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Advice For Local
Advice For a Local
Once signed up and became the member as a local guide on Trip Before, you actually fancy your chances to snap up the deal with some traveller anytime sooner. So, before you lock up your first deal or even going with your 100th these handy tips can make it happen all good for you and your tourist as well
Booking request
Waking up to get a booking request from the travellers means you're halfway there as he/she had shown up interest to explore the city along with you. But that doesn't mean you're being chosen for it; you could be one out of various contenders. So, taking it not for granted, go ahead with communicating it right and get paid for showing your city around to the visitors.
Know the expectations
Unless you aren't aware of what your guests are looking for; you won't be able to entertain them rightly. So, the key to standing out as a successful travel guide lies in knowing the demand of your client. If you get to know that right from the go, nothing could actually hinder between you and your run as a local travel guide. At times, you can know everything just within the several minutes of conversation what the traveller is looking out for, whereas sometimes it takes too long to dig into things and know about one's expectation.
What's on offer from your side?
You need to highlight all the salient features, activities and plans you have to offer on this trip so you could stay prominent on the board. It would also help the client to know more about you in details, consequently, making it easier for them to choose you among others.
Formulate the plan out of ideas
'A goal without a plan is just a wish', so, you are supposed to create a plan out of the wishes and ideas of your traveller. As you very well know about the highlights of your city and all the recreational activities, historical places, fine dines available out there. You need to formulate a strong plan that is easy and makes your guest thoroughly entertained as well. It should be noted here that, your plan should comply with the demands of the visitor.
Talk about first impression
Anything out of the thin air can hit you anytime, so, be prepared for that. Talk about your first impression and the signals that could help you recognizes one and another even if you run out of the mobile battery on that day or some other problem hit you up.
Set your schedule
Before replying with the positive nod to the traveller, always thoroughly check your schedule in the first place. If you are available for that, go ahead and be planned and energetic on the day so, rather than turning out to be a mood spoiler, you indeed turn out to be a helping hand to the guest.
Tell about your payment options
You need to talk about the payment options in depth, though we offer you the upfront payment option in case you have the EFA account; making it secure for you. But the payment or arriving on the tour day is also very much part of the plan. Hope you discuss these things in detail, so it all remains safe from the miscommunication that could lead to the dispute.
Make conversations on tripbefore.com
Keep all the communications with the client on this platform so; it could work out as your legitimate proof in case some dispute erupts between you and the traveller.
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The Pied Bull Chester Cheshire is a historic hotel in Chester which dates all the way back to the 11th century. It is believed to be the oldest continuously licensed premises in town. It seems only natural then, that it is also one of the most haunted places in Cheshire. The cellar is a focal point for the haunting, so much so that the staff do not like to go downstairs on their own! The story goes that a man named John Davies fell down the stairs of the cellar in 1609 while holding a knife and tragically died as a result of the accident. It is thought to be his ghost that still haunts the cellar. There are also said to be the spirits of former chambermaids present in the upstairs bedrooms as well!
Vale Royal Abbey near Northwich Cheshire is haunted by the ghost of Ida Goodman, a nun said to have been buried under the abbey's high altar after having tended to the needs of a sickly abbot.
In recent years her shadowy face, surrounded by dark hair or a cowl,
has been sighted at a window of the lavishly refurbished Great House. The Abbey is now a golf club.
Nils Elrin, spokesman for the golf club, said: "The building is old and steeped in history and there have been unusual events, including sightings of Ida.
"Our club house stands on the site of an ancient monument and so there are many stories if you delve into the past."
Vale Royal Abbey was founded in 1283 and was larger than Westminster Abbey.
It was pulled down in the 16th century and the stones and timber from the abbey were used to create the existing Great House.
Staff at Blakemere Craft Centre decided to call in a spiritualist medium to get to the bottom of supernatural activity.
Penny Barber, who is a spirit rescue, was asked to investigate part of the old courtyard area called The Gallery, after people working in the shops heard strange noises.
Ginny Brookes, from the craft centre, said: "Over the past few years there have been several reports of unusual noises such as banging sounds and unexplained noises in the stairwell.
"Some people have heard the sound of horses on the cobbles when there was nothing there and there has been a sighting of a man in a top hat walking past one of the windows.
Although the only investigation was the visit of a Physic Medium, Blakemere has never had a full scientific investigation. It seems to have all the ingredients for a haunted venue.


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Clearing of wild growth in the Vaigai begins
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MADURAI: Public Works Department has begun clearing of wild growth in the Vaigai riverbed in the city limits on Saturday.
Besides clearing the jungle growth, the riverbed re-grading would be done filling up the pits on the river.
These pits often pose threat to the lives of city residents who venture into the river.
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, M.K. Alagiri, had instructed the officials to clear the bushes that were affecting the smooth flow of water.
The Minister also inspected the work that began near the Arapalayam causeway.
A PWD Engineer said that flow of water on a narrow stretch during majority parts of the year creates pits on the riverbed.
These pits are not visible while the flow of water increases during rainy season and people get trapped in those deeper pits.
Recently, an engineering student lost life after he fell into the river.
PWD Executive Engineer, S. Vijayakumar, Assistant Executive Engineer, Ilango and Assistant Engineer, C. P. Mohankumar.


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. . . has always resided with the governor, via the governor's power over the budget, as explained by E. J. McMahon in his City Journal article "The Bucks Stop Here." So with every governor we've had within recent memory pledging to reform New York, why has reform not happened?
It is probably because real reform requires telling special interest groups "No, you can't have that anymore." Most politicians won't do that because it opens themselves up to criticism. . . which could lead to loss of popular support . . . no re-election . . . and an end to a political career.
Instead of reform, we get finger pointing at a dysfunctional state legislature to deflect from the responsible party.
But the responsible party is the governor.
Who among the current crop of candidates will have the guts to use the extraordinary powers of the governorship to institute real reform? Certainly not an Attorney General who failed to enforce state tax laws against New York's Indian Nations. Who is willing to use the budget power?
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
The Power to Reform State Government . . .
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Forgive me, but that seems rather simplistic. It doesn't account for politics and a host of other forces acting on a governor. Right seldom makes might.
^ Yea lets not forget that a big part of reform in New York is Medicaid and social services. Not to be overly simplistic as well but its a giant circle as we go broke paying for those items and then we all need those items which continue to keep us broke.
When it comes to many of these issues the question isn't what are you going to do but what CAN you do? And the answer cannot be leave a bunch of New Yorkers living on the street.


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This page is for the January challenge at Deb's Creations. You had to make a page themed to Santa Claus is coming to town song. Since Cody has such an anti-santa attitude this year I thought this page summed it up perfectly!
Round 2 challenge for wipeout at Uproar was to create a vintage style layout which is soooo not my thing. This was really hard for me and took literally half the day. Base is Chocolate Box CS sanded to expose the cream core with MME Tres Jolie papers. I hand made the raffia flower and hand stitched on the mesh and lace.
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After selling pizza and burgers as the operations specialist for a multi-concept franchisee, John "J" Hedrick has moved to the Pei Wei fast-casual Asian chain as CEO.
The concept, the little sister to P.F. Chang's, said Hedrick joined the concern on Jan. 30, but his appointment was not announced until Feb. 21.
Hedrick was previously COO Of NPC International, an operator of 1,300 Pizza Huts and Wendy's franchised restaurants generating annual sales of $1.2 billion, Pei Wei said.
He fills the vacancy left by the departure of Ralph Bower, who left the top job at Pei Wei to become CEO of The Melt grilled-cheese-sandwich fast-casual chain.
NPC is much larger than Pei Wei, which currently has 200 stores in 21 states.
Hedricks has also worked for 7-Eleven and the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain.


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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
Jenny Johnson: [after breaking the bed while having sex] I'm sorry. I'll get you a new one.
Matt Saunders: A bed or a penis?
Jenny Johnson: Both.
[Jenny emerges from the meteor, her powers restored]
Jenny Johnson: I thought you were just a jerk, but I didn't think you were this despicable! Teaming up with BARRY!
Jenny Johnson: [to Matt as she crushes his chest] You broke my heart! Now, I'm going to break your EVERYTHING!
Hannah Lewis: [Hannah emerges from the meteor, transformed] *HEY*! Let go of my boyfriend, you crazy BITCH!
Jenny Johnson: Bring it!
[they start fighting in mid-air]
[over the phone]
Matt Saunders: What's going on there?
Vaughn Haige: Some big fire on 73rd and Broadway. Everything's burning.
Matt Saunders: Is anyone hurt?
Vaughn Haige: I don't know, probably. It's blocking my way to the gym.
Matt Saunders: All my thoughts are with you in this time of crisis.
Jenny Johnson: I gotta go to the bathroom.
Matt Saunders: You didn't just go to the bathroom?
Jenny Johnson: Are you keeping track? That's kind of creepy.
Hannah Lewis: Why did G-Girl throw a shark at us?
[after revealing her secret to Matt]
Jenny Johnson: Say "I'd rather have a chainsaw shoved up my ass than tell."
Matt Saunders: Is that a possibility?
Jenny Johnson: Say it!
Matt Saunders: Ok. I'd rather have a chainsaw shoved up my ass than tell.
[last lines]
Matt Saunders: Wanna get a beer?
Professor Bedlam: Sure, let's do it.
Hannah Lewis: [referring to Jenny] She sounds like a nutcase.
Matt Saunders: So you're saying she's perfect for me.
Matt Saunders: Hannah!
Vaughn Haige: Oh, man, I think she's dead. Time to start the grieving process.
Carla Dunkirk: You were staring at her butt.
Hannah Lewis: [smiling; flattered] He was?
Matt Saunders: No I wasn't...
Carla Dunkirk: Yes he was!
Matt Saunders: You're that Bedlam guy.
Professor Bedlam: Professor Bedlam.
Matt Saunders: The super villain.
Professor Bedlam: Please, I am not super. I am not a villain. I'm just a regular man like yourself with a thousand times more money, intelligence and taste.
Vaughn Haige: [Looking the word 'dick' burnt on Matt Saunders's forehead] Man! No woman's ever done that to me, and I actually am a dick.
Jenny Johnson: [to Matt Saunders ] By the way, his name's not really Bedlam. It's Barry. Barry EDward LAMbert. Bedlam, get it? Back then, we were both kind of outcasts. Everybody else hated us, they'd say, "Nerd alert! Here come the geeks." So we looked out for each other. It's only natural that we spent a lot of time together. We really liked each other. It was close to the end of our Junior year in high school, when I decided it was about time to get the whole virginity thing over with. I mean, Barry was harmless enough. I figured it might as well be him, right?
Jenny Johnson: [off screen; in a loud yell] Hey, sweetie!
[Matt looks out Hannah's window to see G-Girl hovering in front of him]
Jenny Johnson: I hate you, Matt Saunders!
[proceeds to throw a Great White shark into the apartment]
Matt Saunders: Go and hide out somewhere. San Diego, Tahiti, Utah. No! Not Utah. Utah sucks.
Matt Saunders: I'm not going to help you kill her!
Professor Bedlam: Kill? I didn't say "kill"! I said "neutralize"! It's a neutral word... like Switzerland!
[the purse-snatcher runs away, having dropped Jenny's handbag]
Matt Saunders: That's right, you better run, asshole! Keep running, my man. You don't want any of this! Keep running! Yeah!
[purse snatcher comes back around the corner with a lead pipe in his hands]
Scary Dude: What'd you call me?
Matt Saunders: Holy shit!
[over the phone, as Vaughn watches G-Girl put out a fire by spinning up a whirlwind]
Vaughn Haige: It's G-Girl! She's doing her thing!
Matt Saunders: Are you serious? You lucky S.O.B., I've never seen her in person. How does she look?
Vaughn Haige: She looks...
Matt Saunders: What?
Vaughn Haige: ...blurry! But still pretty hot!
[in a dream sequence, Matt tells Vaughan G-Girl's secret identity]
Jenny Johnson: [brandishing a chainsaw] I WARNED YOU, MATT SAUNDERS!
Vaughn Haige: Oh, no no. Don't tell me. You have invaded the female nation and spread your democracy.
Carla Dunkirk: You are headed for some serious trouble.
Matt Saunders: I hear you, Homegirl. I got it.
[as they're floating up in the sky]
Jenny Johnson: I've always wanted to try this.
Matt Saunders: Try what?
[Jenny unzips his pants]
Matt Saunders: That. Wow. I'm not sure that's gonna work up here. It's drafty, too.
Professor Bedlam: [Repeated line] Stop calling me Barry.
Jenny Johnson: I'm ready.
Matt Saunders: That's what I call structural integrity.
Matt Saunders: I find your argument both repugnant and intriguing.
Vaughn Haige: That's kind of my thing.
Jenny Johnson: [seductively, walking toward him slowly] Matt Saunders, I'm afraid you've been a very evil boy. I think you need to be brought to justice.
Matt Saunders: [with a big grin on his face] Oh, yeah, I have been known to break a few rules here and there.
Jenny Johnson: [still seductive] Total, unequivocal justice.
Matt Saunders: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
Vaughn Haige: The ability to gratify myself orally.
Matt Saunders: Interesting. But wouldn't that be a little...
Matt Saunders, Vaughn Haige: Gay.
Vaughn Haige: No.
Matt Saunders: Yeah.
Vaughn Haige: Not at all. Think about it.
Matt Saunders: Really? It seems that way.
Vaughn Haige: There are 3 moments I'll remember 'til the day I die. 1: the look on my father's face when I graduated from Harvard law school. 2: Helping a beached mother whale give birth. And... 3: You and me, together, here, tonight.
Shapely Bartender: Don't speak to me again... ever.


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St. Bernard Parish District B Councilman Nathan Gorbaty said "the park restores a neighborhood facility destroyed by Katrina and incorporates special accessibility features based on public input and guidance from the Parish's Americans for Disability Act Advisory Committee. We are also grateful for community support from Chalmette Refinery, who helped to make this project possible."
St. Bernard Parish President Guy McInnis said: "This park is a wonderful addition to the neighborhood parks that will enhance the community and improve the quality of life for our residents."
The park was constructed by NFT Group, LLC at a cost of approximately $485,000.00.


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'Victory' gallops on Geyserville Sculpture Trail
A 25-foot-tall statue of a galloping horse fashioned with reclaimed steel and redwood rears up proudly on the Geyserville Sculpture Trail, which features more than 25 outdoor works of art in northern Sonoma County.
Commissioned by the Geyserville Community Foundation, the massive, muscular sculpture was about three-quarters complete when the October 2017 wildfires hit Sonoma County, destroying sculptor Bryan Tedrick's art studio. Thankfully, Tedrick had cleared the grass from around the in-progress horse and had regularly hosed it down, so the statue suffered only minimal damage.
Now christened "Victory," the imposing statue stands in an open meadow at the southern end of the Geyserville Sculpture Trail, just off Highway 101. For several years Geyserville worked with the nearby town of Cloverdale to host a joint sculpture trail. By mutual agreement the two sculpture trails are now separate operations, but continue to collaborate and support each other.
Many of the pieces on the Geyserville Sculpture Trail, including Victory, are on permanent display, while others will be replaced periodically. They are all located along Geyserville Avenue. A list of the sculptures and a downloadable trail map are available at https://geyservillecommunityfoundation.org/gallery-of-current-sculpture-trail/.
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LYNDHURST, N.J. – Senior forward Danielle Stoll (Wanaque, N.J./Lakeland Regional) scored in the second minute to jumpstart Felician University to a 3-0 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's soccer victory over visiting Nyack College on Wednesday evening at the Lyndhurst Recreation Complex.
Stoll finished with two goals and classmate Amanda Nowak (Kolbuszowa, Poland/Lyndhurst [N.J.]) also scored for Felician (4-7-1, 3-5 CACC). Golden Falcon junior midfielder Sami Lederle (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) was credited with two assists.
Stoll abruptly ended Felician's 206-minute scoring draught when she got free on a breakaway and tucked a shot in the lower right corner of the net just one minute, 11 seconds, into play. Despite eight addition shot attempts and five corner kick opportunities, Felician settled for that same 1-0 margin at halftime.
It was not until the 60th minute that the Golden Falcons created breathing room. Stoll collected a pass from Lederle and placed a low shot to the left side of the goal. It marked the second multi-goal game of Stoll's career.
Fewer than three minutes later, Felician took full control when Lederle set up Nowak for the latter's seventh of the season. Nyack (1-13, 1-8) got off three shots in the time remaining, with all being saved by Felician freshman goalkeeper Jamie Kazenmayer (Forked River, N.J./Lacey Township).
Kazenmayer earned her third shutout of the season, making five saves. Felician amassed advantages of 15-7 in shots and 8-4 in corner kicks. Stoll led all players on the night with six shots; sophomore Camila Parada (Sogamoso, Colombia/Reyes Patria) got off three for the Warriors.
Nyack freshman keeper Greta Enloe (Leavenworth, Wash./Cascade) stopped three shots.
The victory left Felician in sole possession of eighth place in the 13-team CACC. The top eight teams as season's end will qualify for the conference playoffs; the Golden Falcons have four games remaining. They travel to second-place Holy Family University on Saturday.


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55-Year-Old Lamar Sepulveda Set a New World Record For Most Miles Run on a Treadmill in 12 Hours To Raise Funds And Awareness for the Challenged Athletes Foundation
July 14, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA - Until today, the previous Guinness world record for most miles run on a treadmill in 12 hours stood at 58:05 miles. Today, Los Angeles resident, Six-time Ironman and ultra runner Lamar Sepulveda set a new world record of 64.35 miles in 12 hours, on a state-of-the-art SK treadmill provided by BH Fitness.
The "Treadmill Challenge" was conceived by Sepulveda as a way to celebrate his 55th birthday and to raise funds and awareness for the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which helps people with physical disabilities pursue an active lifestyle through physical fitness and competitive athletics. Sepulveda, who turned 55 on July 13th, is founder of The "Pay It Forward" Challenge, which uses endurance sports to raise funds and awareness for charities and to inspire others to do so. The entire event was streamed live on the web at SportsandSocialChange.org and all viewers were encouraged to donate to the Challenged Athletes Foundation during the event.
Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) grantees include people born with physical disabilities and people who have become disabled through illness, accident or armed forces or first responder injuries. Many CAF-supported athletes will compete in the Paralympics in London this summer.
Sepulveda is no stranger to long distance challenges, having completed a 611-mile solo state-to-state swim-bike-run from Venice Beach to Phoenix, AZ in 2008, raising $ 15,000 for the Children's Hospital of Orange County Cancer Institute where his son had been a leukemia patient. Since 2009, Team "Pay It Forward" Challenge has raised more than $12,000 for the Challenged Athletes Foundation.
The Pay It Forward Challenge "Treadmill Challenge" event sponsors included BH Fitness, Generic Events, Zenify, Red Bull, Vitamin Water, LA Tri Club and DJ Robtronik
Photos available via Getty Images at http://bit.ly/MvfYsU
Why Sepulveda took on this challenge: watch http://youtu.be/I6GpGiRP71o
About CAF: watch http://youtu.be/4r-IDfVEF4U and visit www.challengedathletes.org
About Team "Pay It Forward" Challenge for CAF: www.payitforwardchallenge.org


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FIREFIGHTERS are running an exercise that will allow them to practice their procedures for dealing with chemical incidents.
Crew made up from fire stations around the borough will be in Bolton Town Centre from 10am to 1pm on Tuesday, October 21, 2014.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has worked with Bolton Council over recent months to plan the exercise and a room in the Albert Halls will be used on the day.
The scenario will involve a suspicious package being received in the mail sorting office and will unfold in the town hall with some of its workers playing casualties.
Watch Manager Karsten Boyle, from Bolton Central Fire Station, said: "Months of planning and preparation have gone into the exercise with Bolton Council's Emergency Planning team and we will be contacting businesses in the vicinity making them aware to save disruption and panic.
"On the day there will be a sign visible so shoppers and workers in Bolton Town Centre should realise there isn't a real life emergency ongoing and we will be able to speak to people at the cordon during the exercise.â€
No roads will be closed on the day and there will be access to all businesses around the cordon.


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Mac Lab quickly attained viral status with the creation of the Unicorn Macaron in 2017 and became a global presence in the world of artisanal macarons.
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please let lfd3 come to the ps4, seeing as it is more powerful than the xbox one. i have both consoles and a pc, but i would rather play it on the ps4 for a change. that would also give you more income bring lfd3 to the ps4. a true next gen experience.


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Contra la Indecision
It's the usual stuff from the Bobo Stenson Trio: beautiful ambiant jazz, where the emphasis is on the harmonious affect and where discord is discouraged. It's probably three songs too long, though it's difficult to say which three should go, as they all are rather the same in tone and tempo. Still, it's stunningly exquisite music to listen to.
Highlights: Elegie, Doubt Thou the Stars, Oktoberhavet
Negatives: Songs have the habit of bleeding into one another, as the ambiance is the same throughoutAndrew Scott Back
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From Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore
Book Review: Headwinds by Edna Bell-Pearson
Today's newsletter brings a review from Mark Scheel, born and raised in Emporia, and resides in Kansas City. Scheel is reviewing Headwinds by Edna Bell-Pearson.
The narrative of Headwinds follows the marriage of Edna to Carl Ungerer, a former bomber pilot, and their establishment, along with other family members, of the Ungerer Flying Service in Marysville, Kansas, immediately following the end of World War II. Not only a representative picture of the arrival of the "Air Age" in America but also an inspiring personal story of determination and dedication overcoming adversity, the work offers a sterling example of what it takes to ultimately succeed at one's chosen enterprise.
Edna's skill as a novelist is evident here as the material is organized in a historically chronological manner yet flows as smoothly as if it were carefully crafted fiction. The family members come to life on the page, fully rounded and capturing the reader's sympathies from the outset. The action builds in intensity and suspense, keeping the reader gliding along through chapter after chapter. The conclusion, although logical, will leave many readers sad to see the end and wishing for more chronicling of the Ungerer family adventures.
One of the greatest strengths of the work is the portrait of American postwar culture brimming with innovation, unity, pride and energy. Modernization was ramping up at breakneck speed. The technological advances made during the war were being adopted and adapted to civilian progress in multiple fields. Readers unfamiliar with that era of American history will get a firsthand education in its spirit and details such as the CAA, flight breakfasts and the Kansas Civil Air Patrol.
Not only terrific leisure reading, the work constitutes a valuable addition to the Kansas historical archives. Edna Bell-Pearson once again has gifted literature lovers with an admirable contribution.
In this Issue...
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
by Anna Sherman
These lovely, understated ruminations on time and Tokyo will please those interested in Japanese culture, language or history--or lovers of any city, anywhere.
Cornelius Sky
by Timothy Brandoff
Set in 1974, this is a searing, gritty portrait of a troubled New York City doorman who is forced to battle the demons of his life.
by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
In this delightful picture book, an unlikely friendship between a bear and a rabbit grows through a year of seasons and a slew of questions.
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Fiction ⋅ Mystery & Thriller ⋅ Biography & Memoir ⋅ Social Science ⋅ Travel Literature ⋅ Children's & Young Adult
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Yay!: Palindrome Construction
Oxford University Press offered tips on "how to construct palindromes."
The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate Walt Whitman's 200th birthday with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series.
In what has become a summer tradition, former President Barack Obama posted on Facebook a summary of his recent favorite reads.
"Lydia elopes to the Las Vegas of her day." Mental Floss shared "10 surprising facts about Pride and Prejudice."
Author and former crime correspondent for the Guardian Duncan Campbell picked his "top 10 true crime books."
The Gandhara Scroll, a rare 2,000-year-old text of early Buddhism, is now available online through the Library of Congress.
Great Reads
Rediscover: William the CuriousProlific children's book illustrator Charles Santore died on August 11 at age 84. He was best known for his interpretations of classic children's stories such as Snow White, The Night Before Christmas and Paul Revere's Ride, and for his celebrity portraits on the cover of TV Guide. Santore's honors include the Society of Illustrators' Award of Excellence and the Hamilton King Award. His works are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the National Portrait Gallery, the Brandywine River Museum and many private collections.
In 1985, Santore was asked to illustrate a new edition of Beatrix Potter's Tales of Peter Rabbit by Running Press. The challenge of illustrating an entire book inspired him not only to continue updating children's classics, but also to write his own book. In 1997, he wrote and illustrated William the Curious: Knight of the Water Lilies, about a brave frog who opens a princess's eyes to the beauty of the natural world. It was last published in 2014 by Applesauce Press ($16.95, 9781604334746).
The Writer's Life
Amy Pixton: 10 Years of Indestructible Books for Babies
|photo: Monica Erdmann
Amy Pixton, a mother of triplets, created Indestructibles after bits of traditional board books found their way into her babies' mouths. Pixton lives in Kansas City with her husband and their three children.
Tell us about the Indestructibles' origin story--it includes a local bookstore and a bookseller advocate, right?
I have 15-year-old triplets. When they were babies, they explored everything with their mouths--and books were no exception. (I once pulled a hunk of cardboard from my son's mouth.) I packed all the books into a closet. Around this same time my mother-in-law, Kaaren Pixton, an artist and art teacher, was making outdoor murals using Tyvek. It didn't matter if it got wet--it wouldn't rip or tear. Paper that didn't rip or tear when wet?! That's exactly what I needed for my babies who were slobbering all over their books.
TyBook was officially born at the end of 2005. It was not an easy road and there must have been a million steps from those first three books inspired by our slobbery babies to publication with Workman. For example, I originally self-published. Due to a miscommunication with the first printer, round one of printing had a spiral ring and two staples in the binding. Not a good idea for a baby book! It was back to the drawing board.... Then, the owner of Rainy Day Books, my AMAZING local bookstore here in Kansas City, made the introduction to Workman.
Who wrote and illustrated those very first books sold before you connected with Workman? How did you feel about trying to sell those first few books?
I originally hired my mother-in-law as the illustrator. The first three titles that she illustrated (also the first three books Workman published with a few minor changes) were wordless picture books. Wiggle! March!, which is still being sold, was originally called Farm Charm. Each page contained a single farm animal--I had done a lot of research on early literacy and I also took into account my own experience reading to my babies. Naturally, when I looked at a book with farm animals, I started making animal noises. "What does the cow say? Mooooo." Babies eat that up. Not only are they getting quality time with someone they love but they are also learning language.
I admit that I am not a salesperson. I couldn't even sell M&M's to raise money for my softball team as a kid and I love M&M's! But these books have always sold themselves. And as the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. I had no idea what I was up against. In 2007, I finally had a product that was safe and I started selling books to local independent book and toy stores and online. Rainy Day Books had a display on their counter and sold them like crazy.
When Rainy Day Books requested more and I went to drop them off, the owner, Vivien, asked me how things were going. I told her I was interested in taking things to the next level. Vivien made a call to Peter Workman of Workman Publishing. She later told me their conversation went something like this: "We have been doing business together for over 30 years and I have never called you to say I think we've got something, but I think we've got something."
How do you feel now on the 10th anniversary of the series?
From the beginning I had the grandiose goal to sell a million books. But, honestly, I am still shocked and amazed. The folks over at Workman are my heroes.
In what ways have you seen the books grow and change over the years?
The artists have changed, words have been added, a few books are being translated into Spanish... The number of titles will blow up to 36 by the end of this year but the basic format and charm remain the same.
In what ways have the books made you grow and change over the years?
I love this question! In a roundabout way it has given me great confidence. There is not anything I don't think I can do. After all, I am a social worker who created a series of books for babies with over five million copies in print.
How involved are you now in the creation of the books?
My role has changed over time. In the beginning, I was doing EVERYTHING. Now, with Workman, there's a great team in place. I stay in close touch with the special sales team. I suggest titles. I show up at conferences every now and again and work the booth. All the fun stuff!
Do you happen to have a particular favorite?
Honestly, I LOVE them all. Wiggle! March! is a favorite for making those farm animal noises; Baby Peekaboo, because who doesn't love this classic baby game; I love the artwork in Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star for the line "up above the world so high," and how the dog friends from Row, Row, Row Your Boat make an appearance on that page. I love when grandma and grandpa show up in Jingle Baby, and there is a new Hanukkah book coming out. Do I have to stop there, because I can keep going....
Looking around the Internet, I found more than a few videos and pictures (here, here) of babies doing their darnedest to destroy these books. How indestructible are they really?
I always tell people to test them out.
I have moms coming to me telling me they are able to keep passing them down to the next baby in the family. Sure, they get a little wrinkly, but it shows how much they are loved.
Is there anything else you'd like to tell Shelf readers?
Love your babies. Read to them. Talk to them. They will be 15 and in high school before you know it. And no one ever warned me how scary it would be to have teenage drivers!
Book Reviews
Cornelius Sky
by Timothy Brandoff
The underbelly of New York City during the summer of 1974 is the setting of Timothy Brandoff's meticulously rendered first novel, Cornelius Sky. The story maps the travails of Connie, a troubled, down-on-his-luck doorman at a posh Fifth Avenue apartment building.
Hard-living Connie finds it tough to hold a job. Having been employed at a half-dozen buildings over a period of 10 years, he lands a swing shift working at an upscale building that houses a widowed former First Lady and her 13-year-old son. Connie befriends the rebellious teenager, and the two smoke pot and play board games in a stairwell to escape the prying eyes of the Secret Service detail. But Connie camouflages the fact that his own life is spiraling out of control: Connie's drinking has unraveled his marriage; his wife has changed the locks and thrown him out; and his 12-year-old son is filled with seething rage and hatred for his drunken father. Connie's floundering inability to take control of his life threatens everything--including his latest job--until he faces a sudden reckoning, where strangers in his path enlighten him to hard truths.
Brandoff paints an emotionally searing portrait of his protagonist, slowly divvying out details of Connie's past and showing how that past shaped him--his strengths, the pitfalls to which he succumbs and the gaps in his character. Rich, beautiful writing enlarges dramatic scenes that serve to amplify the gritty authenticity of a powerful story. --Kathleen Gerard, blogger at Reading Between the Lines
Discover: Set in 1974, this is a searing, gritty portrait of a troubled New York City doorman who is forced to battle the demons of his life.
Things You Save in a Fire
by Katherine Center
Katherine Center (How to Walk Away, Happiness for Beginners) vividly explores the world of firefighting in Things You Save in a Fire. Firefighter Cassie Hanwell has always been great in a crisis. She's loved by her coworkers, and she's a rising star in the Austin, Tex., fire department, until she sticks her foot in it by insulting a local politician. Asked to resign, Cassie heads to Massachusetts to help care for her estranged mother, who is having some health problems.
Cassie discovers that the hidebound Boston fire department has nothing in common with Austin's inclusivity. She's the only woman, and most of the other firefighters clearly resent her presence. As she competes with a handsome rookie to earn a permanent spot in the Boston crew--on top of assisting her quirky, artistic mother with her doctor's appointments--Cassie discovers things about herself that she's been suppressing for decades.
Things You Save in a Fire is a wonderful exploration of personal vulnerability and strength that takes the reader along on Cassie's journey. Center's descriptions of the dangers that the firefighters face, as well as Cassie's gently burgeoning relationship with the rookie, provide interesting contrasts of drama and romance. Cassie is an outstanding, yet very sympathetic, heroine, and her attempts to avoid falling for the rookie while finding a way to belong with the rest of the fire crew make for a charming narrative. Things You Save in a Fire is sure to be a hit. --Jessica Howard, bookseller at Bookmans, Tucson, Ariz.
Discover: In this delightful novel, a woman works to earn a permanent spot in the Boston fire department, while trying to avoid falling in love with a rookie firefighter.
Mystery & Thriller
The Hidden Things
by Jamie Mason
In an instant, 14-year-old Carly Liddell becomes a sensation. She successfully fends off an attacker as she enters her home, and it's captured on a security camera installed by her stepfather, John Cooper. Within hours, police upload the video to social media and the video goes viral as viewers watch Carly kick ass. But for four people, the video reveals something else entirely.
Hanging in the foyer, a corner of a painting appears in the video for a flash: a strange object that can only be from Landscape with Obelisk by Govaert Flinck, a 400-year-masterpiece stolen in a heist decades ago. Four years earlier, John Cooper--then known as Jonathan Spera--possessed it, and attempted to rid himself of it and make a handsome profit by partnering with Marcelline Gossard, a seductive art dealer, and Owen Haig, a fearless employee of a wealthy family. When John enlists the bewildered Roy Dorring to help execute the deal, it all goes sideways: John vanishes with the painting, Marcelline is left for dead and Owen and Roy go their separate ways. Until the video brings them all back together.
In The Hidden Things, Jamie Mason (Three Graves Full) delivers a well-paced thriller, steadily building suspense while unfolding a complex web of relationships. But the novel's greatest strength lies with the characters. Carly's struggle with the spotlight displays a mixture of confidence and wariness; Owen, intimidating and unflappable, keeps everyone off balance; and John, who has successfully led more than one life, slowly loses his composure as worlds collide. --Frank Brasile, librarian
Discover: Five lives are in danger when a viral video unwittingly reveals a stolen painting is sitting in a suburban foyer.
The Last Good Guy
by T. Jefferson Parker
In T. Jefferson Parker's third Roland Ford mystery, the Southern California private investigator is hired by Penelope Rideout to find her teenaged sister, Daley. The more Ford discovers about the Rideouts' elusive past, the more dangerous the case becomes. Soon a dead body is involved, and Ford has received a nasty beating for his efforts. With the help of his resourceful tenants, the last good guy of the title tries to track down Daley while dealing with evangelical preachers, violent private security firms and his growing feelings for Penelope, even though he mistrusts her.
Bringing to mind Ross Macdonald's detective tragedies, this is a sun-kissed noir with a deep melancholy underneath. Ford, Penelope and the other characters are haunted by their tragedies and losses and hope to make up for them in a world that has little room for good deeds. Parker is, in the spirit of crime writers, cynical about the evil men do, yet Ford and his friends try to do the right thing even when it takes a physical and mental toll. The prose is the right balance of terse and purple, giving Ford's narration a sense of moral clarity: "...part of me wanted to stay with the woman that she had become. Help beat back her demons. Be there for her. I could do just that. I wanted to."
The Last Good Guy is a rewarding thriller with political savvy and a wounded, compelling hero in Roland Ford. Newcomers should have no trouble entering Ford's world, and fans of Parker (Full Measure) will absolutely not want to miss this new story of a decent man tangled in a dark and insidious plot. --C.M. Crockford, freelance reviewer.
Discover: Edgar-winner T. Jefferson Parker's new noir novel is a must-read for detective and mystery fans.
Trust Me When I Lie
by Benjamin Stevenson
Australian stand-up comic Benjamin Stevenson's debut mystery, Trust Me When I Lie, is no laughing matter. It's a tightly written nail biter with so many twists and turns that it successfully keeps readers riveted, yet slightly off-balance, until its genuinely surprising conclusion. Jack Quick is the producer of an Australian true crime docuseries that has been running a very popular multi-part account of the murder of Eliza Dacey, a backpacker who was working at a local winery picking grapes. Curtis Wade, an unpopular local restaurant owner, was convicted of her murder. Quick's docudrama has been casting doubts on his conviction.
Shortly before the final episode runs, Quick discovers a piece of evidence that makes him believe Wade is the true killer. But, rather than jeopardize the success of his show, Quick gets rid of the evidence. The show earns Wade a new trial and he is released. Wade's defense attorney soon turns up dead, and Quick wonders if Wade killed the attorney or if there's a copycat killer. He begins investigating the new murder, only to receive death threats.
This clever thriller complements its intricate plot by filling it with a number of fascinating, damaged characters who are keeping secrets. Quick is adept at falsifying facts to create a compelling story because he's done it all his life--not only is he hiding his bulimic eating disorder but also the facts behind an accident that left his brother in a vegetative state.
Stevenson's engaging and sure-footed whodunit (originally released in Australia in 2018 as Greenlight) is a twisty delight. --Kevin Howell, independent reviewer and marketing consultant
Discover: Benjamin Stevenson's debut mystery is a dark delight with flawed and damaged characters trying to solve a twisted cold case murder.
Biography & Memoir
And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks
by Lawrence Weschler
When journalist Lawrence Weschler first met the unconventional neurologist Oliver Sacks in June 1981, he hoped their encounter might produce enough material for a profile that would boost his fledgling career with the New Yorker. The piece never materialized, halted by Sacks because of his concern that it inevitably would reveal his homosexuality, but their relationship burgeoned into a deep friendship that ended only with Sacks's death in August 2015. And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir is culled from 15 volumes of notebooks compiled over four years in the early 1980s. It is Wechsler's fascinating account of their attachment and focuses on a period of time when he was "serving as a sort of Boswell to his Johnson, a beanpole Sancho to his capacious Quixote."
In that spirit, Weschler (Uncanny Valley: Adventures in the Narrative) serves up a potpourri of conversations, diary entries, interviews, letters and reportage to paint a vibrant portrait of his friend's fully engaged, at times frenetic, life. Though it inevitably covers some of the same ground as Sacks's own 2015 memoir, On the Move, this blend of journalistic objectivity and subjective engagement in Sacks's daily life enlarges and complements the neurologist's self-portrait.
As Lawrence Weschler concedes, with obvious regret, someday a person who "will have to be a lot younger than I am now" is going to produce a full-length biography of Oliver Sacks. In doing so, that writer will be in Weschler's debt for the wealth of valuable source material his book provides. --Harvey Freedenberg, freelance reviewer
Discover: The story of a journalist's deep friendship with famed neurologist Oliver Sacks.
The Blessing
by Gregory Orr
"Do I dare say my brother's death was a blessing?" Decorated poet Gregory Orr was 12 when he accidentally killed his younger brother while hunting. His memoir, The Blessing, begins with an uppercut that keeps stinging despite stunning language and insight. Ill-equipped to deal with the new reality he was trapped in forever, Orr was set adrift by his parents' emotional abandonment and an ingrained familial response of denial.
Orr struggled with his destroyed understanding of the world: "Peter's death wiped out all the easy meanings I had lived by until that day, as if a giant hand swept the counters and dice of a child's game off the board."
Like Cain, Orr wandered in despair as a fugitive from society. The accident was one of a "flurry of catastrophes" that defined Orr's youth and marked a dark trajectory. Salvation began in a soda fountain shop where Orr discovered comics, cheap paperbacks and, ultimately, "POEMS!"
"Enthralled by the possibility of making my own paths out of language," writing became a way out of the labyrinth.
Originally published in 2002, these essays feel fresh, as if the wound remains raw on the page. Orr became a poet and professor, spending much of his life compelled to probe "silence-shrouded events and their consequences"--torment, guilt and desire to survive. Orr sprinkles glorious bright spots through this haunting collection, like school buses pulling into a parking lot, "each its own distinctively faded shade of orange or yellow... gathered like old carp at the edge of an autumn pool." --Lauren O'Brien of Malcolm Avenue Review
Discover: Essays from poet Gregory Orr chronicle his journey after killing his younger brother in a hunting accident.
Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention
by Donna Freitas
Donna Freitas has her Ph.D., lectures at universities across the United States about her research and has written several books. She is also a survivor of stalking by a trusted grad school professor and priest, which forms the center of Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention.
Consent is, as its subtitle suggests, a memoir about Freitas's unsettling experiences and is not always an easy read. She documents with candor her own internal struggles, the many ways her stalker kept her suspended in a world of doubt, and her constant questioning about what she'd done to deserve this punishment. On top of that, she also explores the ways the system failed her--as a student, a woman, a Catholic and a professional--both during the stalking and her eventual reporting of it. As she does so, Freitas offers important commentary on consent and the large-scale changes required to counteract the far-reaching consequences of assault and unwanted attention.
"I haven't mastered this story yet," she writes. "The means to tell it with grace and confidence still eludes me." Consent is proof that this is not so. Freitas has mastered the telling of her story--despite repeated attempts by others to keep her from doing so--and has mastered it in such a way that its telling sheds light on a larger societal issue. --Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm
Discover: A difficult but important read about one woman's survival of stalking by her professor, and the role of consent in any relationship.
Social Science
Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917
by Dale Cockrell
In Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917, musicologist Dale Cockerell (Demons of Disorder) traces the connection between popular music and the disorderly world of New York City's brothels, bars, dance halls, concert saloons and "Raines Law hotels." He focuses on the period between the first blackface minstrel shows and the rise of jazz, a time when "dives" were literally located in below-sidewalk cellars. Cockerell demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between rowdy dancing inspired by equally rowdy music and the flourishing business of prostitution.
Because his subjects often lived below what Cockerell calls "the horizon of record," many of his sources are middle-class observers who wrote about the music and its audience with disdain. (Some of the most explicit accounts come from undercover investigators hired by various reform societies to provide evidence of immoral activities.) These accounts refer to the "alleged music" produced by musicians and singers with no formal training. They describe erotically charged "tough dancing," from the imported cancan to "animal dances" like the turkey trot and the bunny hug. They detail sexual solicitation in graphic detail, as well as undercover agents' sting operations.
Never letting the reader forget the inherent bias of his middle-class, largely white, sources, Cockerell evokes a kaleidoscope of characters and institutions without ever losing track of the poverty on which his subject rests. He raises complicated issues of class, gender and race, issues that would shape the development of American popular music in the coming decades. --Pamela Toler, blogging at History in the Margins
Discover: Long before sex, drugs and rock-n-roll, sex, alcohol and ragtime ruled the "dives" of New York City.
Travel Literature
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
by Anna Sherman
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City is Anna Sherman's exploration of a city that is not originally her own, which perhaps makes her perspective all the more closely attentive, thoughtful and serious. Through Tokyo's Bells of Time, which rang out the hours for hundreds of years, Sherman examines many aspects of both city and time. Her prose is careful, contemplative, even solemn. The result is philosophy, travel writing, elegy and love letter.
"Tokyo is one vast timepiece," begins Sherman. "Time is counted out in incense sticks; in LEDs; and in atomic lattice clocks." Time is ignored, too, in this city where residents "have their eyes fixed on the future, and are impatient when a word is said of their past." Sherman never states the reasons for her preoccupation with time, clocks and Tokyo's past, but her book thrums with it. She views the first Bell of Time, at a former prison at Nihonbashi, and the smallest, in Akasaka; seeks the lost bell of Mejiro; meets the man who rings the bell at Ueno; and visits a widow surrounded by "an island of old clocks" in Nezu. She also consults with many sources, modern and ancient, and studies the Japanese language and its translations. This is a narrator deeply immersed and committed to her subject; Sherman's bibliography and notes are extensive for such a slim book.
The Bells of Old Tokyo is an elegant series of musings, a beautifully written evocation of a place and a philosophical inquiry into the nature of time itself. Sherman has given the world, and one city in particular, an astonishing gift. --Julia Kastner, librarian and blogger at pagesofjulia
Discover: These lovely, understated ruminations on time and Tokyo will please those interested in Japanese culture, language or history--or lovers of any city, anywhere.
Children's & Young Adult
by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Caldecott Medal-winner and Geisel Award-honoree Laura Vaccaro Seeger (the Dog and Bear series) tells a sweet and simple tale of friendship between a bear and an enthusiastically curious rabbit in Why?
As young readers turn the pages of this picture book, the seasons slowly change from summer to winter. The rabbit's question, however, remains the same: "Why?" When bear (shown guzzling honey) eats too much or rabbit falls out of the tree (tumbling head over fuzzy tail), rabbit wants to know "Why?" Bear always calmly responds to his friend: "Because it tastes so good" (while holding his belly); "Gravity" (delivered gently, to the windswept rabbit). But when rabbit wants to know why a bird has died, bear doesn't have an answer. " 'I don't know why," bear says sadly, "Sometimes I just don't know why!' " Why? climaxes with the roles of the forest animal friends reversed, leading to a satisfying, touching conclusion.
Seeger's prose is sparse, but the story's impact is vast. Her beautifully detailed watercolor illustrations feature expertly blended soft colors, creating an inviting trek through woodlands--the lush textures of grass, wonderfully puffy clouds and snow make the feel of nature almost palpable. And bear and rabbit each exhibit extensive emotions through subtle, soulful facial expressions. While Seeger's animals may not always know the answer to the age-old question, readers are sure to find plenty of reasons to adore this charming picture book. An excellent option for story time, Seeger's Why? invites audiences of any age to interact with bear and rabbit as well as their rich habitat. Why? It's delightful. "That's why." --Jen Forbus, freelancer
Discover: In this delightful picture book, an unlikely friendship between a bear and a rabbit grows through a year of seasons and a slew of questions.
The Silence Between Us
by Alison Gervais
When Maya begins her senior year, she's not optimistic about attending a hearing school. The students and teachers don't speak her language so she's "the weird new girl with the interpreter following her," and she's fearful it will be tough to prove she has the smarts to get into the medical field. "Genuinely nice" Beau learns ASL to talk to her, but Maya thinks the two of them "belong... in two different solar systems," which makes her suspect the over-achiever sees her as "a good line for his resume."
Maya manages in class, but when her lab partner's spoken instruction doesn't catch her attention and a beaker overflows, Maya fears what could happen in the future when she's working in a hospital. Compounding her concerns, a communication gap with nurses during an emergency with her brother leaves Maya panicked: "I was comfortable being Deaf... now it felt like it was the one thing standing in the way." But when Maya's mom takes her to meet cochlear implant recipients who don't sign or consider themselves Deaf, and Beau gives her brochures about implants, Maya can't believe anyone would want her to be hearing.
Alison Gervais (In 27 Days), herself Hard of Hearing (HoH), portrays Maya as frustrated by setbacks yet exuberant in her pride as a member of the Deaf community. The everyday discrimination Maya faces doesn't weigh her down--"Discrimination? Welcome to my world." Gervais depicts signed dialogue in the "choppy English" characteristic of ASL, immersing the reader in Maya's life. The Silence Between Us is a boon to young adult literature, helping to remedy the shortage of Deaf protagonists with the spitfire Maya and her momentous self-confidence. --Samantha Zaboski, freelance editor and reviewer
Discover: An #ownvoices novel about a high school senior who embraces and enjoys her Deafness and doesn't let it stop her from pursuing her dreams.
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
by Mike Unwin , illust. by Jenni Desmond
In Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys, British naturalist Mike Unwin (The Atlas of Birds) describes in lively language the migratory and breeding habits of 20 mammals, fishes, birds and insects from around the world. Each double-page spread includes a fact-filled explanation of the route, the problems each animal faces along the way, the time it takes to travel and the eating habits that usually play a critical role in the reasons for the migrations. Some of these descriptions place the reader directly in the action: "Imagine: You're relaxing on a tropical island when a dragonfly lands on your flip-flop." Other times, humans are nowhere in sight: "On East Africa's Serengeti plains a distant storm is brewing. The wildebeests stop grazing and lift their heads."
Child readers (or listeners) who are animal enthusiasts should quickly soak up the knowledge put forth in Unwin's lucid writing, and are likely to return again and again to Jenni Desmond's stunningly handsome mixed media illustrations. Each spread uses a different layout--some with more detailed backgrounds than others--and incorporates a caption. One such example, "Traveling Dancers," featuring a pair of whooping cranes on a spare, beige background, is reminiscent of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Another is "Forests of Flutter," in which the orange wings of monarch butterflies shine out through the deep green of the trees. A map showing all the outlines of the routes, a few fun facts and a note on improving conservation programs for migrating animals round out this excellent volume. --Melinda Greenblatt, freelance book reviewer
Discover: Migration is an engagingly illustrated picture book account of the reasons why animals make long journeys at specific times of year.


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Compare Satellite Tv
Because of the presence of digital technology, the sound and picture quality of satellite TV is of the highest quality. Additionally, satellite TV has drastically increased the range of television programming that is now accessible at the fingertips for television viewers. Regardless of what form of paid television service that you eventually choose, you would have to agree that the rise of satellite TV has improved television technology for the better for all television viewers.
The Choices Are...
When deciding what type of satellite TV you want, you will invariably be choosing among satellite TV providers. The two largest satellite TV providers are Direct TV and the Dish Network, who are currently competing with smaller upstarts such as Pegasus and Voom. The purpose of satellite TV providers is to provide TV programming options to the satellite TV viewers.
Similar to cable television services, satellite TV providers charge a monthly subscription rate for viewers to access a package of available television channels. These satellite TV providers share many television channels but they also are the sole providers of other specific networks.
The Set-Up
For the most part, the equipment that is used by each satellite TV provider is the same. Although satellite TV providers use different broadcasting satellites, there are few variations among the hardware that they use. Additionally, the potential satellite TV subscriber should not worry about equipment and installation costs.
As satellite TV providers make the bulk of their profit through their monthly subscriptions, they usually bundle the equipment required to receive satellite TV transmissions and the installation services for this equipment with a twelve month subscription. The profits that these satellite TV providers are able to make from their subscription rates make the losses of either giving away or charging low rates for the satellite TV equipment and installation services negligible.
What to Compare
When attempting to compare satellite TV, it is important to examine these issues:
Quality of Transmission For the most part, satellite TV utilizes high quality digital technology and transmits programs broadcast by digital channels. As a result, satellite TV providers produce a 100% high quality digital transmission. This is different from digital cable TV packages that utilize digital technology but are unable to convert analog programs into digital programs.
Programming One of the most important byproducts of satellite TV technology is that television watchers are now able to enjoy much more varied programming through an increase of available channels. The type of subscription package that you purchase from a satellite TV provider will dictate the programming, but Direct TV, the Dish Network and Pegasus offer over 200 television channels. Voom offers over 100 television channels.
There are also differences in the type of programming that the satellite TV companies provide. Comparing Direct TV and the Dish Network in terms of the type of programming that they offer, generally Direct TV offers more sports programming whereas Dish Network offers more international programming.
City Accessibility As satellite TV increases in popularity, the services provided by satellite TV providers will increase their availability among the country. However, currently Direct TV does not provide service to Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, Honolulu and Grand Rapids. Conversely, the Dish Network does not provide satellite TV service to Las Vegas, Memphis, Milwaukee, Columbus and Baltimore.
Cost It is difficult to compare satellite TV prices because it depends on the type of satellite TV package that you are interested in. Generally, satellite TV providers offer a range of programming packages that will increase in channels with an increase in price. It is important to note that the cost of satellite TV packages will always change to match the growing competition within the satellite TV market and to match the growth of the paid satellite TV market as a whole. Here is a comparison of current satellite TV provider costs:
- The Dish Network offers basic packages that range from $24.99 per month to $77.99 per month.
- Direct TV offers basic packages that range from $36.99 per month to $87.99 per month
- Pegasus offers basic packages that range from $39.99 per month to $42.99 per month.
- Voom offers basic packages that range from $39.90 per month to $79.90 per month.
Performance Differences When comparing the performance differences between Direct TV and the Dish Network, it is important to note that there are only subtle differences. The best Direct TV setups are slightly easier to use than Dish Network setups, but recent testing has shown that Dish Network systems offer a slightly better overall picture than Direct TV systems.
Customer Service As growing companies, the two largest satellite TV providers have increased their customer service to help their subscribers at any time. Both Direct TV and the Dish Network offer online customer service that enables subscribers the ability to access their current statements, prior statements, online user manuals and online installation guides. Additionally, these online services allow subscribers to add packages and make account payments.
Warranty Both the Dish Network and Direct TV offer a full year warranty to their subscribers that commences on the day of service activation. For their subscribers, both companies offer a 24-hour customer service line. Direct TV also provides high quality in-house servicing.
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The Super Eagles will play two friendly matches in addition to final preparations for the African Cup of nations, AFCON 2019 in Egypt.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Melvin Amaju Pinnick.
Pinnick added that Super Eagles' backroom staff are already putting finishing touches to logistics that will ensure comfortable stay for the team when the players come to camp.
He reaffirmed the determination of his administration to give Nigeria its fourth AFCON triumph this year, adding that no stone would be left unturned to see the Eagles on the podium at the end of the African fiesta.
He revealed that the preparations would begin with Nigeria's last group match of the qualifying series against Seychelles in Asaba on March 22 after which the team would embark on a series of friendly matches to fine tune the squad before the competition.
"The match against Seychelles will serve as the beginning of our preparations for the AFCON, to be followed four days later by a friendly against the Egyptian National Team at the same venue.
"The team would likely play two matches during its final training camp before the AFCON finals," he said.
The First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and president of the AFCON Organizing Committee, said a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title is overdue for Nigeria, one of the biggest football-playing nations of the universe.
"There are so many competitions this year and we intend to, as usual, put our best foot forward in each and everyone of them. The target always is to emerge victorious.
"However, the very big one that we do not want to miss is the AFCON title. We have won it three times but we want it for a fourth time so that we can close the gap with the likes of Egypt and Cameroun.
"The NFF will equally give the Super Falcons all the support to perform excellently at the World Cup."The draw ceremony for the four-week, 24-nation championship, scheduled for June 15 to July 13 this year, would hold at the end of March," Pinnick added.


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Award-winning membrane research in sustainable energy and water supply
06 September 2010
IES PRESTIGIOUS ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2010: Prof Neal Chung from NUS' Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was presented with the award for his membrane research in sustainable energy and water supply
Prior to this, he had won the Hyflux-SNIC (Singapore National Institute of Chemistry) Award in Environmental Chemistry and IChemE (Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK) in Singapore Awards for Excellence and Innovation 2010 in Sustainable Technology.
In 2009, Prof Chung received the IChemE Innovation and Excellence Award in Energy (Highly Commended) as well as in Water Management and Supply (Highly Commended) in December last year. Prof Chung's research team at NUS pioneered the method of nanofiltration - the use of hollow fibre membranes for osmotically driven membrane processes. These membranes greatly reduce energy costs in desalination.
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Inside the Hummer Limousine
These amazing vehicles seat up to 16 people, with fully equipped bars, luxury leather seats, LCD screens,
10,000 song Karaoke system,
DVD and CD Players, fully integrated sound system, fibre optic and neon lights, strobe lighting, overhead touch pad for convenience, and phone communication to the driver, there is nothing we haven't thought of in the interior design of this vehicle.
How the Hummer is stretched
A standard Hummer is literally cut in half and stretched 200 inches, hence why they are called the H200. This is all done in the US.
We in turn purchase these and ship them to Australia in a 40 foot container, which takes up to 6 weeks. After being cleared by Customs each Hummer Limousine is trucked to our engineering plant for right hand drive conversion.
At the same time a complete engineering feat is accomplished with the rear differential engineered to accommodate our "One of a kind" 4 wheel steering. We are the first people in the world to ever put rear steering on a Hummer!
The steering is extremely important for the manoeuvrability and flexibility of the vehicle. Each wheel is capable of moving up to 20 degrees when the steering wheel is turned. The rear steering, different to conventional, has the front wheels turn left when you turn the steering wheel left, but the rear wheels turn right, so the tail end follows the car around corners, making it much easier to turn.
This complete engineering overhaul takes around 6 months for each car to be "Bus Accredited and complied" It is only then the Hummer Limousine hits the road for your party!!


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In looking back on; not just the past year, but the past two years that I have had the privilege to be the National President of the NZIOB, I can say that I am pleased with the progress that we have made, and with the direction in which we are heading.
This progress culminated in March of this year, when the NZIOB hosted the inaugural 'Constructing our World' conference, in collaboration with our Tripartite partners. In looking back on what we have achieved since 2015, there are some key areas in which I believe we have made good progress:
Financial sustainability
We needed to ensure the financial soundness of the NZIOB, with the creation of sufficient reserves being our priority. Growing our financial resources enables us to do more for our membership, and I am pleased that we are now in a better financial position than we have been in for many years.
Membership growth
This remains a key objective for the Institute's strength and longevity. Since the implementation of the Strategic Plan there has been a greater focus on strengthening our membership numbers.
Tripartite Strength
We have created a stronger alliance with our Tripartite members, the Australian Institute of Building and Singapore Institute of Building. This was in its infancy in 2015, and we have now achieved our first international conference together.
We need to ensure that the NZIOB has strong governance. We have now developed the Governance Manual for the National Council and Chapter Boards, with governance training for the Chapter Boards to come. We have made great progress on the updating of our constitution to bring it into the modern world, and we are currently looking at the Institute's Governance structure via a separate work stream.
Finally, I wanted to see the NZIOB awaken, as did our members. We wanted to become more visible in the media, create greater interaction with government, and provide a stronger voice for the NZIOB membership. In this, we have come a long way in the past two years and I have enjoyed being part of what has been a period of incredible change for the NZIOB.


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Small, yet heavy duty shed. For heavy equipment (motorcycles, riding lawn mowers, mini mill or what ever)
Modeled with Sketchup. Animated by the materials used, in a somewhat step by step D.I.Y. order.
Shed Contents were downloaded from the 3d warehouse.
"The xx-Intro", sound recording administered by:
[Merlin] Beggars
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Is Myspace making a comeback?
It appears as though a change of focus and some celebrity power is paying off for social media veteran Myspace, with more than one million new users signing up to the site in the last month.
According to a survey by comScore, monthly traffic to the site rose by four per cent on the previous month – with Myspace averaging 40,000 signups per day.
"The numbers tell an amazing story of strong momentum and dramatic change for Myspace and the one million-plus new user accounts we've seen in the last 30 days validates our approach," Myspace chief executive officer Tim Vanderhook said in a blogpost on February 13 (local time).
"Myspace is building meaningful social entertainment experience around content, where consumers can share and discover the music they love. Consumers are getting excited about Myspace again – a testament to a great music product."
The site has attributed its recent growth to one of its updated features – the Myspace Music Player.
Boasting unlimited on-demand listening, personalised radio modes, improved artist recommendations and easy integration with Facebook, the music player also allows users to access 42 million songs – which Myspace states is more than any other competitor.
However, some have been quick to dismiss the impressive figure.
"Myspace [is] the web site whose last accomplishment was replacing Friendster as the punchline of technophobe jokes," Vanity Fair contributor Juli Weiner wrote February 13 (local time).
"Judging from a quick spin around Myspace's 'People' tab, they seem like Google Plus users without the debilitating confusion, Facebook users without the baggage, middle-period Myspace users without the burden of social stigma, and tweens with access to MS Paint."
Myspace was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2005 for $580 million in 2005 and bought by musician Justin Timberlake and Specific Media five years later for just $35 million.


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Soft Tissue Procedures/
Soft Tissue Grafting
Post-operative care is very important following soft tissue procedures or grafting. Proper care of the soft tissue wound is important to help the soft tissue heal appropriately. If you were given specific instructions as to how to avoid disturbing the soft tissue wound or graft it is very important that you follow those directions. Unnecessary pain, swelling, and infection can be minimized if the instructions are followed carefully.
On the Day of surgery, patients tend to do well if they follow this sequence:
- Control Bleeding First.
- Follow the directions you were given in the office to control bleeding. Do not spit. Apply ice packs immediately.
- Get something in your Stomach.
- A milkshake is suggested.
- Start Medications.
- If you have pain, start taking your pain medicine first and wait one hour to start the antibiotics.
- If you have no pain, start taking your antibiotic first and wait to start the pain medicine until pain is just starting to occur.
If you had an oral surgical procedure other than an extraction of a tooth, please use the techniques for bleeding control that were shown to you by our staff as the directions are specific to what procedure was performed.
Most biopsy soft tissue wounds do not need special measures to control bleeding. However should bleeding be an issue, a pressure gauze could be used with a moderate finger pressure to help control bleeding for one hour as needed.
Most soft tissue grafts do not require use of a pressure gauze to control bleeding in the area where the graft was placed. Should persistent bleeding occur from where the graft was placed, apply a steady moderate pressure to the wound as directed for one hour. Do not move the gauze as you apply pressure to the graft site as you will tend to move the soft tissue graft and this can ruin the result. Thus a pressure gauze can be used but do not move the gauze on the graft site as you apply pressure to the wound. Again, bleeding is often not a problem where the soft tissue graft was placed.
If a soft tissue graft was taken from the roof of the mouth (the donor site), the soft tissue wound on the palate could bleed requiring you to apply firm pressure to the area for one hour at a time. Bleeding in the donor site can occur if the area is irritated during the first week after surgery. Use the pressure gauze as directed above will control this bleeding. It is wise to avoid crunchy food for 7-10 days in the donor site area as these foods could make the donor site bleed.
Discomfort is usually strongest during the first 12-24 hours. For severe pain, use the prescribed medication should be taken as directed. For moderate pain, use Ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin -200mg. tablets). Take 1-2 Ibuprofen every 3-4 hours. Tylenol can be use as well as listed on the package.
Most pain medications can upset the stomach, especially the prescription pain medicine and especially if the stomach is empty. If general anesthesia was used and the stomach is empty, you can prevent an upset stomach by drinking a milkshake and taking the first dose of pain medication 30 minutes later. What is even more effective is to eat bulky foods of some thickness (mashed potatoes, oatmeal, ground meats) at least one half hour before taking your medication
CAUTION – Do not drive, work or operate mechanical equipment after taking the prescription pain medication. Also, do not mix alcohol and any pain medication (or antibiotic).
Please remember to:
- Space different medicines at least one hour apart from each other
- Eat food of some thickness one half hour before taking any medicine
- Follow the frequency that is prescribed on each bottle
- Pain medicines take the edge out of strong pain; they do not eliminate all pain sensation.
- Avoid alcohol with any pain medication or antibiotics
- You should not drive any vehicle or work if taking narcotic medications. This does not apply with the anti-inflammatory pain pills.
The post-operative pain can vary considerably in different patients. It is often worst in the first 72 hours, but occasionally it can become worse after this period. The overall pattern to one's pain should be that it tapers off as a general trend over 5-6 days, though the pain can vary some in any one day. Exertional activities, exercise, and a "busy" lifestyle will tend to make the wounds "throb," so please use common sense and minimize activities that irritate the area.
If you have been placed on an antibiotic you may take the first dose 1 hour after taking the pain pills. Continue to take this medication as prescribed and complete the entire dosage.
Please be aware that antibiotics may decrease the effectiveness of birth control pills. Please ask your obstetrician if and how long after stopping the antibiotic you should use alternative birth control measures.
Drs. Blecha and Jandali tries to use surgical techniques that prevent swelling. However, the swelling that occurs may be proportional to the surgery involved. Swelling around the mouth, cheeks, eyes, and sides of the face is not uncommon. This is the body's normal reaction to surgery and is a part of normal healing. Swelling usually peaks by 72 hours. The swelling that develops by 72 hours then takes 5-6 days to go down.
Your swelling can be reduced with the immediate use of ice packs. Either ice packs or a Ziploc bag filled with ice and placed in a wash cloth should be applied to the sides of the face where surgery was performed. Use the ice in one half hour intervals (one half hour on, on half hour off) on the day of surgery and up to 72 hours. After 72 hours, you can use warm, moist heat applications to the side of the face to help bring swelling down.
Smokers are advised not to smoke for the first 48 hours, and preferably the first week, after surgery.
There is real value in re-establishing your diet after oral surgery. If your jaw is stiff to open after your surgery, such stiffness may last for 5-6 days and chewing could be difficult.
Once the bleeding is stopped we usually suggest a milk shake. After that we recommend that our patients eat "bulky" food as they are important in preventing nausea and vomiting from out postoperative medications.
Examples of bulky foods include mashed potatoes, oatmeal, and ground-up meats. Be creative. Ask a family member to take bulky foods and chop them up so that you can feed yourself these foods with a spoon and swallow them without chewing. You can eat bulky foods without having to chew them if you cut them up very finely. You should also have 5-6 glasses of liquids per day to supplement the "bulky" foods.
Your jaw may be sore and stiff, but you must eat bulky foods to tolerate your medications and avoid nausea and vomiting.
In the event of nausea and/or vomiting following surgery, do not take anything by mouth for at least an hour including the prescribed medicine. You should then sip on coke or seven-up. You should sip slowly over a fifteen-minute period. When the nausea subsides you can try to resume eating "bulky" foods. If you can tolerate these "bulky foods," you can slowly resume taking your medications. It is often the narcotic pain medication that causes nausea. Thus, you should minimize use of narcotic pain medications. Should they be needed, please be slow to resume taking the narcotic pain medication and you should use a low dose to try to prevent further nausea.
Do not rinse or brush your teeth for 24 hours after surgery. After 24 hours, start to brush the teeth and use salt-water rinses as directed below. If you were given specific directions how to clean in the surgical area, please follow those directions.
Please remember that your pain will resolve faster and your mouth will heal faster if you have very good hygiene after surgery. If you are too "shy" to brush and rinse, your pain will often become worse and you are much more likely to develop a postoperative wound infection.
Twenty-four hours after tooth removal, you need to brush all of your teeth, even those adjacent to the surgical site. Think of it as careful cleaning of all teeth at the gum line. Brushing is not "scrubbing" of the teeth. Rather, it is careful cleaning of the "nooks and crannies" where food gets stuck.
Twenty-four hours after surgery, start to use the salt-water rinses. Add one half teaspoon of salt to a glass of warm water and "swish out" the food that gets stuck in the wounds.
REMEMBER: A clean wound heals better and faster.
Keep physical activities to a minimum immediately following surgery. Exercise should be avoided for 5-6 days. If you are considering exercise, throbbing or bleeding may occur. If this occurs, you should discontinue exercising. Be aware that your normal nourishment intake may be reduced. Exercise may weaken you. If you get light headed, stop exercising.
In some cases, discoloration of the skin follows surgery. You can gently apply an ice pack to the area if you are developing swelling. Do not apply pressure to the soft tissue wound when applying the ice however.
The development of black, blue, green, or yellow discoloration is due to blood spreading beneath the tissues. This is a normal post-operative occurrence, which may occur 2-3 days post-operatively. Moist heat applied to the area may speed up the removal of the discoloration.


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Misha is a character appearing in Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. Misha is either standing to left of an arch when you enter Chinatown or is looking at the books in Maya's book shop. Misha has an interesting view on life when she talks with Professor Layton and Luke. She also feels indifferent about some other bits of information about Future London. She, like other residents, is evacuated to the surface of London after Clive operates the Mobile Fortress.
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She gives you three puzzles during the game These puzzles are "Who Broke It?", "Shelve the Books", and "Shy Guys and Gals". She is evacuated to the surface of London after Clive operates the Mobile Fortress.
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- Misha has a big view on love, and the two puzzles she gives are based on that.
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SAP HANA has arrived. We saw a few early adopters and go-lives in 2012. 2013 was principally the year of the proof of concept, and 2014 has been about taking these live.
Bluefin Solutions has extensive HANA experience across various industries and use cases, with many clients now live.
This event brings together a selection of consultants who will share their HANA experiences at the coalface. Designed for both senior business and technical users, the morning's agenda will include a panel discussion and Q&A with Bluefin HANA consultants and distinguished engineers, and a choice of breakout streams.


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The Zanussi ZQA14030DV under counter fridge is an integrated model with nifty features inside. Its 136 litre capacity can hold up to 7 bags of groceries, and bottles and cans will be perfectly secure in the door shelf, thanks to the special holder inside - no more fallen, fizzed up cans of pop! It has an A+ energy rating and is easy to keep clean too, thanks to the removable shelves and door balconies.
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this is the only demo we actually saw. i think we got there at a weird in between time. i wanted to see glass blowing really badly, but nothing was going on and i'm really awkward so we didn't stick around.
especially that "alien" in the front window! ahh! there is a huge stuffed polar bear behind it.
i think that mountain goat is embarrassed by how terrible the background he is standing on looks.
it was so strange in there. i swear it was all the same stuff from when i went in there almost three years ago. same furniture and everything. creepy.


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The eWiC Series gives free access to the proceedings of workshops and conferences on the broadest possible range of computing topics.
Each set of proceedings is based on a specialist workshop and is designed to provide information that represents a snapshot of current knowledge, debate or research.
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Selecting the Right Paper for the Print Job
June 8, 2018
Selecting the right paper for a project shouldn't be an afterthought. Yet for many creatives that's exactly what happens. Designers begin with a concept and most dive right into the design phase, without giving much consideration to how the process of print itself will impact their design.
I've seen it happen time and again, especially with junior designers or those creatives new to print. They wait until they've finished designing the project and ready to get print quotes before they even think about the paper. That's when things can get messy – not to mention expensive. Producing successful print projects requires a multi-sensory approach, balancing the visual and physical aspects of the design to communicate effectively. Paper selection is as important to the process as any other design component. Here are some important considerations for selecting the right paper for the print job.
When it comes to selecting the right paper, the most important consideration is the type of print elements necessary for the project.
For example, if you're working on a brand identity project you need to consider all the printed identity system components. These typically consist of items like business cards, letterhead, envelopes, pocket folders, notecards, and possibly mailing labels and packaging. Stationery components are highly tactile and tend to use a variety of different uncoated papers, requiring different properties. For example, most letterhead is going to be used with desktop printers and perhaps some more high speed copiers/prints – is the ink technology the same and will the paper chosen work both for inkjet and laser toner? Business cards are highly tactile; paper finish will impact your choice. Pocket folders are used to contain other items, how durable do they need to be?
The reality is that there are a ton of factors that will impact print design. One of the easiest ways to begin to think about paper as it relates to the type of project at hand is by looking at print samples. Ask your reps to show you examples of projects similar to what you're working on. If you don't have a rep there are resources available, and plenty of online inspiration like the Domtar's Blueline Gallery. Collect samples everywhere you go and save them to refer to, it'll be one of the best career investments you make.
Next, think about how a paper's innate characteristics can help reinforce brand messaging. For example, maybe you're working on a packaging project for an eco-friendly brand. How can the paper reinforce that message? Maybe it's through a color like green or kraft. Maybe it's through the finish of the paper, something like vellum whose feel helps convey it as more natural and less refined. Perhaps, it's with the paper's environmental pedigree like post-consumer waste or being sustainably sourced and FSC certified. Selecting the right paper can go a long way in helping communicate a brand's message when thoughtfully incorporated into the design.
Another important consideration when designing for print is to think about how it will actually be produced. You don't need to know everything about production but you should think about some of the basics. How will the project be printed – digital, offset or possibly web? Your print rep will advise you on this but it is important to know before selecting the paper. Not all papers are available across all platforms in every color, finish and basis weight. This is where a swatchbook can be a designer's best friend. Make sure to refer to the stock chart usually listed next to or underneath the waterfall in the swatchbook.
I had a designer whose heart was set on using 200# Cover for business cards. What she didn't think about was the fact the business cards were printing digitally. 200# Cover is way too heavy to go through a digital press and isn't available in digital format for that reason. Had she checked the swatchbook first she would have seen this and avoided disappointment for her client.
As a former paper rep, I can tell you availability is always an issue especially for print projects with smaller quantities and those requiring envelopes. If that's the case, work with your local paper rep to find out what grades are stocked locally so they're easy to get.
How often have you heard, a certain paper is a mill item and will take a week to get? By working with your local rep, you know what is available which not only helps with deadlines, but also keeping the budget in check. Most independent local paper merchants will break cartons on many papers they stock, this means less wasted paper and a savings on the budget.
Finally, get some actual dummies made to spec on the paper or papers you're considering using. I caution designers to use good judgement here, and narrow down your options first. But it's always a good idea to get a couple dummies made to spec. You can show the client how the printed project will look and feel. Samples help bring the project to life – and can be a great way to help convince unsure clients.
For more information on designing for print, make sure to check out the current issue of Blueline Magazine. Sign up for your free subscription today!
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