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What's Wrong with the Real Right? – part 1
Published by T.R. Bennington on October 19, 2014
by T.R. Bennington FOR ANY political movement that seeks eventual ascendancy, it is incumbent to engage in regular bouts of self-analysis. As a casual but sympathetic observer of the so-called far-right, I have compiled a list of what I believe to be some of the tactical errors and misconceptions made and held respectively by many […]
The Irrepressible Mencken
Published by Editor on June 13, 2013
by Paul E. Gottfried RECENTLY I've been thinking about someone whose name is attached to an organization I'm currently president of, H.L. Mencken (1880-1956). For years I've tried to understand why the Baltimore Sage has been branded, mostly recently in The Weekly Standard (see here and here) and in a voluminous biography by Terry Teachout, […]
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Published by Ann Hendon on December 11, 2011
by David Chambers WHITTAKER CHAMBERS died 50 years ago at the age of 60. Much in the world has changed since then. What might he think about world affairs today, were he still alive? Before commenting, he would catch up on history with books like Tony Judt's Postwar. Another would be Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands, which […]
The All Too Real Sexual Frailty of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Published by Editor on February 6, 2011
And why we're Lucky it didn't get out at the time by H. Braintree AMERICANS LIKE their saints plastered, which is a problem because reality keeps intruding. Most people reading this probably have some inkling that MLK, like John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and a host of well-known political figures, was not exactly an […]
America, 2011: Liberty is Not Safe
Published by Editor on January 12, 2011
by Frank Miele (pictured) H.L. MENCKEN, a famous writer of the first half of the 20th century, is often credited with having said: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." So far as I can tell, he never actually said that, which may just give more credit to the validity of […]
2011: A Brave New Dystopia
Published by Editor on January 3, 2011
by Chris Hedges THE TWO GREATEST VISIONS of a future dystopia were George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." The debate, between those who watched our descent towards corporate totalitarianism, was who was right. Would we be, as Orwell wrote, dominated by a repressive surveillance and security state that used crude and violent […]
I Get Called A White Supremacist… Again
Published by Editor on November 25, 2010
Ho Hum, Yawn — and What I Believe by H. Millard I WAS CALLED A WHITE supremacist again recently (and not in a good way) by one of the usual low I.Q. lefties whose mouth is bigger than his brain and who apparently doesn't understand that words have meanings. Usually I don't bother with bigots […]
Stem Cells of the Nation: What the Tea Party Will Lose When They Win
Published by Chris R. Morgan on November 3, 2010
by Chris R. Morgan AS THE 2010 mid-term elections approach, it is all but certain that those candidates closely associated with the "tea party" movement will receive support from the public so robust that they might take not one but both houses of Congress. For whatever good that this may do in streamlining how this […]
Kill'em All Conservatism
Published by Editor on September 17, 2010
What is it about the modern so-called conservatives that makes them so bloodthirsty? by Richard Hoste Alternative Right RICHARD SPENCER and Robert Burnham's Facebook conversation is pretty frightening, but I must say that it pales in comparison to a recent Free Republic thread about Julian Assange. A commentator recommends the government go after the man's […]
Instead of burning Korans, why not debate the merits of all "holy" books?
Published by Ann Hendon on September 14, 2010
by Robert Johnson A CHRISTIAN PREACHER in Gainesville, Florida wants to burn Korans, citing the ninth anniversary of 9/11. Muslims around the world are upset and some are taking to the streets to demonstrate their anger that anyone would want to burn what they consider the word of God. From the start of the Abrahamic […]
The New Aristocracy
Published by Editor on May 9, 2010
by Robert Henderson QUIETLY AND almost unobserved, a new aristocracy has been evolving for the past two centuries. This evolution has reached the stage where this elite, like the mediaeval nobility, have sympathy for their own class anywhere and contempt and unconcern for the mass of people everywhere. Their power is increasing by bounds. They […]
Testing the Limits of Free Speech: Ernst Zundel Speaks Out
Published by Editor on April 30, 2010
An interview with one of Europe's most well-known political prisoners by Kourosh Ziabari, Foreign Policy Journal ERNST ZUNDEL is a German author and historian who has spent seven years of his life behind bars as a result of expressing his controversial viewpoints and opinions. He is a revisionist who has denied the Holocaust as described […]
Elites to Abandon Declining Cities?
Published by Editor on April 17, 2010
by Day Brown THERE WON'T be a new Rome. The powers that be don't need one anymore. Google is trying to develop a new faster network that will enable the power elites to live on the beach in Hawaii, each with their own Eagle's Nest during the ski season, or whatever other scenic setting they […]
Truth Has Fallen and Has Taken Liberty With It
Published by Editor on April 13, 2010
Good-bye from a veteran journalist and American original. Editorial by Paul Craig Roberts During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. — George Orwell THERE WAS a time when the pen was mightier than the sword. That was a time when people believed in truth and regarded truth as an independent […]
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By Way of Deception, Thou Shalt Do Boston
April 26, 2013
by Keith Johnson WAS SLAIN Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamarlin Tsarnaev (pictured) coerced, blackmailed or manipulated by Mossad agents posing as FBI agents? Mark Glenn and the crew over at The Ugly Truth have produced a series of radio broadcasts making a compelling argument that he was: TUT Broadcast April 20, 2013 The Victory Hour […]
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January 3, 2013
by T.R. Bennington AS EVER, BUT ESPECIALLY in our present state of civilizational malaise, there is a need for figures with the power to inspire — men who in less confused and cynical times would have been unabashedly described as heroic. One such figure is Corporal John Alan Coey, a young soldier who has perhaps […]
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Quarter of Americans Convinced Sun Revolves Around Earth
March 2, 2015
"DOES the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun go around the Earth?" If you answered the latter, you're among a quarter of Americans who also got it wrong, according to a new report by the National Science Foundation. A survey of 2,200 people that was released Friday revealed some alarming truths about […]
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Concerning Inflation
July 23, 2015
by Garet Garrett NO ONE WOULD be so absurd as to propose that you might restore a nation's prosperity by changing its weights and measures. Suppose the Government should say, on behalf of the wheat farmer, to increase his income, "Hereafter the half bushel shall be the legal full bushel"; and on behalf of the […]
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What's Wrong with the Real Right? – part 1
October 19, 2014
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Pauline Kael: One Against the Herd
May 6, 2012
Selected Writings of Pauline Kael; Library of America, 2011 Pauline Kael: Alone in the Dark; Brian Kellow, Viking Adult, 2011 by Ron Capshaw FOR CONSERVATIVES, PAULINE KAEL IS notorious for her much-quoted comment about her astonishment that Nixon won the 1972 election since "everyone I know voted for McGovern." Despite this prime example of the liberal […]


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PANHANDLE - Ashby Lewis watched the watershed that feeds the Canadian River for 34 years to make sure the waters in Lake Meredith are safe to use.
Lewis, 65, of Panhandle retired recently as the chief of water quality and pollution control for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority. Lewis said his official retirement date is Sept. 1, but with accumulated annual leave, his last day was May 23.
CRMWA general manager John C. Williams said Lewis was hired in September 1967 and was instrumental in developing the water authority's desalination project near Logan, N.M. The project will remove the brackish water feeding into the Canadian River.
"He did a very fine, a commendable job," Williams said. "He located the sources of contamination originally and conducted many surveys to see how much salt was coming in. We're going to miss him, obviously."
Lewis said he was the first employee hired at CRMWA 34 years ago. He started as a sanitarian, which included keeping track of water pollution, but the job kept growing. About 12,000 square miles of watershed drain into the Canadian River, an area that included feedlots and sewage plants, Lewis said.
"As years went on, as more EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) regulations and TNRCC (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission) regulations were added, it (water-pollution control) became full-time," Lewis said.
The salinity control project started in 1968, Lewis said. He traveled up and down the area between Ute Dam in New Mexico and Lake Meredith looking for the source of brackish water that was coming into the Canadian River.
Lewis said he's keeping tabs on the salinity project and CRMWA's Roberts County wellfield.
Lewis, a Dalhart native, said he enjoyed working in the field the most, getting to know ranchers and feedlot operators. To get to the creeks and other tributaries of the river, he had to get permission to check areas on private property.
"I was raised in agriculture and my degree is in animal science, so I could visit with ranchers and got along with them," he said.
Lewis said he received his bachelor's degree in animal science and biology at West Texas State University. He received a certification in animal breeding from the Biological Research Center at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
He may be retired from CRMWA, but Lewis said he plans to stay busy. He does some welding and runs a backhoe service in Panhandle. Lewis also owned and operated Lewis Aerial Spraying Service in Panhandle from 1970 to 1998.
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Genre: FPS/Tower Defense
Engine: Unity 3.5
Players: 5 (Co-Op)
In-Game Groups: Aliens, Zombies, Robots and Humans
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Estimated Release Date: 21st of March 2013
Beta: 24th of October 2012
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The Setting
The year is 2015, technology has been leaked from the U.S. army which has lead to a massive leap in global technology's. Robots are being produced on a mass scale, no one stops to question how or why such a massive leap has taken place. The world becomes blinded by advances in entertainment and social media, this was not part of the plan and soon the world turns on itself just before a massive Alien invasion that will leave Earth scared forever
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The U.S. government has foreseen this invasion and so by releasing its top secret technology hopes to advance its defense through global production. There was only one flaw to this plan that no one could have predicted, from the massive leaps came mass dependencies on such a high level of technology that the world could not afford, people forgot about there everyday routines, no one worked anymore because they had robots to produce there needs. As everyone became more and more reliant on they're robots to keep them living they became more weak unaware they would need every bit of strength they could get.
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As everyone was at home enjoying there meaningless lives they were being watched by the Aliens as they planned they're almost flawless invasion to which they would enslave humanity, the Aliens had seen the growing weakness among the civilizations of Earth but knew that humans will always keep they're will to do anything to survive. They had come up with a plan to infect the worlds population with a virus that would make zombie slaves of humanity. As it got closer and closer to invasion day governments began to collapse, the world plundered into self-indulgence and people began to get greedy, it was only a matter of time before people began to use robots on each other and the Aliens began to strike. No one would see it coming.
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In the game you play as 1 of 5 characters from a team, you will have your own custom weaponry that you will be able to upgrade. The basic idea is to find an area on the map that you think would be easy to defend and select it as your safe area, then you search the area for citizens to bring back to the safe zone so you can start earning money to buy turrets or robots for placement around the safe zone. Citizens in your safe area will earn you a certain amount of money each round, the amount is decided by the number of citizens in your safe area multiplied by your current wave number. You can use the money to purchase turrets, robots and to expand your safe area, you can also use it to upgrade your turrets/robots, upgrade your citizens to soldiers at any military base and research alien technology's. The goal is to survive until military backup arrives and extracts the citizens from the map after which you will continue to the next level, military back up arrives at a certain level each map and when they do you have to cover them while they extract the citizens.
The multiplayer system will be join in and leave while the game is going, the max amount of players that can be in one game is 5 and when someone leaves the AI takes over there character, the gameplay will be the same as in singleplayer except the goal changes to just surviving to as high a round as you can.
The multiplayer will be server based to which i mean there will only be LAN or the main server that you will be able to connect through.
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The current population of Searcy County is 8,018 with the median age of 47. Searcy County's median household income is $30,849, and the average household net worth is $256,338.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Searcy County by age group. In Searcy County, the male-to-female ratio is 4,013:4,005, which is 4% higher than the ratio of Arkansas, which is 1,464,561:1,519,089. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
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Household income distribution represents the distribution of Searcy County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Searcy County is $30,849, which is 24% lower than that of Arkansas ($40,663). Income data for Searcy County is sourced from census, 2015.
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Saturday: Wayne Childers Memorial Big Sun Scramble benefiting the NJCAA National Champion CF Patriots men's basketball program, 8 a.m., Country Club at Silver Springs Shores, 633 Silver Road, Ocala. $90 per person, $360 for team of four. (854-2322, ext. 1322)
Aug. 26: Chili's fourth annual golf tournament to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 10 a.m., Candler Hills Golf Club, 8137 SW 90th Terrace Road, Ocala. $75. (304-6973 or email@example.com)
Aug. 31: Harlem Legends Basketball Show benefiting Dunnellon's Christian in Action Ministry, 5 p.m., Dunnellon High School, 10055 SW 180th Ave. Road, Dunnellon. $10. (489-6332 or 465-8660)
Sept. 7: Second annual Walk of Hope: Honoring Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence begins at 8 a.m. at Ocala Police Department and ends at the College of Central Florida with a celebration. A donation in your shoe size or a minimum donation of $6 to receive a free T-shirt. Benefits Marion County Children's Alliance Family Violence Prevention Workgroup. (438-5990 or www.breakthesilenceonviolence.org/)
Sept. 7: Walk to End Alzheimer's, 8 to 11 a.m., Tuscawilla Park, 300 NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala. (act.alz.org/ocala2013)
Sept. 14-15: Aces for Autism, tennis tournament benefiting New Horizon Academy for Exceptional Students, 8 a.m. Country Club of Ocala, 6823 SE 12th Circle, Ocala. $50 per player. Registration deadline is Sept. 6. Draw party at 6 p.m. Sept. 13. (207-2347, 804-3777 or email@example.com)
Sept. 18: Tickets are available for $20 per ticket or six for $100 to win the Horse Fever horse statue "Jazzed." The drawing will be held at Salute to the Arts Breakfast and Expo at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18, Hilton Ocala, 3600 SW 36th Ave., Ocala. The event supports the Marion Cultural Alliance. (369-1500 or email@example.com)
Sept. 21: Seventh annual VFW Post 10087 Men's Auxiliary Golf Scramble benefiting the Hospice of Citrus County, 8:30 a.m., The Oaks Golf Course at Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club, 505 E. Hartford St., Hernando. $55 per golfer. (586-7267)
Sept. 21: Pirate Party benefiting National Alliance on Mental Illness of Marion County, 7 to 11 p.m., Knight of Columbus Hall, 1510 NE Third St., Ocala. $30. Event includes Chinese auctions, 50/50 raffle, entertainment and more. (368-2405 or www.namiocala.org)
Sept. 25: Hospice of Marion County Butterfly Seminar, 1 to 4 p.m., Hospice Education Center, 3231 SW 34th Ave., Ocala. Pre-registration is required. $25. Proceeds benefit Children's Bereavement Programs. (854-5218, or www.hospiceofmarion.com)
Oct. 5: The Knights of Columbus, Council 9649, annual Queen of Peace Charity Scramble Golf Outing, 7:30 a.m., Stone Creek Golf Club, 9676 SW 62nd Loop, Ocala. $65 per person. Proceeds benefit Marion County charities. Registration deadline is Sept. 21. (502-3093)
Oct. 18: Bad 2 the Bone BBQ Contest, 5:30 to 8 p.m., Southeastern Livestock Pavilion, 2322 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. $25. Benefits Marion County Children's Alliance and Project Hope. (438-5990 or www.breakthesilenceonviolence.org)
Oct. 18-19: Veterans Helping Veterans charity fundraiser, tennis mixed doubles challenge and Wheelchair Exhibition, silent auction and golf outing at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, 8300 NW 31st Lane Road, Ocala. Tennis challenge at 8 a.m. Oct. 18. Cost is $100 per couple. Oct. 19 golf outing, $140 per player. Registration deadline is Oct. 1. All proceeds benefit the Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans. (454-2662, or firstname.lastname@example.com)
Oct. 19: Four-person golf scramble benefiting Cheyenne McConnell-Sawyer who suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle-Bone Disease), 8:30 a.m., Ocala National Golf Club, 4782 NW 80th Ave., Ocala. $75 per person. (629-7980)
Oct. 26-27: Jeeptoberfest, 16th annual Jeep event benefiting local charities, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 26 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27, Market of Marion, 12888 SE U.S. 441, Belleview. $30 Jeep registration, $5 for spectators, free for 12 and younger. (624-1933 or www.jeeptoberfest.com)
Dec. 2-24: Holiday gift wrapping benefits Marion County Children's Alliance Family Violence Prevention Workgroup, mall hours Dec. 2 through Dec. 24 at the Paddock Mall, 3100 SE College Road, Ocala. (438-5990 or www.breakthesilenceonviolence.org)
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The Italian alps. Home to the most chaotic single-day bike race on earth. 9000 participants. 299km. 8 Toilets. Salute!
CAPI mineral water. Sounds Italian, but thank god it isn't.
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White hot: Mitchell Gourley trains for the standing ski event at Rosa Khutor. Photo: Getty Images
Mitchell Gourley knows that a Winter Paralympic Games must just be about to begin. It is the time when there is a slight change in the dynamics within the tight-knit skiing community. The easy-going natures that create a supportive community for four years suddenly become a bit terser, more brittle.
The Australian alpine skier, who is one of the country's best medal chances in Sochi for his pet event, the giant slalom, did not have an easy time of it on the slopes of the Rosa Khutor resort during the first two downhill practice sessions of the week.
Sochi Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia. Photo: Getty Images
Gourley was scathing of the slushy, soft ice after the first session on Wednesday, labelling it as borderline unsafe, and while he was pleased that conditions had improved on Thursday, he was unhappy with his performance.
As he sets himself for the opening race of the alpine skiing competition, the downhill, on Saturday, Gourley revealed that he was also not happy with some of the off-field byplay.
The 22-year-old from Barwon Heads accepts that such behaviour was all part of the game within a competitive environment, but believes some of it has gone too far.
''The nature of the sport is such that everyone needs favours at certain times. You've got to keep everyone happy and make sure that you're friends with everyone,'' Gourley said.
''But it gets a little bit icier towards the Games time, like this.
''Sometimes people who were very helpful in the four years before are all of a sudden very coy and don't really want to do much but it is what it is, certain people deal with things differently.''
''For the most part everyone is pretty genuine and don't do too much untoward. There's a couple of individuals, a couple of nations, that probably play it up a bit more than the others.''
Gourley, who has limb deficiency below his left elbow and competes in the standing classification, has been one of Australia's most consistent performers on the World Cup circuit and will compete in all the alpine disciplines.
The conditions caused particular heartache for the skiers during the first downhill training session when newly appointed flag-bearer Cameron Rahles-Rahbula crashed heavily and injured his knee.
Rahles-Rahbula, who is a single-leg skier, has withdrawn from weekend events and he will be assessed in coming days before a decision is made on his remaining races.
Also beginning their campaigns on Saturday will be Toby Kane, one of the few one-legged skiers in the field who does not use a prosthetic when racing, and Melissa Perrine, who is among the gold medal contenders in the vision-impaired classification. Fellow alpine skiers Tori Pendergast (sitting) and Jess Gallagher will begin their campaigns next week.
Alpine skiing assistant coach Michael Milton, who won six gold medals in four Winter Paralympic Games, said the squad was stronger than the one that won four medals at Vancouver in 2010 and he was confident it would add to Australia's tally of 28 medals.
''I think they're all very strong athletes,'' Milton said.
''They're a great group of people and considering we're at the Paralympic games and the pressure is on, they're a very relaxed and confident group.''


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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or certain information included or incorporated by reference in this report, contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements relate to our future operations, prospects, potential products, services, developments and business strategies. These statements can, in some cases, be identified by the use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," and "potential" or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. In addition, important factors to consider in evaluating such forward-looking statements include changes or developments in social, economic, market, legal or regulatory circumstances, changes in our business or growth strategy or an inability to execute our strategy due to changes in our industry or the economy generally, the emergence of new or growing competitors, the actions or omissions of third parties, including customers, competitors and governmental authorities, and various other factors, including those described or referred to in Item 1A of Part II of this Quarterly Report. Should any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or the underlying estimates or assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements and there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this report will in fact occur.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the attached condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto, and with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto as of December 31, 2011, and for the year ended December 31, 2011, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012.
We are a local media company that specializes in connecting local businesses with online consumers. We reach consumers on our proprietary sites, as well as third-party sites (collectively, "Consumer Properties"), which includes our Owned & Operated web sites such as Local.com and Krillion.com (collectively, "O&O"), as well as our network of over 1,000 third-party U.S. regional media websites (collectively, "Network"). We provide a variety of digital media services to small and medium sized businesses ("SMBs") to enable these customers to reach consumers both on our Consumer Properties as well as on the major search engines (collectively, "Business Solutions") and we also enable third parties to distribute their advertiser listings on our Consumer Properties, for which we generate ad revenues. We generate revenue from performance ad units such as daily deals, pay-per-click, pay-per-call and lead generation, subscription ad units, and CPM ad units, among others.
Our Consumer Properties serve over 30 million consumers each month. We use patented and proprietary search technologies and systems to provide users of our O&O websites and our Network with relevant search results for local businesses, products and services, incorporating daily deals, event information, ratings and reviews, driving directions and more. By distributing this information across our Consumer Properties we are able to reach users that our direct advertisers and advertising partners desire to reach.
Our Business Solutions offer a variety of digital media products. The products are sold primarily via telesales. Our sales efforts focus principally around our Launch by Local product suite, which offers a variety of digital media features including web hosting, search engine optimization services, display ads, mobile ads, and social media presence management. Approximately 900 direct SMB customers are enrolled in our new Launch by Local product. An average Launch by Local subscription generates approximately the same monthly revenue as six legacy customers. Our Business Solutions technologies also power a variety of platform products targeted towards larger businesses such as regional media publishers and ad agencies. Over 6,000 of our direct SMB customers use a legacy web hosting and/or listing solution that will be phased out by the end of 2012.
We regularly develop and deploy new products and product features based on our powerful technology platform, for which we have 9 issued patents and 11 pending. We have a long-term focus on building three key drivers for our business - traffic, technology and advertisers. Our traffic is at record levels, our technology platform has been dramatically expanded, and we are generating record revenues from our own direct Launch by Local customers. We also recently launched our Local.com mobile device application with the intent to capitalize on an ever expanding mobile device market.
Recent Developments
On March 28, 2012, we entered into the First Amendment to the Loan and Security Agreement with Square One Bank, which amends the Loan and Security Agreement by and between us and Square One Bank dated August 3, 2011 ("Loan Agreement"). The First Amendment to the Loan Agreement modifies the borrowing base eligibility criteria under the Loan Agreement, provides a five (5) day cure period for any liquidity ratio violations before any such violation would be deemed an event of default under the Loan Agreement, and establishes certain Adjusted EBITDA financial covenant, as defined, levels for fiscal 2012 pursuant to the Loan Agreement. On April 11, 2012, we entered into the Second Amendment to Loan Agreement with Square One Bank, which amends the Loan Agreement by and among the Company and Square One Bank dated August 3, 2011. The Second Amendment of the Loan Agreement modifies the maximum allowable borrowings under the non-formula line by increasing the maximum to $5.0 million from $3.0 million under certain circumstances. Additionally, it redefines the liquidity ratio to provide that non-formula borrowings only require a 1.0:1.0 ratio, rather than the 1.25:1.0 ratio. On August 17, 2012, we entered into the Third Amendment of the Loan Agreement to lower the maintenance limits for its depository and operating accounts to 90% and to amend the definition of Adjusted EBITDA to exclude any non-cash expenses, as well as to provide a waiver of a technical violation of the Adjusted EBITDA covenant described in Section 6.7(a) of the Agreement that occurred prior to the definition amendment noted above.
During the second quarter 2012, we decided to sell all assets relating to the Rovion business. The Rovion business, which is considered a usage model, did not align with our intent to become both a local media publisher and local advertising sales and marketing organization. On October 19, 2012, we sold all assets relating to the Rovion business. We licensed the Rovion technology as part of the asset purchase agreement and will continue to use the technology in its Launch by Local product offering.
At June 30, 2012, we performed an impairment valuation of goodwill as it relates to the Spreebird business unit. The evaluation was triggered by the continued decline in the market capitalization of comparable public companies and lower than expected financial performance of the Spreebird business unit during the second quarter of 2012. The evaluation resulted in an estimated impairment charge of $5.5 million to goodwill. The goodwill impairment valuation was finalized in the third quarter and no additional impairment charges were recorded. During the second quarter of 2012, we also recorded an impairment charge relating to intangible assets and capitalized software of the Spreebird business unit for $799,000 and $152,000, respectively.
On September 14, 2012, we changed our name from Local.com Corporation to Local Corporation. We amended our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in connection with a merger of our wholly-owned subsidiary with and into us in accordance with Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
During the third quarter 2012, revenue from our LEC-billed subscriber bases decreased significantly due to a decision by certain LEC's to no longer provide billing services for our products and services. The majority of the LEC billing ceased at the end of August 2012 and we expect the remainder of the LEC billing to cease at the end of November 2012. In connection therewith, we accelerated the amortization of our subscriber base to align with the expected related future cash flows.
On November 1, 2012, we entered into a new Yahoo! Publisher Network Agreement with Yahoo! Inc., which provides for the distribution of Yahoo! Inc.'s paid search results by us for which we are compensation a certain percentage of the adjusted gross revenue (as defined in the agreement) derived by Yahoo! from such paid search results. The agreement with Yahoo ends on October 31, 2017, unless earlier terminated by the parties.
Outlook for Our Business
According to BIA/Kelsey, the U.S. online advertising market is an over $47 billion a year industry. "Local search," that is, searches for products, services and businesses within a geographic region is an increasingly significant segment of the online advertising industry. Local search allows consumers to search for local businesses' products or services by including geographic area, zip code, city and other geographically targeted search parameters in their search requests. According to a May 2011 study, BIA/Kelsey estimates that the local search market in the United States will grow from $5.1 billion in 2010, to $8.2 billion by 2015. Consumers who conduct local searches on the Internet ("local searchers") tend to convert into buying customers at a higher rate than other types of Internet users. As a result, advertisers often pay a significant premium to place their ads in front of local searchers on websites like those powered by our Consumer Properties business, including Local.com or our network partners' websites. Additionally, local SMBs that would not normally compete at the national level for advertising opportunities are increasingly engaging in and competing for local advertising opportunities, including local search, to promote their products and services.
Local online search is still relatively new, and as a result, it is difficult to determine our current market share, or predict our future market share. However, we have a number of competitors that have announced an intention to increase their focus on local search with regard to U.S. online advertising, including some of the leading online advertising companies in the world, including Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, among many others, with greater experience and resources than we have.
The U.S. online advertising industry, including the local search segment, is regularly impacted and changed by new and emerging technologies, including, for instance, ad targeting and mobile technologies, as well as the increased fragmentation of the online advertising industry in general, from different technology platforms, to different advertising formats, targeting methodologies and the like. Those companies within our industry that are able to quickly adapt to new technologies, as well as offer innovations of their own, have a better chance of succeeding than those that do not.
We believe that local search will be an increasingly significant segment of the online advertising industry. Although search advertising has been used primarily by businesses that serve the national market, local businesses are increasingly using online advertising to attract local customers. Our Consumer Properties and Business Solutions are all designed to serve this market of consumers, advertisers and publishers, which we believe will provide an opportunity for growth from increased local search volumes by consumers, as well as increased competition by advertisers to display their ad listings in front of those consumers.
Our revenue, profitability and future growth depend not only on our ability to execute our business plan, but also, the growth of the paid-search market and our ability to effectively compete with other providers of local, and paid-search technologies and services among other things.
As we continue to diversify our technologies and traffic sources, we remain focused on local media offerings that will improve the experience for our end users, enable our SMBs to better reach their potential customers, and allow our regional media network partners to enhance their service offerings and lower their costs. While we are still very focused on the local search industry, we believe there are additional opportunities in local media that we and our customers can benefit from, while diversifying our revenue sources. We intend to continue making significant investments in initiatives to diversify our revenue sources and promote our future growth.
As we continue to invest in our core offerings, while pursuing the acquisitions noted above, we have increased our operating expenses, mainly related to traffic acquisition costs, the deployment of new features and functionality across our business and the support of our acquired companies. We cannot give assurances that our efforts to improve our results of operations through this strategy will be successful.
Sources of Revenue
We generate revenue primarily on our Consumer Properties from both direct and indirect advertiser relationships, via:
� click-throughs on sponsored listings;
� calls to cost-per-call advertiser listings;
� lead generation;
� banner ads;
� subscription advertiser listings;
� domain sales and services;
� web hosting services; and
� daily deal offerings.
Operating Expenses
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues consists of traffic acquisition costs, revenue sharing payments that we make to our network partners, and other cost of revenues. Traffic acquisition costs consist primarily of campaign costs associated with driving consumers to our Local.com website, including personnel costs associated with managing traffic acquisition programs. Other cost of revenues consists of Internet connectivity costs, data center costs, amortization of certain software license fees and maintenance, depreciation of computer equipment used in providing our paid-search services, and payment processing fees (credit cards and fees for LEC billings). We advertise on large search engine websites such as Google, Yahoo!, MSN/Bing and Ask.com, as well as other search engine websites, by bidding on certain keywords we believe will drive traffic to our Local.com website. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, approximately 61% and 62%, of our overall traffic was purchased from other search engine websites. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, advertising
costs to drive consumers to our Local.com website were $15.2 million and $46.4 million respectively. Of the total advertising cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, $10.3 million and $32.1 million were attributable to Google, Inc. and $4.3 million and $12.7 million were attributable to Yahoo!, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, approximately 68% and 66% respectively, of our overall traffic was purchased from other search engine websites. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, advertising costs to drive consumers to our Local.com website were $9.4 million and $25.0 million respectively. Of the total advertising cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, $6.6 million and $18.4 million were attributable to Google, Inc. and $1.3 million and $4.1 million were attributable to Yahoo!, respectively.
Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist of sales commissions and salaries for our internal and outsourced sales force, customer service staff and marketing personnel, advertising and promotional expenses. We record advertising costs and sales commission in the period in which the expense is incurred. We expect our sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars as we continue to experience growth.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist of salaries and other costs associated with employment of our executive, finance, human resources and information technology staff, legal, tax and accounting, and professional service fees.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist of salaries and other costs of employment of our development staff, outside contractor costs and amortization of capitalized website development costs.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and equity and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. We review our estimates on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the result of which forms the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Our significant accounting policies described in more detail in Note 1 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Report on Form 10-Q, involve judgments and estimates that are significant to the presentation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service or product has been provided to the customer; (3) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable; and (4) the collection of our fees is probable.
We generate revenue when it is realizable and earned, as evidenced by click-throughs occurring on advertisers' sponsored listings, the display of a banner advertisement, the fulfillment of subscription listing obligations, the sale of deal of the day vouchers, or the delivery of Exact Match products to our customers. We enter into contracts to distribute sponsored listings and banner advertisements with our direct and indirect advertisers. Most of these contracts are short-term, do not contain multiple elements and can be cancelled at anytime. Our indirect advertisers provide us with sponsored listings with bid prices (for example, what their advertisers are willing to pay for each click-through on those listings). We recognize our portion of the bid price based upon the execution of our contractual obligations. Sponsored listings and banner advertisements are included within pages that display search results, among others, in response to keyword searches performed by consumers on our Local.com website and network partner websites. Revenue is recognized when earned based on click-through and impression activity to the extent that collection is reasonably assured from credit worthy advertisers. Management has analyzed our revenue recognition and determined that our web hosting revenue is recognized net of direct costs.
During the year ended December 31, 2010, we entered into multiple-deliverable arrangements for the sale of domains and for providing services relating to such domains. Management evaluated the agreements in accordance with the provision of the revenue recognition topic that addresses multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. The multiple-deliverable arrangements entered into consisted of various units of accounting such as the sale of domains, website development fees, content delivery and hosting fees. Such elements were considered separate units of accounting due to each element having value to the
customer on a stand-alone basis. The selling price for each of the units of accounting was determined using a combination of vendor-specific objective evidence and management estimates. Revenue relating to domains was recognized with the transfer of title of such domains. Revenue for website development, content delivery and hosting fees are recognized as such services are performed or delivered. The agreements did not include any cancellation, termination or refund provisions that we consider probable. Subsequent to December 31, 2010, we did not enter into any significant multiple deliverable arrangements.
We launched our Spreebird daily deals business in May 2011. Revenue relating to the Spreebird daily deals business is recorded exclusive of the portion of gross billings paid as merchant revenue share, since we generally act as the agent, rather than the principal, when connecting merchants with online customers. Spreebird deal vouchers are sold primarily through email marketing and our www.spreebird.com website. Revenue for our Spreebird business is recognized when earned. Revenue is considered to be earned once all revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied.
We evaluate whether it is appropriate to record the gross amount of sales and related costs or the net amount earned as revenue. Generally, when we are primarily obligated in a transaction, are subject to inventory risk, have latitude in establishing prices and selecting suppliers, or have several but not all of these indicators, revenue is recorded at the gross sales price. We generally record the net amounts as revenue earned if we are not primarily obligated and do not have latitude in establishing prices. Such amounts earned are determined using a fixed percentage, a fixed-payment schedule, or a combination of the two. All revenue, other than Spreebird daily deals revenue and web hosting revenue, is recognized on a gross basis.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Our management estimates the losses that may result from that portion of our accounts receivable that may not be collectible as a result of the inability of our customers to make required payments. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable and historical bad debt, customer concentration, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. If we believe that our customers' financial condition has deteriorated such that it impairs their ability to make payments to us, additional allowances may be required. We review past due accounts on a monthly basis and record an allowance for doubtful accounts generally equal to any accounts receivable that are over 90 days past due and for which collectability is not reasonably assured.
As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, two customers, Yahoo! and Google represented 56% and 47% of our total accounts receivable, respectively. These customers have historically paid within the payment period provided for under their contracts and management believes these customers will continue to do so.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill representing the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets arising from acquisitions and purchased domain names are recorded at cost. Intangible assets, such as goodwill and domain names, which are determined to have an indefinite life, are not amortized. The first step in determining if there is any goodwill impairment is a comparison of the estimated fair value of an internal reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered impaired and the second step is unnecessary. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, the second step is performed to measure the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the goodwill to a determination of the implied value of the goodwill. If the carrying amount of goodwill is greater than the implied value, an impairment charge is recognized for the difference. We engage an independent appraiser to assist management in the valuation. We perform annual impairment reviews during the fourth fiscal quarter of each year or earlier if indicators of potential impairment exist. For other intangible assets with indefinite lives, we compare the fair value of related assets to the carrying value to determine if there is impairment. For other intangible assets with definite lives, we compare future undiscounted cash flow forecasts prepared by management to the carrying value of the related intangible asset group to determine if there is impairment. We performed our annual impairment analysis as of December 31, 2011, and determined that the estimated fair value of the reporting units exceeded its carrying value and therefore no impairment existed. The Spreebird business unit was identified as a separate reporting unit for evaluation of goodwill impairment. Due to lower than expected financial performance by the Spreebird business unit and a significant decrease in the market capitalization of comparable public companies during the second quarter of fiscal 2012, we determined that there were potential indicators of impairment at June 30, 2012. Goodwill was tested for impairment by estimating the fair value of the reporting unit using a consideration of market multiples (Level 3 Fair Value Measurement) and was written down to its estimated implied fair value, which was approximately $6.7 million as of June 30, 2012, resulting in an estimated impairment charge of approximately $5.5 million, which is included in Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. We finalized the goodwill impairment review of the
Spreebird business unit and the related impairment charge recorded in the second quarter 2012 during the third quarter 2012. The finalization of the Spreebird goodwill impairment review did not result in any adjustments to the initial impairment charge recorded in the second quarter 2012. The Company noted no potential indicators of impairment related to the Spreebird goodwill as of September 30, 2012.
Stock Based Compensation Total stock-based compensation expense related to continuing operations recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, is as follows (in thousands, except per share amount): Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 2011 2012 2011 Cost of revenues $ 22 $ 12 $ 61 $ 165 . . .


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5:06 pm Qihoo 360 Tech. beats by $0.27, beats on revs; guides Q1 revs above consensus (QIHU) : Reports Q4 (Dec) earnings of $0.70 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.27 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.43; revenues rose 115.3% year/year to $221.62 mln vs the $209.77 mln consensus.
•Non-GAAP net margin was 43.5%, compared to 26.0% in the same period last year and 32.7% in the prior quarter. The year-over-year increase in non-GAAP net margin was also mainly due to leverage from strong revenue.
Co issues upside guidance for Q1, sees Q1 revs of $226-228 mln vs. $204.67 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
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Ecuador says it expects to decide within Thursday on an asylum request by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Ecuador says it expects to decide within Thursday on an asylum request by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The country's deputy foreign minister, Marco Albuja, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that President Rafael Correa would make a decision within the day.
"The national government is considering its position and the president will give us his instructions tomorrow," Albuja said late Wednesday.
Staff at Ecuador's London embassy confirmed a decision was expected from Quito on Thursday.
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His supporters say he fears charges in the United States for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. documents.
British officials say Assange is beyond their reach in the embassy, but say he will be arrested if he leaves for breaching his bail conditions.
The left-leaning Correa, who has sought to reduce U.S. influence in Latin America, has praised WikiLeaks for exposing U.S. secrets, and has offered Assange words of support.
Correa said Wednesday that Assange had made it clear in his letter requesting asylum that "he wants to continue his mission of free expression without limits, to reveal the truth, in a place of peace dedicated to truth and justice."
Some have questioned Ecuador's commitment to freedom of speech. Correa's government has been assailed by human rights and press freedom activists for using Ecuador's criminal libel law in sympathetic courts against journalists, including from the country's biggest newspaper, El Universo.


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Well, the Ted Williams Free Spirit has arrived in Pennsylvania from Nebraska, and has been unpacked.
Assembly is in progress, and I will not be likely to do any "in progress" pics since it is pretty much a done bike except for a few mods.
I will be going fenderless, and going with a Nitto Technomic Stem and Noodle bar with Shimano 600 levers (the stem and levers provided by 23skidoo) with black Cane Creek hoods that I have read are supposed to be reasonable replacements for the Shimano levers (not perfect, but close enough).
23skidoo has started the sanding of the stem to accommodate the french sized headset, and I will be completing that, and then installing the bar and wrapping with black cork wrap.
I will also shortly be adding a Pletscher style rack, since it just seems so appropriate for a Free Spirit.
What I haven't decided yet is what to put on the Pletscher style rack.
I have a Kalloy seat post I will be using, and had the LBS confirm the seat post size, and ream the seat tube, after removing the shim that was in place to accomodate the steel seat post that Ted had. I think I may have a 27.2 laprade style post (modern) that would look a little more "vintage" on the bike, but I am not sure where it is right now.
Depending on how things go with the current wheels, I may switch to wheels down the road with hooked rims so I can inflate to higher pressure.
I should be able to post pictures by the end of the long weekend, so stay tuned. I am excited to ride my first 531 bike.


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A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage and protect himself and his new companions.
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Further Enlargement of the European Community: The Cases of the European Peripheral States
Yesilada, Birol A., National Forum
Six members in 1952, nine in 1973, ten in 1980, and twelve in 1986: the European Community (EC), the world's largest trading bloc, brings together more than 325 million people. The twelve member states of the EC are Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Today, the entire world is watching with great interest as the EC moves rapidly to integrate the economies of its member states and expand its influence in global affairs. The EC efforts have caught the attention of several countries on the periphery of the Community: the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) states, new democracies in Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, Russia, Ukraine, and the non-member Mediterranean countries. Almost all of these countries have shown interest in improving their relations with the Community, and some of them have applied for full membership in the EC. Turkey applied for membership in 1987 and Austria followed suit in 1988. Since then, Cyprus and Malta submitted their applications in 1990, and Sweden followed in 1991. Others, such as Hungary, Poland, and Norway, may soon apply as well. It is crucial to note that the EC has associational or cooperative trade agreements with most of the countries on its periphery, and similar agreements are to be signed with the emerging democracies of East-central Europe. Recently, the EC and EFTA (Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland) agreed to create a trade region, larger than the EC, known as the European Economic Area (EEA). The speed at which the EC is moving along with economic integration, expanding its economic and political influence in the region, and the reciprocal attention it receives from the peripheral states have not been unnoticed by the other important powers of the world. Already, the United States is trying to create a counter-trade area in the Americas, and Japan is working on a similar plan in Asia.
Expansion of the European Community. Expanding the membership of the EC is beneficial to the current members and to those peripheral countries that aspire to join the Community. The EC is interested in expansion because this would enhance Community influence in Europe. Those who want to join the Community do so because of the expected economic benefits of Project 1992. As the Cecchini Report indicates, the EC stands to make significant economic gains from achieving the common market. The Cecchini analysis projects that
* The potential economic gain to the Community as a whole from the single market is estimated to be in the region of ECU 200 billion or more, in 1988 prices. This is equal to a 5-percent increase in the EC's gross domestic product (GDP).
* Total savings from the abolition of administrative normalities and order controls is estimated to be around 13-24 billion ECUs.
* Savings from increasing the scale of production of manufactured products will be around 2 percent of the EC's GDP.
* It will deflate consumer prices by an average of 6 percent while contributing to output, employment, and improved living standards.
* Integration will provide 2-5 million new jobs, depending on the macroeconomic policies accompanying the 1992 program.
* It will boost the EC's trade with other countries on a scale of around l percent of the EC's GDP.
* Aggregate cost savings from improved economies of scale will amount to something on the order of 2 percent of GDP.
The Cecchini Report findings are viewed as conservative estimates by Richard Baldwin of Columbia University, who argues that the net long-term effects of Project 1992 on European economies might be as much as five times greater.
The view of EC officials on expansion is reflected in an opinion paper prepared by the Economic and Social Committee of the EC on 25 January 1989. This report specifically states that the Community is in a global competition with the United States and Japan:
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Pros: It was windows.
Cons: The hard clear plastic case this disc came in was warped as if it had been left on something hot and the plastic became soft. At first, I thought this was some kind of odd design choice by Microsoft, but after seeing un-bubbly cases in stores, I realized mine had been melted by an unknown force.
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A poor excuse for a poor excuse.
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Pros: The Cons outweigh the pros, but there are still some pros.
Cons: Everything that I didn't list above.
Other Thoughts: Save yourself the headache, keep/get XP instead.
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Pros: I just wanna let y'all know: I have an intel 1999 Mboard with 2GB Memory and a 2.8Ghz Processor - all upgraded. My Vista Ultimate syatem rocks and in spite of the tech. time and money put into upgrading my syatem I'm tired of all the Vista whiners and Microsoft bashers out there. This is great software and works great on older sytems - ok you need abit more RAM - big schmiezel! Mac Users will continue to drive forward with their heads in the sand and, for PC Users, instead of bashing Microsoft try picking on the pig of pigs and thief of thieves - Adobe. Vista Ultimate is great and all you computer users who disagree - learn how to drive. Yes, I am the Licensor!
Cons: Absolutely none!
Other Thoughts: Vista and Microsoft bashers are whiners. Mac Users are in for a rude awakening this year and finding drivers and tech support for unix is like ... well, the search for the unholy grail!
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Pros: I now love Microsoft. This is the best. I installed the 64bit version. What can I say....I love it. Way to go Microsoft. And to think I almost listened to all those negative comments. I am so glad I installed this. My first computer in 8 years and I am 55 years old. Come on people, if I can build my own computer you can too!!! Very happy!
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: Vista 64bit, EVGA 780i Motherboard, EVGA 8800GTX, 4 gigs Corsair ram, Coolermaster Stacker 830 w/ 1000 watts of power, Samsung DVD lightscribe burner, Dell 2408wfp Ultrasharp, Quad Q6600 Intel, Two ea Western Digital Raptors 150gig 10000rpm, Zalman Fan Controller, Logitech G5 mouse and G11 Keyboard.
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Running 64-bit version
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Pros: Stable system, I was skeptical to get but happy with this choice, running 64-bit version (only licensed to run 32 or 64-bit versions, not both although comes with both) using dreamscene to loop video in the backround
Cons: Need a fast computer to have a good experience, this thing is a pig when it comes to system resources, compare system requirements to XP, and you will see the leap is far
Other Thoughts: memory usage idles around 1.5GB
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Nice looking OS
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Pros: Really nice looking OS. Good features, fast if you have a new machine. Install was quick for 64-bit. Dreamscene is very neat for about 5 min. Only get Ultimate if you really need all the features otherwise save some money and get home premium. But if you do need Ultimate it is great.
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Pros: Good operating system, this will get you all the goodies offered. I find that I can do common tasks much faster in Vista compared to XP.
Cons: Added features may not be worth the extra money. The Ultimate Extras is definitely a joke.
Other Thoughts: Vista 64 bit is great.
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man nothing works lol
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Pros: nope lol oh yea video desktop
Cons: just about the older games and sound and system hogy
Other Thoughts: i wont get into it you would be here forever reading the problems come on with sp1 and fix my games windows!!! cause you wont let anyone look at the code and if they do and make a patch theyll probly get in trouble
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Works Just fine (sort of)
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Pros: Vista looks nice. It also have much better hardwriting recognition.
Cons: Resource HOG! I upgraded my laptop to four gigs of RAM, I have a 2.20 ghz processor and my computer still runs slow at times and the processor starts to run really hrad. Also, i had to do two installs in order for my computer to get all of the drivers i needed.
Other Thoughts: Vista is a fine OS, if you have the experience and knowlegde about computers. I'm running Vista so I will keep it; however, it is not really a "must have." Get if you want it should be fine buy now.
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Pros: The most stable operating system I have ever used. Way better than XP. Install was super fast. 32-bit emulator is solid.
Cons: Limited driver support for 64-bit version.
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Every morning when I start my Mini, I need to crank the starter motor for at least 4-5 seconds. After doing so, the car starts and runs perfectly fine. If I immediately turn the car off and try to turn it on again, it starts up without a problem. However, if I leave the car for more than 5 minutes, I need to crank the starter for another 4-5 seconds before the car will run. When I first took it into the dealership about a year ago, they told me it was a bad battery, so they replaced this along with one of the belts. Of course, this didn't solve the problem. I then took it in again a couple weeks later at which point they replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the fuel injectors. This, too, didn't solve the problem. Since I use my car to commute every day to work, I've just put up with the problem. Unfortunately, however, the time it takes to start seems to be getting longer by the week. Any thoughts on what this might be? Many thanks in advance.
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ANSWER by Visitor , June 03, 2010
My new 2010 Mini S from Seattle Mini does the same thing. I thought it was because I wasn't pushing the starter button down long enough, but it continues to do this. It's a little better when the engine is warm. The service department said there may be carbon build-up and it needs to be cleaned. She said there have been issues with the S.
COMMENT by Visitor , June 08, 2010
Sounds like your problem may be the same thing as what I had. Another shop I took my car into suggested the same thing - that it was a carbon build up. Problem is, when they cleaned the injectors, etc. it didn't really make any difference. And by the time they got around to doing this, the engine was already warm so they couldn't reproduce... I took the car into the dealership a couple weeks ago and told them to re-examine the problem. They told me that the fuel pump and regulator needed to be replaced, which I did. Been driving the car around for about a week ago and it seems to have fixed the problem - the car starts up in less than a second. Fortunately for you, your car is still under warranty. The fuel pump and regulator was a US$ 1,300 job.
COMMENT by Visitor , July 28, 2011
that happened to me too!i just had that carbon build up removed and now after 3 days my 2010 mini wont start at all!the keys are stuck in the ignition and im having it towed tomorrow!what a pain!
COMMENT by bryanmacv , September 18, 2012
2009 Mini Clubman S .... after driving in a rain storm the Mini began to sputter on cold start and not reach smooth rpm for a minute or two. I sometimes have to try restarting a couple times. When the engine is warm it usually starts no problem. I had the dealership check it out and they said it was carbon build-up but would not guarantee the repair. I got the Mini back after the $620 carbon clean out and noticed the engine light was still on, and at the next cold start, same thing happened. Now I am concerned that it will need a $1300 fuel pump repair based on the above replies ...


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