dunne's design, the only type which was not a tailless swept design.)
- Dunne D.3 (1908 glider.)
- Dunne D.4 (1908, powered biplane using the D.1 wings. Achieved short hops.)
- Dunne D.5 (1910, powered biplane; built by Short Brothers, this was the first Dunne design to fly and also the first tailless type to fly, and it proved itself stable in flight. Following an accident it was rebuilt in modified form as the D.8.[11])
- Dunne D.6 (1911 monoplane.)
- Dunne D.7, (1911–1912 monoplane. The D.7-bis was a two-seater version of the D.7.)
- Dunne D.8 (1912). An example flew from Eastchurch to Paris in 1913; license built by the French company Nieuport and the American Burgess Company (see below).
- Dunne D.9 (unequal-span biplane or sesquiplane project, of which five examples were said to be under construction in 1913.[9][8])
- Dunne D.10 (1912, shorter-span version of D.8.)
- Burgess-Dunne (D.8 and derived variants manufactured under license in U.S from 1913 to 1916; land- and seaplane versions; flew with U.S. and Canadian military air arms.)[12]
Dry fly fishing[edit]
Dunne was a keen dry fly fisherman. At the time Halford's theories were fashionable and his flies commonplace, but Dunne noticed that they did not match the real flies he saw while fishing. He was one of the first writers to challenge the Halford school, developing new theories and a number of dry flies based on the translucence of a fly when seen from underneath in direct sunlight and publishing them in his book, Sunshine and the Dry Fly, in 1924. The book was revolutionary, "amounting almost to heresy."[13]
The first part of the book is primarily a treatise on the vision of the trout and its response to prey or a lure. The second part comprises instructions for tying the flies which he had designed.
In Dunne's designs the hooks were painted white to reflect light, bound in methodically-coloured fibres and oiled to make the fibres more translucent. Writers who have endorsed Dunne's work include Robert Hartman and Arthur Ransome.[14][15] Flies to his pattern were still available from Hardy Bros. as late as 1966.[16]
Dreams and serialism[edit]
Dunne believed that he experienced precognitive dreams. The first he records occurred in 1898, in which he dreamed of the time on his watch before waking up and checking it.[17] Several such experiences, some quite dramatic, led him to undertake a scientific investigation into the phenomenon. Based on years of experimentation with such precognitive dreams and hypnagogic states, both on himself and on others, he claimed that in such states, the mind was not shackled to the present and was able to perceive events in the past and future with equal facility. He used this to support his new theory of time and consciousness. His landmark An Experiment with Time (1927) recounts the story and also includes his account of the theory of serial time. It has been frequently reprinted.
Dunne proposed that our experience of time as linear was an illusion brought about by human consciousness. He argued that past, present and future were continuous in a higher-dimensional reality and only experienced sequentially because of our mental perception of them. He went further, proposing an infinite regress of higher time dimensions inhabited by the conscious observer, which he called "serial time."
In The Serial Universe (1934), The New Immortality (1938), Nothing Dies (1940) and Intrusions? (1955), he further elaborated on the concept of "serialism," examining its relation to current physics in relativity and quantum mechanics, and to psychology, parapsychology and theology.
Dunne's theory offered a scientific explanation for ideas of consciousness being explored on a wide scale at the time. It became well known and was discussed by philosophers such as J. A. Gunn, C. D. Broad and M.F. Cleugh, and the parapsychologist G. N. M. Tyrrell. While some accepted his dream observations and the general thrust of his arguments, the majority rejected his infinite regress as logically flawed.
Literary impact[edit]
The ideas underlying Serialism have been explored by many literary figures in works of both fiction and criticism.
In fiction, H. G. Wells used them for the framing narrative in The Shape of Things to Come. The author J. B. Priestley based three of his "time plays", Time and the Conways, An Inspector Calls and Dangerous Corner, on them. Other writers whose work was influenced by Serialism include John Buchan (The Gap in the Curtain), James Hilton, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Critical essays on Serialism also appeared, both positive and negative. Wells included "New Light on mental Life" in his collection of articles Way The World is Going. Priestley gave an accessible account in his study, Man and Time. and Jorge Luis Borges wrote a short essay "Time and J. W. Dunne", which was later included in his anthology Other Inquisitions.
Published works[edit]
- Sunshine and the Dry Fly (1924)
- An Experiment with Time (1927)
- The Serial Universe (1934)
- The League of North-West Europe (1936)
- The Jumping Lions of Borneo (1937)
- The New Immortality (1938)
- An Experiment with St. George (1938), published in the US as St George and the Witches
- Nothing Dies (1940)
- Intrusions? (1955)
- ^ 1911 Census of St George, London, RG14/442, John William Dunne, Belgrave Mansions, Belgrave, London.
- ^ "No. 27349". The London Gazette. 27 August 1901. p. 5670.
- ^ "No. 27425". The London Gazette. 15 April 1902. p. 2505.
- ^ a b Walker (1974).
- ^ "Correspondence: Letter from Science Museum." Flight, 17 June 1955, p. 852. Quote:The following is an extract from a note in our records written and signed by J. W. Dunne on 28 June 1928.
- ^ Poulsen, 1943
- ^ "Pioneer Designer Passes", Flight: 259, 1 September 1949
- ^ a b Lewis 1962, pp.231-232.
- ^ a b Jane 1913, p. 47.
- ^ "British Flyers at Sheppey — A side view of Professor A. K. Huntington's machine." Flight, 30 April 1910, p. 331, via flightglobal.com archive. Retrieved: 3 May 2010.
- ^ Angelucci, E. and Matricardi, P.; "World Aircraft: Origins World War 1". London: Sampson Low, 1977. ISBN 0-528-88165-5.
- ^ Deane, W.J. The Burgess Company 1909–1919. Wakefield, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Aviation Historical Society, 2009l.
- ^ Review of Sunshine and the Dry Fly, Nature 114, 11 October 1924, pp531-532. doi:10.1038/114531b0.[1]
- ^ Robert Hartman; About Fishing, Arthur Barker, 1935.
- ^ Arthur Ransome; Readers' Guides: Fishing, National Book League, 1955.
- ^ Herd, A.N.; "Sunshine and the Dry Fly" A Fly Fishing History, (Retrieved 3 Mar 2014).
- ^ Dunne, J. W. An Experiment with Time. London: Faber, 1927.
- Jane, F.T., ed. "Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913". London: Sampson Low, 1913, reprint: David & Charles, 1969.
- Lewis, P. "British Aircraft 1809–1914". London: Putnam and Co., 1962.
- Poulsen, C.M. "Tailless trials, Tribute to a British Pioneer: The Dunne Biplanes and Monoplane.", Flight, 27 May 1943, pp, 556–558. p.556,p.557, p.558
- Walker, P.; "Early Aviation at Farnborough, Volume II: The First Aircraft", Macdonald (1974).
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From Bondi we walked around Ben Buckler Head, a beautiful sandstone headland just north of the beach. The water was so clear and blue, nearly as blue as the sky overhead. A few puffy white clouds were floating by, the kind of clouds that seem to have been put there merely to awaken the imagination. The views of the craggly, scraggly rocky outcrops of headlands behind us was amazing. Picking our way around the headland was a bit tricky as the tide was up, but with dry feet we made round the other side to Bondi Golf Club. Towering over the golf club is a large phallus shaped building that come to find out later is part of a sewage treatment plant. That said, it still looked interesting, like a light house or something.
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Effects Of Chlorhexidine Mouthrinse On Peridontopathogens: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study
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|This Study Evaluated the Effectiveness of Chlorhexidine Mouthrinse on Subgingival Microbiota
|Drug: Chlorhexidine gluconate Drug: Placebo mouthrinse
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
- effectiveness of chlorhexidine mouthrinse on gingival inflammation and subgingival microbiota in addition to daily mechanical plaque control
- effectiveness of chlorhexidine mouthrinse subgingival microbiota in addition to daily mechanical plaque control
|Study Start Date:
|March 2006
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|December 2007
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|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Chlorhexidine
|Drug: Chlorhexidine gluconate
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo mouthrinse
|Drug: Placebo mouthrinse
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Failure to perform oral hygiene adequately at the gingival margin results in the formation of a pathogenic plaque that has the potential to initiate gingivitis and in some individuals to progress to periodontitis. However, factors, such as dexterity and motivation, can limit the effectiveness of daily self-performed oral hygiene. The use of a chemical plaque-inhibitory mouthrinse as an adjunct to toothbrushing may improve the oral health of individuals who are inadequate in mechanical plaque control in maintaining gingival health.
Chlorhexidine (CHX) has been effectively used in the treatment of gingival inflammation and can be considered as the gold standard for oral antiseptics.
The effectiveness of CHX in reducing the formation of dental plaque and preventing gingivitis in addition to professional mechanical debridement were studied in several clinical studies, but there is limited number of studies investigating the effects of CHX on untreated gingivitis and subgingival microbiota.
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|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-45 years old male or female with gingivitis associated with dental plaque, no clinical signs of destructive periodontal disease, clinical attachment loss < 3mm, a minimum of 20 teeth (teeth that have gross caries, were fully crowned or extensively restored, orthodontic banded, abutments, or third molars were not included in the tooth count).
Exclusion Criteria:
- use of tobacco products, history or current manifestation of systemic disease which could impair immune response such as diabetes mellitus, immunological disorders, hepatitis and HIV infections, use of antibiotic or anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive drugs during 3 months period prior to the start of the trial, periodontal therapy during the last 3 month, pregnancy or lactation and oral contraceptives usage.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01213550
|Ege U School of Dentistry
|Izmir, Bornova, Turkey, 35100
|Ege University School of Dentistry Dep of Periodontology
|Izmir, Bornova, Turkey, 35100
|Responsible Party:
|Sema Becerik, Ege
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01213550 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 1, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 1, 2010
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chlorhexidine gluconate
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Dermatologic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 23, 2017


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― does Red Stripe work like poppers? (Abbbottt), Thursday, 12 April 2012 00:03 (five years ago) Permalink
― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Thursday, 12 April 2012 00:15 (five years ago) Permalink
axl/manson:lana :: tom cruise:katie holmes
― ♆ (gr8080), Thursday, 12 April 2012 01:23 (five years ago) Permalink
Okay hold on
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah, I can imagine it suiting him..
― Mark G, Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:31 (five years ago) Permalink
ugh that really cements my feeling that the song is just horrible
― an independent online phenomenon (DJP), Thursday, 19 April 2012 15:34 (five years ago) Permalink
just dreadful
it's like she feels this weird need to sabotage herself, she can't possibly think her croak/shriek is agl??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 23 April 2012 10:23 (five years ago) Permalink
― supreme sundae (reddening), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:45 (five years ago) Permalink
i actually quite like this gender-flipped cover (james dean becomes vanity!), though lol @ "sweater" being deemed too unmasculine
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 27 April 2012 18:48 (five years ago) Permalink
BNLX (new band from Ed Ackerson of Polara) covered "Video Games"
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 27 April 2012 19:13 (five years ago) Permalink
the only thing remarkable about this video games song to me is the production. everything else seems like camp of an unimaginable order.
― Poliopolice, Friday, 27 April 2012 19:22 (five years ago) Permalink
"camp of an unimaginable order" --> "unremarkable" = ?
― goole, Friday, 27 April 2012 19:36 (five years ago) Permalink
Uh-oh. You caught me making a statement with seemingly faulty internal logic. By "remarkable," I really meant "good."
― Poliopolice, Friday, 27 April 2012 19:46 (five years ago) Permalink
― poxen, Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:47 (five years ago) Permalink
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 28 April 2012 16:15 (five years ago) Permalink
― goole, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:45 (five years ago) Permalink
Okay so we're in nostalgia mode for her already, yes?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 21 May 2012 20:10 (five years ago) Permalink
i only like half the album but the consensus in treating LDR like a punchline and nothing else make sme feel a bit weird about that
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 21 May 2012 20:42 (five years ago) Permalink
video already removed :(
― ♆ (gr8080), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:05 (five years ago) Permalink
― cock chirea, Saturday, 2 June 2012 07:06 (five years ago) Permalink
Have we talked about how bad she shits up that new Bobby Womack song?
― Everything You Like Sucks, Saturday, 2 June 2012 07:30 (five years ago) Permalink
I presume this whole LDR thing is over, much like the Era of Rebecca Black, rite?
― Gentlemen Take Instagram Photos (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 2 June 2012 07:37 (five years ago) Permalink
lol internet nostalgia
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Wednesday, April 4, 2012 2:58 PM (1 month ago)
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Saturday, 2 June 2012 07:52 (five years ago) Permalink
not sure about that, her sale numbers are pretty impressive so far
1. 21- Adele- 6.075.0002. Born To Die- Lana Del Rey- 1.704.7003. Mylo Xyloto- Coldplay- 1.357.3004. Up All Night- One Direction- 1.277.3505. Madonna- MDNA- 1.218.900
― cock chirea, Saturday, 2 June 2012 08:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Just proving how untalented, if you have wealthy family, you can buy your way into fame.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 2 June 2012 17:20 (five years ago) Permalink
thanks for holding up your end of the internet
― spextor vs bextor (contenderizer), Saturday, 2 June 2012 17:22 (five years ago) Permalink
What the heck, what chart is that.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 June 2012 17:23 (five years ago) Permalink
Where is the other end? Just so i have some reference.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 2 June 2012 20:05 (five years ago) Permalink
I guess FB chatting with Axl Rose or something.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 2 June 2012 20:06 (five years ago) Permalink
The guy who brought you the Autotune the News and the Bed Intruder Song covers "Video Games" -- and holy crap, it kinda fails to suck!
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:37 (five years ago) Permalink
I meant to post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz2wIL-8SAc
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:40 (five years ago) Permalink
i don't think that's very good.
― goole, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:44 (five years ago) Permalink
Didn't say it was very good, but I was expecting something hideously unlistenable, and it isn't that. It also makes clear to me that the miserableisms Del Rey uses to mask her lack of singing technique are pretty much what makes me not like the original, not the hype or the back story.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 21:53 (five years ago) Permalink
in that photo with Axl Rose, she looks a little like... a young axl rose
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 22:02 (five years ago) Permalink
it's amazing how this thread starts with everyone championing LDR like there's no tomorrow and ends with everyone saying she sucks shit worse than Rebecca Black.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 22:17 (five years ago) Permalink
She seems legit crazy...and I love that about her.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/60cvtxwlJr8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:46 (four years ago) Permalink
― Cousin Slappy, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 15:47 (four years ago) Permalink
That is a pretty great video, good choice of single too. Agree that her craziness is very appealing.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 16:08 (four years ago) Permalink
the full version is up... i quite like the video but she's intolerable. chorus melody is the most bland, generic thing ive ever heard. completely uninspired it sounds like she found the hook in lady gagas 'paparazzi'. not the mention the pseudo-insightful-boringly-ironic-lyrics
"Money is the anthemOf successSo before we go outWhat's your address?
I'm your national anthemGod, you're so handsomeTake me to the HamptonsBugatti Veyron"
― hector_doepos, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:29 (four years ago) Permalink
trailer video well-executed from a technical perspective but I'm suppressing the urge to repost in the is this racist thread
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:35 (four years ago) Permalink
man FK lana del rey and FK her superficial statements about superficiality
― hector_doepos, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:24 (four years ago) Permalink
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 20:23 (four years ago) Permalink
This could be a Frederick Seidel poem.
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 20:38 (four years ago) Permalink
i find it hardit's hard to findoh well whatevervideo games
― Mordy, Friday, 27 July 2012 21:24 (four years ago) Permalink
Yes of course
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:49 (four years ago) Permalink
LDR doing "heart shaped box" is kind of awesome
(nb i hate the original obv)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:58 (four years ago) Permalink
you really bend over backwards to make no sense, don't you
― Pollopolicía (some dude), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:59 (four years ago) Permalink
Larger, readable version of ''Many Moods of LDR'' (above), for your convenience
― Lee626, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 18:50 (four years ago) Permalink
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 06:07 (four years ago) Permalink


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Wedding to Remember Finalists: Jonathan and Vanessa
- Bride to be – hometown: Waltham, MA
- Groom to be – hometown: Methuen, MA
- Branch of the Military and Title: Army, Specialist (SPC)
- Where you met: At a mutual friends Summer BBQ
- In 5 words or less – how you knew she was the one: selfless, caring, warm heart
- In 5 words or less – how you knew he was the one: she has a "loving and caring nature
- Date of engagement: October 15, 2011
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – On the day they met, Vanessa Vega made quite the impression on the man who would become her fiancé.
"To be honest, I still remember what she was wearing that day," said Valentin. "She was wearing a white T-shirt and some khaki shorts."
"First initial reaction? I thought she was beautiful," he said.
But for Vega, Valentin was just another guy at the Somerville BBQ that day.
"I thought he was cute, but I was like he's not my type, " said Vega. "So it kicked off a friendship."
But to look back from where they are now, Vega is struck by how she could have missed her diamond in the rough.
"At the time, I didn't know he would be my prince charming – hopefully it's out there, you know," said Vega. "I wasn't looking for it at the time, but it's crazy now that I look back on it. I'm like, you look for love, but you never notice it until it comes and he was just always in the picture."
It was a few years later that their friendship blossomed into something more. So it was difficult to learn the news that Valentin was to be deployed to Afghanistan with the Army National Guard.
"It was kind of a point at which if I go away, will the relationship last? And will it make us stronger or grow apart?" said Valentin. "And it actually made us stronger, and that's when I knew she was the one."
"I think any person that's willing to put themselves on the line – woman or man for our country and for people that they don't even know, strangers that they've never even met – it's such an honor to even be a part of his life," said Vega.
As sure as they are of their relationship, there were uncertain times during Valentin's deployment. It was especially difficult for Vega when Valentin's missions kept him from contacting her.
"My mom's like no news is good news. So I just took it like that. That's how I took it. Sorry."
It was during this time, Valentin knew he wanted to propose. He e-mailed Vega's mom to ask for her hand and decided he would pop the question during his leave. Vega had plans too, she wanted a romantic dinner aboard the Spirit of Boston.
"That was the plan," said Vega. "Let me do something for him for once. It didn't turn out that way."
It didn't turn out that way because her mom showed up! Vega was not happy. But it was all part of Valentin's plan.
"We could actually flip it around so that she thinks she's surprising me, but I'm really surprising her – bringing the family along," said Valentin.
Valentin proposed, printing out the e-mail he had sent Vega's mom, asking for her blessing. Suddenly it became clear why mom had crashed the party.
"It was like a perfect moment and he had my family there and it meant a lot to me," said Vega.
Family is important to both of them. It's why Vega says she'd like to take the financial burden from them with a "Wedding to Remember."
"If we can just give them back a little bit of what they gave to us, for what they did for us forever," added Vega.
Whatever happens, Valentin says he's looking forward to the future.
"Starting our family, her being my wife, being the mother of my child too, it'll be a great experience."
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Who Will Displace Amazon? One Of These 3 Will
Posted by Sucharita Mulpuru on August 3, 2012
Last week, my colleague Brian Walker and I released a lengthy overview of Amazon, its role in retail, and what eBusiness executives need to do to compete with this growing retail force. The larger undercurrent of the report is that Amazon is affecting everyone's business: its tentacles extend far into digital and physical goods, it is vertically integrated but also a distributor, it is unafraid to spend money to gain market share, and it can successfully compete on price with retailers far bigger than itself. And when disruptive forces arise, they dominate for years. So that begs an even bigger question of Amazon: if this is its decade, who will displace it? The company seems unstoppable now, and it will take a radical new business to displace it. Here are three possibilities:
- Walmart with a monster marketplace. Walmart in its current form will only continue to lose share to Amazon. While Walmart continues to focus on aggressive pricing by pressuring suppliers, Amazon has an equally compelling value proposition for shoppers because it has a lucrative marketplace. And while Walmart has dipped its toe in a marketplace its own, it's really been a mediocre effort. BUT if Walmart really had a bona fide marketplace, say, by acquiring eBay, it would give it an economic model more similar to Amazon's: a high-margin business that can bolster the low-margin one. And deeper Walmart pockets mean that someone could finally out-Amazon Amazon.
- eBay with no listing fees. If Walmart doesn't have the guts to figure out how to win back the market share that Amazon has taken, the next player is eBay itself. Amazon's entire profit model hinges on its ability to offer a vast selection, which needs to come from marketplace sellers. And to date, Amazon has created a compelling alternative to eBay in large part because it doesn't charge listing fees. The single biggest change to disrupt that ecosystem would be if eBay eliminated its lucrative listing fees. That's highly unlikely, as eBay doesn't even see itself as a competitor to Amazon (rather, its focus is on X.commerce, which is a B2B play, and PayPal), but this is the radical change that would give Amazon a run for its money.
- A vertically integrated retailer. One of the most interesting business models to surface in the most recent eCommerce boom has been the subscription model. While taking some of the best parts of the flash sale world — the urgency, the limited assortment, the call to action — these models are unencumbered by the biggest challenge of the flash sale world — access to inventory. In fact, these businesses are the opposite — they manufacture to demand and, in some cases, like the celebrity sites such as JustFab, they capture economies of scale and shift spend away from other destinations like physical stores. A slew of sites ranging from Everlane to StyleSaint promise to take advantage of this new wave of manufacturing, but in fact some of the biggest retailers like Gap or Abercrombie may be even bigger beneficiaries from a model like this because they have large customer databases and could better manage returns through their stores. Successfully locking in demand in a big way would be the biggest thing since, well, Amazon.
Google, Apple and even Microsoft could also buy themselves some of Amazon's market share, though that's a discussion for another day. But the biggest threat to Amazon is of course itself. Already, it is viewed as a competitor to everyone in the retail ecosystem, and its broad focus and ruthless ambition threaten to worsen the customer experience. The Kindle Fire, for instance, didn't turn out to be an iPad killer, and if more merchants were to leave the Amazon marketplace, the company may turn out to be its own worst enemy. But for now, an Amazon that keeps stealing market share from everyone else is here to stay.
Not even close
Comment from Eric Woning (not verified) on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 04:22
I think you are a bit too US focussed.
Walmart doesn't even exist out of the US.
Ebay only does well in a couple of countries.
And vertically integrated?
So far not making a dent what I can see here in EU.
So please...... please please please - be less US focussed when you say that one of the largest global retailers could be replaced.
There is a world outside of the US.
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CC-Crystal wins district opener
PEWAMO — A fast-moving girls basketball game took place in Pewamo in the Class C district tournament Monday.
It was all Carson City-Crystal.
The Eagles used defense to down former Central Michigan Athletic Conference co-champion Laingsburg Wolfpack 31-9.
That's no misprint; 31-9 was the final score.
"I haven't seen it before," CC-Crystal coach Larry Farmer. "They (Laingsburg) had the first basket and we held them scoreless for 20 game minutes."
The Wolfpack (13-8) got a basket from Julia Angst but didn't score again until the fourth quarter. During that time, the Eagles (18-2) scored 22 points in three quarters.
"We just pressured the ball and helped each other tremendously, played great team defense," Farmer said.
Finally, the Wolfpack got a three-pointer from Jalynn Mitchell and Lindsay Smith and a free throw from Madison Dingman. They still couldn't win the quarter, losing it 9-7.
"Laingsburg is a good team," Farmer said. "They were third place in the CMAC. We just played great defense tonight. They had trouble with what we were doing."
Meanwhile, the offense wasn't clicking as well as the Eagles would have liked.
"We struggled. We missed some easy shots," Farmer said. "We missed four layups. They did a good job on (Mikayla) Duflo. We're going to need to get better offensively if we want to win the district."
Hailey Geister was CC-Crystal's leading scorer with just eight points, and Mackenzie Geister added seven.
Next up for the Eagles is Byron, who drew a bye in the first round of the district.
"We're going to have to defend," Farmer said. "They have a good inside player and she can score."
Byron is also named the Eagles, and 8-12 overall and 7-11 in the Genesee Area Conference Blue Division.
CC-Crystal 9 7 6 9 — 31
Laingsburg 2 0 0 7 — 9
CC-CRYSTAL (18-2) — Ward 2 0-0 4, Duflo 2 0-0 6, Christiansen 2 2-2 6, H.Geister 4 0-0 8, M.Geister 3 1-3 7. Totals: 13 3-5 31. Three-point goals: Duflo 2. Total fouls 5. Fouled out: none.
LAINGSBURG (13-8) — Angst 1 0-0 2, Mitchell 1 0-0 3, Smith 1 0-0 3, Dingman 0 1-2 1. Totals: 3 1-2 9. Three-point goals: Mitchell, Smith. Total fouls: 4. Fouled out: none.


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