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An excellent reusable sticker book! My daughter has a huge love for stickers - of course. To find a reusable one that works well is fantastic. She was bought this as a gift and we took it on holiday with us. It was hands down the toy she played with the most all week.
This sticker book is one in series. This particular one has a 'habitat' theme. There are a number of backdrops with corresponding pages of stickers to fill the backgrounds with. There is a farm page, an underwater page, a jungle page, an African plains page and a dinosaur page, which seems a little out of place as the rest are all depictions of our current Earth.
There are lots of stickers, mostly animals but some plants, people and buildings too. There are more than can fit onto each page, so this encourages little ones to create lots of different pictures. The pad itself is large and has the feel of good quality.
The stickers can be peeled off and moved around seemingly limitless times, unlike other reusable stickers that I've bought before. They even stick to other surfaces well and we have some on our fridge at the moment. The stickers don't leave a residue or anything like that.
I think the price of these sticker books are around the five pound mark, which I consider really reasonable. I will definitely buy more of the series for her and would recommend buying these as a good gift for a child.
In my opinion the Co-op own brand dark chocolate is one of the best and most delicious dark chocolates available. And I've tasted a lot of dark chocolate.
Their range includes a few varieties. There's 70% cocoa solids, and 86%. There's also one with little pieces of hazelnut and one with orange oil in.
The 70% is delicious and my husband's all time favourite chocolate.
The 86% is good but I'll take the slightly sweeter 70% over it on most days. When the 70% is sold out I'll definitely buy and enjoy this though.
They nutty one is my favourite, I love the texture and extra crunch.
The orange wild card option is lovely too.
Their packaging is nice and simple in dark elegant colours and design. It has a cardboard outer sleeve with a foil inner sheet for freshness.
The chocolate is flavoursome and creamy. All the above chocolates are suitable for vegans which is good news for me. I like my chocolate to be cruelty-free.
They come in 150g bars and I've seen the orange one in a smaller size too. It has nice large squares to break off that are fairly thin.
The price is around £1.50 which is on a par with Tesco own brand and I would definitely prefer to eat this chocolate over the Tesco Finest range. It has lots more flavour and seems of superior quality.
The Co-op varies in what they stock from store to store so it's good to stock up on these if you're lucky enough to see them for sale.
This was a gift for my daughters second birthday. The box of beads are beautiful and she was immediately taken with them when she opened them. I thought that she would need a chunkier bead set before being able to lace these as the beads are quite small but she got the hang of it quickly. There are a number of brightly coloured laces with this set that have hard ends like shoelaces which makes for easy threading.
The set contains one large wooden tray which has been useful for playing with the beads and has become multi purpose and used with other toys too.
It contains lots of brightly coloured wooden beads in lots of different shapes and sizes. My daughter enjoys sorting them into colours and shapes as much as threading them. It contains long laces as mentioned.
I had one issue with this set, it did not contain the clasps that it was supposed to, so my daughter was unable to make necklaces properly. I emailed the company explaining it was a gift so I couldn't return it to the shop and requested they send me a pack of clasps. I didn't even receive a response, which is obviously terrible customer service. Disappointing as this brand is associated with good quality.
The beads don't cone with a container other than the open tray so we use a tea tin for storage to avoid having beads everywhere.
I would recommend this set but hope I was just unlucky on the quality control!
My daughter had this grobag for age 6 - 18 months and she has now outgrown it but it was a well used and much loved purchase. I feel comfortable using the gro company for her sleeping bags as they are well established and provide a guide to safe sleeping on their website. They also provide a guide as to how warmly you should dress your child for bed and even enclose a disposable thermometer. I didn't use this as we had a thermometer already for her bedroom so I cannot comment on how well this works.
The bag was a nice cosy 2.5 tog which was good to use for most of the year except for the warmest part of the Summer. As it got colder I dressed her in more layers rather than use a thicker tog. The bag is soft and comfortable with a cotton lining and outer layer. It is easy to take on and off with poppers at the shoulders and zippers along the sides.
This particular pattern is interesting enough without being so bright and distracting that it's too much fun to get her to sleep. However on those occasions when our sleepy child was not happy about having her hair dried or whatever the dogs and cats on the front were useful to talk about and she enjoyed pointing them all out to us.
My daughter is a quite active in her sleep so I much prefer the use of a sleeping bag like this to contain her and keep her warm to a blanket which would be kicked off within minutes.
I highly recommend this sleeping bag and I bought the next size up from the same gro company.
I have bought quite a few different toothbrushes in all shapes and sizes for my toddler since she cut her first baby tooth and these turtle ones are my preferred ones. For a start they are inexpensive, at £1 each I can afford to buy them regularly as they get chewed up quite quickly and need replacing on a regular basis.
They come in a range of bright colours of pink, yellow, green, blue and purple and my daughter enjoys choosing which colour to buy.
The bristles are soft but they do a good job of cleaning her teeth.
The shape of the brush makes it comfortable for her small hands to hold the brush and clean her own teeth. Equally, it is easy for me or her Dad to hold and brush her teeth for her. The handle has a turtle shell pattern on it which gives a nice texture to hold which doesn't slip around and also is interesting for her to look at. In fact she gets quite excited about getting a new toothbrush and usually insists on holding the packaged brush all the way around the supermarket while we do the rest of the shopping. This enthusiasm is much appreciated when it comes to persuading a toddler to brush their teeth, as a less attractive and child friendly brush would make this twice daily ritual much harder work I am sure.
I highly recommend these toothbrushes for little people. According to the Tesco website they are BDHF approved.
I like the body shop products but usually my purchases there are limited to their make up range. I received this blueberry body butter as a gift and as gifts go, it was a nice one.
I love blueberries anyway so this was a good choice for me. It was a nice big tub with a good amount of cream in it - 250ml I think so I felt happy to use it generously. The cream applied really nicely after a shower and felt quite luxurious, not greasy at all. I really dislike moisturising cream that doesn't absorb into the skin quickly so I was pleased that this was good to use even straight out of the shower.
The smell was delicious, as with most body shop products, and made it a pleasure to use. I would happily purchase this or buy it for someone for a gift. I have looked at the prices of the body shop body butters and they normally retail at around £14 but it seems they often have special offers on. I have to say I wouldn't spend the full amount on this product, not because I don't think it's nice enough, just that I wouldn't spend that much on a moisturising body cream full stop.
The tub has a twist / screw lid and is large and flat and easy to store. It has a picture on the lid of fresh blueberries, which is nice. I would definitely recommend this product, its lovely. It is also suitable for vegans.
I'd really love it if my child ate nothing processed and happily ate all the fresh whole foods I offered her on a daily basis but sadly she prefers things that come out of a brightly coloured packet. As processed foods go, you could do worse than the Organix brand because they don't contain too many horrible ingredients. Also they are widely available which makes it easy to find a snack for your toddler when you're caught out with no food if you're as disorganised as I sometimes (usually) am.
My toddler likes many items from the Organix range but her total favourite is the carrot cake oaty bar, or as she calls them, 'flapjacks'.
The ingredients are:
Wholegrain Oats 46%, Raisins 32%, Sunflower Oil 12%, Carrot Juice Concentrate 7%, Apple Juice Concentrate 2%, Cinnamon
Pretty much all of the toddlers I know are also fans of these bars, so they are obviously popular. I find them to be quite an expensive food product at around £2.50 for a box of six bars but Tesco often have them on special offer at two boxes for £4 which is a little better.
The packaging is nice a bright and the individual wrappers make it convenient to carry one in your bag for a handy snack for your child. They are a substantial snack for a small person and seem to fill my little girl up for quite a while. She really does enjoy them and I think they are quite tasty too.
Other than just a straight up chunk of dark chocolate, this is my go to after dinner vegan sweet treat. These desserts are delicious. They are made from soya beans, and are produced by Alpro, the Belgian company who have pretty much cornered the market on soya based products in the UK.
These desserts come in packs of four little pots with a peel back aluminium lid covering. There is a cardboard packaging around the plastic pots. You can choose from a range of flavours including 'milk' chocolate, vanilla and gingerbread but I think the dark chocolate wins hands down. These desserts are available for around £1.50 in major supermarkets in the UK and are occasionally on special offer for £1 each.
These desserts are suitable for vegans, they are low in fat and don't contain gluten or artificial sweeteners, colours or preservatives. Having said that they are obviously still a highly processed product and I only indulge in one of these once or twice per week. At 94 calories per 100g they are pretty much average for a sweet treat.
Alpro claim to be environmentally friendly as a company which is nice to know, because I plan to continue to buy their products for a long time! The chocolate mousse itself is lovely and smooth in texture. It is rich and sweet but not overly sickly. I find the amount to be comfortable after a big meal - I always crave something sweet after a meal even if I'm quite full.
This is a really good granola. Which in my opinion means it's not overly sweet like the Jordans country crisp style cereals, it doesn't contain raisins or other dried fruit, and it's very crunchy.
I like dried fruit but I'd rather buy a plain granola and add fresh banana and berries.
The oats and grains aren't bunched toget her in large clumps like some granola, they are quite small and you can see the individual oats.
The bags of Lizi's granola have a nice packaging with a good quality feel to them. You would expect no less considering this is an expensive product. Lizi's granola are priced at £3.69 in Tesco for a 500 gram bag, so are an ocasional treat for me, although I would love to buy these every week and eat them most mornings. In fact, I really like granola as a snack before bed.
Lizi's granolas come in a range of flavours, I have bought the begin chocolate one before, which was just delicious and seemed really decadent. I was impressed that their whole range is suitable for vegans.
When reading the ingredients of this range of granola it's clear they are intended to be a cereal with good health in mind. As well as oats they contain a variety of nuts and seeds, including linseed,pumpkin seed, cashew,hazelnut, and walnut. They also contain vanilla for extra deliciousness.
Granola doesn't have to be just eaten with milk poured on, Lizi's has a serving suggestion of added to ice cream. Sounds good to me.
Everyone should see the documentary Blackfish in my opinion. This powerful film documents the captive Orca Tilikum at the sea life animal park, Sea World in San Diego, USA. More widely it documents the policies and practices of Sea World itself, which are shown to disregard wellbeing.
There have been three high profile deaths of trainers working at Sea World, involving Tilikum, who the film argues has a tendency to violence following his captivity in 1983 and subsequent mistreatment.
The film includes footage of trainers working with Orcas and footage of some of the attacks. It makes it point very powerfully via insightful interviews with past trainers. Sea World is accused of being highly negligent not only in its treatment of the animals it keeps captive but also towards its staff. Dawn Brancheau, for example, was blamed for her own death in 2010 because she had worn her hair in a ponytail.
For me the most moving scene was an interview of an ex employee of Sea World describing the capture of Orca babies from the wild, chasing them, and taking them from their families. This man breaking down in tears of regret and shame was unforgettable.
Blackfish received an overwhelmingly positive response from critics for its passionate style of documentary making. It was released in 2013 and directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.
Blackfish has sparked controversy over the ethics of keeping Orcas in captivity and following the film's release Sea World's Chief executive resigned and Sea World has experienced a drop in profits.
Tiana extra virgin coconut oil is available for around £12.50 in Holland and Barrett for a 500ml jar. You can sometimes get this product in their penny sale, where you buy one and get another for one pence, which is really worthwhile as it's a fairly expensive product.
Coconut oil seems to have grown in popularity in the UK and USA in recent years. Of course it has long been a staple in Asia, even being used as an alternative to fuel to run motor vehicles with.
Despite its high saturated fat content coconut oil supposedly has some amazing health benefits. In fact there seems to be some controversy about the pros and cons of coconut oil for our health.
I do like to cook with coconut oil as it has a lovely subtle nutty flavour and is particularly good in curries, which I make a lot. It also works very well in making raw snacks instead of baking as it is solid at room temperature. Well, the usual room temperature in the United Kingdom, anyhow.
There are lots of ways you can use this coconut oil besides cooking or eating it. I use it directly on my daughter's skin at the first sign of dry skin or eczema and it has fantastic results. I know it has no added strong chemicals either so it is a great choice for babies and children, it also doesn't matter if they happen to swallow some either. I have used it as a massage oil to relax my little girl before bedtime too.
Other uses apparently include a low spf sun protector when used on the skin, to make soap, use as hair conditioner, to treat insect bites and as a lip balm.
The very busy spider is a children's book by Eric Carle, of the very hungry caterpillar fame.
I have bought quite a few Eric Carle books for my daughter as I knew and loved the very hungry caterpillar from my own childhood.
The very busy spider also has beautifully charming illustrations in Eric Carle's trademark style.
The book shows a spider spinning a web. Each page sees a different farm animal invite the spider to go and to something fun with them. For instance the horse asks if she wants to run in the meadow. Each time we find, 'the spider didn't answer. She was very busy spinning her web'. We meet a dog, a pig, a cat, a cow, and a rooster, among others. This gives babies the opportunity to learn the names of different animals as well as the sounds they make, as each animal opens with 'neigh' or 'moo' and so on.
The spider web itself is textured, adding a nice sensory element to this book, and we can see how it grows as the pages turn.
This is a board book, and can be enjoyed from a very young age.
At the end of the story the Web is complete and the spider falls fast asleep after such a busy day. This makes this a perfect bedtime story. Exciting books are great but all parents need ones like this in the collection to help with winding down for bedtime.
I like this book, and my daughter has had it from a very young age and is still entertained by it now.
The Cabin in the Woods was written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard and was directed by Drew Goddard and produced by Joss Whedon. I was excited to see it because I'm a bit of a Joss Whedon fan, having enjoyed Buffy, Angel and most of all Dollhouse.
I wasn't disappointed with The Cabin in the Woods, it retains Whedon's clever teen dialogue and was an original take on the horror/ slasher genre - no easy task.
The action takes place in a cabin where a group of college students are holidaying. They are unknowingly being watched and manipulated by a group of lab technicians in a high tech bunker who are evidently controlling an annual ritual to appease some unspecified higher power. This seems to involve creatively sacrificing some teenagers around the world. The stakes are high as we hear that other nations have failed in this year's task.
The teens play a part in their own demise, their actions can trigger different monsters and we see the workers at the facility taking bets on which monster it will be this year.
This is all done with a lot of dark humour which I really enjoyed. The cast are solid, with stand out performances by Fran Kanz who plays the intelligent consipracy-theorist stoner Marty and by Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins who are the duo we follow at the facility. This pair have some very funny scenes.
The Cabin in the Woods was released in 2012 and received a positive reaction from critics.
I bought one of these sleeved bibs for my Daughter when she was approaching six months and I was starting to think about offering her solid foods. I knew it was going to be a particularly messy process as I was skipping the spoon feeding of pureed foods and was planning on letting her get stuck in to baby led weaning. This meant she would be given a variety of food that she could pick up, mash up, taste if she wanted and generally play with and explore a range of different foods.
In my excitement I bought this massively overpriced bib - what was I thinking? I hadn't yet discovered the sleeved bibs available at the pound shop that would become my go to shop for bibs in future. Jojo Maman Bebe is a relatively expensive high street store but I do admit that their products are very pretty, and this bib was no exception. It was a soft plastic in yellow with a print of little pink birds. The sleeves had elasticated wrists and the neck fastens with velcro. There is a plastic pocket on the front of the bib to catch spills.
Apart from looking pretty, I didn't actually rate this bib that much. Poundland bibs don't have elasticated wrists but food and drink never seemed to go up my daughter's sleeves anyway. Plastic is wipe clean, but the towelling bibs are better for mopping up, in my experience. Also my daughter found it more uncomfortable than other bibs. Maybe it would be worth having one of these in your collection if you are planning to go to a posh function where you need to feed your six month old and you know it's going to get messy.
The Way Way Back is a lovely, funny coming of age movie in my opinion.
Written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, this was new territory for me as the only part I was familiar with of their previous work was Jim Rash's Community.
The Way Way Back brings us a shy teenager Duncan who is spending the Summer at with his Mum, her arrogant boyfriend and the boyfriend's obnoxious Daughter, at their seaside vacation home.
The opening scene skillfully introduces everything you need to know about the dynamics of this family and the subtle bullying taking place. The pace is slow but steady with this movie, and there is a lot of low key humour as we follow Duncan in his self development over the Summer.
Duncan finds himself a job at a local run down water park, and here he finds a place to belong. The park's owner, Owen, is brilliantly played by Sam Rockwell and becomes an unlikely father figure for Duncan. This friendship enables Duncan to develop confidence and there are some really touching scenes between them.
As well as Sam Rockwell, the rest of the cast are also very good. Steve Carrell is perfect at the mean boyfriend, but not too heavy handed. Toni Collette is great as the passive but loving mother, this could be a really two dimensional role but she has depth.
I would definitely watch this movie again, I really liked it.
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the stang is so stupidly easy to modify. i don't really want to go down the endless modifying path again, though nothing is set in stone. according to the research i've done the wrx isn't as easy to modify and cost more money to mod. which to me is a good and a bad thing.
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Citation: Lacey, L.A., Kroschel, J. 2009. Microbial Control of the Potato Tuber Moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Fruit, Vegetable, and Cereal Science and Biotechnology 3:46-54. Interpretive Summary: One of the most injurious worldwide pests of potato is the potato tuber moth (PTM). Larvae feed on every part of the plant (leaves, stems, and tubers) and have caused severe economic losses. Since 2002 PTM became a significant pest of potato in the Pacific Northwest potato production areas of the United States. Reliance on chemical insecticides for its control has resulted in a variety of safety and environmental problems. Scientists at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service Laboratory in Wapato, WA and the International Potato Center in Lima Peru are researching control of PTM using insect-specific pathogens. In this presentation they have reviewed the literature on the use and potential of microbial control of PTM. In particular, the development of an insect-specific virus and bacterium has the most potential for control of PTM. This information will provide researchers and potato producers with a comprehensive resource for planning control strategies that employ insect-specific pathogens for control of PTM. Such strategies will result in better safety for applicators and the food supply and will minimize environmental contamination.
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We are considering putting in a stamped concrete patio ourselves. Has anyone out there ever done it? We have put in concrete patio's and sidewalks ourselves before, but would really like to try the stamped concrete, is it something better left for the pros or can the talented homeowner accomplish it?
Thanks for any info:) p.s. we live in northern Illinois
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Definately leave it to the pros. There is more to stamped concrete then meets the eye. I can't believe one of the landscapping experts won't come along and answer this for you. Because there is some kind of powder you through down on it to get the look your looking for. I like stamped concrete. I think its a excellent look. Hopefully one of the landscapers we come alone and answer this for you.
I just had a driveway contractor at my house today. There is certainly more to it than one would expect.
pity, i was hoping to do it myself too, there are no contractors close to us so evrything we want to do out here id DIY
You have to throw a release agent powder on it before you stamp. Its doable, however. You can get colored concrete and then the release agent comes in different colors, so you can get a natural look to the finished product.
It would be pretty expensive to practice on a small slab, but you could get a bucket of release, a sack of Qwikrete, and a pattern (which you can rent if you have a concrete supply place close), and go to town.
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Hi Kathie. Visit the concretenetwork.com for answers to many concrete applications.
P.S. I do stamp concrete and I would not recommend you try it without learning everthing there is to know about b/c there are so many variables that affect the outcome.
Good Luck!
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We recently had the concrete around our pool "stamped." It wasn't a large job and I watched. After pouring the concrete, they took what looked like "rags" and would lay on the wet concrete for a short while, and then pull them up, which gave a "stamped" pattern. Looked easy to me. I don't remember seeing them use any sort of "powder" or anything else. We get a lot of compliments on the look, and need to add a bit more concrete to another area... feel that we can do it ourselves. We'll see...
Rather than use a powered release, they likely used a clear liquid release and you didn't even notice it. Either way, I can guarantee the used some sort of release if you get compliments on it.
I've done, and continue to do, my fair share of stamped concrete. I would say that it requires more of a learning curve than most people would expect, unless your expectations are generally low and you;re not picky at all. Even now, after years of experience, I'm still cautious every time we have a stamped pour. There's just so many more elements involved, and subsequently so many more things to go wrong.
In my opinion, stamping concrete is not a diy project. The stamps themselves are expensive to buy and rent and most attempting stamping do not get enough. You need at least enough to go 1.5 times the width of your project. You will not know how to order the right slump of concrete like a pro will. With stamping you have to make sure you get an immaculate surface before you even think of stamping the surface and then you have to move relatively fast.
I wrote an article on this topic recently. Google concrete stamping and you might find it.
I know conceptually it sounds easy and there is nothing complicated about it from an intellectual standpoint. It is truly a learned craft though and in the hands of someone good at such things? The results can be spectacular. DIY with the concrete the wrong mix to start and you not quite moving fast enough to get your project stamped? Looks dreadful and you will have to chip it out and call a pro.
You can certainly save a few bucks forming the job and laying down a uniform base for the pour. Do make sure you design your project to the dimensions of the stamps you have in mind.
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To some what to test what your in 4, build a small 2x4 form,1-2 bags of quick-crete,mix with water just enough to get into the forms easy,trowel and edge concrete tell it's smooth.test it with your finger laying flat on the surface,lift your finger up easy if it leaves a some what imprint,without pushing hard,then it's ready to stamp.Sence the products you would be using are costly,use regular household flower to act as a release agent so the stamp wont stick to the concrete.sense you dont have any stamps,just use your hand as stamp.thro the flower on top of concrete about a dime thickness.lay your hand down use your other hand to pat it in.do this a few times.then move your hand while its making an imprint to one side so as to moving a large stamp,this will leave a ugly scratch mark.wait 2 days hose off flower see what you've done .remember all you did.now multiply this buy the size your doing.A large area you'll need,2 quilfied concrete finishers,per 500sq. 1 bucket of power release color of your choice,the main color will be added in the concrete at the batch plant,here in northern calif. its 175.00 per yrd.with color added.!st. time stamping I would not do it myself.There are problems that can happen quick ,you better no what to do now.throwing power to early can be as bad being to late.the pounders you will be using to beat the stamps in are tiresome,dusty,hard work.Pound to light not a good impression,beat to hard can fracture the top.Timming is everything.Power wash all release off after 3-4 days to reveal what you better like for the rest of your ounership,and hope the new owners will like.Wait 30 days for concrete to cure,spray then back roll high quality sealer on.Hope this changes your mind about doing it yourself. Ken.
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Yes, I had gone through concrete stamping and I'm fully satisfied with the services rendered in Chris custom concrete which is there specialty on giving decorative concrete stamping. Stamping concrete is a common way of trying to achieve the attractive patterns associated with actual paving stone material.
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Amazon Will Probably Dominate Books-by-Subscription, TooBy
For a bunch of rapacious capitalists, the people who start technology companies are strikingly ambivalent about the concept of owning stuff. Silicon Valley would like to replace the practice of owning copies of, say, a song or a movie, with a world where everything's kept on servers that people pay to access. Next up: books.
As startups have started offering services inevitably referred to as literary Netflixes or Spotifys, the idea has been gaining momentum. Still, it's getting a mixed reaction at Digital Book World, a publishing industry conference about e-reading. Meanwhile Oyster, one of the young subscription companies, said Tuesday that it had raised $14 million to expand its four-month-old book service. Still, there's plenty to be sorted out before a subscription model for e-books takes hold.
As ideas go, providing access to a large book collection is particularly un-novel. Even the notoriously Luddite publishing industry can acknowledge the appeal. Who among them didn't spend his youth clutching a library card? But like any media industry staring down the barrel of the Internet, the publishing industry's feeling gun shy. Carolyn Reidy, the chief executive officer of Simon & Schuster, said at a panel on Tuesday that the company has been discussing subscriptions, but there were unresolved questions about how to avoid devaluing books and cannibalizing sales. For now, it's staying away.
Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly Media and one of the industry's noted early adopters, wants publishers to get over their qualms. "Anybody who is not looking at subscription models is foolish. First of all, recurring revenue models are great," he said. "Also, there is evidence in many areas that it's what people want." Still, he said, publishers need to tread carefully to avoid becoming the serfs of the digital companies that distribute the subscriptions.
The most aggressive of the big publishers is probably HarperCollins. Chantal Restivo-Alessi, the company's chief digital officer, comes from the music industry, which began grappling with subscription services much earlier, for better or worse. She argues that books-by-subscription are an inevitable part of the future. Her company has signed deals to include the company's titles in the services of both Oyster and Scribd, which also launched a subscription service last fall. Restivo-Alessi sees the issue largely in terms of price; the publishers can't train people to expect books for free. "The only thing we didn't want to have is a Spotify-like 'all you can eat for free' model, where then you get transferred over to the premium," she says.
In the same way that Restivo-Alessi sees subscriptions as unavoidable, she also believes that publishers themselves will have to rely on someone else to run them. A full subscription model will have to include titles from multiple publishers. Also, she argues that a startup like Oyster has easier access to investment for this kind of thing than a division of a major publisher would, since it would have to justify the expense through the company's own spending plans (see: Dilemma, Innovator's).
Oyster acknowledges that some publishers have been wary, but says it's signing them up at a rapid clip. The company's library currently includes more than 100,000 titles. But while publishers may fear that subscriptions will undermine their traditional businesses, it's probably too early to tell whether books-by-subscription even appeal to a wide range of readers. Streaming music services have had their own problems signing up paying users, and the economics of subscriptions arguably make a lot more sense for music than they do for books. Oyster's service costs $9.95 a month, or about $120 a year. (Scribd's service costs $8.99 per month.) According to a 2012 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, only half of people who read at least one book in the previous year had read more than six books. Buying books individually is likely cheaper for most people.
Eric Stromberg, the founder of Oyster, says that the service offers more than just price. People who sign up, he says, tend to read more, while also using the service to browse many books before choosing which ones to read. "What we've found is when you pay once and never think about it again, not only do you read more books, but you read books you wouldn't have picked up," he says. He declined to discuss how many readers have signed up for the service, but says that their largest week of new subscribers was the last week of December.
Because this is the book industry, there's also the outsize influence of a certain Seattle-based bookseller that isn't particularly welcome at industry conferences. Amazon currently offers a 350,000-title Kindle lending library to Amazon Prime subscribers, which also confers a host of benefits totally unrelated to e-books, including free two-day delivery and a subscription to a streaming video service. Because its subscription service is bundled with other popular services, and at $79 a year costs less than its competitors, it seems possible that Amazon will just beat everyone on price, as is its wont. And while the organizers of Digital Book World acknowledge that startups offering subscription services can't be ignored, they're planning on spending most of their time worrying about Amazon. The company is the subject of five different panels on Wednesday.


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PHS searches for new asst. principal/athletic director
Pendleton High School is searching for a new administrator who will serve as an assistant principal and athletic director for the school of about 900 students.
Current Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Mitch Sanders will begin teaching physical education while continuing as head football coach at the high school, beginning July 1. Sanders has served in his administrative position at PHS for the past three years.
PHS Principal Tom Lovell said that while Sanders did a "great job" as athletic director, serving as an athletic director and school administrator, while also trying to head coach an athletic team, is a daunting task. Athletic directors oversee all athletics and activities at the high school, and part of the role of assistant principal is student discipline, both of which are time-consuming.
"It's difficult to be an administrator and an athletic director and a head football coach all at the same time," Lovell said. "We talked about it and decided it had to be one or the other. Mitch and I agreed it's better for our kids that he remain our football coach."
PHS has had three different head football coaches in the last eight years. Lovell said it can be difficult for student athletes to have so many coaching changes during their high school careers, so keeping Sanders in that role made sense.
The Pendleton School District has started the hiring process to fill the assistant principal/athletic director position. Applications are available on the District's web site and are due April 13. The District hopes to have the position filled by April 27 with a start date of Aug. 1.


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We base many of our decisions on reputation -- from hiring contractors to booking vacation rentals.
In this video, Richard Zeckhauser, Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy, discusses his new Harvard Kennedy School Working Paper, which examines the ways in which reputational "black marks" can affect future behavior.
"Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations," is co-authored with Christina Aperjis, HP Labs; and Yali Miao, Jane Street Capital.
Much of Zeckhauser's research explores ways to promote the health of human beings, help markets work more effectively, and foster informed and appropriate choices by individuals and government agencies.


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I had my full face and neck done yesterday, and I have to agree that this was the most painful cosmetic procedure I've had on my face (Sciton laser resurfacing, IPL, fillers, Botox, etc). However, don't be too scared--you can get through it! I found it to be a situation of mind over matter. When it was intense (particularly the brow area), I squeezed the heck out of two stress balls and imagined the wrinkles and sagging being blasted away.
My procedure took about an hour and 20 minutes. After reading all of your helpful reviews, I tried to think about how to express the sensation as I was going through the procedure. It was like little machine gun blasts of prickly sensations--sometimes mildly uncomfortable and a few times eliciting laughing profanity. Tears did leak out, though, so it was quite intense at times--but not the entire time. A couple of times as she did the brow, I could feel zaps all the way up in my scalp.
My doctor prescribed Valium and 800 mg Motrin. Not sure I saw any results immediately, although I did not expect to. Time will tell. Today I feel slightly swollen (although the appearance of the swelling is subtle). I didn't tell my mother I had this done and happened to see her this morning. She said nothing, which is the ultimate testament to my "zero downtime" experience. I was warned that bruising could occur, but that it was rare. Today I feel a little flushed and quite sore in my neck and jaw--like a bad case of sore and swollen glands.
Interestingly, the bony areas are less sore despite being more painful during treatment. No bruising at all. A couple of times today I thought about applying ice to my face and/or taking an OTC pain reliever, but it was too cold to seriously consider the ice and it really didn't feel necessary. Time will tell regarding results. I'll be sure to update as time goes on. I'm hopeful!


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Previous Experience: Has competed in over 25 international events in the past six years ... placed fifth at the Callaway Junior World Golf Championships in the summer of 2007 ... won the consolation flight at the National Junior Golf Championships ... was the top qualifier for the 2007 U.S. Women's Public Links and the runner-up at the Sabah Amateur Open ... was third runner-up at the Philippine Amateur Golf Championships in 2006 ... graduated 38th in a class of 371.
Personal: Born May 4, 1990 ... daughter of Boy and Beng Dela Paz.
Academic Major: Business.
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Energy for Future Presidents
Energy for Future Presidents
The Science Behind the Headlines
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The near-meltdown of Fukushima, the upheavals in the Middle East, the BP oil rig explosion, and the looming reality of global warming have reminded the president and all U.S. citizens that nothing has more impact on our lives than the supply of and demand for energy. Its procurement dominates our economy and foreign policy more than any other factor. But the "energy question" is more confusing, contentious, and complicated than ever before. We need to know if nuclear power will ever really be safe. We need to know if solar and wind power will ever really be viable. And we desperately need to know if the natural gas deposits in Pennsylvania are a windfall of historic proportions or a false hope that will create more problems than solutions. Richard A. Muller provides all the answers in this must-read guide to our energy priorities now and in the coming years.


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The temperature starts to drip high and low. And, it's about time for you to rely more on furnaces for a more comfortable temperature at home. This is best for the upcoming winter and cold months. Just like the summer season, winter is the time when the furnace system works hard. The air is moved through the home's duct. Since most of the people spend time indoors during the winter season, you need to work hard to have the best furnace system. This can help make you feel better, safer and healthier at all times.
It is essential to change your furnace filter regularly. This may keep the air inside your home safe and clean. How often will you have to change the furnace filter? The answer will depend on the kind of filters you use and all other lifestyle factors.
Most of the filters today need to be changed every 3 months. But, there are also some filters which can also be changed less than three months. This still depends on other lifestyle factors. Regardless of the filters frequency, you need to spare time and effort on checking your filter once a month. This is for you to determine the condition.
Factors to Consider
If you plan to change your furnace filters on a frequent basis, you need to consider several things. One of these things is on kind of filter that you use. If you are making use of high quality filter such as standard fiberglass kind of filter that cannot be exposed to dirt and other unwanted items in the air, then you can be assured that it may take you few months before you change it. If you make use of a washable filter, you need to clean and change it once a month.
Do you have your pets at home? Well, pet dander can also be an important factor for you to consider changing your furnace filters. You need to change your furnace filter as often as possible since the pet dander may be the common issue as far as damages are concerned.
Why Change Your Furnace Filter as Often as Possible?
Why is it so essential to stay on top of changing your furnace filter as often as possible? This serves as a big factor in the quality of the indoor air and the operation of the furnace system. As the furnace filter collects various kinds of airborne debris, it now starts to clog up. After a few second, the build-up makes it difficult for the air to pass through. This only means to say that the blower is already working harder. It is also taking longer to heat the areas of your home. This is also increasing the energy bills and risking burning the blower motor. PureFilters has some of the best furnace filters available so replace your filters today!!
One of the ideal ways to determine the times you need to change your furnace filter is to check it on a regular basis. If you want to maintain its proper functioning and condition it as well, spare some time to check it on a regular basis. This is to determine its actual condition as early as possible.


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Capitol Visitor Center:
Update on Status of Project's Schedule and Cost as of July 31, 2007
GAO-07-1149T: Published: Jul 31, 2007. Publicly Released: Jul 31, 2007.
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Since the June 27, 2007, Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) hearing, the project's construction has progressed, and according to the latest schedule, Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is still projecting a June 27, 2008, completion date and a September 22, 2008 opening date. Work has advanced on the project's heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, interior wall stone and ceiling installation, and other interior and exterior construction work. However, some delays have occurred in activities on the project's critical path (i.e., the work on the fire alarm system) and on most of its near-critical paths, and further delays are possible. AOC was able to mitigate the delay in the project's critical path by reducing the time available for future fire alarm testing. This action may not produce the desired results, though, given the complexity of the requirements for fire alarm testing. Delays in near-critical activities such as the ceiling close-ins and the House and Senate expansion spaces have reduced the time reserved for contingencies along those near-critical paths, but have not yet affected the critical path. Furthermore, a number of risks to the project's schedule remain. These include potential problems in completing the installation, integration, operation, and testing of the fire alarm, security, and HVAC systems. Recently, for example, AOC's Chief Fire Marshal completed his initial plan for final acceptance testing of the fire alarm systems and found additional complexity in testing requirements that has the potential to delay the project for a number of months. In addition, the Fire Marshal has added testing requirements for all of the CVC's smoke detectors, which could further delay the project's completion. Given these and other risks to the project's schedule, we believe that a September 2008 opening date is unlikely. In our view, AOC will be able to meet or come close to meeting the opening date only if the CVC team promptly makes significant improvements in its execution of the project and the project's schedule. At the November 15, 2006, CVC hearing, we reported that the total cost of the entire CVC project at completion is likely to be about $592 million without an allowance for risks and uncertainties, and over $600 million with such an allowance. Because the project's expected completion date remains uncertain, we have not updated these estimates. At the committee's last CVC hearing, we suggested that AOC update its cost estimate. Given the recent schedule developments, we continue to believe that AOC should update its estimate of the cost to complete the CVC project. To date, about $556.2 million has been approved for CVC construction, including about $25.2 million in fiscal year 2007 appropriations. For fiscal year 2007, AOC has also received an additional appropriation of $18.6 million for the CVC project, which AOC has not yet received approval to obligate. AOC has indicated that of this amount, approximately $6 million will be used for construction and $12.6 million will be used for operations. AOC has also requested $20 million in fiscal year 2008 CVC construction appropriations to cover remaining costs, and we estimate that AOC may need further appropriations in future fiscal years for construction claims.
According to AOC's construction management contractor, in dollar terms, the overall CVC project is 96 percent complete, compared with 95 percent reported complete at the June 27 CVC hearing. Twenty-one of the CVC's 23 air handling units were reportedly operating full time as of July 20, and work to test and balance these systems is currently underway. Delays occurred in 10 of 17 near-critical paths in June. Although, as we noted at the June 27 CVC hearing, the current schedule includes about 3 additional months for slippages, risks, and uncertainties, further substantial delays in some near-critical paths could extend the project's completion date. For example, delays in ceiling installation, a near-critical-path activity, could limit the installation of fire alarm devices, a critical-path activity. Work on 5 near-critical paths fell at least 2 weeks further behind in June. While the date for completing the CVC's construction remains unchanged, the sequence 2 contractor extended the schedule for completing the construction of the House and Senate expansion spaces because of delays in the House hearing room and in several near-critical-path activities, including testing and balancing the HVAC system, mounting fire alarm devices, and framing ceilings. As a result, the schedule for completing the expansion spaces slipped by about 3 weeks--to December 12, 2007--according to the project's June 2007 schedule. One indicator of construction progress we have been tracking--the completion date for certain work activities--shows that the project is not progressing as well as planned. Two major risks to the project's schedule persist. First, as demonstrated this month, problems in completing the installation, integration, operation, and testing of complex, major building systems, including the fire alarm, security, and HVAC systems, remain the greatest risk. Delays continue, and technical problems remain a risk until these systems have been installed, integrated, and successfully tested. Moreover, problems with these systems may not be evident until their final acceptance testing. Second, the number of outstanding proposed change orders for sequence II work continues to pose a risk to the project's schedule. Even though fewer proposed change orders were resolved in June than in May (35 compared with 49), the total number of open proposed change orders fell slightly from 451 in May to 443 in June. The large majority (over 80 percent) of the proposed change orders are in the hands of either AOC's construction management contractor or sequence II construction contractor for resolution. Proposed change orders that result in contract modifications for new work or rework could delay the project's scheduled completion, as well as possibly increase the project's costs. Even though the dollar values of recent proposed change orders have been relatively small compared with the project's total cost, unsettled change order requests are a cause for concern.
Jun 13, 2017
Improper Payments:Additional Guidance Could Provide More Consistent Compliance Determinations and Reporting by Inspectors GeneralGAO-17-484: Published: May 31, 2017. Publicly Released: Jun 13, 2017.
Jun 8, 2017
Open Innovation:Executive Branch Developed Resources to Support Implementation, but Guidance Could Better Reflect Leading PracticesGAO-17-507: Published: Jun 8, 2017. Publicly Released: Jun 8, 2017.
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High Risk:Actions Needed to Address Serious Weaknesses in Federal Management of Programs Serving Indian TribesGAO-17-589T: Published: May 24, 2017. Publicly Released: May 24, 2017.
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Government Efficiency and Effectiveness:Opportunities to Address Pervasive Management Risks and Challenges while Reducing Federal CostsGAO-17-631T: Published: May 17, 2017. Publicly Released: May 17, 2017.
High Risk:Actions Needed to Address Serious Weaknesses in Federal Management of Programs Serving Indian TribesGAO-17-587T: Published: May 17, 2017. Publicly Released: May 17, 2017.
Service Contracts:Agencies Should Take Steps to More Effectively Use Independent Government Cost EstimatesGAO-17-398: Published: May 17, 2017. Publicly Released: May 17, 2017.
May 12, 2017
- Architect of the Capitol's Oversight of the Senate Food Service ContractGAO-17-481R: Published: May 12, 2017. Publicly Released: May 12, 2017.
May 3, 2017
2020 Census:Sustained Attention to Innovations, IT Systems, and Cost Estimation Is NeededGAO-17-584T: Published: May 3, 2017. Publicly Released: May 3, 2017.
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DATA Act:As Reporting Deadline Nears, Challenges Remain That Will Affect Data QualityGAO-17-496: Published: Apr 28, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 28, 2017.
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:Preliminary Observations on the Implementation of Federal Immigration LawsGAO-17-593T: Published: Apr 27, 2017. Publicly Released: Apr 27, 2017.
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Watch the best of the action in all its glory as the Whites tore QPR to shreds in the West London derby at Craven Cottage.
Watch all of the action from a joyous evening at Craven Cottage where the Whites steamrollered local rivals QPR.
Following a dream full debut in the emphatic win over QPR, Ryan Fredericks is sure the Whites will start to soar up the league table.
Check out the images from a glorious evening under the lights in SW6 where the Whites thumped QPR 4-0.
Watch the goals as Dennis Adeniran and Stephen Humphrys secured victory over Arsenal for Fulham Under-18s at Motspur Park.
Watch as we turn the clocks back to October 2nd 2011 when QPR visited Craven Cottage and left having been hit for six.
Kit Symons credits the Fulham faithful for inspiring the Whites against Stoke and reveals the team are pumped up for QPR.
Watch the full 90 minutes from Craven Cottage as the Whites hosted the Potters in the Capital One Cup Round 3.
Watch the key moments from the Capital One Cup Round 3 tie at Craven Cottage as Stoke survived a late Whites surge.
Sakari Mattila looks back on a bittersweet night at Craven Cottage and wants to take the positives into Friday's derby against QPR.


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para seems to have made a pistol very similar to the one i"m building. the 6" "super-hawg" looks the nearly the same as it is single stack frame with the long slide.
the pistol i got has the 6" hi-cap slide in two tone and a carbon steel parked foster/capisan frame. colt rosewood grips with medallions with stainless hex screws, a stainless single colt big safety along with mag release and flat mainspring housing , brown stainless beaver tail, smith and wesson hammer and slide stop in blue. nighthawk adjustable trigger with three holes --
i have a set of XS adjustable big dot sights ordered from brownells ---
i might change over to either a sig aluminum mainspring housing to save an ounce or two and possibly a extended slide stop --but it runs so well as in i don't know if i'll ever get around to it.
this pistol is the "super-hawgs' evil dark twin--LOL!


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There are a few lines from a poem by Coventry Patmore that stick in my mind for their remarkable, evocative power. I first read them in a 1939 anthology by Walter de la Mare called Behold This Dreamer, a rambling collection of prose and poetry about "Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death, the Unconscious, the [Read More…]
The Dazzling Dusk
God Went Bowling
There's a little song called God Went Bowling by a band called the Swirling Eddies. It was on their 1994 album Zoom Daddy, and it features an oompah beat driven by accordion. Over it all is the snide vocal of Terry Scott Taylor, the songwriter whose mad genius has found outlet via at least three [Read More…]
Hiding A Few Words
When I published The Deep Things of God in 2010, I made a mental note to myself that I should eventually use this blog to let readers in on a fun little bit of extra information about the book. Then I lost the mental note somewhere on the mental desktop of my mental office. Now [Read More…]
Mysteries to Themselves
The fallen angels in Paradise Lost are of course shockingly wrongheaded in their estimation of God: Lucifer and company, while in heaven, thought they could beat God in a fight, and some of them continue to think so even after they find themselves greatly diminished and in hell. It's hard to imagine what metric they could [Read More…]
A Culture of Secrets and Intimidation
Richie Incognito's alleged harassment of his Miami Dolphins' teammate Jonathan Martin has been in the news a great deal these last couple weeks, and it is a complex story. I assume that there will be a good deal more of "he said he said," and that we may never get to the bottom of what [Read More…]
Glad Protestantism
Last Friday, the estimable Peter Leithart posted a little manifesto in his column space at First Things,. declaring "The End of Protestantism." I didn't like the piece at all. In fact, for a moment I entertained the theory that somebody had hacked his account and posted a satire. Leithart is after all one of a [Read More…]
A Class on Trinitarian Theology
The 2014 Los Angeles Theology Conference, "Advancing Trinitarian Theology," will be on January 16 and 17 at Fuller Theological Seminary. The conference is designed so that it can easily be used as a content delivery system for a class on trinitarian theology. Registration is already open, and the early-bird rate is in effect until November [Read More…]
9 Papers on the Trinity at LATC 2014
The second annual Los Angeles Theology Conference, entitled "Advancing Trinitarian Theology," will happen this January at Fuller Theological Seminary. We have invited five plenary speakers distinguished for recent contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity: Lewis Ayres, Stephen Holmes, Karen Kilby, Thomas McCall, and Fred Sanders. Registration is open. Earlier this year Oliver Crisp and I [Read More…]
Christology Ancient & Modern: The Book!
Christology Ancient & Modern: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics is the first volume in a series of books that will make the proceedings of the annual Los Angeles Theology Conference available to a wider audience. Only a lucky few hundred people were at the annual conference in January 2013, but this 200-page paperback from Zondervan collects [Read More…]
The Glory of God
If God's glory falls in the middle of the cosmos, and no one's there to hear it, does it make a sound? This was the question I used this week to begin discussions on Jonathan Edward's The End for Which God Created the World. Scripture is full of discussions of God's glory. It is God's [Read More…]


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Jul 1, 2013
It is with great pleasure that we welcome our latest contributor to the site, Mr Sean Bodley. Sean is an enthusiast for all things Ibanez, and recently had his awesome collection of RGs and JEMs shared by the official Ibanez Facebook page! Guitar teacher by day and live shred wizard by night, he's here to share his unique perspective on the guitars he loves. ~thesamurai
Hey All!
Sean Bodley here, solo artist and avid fan of guitars and gear! If you're not familiar with my material, it's very much in the style of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, and that's why this review is about a guitar that just screams "awesome instrumental rock" – the Ibanez JEM70V.
Now Steve Vai's signature Ibanez JEM has been in production now for over 20 years, but in the last few years it has seen very little in the way of change to hardware or finish, so when I first heard a new model was coming out in 2012 I was amped! Would it be fluoro Green? Shocking Pink? Or perhaps Road Flare Red?!
I was in for a bit of a surprise…
First of all, that this new JEM wasn't Japanese!!
It is in fact made in the new Indonesian factory where Ibanez has launched its more affordable Premium line of guitars. Steve Vai himself claims the Premium line is designed to offer the specs of Prestige Japanese instruments at an 'affordable price point' for guitarists.
Second, the new colour was Seafoam Green, specifically picked by Vai due to his love of classic cars from the 50's and 60's. Now this colour won't appeal to everyone (took me about 6 months to really appreciate it), but fans of Fender guitars may dig it straight away, and it looks way better in person than in catalogue shots, trust me!
Under The Hood:
The new JEM boasts the original Edge Trem, arguably Ibanez's most acclaimed trem system, due to its stability, smooth operation and has been the trem of choice for both Vai and Satriani throughout their careers. They have revamped and redesigned it a bunch of times (Edge Pro, Edge Zero etc) but everyone still comes back to the Original Edge.
The body is American Basswood, loaded with Vai's signature DiMarzio Evolution pickups in the classic HSH config. with 5 way selector.
The neck is really where this guitar steps up, in my opinion. It's got the Ibanez All Access Neck Joint (AANJ) for maximum upper fret access, with the Wizard neck profile. It is constructed from 5 piece maple/walnut and titanium truss rods for maximum stability. Adorning the rosewood fretboard is the distinctive 'Tree Of Life' inlay, coloured to match the body finish. The Premium frets are well prepared with rounded off edges – it's smooth and super fast, perfect for shredders and rockers alike.
'But wait! How does it compare to the JEMs of old?' I hear you say.
Well, personally I believe these new Premium JEMs to be of the same high standard as (or at least fairly close to) the classic Japanese JEMs – and I own an original JEM77FP! As with most Ibanezes, there are a few issues with regard to finishing. The bolt holes where the neck joins the body are a bit rough, but this is only a minor issue. I'm not a purist – I don't believe all Japanese guitars to be superior to the rest of the world, and in fact I've played some really expensive and extremely bad guitars from Japan, so don't let the Made in Indonesia tag put you off. At least play one for yourself and find out.
So how does it sound?
This is a very versatile guitar – the Evo pickups give a wide array of tones, and while they're quite not my favourite of Dimarzio's pickup range, they do suit this guitar well. Let's check out a few examples.
Clip 1 is the beginning of 'On The Backs Of Angels' by Dream Theater. I have played it using reverb, chorus and delay for a Vai-reminiscent sound, with the guitar in each pickup position, beginning with the neck:
Clip 2 is some improvised playing over a clean rhythm. Once again it's all pickup positions beginning with the neck, at low gain:
And finally for Clip 3, I let loose and improvised over a backing track – time for some fun!! Lead guitar is played using various pickup settings:
The Bottom Line:
For the price, I don't think you can go wrong with this guitar. If you can get past the colour, it's a well built, versatile guitar that will take you from jazz to metal and back again. It's not cheap ($2129) but is quite a bit cheaper than the next model up (the Prestige JEM7V at $4195) and you get much the same tone for a reduced price.
I've had the guitar in the studio and on stage for just over 6 months now and it's handled everything from Sweet Home Alabama to Schism and everything in between. Fingers crossed they will do well on the market so that Ibanez will release a new colour in 2014 – I will be first in line!
Thanks for reading – see you guys next time!
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Stephens Co. Falls to Lumpkin, Still in State Playoffs
The Stephens County Indians come up just short on Senior Night, but still earn a spot in the state playoffs.
Lumpkin County scored on a three-yard touchdown pass from Daniel McCrary to Johnathan Gilreath with less than 30 seconds to go to give Lumpkin County a 31-28 win over the Indians Friday night at the Reservation.
Despite the loss, Stephens County will advance to this week's state AAAA playoffs as Monroe Area beat Eastside 47-19.
Indians' Head Coach Travis Noland said it is a tough way to end the regular season.
"It is disappointing how we played the first half effort-wise and execution-wise," said Noland. "Their quarterback had a great night. Their receiver had a great night. Our kids fought back to give ourselves a chance to win, but we did not get it done. We will go back to work on Monday and try to find a way to play for 48 minutes against Marist."
Stephens County took a 7-0 lead on its opening possession as Jermaine Barnett scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard run.
However, Lumpkin County scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 17-7 lead at the half, getting an 8-yard touchdown run from Tim Summersett and a 4-yard touchdown pass from McCrary to Gunner Wood, along with a 22-yard Noah Cromer field goal.
Stephens County answered back in the third, cutting it to 17-14 on Desmond Wheeler's 16-yard touchdown run.
The Indians then took a 21-17 lead early in the fourth on a 19-yard touchdown run from Wheeler.
After McCrary found Gilreath for a 56-yard touchdown pass to give Lumpkin County the lead back, Wheeler's third touchdown run, from seven yards out, gave Stephens County a 28-24 lead and set the stage for the late Lumpkin County comeback.
Wheeler and Barnett each had over 100 yards rushing for Stephens County, while Gilreath finished with 17 catches for more than 200 yards for Lumpkin County as McCrary through for nearly 300 yards.
Stephens County finishes the regular season 5-5 overall and 3-4 in the region, while Lumpkin County ends its year 2-8 overall and 2-5 in the region.
Next up for Stephens County is a first-round playoff game on the road at Region 6-AAAA champion Marist this coming week.
In other Region 8-AAAA action, Chestatee beat Madison County 42-0 and Lanier beat Walnut Grove 41-0.
Looking around the area, Hart County clinched a home playoff game with a 33-30 win over North Oconee and Franklin County ended its season 1-9 with a 33-0 loss to Elbert County.
Arby's Player of the Game: Desmond Wheeler
Hart EMC Lineman of the Game: Gary Walker
Mill Creek Veterinary Clinic Sub of the Game: Jermaine Barnett
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Coming speeding at us like a bat out of hell is Tyler Mane's new web series, Chopper, and we've finally nailed down the details concerning when you'll be able to take the ride! Dig it!
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DILEMMA, a Los Angeles based Branded Entertainment and Marketing Communications Agency, has completed principal photography on Season 1 of the horror series CHOPPER featuring international fright icons Tyler Mane (Michael Myers, Halloween) and Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface, Texas Chainsaw Massacre). Chopper will launch independently via online platforms including YouTube and Blip.tv starting October 18th as an eight-episode, two-week long run leading up to Halloween.
Marketing support will be provided by sponsors including The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and Sullen Clothing. Series writer/producer/director J.C. Christofilis has been building buzz since mid-summer by releasing bonus, transmedia-style content through social media and promotional videos that have already surpassed 1 million cumulative views. In addition to showcasing two of the horror genre's biggest stars, Chopper's rocking ensemble cast will also feature Victor Newmark (Sons of Anarchy), Ruth "Ruthless" Pineda (LA Ink), ex-Biohazard singer Evan Seinfeld (Oz), comedian Quinn Dahle (Conan O'Brien) and MMA legend John Lewis- alongside special appearances from heavy metal bands including Unearth, Straight Line Stitch and Machine Head.
In essence, Chopper is a contemporary spin on the timeless Sleepy Hollow mythology. Storylines revolve around a headless outlaw biker seeking vengeance in the afterlife by killing mortal sinners. The project's creative team includes contributions from Nina Bargiel- transmedia producer of MTV's hit online horror series 'Valemont'- and countless other Hollywood veterans.
True horror and heavy metal aficionados will also have an opportunity to further immerse themselves into the overall Chopper experience by joining Chopper's fan club hosted on the crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The initiative will support producing additional transmedia content designed to further engage and excite our most devoted fans and drive additional word-of-mouth awareness for the weberies' launch.
J.C. Christofilis added, "We did our research and concluded that Kickstarter was the most robust, off-the-shelf platform capable of building a like-minded, passionate community of 'super-fans' around a cool, creative project like Chopper." Fans who pledge their support will be rewarded with a range of memorabilia and props from Season 1 and will even have the opportunity to be immortalized as a murder victim within evolving storylines that unfold closer to Halloween.
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To withdraw from the university, the student must withdraw from all the courses in which he or she is enrolled, according to the official procedure for withdrawing from the university as outlined in the catalog (see "Official University Withdrawal Process"). Students who withdraw from the university may or may not be eligible for a full or partial refund of tuition and fees depending on the date of withdrawal (see "Refunds of Tuition and Fees"). The deadline for withdrawing from the University is two weeks prior to the last day of classes for that term.
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Recovery is Coming, But Patience Required
New York–The long-term prospects for housing are good, "but we're not going to snap back," said John Burns, a home building and real estate consultant, speaking at the Lincoln International 2011 Building and Infrastructure Conference yesterday. Targeted at the investor community, the event featured numerous speakers echoing a view that recovery is coming, but the next year or two will still require patience.
On a national basis, the housing market has not hit the lows seen in the current downturn for more than 50 years, Burns noted. However, this kind of collapse has been seen regionally, he continued, pointing to Houston in the 1980s and Southern California in the 1990s. Those markets both took several years to recover, as it took some time for job growth to return and foreclosures to get out of the system. That is what is happening now on a national level, he said.
ln addition to good prospects for long-term growth, Burns said there is good news in that "housing has found the bottom." As evidence, he stated, existing home sales for January and February this year are on par with a year ago, without the federal tax credit that was available to buyers at the beginning of 2010. There are still "areas of concern," he said, pointing to the unusual combinaton of historically good housing affordability levels with relatively low housing sales. "Too many Americans have lousy credit, no savings and huge debt," he said. "That's why I don't get excited about 2011 and 2012. These are the renters that we want to become home buyers."
Burns also provided some insights on the "new" new home buyers that will dominate the market when it does eventually strengthen. Based on surveys of potential buyers across the country, he said, "home design beats price" looking forward. Buyers will care more about the great room, bathtubs, the home office space and huge televisions than the lowest price, he predicted. Too many builders had opted for plain boxes, but they are now beginning to move toward designs that "will get buyers excited."
Buyers want great designs and features, "but that doesn't mean they're willing to pay for it," Burns noted as well. "What we're seeing is that builders who don't deliver get penalized," he said. Buyers showed similar behavior with green building features. "It is sort of expected, but no one is willing to pay for it."
Panel Discussions
The event also featured two panel discussions that hit on similar themes. "We feel like we're bouncing along the bottom," said Donald C. Devine, president and CEO of American Standard Brands, speaking on a panel looking at current merger & acquisition trends. Despite reports that the remodeling segment is growing, he suggested that is still being held back by retreating home values. That view was shared by Harry A. Shaw, VP of corporate development for Owens Corning, who noted that "there is still great uncertainty about the recovery slope."
On the topics of M&A in the building products industry, Michael Katz of FdG Associates, a private equity firm that recently sold its interest in Sunrise Windows, reported it is "a good time to be a seller." There is a lot of money that's been on the sideline that's ready to get back into the market, but not a lot of good companies available, he explained.
Devine agreed. The finance community is looking at the building product space and say, "recovery is no longer a matter of if, it's only as a matter of when." Meanwhile, owners of building product companies that have survived to this point ask, "Why should I give you the upside?"
In a second discussion focused on challenges ahead, panelists agreed that one area of concern will be managing accelerated growth when it finally comes. "Builders and customers are concerned that suppliers will not be able to react to the growth curve and there will be shortages along the way," said Christopher J. McGowan of Madison Dearborn Partners, a current investor in Boise Cascade. "Bringing in labor and manufacturing capacity at the right time will be tough decision for companies," he added.
USG Corp. had yet to see much recovery and was "still in downturn mode" with a focus on right-sizing its operations, reported Fareed Khan, the company's EVP of finance and strategy. "There's definitely going to be a bias not to bring manufacturing capacity back to the supply chain."
Held at the New York Athletic Club, the annual conference attracted more than 100 representatives of private equity firms and strategic industry investors. It was hosted by the Building and and Infrastructure Group of Lincoln International, a firm speciallizing in mid-market merger and acquisition advisory services, and L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm.
In conjunction with the conference, L.E.K. released the results of a recent contractor survey designed to examine potential changes in buying habits as the market begins to recover.


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construction noun (BUILDING)
B2 [ U ] the work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc.:
The bridge is a marvellous work of engineering and construction.
› [ U ] the particular type of structure, materials, etc. that something has:
The bridge is of lightweight construction.
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- Falling house prices are illustrative of the crisis facing the construction industry.
- The starting date for the construction work is June 23.
- The construction of the tunnel is a large and complex undertaking.
- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
- How are we going to pay for the construction work?
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I'm in the process of picking up an 05 WRX (coming from a 2002 Eclipse GS). Anything I should know before I dot the i's and cross the t's?
Anyway, about me: I'm a Cleveland native and did some very light modding on my Eclipse years ago (bolt on exhaust, CAI, etc). Now I just want a car with four doors and a little bit of umph when I put my foot down. Hoping this car will help me get my groceries just a little quicker and not make me sweat during winter driving.


text: Our foundress blessed Brigida of Jesus chose Mother Mary as her patron saint for the institution The angel told Mary in Luke 1:28 that she was highly favored by God. This phrase simply meant that Mary had been given much grace or "unmerited favor" from God. Even with God's favor, Mary would still suffer much. Though she would one day be highly honored as the mother of the Savior, she would first know disgrace as an unwed mother. She would nearly lose her fiance. Her beloved son would be rejected and cruelly murdered. Mary's submission to God's plan would cost her dearly, yet she was willing to be God's servant. Mary must have known that her submission to God's plan would cost her. If nothing else, she knew she would be disgraced as an unwed mother. She must have thought that Joseph would divorce her, or worse yet, he might even have her put to death by stoning. Mary may not have considered the full extent of her future suffering. She may not have imagined the pain of watching her beloved child bear the weight of sin and die a terrible death on the cross. Still, she willingly submitted to God's plan.