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I don't think they get discouraged. Every thing they sculpt is awesome, even if it's a stupid idea they can still make it look real cool. I'm sure they understand that you can't please everyone and they just move on to the next sculpt.
So we get to the first reveals of 2012 and two of them are the current most requested by fans if the MOTUC Idol is anything to go by, Frosta and Spikor
Instead of rounds of applause and excitement, the reveals for both of those two figures were met with some dissatisfaction. Do you think the Four Horsemen would feel discouraged by this?
I know if I was working on something, especially something for fans, I would be thinking I wonder how the fans are going to feel about this.
I have no doubt that they are proud of every single thing they produce so I wonder how they feel when fans pick it apart straight away, especially after they have spent months working on it. I would certainly feel discouraged
I don't think they get discouraged. Every thing they sculpt is awesome, even if it's a stupid idea they can still make it look real cool. I'm sure they understand that you can't please everyone and they just move on to the next sculpt.
I feel that the Horsemen are not to blame in any way. I love how they did Frosta's face (eyeliner and everything) and I don't get what people dislike about it. It's not their fault that Spector was an utter failure since they weren't the ones that designed him. The design of Sir Laserlot itself is great, it's the colours that mess up their sculpt, but I'm willing to bet that the colours were chosen based on Geoff's childhood drawings (not very wise in my opinion). Snake MAA is also not a bad figure sculpting wise and so is Battleground Evil-Lyn.
Essentialy, the Horsemen are the ones that keep me interested in this line. Without them all of this would not be worth it since everything else on this line is pretty awful.
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well if they did not do crap then fan's would like it
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Who says there wasn't any applause for those two specific figures? I think they look great as do a lot of people. You're only going to hear (mostly) from those who dislike something because their eager to voice displeasure. 4H are fantastic sculptors.
if your figure looked like Teela then i would tell you i love it but if it was as ugly as Frosta i would tell you to start over. when its something they want to work on like Teela it looks good when it's something they don't care about it looks like BG Evil-Lyn and Frosta
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They shouldn't be discouraged at all. They're doing stellar work creating near perfect renditions of one of the greatest toylines ever.
Dissatisfaction on my part stems from a great dislike of Spikor and apathy towards PoP. Spikor looks how he should, but I never liked him anyway. As for Frosta - she's okay I guess but the paintjob on her face is not good.
Perhaps they have too much work and the increasing amount of figures to be developed for this line doesn't help... some prototypes look a little rushed (perhaps the paint apps don't make justice to the sculpts)
Let's not make it sound worse than what it is. Yes, Spikor and Frosta are a bit disappointing as they appeared at NYTF. But some changes brought to their heads (just give us 80's Spikor's face and head, give Frosta lighter blue hair with more movement, paler skin, better lips, less eyeline, no "sunken" cheeks) will make them absolutely awesome and perfect !
It just takes a little bit of work. I'm sure it could be done in a couple of days.
And it would be worth it. If some improvements are made, I'll rate them both 10/10 !
And PLEASE... just dump the stupid "all sculpts are final" rule !
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I'm sure the 4H must get discouraged every now and then. Especially if they think they've hit something out of the ballpark and there's some kind of backlash going on. Despite my nit-picking about a handful of things like Frosta's face being slightly off, or the Snake Men 2-pack being MYP in nature, I'm still happy with the reveals that we did get. Was everything to my exact liking? Nope. Does that mean I'm going to enjoy these reveals any less? Nope. I still want everything that's been shown and I can't wait to add these guys and gal to my collection later this year.
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I'm a big believer in this, especially with Mattel always saying how crazy busy they keep the 4H. I think they're spreading them too thin because they're working on too many toy lines. That's just my personal opinion. I don't hate any of the figures shown off today, but I just feel they are missing the "wow" factor they used to have...except for the Snakemen two pack. They're both very inspired. I think they just don't have the time to get too creative with MOTUC now. I have to say I'm EXTREMELY jealous because all the DC stuff for the online sub looks amazing and I don't even know who most of those characters are!
I have some nitpicks on Frosta's bracelets, cape collar and the colour of her cape and hair...but I'm just not feeling Spikor or Frosta's faces at all. Not even a little bit. This is coming from a guy who loved Buzz-Off and Clawful!
Is seriously think I'm just going to swap an Adora head with Frosta's.
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Has there been any videos shown from the presentation?
Gaping holes in my collection: Regular old Teela, Weapons pack 1, Power & Honour book 1, SDCC artbook (maybe)
I hope they're not discouraged, but let us be honest - we know they can do better. And more importantly, they know they can do better. If anything, it should be an encouragement to remake, or blow us away by the next reveals.
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If Frosta's face was really, genuinely them sculpting to the best of their ability*, they should be.
*No, I don't believe that it was.
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Nah, if they even bother to come to the forum any more, I think they can wade through the snark and the toxic mob mentality that has crept in and see the positive and constructive stuff too. There's plenty of that here too.
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I would be if I was them, BUT they should not be!! Hopefully they know that it impossible to please many MOTU fans We have some professional nit pickers on the org!!
I personally LOVE everything they have done to this point, including the amazing reveals we got today!!! KEEP UP THE AWESOME WORK 4 HORSEMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know. I'd like to see Frosta's face repainted, but I think the sculpt itself is really nice. This is a delayed figure that's now scheduled for September. It's only February yet, so I expect some tweaking to take place before she's released.


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November 1908. Cotton mill workers at Daniel Manufacturing Co. in Lincolnton, North Carolina. Four doffers. Boy on left end (knee pants) said he had worked in the mills for seven years and some nights. At nights they work 12 hours, without any hour off for lunch. Eat when they can. Some of them "eat a-workin'." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Oh do you know her or do you not
This new doffing mistress we have got?
Elsie Thompson it is her name
And she helps her doffers at every frame.Chorus (after each verse):
Fol de ri fol ra
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Doffers were called to remove finished work [bobbins wound with thread or yarn] by alarm bells serving their machines. It was irregular work in that they were doffing about 15 to 20 minutes out of each hour. Commonly they could be seen around the back doors and on staircases around them, where they played around. The Lincolnton mill owners (or at least some of them) were somewhat backward from evidence discussing Mill Schools that you can find in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. These kids would have gotten six months of schooling for a minimum of five hours a day at mill expense.
Children under 6 received day care in nursery schools so their parents could work. Cannon and Irwin among the more enlightened mill owners provided eight months of six hour schooling. In any case boys working all night would have been a spring-summer phenomenon (i.e. when schools were
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The state of North Carolina providing public schooling for non-mill kids was a sometime thing. In 1910 the state provided 11 cents per annum per schoolchild. Under these conditions rural farm children were commonly offered two months of schooling on a traditional 9 a.m.-4 p.m. day. If seasonal farm work interfered with this so be it. Teachers operated upon a circuit for the most part moving from all-in-one grade schools on two monthly cycles.
By the time of the Great War the school year in market towns was three months, and in most cases the teacher stayed in a location while the classes moved through their three month year, and grades 1-3 always came in at fall harvest time so that field harvesters would be available from the older children.
Thus the doffers had an educational advantage not available to their working-class white contemporaries. The middle class children in the mass of N.C. towns would attend privately operated schools. In cities like Greensboro, Winston and Raleigh there were full-season public schools, where clothing and supply costs precluded the poor from attending. In other words like the state university they were set up with inherent barriers to exclude the poor, while using tax funds to allow the middle and upper class to obtain favored services from the state. It was what an oligarchy is all about.
However, the mill schools provided the foreman and clergymen to their community. The brightest graduates obtained scholarships provided by various Episcopalian and Methodist missionary boards, mill company benefit societies and veterans organizations that allowed them to provide the doctors, lawyers, CPAs and professional and management classes that held this society together.
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I was going to add comment to the other thread I started here at the beginning of the inquiry but purely for the comedy value alone, I felt this warranted it's own, shiney new thread. The above isn't word for word, just the guardian blog, but there are some crackers in there, and I haven't even got to the end.
Did you know, criticism of the Daily Mail stems from a lack of understanding on how journalism works? Next time you see a thread on here quoting the Daily Mail, just remember, we just don't understand how journalism works. Feast your eyes on the pearls of wisdom dished out by the one and only Mr Dacre, and enjoy...
And Dacre given a thorough kicking by Leveson, I'm glad to see.
Thought I'd revive this as the report is due next week. Waiting with anticipation.
Revived his thread in the light of this
I do not understand why no police officer is facing criminal charges or severe disciplinary procedures over the bungling of the Milly Dowler investigation which led to her and her family being smeared and the deaths and injuries of other girls.
That's for police work that was incompetently done. It's aside from individual officers' arrangements with NI and other newsgroups which should be subject to other proceedings.
The Surrey Force had the cheek to try to cloak itself in glory after the conviction of Levi Bellfield when the lazy bastards should hang their heads in shame.
Took me ages to find this. Just wanted to add a mwahahahahahahahaaaaa!
That is all.
I don't mean the European Court is necessarily clueless btw
I imagine they will be professional enough to put all the trashings in our press aside when it comes to considering Mulcaire's case
Two NHS employees arrested in Somerset this morning by police investigating inappropriate payments to public officials.
I wonder which poor sod has had his or her medical records stolen by the papers this time?
Another one arrested this morning under Operation Weeting.
And Glenn Mulcaire losing his appeal at the Supreme Court yesterday against revealing just who at NI paid him to spy on people.
He's thinking of going to the European Court of Human Rights. Hilarious that NI expect clueless Brussels judges to ride to their rescue.
Its sometimes on the red button
I've watched it on other days on BBC parliament tv - Im sure cameron will be on there but it's coming to an end now.
Thanks, MrGin. But also Darn, was hoping it was on a TV channel so I could live-pause as convenient.
I dunno, imagine having to actually, you know, watch stuff live. Don't know how we ever coped...
Yikes, what channel are you guys on?
I'm more than a week behind on the website streaming but I'd like to catch some of today live without breaking the internet - think the site was struggling a bit earlier!
(And my first try at that sentence read "I'd like to catch toady live..." )
Really gets my goat when you hear some of these people saying it's ridiculous for people to think there is a grand conspiracy....
Right or wrong people think for fairly clear reasons.... cosy relations between PM and Rebecca Brooks, Andy Coulson as press secretary, senior met officers cosy relations with NI, complete failure to investigate hacking claims... it just goes on and on and bloody on !
Shame they have stoped for lunch, Dave was looking like he was about to lose his rag
Here's that text in full
'But seriously I do understand the issue with the Times. Let's discuss over country supper soon. On the party it was because I had asked a number of NI [News International] people to Manchester post endorsement and they were disappointed not to see you. But as always Sam was wonderful (and I thought it was OE's [Old Etonians] were charm personfied!) I am so rooting for you tomorrow not just as a proud friend but because professionally we're definitely in this together! Speech of your life? Yes he Cam'
Limited you have got it spot on with this she's a shameless toady who knows how to deal with a vain man. Simple but effective.
The truth laid bare.
Limited - Whats that?
He is very, very red now thinking of changing the colour contrast on my telly
Of course it's just you. Everyone deserves a second chance.
I'm very impressed so far. I'm glad to have to take back what I said last night.
I wonder if it's part of Leveson's remit to allow Jay to probe into how the Coulson family managed in a £1 million+ house with three children at private school and the various other trappings of a well-paid lifestyle after taking such a drastic drop in salary?
He's up to the Coulson Klaxon colour on the chart
Is it just me or is shineydave looking particularly shifty being asked about Coulson?
Not sure but it was the headline of the sun paper when NI decided to support the Tory's the day after the text was sent
Is that not from Obamas campaign and it's changed from can to Cam.
Text message from Brooks to Cameron in 2009
I am so rooting for you tomorrow not just as a proud friend but because professionally we're definitely in this together! Speech of your life! Yes he Cam!
Wonder what that means?
I'm about 8 mins behind, been rewinding trying to catch some of the nuances being said. Looking forward to that bit!
Very interesting isn't it? Trying to distance himself from the impact that the Sun headline was intended to have in it's timing, to the benefit of his party, the thing he seemed to invest so much time and effort in bringing about.
It's fascinating watching him squirm.
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The Woodrow Wilson Bruins girls basketball team lost Wednesday's home tournament game against San Clemente by a score of 44-40.
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In Wednesday's non-league outing, the San Clemente Tritons (San Clemente, CA) basketball squad edged the host Wilson Bruins (Long Beach, CA), by a count of 44-40.
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Victims of domestic violence are often brainwashed to think they're worthless, terrorized into submission, and told that the abuse is their fault. They "deserve" it. If only they had done something different...better...they wouldn't have to suffer the wrath of their abuser. This is enough to leave the victim feeling defeated. Alone. Voiceless. There's a lot of secrecy when it comes to abusive relationships. That's a good part of the reason why talking about domestic violence is still considered taboo.
I think it's time to talk about it. I will start. My name is Brandy. I am 33, I have 3 great children, a marriage I am beyond happy with, and a happy life in my quaint little hometown in Ohio.... and I am a survivor of domestic violence.
I will be the first to admit, the physical abuse was sporadic. It didn't happen all the time. Although looking back, I would have preferred being beaten over constantly being told how horrible, worthless, ugly, fat, and unlovable I was. That hurt worse than any physical pain I endured.
In fact, the verbal and emotional abuse did far more damage in the longrun. It destroyed my sense of self-worth, and I still struggle with very low self-esteem today. I have horrible social anxiety, am afraid of meeting new people or getting close to anyone, and I even battled an eating disorder for years, all in the name of trying to finally be "good enough".
But this post isn't about my story....If you want to read about the terror I felt during my first marriage, you can check out my story HERE.
Today, I want to talk about a wonderful initiative by the folks at The Allstate Foundation. The Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Campaign addresses of one the very real effects of domestic violence: Financial abuse. Most women who are abused in their relationships also suffer financially. They may not have access to bank accounts, their credit may be destroyed by their abuser, or their name may be intentionally left off of assets like vehicles or homes. Abusers often use finances as a way to make their victim feel "trapped". Especially if there are kids involved. How can a woman completely break free of her abuser if she has no means to provide? This is a very, very real problem, folks.
In my case, I wasn't allowed to manage money at all. In fact, I was forced to hand over my paychecks, since as a woman, I "couldn't possibly be responsible and pay bills or handle budgeting." (It's funny...In my current marriage, I am responsible for all things financial, and I am quite good at it!)
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Just a few hours after being sworn in last January, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised to draft rules preventing outside lobbyists from seeking the hundreds of billions of dollars in bailout money for their client banks. As of this week, those rules have not been adopted.
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The Union Leader editorializes that the Obama Administration has failed to live up to its promise to drain the swamp of undue lobbyist influence.
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So hoping Kossorri will come and update this mod. Love this addon.
Please Kossorri... you're our only hope.
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I agree. You'll never get recogniti...
Posted By: Weblo
I agree. You'll never get recognition except from your base and we appreciate this mod you gave to this gaming community. Join those I remember for making my gaming experience more enjoyable...
CT_Mod crew
Gazmik Fizzwidget
and now Iriel
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Here is a fix posted today on the C...
Posted By: Weblo
Here is a fix posted today on the Curse site -- it's been updated by the users. :banana:
It gets Questfu working again, everything is functional. You can either goto Curse and copy and paste the code corrections yourself or use this file to update:
""Here is a download to a patched copy of this addon using fixes from D-Town, d...
File: FuBar - QuestsFu01-27-09 |
Re: Re: Couple of questions
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Patch Day was today. Quest_fu broke. :(
I hope you are still active, Kemayo.
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Thank you Kossorri & Edge for keepi...
Posted By: Weblo
Thank you Kossorri & Edge for keeping this great mod alive. :)
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Great mod
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Just wanted to say I still love this mod after all these years and have turned several guilds onto it. Grats! :banana:
File: FuBar - AmmoFu11-22-07 |
having problem with AmmoFu-r54450
Posted By: Weblo
Yep, the new AmmoFu (AmmoFu-r54450) for patch 2.3 doesn't work at all for me on any char. But I found that by using an older version I could keep track of bullet using chars. Try using AmmoFu-r26932. It doesn't work with thrown weapons though. And arrow users will have to post their results.
I'm sure when ckknight has the time thi...
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Fubar Files
Posted By: Weblo
If you're looking to try Fubar for the first time or a new update you may find those files at WowAce.com. It's where the developers post the latest versions. This site seems sort of abandoned for now.
WowAce: http://files.wowace.com/
Hope this helps.
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Since I started using v28429 I've h...
Posted By: Weblo
Since I started using v28429 I've have quests I've accepted earlier popping up in watcher mode when I accept a new quest. Or other times when I merely enter an area, up pop the quests for that area. In the case of STV that can be 6-9 quests that come up. I'm not using any other quest mod and have the Blizz options turned off except f...
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Fubar is fubar
Posted By: Weblo
I logged on to a broken FuBar today but found a weird way to make it work for now!!!
I added PoisonFu to my Priest's , Hunter's & Warlocks' FuBar and for whatever reason it all works. Don't ask me why, just try it. It worked for my complaining friends too. :D
FuBar_PoisonFu: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5255.html...
File: FuBar - DurabilityFu12-10-06 |
DurabiltyFu Fix.
Posted By: Weblo
Thanks for the heads-up on fixing v2.0.18359, asengul. :)
File: FuBar - ExperienceFu12-08-06 |
Zip Corruted
Posted By: Weblo
Yes, please post a new zip file. The file here is corrupt.


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Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services Systems: Interim Report. Unemployment Insurance Occasional Paper 96-1.
Hawkins, Evelyn K.; And Others
The Evaluation of Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) systems was designed to provide the U.S. Department of Labor information on how states are designing, implementing, and operating their worker profiling and reemployment services systems for dislocated workers and to compare the effectiveness of different state approaches to operating WPRS systems in accomplishing the goals of the WPRS initiatives. Phase I of this evaluation examined how Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Oregon, the prototype states, and Maryland, the test state, designed and implemented their WPRS systems. Data were collected through site visits, review of profiling proposals and activity reports submitted by the states, and a consumer satisfaction survey of a sample of profiled and referred claimants in the states. The study found that most of the states used profiling models to identify which claimants were selected for and referred to services. All states initially screened out certain persons, such as those who were expected to be recalled by their employers. The states used the initial unemployment service claim as the main source of data for profiling. Profiling models included as a dependent variable whether a claimant exhausted benefits and explanatory variables such as definitions of declining industries. Special services were provided to the profiled clients, and clients were generally pleased with the way they were treated and that they were encouraged to find suitable jobs. The study recommended steps to improve the implementation of WPRS systems, including early intervention, improved services, more focus on customer satisfaction, automated feedback systems, and sanctions. (The report includes 25 tables of data developed during the study. Four appendixes provide the following: (1) descriptive profiles of the state programs; (2) the customer satisfaction survey; (3) analysis of non-response to the customer satisfaction survey; and (4) a state implementation database. Contains 15 references.) (KC)
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Clustering and Preferential Attachment in Growing Networks
We study empirically the time evolution of scientific collaboration networks in physics and biology. In these networks, two scientists are considered connected if they have coauthored one or more papers together. We show that the probability of scientists collaborating increases with the number of other collaborators they have in common, and that the probability of a particular scientist acquiring new collaborators increases with the number of his or her past collaborators. These results provide experimental evidence in favor of previously conjectured mechanisms for clustering and power-law degree distributions in networks.
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New 'Pacific Rim' Trailer; Guillermo del Toro Talks GlaDOS A.I. Influence
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Many a gamer immediately recognized the A.I. technology that runs the Jaegers (re: human-piloted robots) in the Pacific Rim trailer speaks with a voice similar – nay, identical – to GlaDOS from the Portal franchise. Director Guillermo del Toro has since confirmed that was an intentional homage, as he is a self-admitted fan of Valve Software's critically-acclaimed game series.
Qualcomm premiered a recut Pacific Rim promo (with sprinklings of previously-unseen footage) at its Las Vegas CES presentation, which is now online. However, that GlaDOS voiceover has been removed in favor of more grave narration from star Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and the inspirational call-to-arms delivered by Idris Elba (Luther).
The Toronto Sun caught up with del Toro recently, since he's been promoting this month's horror film Mama (which he produced). No surprise, the discussion turned to the Pacific Rim trailer and its GlaDOS A.I. voice – provided by opera singer and voice actor Ellen McLain – which the filmmaker says he got permission from Valve to use in both the promo and actual movie.
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"I wanted very much to have her, because I'm a big Portal fan. But just as a wink. She's not cake-obsessed. [laughs] She's not out to destroy humanity."
Pacific Rim draws from a long tradition of pop culture that involves battling Kaiju (giant monsters) and human-controlled robots, with early footage (including viral marketing) prompting comparisons to Transformers, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Godzilla, Avatar, Cloverfield and everything in between. Hence, del Toro feels the Portal shout-out was appropriate; though, he offers assurances that the A.I. won't sound quite so alike to GlaDOS in the final film:
"I said, 'Look, there's no A.I. I'd rather have than GlaDOS.' The filter we're using [in the movie] is slightly less GLaDOS. Slightly. The one in the trailer I wanted to be full-on GlaDOS."
Somehow, we have our doubts that's going to curb the cake jokes anytime soon. Moving on…
We included Pacific Rim on Screen Rant's Most Anticipated Movies of 2013, but it failed to crack the top 15. That's in part because there are just so many hotly-anticipated superhero movies and sci-fi franchise titles on the horizon. However, a quick survey of reactions to the Pacific Rim trailer (including, our staff's) suggest the SR community have mixed feelings so far, with regard to whether or not this is indeed shaping up as the ultimate geek-fest.
A cast populated by fan-favorite TV actors who are not (yet) proven draws at the box office – combined with the niche content – likewise raises doubt about how much Pacific Rim will appeal to mainstream audiences. Then again, screenwriter Travis Beacham and del Toro have already started developing a sequel; that suggests Warner Bros. may have good reason to be confident about both the film's quality and financial prospects (even with the 3D post-conversion being applied as an afterthought).
Pacific Rim opens in U.S. theaters on July 12th, 2013.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Great First Lines of Novels
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- Shea LeordeanuFriday, October 08, 2010 8:41:00 PM
- Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer)
My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered.
— Alice Sebold (The Lovely Bones)
When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of night he'd reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him.
- Cormac McCarthy (The Road)
I could never in my life read "The Road" again, but it haunts me still. I will never watch the movie because I don't want some of those images to be real and I know it can't live up to the writing. It stands as the single most disturbing book I've ever read. I distinctly remember a line from the middle even more than the opening.
"This is my child, he said. I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair. That is my job."
I tear up thinking of that passage. Kathy, Shea, and Jo -- Thanks for all the great first lines!
Shea, I'd forgotten about The Lovely Bones, but yes, that one stayed in my memory for a long time. And your assessment of The Road makes me want to read that. (My hubby has it on a shelf here, but I've never read it.)
I loved reading all of these faves, though, and seeing what a diverse set of novels leave words and images in our minds.
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I Am Proud To Be American
I am proud first,of the soldiers in the field.They do not get to choose many things,but proudly serve!I am proud of the people in this country who work hard and play harder.
To those who have joined this group,in an attempt to shred our American pride,kiss my ###.
America is often labeled as bad,because of the underhanded dealings of politicians.
Let me be clear.Some have been using the phrase"politically correct".
There is nothing correct about politics!That phrase is an oxymoron of the highest degree.
Politics do not define the soul of America. Americans do and,I am damn proud to be one of you.
Just a thought from an old soldier.
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Thank you for your service, and sense.
I am very proud of our soldiers past and present and I to am Proud to be an American I wouldn't have it any other way...

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Originally Posted by carlosrafael Being a patchouli scent lover, I am looking for an elegant patchouli that stands out from the crowd (you know, the Sephora, designer fragrance, like crowd). So I am considering Dior's Patchouli Imperiale and Chanel Coromandel. I'll appreciate knowing from users of Chanel Coromandel if you consider it to be a feminine fragrance. I don't mind wearing unisex, but is Chanel more on the feminine or masculine side? Right in the middle? Thanks
I wear Coromandel as my signature perfume, in my view it is a female perfume, not unisex.I first smelled it in the air in Manhattan in winter,holiday season, a woman just passed by------ and it was unforgettable smell, I went back to ask her, since then it is my favorite perfume for an occasion, this is not an everyday perfume.


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- shane said...
that intro is amazing, i watched it 5 times before i even started to explore the content of the site.
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i would like this site a lot better if it wasn't selling flip flops. Not that i have a problem with commericialism, or even thong sandals, but the use of flash here is incredibly impractical, and navigating this behemoth is tiresome. So despite its beauty--and it is *really* beautfiul work-- it bugs the hell out of me.
- jenny dean said...
all of the beautiful animation and graphics is what used to excite me about flash.... LOVE!
(could do without the flipflops though)


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Samurai Jack Intro - Remake Latino
Samurai Jack Opening remake by latin animators
4.39 / 5.00 7,459 ViewsEdited: Hey this is old stuff already. Check out the remake in my profile :)
Note: This is made when i first learn flash and its pretty horrible. I kept it here so you all can see how much I'd improved. I'll recommend you all to watch Sith Confrontation 2 instead. Thanks.
This is just an animated version of Star Wars Episode 3 scene where Mace went to arrest Darth Sidious. Its not really a comedy or some serious stuffs, and the sound production not done that perfect... But its mine first animation and a couple months of hardwork... So pls don expect that much and pls enjoy it... If it gone well then maybe i'll carry on other scenes as well... hope u people like it.
Great job.
This flash was quite entertaining,the whole animation was solid including the character design,background and text which by the way the script was great too and the action was also good,overall i enjoyed this a lot and will be checking out chapter two. :)
Not too bad
Hey, good job, esp with the preloader. I think I'll check out the remake now.
so the new has voices?
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Hi, I've always been a Windows user, but think I might like the compactness and "all in one" of the Ipad. Problem is I spoke with an Apple representative online, one in a store and a personal friend of mine who has an Ipad, and they all gave me different answers. For background, I have a 5-1/2 year old daughter so my husband and I both tend to take ALOT of pictures. Then there's the videos (school plays, dance recitals, school sporting events, etc). With that said, I don't know if I should go with the 16 gb, 32 gb or 64 gb. Also not really understanding the whole 4G LTE/Wi-Fi with Cellular thing. This is what I would need the Ipad to do for me in deciding on GB at least 1. Movies...Uploading a couple of movies (Toy Story, Cinderella, episodes of Spongebob, etc.) 2. Pictures...Need to hold about 500 pictures. 3. Videos...Need to hold about 5-6 hours of video. 4. Transfer...Can I transfer pictures/videos/movies from the Ipad to a Windows 7 laptop, or even better yet, burn it to a CD?? 5. If I get the WiFi with Cellular (4G LTE) does that mean I can get an internet connection anywhere? I.e, while driving, in a hotel, at someone else's house, my backyard? 6. Is it user friendly? Other than my laptop, camera, camcorder, I'm honestly just not technology savy. My cell phone is even barely used, so the whole "app" thing is mind boggling. Many thanks for any help!!
1, 2 and 3 - sounds like a 64 would be ideal. 32 is average for most, but several vids and a few 100 phots would nicely fit on 64. It's not exactly a massive cost difference. 4 - yes, you can sync stuff over from iPad to pc, then burn to DVD 5 - yes. If you get yourself a cellular account your cellular iPad can connect absolutely anywhere. Depending on where you are, geographically speaking, determines your connection speed. 6 - the iPad is SUPER friendly. Even my aged mother can master it within an hour. That's Apples biggest selling point. It's uber über user friendliness. I'm a 20 year pc man myself, and don't much like my apple computer, but the iPad and iPhone is a dream to use. Soooo easy. Different than windows, which takes some getting used to, but a fantastic experience. A joy to learn and get into.
I agree with sjleworthy post. I would mention that you should check your location to see who offers the best service for LTE. Where I live, Verizon has good LTE cover so I get fast speeds on a cellular connection. I say get the 32 or 64 GB LTE model. Note this is like having a plan from a cellular company....but you can also (and should) use WIFI when at home or visiting friends/family (is possible). If you go over on your cellular you get charged for it.
Thank you so much for the replies. I'm hoping prices (whether holiday sales or whatever) come down a little so i can get one under the $1K mark -- as once I add some needed accessories I'm just a smidgen over budget. At least now I have the needed information, thanks to you guys. I have to admit though some of the other posts about problems make me a tad nervous.
That's a given for you as the WiFi only 64 GB is $699, the WiFi4G 64 GB version is $829. Either one is well under $1,000. I personally have the new iPad 64 GB wiFi/4G which replaced my iPad 2 which replaced my iPad, all 64 GB for the reasons you mention.
Hi Debi - welcome to the forum! Cannot add much to the already excellent responses, but just several more comments: 1) The 'new' iPad (3?) now has a decent camera - won't replace your standard digital ones but now a better quality option (video recording is also excellent); and 2) If you choose the 'cellular' option, then carefully price your choices and needs - could be a costly addition, especially if not used that often? For me, I have the iPad 2 w/ just Wi-Fi, but this has served our internet needs; at home, my Wi-Fi router allows connection, and 'on the road' we usually stay at hotels/inns that offer Wi-Fi - not trying to talk you out of not going 'all the way', but keep your potential uses and look at the extra cost - good luck in your choice and please post back your experience(s)!
I agree with giradman on this one. , but even go a step farther. I've got the 16gb model and find that I can easily manage,the space by removing previously watched videos. If your lOoking for a "store and forget" device, you need to maximize your space potential , otherwise, you dont really need that kind of space. I don't mind deleting and updating, so I can use the minimum and save the cash. If you "really"need connectivity on the road, cell plans are nice, but I've found it to be slow and not used that often. If I really need to get connected before I reach the hotel, I simply plug Starbucks,into my gps and connect within about 10 minutes from wherever I am. Greygoose
Thank you again everyone for the added input/information. =) I was personally thinking I can get away with the smaller GB because I do intend to go home and move everything to my laptop to either burn or just store on it -- however my reluctance (and additional question for you all) - if I go away for a week rather than a weekend, I have a habit of getting carried away with video/picture taking and am concerned I'll run out of room until I get home to transfer them over. One question Apple couldn't give me information on is just how much in way of video/pictures/movies can the 16/32/64 really hold? Apple's answer was "it depends on how long the video/movies are" which wasn't very helpful at all, and also why I gave the examples above hoping you guys can better answer the question. As for the mobility "cellular" option (4G LTE), I thought adding it would increase the eventual resale value than one without it just in case I want to sell it at a later date. Also is there any other "perks" to a 4G LTE vs. a Wifi other than mobility? Many thanks again!! ETA: Is the Ipad a sufficient point and shoot camera? I'm starting to hate my Lumix and don't want to buy another one if I'm getting the Ipad that has one.
In terms of getting those images off your iPad and onto another drive whilst away there are a number of options. This thread will give you an idea of what can be done to achieve good memory management http://www.ipadforums.net/network-attached-storage-nas/74006-personal-cloud-storage.html check out in particular post 1 and post 21 along with the suggestions in the thread by others. The Archangel
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I am heading to San Jaun, Puerto Rico in late February and am wondering if it is worth bringing the flyrod down. Not sure what fishing is available down there. Would be interested in types of fish, fishable areas from shore, flies to tie and also any guide recommendations.
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My name is rafa and I am a Professional Guide in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have a Website with information about Flyfishing for Tarpon in Puerto Rico (http://www.puertoricotarpon.com). Go through it and please be kind since I built the site myself. Then you may contact me by e-mail or phone for more details, of course if you e-mail your phone number I will be happy to call you. I am looking forward to talking with you and trade flyfishing stories.
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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the leading networks of forum communities on the Internet, CrowdGather (OTCBB:CRWG), today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
The Company reported revenues of $580,716 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, an increase of 42% from the $407,741 reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. For the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, the Company reported revenues of $1,932,798, an increase of 22% from the $1,580,957 reported for fiscal 2011. Gross profit for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, was $1,811,464, an increase of 125% from the $805,443 reported for fiscal 2011.
"During 2012, we experienced a significant increase in revenue and gross profit due in part to strategic acquisitions, but also because we exclusively focused on monetizing our own forum ad inventory," said Sanjay Sabnani, CrowdGather's Chairman and CEO. "We expect to carry this positive momentum into fiscal year 2013 as we are working toward completing a number of initiatives that should help add to high margin revenue growth."
Net loss for the 2012 fiscal year was $3,106,723 or $.05 per share, versus a net loss of $2,812,228 or $.06 for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2011.
Revenue improved in fiscal 2012 due to a number of acquisitions that included Pbnation.com and the Company's largest network platform, Yuku.com, and also because the Company focused on increasing the monetization from its existing advertising inventory, which helped improve the revenue per thousand impressions (RPM). The acquisitions of forum properties helped provide additional ad inventory to sell, and gross profit improved greatly as the Company sold its own ad inventory and no longer incurred significant cost of revenue after Q1 2012 from the Adisn display and per-action advertising campaigns that contributed to over 50% of gross revenues in fiscal 2011.
The increase in fiscal 2012 gross profit was mostly offset by a $1,237,075 year-over-year increase in total operating expenses, including general and administrative expenses, as well as payroll expenses. Although CrowdGather may hire a few additional sales and support staff to help foster growth, the Company expects operating expenses to remain stable during fiscal 2013.
To better position the Company for advertisers, forum owners, and prospective investors, the Company has relaunched its corporate web site, www.crowdgather.com, with a new look and feel that features the Company's ad supported business model and the benefits of its network for advertisers, forum owners, and general community users.
The Company recognizes that many online advertisers seek engagement with online enthusiasts, trendsetters, and users who are passionate about specific topics and products. Forums offer a significant opportunity to advertisers, as they are tightly knit social communities with concentrations of influencers who are often experts on the forum subject matter. These users have generally been inaccessible to advertisers, including agencies, with larger budgets who prefer making broad category or vertically specific purchases.
Thus, the Company is focused on deploying in late Q2 fiscal 2013 the redeveloped ad server obtained during the June 2010 Adisn acquisition. The Company's customized, forum-specific ad server can be leveraged by advertisers seeking scale and reach into specific vertical interest categories they would not otherwise have access to, and by publishers or forum owners who will be able to avail themselves of higher CPMs because of their participation in aggregated categories. Similar to functionality available on Facebook Ads or the Google platform, advertisers and publishers will be able to access the CrowdGather ad server via self-service web portals; advertisers will be able to register, upload creatives, and start campaigns, and publishers will have the flexibility to make some or all of their inventory available to the ad exchange, depending on their preferences. Larger brand advertisers and their agencies will still have concierge service and direct engagement from the Company's sales team. In addition to traditional display advertising, the Company will also offer content marketing in the form of sponsored posts.
The Company is also committed to delivering brand safe content to serve its advertisers. The Company has thousands of moderators and forum administrators patrolling the network, and while it is developing a proprietary solution, it is currently using a third-party vendor to consistently identify and prune non-monetizable content that conflicts with the Company's terms of service. Additionally, some of the content is international and from countries for which there are limited advertising opportunities. The Company estimates that the ongoing removal of non-monetizable content that also conflicts with its terms of service may reduce its total monthly pageviews by 20 to 30 million, to a total that ranges between 180 to 190 million monthly pageviews network wide, depending on normal traffic cyclicality. However, the Company does not expect any significant impact to revenue from the pruning and should experience an immediate lift to RPM.
Additionally, the Company expects the ad server, coupled with the improved quality of the network, will further improve its RPM during fiscal 2013. Based on historical cyclicality, the Company expects its Q3 and Q4 of fiscal 2013 that end in January and April 2013, respectively, will generate the highest quarterly RPM and traffic figures. The Company's Q1 ending in July and Q2 ending in October are typically the slowest traffic months, with the US summer resulting in both less time online for users as well as lower advertiser payouts.
During April 2012, the Company reached over 220 million monthly pageviews across all properties compared to 140 million monthly pageviews during April 2011, and had over 18 million monthly unique visitors compared to 15 million monthly uniques a year earlier. Based upon current statistics from Google Analytics, CrowdGather's network of forums is currently generating approximately 200 to 210 million monthly page views and over 17 million monthly unique visitors. The Company believes that the decline in pageview traffic may be due to a slowdown caused by summer cyclicality, the content pruning process, and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that occurred on June 14, 2012. In addition to significantly impacting pageview traffic on the Company's Yuku.com platform from June 14 into June 15, 2012, the AWS outage affected many popular sites like Quora.com, Pinterest.com, and Dropbox.com. As part of the Company's risk mitigation and cost savings strategies, it is in the process of migrating its third-party hosted sites, such as Yuku.com, to its own network operating center (NOC), located in Los Angeles, California. The Company believes the migration will help improve uptime, speed, and stability for its sites, and will also result in savings of $12,000 to $25,000 per month upon completion due to the difference between the lower cost equipment lease payments and the higher cost third-party hosting charges.
As of May 3, 2012, approximately 26.1 million users are registered on Company network sites, with 70.1 million total discussions and nearly 1.2 billion individual replies. Additionally, approximately 24.9 million users are registered on CrowdGather Network sites to date with 72.0 million total discussions comprising nearly 1.2 billion individual replies.
As advertisers are drawn to quality content and editorially focused home pages, the Company has been working diligently to improve its brand sites—this was recently demonstrated by the relaunches of Digishoptalk.com and Pocketables.com in May of 2012. The Company is also conducting ongoing development across all of its network properties, i.e. Yuku.com, to continue improving the administrator and user experience in the communities. The Company is constantly working toward offering its communities favorable terms, features, and incentives to help them grow and prosper. Some changes will include offering mobile applications, new user interface and additional layout capabilities.
"We closed 2012 with record quarterly and annual revenues," Sabnani continued, "and to our knowledge, in fiscal 2013 we will be the first forum company to deploy a customized ad server dedicated to creating a forum-centric ad network. We believe the ad server will help create a marketplace that will benefit advertisers and third party publishers, as well as help increase CPMs for our own inventory.
"We believe the company has enough capital to achieve breakeven," Sabnani continued. "We are working toward completing a number of internal initiatives that should impact topline growth. Some of the initiatives include the ad server launch, the development of an internal tool for monitoring and removing non-monetizable content, and general software development that will improve our communities network wide. We are enthusiastic about our prospects for fiscal 2013 and will continue to work toward growing revenue from the deployment and improvement of engineering products that support our forum communities."
In addition to selling display and other advertising across the Company's forum network, it also conducted a marketing case study around online product distribution across its own platform, as well as throughout the Internet. In January of 2012, the Company launched Erox body spray, which involved America's Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry. Ms. Curry helped launched the product and was invited to speak on the Howard Stern radio show and other media programs. The Company is now working to capitalize on those and other media efforts, and in addition to relaunching its current site, www.erox.com, the Company is in the process of developing multiple landing pages to help support affiliates interested in selling the Erox body spray. The Company recently engaged a European distributor who is making Erox available in France and other parts of Europe, and has contracted with an external consultant to help widely distribute Erox. The Company may benefit in fiscal 2013 from its efforts to continue selling the Erox body spray product line.
Management believes the Company has sufficient working capital to maintain operations, conduct further acquisitions, and improve the monetization of existing ad inventory with its ad server to reach breakeven without additional financing. CrowdGather ended fiscal 2012 with approximately $2.3 million of cash and as of July 6, 2012, had a cash balance of approximately $1.9 million. The Company anticipates it will use its current cash reserves for operations. However, if opportunities become available, the Company may allocate some cash and equity toward acquisitions, depending on the Company's share price at the time a transaction is consummated.
Because of the Company's growing global reach, the Company has implemented the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the US-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland. The Company certifies that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program and to view the Company's certification, please visit www.export.gov/safeharbor/.
For an additional overview of the Company and other details, please join us for our financial results conference call on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. PT. The live call-in information is: 1-877-941-8609, passcode 4549355# and the replay, which will be available until 11:59 p.m. PT on July 16, 2012, can be reached by dialing 1-800-406-7325, passcode 4549355#.
About CrowdGather, Inc.
With its growing portfolio of special interest forums and enthusiast message board communities, CrowdGather (www.crowdgather.com) has created a centralized network to benefit forum members, forum owners, and forum advertisers. CrowdGather provides a highly interactive and informational social network for members, a management and revenue-sharing resource for third-party forum owners, and a largely untapped advertising network for marketers worldwide.
This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future events and the Company's growth and business strategy. Words such as "expects", "will", "intends", "plans", "believes", "anticipates", "hopes", "estimates", and variations on such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, changes in the Company's business; general economic, industry and market sector conditions; the ability to generate increases revenues from the Company's forums; the ability to obtain additional financing to implement the Company's long-term growth strategy; the ability to manage the Company's growth; the ability to develop and market new technologies to respond to rapid technological changes; competitive factors in the market(s) in which the Company operates; and other events, factors and risks disclosed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
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April 30, 2011 |
Current assets |
Cash | $ | 2,328,492 | $ | 6,667,901 | |||||
Investments | 28,570 | - | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 42,995 | 243,917 | |||||||
Inventory | 35,132 | - | |||||||
Prepaid expenses and deposits | 88,932 | 49,729 | |||||||
Total current assets | 2,524,121 | 6,961,547 | |||||||
Property and equipment, net of accumulated
depreciation of $241,569 and $140,804, respectively |
131,775 | 172,751 | |||||||
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of
$15,224 and $30,940, respectively |
9,333,928 | 5,811,707 | |||||||
Goodwill | 4,360,176 | 4,360,176 | |||||||
Total assets |
$ |
16,349,400 |
$ |
17,306,181 |
Current liabilities | |||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 54,095 | $ | 82,805 | |||||
Accrued vacation | 27,468 | 13,111 | |||||||
Other accrued liabilities | 28,890 | 64,035 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 110,453 | 159,951 | |||||||
Stockholders' equity | |||||||||
Preferred Series A stock, $0.001 par value, 25,000,000
shares authorized,-0- shares issued and outstanding |
- | - | |||||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 975,000,000 shares
authorized, 58,234,216 and 57,089,408 issued and outstanding, respectively |
58,234 | 57,089 | |||||||
Common stock obligation | - | 3,784,322 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 28,436,644 | 22,432,597 | |||||||
Accumulated deficit | (12,234,501 | ) | (9,127,778 | ) | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (21,430 | ) | - | ||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 16,238,947 | 17,146,230 | |||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 16,349,400 | $ | 17,306,181 |
2012 | 2011 | ||||||||
Revenue |
$ | 1,932,798 | $ | 1,580,957 | |||||
Cost of revenue | 121,334 | 775,514 | |||||||
Gross profit | 1,811,464 | 805,443 | |||||||
Operating expenses |
Payroll and related expenses | 1,669,289 | 881,857 | |||||||
General and administrative | 3,163,126 | 2,806,827 | |||||||
Impairment of intangible assets | 93,344 | - | |||||||
Total operating expenses | 4,925,759 | 3,688,684 | |||||||
Loss from operations |
(3,114,295 | ) | (2,883,241 | ) | |||||
Other income (expense), net | 8,372 | 71,813 | |||||||
Net loss before provision for income taxes | (3,105,923 | ) | (2,811,428 | ) | |||||
Provision for income taxes | 800 | 800 | |||||||
Net loss |
$ | (3,106,723 | ) | $ | (2,812,228 | ) | |||
Weighted average shares outstanding- basic and diluted |
58,329,316 | 44,904,994 | |||||||
Net loss per share – basic and diluted |
$ | (0.05 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) |


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