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Review: The Ghost Writer
PLOT: âThe Ghostâ is a successful ghost writer who can turn any mess of words into a best seller. When he is hired by ex-British Prime Minister Adam Lang, this ghost uncovers a checkered past. With the help of clues left behind by the previous ghost writer who mysteriously died, he begins to find that there may be some dirty little secrets hidden away. Soon, he finds a possible connection between Lang and the U.S., supporting the torture of suspected terrorists. As protestors and the media begin to dig deeper, the ghost begins to question his involvement to this powerful man with a dangerous past.
Whatever your thoughts on Roman Polanski are in regards to his personal life, there is no denying his talent for storytelling. He has a gift for creating intelligent, thought-provoking thrillers that often stand the test of time. With THE GHOST WRITER, he creates a very unique sense of paranoia and fear, strongly underplayed, yet most certainly compelling. This world of conspiracy and lies, while at times a bit melodramatic, makes for one terrific thriller. While you would probably call it more of a thinking manâs thriller, being that many of the clichés found in this type of film are absent here. Sure there is a âchase sequenceâ but it has an almost quiet intensity. But it is certainly more believable than the cars that keep knocking down flower carts or breaking through windows. So if you found the recent EDGE OF DARKNESS dull, this may not be your cup of tea either.
When we first meet âThe Ghostâ (Ewan McGregor), he is being convinced by his agent (a smartly cast, John Bernthal) to take on a new job. Ex-British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) is currently looking for a ghost writer to help with his memoirs⦠the previous one mysteriously died. The ghost accepts the job and finds himself off to America to work with Lang very closely. He is given all the amenities he needs, but he is asked to keep the original transcript in the confines of Langâs home. But when he finds damning evidence connecting Lang to the C.I.A. and possibly to having knowledge of the torture of prisoners suspected of terrorism, he starts his own investigation into the Langâs past. So the stage is set in this Hitchcockian thriller where a man must decide to do the right thing or look the other way. It is also a very clear statement on Tony Blair and his involvement with George Bush and the âwar on terrorâ.
Ewan McGregor really is fantastic as the Ghost. As he uncovers all that he wasnât meant to uncover, he plays it with the perfect mix of subtly and curiosity. There was not a single moment that I didnât believe in him. While he doesnât have all that many scenes with Pierce Brosnan, the two work very well together. It is nice to see Mr. Brosnan in this type of role. The âis he or isnât heâ role is well played on his part and makes it more interesting when all things are finally revealed. A film like this, one that relies so heavily on strong performances, can really be a pleasure to watch when done right. But the good performances werenât solely the men, I was equally impressed with both Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams. It was especially nice to see the lovely Cattrall step away from SEX AND THE CITY and try on a more serious role as Langâs aide.
As far as directors go, Polanski certainly creates a stylish film that is not sacrificed by lack of substance. As far as looks go, there is a very cold and grey feel to the film. Much of it takes place in Langâs beach front home. The beautiful shots of a misty beach that lie in front of a distant lighthouse is gorgeous. But it is not just a great looking film, thankfully, he is able to inject danger and intrigue in the mix. One sequence involving a chase on a ferry boat feels completely fresh and involving. Sure there are a few moments that are downright odd, including the one sex scene in the film. In fact, that particular scene had a few people in the audience laughing out loud. But in the context of the film it made sense. It created a sort of uncomfortable tryst between the two characters involved. Definitely creating one of the most awkward seductions Iâve ever seen that didnât come from another AMERICAN PIE sequel.
The mystery itself is not necessarily that hard to figure out. Although it is effortlessly layered throughout the film, slowly revealing the who, what and why. And if that was all the movie had going for it, there might be a problem. This is a classic mystery reminiscent of some of Polanskiâs best work. The Ghost Writer is an eloquent and mysterious little movie that happens to be one of the most fascinating thrillers Iâve seen in the past few years. It works on nearly every level, so much so that even if it is light on action, it still has quite an impact. I highly recommend The Ghost Writer if you are looking for a smart and satisfying mystery that relies just as much on substance as it does style. My rating 9/10 -- JimmyO


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DJMH said in a comment to the last post:
I would like to know why you thought it was appropriate to involve the tech in this. You're the manager, and you put the tech in the uncomfortable situation of possibly ratting out a co-worker.
This decision, and in fact, management of techs, is very much a function of who the tech is.
In the last post I didn't include some background, etc, (like that post needed more length, anyway). So, here's some relevant information that when into my managing techs, in general, and this one in particular. I am, as readers know, old for these parts (being the internet). I'm doing my best to uphold Boomer Honor, which according to some is oxymoronic. Or just plain moronic. I've been a prof for about 30 years, and been pretty steadily NIH funded since the beginning. I've had 7 techs in that period of time, but some years with no tech at all. And they are all very different people, with different goals and different skill sets.
Also relevant is that I run a small lab. During the year, it's me, a postdoc, a tech. Now I've got a (yes, a, as in one) grad student, who is an MD/PhD, which is about the only kind of PhD student I'm willing to take at this point. In the summer I get another 2-4 summer types, and we really ramp up the experiments.
But irrespective of size I try to run a lab that in today's lingo is "flat". I try and reduce the hierarchy and the effects of hierarchy, as appropriate for people's goals and skills. This is much easier in a small lab. I involve the tech and postdoc in everything that is of even remote interest to them. Of course there are things, such as each other's salary, that they don't have to know. But we meet as a group and talk about what people are doing, and everyone gets some say in what they do. Yes, there are things, such as the nitty gritty of extracting data from electrophysiology recordings, that no one wants to do.
So why did I involve the tech in the problem of Jane? Firstly, it was Tech who brought the problem to me. She is the one who signs off on the time cards, something she & I discussed and agreed upon. Secondly, if Tech had said: I don't want to do this, it would have totally, and appropriately, fallen to me. But this particular person, Tech, is functions very much as a "lab manager", and is incredibly good with people. She had set up the complex schedules for our summer experiments (which involve extensive human labor, often working in pairs), and really knew the summer students. She was outraged that someone would take advantage of the lab in this way. She was outraged that someone would behave unethically.
In this situation, in this case, it did not occur to me NOT to include the tech in the problem. Even if I had discovered the problem, and I decided that I needed to be the one to handle it, I would have presented it to both the PD & Tech and gotten their opinions on what was happening, and what should be done about it.
Yet, I would have done this with all the techs I have had over the course of my career. There were some who were professionally younger, as opposed to chronological age. There were some who were computer/electronic wizards, but not so great in managing people. But by having this tech talk to the student first, it was one way to defuse the situation (if it was an honest mistake), and keep the inquiry casual.
If I had endless & bottomless money (hahaha) I would hire people of many different skills, and have lots of people with lots of different abilities. I'd have a programmer and a people manager and a data processor and an animal wrangler. But despite what some people think, even aging blue-haired profs don't have endless money, and hire the best they can and work with what they have.
So in hiring a tech, one needs to ask oneself, what is the most important thing I need in my lab, right now, to get the data, papers, results, I need for this stage of my career? Early career people have different needs then recently tenured, etc. Talking about how to hire and how to manage is another post. Stay tuned.


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Picking up where we left off yesterday ... Following MGM's good looking if somewhat heartless "A Christmas Carol," leave it to English filmmakers to deliver what many consider to be the very best movie version of Charles Dickens' holiday tale.
Copyright 1999 United Home
What is it exactly about "Scrooge" that makes it one of the best, if not the best "Christmas Carol" ? Two words: Alistair Sim.
You wouldn't think that Sim (Who -- prior to this 1951 release -- had probably been best known for his work in light English comedies) would be the appropriate performer to play Dickens' miserable miser. But "Scrooge" director Brian Desmond-Hurst clearly thought that this comic was capable of greatness. Which is why he cast Alistair to play Ebenezer.
And -- in the end -- Desmond-Hurst's gamble paid off. For Sim does a very brave thing with his portrayal of Scrooge. In that his take on this memorable character is caricature-free. Meaning that Alistair plays Ebenezer as if he were a real human being.
Oh, sure. Scrooge is still one tough old bird. At the very start of the film, he's still cold-hearted enough to off-handedly reject a debtor's plea for a bit more time even though it's Christmas Eve.
But back at his office, Ebenezer doesn't snarl at those two gentlemen who are seeking his contribution to the poor. Nor does he needlessly berate his clerk, Bob Crachit. He's just a businessman who's lost sight of what's really important in life.
That's the beauty of Noel Langley's "Scrooge" screenplay. By first grounding Dickens' characters in reality, it makes the later, more supernatural aspects of this holiday tale seem that much more fantastic.
Of course, what really helps here is that Sim is surrounded by actors who play things just as naturalistic as he does. From Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman) on up, the cast of "Scrooge" is top-notch.
FYI for all you Disney fans out there: Does Mrs. Crachit (pictured below) look familiar? She should. That's Hermione Baddeley. Who appeared in such Walt Disney Productions as "Mary Poppins," "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin" and "The Happiest Millionaire" as well as providing the voice for Madame Bonfamille in "The Aristocats" & Auntie Shrew in Don Bluth's "The Secret of NIMH."
Anyway, getting back to the script that Langley wrote for "Scrooge" ... What helps here is that Noel made an effort to steer clear of the aspects of Dickens' holiday tale that were (even in 1951) already becoming clichés. Take -- for example -- Scrooge's encounter with Jacob Marley.
Most movie versions of "A Christmas Carol" are content to have Ebenezer have an eerie if somewhat brief encounter with his former business partner. But Langley & Desmond-Hurst are smarter than that. They actually let this scene run a little longer than usual.
Using a piece of Dickens' text that talks how truly tormented those who are condemned to walk the earth forever are, the filmmakers construct this heart-wrenching scene. Which shows dozens of restless spirits surrounding this poor homeless woman who's out in the cold with her child. Unseen by most mortals, they (quoting directly from the book now) " ... sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, (but) had lost the power for ever."
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Another fine aspect of this particular version of "A Christmas Carol" is that it actually gives Scrooge motivations for his various behaviors. Take -- for example -- Ebenezer's initially hostile attitude toward his nephew, Fred. In this take on Dickens' holiday tale, we learn that Scrooge resents his nephew because Ebenezer's beloved sister, Fan, dies after giving birth to Fred.
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Of course, what Scrooge doesn't realize (because he rushed out of the room just before his sister passes away) is that -- with her dying breath -- Fan asked Ebenezer to look after Fred, to care for her boy.
The look of shame, horror & regret that plays over Sim's face as Scrooge & the Ghost of Christmas Past stand beside Fan's deathbed, and Ebenezer finally learns what his sister's last wishes were ... You just can't help but feel sorry for Scrooge and the many ways that he's wasted his life.
Another thing that's great about this particular version of "A Christmas Carol" is the attention to detail. The little touches that make it clear that this story is set in 1840s London. Take -- for example -- the poor wretched children who work in the Rag & Bone Man's shop, picking through these enormous piles of discarded clothing.
These kids (just like the poor woman with her baby that we see earlier in the film) are there to remind us that this truly was a brutal time to live in. That the gulf between rich and poor was so enormous back then that even the smallest of gestures, a simple show of charity, could really save a life.
But -- of course -- the life that gets saved in "A Christmas Carol" is Scrooge's. Which is why the scenes where Sim celebrates his second chance are such a joy to behold. The obvious happiness that's bubbling up inside of this man as he dances around his bed chamber (Scaring the hell out of his charwoman in the process) just make this sequence in the film so much fun to watch.
"So how good is the Alistair Sim version of 'A Christmas Carol' really?," you ask. It's so good that -- when Richard Williams was creating a half-hour-long animated version of Dickens' classic holiday tale in the 1970s -- the only actor that he'd consider to do the voice the role of Scrooge was Sim.
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Truth to be told, though, Williams did hire one other 1951 alumnus to work on his animated version of "A Christmas Carol." Michael Hordern -- who had played Jacob Marley to Alistair Sim's Scrooge -- agreed to provide vocals for Ebenezer's old partner.
The end result was an animated film that was so well received that it actually won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 1972. We'll discuss that particular version of "A Christmas Carol" on Thursday of this week.
Anyway ... Getting back to the 1951 version of "A Christmas Carol." What else is there to say? This particular production really is the best of the bunch. So if you're looking for a top notch film version of Dickens' classic tale to watch over the holiday season, this is probably the one you want to snag.
Tomorrow, we talk about of the very first TV versions of "A Christmas Carol" that was ever produced.
Your thoughts?
First, I want to say thank you for doing these articles on the many film versions of "Christmas Carol". It's nice to learn a little more about some of the lesser known productions -- especially the various ways filmmakers have gone about telling the same story.
I've yet to see this 1951 version of "Scrooge" in full. Last year, I caught a little bit of it on AMC, but the quality of the print and sound was tremendously poor. However, a restored movie palace in Stanford will be showing "Scrooge" on a double-bill with "Shop Around the Corner" at the end of next month. I looked forward to catching it before -- now, thanks to your article, even more so!
Right on, Jim. Sim was THE best Scrooge, bar none, and you gave an excellent analysis as to why that is so. His version of "A Christmas Carol" is the only version I will bother to watch when the inevitable Christmas specials and movies air on the tube this time of year. Great series, Jim, thanks for the early Xmas gift.
I must say that although I still love the Sim version, the George C. Scott version has been slowly but surely inching its way ahead in recent years! Hope your series covers it so I can post some comments on it.
Ever notice how the best Scrooges (Sim and Scott, among others) play Scrooge not just as a one-dimensional miser but as a BUSINESSMAN, who sees the world in Darwinistic terms long before Darwin?
And you can usually tell the greatness of a Christmas Carol adaptation by whether or not it includes the Spirits of Ignorance and Want. (Not that the ones without them aren't good, too, but they tend to be a bit more on the fluffy side.) To Dickens, these two "ragged, bare, wolfish" children were the impetus behind the book.
>>"Another fine aspect of this particular version of 'A Christmas Carol' is that it actually gives Scrooge motivations for his various behaviors"<<
And although writer Noel (MGM's "Wizard of Oz") Langley puts in a bit too much of his own, one event he inserts for young-Scrooge's backstory is a scene where the now shrewd grown-up Scrooge and Marley take over the business, after their old owner was caught in shady dealings--It's not in the book, but Langley's ear for inventing Dickens' own dialogue and puffy Victorian buffoons is perfectly on the mark. :)
Jim Hill continues JHM's new series with a look at yet another version of "A Christmas Carol." This time around, Jim talks about Richard Williams' Academy Award-winning animated version from 1971
Sorry, I don't really care much for this version. Sim is a good Scrooge, but the rest of the film feels longer than it actually is, pompous and boring. Sure, the scene with Fan's death had the tears welling up, but they evaporated when the past WOULDN'T STOP. Ah well, my opinion, your opinion.


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Episode 36: Speed Racer
Jun 28th, 2017 by candcgeekcast
Join us as we discuss the 2008 film Speed Racer. The film was directed by the Wachowskis at the height of their popularity, immediately after the Matrix, and the film was a critical and commercial flop. Not many people enjoy the film, but we at C&C Geekcast have always enjoyed it. We discuss what it is we like about the film, including the characters, the plot, the performances, and the very distinct visual style. We even discuss our thoughts on why the film is so disliked by many.
Listen to our thoughts, and leave your own in the comments. Thanks guys and happy listening!


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May 17, 2006
Yesterday the boys from Look Who's Toxic were interviewed for Sydney-based fanzine, Chaos Is An Order. You can check out what I had to say over on the LT3 web site.
CD Launch
May 1, 2006
Wow… thank you so much to everyone who turned out for our CD launch last night. I think we ended up with more than 100 people there on a Sunday night, which was just awesome.
Extra-special thanks to the eating competition contestants as well. Xavier took it out easily, followed by Liam, Willy and Mick Z. Mick V. was looking good for second or third place, but sabotaged his own efforts by insisting on eating his sausages with bread. In a desperate attempt to pinch second place, Mick V. attempted to eat his final three sausages at once, but was forced to leave the competition when he failed to keep them down.
Hopefully there'll be some photos of the night coming soon.
April 21, 2006
Look Who's Toxic will be interviewed on 3RR's Respect The Rock some time between Midnight and 2:00am next Thursday night (or Friday morning, depending on how you think about it).
Look Who's Toxic Message Board
April 18, 2006
I've put a new message board up on the Look Who's Toxic web site. I'm planning on applying a theme to it to make it look like our actual web site and to remove all the guff about reviewing membership applications, but for now it's using Vanilla's default theme.
Pleased To Eat You
April 13, 2006
Alright! Pleased To Eat You is finally mastered and at the printers, and will be ready to go for the CD Launch + Eating Contest. There are MP3s available for listening and download over at lookwhostoxic.com.
By the way, we're still looking for gluttons to compete in the eating contest. If you're feeling hungry, let us know and we'll hook you up with a bib & bucket.
Pleased to Eat You
April 10, 2006
March 21, 2006
I'm not sure what to make of our Sydney audience. We worked our arses off and played a really ace show, but, to me, the audience just didn't seem very appreciative at the time. Maybe we're crap and Sydney people are too polite, but everyone I spoke with afterward said they really enjoyed the show.
Maybe Sydney is even worse than Melbourne when it comes to showing appreciation? Maybe it's because we were playing on Sunday afternoon, just after everyone had Kangaroo burgers? Maybe it's because up until then, they'd only had artsy-electro-noise to entertain them?
Either way, we enjoyed ourselves. I finally got to meet Karen and Ben — Karen is Jo's younger sister, Ben is her husband and the gig was their wedding anniversary. I met a whole bunch of pretty cool people, just like this guy, Chris. A lot of them seemed to be English, but I guess that makes sense since Ben's from Manchester.
I also managed to befriend the two beautiful bartenders who were working at the venue, who kept my glass of whiskey full for most of the night. I was hoping to meet up with them later at The Metro, but I couldn't get in, probably due to do with my inability to walk or talk straight.
Burst Tyre
March 21, 2006
Somewhere in the suburbs of Sydney on our way home, just a few hours after joking about how much of a pain in the arse it would be if we got a flat tyre, it happened — the rear, driver's side tyre burst.
I pulled over by the side of the M5 Motorway, about two feet from the side of the road. Matty and I unloaded three speakerboxes, four guitars, the spare tyre, the jack, and the crowbar and, after I fumbled about with the winding mechanism, Matty jacked up the car.
We tried to remove the wheel, but had no luck. The van's previous owner had put mag wheels on the car, and the crowbar that I had wouldn't fit into the tight space around the nuts. I'd always assumed that mag wheels were just covers you clipped on top of your normal wheels, but I was wrong.
So, we were stuck by the freeway with a flat tyre and no way to get it off the car. By this time, Neil and Rob were at our meeting point — Krispy Kreme donuts, of course — so we asked them to get a telephone number for the NRMA. I wasn't a member, but I thought they might be able to help us change a tyre for a small fee. Unfortunately, again, I was wrong.
At this stage, Matty took control of the situation — I was hungover, angry and very little help. He got in touch with Neil and Rob again and tried to explain that we needed a thinner crowbar, and asked them if they could find an auto store to buy one from, but I'm not sure if the message got through. Then Matty decided I was going to join the RACV, and lent me the membership fee.
An hour or so later, a tow truck showed up to carry the car from it's dangerous position beside the freeway to a suburban shopping centre carpark. Matty went to get us some food and I waited for the NRMA guy to show up.
About two and a half hours after the tyre actually burst, our mechanic arrived and the end of this ordeal was in sight. He jacked up the car with relative ease and removed four of the five nuts. I'm not quite sure what was wrong with the fifth one, but he ended up having to snap it off with his nut-removing power drill. It was strangely satisfying to know that even if we the correct crowbar, we still couldn't have done anything and the $170 I paid for RACV membership was, in fact, worth it.
We attached the wheel to the four remaining bolts. The mechanic assured us that the wheel would be perfectly safe for a drive to Melbourne, but also warned that I would have to get it fixed as it could become a problem.
After around three hours, we were finally back on the road. Matty wanted to skip Krispy Kreme and just get the hell out of that devil-town, but I was determined to get those donuts. I picked up three dozen (one for home, one for work and one for the family) and without question they were the best tasting donuts I've ever had.
LT3 in Sydney
March 21, 2006
We're finally back home.
Instead of telling the stories in one big entry, I'll break it up into a bunch of smaller ones.
Pony Tonight
March 17, 2006
It's only just struck me that we've done just about zero promotion for the Look Who's Toxic show at Pony tonight.
Come to Pony for the Look Who's Toxic show! Look Who's Toxic are amazing! 9:30! Whoo! Whoo!


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Free Dental Services Report — Free Dental Services Available for Thousands of Children February 4-5, 2011. Local Readers (Philadelphia Area): FREE Dental services & Treatment for Kids 2/5/11 at Harcum College Cohen Dental Center in Bryn Mawr, PA. Slots remain for free dental services. Free Dental Services Day Planned for Knox County. Free вутефд clinic offering services.
Free Dental Services Available for Thousands of Children February 4-5, 2011.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 4, 2011 — On the first Friday and Saturday in February, Minnesota dentists across the state will open their clinic doors and provide free dental services to an estimated seven thousand children facing barriers to care.
The Minnesota Dental Association wants families in need to know that appointments can be scheduled now with a simple phone call. Called Give Kids a Smile, the unique program matches thousand of volunteer dental professionals with children to make sure they get the treatment they need.
More: http://www.valleynewslive.com
Local Readers (Philadelphia Area): FREE Dental services & Treatment for Kids 2/5/11 at Harcum College Cohen Dental Center in Bryn Mawr, PA.
The Dental Hygiene Program at Harcum College will offer Sealant Saturday, a morning of free oral examinations, sealants, fluoride treatments and health care instructions for children ages 6-13.
Saturday, 2/5/11 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Harcum College (Cohen Dental Center) 750 Montgomery Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.
More: http://www.mamacheaps.com
Slots remain for free dental services.
COLUMBUS — Twelve more slots are open for free dental services for school age youth ages 5-18 who are not currently covered by dental insurance. The East Central District Health Department's 15th Dental Day will be held Friday, Feb. 4, at the University College of Dentistry in Lincoln.
The deadline to sign up and be screened for the open slots that remain is Friday, Jan. 15. Prescreening and all dental services provided are free to those selected for the annual dental day program.
More: http://columbustelegram.com
Free Dental Services Day Planned for Knox County.
The Knox County Health Department is moving ahead with an event to get some dental help to adults.
The dental health clinic at the department focuses mainly on child dental issues, but Director of the clinic Rhonda Peterson tells WGIL adults are calling all the time looking for dental care because they cannot afford it.
"Even when I go to the dentist, it's sticker shock when they tell you how much one filling or even a cleaning you know, it's very cost prohibitive for many people. It seems like people will try to get their kids dental care and then they put themselves off."
Peterson says they will try to alleviate some of that need with a free adult dental care day in April.
More: http://www.wgil.com
Free dental clinic offering services.
A free clinic offering dental services for homeless people will be offered the first Tuesday of every month at Community Health Center of the Black Hills. Rapid City dentists Chad Carpenter and Joseph Kieffer volunteer their time. For more information, call the community clinic at 721-8919.
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HomeAway.co.uk, the home of Holiday-Rentals®, is part of the HomeAway family. As the world leader in holiday rentals, we offer the largest selection of properties for any travel occasion and every budget. We're committed to helping families and friends find the perfect holiday rental to create unforgettable travel experiences together.
Fantastic property for the family to chill out and enjoy the quietness of the countryside. Really nice to be able to sit on the veranda to eat and watch the world go by. Great garden with firepit so sitting out under the trees and stars was lovely. Loads of wood provided. Nice open fire inside as well. House had everything we needed - plenty of hot water all the time. Note that there is no wi-fi (good or bad - depending on your attitude to electronic communication on holiday!) or a washing machine. Mobile signal is good though and there is a long washing line. Owners very helpful and quick to respond to questions. Nobody wanted to go home!
very nice spot and not many people speak english but that is our problem we should savy more german


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Commercial, Construction Management
- Recruiter
- EDF Energy
- Location
- Bristol (City Centre), City of Bristol
- Salary
- £13,900
- Posted
- 21 Nov 2017
- Closes
- 30 Mar 2018
- Specialism
- Business / Management
- Sector
- Energy & Utilities
- Role Type
- Apprenticeship
- Start Date
- Ongoing
- Duration
- 24 months+
Hinkley Point C (HPC) will be the first in a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK. Construction and all supporting activities will be carried out by a large and diverse supply chain overseen by a project team. The Commercial function within the HPC Project Team is responsible for the placement and management of all of the contracts required to construct and commission the plant. This includes pre-contract procurement activities; managing tendering processes; contract negotiations and subsequent post contract commercial management.
The HPC Commercial Apprenticeship Programme will instill all the qualities and skills required to kick-start your career as a commercial professional with EDF Energy and the HPC project. You will spend 5 years learning from experts as part of the apprenticeship and, as well as getting valuable real world experience, you will study for a university level qualification. You can expect on-the-job training, classroom learning and the kind of practical experience you simply can't get on a university campus. Real work, earning real money, with real career prospects.
During the apprenticeship you'll also be working towards attaining membership of a professional body, which demonstrates to the supply chain and peers that you work to the highest professional and ethical standards. With our support you'll study for a Construction and the Built Environment HND at Bridgwater & Taunton College and then a Construction and Quantity Surveying Degree at University of the West of England (UWE).
Please note, due to changes being introduced by UK Government the apprenticeship may be delivered against a different standard, which could change the delivery timetable.
At the end of the apprenticeship you will move into a permanent role in the Commercial team with responsibility for managing your own portfolio of contracts. As your career develops there will be opportunities to progress further within HPC Commercial team or you could explore opportunities across the wider Nuclear New Build project portfolio or within other areas of EDF Energy.
EDF Energy is the majority shareholder in the HPC project and, if you become a Commercial Apprentice, you will be employed by EDF Energy. EDF Energy is the UK subsidiary of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with interests worldwide, including the US and China. We are the UK's leading generator and supplier of low carbon energy, producing around one-fifth of the nation's electricity and employing more than 15,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations and wind farms.
We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We intend to play a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK and secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees. The nuclear power stations we plan to build will be the first in a new generation. So a career in this area is a truly unique opportunity – an opportunity to be at the forefront of new nuclear, and to enjoy a long and fruitful career helping us deliver the first nuclear power stations in the UK for twenty years.
The first station to be built will be Hinkley Point C, Somerset, sited next to Hinkley Point A and B stations. This will be followed by a new station at Sizewell in Suffolk, and another in Bradwell, Essex. These are amongst the biggest construction projects in Europe and they offer the chance to gain invaluable experience working with the latest reactor technology.


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From "Mobile Suit Gundam UC", Major Conroy · Hagensen boarding,
RGM-89De Jegan (Echo's specification) commercialized in HGUC series!
Represent characteristic parts such as head visor, hand gun, dagger knife with new modeling!
● Reproduce various characteristic parts by new shaping!
The head visor, right arm, left shoulder, left hip armor, left arm armor different from general Echoes specification machine are reproduced by new modeling.
Different shapes, head visor visor with head sensor unit reproduced by new modeling.
Different shapes can be reproduced in a replacement formula at the time of lifting.
· Right arm
Arm Box Box Type Reproduces the armor armor that carries the beam / saber unit.
· Left shoulder
A mechanism that can mount a dagger knife was added, reproducing shoulder armor.
· Left lumbar armor
Reproduce the armor of the left waist portion of the shape containing the fire nuts.
· Left leg armor
A mechanism to mount the hand gun was added, reproducing the armor of the left leg part.
● Hand guns, daggers and knives, including distinctive arms!
· Impressive even in the play, reproduction of hand gun with new modeling!
· Dagger · knife is newly included!
The dagger knife comes with two types of the state of the puncture used at the time of posing and the state stored in the cover.
A dagger knife in a state of being stored in a sheath can be divided into a cover part and a grip.
- New hand expression parts for facial expressions are included!
· Various posing can be enjoyed, various arms are included!
Attached armed: Hand gun / Dagger knife / Beam rifle / Beam / Saber / Bazooka / Shield
1/144 scale assemble plastic model
Target age: 8 years old and over
Product material: PS · PE · ABS
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EFI New Products at OnDemand
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Press release from the issuing companyBOSTON-- EFI, the world leader in color digital print servers, superwide format printers, and business management software, today launched a suite of powerful new solutions that help customers print to win. These breakthrough products include the most advanced Fiery platform, featuring system software that won industry analyst firm BERTL's Best Innovation award, to the newly enhanced Digital StoreFront web-to-print platform, MicroPress raster-based color and black and white workflow solution - and the newly improved Fiery JDF (Job Definition Format) Connector that delivers seamless Fiery integration with EFI business management and third-party prepress and workflow solutions. The new products are showcased in EFI partners' booths throughout the On Demand Expo (April 16-19, Boston Convention Center). "We're reinforcing our commitment to help customers print to win with this new suite of solutions expressly designed to drive their increased competitiveness, efficiency and profitability," said Fred Rosenzweig, EFI president. "Our most advanced Fiery platform turns the print service provider's digital production print engine into the most effective competitive weapon it can be. The new Fiery and our other breakthrough products launched at On Demand put EFI's more than 17 years experience in print management solutions to work and add tremendous value for our customers in this highly competitive, dynamic industry." EFI's Most Advanced Fiery Platform With the new EFI Fiery platform, featuring a new industrial design, customers get the most out of their digital print production engine and their people. Renowned for its intuitive user experience, the new Fiery platform features a unique Visual Workflow that optimizes productivity by providing job progress at-a-glance, and built in "how-to" guides to address a wide range of operator expertise. The new Fiery platform makes it easier for print services providers to satisfy their customers' unique needs, from the simplest to the most complex applications and ever shorter timelines. The powerful Fiery platform also delivers new revenue stream opportunities such as high-value variable data printing (VDP), offering the most VDP options of any digital print server in the industry. EFI has forged partnerships with the leading third-party personalization software providers and supports such VDP languages as industry standard PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language), Fiery FreeForm(TM), and a host of legacy proprietary languages, ensuring that the Fiery platform readily integrates into existing workflows and delivers consistency regardless of whether the job is VDP or non-VDP. The advanced Fiery job management capabilities enable print service providers to tailor their production process to the type of work they do. Underscored by EFI's being the only company to pass the stringent Altona Test Suite benchmark, the new Fiery platform delivers the industry's most accurate, predictable color. Featuring EFI Fiery ColorWise®, the EFI in-RIP color management system, the Fiery platform delivers color that is consistent across applications, computer platforms, color spaces, and color file formats. The Spot On feature provides the ability to measure and manage spot colors, particularly relevant in achieving corporate colors. With the Fiery open platform and compliance with industry standards such JDF, PDF (Portable Document Format), and PPML, the Fiery platform readily integrates in any technology environment and easily accommodates change in that environment. The Fiery platform serves as a gateway to third-party technologies and EFI products such as Colorproof(TM) XF for proofing and with EFI business management software and prepress solutions. Fiery-driven systems integrate with EFI business management and prepress solutions via the newly enhanced standards-based EFI Fiery JDF Connector, providing commercial printers with an accurate, efficient production workflow - from capturing the designer's original intent to real-time estimating, accounting and billing, to producing brilliant digital output. EFI's additional partnerships with leading third-party pre-press software providers help ensure customers' success in migrating to an offset/digital hybrid environment, and the Fiery platform includes a number of production automation and workflow management features that further support the seamless integration of digital and offset prepress workflows. Digital StoreFront 3.0 EFI Digital StoreFront, the industry-leading web-to-print platform, enables print service providers to create a unique, intuitive shopping experience for their customers, allowing them to easily navigate through a full suite of print products and services (including personalized items and managed catalogs) all in one place. Digital StoreFront also provides powerful back-end automation for print service providers, acting as an on-ramp to their digital production workflow and print management, reducing data entry, decreasing the likelihood of print errors, and reducing labor costs. The newest version of Digital StoreFront includes a redesigned user interface, enabling easy branding and customization of sites to support a wide variety of customer relationships, combined with powerful back-end automation for the print service provider. MicroPress 7.5 EFI has made significant improvements to the uniquely raster-based color and black and white powerful production workflow solution MicroPress. EFI MicroPress features incomparable and dramatically time- and money-saving make-ready tools. MicroPress simplifies complex job construction by automating labor-intensive processes such as hand collating, tab inserting, docu-ment renumbering and booklet creating, and minimizes the need for re-RIPing. Additionally, EFI ratchets up the color capability in MicoPress beyond other production workflow solutions by integrating the industry's leading tools for consistent, high-quality color. MicroPress customers now have strengthened color power with the integration of ColorWise® Pro Tools, EFI's popular color print production management suite and EFI Spot On, a feature that provides the ability to measure and manage spot colors, particularly relevant in print service providers' achieving corporate colors. With MicroPress, print service providers have an unprecedented two-punch production workflow power: top speed and accurate, high-quality color. The new EFI solutions will be showcased in partner booths throughout On Demand, including Canon Booth 1400; FujiFilm Graphic Systems Booth 651; Konica-Minolta Booth 1215; Oce Booth 1229; Ricoh Booth 619; and Xerox Booth 914.
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Igbo residents in Ekiti state hold reception for Governor Ayodele Fayose for publicly identifying with the detained leader of IPOB Nnamdi Kanu
The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ekiti state, Chief Nathaniel Uzomah, says the Igbo people made a good choice when they conferred the title 'Nwanne di Nanmba' on Fayose
Fayose says he identified with Kanu because he believed the pro-Biafra leader was being unfailry treated
Governor Ayodele Fayose has received a heroic welcome from the Igbo community in Ekiti state for identifying with the pro-Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court.
Igbo residents in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital on Thursday, evening April 27, welcomed the governor back to the state after his trip to Abuja to attend Kanu's trial with singing and dancing to appreciate what they describe as a deed that can only be done by one who truly loves them as a brother, Vanguard reports.
The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Ekiti state, Chief Nathaniel Uzomah, said the Igbo people made a good choice when they conferred the title 'Nwanne di Nanmba' on Fayose.
"We have come to appreciate you for identifying with our dear brother, Nnamdi Kanu. We have called you Nwanne di Nanmba, meaning our brother from a distant land for this singular act, you have proved to be our own brother indeed," he said. Responding, Fayose said he identified with Kanu because he believed the pro-Biafra leader was being unfailry treated. According to the governor, he stood for the unity of the country and would not support any attempt to oppress Nigerians. "We are Nigerians and this country belongs to all of us. I don't want the division of this country but the unity. But as much as we don't want the division of this country we don't want oppression.
We are not in military era. Not in 1984, we are in a 21st century when only dialogue is the way forward in a situation that we have found ourselves," he said.
Fayose asked Buhari to show mercy to all the people in jail now just as God has shown mercy to him by granting him recovery after he has been sick.
He called on the president to show mercy to Kanu, Dansuki, ElZakzay and others.
READ ALSO: Jega replies Jonathan's statement that 2015 election was flawed
"We have to come together and dialogue on how we can be together. We cannot continue to jettison the fact that all Is not well. A lot of people are not happy. We are from different ethnic backgrounds. We have to come together and dialogue. "
We cannot say we would use force to make people believe in what we want them to believe in. And the moment you try to stop people from agitating, you would be creating more problems.
You don't know what would happen tomorrow, an Hausaman is there today. An Ijaw man was there yesterday, another person would be there tommorow.
"But if the framework is there for everyone to co-exist as a nation, it would be easy for us to stay together.
As it is now, all is not well. I went to court to identify with Nnamdi Kanu because I felt that he is currently being unjustly treated.
If nobody stands for somebody, they would think it is normal for them to continue to oppress us," the governor said.
He criticised former president Olusegun Obasanjo for keeping quiet while the federal government is persecuting the opposition.
Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the bail conditions granted its incarcerated leader, Nnamdi Kanu by Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court.
We gathered that IPOB in a statement by its spokespersons, Barrister Emma Nmezu, Dr Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari wrote the bail conditions and handed them over to Justice Nyako who read them in court.
Recall that Kanu, who is currently facing trial alongside three other pro-Biafra agitators, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu, and David Nwawuisi before the Justice Nyako-led court was on Tuesday April 25 granted bail on health grounds.
The trial judge, however, gave some stringent conditions which the IPOB leader must meet before perfecting his bail.


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Uncle Goose
by Jill on January 7, 2013
Uncle Goose is a company that is in love with learning, design, and creativity. They especially love wood blocks, so much so that their company is solely dedicated to crafting these classic toys in an era of computer games and (…)
Creative Type Four
by Jill on May 14, 2012
Its the time of year for Toronto's annual, curated exhibition of typographic artwork, Creative Type. The show's work is made up of a selection of the city's most talented illustrators, artists and designers. Since its beginning in 2008, the profile (…)
Maricor / Maricar
by Jill on March 6, 2012
Australian twin sisters, Maricor and Maricar are graphic designers, illustrators, animators and in general have an affinity for all things crafty. They have a curious obsession with paper and patterns and enjoy working with embroidery. Their set of Tactiles contain a gorgeous collection of stitched typography from patterned sans serifs (…)
Matt Luckhurst
by Jill on November 8, 2011
Matt Luckhurst is a designer, illustrator and motionographer originally from Vancouver, BC, now living in Brooklyn. Currently working as the Design Director at Collins: in New York City, Matt has created an inspiring body of work. Whether vector or hand (…)
Codex Magazine
by Tanya on June 28, 2011
Codex, The Journal of Typography, recently released its premier issue. Published by ILT Publishing and designed by our friend's at Working Format, Codex features interviews with type designers, type reviews and specimens, essays, and other content that is sure to (…)
Creative Type No 03
by Jill on April 25, 2011
Creative Type is a unique opportunity for designers and illustrators of Toronto to exhibit their personal work and to "promote the idea of artful typography as a significant and valuable facet of our city's visual culture". It began in 2008 (…)
Type of Rescue
by Jill on March 28, 2011
Character is a Finnish company who saves dismantled signage from demolition. By salvaging these letters that have graced the cityscape for years, Character gives them a new life by fixing them and replacing their old lighting with LEDs making them (…)
Daily Drop Cap
by Tanya on March 24, 2011
Jessica Hische is a designer and illustrator who created Daily Drop Cap in order to "prettify the internet and beautify your blog posts." A beautifully illustrated letter is posted each day which individuals are free to use on personal, non-commercial (…)
A Visual History of Typefaces – Volume 2
by Tanya on March 1, 2011
Volume 2 of A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles is my favorite of the two editions. This volume covers the period from 1900 to the mid-20th century and once again includes access to the image library of high (…)
A Visual History of Typefaces – Volume 1
by Tanya on February 28, 2011
A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, published by Taschen, is a must-have for all type nerds, especially those interested in ornamental lettering. Published in two volumes, this book is comprised of reproduced type specimens detailing the evolution of (…)


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You Know You're From Belfast When....
1. You're never cold, but sometimes baltic.
2. The sight of 12 year olds smoking is normal.
3. Castle Court - the traditional and best - is well better than that Victoria Square place.
4. You have owned a pair of Nike Air Max at some stage.
5. You will fight anyone who claims Callum Best's da wasn't the best footballer EVER.
6. You know what real rain is like.
7. You think if you can't see the Harland and Wolfe cranes from your bedroom window, you're a culchie.
8. You end sentences with 'So it is'.
9. You use the word 'sweet' and 'powerful' as a substitute for almost any adjective.
10. You know what the words 'space-cadet' and 'rocket' really mean.
11. You cringe when you hear someone from your city speak on national TV.
12. You know at least one person called Mackers.
13. Your granny had a framed picture of the Pope or the Queen in the living room.
14. Jim McDonald from Coronation Street and Eamonn Holmes embarrass you.
15. The most common phrase used when you are slightly surprised at something is 'Here's me wha!?'
16. You can tell what religion somebody is by the side of the road they walk on.
17. You have used the phrase 'will you see my mate'.
18. Anyone who doesn't have a 1 back and sides is a hippy.
19. You know what a steek is.
20. You have a mild addiction to pastie baps.
21. You have at least one ginger mate.
22. You have at some point slegged someone for wearing two-striper trackie bottoms.
23. Some millie you have annoyed has said 'Oh mummy! What are you like?'
24. Every day you call at least one person a 'melter'.
25. You have been in some sort of riot.
26. If you want to buy something semi-legal like a dope pipe or martial arts weapons you go to Smithfield market.
27. You knock on your mate's window instead of the front door.
28. You hear you Da say 'see her I married, she'd put your head away!'
29. You can shout yeooooooooooo louder and longer than any of your non-Belfast mates.
30. Your Granny's hobby is homophobia.
31. You say 'You know what it is' at the start of a sentence when you are annoyed.
32. You have had your school blazer pocket picked from your during PE.
33. You are not interested in the Derry/Londonderry debate because you know it is just a pokey wee village.
34. You've mistaken a Ballymena person for a Scot.
35. You're divorced from your wife, but she's still your cousin.
36. Your ma says 'Do you think I came up the Lagan in a bubble?'
37. You know what 9033 3333 is the number for.
38. When you're in a foreign country, you're afeard to death of a hurricane but know what to do when a bomb goes off.
39. You remember getting Frosties, Opal Fruits and Lick 'n' Dips from the corner shop.
40. You've heard 'I'll put my toe up your hole' when you trespassed someone's garden.
41. You've always wondered what Sonya Mac looks like.
42. Your face is your bake.
43. Your feet are your kebs.
44. You went 'on the beak' from secondary school.
45. You had a fake name and address for when you were stopped by the peters.
46. You can think of 20 words for being drunk, without even trying.
47. A feg's a cigarette and a fag's a bender.
48. You have owned a pair of Adidas poppers.
49. You're throwing up a dodgy kebab in the Odyssey while watching the PSNI break up a fight.
50. You've said on the phone 'I'll meet ya at the front of Primark'.


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|Mick Taylor & Carla Olson
Live: Too Hot for Snakes
Genres: Country, Pop, Rock
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Strongest post-Stones Taylor material
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is perhaps the strongest post-Stones appearance by this elusive guitar virtuoso. Mick Taylor's in fine form and leaves most of the vocal duties and rhythm guitar work to Carla Olson. Carla can play, herself, and the interaction between her and the former Rolling Stones lead guitarist (1969-1974) is nothing short of magical. A must-have for Taylor fans and the Rolling Stones collector. Check out "Sway" with Carla on lead vocals and Taylor's rendition of "Broken Hands" (which originally appeared on his 1979 solo release "Mick Taylor")."
For Taylor Fans, This CD Rocks
(3 out of 5 stars)
"While this live recording does not capture virtuoso performance that Mick Taylor is capable of delivering, he still manages to display melodic lead playing like no one else. Credit goes to the band and Carla Olson, whose vocal style has rough edges that can be either annoying or funky, depending on your point of view, for putting a nice collection of rockers and blues derivatives, on which Mick's talens are showcased. A definite must have for Mick Taylor fans, I would also recommend this CD for those interested in British guitar players. For die hard Stones fans, Silver Train alone is worth the price of this CD."


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RHCP - Love Story (Istanbul)
"I saw her at a festival in August. A great voice, smile, beautiful lyrics, and had a magical state. I was crazy about her while she was singing her songs.
After the show we went near and said that we liked her music. She thanked us and invited for hanging out with her. But tour manager came in and said that they must move to the next concert.
She was going and probably I'll never see her again. I had to do something. I just ran and wrote her a letter. I wanted her to know that I feel something for her. I caught the bus and gave her the letter. She was surprised and smiled. Then what? Nothing happened. No message, not even a single word.
A year has passed. Life continued. I had another girlfriend. My life seemed to be good. Then she released an album. She was the world's number one female artist in one night. Everyone was talking about that. One day a friend of mine said that she moved to the city, she often came to one of my favorite breakfast places. I went. She was there. As soon as I saw her I melted. There I could have married her immediately. We met and started talking. I told her that we met at the festival, gave her a note. 'I know,' she said. 'It's on my refrigerator.' I could not believe. 'Really?' I asked. 'What do you think, would I throw away a letter like that?' She invited me to dinner.
The following days we were together. We went to museums, movies and dinners. I gave her driving lessons. We listened to music for hours wandering with the car, kissing, talking. But she never fully opened her doors.
Weeks passed, our relationship deepened. But I still could not understand her fully. All I know was that I was bounded to her. I wanted to spend all my time with her. I was like a child, she was the more logical side. We were like balancing each other. Everything was good. I was happy. When I looked at her I saw that she was happy, too.
One day I called her and left a message on her answering machine. When I returned home I found a message from her: 'How are you? Tomorrow I'm moving from the city. I do not want you to call me or come to see me. Good-bye. 'I was in shock. The woman who was saying 'I cannot wait to see you' now says, 'Do not call me".
I did not know what to do. I called John, told him the situation. I sat at home and started to write. Then I called John again, "I'm coming," I said. He took what I had written. Started playing his guitar. 'We will finish this song tonight,' he said. We finished it at 5 o'clock fifth in the morning.
I took the tape. When I went out it was raining like crazy. I drove my car in front of her house. I went to the front door, waited in the rain, but could not ring the bell. I left the tape to the mailbox and went away.
Time has passed. Our album came out, life continued. Tragedies, victories lived. People have died, people had children. And I was always curious about how my life would be if I had talked to her that night.
Many, many years passed. One day while I was waiting for my car after an award ceremony a limo came. The door opened. It was her. I walked towards her. She saw me, we said hello. No other single word came out of my mouth. I could not ask 'Did you get the tape?' It was the most horrible moment of my life. We walked away. Who knows, maybe she made me a favor, saved me a from a lot of pain and trouble."
"Year Protected content . The man in the story is Anthony Kiedis. Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman. He was not famous at those days. Close friend, John? Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. In Protected content album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" released and got very successful, they are still world's one of the best groups. And the girl was Sinaed O'Connor. The greatest female singers of the 90s. Lived a life of ups and downs. Her career continued, but not as it used to. Did she get that tape, listened to the song? We don't know... The name of the song they had written in that rainy day was "I Could Have Lied". One of the best songs in the album "Blood Sugar Sex Magik".
Source: Hafif Müzik – Mehmet Tez
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I wish a good concert today…
Note: I googled a little and read that Sinaed O'Connor says, she went out with Kiedis a couple of times, but there was nothing serious. And she does not listen to RHCP so she doesn't know the song :)


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In today's episode, I speak with Steve Chou of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com. Steve is the online authority when it comes to putting together an online e-commerce store as far as I'm concerned.
Motivated by the expectation of their first child, Steve and his wife started an online store selling wedding linens back in 2007. The store was able to bring in over $100K in profit in the first year.
He still maintains his corporate career (because he loves it!) and his wife is able to stay at home with their children and tend to the store part-time.
Back when he started, he didn't even know how to write HTML code. But he was able to learn the ins and out of building a successful online store. He shares his knowledge with us today in the podcast.
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Here are some of the questions I get into with Steve during the podcast:
What made you want to start making part-time money with an online store?
What was it about an online store that made it doable? Did you have experience?
What made you choose the niche or specific type of store that you did?
Technical Aspects of E-commerce and Inventory
What online tools did you use to create the shopping cart and site back in 2007?
Do you recommend open source software for an online store?
What about the physical products and how did you get them?
What work did you do on the inventory?
How were you experienced in embroidery?
Time and Family Considerations
When did you find time to work on this business?
It's rare that your wife would want to work with you. Tell me about that.
Marketing the Online Store
How did you get traffic to the site?
How did you work with wedding planners to get more business?
Tell me more about your background and experience.
Lessons Learned from Mistakes
What technical mistakes did you make along the way?
How did you determine your shopping cart sales funnel was having issues?
What mistakes did you make early on with products?
Why not get the product from the U.S.?
Becoming a Success and Lifestyle Design
Tell me about the process of realizing this was a successful business?
How are things now? Are you still working?
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Alright, today I am here with Steve Chou of MyWifeQuitHerJob.com. Steve I am familiar with, in the past I have had some interaction with, and I have really enjoyed his site, but I wanted to talk to him today about making part-time money. He and his wife started an online store a few years back, and she worked on the business part time while raising their first child. Steve worked on the site part time as well while maintaining his corporate career. From what I understand, they were able to bring in over $100,000 in revenue in their first year of business, and so obviously they were doing something right there. So, we are going to learn something today about setting up an online store and how you can get into that business.
Philip Taylor: So, Steve, welcome.
Steve Chou: Glad to be here, Phil.
Philip Taylor: So, what made you guys want to start making some part-time money?
Steve Chou: You know, it all dates back to when I proposed to my wife, and one of the things she said to me was, "You know, I want to marry you, but when we get married and when I get pregnant, I am going to quit my job so I can stay at home with the kids." And I said, "You know, that's perfectly cool. In fact, I would rather have a parent stay at home with the child than send the kid off to daycare." So, we were married without children for about 3 years, and then all of a sudden my wife got pregnant. That is when I kind of started panicking a little bit because we live in the Silicone Valley, and the cost of living here is really high. My wife at the time was making $100,000 which is a pretty good salary. If she were to quit her job, we would have essentially lost almost half of our household income. So, that is what started the whole thing. Pretty much as soon as she became pregnant, we started researching ways that we could make money on the side. So, what we did was we kind of settled on an online store, something that my wife could run from the comforts of home while taking care of our child. And, we ended up putting it up while we were both working a full-time job. Within a year we managed to make over $100,000 in profit actually which pretty much supplanted my wife's income. At that point pretty much once she took her maternity leave and got her yearly bonus, she quit her job. Now she pretty much runs the store at home. We have a couple workers come and help out, but essentially she only works a few hours every day, so it is perfect.
Philip Taylor: Wow, that's a good set up. So, obviously I understand the need there, and it sounds like you were quickly able to replace that income. What was it about an online store specifically? You mentioned that was something she could do from home, but did you have any experience in running an online store? Did you have a friend who knew how to do it? What was sort of the driver behind that choice?
Steve Chou: So, I actually had no idea how to run an online store. I had no idea how to write any html code. I had no idea how to throw up a website.
Philip Taylor: Wow!
Steve Chou: But, when I was a kid I always wanted to run a store. I thought it was cool. Actually so did my wife. We were considering doing affiliate marketing and that sort of thing, but given our time frame I did not feel like we could make a significant amount of money within a year by the time she quit. I felt that selling physical goods was the way to go. It is not as passive as affiliate marketing, but there are a lot of benefits to having your own actual business. That is what made it attractive to us.
Philip Taylor: Okay. I see. Now, dialing it down a little bit deeper, what made you choose the niche of the store or the type of store that you chose?
Steve Chou: Oh, okay. It was actually my wife's idea. She is really into weddings. Anything that has to do with a wedding, she reads. She still reads Brides magazine even though we have been married for a very long time now. So, I remember when we got married, she wanted to buy a handkerchief so that when she cried at the alter she would have something there to dry her tears. It turns out she searched everywhere, and she could not find handkerchiefs anywhere. So, what ended up happening was we ended up importing a batch of handkerchiefs just for our wedding. We purchased a bunch just so we could have 1 or 2 for the wedding and the bridesmaids and the bridal party. After that because they are so hard to find we decided just to sell these online. There turned out to be a market. That is probably one of our bestselling products today.
Philip Taylor: Awesome! So it is a handkerchief for women, right?
Steve Chou: Women and men actually, and you can actually embroider the bride, groom, and wedding date on it or the initials, so there is an amount of personalization involved as well.
Philip Taylor: Okay. I actually gave that gift to my groomsmen at my wedding as well.
Steve Chou: Oh really?
Philip Taylor: A handkerchief with, I think, the date and their initial or something like that.
Steve Chou: Yeah, it makes a really nice keepsake actually for your wedding.
Philip Taylor: It was kind of a classic gift too. Okay, so that is why you chose the specific niche. So, tell me about then the initial phases of what tools or resources online did you turn to to set up the site and manage the acceptance of credit cards and all this.
Steve Chou: Yeah, so back then actually there was not as much free software as there is today.
Philip Taylor: What year was that by the way?
Steve Chou: We launched the store officially in mid-2007. Back then there were a couple of big players, osCommerce, Zen Cart. Basically, I went into all this knowing that I was not going to be able to code the website myself. So, I started looking at free alternatives, and it turned out that there was a bunch of free open source shopping cart solutions out there.
Philip Taylor: Okay.
Steve Chou: So, the advantage of that obviously is it is free. They do not charge you any fees. You can run your store with as little overhead as possible. Pretty much the only thing you have to pay for is webhosting which is on the order of $5 to $7 a month.
Philip Taylor: Okay.
Steve Chou: So basically, I chose an open source package, read the forums, read as much documentation as I could, and just ran with it.
Philip Taylor: Alright.
Steve Chou: But today actually there are a ton of solutions available. Even if you do not know a lick of html, you can sign up for these hosted shopping cart solutions. They charge you a low monthly fee, and they pretty much handle everything for you.
Philip Taylor: Do you recommend that, or do you still recommend the open source solutions for more control maybe?
Steve Chou: Yeah, I always recommend open source if you are technically inclined because you have full control over everything. If you do not want to deal with any of the headaches of throwing up the technical aspects of the store, hosted solutions are perfectly fine as well. The only downside is you are essentially tied to that service because it is really hard to migrate.
Philip Taylor: I see. Okay. That is good stuff. So, what about the physical product? What were some of the initial products you had in the store? You mentioned the handkerchief. What were the other products, and how did you get them physically?
Steve Chou: We decided to just launch with a wide variety of handkerchiefs. I was told by some of my business school friends that it was better to be extremely specific when you are first launching. Essentially you want to be the best at what you do. So, we essentially started selling a whole wide variety of handkerchiefs, and we easily had the widest variety on the market. We decided to get these imported from overseas because the prices obviously are extremely attractive. That way we could screw up a little bit and still make a profit.
Philip Taylor: I see. Alright, so you actually had these shipped to your home?
Steve Chou: Yes, that is correct.
Philip Taylor: Then you would do some type of embroidery or just repackage it somehow?
Steve Chou: Yeah, it was either embroidery or we repackaged it. We essentially created bridal sets. Essentially it was repackaging I guess when it comes down to it. It is more like framing the product in a different light and marketing it as a wedding handkerchief specifically.
Philip Taylor: I gotcha. And as a package for all the bridesmaids or all the groomsmen? I like it! So embroidery, was that something you or your wife had some experience in?
Steve Chou: Yeah, it is actually one of my wife's hobbies. It is not a hobby of hers anymore because of the business actually, but she is starting to get back into it now that we have outsourced that part of the operation.
Philip Taylor: But early on it was just her actually doing everything that went out, right?
Steve Chou: That is correct. That is correct.
Philip Taylor: So early on when did you find time? You mentioned you both kept your corporate jobs. She was just pregnant, so obviously there were 9 months there you had to work with, but when during your days, nights, or weekends did you make this happen?
Steve Chou: Mainly we did the bulk of our work on the weekends and on certain nights. We used to watch a lot of TV, and we pretty much stopped watching TV. When you do that, you find that you have a lot more free time. So, it was not actually that hard to find extra time because we were wasting a lot of it day to day before we decided to start this thing.
Philip Taylor: Now that you have kids, and I have kids now, we realize how much free time we actually had when we did not.
Steve Chou: Oh yeah, totally! Now it is like totally crazy!
Philip Taylor: Right! I know this happens a lot, but I think it is kind of rare that your wife would want to join in with you on this venture.
Steve Chou: It really was a joint venture because she wanted to quit her job, and it was a group effort to supplant her income. What worked well is there was a very thick dividing line between our responsibilities. She was in charge of product, and I was more in charge of the technical aspects, so we never really butted heads.
Philip Taylor: I see. Okay. Good. So you had the product, and you got the initial site up, so how are you getting people? You mention that you are very niche, which I think is good. You still had to get people to the site, so how did that happen in the initial stages?
Steve Chou: Yeah, so we relied heavily on AdWords.
Philip Taylor: Okay.
Steve Chou: And also forum marketing. We would comb the bridal forums and just start answering questions. Every now and then when someone would ask what an ideal keepsake would be, we would casually suggest our store. Meanwhile, in the background we were pumping out lots and lots of content for the website and slowly getting indexed in Google. Our strategy with the site was we would have these tutorials and craft ideas that you could do with your wedding. All of these tutorials used materials that we actually sold in our store. Customers would come in through the search engines, be really attracted to these crafts that they could make with their wedding, and then low and behold just click on the link and could just purchase it right then and there. We got a lot of our business that way too once we started getting indexed.
Philip Taylor: Okay. That's great! So, it is almost a 3-fold strategy there where you have some social interaction through the forums, you have some direct advertising through AdWords, and then you have some SEO organic traffic coming from the tutorial content you are creating.
Steve Chou: There was actually 1 extra component as well in that we started contacting wedding and event planners who had the purchasing power to purchase in bulk. It was all those put together that allowed us to reach our profit goals for the year.
Philip Taylor: How did you pitch those planners? What exactly were those conversations like?
Steve Chou: It was essentially saying, "We sell wedding handkerchiefs. We are very reliable. We will deliver on time. You can pretty much inscribe your initials or whatever. If any of your clients ever need that service, we are available." At the time we actually started expanding to selling napkins and linen towels and that sort of thing because honestly our prices were on par with rentals. At that point, if you are an event planner, sometimes it pays to spend a little bit extra and actually purchase your linens out right as opposed to just renting.
Philip Taylor: I see. That is good info right there you just gave me with sort of the 4 ways of building your business, 4 ways of getting traffic. In terms of any special skill set, you mentioned you really did not have much website experience, but it sounds like you had maybe some marketing experience or business experience in general.
Steve Chou: I am actually an electrical engineer during the day, but I actually do not do any software or web stuff at all. I am a hardware designer.
Philip Taylor: Alright.
Steve Chou: I am comfortable with technology, but I did not have the programming skills or anything like that. I had no idea where to begin. What is amazing now with the internet is you can pretty much learn via the forums, and there is a ton of tutorials online and books you can buy in the bookstore that can help you out if you actually are willing to learn the material yourself.
Philip Taylor: So, speaking of learning, what mistakes did you learn from along the way?
Steve Chou: Oh man! I learned a ton of things! Where do you want to start? On the technical aspects? On the customer aspects? Product sourcing? I mean, where do you want to start?
Philip Taylor: Let's go with technical first.
Steve Chou: Technical, okay. So, I made a bunch of mistakes early on. Part of the fact was because I was too cheap. The first mistake that I made was I only accepted PayPal in the beginning because PayPal is free. You can put it on your site, and it is an easy way for people to check out. I do not know if you have noticed, but when you click on PayPal to check out, there is a really, really, teeny weeny link that you can click on to pay by credit card. What would happen was customers would try to check out, they would see that they required a PayPal account in order to check out, and then they would just leave. We actually lost a ton of customers that way early on because I was not really willing to pay for a real credit card processor.
Philip Taylor: I see.
Steve Chou: A couple of other things: AdWords – when you do not know what you are doing, you can throw away a ton of money. Early on when we were trying to figure out how everything worked, we blew through quite a bit of cash until we realized that you do not really want to be using broad match. You want to make your ads very, very focused and high converting. So, those are 2 of the major mistakes that we made early on.
Philip Taylor: Backing up to the PayPal issue, how did you figure out that that was a barrier to entry? Did you notice specifically?
Steve Chou: We were using Google Analytics, and there is a nice feature where you can set up a funnel. With this funnel you can tell how many people abandoned their shopping cart and at what stage of the process. We found that there was an unusually large percentage of bailing on the payment page. It was really suspicious because the percentage was way higher than the industry standard for shopping cart abandonment. That is when I did some research and found that we were making a mistake by just accepting PayPal and not credit cards directly.
Philip Taylor: Nice! And so going out and getting, I guess you would call it, a merchant account to be able to accept credit cards, what does that run you?
Steve Chou: It runs us about $30 a month plus fees.
Philip Taylor: Oh, that is not bad.
Steve Chou: It is not bad at all, not bad at all. Accepting credit cards is a little complicated because there are all these different pricing schemes. You can pay less up front and get a larger interest rate, or you can pay more in a monthly fee and get a lower rate. It really depends on what your volumes are. It is absolutely essential. Today 97% of our customers check out with a credit card and only the small fraction with PayPal.
Philip Taylor: I see. That is good. Let's talk about product a little bit. Any mistakes you made early on there?
Steve Chou: We got all of our products from Asia, and it is really tricky because there is actually a cultural barrier when you are dealing with someone in Asia. You know I am Chinese, and we were dealing with Chinese vendors, but still it is just a different way of doing business there. In the beginning we tried to do everything remote through e-mail. We would get sent really crappy product. In the beginning when you ask for a sample, they send you something absolutely perfect, but when you end up buying in bulk, you get a bunch of junk. This went on with several vendors. Finally we decided just to hop on a plane and go visit all these vendors directly.
Philip Taylor: Wow!
Steve Chou: It was only after that and we had established a relationship that the product quality drastically improved. One of the mistakes I had was not anticipating the cultural differences. Doing face to face business with people in Asia is an absolute must.
Philip Taylor: I see. So, why not get product from the US?
Steve Chou: There are certainly advantages of getting the product in the US. The margins and the costs just are not there. For example, something might be 8x cheaper to get from Asia – the exact same product.
Philip Taylor: Wow!
Steve Chou: A lot of times the people in the US are just importing from Asia and then going through the product and doing the quality control for you, and you have to pay a premium for that. The other reason also is when you go overseas, there is a lot of product that you simply just cannot get in the US. That gives you a leg up because if it is not readily available, you have an advantage. Plus, it takes some time to import which gives you an even more competitive advantage from anyone wanting to try to enter your market.
Philip Taylor: How soon after you started the business did you jump on the plane to go to China?
Steve Chou: It was before the kids popped out. I am trying to remember now. It was so long ago.
Philip Taylor: Maybe 6 months in or something?
Steve Chou: It was sooner than that actually. It was probably after our second or third shipment of linens. We have relatives there, so we decided to make a vacation out of it, so it was not too bad.
Philip Taylor: Nice. Okay. So, obviously by that point you sort of had the feeling that this could do something, this business could make something. Tell me about that process of realizing. I understand the motivations you guys had early on, but tell me about the process of realizing, "Hey. This is something that is really going to take off for us!"
Steve Chou: You know, it is funny. It started out very slow early on. It got to the point where I was stalking our customers. One of the features of our shopping cart is you can see exactly where the customer is and where they are looking. I would just sit there and watch them go through our store, through checkout, and then they would abandon our cart, and I would go nuts. After we got a couple orders under our belt, I started thinking to myself, "You know, this isn't so bad. People are actually buying from us." We made a ton of mistakes with the website in terms of conversions and optimizing the store to address any anxiety that a customer had during checkout. Once we got those issues out of the way, orders started coming in on a regular basis. After a while we were like, "Wow! This is going somewhere!" We also adopted another strategy which worked out really well for us – we wanted to have the absolute best customer service possible. We would go out of our way to cater to our customers. As you know, brides when they are planning their wedding tend to get a little bit emotional sometimes.
Philip Taylor: Sure.
Steve Chou: It is all about addressing these concerns and going out of your way to please them. Then, they will talk. They will recommend you to their friends and that sort of thing, and the word of mouth just spreads.
Philip Taylor: Awesome! So what is the name of the site?
Steve Chou: The name of the site is BumblebeeLinens.com.
Philip Taylor: What is behind the name?
Steve Chou: When my wife got laser eye surgery, she had to wear these goggles. I used to call her a bumblebee. That is actually how we got the name.
Philip Taylor: Okay. I remember those goggles. I had it too.
Steve Chou: Oh did you? Okay.
Philip Taylor: Yeah.
Steve Chou: I am still too chicken to actually get the surgery done.
Philip Taylor: So, how are things now? You mentioned that she is now at home. Are you still with your corporate gig?
Steve Chou: I am, yes.
Philip Taylor: Okay. If you do not mind getting into it, is that just by choice?
Steve Chou: Actually I really like my job. It really challenges me because I am doing technical work. I feel like if I do not keep doing that, I will lose that aspect of my knowledge. That is why I really like work. I really love the people I work with. The hours are really nice, and I get to spend a lot of time with the kids. There is no reason to quit.
Philip Taylor: That is great! I think we have covered most of it. So, tell me a little bit about your other site which is MyWifeQuitHerJob.com. Maybe tell us real quick when you started that and what the reason behind that site is.
Steve Chou: Once we knew we had something big and my wife finally quit (I think in September 2008 – I am not exactly sure which month), shortly after I was getting a bunch of questions from friends wondering how we were doing what we were doing because all of my friends were having kids, and they wanted to quit their jobs and stay at home with their kids as well. I decided to just throw up this blog, describe every process, and document everything that we did to start ours. That is actually how the website got started.
Philip Taylor: Nice! So, have some of those friends also started sites?
Steve Chou: They have actually. I have given a few of them private instruction, and they have launched several sites. It is starting to work out for them.
Philip Taylor: Well, I have definitely checked out your site, and it is just filled with good information. It is solid info, not only about online businesses but just about working online in general. What are the ways that you teach folks online? Do you offer services online to people, someone that might want to get started with an online store?
Steve Chou: You know, up until this point I was offering everything for free on the blog, but in the next couple of weeks I am going to be releasing a full-blown course on how to start a profitable online store. There is going to be 400 pages worth of course material, and I am going to actually lecture live via telecast in a webinar to prospective students where they can actually ask me questions live. That is something I have actually been working on for the past year.
Philip Taylor: That is great! So, tell me more about the live sessions.
Steve Chou: Basically, the live sessions I am trying to model kind of like a college class. You have your syllabus and your course materials, which is like a textbook. Then, I am going to go into more depth live on video about each of the sections. That way people can ask questions along the way and I can go into more depth about the areas that require a little bit more instruction.
Philip Taylor: I see. Then, are you going to record that and make it available?
Steve Chou: Absolutely! All these sessions are going to be recorded and available for watching at any time.
Philip Taylor: That is great! Well, that is exciting!
Steve Chou: Yeah, I am really excited about it! I really like teaching actually. Back when I was in grad school I taught several classes as a teaching assistant, and I really enjoyed it. Teaching is something that I really enjoy doing.
Philip Taylor: That is good. Well, any last thoughts before I leave you here, Steve? You have been a big help I am sure to many who might want to get started in this business. Any last bit of advice or words of wisdom?
Steve Chou: Yeah, absolutely. When I was helping my friends out, they were really intimidated by starting this online business. Really it is not rocket science. A lot of the software and everything is already written for you. What it comes down to is motivation. How badly do you want this? If you want it badly enough, you will be able to do it. It is just plain and simple.
Philip Taylor: Awesome! Good advice! Alright, Steve, well thanks for joining me today.
Steve Chou: Yeah, thanks a lot, Phil.
That does it for this week's episode. Thanks so much for listening. You can find more episodes at ptmoney.com or on iTunes under the Part-Time Money Podcast. See you guys next week.
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