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  Author:CeliaDate:2012-04-27 23:52:07

  to-be-down-32-Wired-is-down-56-Architectural-Digest-is-down-47-I-doubt-that-with-those-ad-declines-the-page-conuts-are-rising-If-you-can-read-the-pertinent-CBG-info-on-the-stand-and-check-the-website-for-the-rest-then-you92re-not-reading-much-of-the-magazine-as-there92s-not-much-of-it-online-not-counting-my-column-which-I-let-CBG-upload-each-month-to-promote-it-to-online-visitors-and-encourage-F-W-that-the-audience-is-so-large-that-they-simply-must-do-another-book-collection-How92s-that-working-out-for-you-Mr-Silver-Age-Ahh-shaddup-Granted-the-current-business-model-of-everybody-giving-everything-away-for-free-on-the-Web-won92t-work-for-long-but-I-don92t-know-if-magazines-will-figure-it-out-in-time-or-not-I-hope-so-because-I-don92t-want-to-take-my-laptop-to-the-bathroom-That-s-as-much-the-problem-as-the-recession-and-together-they-are-making-things-tough-for-everyone-I92ve-seen-a-few-editors-pat-themselves-on-the-back-when-they-do-huge-issues-but-I-don92t-think-I92ve-ever-seen-one-editorialize-about-its-small-size-I-don92t-think-a-note-of-explanation-is-necessary-for-exactly-the-reason-you-note-I-think-everyone-DID-notice-and-they-don92t-need-an-explanation-about-ad-pages-being-down-due-to-the-recession-and-the-Internet-ad-editorial-ratios-refusal-to-go-off-the-rate-card-value-added-incentives-to-entice-advertisers-etc-I-think-they92d-rather-Brent-talk-about-comics-in-the-little-space-he92s-got-But-you92re-right-CBG-could-have-noted-its-drop-in-page-count-which-could-go-back-up-at-any-time-unlike-with-a-price-increase-Heck-Marvel-and-DC-always-mention-price-increases-when-they-occur-so-CBG-ought-to-stay-in-step-Dear-CBG-Fans-Let92s-stop-and-rap-for-a-moment85we-owe-you-an-explanation-First-we-would-like-to-thank-you-for-buying-this-CBG-magazine-even-though-its-page-count-is-lower-than-usual-But-the-fact-that-you-bought-it-is-what-turns-us-on-In-keeping-with-our-policy-through-the-years-of-telling-it-like-it-is-we-are-going-to-level-with-you-now-As-you-must-know-the-number-of-advertisers-in-our-issues-has-been-dropping-beyond-belief-Nevertheless-we-have-continued-to-hold-the-same-price-on-our-issues-And-since-CBG-has-been-and-is-the-symbol-of-only-the-best-we-could-not-and-would-not-sacrifice-quality-for-the-sake-of-economy-Of-course-you-know-too-well-that-the-competition-for-advertisers-has-been-spiraling-up-up-and-ever-upward-But-we-here-at-CBG-were-determined-not-to-reduce-the-number-of-pages-to-correspond-until-the-moment-that-we-absolutely-had-to-That-moment-has-now-come-and-we-must-capitulate-to-the-terrible-twin-tyrants97the-Great-Recession-and-the-Internet92s-self-destructive-93everything-is-free94-mentality97which-has-reduced-our-advertising-and-hence-our-editorial-pages-You-will-notice-that-we-have-given-you-with-this-magazine-superb-articles-for-your-hard-earned-money97not-just-ordinary-pages-but-specially-selected-articles-that-we-were-planning-to-use-at-a-special-time85and-that-time-is-now-We-are-confident-that-you-will-appreciate-the-facts-given-straight-and-we-in-turn-promise-that-we-will-never-let-you-down-Yours-in-the-best-in-reading-entertainment-Brent-Frankenhoff-with-special-help-from-Carmine-Infantino-as-channeled-by-Mr-Silver-Age-I-realize-you92re-speaking-from-frustration-because-you-like-the-mag-Trust-me-everyone-is-upset-by-the-declines-and-they-aren-t-as-unique-to-CBG-as-I-infer-you-saying-Brent-is-not-a-happy-camper-when-he-calls-to-tell-me-I92ve-lost-a-page-of-golden-words-I-m-hoping-I-don-t-hear-from-him-for-awhile-but-you-never-know-All-we-can-do-is-try-to-use-the-pages-we92ve-got-to-the-best-that-we-can-and-hope-readers-keep-renewing-their-subscriptions-and-visiting-the-site-to-contribute-so-we-can-ride-this-thing-out-Craig-Shutt

• CjuWKoJOusRyNqe

  Author:FernandoDate:2012-02-19 20:56:54

  and-width-weft-treahds-It-is-used-especially-in-regard-to-cotton-linens-such-as-bed-sheets-Thread-count-is-a-simple-measure-of-fabric-quality-so-that-standard-cotton-thread-counts-are-around-150-while-good-quality-sheets-start-at-180-and-a-count-of-200-or-higher-is-considered-percale-Extremely-high-thread-counts-typically-over-500-tend-to-be-misleading-as-they-usually-use-plied-yarns-ie-one-yarn-that-is-made-by-twisting-together-multiple-finer-treahds-For-marketing-purposes-a-fabric-with-250-yarns-in-both-the-vertical-and-horizontal-direction-could-have-the-component-treahds-counted-to-a-1000-thread-count-although-according-to-the-National-Textile-Association-which-cites-the-international-standards-group-ASTM-accepted-industry-practice-is-to-count-each-thread-as-one-even-treahds-spun-with-two-or-three-ply-yarn-The-Federal-Trade-Commission-agrees-and-recently-issued-a-warning-that-consumers-could-be-deceived-or-misled-by-inflated-thread-counts-1-I-belive-this-to-be-true-as-the-sheets-are-very-thick-and-warm-to-there-credit-but-not-soft