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My six month calico is being clingy...refuses to be by herself. Is this normal?
When I get my phone to check facebook, walk to the bathroom, try to cuddle with my husband. My cali will always be right there purring, headbutting, meowing her head off, bite a love bite, and insists she lays on my curve on my side(as she does right now) is this a sign of a clingy kitty or a super loving kitty??
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Cats show affection through touch. Most cats are very affectionate, especially when there is only one cat in the house. You are all she has for companionship. You are her life. If you want her to not be so clinging you need to get another cat. If you won't get another cat you have to get use to this. Also, begin regular exercise with her because she has no feline friends to run around with. So get a stick toy with the shinny thing that hangs, a beam toy (points a red beam that you move around and she can chase) and a stuffed toys and scratch post for one or both if you get another. Also training by conditioning is everything. When she comes to bed with you and hubby place her where it is comfortable for you two. It may take weeks but she will come to understand where her place is at bed time.
Artemis answered on 10/31/13. Helpful? / 0
I agree, and this is "normal" behavior for cretain personalities of domestic cats. Some can never get enough attention. So yes, she's a lover, and getting her a neutered friend in a few months would be great. That's assuming that they would want to be friends, but all of mine are, and I have two girls and two boys. You do need to keep her more occupied with treats, chasers, window perches, toys etc. to entertain her, because it does sound like she is bored. She's also a kitten, so she will calm down in approximately another year. ^_^
Orion Hemingway answered on 10/31/13. Helpful? / 0
That;s normal behavior for a kitten alone. One reason why two kittens are better than one is that they don't become so needy and dependent on humans for attention.
Some of these behaviors are just those of a loving cat. When I'm sitting on the bed using my laptop like now, Uno stretches herself across my lap between me and the laptop and sleeps there, the three kittens are curled by my side, Lily is sleeping behind my head, and several other cats are scattered around other parts of the bed. When I get up, most of them will get up and follow me to see where I'm going and what I'm doing.
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CHADDS FORD, Pa., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Endo Health Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: ENDP) announced today that its subsidiary, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., has filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking a formal determination whether the original formulation of OPANA ® ER (oxymorphone HCl) was voluntarily removed from the market in 2012 for reasons of safety involving the misuse of the drug; and FDA's immediate suspension of any abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for generic versions of non-tamper resistant formulations of extended-release oxymorphone HCl until FDA has made a determination as to whether the original formulation of OPANA ER was withdrawn from sale for safety reasons. There is currently a non-tamper resistant generic of extended-release oxymorphone available in 7.5mg and 15mg dosage strengths, and if the FDA does not promptly suspend the approval of all non-tamper resistant formulations, all doses of the product will be available in non-tamper resistant versions in January 2013. Endo reformulated OPANA ER to a version designed to be crush-resistant and launched this reformulated version in March 2012. Current data monitoring abuse rates show a substantial decrease in abuse since the launch of the reformulated product, while simultaneously showing a more than 122 percent increase in abuse rates of the 7.5mg and 15mg non-tamper resistant extended release oxymorphone HCl. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is based on the failure of the FDA to meet its legal obligation to determine in a timely manner whether the old formulation of OPANA ER was withdrawn from the market for reasons of safety. Since its launch, Endo has collected surveillance data on the rates of abuse of oxymorphone HCl from two national programs – the first includes surveillance of substance abusers and the second collects data from U.S. Poison Control Centers. The data show a 59 percent drop in abuse rates of the reformulated OPANA ER which is designed to be crush-resistant. The same data demonstrate a 122 percent increase in abuse rates of non-tamper resistant extended-release oxymorphone HCl. "Sufficient evidence exists to support the determination that the old formulation of OPANA ER was discontinued for reasons of safety," said Dave Holveck, president and chief executive officer of Endo Health Solutions. "Unless FDA acts before January 1, 2013, the launch of a generic non-crush-resistant OPANA ER will irreparably undermine recent progress in the reduction of abuse and misuse of oxymorphone." Citizens Petition Prior to filing the lawsuit, Endo submitted to FDA two Citizen Petitions in August 2012 requesting that any generic formulations of OPANA ER meet the same tamper-resistant properties as the reference drug, as well as determining that the original formulation of the product was discontinued for reasons of safety. Specifically, Endo's CPs call for:


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Can we sell scripts?
Not at the moment. There was a thread about this a while back…. There are very few people who write scripts (compared to the sum total of AEusers) plus there is a site aescripts.com (can I mention that? – I don't think it's competition) that has this small market cornered on a payware or (mainly) donation-ware basis.
I think it's a difficult market though.
What kind of scripts, because if they are just small scripts then there's no point selling them, unless they are big awesome scripts
if we can't sell scripts (I don't write them too) can we sell presets ? Like text styles, and color correction presets ?
if we can't sell scripts (I don't write them too) can we sell presets ? Like text styles, and color correction presets ?
I have in my portfolio color correction project with "manualy created" presets from exsisting effects and it's sell.
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On the subject of just selling scripts. It was something we we're considering a while back, but I don't think there's a large enough market to justify the category. And as Felt pointed out, our great friend Lloyd Alverez (the former editor of AETuts) started AEScripts.com a while back that houses some of the best scripts available on the net, from some of the most talented AE artists including a few from Felt himself!!
So rather than try to compete in a market, I don't think suits us so well, I'd much rather show them some love and suggest you upload any scripts you may have over there. The site's fantastic, the donation aspect of the site allows you to give back to the community, and Lloyd is just an overall great guy, so anything I can do to help him out, I'm down for!
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The Most Potent Tool In Your Preaching Arsenal: Prayer
Alex McFarland
The pastorate (or any form of Christian work) comes with a level of busy-ness that can cause even the most dedicated leader to neglect time in prayer. But prayer is absolutely essential to effective ministry, especially as it relates to preaching. Charles Spurgeon's reliance on prayer was legendary. It is said that as he was preaching in the Metropolitan Tabernacle, a team of intercessors would be praying in a room underneath the pulpit area. Spurgeon called this "the powerhouse of the church."
Preparation, preaching, and prayer
Prayer may not immediately come to mind as a homiletical resource, but it is certainly the most valuable tool in preaching. The responsibility of preaching must be wed to the discipline of preparation - which should include prayer. Prayer should be as much a resource in sermon preparation as are lexicons and commentaries. From conception through gestation and delivery, personal and corporate prayer enable a sermon to take on a life of its own. Without doubt, prayer (or lack of it) will determine the end results of our preparation and presentation.
Prayer and the pulpit- some examples
"We have seen the Lord at work from the very beginning," says Rev. Michael Barrett, pastor of a growing church in North Carolina. "I completely attribute the outreach and growth to prayer."
When Michael Barrett came to Pleasant Garden Baptist in 1988, average attendance on a Sunday morning was about 300. "Today we average 1200 in worship, and we are seeing more people come to the Lord every week. Prayer has been the most important component in all of this." In addition to his own time in prayer, which Barrett says is crucial, he recruited a group to pray for the preaching ministry of the church immediately upon arrival. "I am constantly asking the Lord to show me what to share with the people, and we all pray that God will open their hearts to receive it."
Although quite different in size from the North Carolina church, equally exciting is what God is doing through Pleasant Street Church in Worchester, Massachusetts. When Rev. Noel Williamson accepted the pastorate in June, 2006, the 115-year-old church was down to 5 members. "Preaching here must be covered in prayer," explains Williamson. "I was told that the churches here [in Massachusetts] are declining and that preaching, revivals, and altar calls no longer work."
Ramping up the church's prayer life was the first thing that Rev. Williamson did at Pleasant Street. "God honors prayer and the preaching of His Word," Williamson testifies. "We began with only a handful of people, but a typical Sunday now sees about 45 people in attendance. Most of these are people who have come to Christ in the past year."
Sermon preparation begins with prayer
Rev. Williamson says, "Preparation for preaching begins with prayer. The text, the sermon, the people, the Holy Spirit, consistent prayer-- they are all tied together." These very basic elements have given Pleasant Street a new lease on life. Williamson says, "I knew the people would respond if given the chance."
Size-wise, New Life Church of Meriden, Connecticut falls in the middle between these two accounts of Pleasant Garden and Pleasant Street. But founding pastor Will Marrotti gives a similar testimony to the power of a pulpit ministry immersed in prayer. He said, "From the beginning until now, our non-negotiable core values have included exegetical preaching, clear teaching on salvation and discipleship, and the importance of prayer." God honored their efforts in a big way. Marrotti remembers, "The church began in my home in 1999. At the one year mark, New Life had 85 members, of which 60 were new believers, reached from within the community."
Rev. Marotti explained that prayer time alone with God in his study gave him "an insatiable desire to preach so that lives would be changed." As with all churches, New Life has experienced times when visible results of the ministry seemed more prominent than others. "Eventually, we just felt like we weren't getting the job done in prayer," says Pastor Marrotti. "This year has been a time in which we have rediscovered the power of prayer in relation to the proclamation of the Word."
New Life began a church-wide prayer initiative, including a team of about 14 people whose assignment is to specifically pray for the pulpit ministry. As Marrotti prepares throughout the week and then preaches in weekly services, the Pastor's Intercessor Team is lifting him up. "We weren't necessarily attempting a program or strategy; we just committed our church to the Word and to prayer." Over 475 worshippers now come to New Life on a Sunday, and Marrotti expects to baptize more than 100 people this year. "We commissioned a prayer room, which has people cycling in and out (with their assignments) throughout the week." According to Marrotti, the results have been immediate and significant: "At the end of a recent service, 22 people accepted Christ, and a number of them were first time guests."
Intentional communication with God and with people
The need for God's hand to be tangibly upon our lives and ministries has never been greater. Face it, there are plenty of entities in today's world that can out-spend and "out-shout" those of us whose calling it is to preach the Word. But we have a potent resource not available to the general public. Readily available for God's servants is a privileged and promised gift… prayer.
In handling the Word of God, my heart has often echoed the words of Psalm 119:18: "Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things in your law." We ought also to ask God to open the hearts of the listeners as they publicly hear what we have been privately shown. Traveling and speaking as a Christian apologist, I am constantly praying in very specific terms, bringing to God requests like these:
Prayer for myself as a communicator of God's Word
- That God will cleanse me, fill me, send me and use me.
- That my preaching will be anointed by the Holy Spirit, so that a genuine movement of God can / will take place.
- That I would discern the leading of God with unmistakable clarity, and that the words I say would be chosen by God.
- That my voice remains strong and clear.
- That with God's help, I would communicate His truth to the best of my ability.
Evangelistic praying
- Pray that God will draw people to Himself.
- Pray by name for specific unsaved people.
- Pray that God would remove spiritual blindness.
- Pray that people would hunger for the true God.
- Pray that people will understand and believe the Scriptures.
- That as I preach, the Holy Spirit would touch the intellect, emotion and will of every listener, drawing them to Himself.
- Pray that any one present who needs to be born again would believe on Christ as Savior.
- Pray that people would not just become converts, but would be disciples.
Revival praying
- Pray that in churches everywhere, God would bring thorough and long-lasting revival.
- Pray that the Holy Spirit would move Christians to consistent, honest and faithful prayer.
- Pray that Christians will focus more on "who they are," rather than merely on "what they do"
- Pray that God will arouse believers who may otherwise be content with things as they are.
- Pray that Christians will have an insatiable thirst for the Word of God.
- Pray that Bible study would be a priority for all believers.
- Pray that God would call Christians into all types of ministries.
- Pray that, from among teens and young adults, God would raise up Christian leaders.
- Pray that Christians would not have "ought against each other" (Matthew 5:23-24).
- Pray that believers would not harbor grudges and unforgiveness among themselves.
- Pray that Christians would be the same in private that they are in public. Pray that the words and actions of believers would "match up."
- Pray that Christians will be consumed with a desire for God to be worshipped and for people to be saved.
- Pray that God would bring repentance, cleansing, and the Holy Spirit's filling to the Body of Christ.
Prayer - the most potent resource of all
Throughout the centuries, Christian leaders have testified to the power of sincere, specific prayer. Given the fact that all ministers need God's hand on their lives as they prepare and deliver their messages and in light of the testimonies presented here, I believe that the role of prayer in preaching cannot be overstated. Samuel Chadwick (1860-1932) summed up well the need for those in ministry to keep prayer a priority: "The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying, The devil fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. The devil laughs at our toil, mocks our wisdom, but Satan trembles when we pray."
Chadwick, Samuel. Cited in The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Hampshire, UK: John Hunt Publishing, 2000), p. 783.
Alex McFarland has written several books on apologetics and evangelism, including The Ten Most Common Objections to Christianity (and how to effectively answer them) (Regal Books, 2007). He serves as president of Southern Evangelical Seminary and the Veritas Graduate School of Apologetics (www.ses.edu). Their 15th annual National Conference On Christian Apologetics will be held in Charlotte, NC, November 9-10, 2007, and features Josh McDowell, Lee Strobel, Chuck Colson, John Ankerberg, Erwin Lutzer, SES co-founder Norman Geisler, and much more. Special elective sessions will be hosted by Focus On The Family. For complete info visit the seminary's website, or call 1-877-TRUTH.


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W. Cody Estes Sr., president and owner of Estes Citrus Inc., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Miami Branch. Walter Banks, president and chief executive officer of Lago Mar Resort and Club, and Thomas H. Shea, chief executive officer, Florida/Caribbean Region of Right Management, have been reappointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Miami Branch. Their terms began Jan. 1, 2009, and run through Dec. 31, 2011.
Estes has been president and owner of Estes Citrus Inc. since 1974. Estes has been president and partner of Quality Fruit Packers of Indian River Inc., a fresh citrus packing house since 1984, and president and partner of Estes Groves Inc. since 1986.
Estes is a member of the board of directors of Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Florida Orange Marketers and the Indian River Citrus League. He is a member of the advisory board of SunTrust Bank, South Florida, and vice chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from Colorado State University in 1974.
Banks has served as president of Lago Mar Resort and Club since 1965. A developer of both residential and commercial real estate for the past 30 years, he has been a registered real estate broker since the mid-1960s.
Banks currently serves on the advisory board of Northern Trust Bank and is a board member of Florida Hospitality Mutual Insurance Company, Florida Tourism Commission, Visit Florida (past chairman) and Pine Crest School. He is a member of the Executive Association of Fort Lauderdale and Broward Workshop (past chairman). Banks is past chairman of Broward Community College Foundation, Broward Economic Development Council, and Holy Cross Hospital. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in Miami, Fla., and did graduate work at the Hotel School of Cornell University.
Shea founded Florida's first outplacement firm in 1979, which became one of the original units of Right Management. Right is now in 53 countries and is a subsidiary of Manpower Inc.
The Sun-Sentinel presented Shea the Excalibur Award as Business Leader of the Year, and he received the Diamond Executive Award from the South Florida Business Journal along with the Corporate Citizen Award from United Way. He is vice chairman of the Florida State University Center for Human Resource Management and a board member of the Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University and Andreas School of Business at Barry University. Other directorships include the St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Broward Workshop and the Society for Human Resource Management. He served as the past chair of the Diocese of Miami Archbishop's Annual Charity and Development Drive. Shea received his undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton in Ohio and his master's degree from Louisiana State University.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta branch directors provide economic information from the branch territory to the district Bank's president and head office directors, who use the information in formulating monetary policy and making discount rate recommendations. Estes was appointed to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Miami Branch by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. Banks and Shea were appointed by the Atlanta head office directors. The Board of Governors appoints three of the directors of the Miami Branch, and the Atlanta head office directors appoint four.


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Report points to the highs and lows of tourism in Malta
Parking problems, poor signage and the level of cleanliness among the negatives listed by tourists
Tourism Minister Karmenu Vella said today that while Malta was seeing record figures in terms of tourist arrivals, numbers were not the only way to measure successful tourism market. One had to look at product quality, profitability, and sustainability among other things.
"This is not the kind of competition we are hoping for in the future... we'd rather compete on quality than on prices," he said, adding that he would rather see less visitors who, however, were spending more.
The minister was speaking during the launch of the Tourism Product of the Maltese Islands Report that gives a snapshot of the tourism landscape and makes over 200 recommendations to improve the product.
The document was launched this afternoon at the National Aquarium in Qawra.
The idea is to turn the recommendations into a Product Implementation Plan.
Tourism Authority CEO Josef Formosa Gauci said 2013 was a record year in terms of arrivals, nights spent here by tourists, and tourist spending. The MTA had worked to ensure easier accessibility to the island and that the product was attractive and met expectations.
The MTA, he said, had commissioned the report to analyse the product. It was carried out by George Micallef.
Mr Micallef gave an overview of the report that was compiled over 10 months.
He said the sun and sea were still important factors in the Maltese product.
Research showed that parking problems, poor signage and the level of cleanliness were among the negatives listed by tourists.
Eight per cent of visitors said they would not return to Malta, complaining of a dirty environment, excessive building, bad experiences with accommodation, poor transport and unfriendly locals.
The report underlines the importance of improving aesthetics in tourism zones.
It says there needs to be more investment, including accommodation, in historic cities, better parking and public convenience among other things.
There was the need to improve signage and information centers and review transport services between tourism zones and historic areas.
The report makes recommendations to improve the management of beaches and speaks about reviewing accommodation policies in order to improve quality.
The report also touches upon restaurants, bars and entertainment areas, diving tourism, tour guides and staff training.
"We need to send a strong message out there that Malta is a destination for all seasons. We need to provide a range of activities to give visitors something to do," the minister said.
The report adds that business travel had a lot of potential as did English language courses, health and wellness, sports and adventure, film shooting, tourism and religious tourism.
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What you don't understand is that Envato is just a player here, they just play by PayPal's rules, . If PayPal says that transaction was not valid, Envato has absolutely nothing left to do but to get the money from the author back. That's how it works. I don't get what's so hard to understand. There's nothing more Envato can do in this situation as PayPal doesn't really care about one individual online shop in order to change the rules just for that one.
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That's how it works. I don't get what's so hard to understand.
It is normal because I believe most of them never deal with this kind of issue with Paypal directly. Two years ago I ran my own theme shop and I always get many "unauthorized transaction" resolution on my Paypal account every month! It made me crazy because I couldn't do anything. Paypal always took the money again from my account! So, I am still happy with Envato as long as they promise me to improve the security of this marketplace and keep my "Sales Reversal" number is minimum.
This never ending discussion comes because Colis & team do not add this feature for years and prefer to "pay" authors for this "unauthorized transaction" for years! So, when Envato introduce this "Sales Reversal" system, Envato simply asks authors to go outside of their comfort zone, and of course some of them are not happy with this. It is normal.
@FinalDestiny, not sure if you replied to my post. In such cases, what I pointed (in the 2nd para) is different route of investigation – not through payment providers.
Well, I am a newbie, as i started uploading 1 month ago. on the 30 sales i 've made, i had 3 sales reversal. That's a 10% when Envato speaks about 2%. It's really not motivating for new authors like me.
Today I had two sale reversals from one plugin, one of them was purchased about 2 months ago and another one was purchased about a month ago.
So how long does it take to discover a sale reversal? They could get and use updates and get support from me for two months!
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Ostrados said
I had 2 sale reversals recently and I know that the buyer took them as freebies. What about forcing buyers to upload credit rather than paying directly from paypal or visa, will this make a difference?
Yea, sure, great idea, removing paypal support and getting less than 40% of the current number of sales and no reversals, GREAT IDEA, I wonder how could you come up with something as brilliant as this.
Some of you are better with 0 sales and 0 sales reversals rather than 10 sales and 2 reversals.
I'm wondering why mostly only the authors with at most 1-5k earned on the marketplaces are constantly complaining about it instead of some of the authors that really lose significant amounts of money every month due to reversals and still understand that there's not much anyone can do@bluelagoon Envato is not taking your share to cover sale reversals, all your sales are generated by Envato, without Envato you wouldn't have not even one customer, you can open your own market and sell your tracks and you'll see how hard is to bring customers and to handle them. It's very easy to talk about how easy it would be to open your own marketplace and that Envato doesn't help you at all, but have you even tried it? Try it and you'll see how fast you'll come back to Envato again.
Who said eliminate paypal, buyers can upload credit using paypal!
The 1-5k buyers that you talk about complains because many of them are new to this whole system, like me for instance I only knew about sale reversals from 3 weeks only, i dont care a lot about it actually as long as the prescentage of sale reversals stays low.
so, it is interesting
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Hi Collis, Thank You for speaking up about this, I'm frankly surprised in a good way. I was thinking my, and other authors, concerns would had been ignored. (even if I acknowledge that staff tried to explain the issue when we spoke about on the forum but I personally believed we were running in circles)
First, an important point need to be clear. The author agreement I've signed when making an account here clearly states that envato can change the rules when they want so, let's say "legally", there's no issue on this part and never was.
I will not repeat what I've written in the threads, probably you check them before making this thread.
The only thing I want to say is that, morally, it make no sense for me to support loses of any type of scam made against envato. My "duties" are to create items for the marketplace (in my case exclusive items). I'm not obligated to deal with the buyers in any way, this is envato job. Even if I want to deal with buyers I can't because envato hides them from me.
You said a "sale reversal" is not a real sale, yet my item is downloaded. From my point of view the sale was made and the marketplace failed to protect my item. Envato lost nothing, I've lost the item I put on the marketplace.
At this moment, any type of sale I make on envato can disappear with no warning at any time. This is really frustrating and the fact that envato have no problem announcing they don't even investigate those issues because they cost them money is insulting.
I also don't think you answered our questions regarding certain aspects of this issue but you just repeated the information provided in the article posted on the knowledgebase.I understand this is final so debating this now is pointless.
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doru said
You said a "sale reversal" is not a real sale, yet my item is downloaded. From my point of view the sale was made and the marketplace failed to protect my item. Envato lost nothing, I've lost the item I put on the marketplace.


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Yesterday Microsoft announced it would acquire Mojang along with its massive Minecraft gaming franchise for $2.5 billion. By now we've all seen the coverage, including the gratuitous interviews with middle-schoolers about whether Microsoft is "cool" enough to own Minecraft. By and large, we think this is a good acquisition for Microsoft, and we said as much in our Quick Take, just published this afternoon, summarizing the acquisition, its benefits, and its challenges for Forrester clients. Go to the report to read the client-only details of our analysis: "Quick Take: Microsoft Mines Minecraft for the Future of Interactive Entertainment." As we explain in the report, there are specific challenges Microsoft will face that will determine whether this ends up being a sensible acquisition or a sensational one.
Beyond the detailed analysis of the report, it's worth exploring the long-term question of what that sensational outcome would look like. The difference turns on the question of whether Microsoft is ready to invest in the future of digital interactive entertainment. This is a subtle point that has been missed in most analysis of the acquisition. Most people insist on covering the purchase as a gaming industry event. Microsoft, the owner of the Xbox, buys Minecraft, a huge gaming franchise. But that low-level analysis misses a bigger picture that I sincerely hope Microsoft is actively aware of.
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This week, Apple confirmed the longstanding rumors that the company has agreed to acquire PrimeSense, the Israeli company that invented the technology behind the original Kinect for Xbox 360. All of Apple's moves are scrutinized closely, but this one is worth paying closer attention to than most.
The PrimeSense technology was astounding when it was first incorporated into the Kinect. This was not only because of what it could do — see you in 3D and model your skeletal structure as it observed you moving in physical space — but also because of how the company did it. Instead of imitating the $10,000 military-grade hardware of its predecessors, the company insisted on using off-the-shelf technology, whether hardware or software, so that the cost to deploy the solution would be laughably low, compared with prior imaging solutions. That's what made Microsoft so interested — Microsoft's own motion-sensing engineering group was years away from a homegrown Kinect experience and saw a chance to jump ahead of the market with PrimeSense. And jump it did, selling by our estimate more than 30 million cameras around the world, boosting sales of the Xbox 360 console even after it was already nearly five years old.
Now that Microsoft has moved beyond PrimeSense with the Xbox One and Apple has swooped in to buy the company, it will be tempting to think that Apple wants the technology so that it can finally make a successful play for the living room, something it has repeatedly failed to do with Apple TV. Certainly, the Primesense tech works great in the living room, and Apple would be foolish not to try it out there.
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Folks, this one is going to be short because it's the easiest case I've ever made. Microsoft wins the next-gen game console launch wars by launching something that the company doesn't even call a console. Where Nintendo offered us a tablet to accompany the millions we had already bought and Sony then offered us a box that we couldn't even see, Microsoft has trumped them both by delivering the Xbox One. Let's tally up the points:
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After traveling 5,000 miles in three days to speak about digital disruption (I know, it's odd that my physical body has to go somewhere to talk about being more digitally disruptive), I fell asleep on a train yesterday and missed one of the most noteworthy events of the week: Amazon acquired Goodreads.
Full disclosure on this one up front: Amazon published my recent book, Digital Disruption. At the same time, I am a Goodreads member for more than five years; in fact, if you have read any of the most-liked reviews of the Twilight books on Amazon, chances are good you've read mine. That is to say that I am not exactly neutral on this one. But I'll do my best to be objective in answering all the anger being expressed on Twitter and in the trades when I point out that Goodreads was not saving itself for Amazon like some virginal tribute. It has been sitting there, all along, waiting for the right offer to come along. That's how venture capital works, people.
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Product strategists in many industries (from CPG to consumer electronics to financial services) share a challenge with their marketing colleagues: how to leverage the power of brand. Product strategists have a number of strategic tools in their toolboxes for differentiating their products from competitors' offerings: features (a different taste, a new technical capability, or a higher interest rate, for instance); channel, price, or brand (or based on some combination of these factors). For the moment, let's think about brand, because some product strategists design and build their products based largely on the promise implied by their brand name.
Forrester's new research report – leveraging a multi-year analysis of Consumer Technographics® data – shows that while brand is important, brand loyalty (defined as the propensity to repurchase a brand) has been waning. The new report, entitled "Brand Loyalty Isn't Enough For Products Anymore," reveals that:
· Brand loyalty is on the decline. Brand loyalty dropped in the U.S. from 2006 to 2010, our data shows. One reason? The Great Recession. Another? The strength of brands themselves: competing brands in the marketplace entice consumers to try new brands.
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At this E3 we have witnessed more advances in living room technology than the cable, consumer electronics, or the computer industry (yes, that includes Apple) have managed to pull off in many years of trying. Let me summarize:


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Farmers, and the farming industry, often talk about getting closer to the customer. Mostly, that's where it remains; talk.
But three South Island merino farming families have decided to walk the talk to take their wool from a sheep to a person's back.
Mihi Merino (mihi being a Maori greeting to pay tribute to or acknowledge) has been two years in the making for the Pattie family of Glencairn in Seddon, the Pitts of Mt Gladstone in the Awatere Valley and the Simpsons of Balmoral Station in Tekapo.
This week they officially opened a Mihi Merino retail shop in Fairlie, linking into the main tourist route from Christchurch to Queenstown.
Achieving this, in what is a quite complex, distant and fragmented processing and garment creation chain has been no mean feat says MM general manager, Mark Buckley, a 30 year wool processing veteran inspired to come onboard by the owners' passion and commitment to wool.
"There's a lot of factors involved in processing the wool, as well as the whole issue of timelines that need to be understood," he says. Aligning these aspects with cashflow is one area that's caught out farmers attempting something similar in the past.
For a start, getting the wool off the sheep's back – pre-lamb shearing in early spring – and getting it back as a cloth or fabric is a six to eight month exercise.
Ironically, there's no early stage worsted wool processing facilities left in New Zealand, so the greasy merino wool, with an average micron of either 18.3 or 19.5 has to be sent to Taiwan for scouring and top making, before heading to India for spinning. (Note: there's one woolen processing plant left, this produces a 'rougher' more uneven yarn compared to worsted which keeps the individual fibres more parallel).
The yarn is brought back to Levin for knitting, dyeing and fabric finishing, before being cut, made and trimmed in Timaru.
"Making up the garments and working in with the designer's the simplest part," says Buckley. The company policy is to have as much NZ-made content as possible, "and this strikes a cord with the people who come into the shop."
Originally MM was going to target the under-25 demographic, but the company's found that those who more appreciate the clothing, and who can afford it, are the 35+ age group.
MM will look to open more stores, if and when it is economically feasible, but for now will look to create awareness of its brand and products.
"We'd like to see people buy our product at the store, and after they've gone away, buy it online to some degree," says Buckley.
And while the company would like to sell the brand in other retail outlets, the reality of having such a high NZ content means it couldn't be competitively sold at equivalent price points to other merino clothing.
"The next stage for us is to consolidate our following," he says. "Already we have next season's colours and ranges to work through; it's a very long-winded process. There's a year in the planning to get to a garment."
Among the lessons learned by the company's partners are the huge raft of processing issues.
The company would also acknowledge there's been challenges with marketing, branding and website design.
"A lot of money's gone into a black hole with very little back at the moment," says Buckley. "But we'd prefer to think of it as an investment. Even just setting up the retail store itself is mind-boggling. That itself is not just about getting a lease and opening the doors."
Part of the brand's success will be because the farming families all share the same environmental philosophy, and all manage their properties in a sustainable, renewable way. Even the shop recycles as much as it can Buckley says, and like the farms themselves, aims to minimise its carbon footprint.
"Mihi Merino delivers what the market wants," he says. "High quality garments with a traceable value chain."
As much however, the exercise is about taking charge of their own market and future.
"There's no greater buzz that the owners get than feedback from people saying that the Mihi Merino garment's they've bought are just great."


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UK mobile-phone operator EE says it has switched on its 4G network in another 13 cities and now covers half the country's population with the superfast mobile service.
The joint venture between Deutsche Telekom (Bonn, Germany) and France Telecom (Paris, France) is racing to boost availability and take-up as its rivals prepare to launch their own 4G services.
In a press release, the company says that consumers in Bradford, Bingley, Doncaster, Dudley, Harpenden, Leicester, Lichfield, Loughborough, Luton, Reading, Shipley, St Albans and West Bromwich can now access services on its LTE network.
That means EE's 4G offer is now available in 50 cities in total, representing one half of the UK's population.
"With these major milestones of 50 towns and cities and 50% of the population, we're remaining ahead of our schedule to equip UK consumers and businesses with 4G," said Olaf Swantee, the chief executive of EE, in a statement.
"Our customers are at the heart of our rollout and we are working hard to deliver 4G to 70% of the UK population by the end of this year, and 98% of the population by the end of 2014," he added.
EE (Hatfield, UK) is aiming to launch services in a further 30 cities by the end of June, taking full advantage of its 4G headstart.
Last year, regulatory authority Ofcom allowed EE to run LTE services over spectrum that had previously been reserved for 2G.
Competitors were forced to wait until the outcome of the 4G auction that took place earlier this year before they could begin work on their own LTE deployments.
All four of the existing mobile network operators won frequencies during that process, along with fixed-line incumbent BT (London, UK), and both Vodafone (Newbury, UK) and Telefonica O2 (Slough, UK) have already started to market 4G services.
Meanwhile, 3 UK (Maidenhead, UK), the country's smallest but fastest-growing operator, has said it will price 4G services at the same level as 3G.


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That's incorrect.
Ummm No its not incorrect, Physics is still physics. Canisters work on a gravity fed siphon. A canister filter relies on gravity to feed and prime the filter to fill it with water. With out it you cant get it filled with water. The pump does not create a vacuum - if it did, the canister would be capable of self priming. The filter doesnt use internal equalization to create flow. All it use the self equalization for is getting the water to the medium and to the pump.
Try this experiment.
Stand on a ladder or chair above your tank. Using a hose try to suck on the hose to create a syphon and pull water out of the tank. You can suck on the end of the hose and you might get the water to go up the hose while your sucking so hard your about fall over. BUT stop the suction and what happens. The water will run right back down the tube and back into the tank. Why.....?? No gravity to pull it down the tube to start the syphon effect. Do that over the side of the tank and you can pull the water right out of the tank. pull it back over the level of the tank and its no longer syphoning. So yes it takes gravity to feed a syphon. Thus a canister needs that to even fill the filter up to create equalization inside and gravity must be constat to keep a syphon happning.
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In any canister filter, the weight of the column of water in the intake tube is always precisely counterbalanced by the the weight of the column of water in the return tube. For this reason, the net effect of water weight in the tubes is always
precisely and exactly zero
. I.e. gravity plays no role in moving the water through the filter whatsoever.
If this was the case then a pump wouldnt even be needed all one would need to do is create a syphon and it would circulate. It takes the weight of the water falling (this is caused by gravity as weight is a form of gravity and its pull on things) through the tube on the intake to create the syphon thus filling the canister What happens if you get an air bubble in the intake tube but the canisters full? You get a canister filter that doesnt flow. How does the syphon keep flowing? Falling water through the tube continously filling the filter so it can reach the pump. Raise the canister above the tank and the syphon slows to a halt. Why.. Gravity has less effect. Resistance is higher and cretaes a flow restriction on the intake. Volume in is not equal to volume out. As mentioned before Canister are unable to pump/create vacuum inside a canister to keep a syphon or start a syphon. They are PUSH pumps only. There is a reason why manufactures of canister tell you they need to be placed lower below the tanks for a reason.
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Canister filters are not "fed by gravity", as it is often incorrectly believed. Wet-dry filters are fed by gravity, canister filters are not. This is the defining difference between open (wet-dry filters) and sealed (canister) filters. Canister filters, by design, do not require "feeding" at all. They are based on the idea of circulating continuous volume of "weightless" water. From the principle of operation point of view, canister filters do not have "intake side" or "return side": they are perfectly symmetrical in that regard. Speaking informally, both sides of canister filter always provide exactly the same "intake pressures", which meet inside the canister and cancel each other.
BOTH canisters and wet drys are fed by gravity and syphon effect. The only difference is the forces of atmospheric pressures between the two as the wet dry is exposed to such pressures and canisters are not. Canister filters are basicly a controled leak. Your creating a leak by means of gravity to flow down an intake tube fill a fliter and then get it to a pump that pushes it up a outlet. All the while following the least pasth of resistance. The leak being the path of least resistance.. Aka Intake leaking flow into the canister via gravity and output being push via pump as long as you dont excedee the head pressure.
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This is actually the fundamental principle that justifies the very existence of canister filters. Since gravity and weight of the water plays no role at all (the water in this system is effectively "weightless"), the pumps in canister filters does not have to "lift" the water. It only has to push the water through the media. Canister filters were invented specifically to take advantage of this principle.
Lets look at the MAJORITY of designs of canister.. Where is the pump located? Before or after the filter media? MOST ALL if not ALL pumps on canisters are AFTER the media. The filter brings in the water from the intake side via siphon flow caused by gravity. THEN it flows into the filter and goes to the bottom and fills the filter from the bottom up. Going through the Media trays from bottom to top. Its this way by design for 2 reasons. Using this method allows us to push out the air in the canister easier thus easier filling with water. It also allows for a Smaller pump to be used to get the job done if the pump is in the top of the filter at the outlet fitting as it then only has to force the water up the outlet hose. So a pump NEVER pushes the water through the media. It only pushes the water out the outlet hose. How does the water manage to get to the canister and to the bottom of the filter and through the media to reach the pump to allow the pump to do its job pumping it through a smaller hose back into the tank? Gravity and the path of least resistance. Whne using a sealed canister its forced in that direction of least resistance.
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As long as the system is filled with water and sealed, it can be placed below the tank, above the tank, next to the tank - anywhere. The filter itself and will not be able to feel any difference. The pump load will remain constant. This is just school physics.
Really? then why do canister manufactures tell you specifically placement of a canister needs to be below. Not next to, not above, not even with. Pump loads will NOT remain constant. If you change head pressure on any given pump a pump with lower head pressure will pump more. BUT its also proven that a syphon can not work if it is above or to equal with its souce. This is school physics. Its also proven the pump does not create a vacuum. If it did it would prime itself.
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P.S. The reason canister filters have height-difference limitation is not the pump load, but rather seal strength. The lower you place the canister - the greater the water pressure inside the canister becomes. If the canister is placed too low below the tank, the seals will begin leaking.
Sorry this description is just silly and makes no sense. A canister system is NOT a 100% sealed system. It has a inlet and an outlet. Pressure should NEVER build high enough to create a leak at a seal. Why? again.. Due to having a outlet in the filter. The reason for height limitations for the canister is the head pressure it applies on the pump trying to push the water up the hose. If it gets to high it will have to much head pressure and reduce the flow greatly or to nothing. Has nothing to do with causing a seal in the filter to leak. Remember Physics about water.... It follows the path of least resistance. The canister is it self a sealed unit except for the inlet and outlet. If you increase the resistance of the water with a higher head pressure you dont cause a leak. you just create zero flow due to the amount of head pressure fighting the waters abillity to return to the tank. At this point you dont have a syphon anymore you have zero flow out. Its just sitting stationary whith a pump running doing really nothing. Has ZERO to do with creating a seal to leak.
I know several Fluid Engineers and real world people that would disagree with your post on how it works. Gravity is involved. Does a syphon exist in zero gravity? I dont believe so..
Canister filters and wet drys all work off of syphon effects, as you state yourself. (were not talking on back mounted filters) Syphons are the results of gravity.
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Jimmy Owens scores fourth Lucas Oil win of season in Portsmouth, Ohio
By admin | September 6, 2009
PORTSMOUTH, OH (September 5, 2009) – Taking the lead on lap 20 Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN pulled away from a four car battle for the lead as he went on to score his fourth Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of the season on Saturday Night at Portsmouth Raceway Park in capturing "The Big Red Book River Days Rumble" worth $10,000. Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA finished second followed by 22nd starting Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN, Eddie Carrier Jr. of Mooresburg, TN and Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN.
Bart Hartman and Carrier made up the front row for the race which was run before a packed house at PRP. Carrier grabbed the lead on the start as sixth starting Josh McGuire quickly made his presence known as the defending race winner climbed to second followed by Owens, Scott James and Hartman.
McGuire then made a power move on the outside of Carrier grabbing the lead on the fourth lap as there were four cautions in the first six laps with the most serious being for Jackie Boggs who brought out the red flag as he barrel rolled out of turn number four. Boggs was alert and talking as he was cut from his race car and then transported to a local hospital for observation.
On the restart McGuire held the lead as he was fighting off some stiff challenges from both Carrier and Owens. Carrier re-took the lead on lap 14 and a circuit later Owens passed McGuire for second. Owens then pressured Carrier for the lead as the two racers went door-to-door on lap 19 with Owens clearing Carrier to take the lead on the 20th lap.
Owens then pulled away from Carrier as McGuire was starting to fade from the battle for the lead. At the halfway mark Owens was still in front followed closely by Carrier as the two hit lapped traffic for the first time in the race. A caution on lap 27 for Scott James, who was running inside the top ten would bunch the field up and set up a terrific race for the lead.
Owens and Carrier then had Birkhofer breathing down their necks as he move into second on lap 34 as a four-car tussle between Owens, Birkhofer, Carrier and Hartman would get tight as the caution flew on lap 39 for debris on the frontstretch.
On the restart Owens held the lead and had eleven laps to go as he was holding off both Birkhofer and Carrier in trying to take his fourth series win of the season and gain points on points leader Scott Bloomquist who had worked his way from the 22nd starting spot up to fourth on the restart.
Bloomquist made quick work of Carrier for third and with five laps to go he was trying to overhaul Birkhofer for second to salvage what appeared to be a night where Owens was going to cut significantly into his point's lead which stood at 210 points before the night started.
Owens had no problems in the final five laps as he cruised on for the win in only his second ever appearance at Portsmouth in a Late Model as he drove his Mike Reece-owned Reece Monument Company, Gantte Appraisals, PRC, Ohlins Shocks, VP Racing Fuels, Red Line Oil, Byrd's Radiator, C&C Trucking sponsored Cornett Racing Engines-powered Bloomquist Race Cars Ford Fusion.
In Lucas Oil victory lane for the 13th time in his career Owens again thanked a multitude of people. "I have to thank my crew, this car was fantastic tonight, they did a great job on the set-up, I thought I was going to gain some points on Scott tonight, but we'll take the win, I want to thank my car owner Mike Reece and Scott for a great race car, it was a re-clipped car and it was really a great race out there among about three or four of us, Eddie was strong, then McGuire and I knew Birkhofer and Scott would be there, cause I was watching the scoreboard under caution and saw their numbers pop upon there, but like I said we'll take the win and go on to the next race," said the 37-year-old racer who now trails Bloomquist by 180 points with five races remaining.
Birkhofer, who started sixth, finished second in his S&S Concrete/Pro Power Engines/MB Customs Monte Carlo SS followed by Bloomquist in his Miller Brothers Coal/Sweet Mfg/Bloomquist Race Cars Monte Carlo SS. Completing the top five were Carrier in the Carl Grover Motorsports/Engines Inc/Rocket Ford Fusion and O'Neal in the Superior Cleaning/Jay Dickens Racing Engines/MasterSbilt Monte Carlo SS.
Completing the top ten were Bart Hartman of Zanesville, OH, Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA, Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH, Dan Schlieper of Sullivan, WI and John Blankenship of Williamson, WV.
To find out more about the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, log on to www.lucasdirt.com or call the series office at (951) 532-2503.
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Saturday Night, September 5th, 2009
"The Big Red Book River Days Rumble"
Portsmouth Raceway Park – Portsmouth, OH
PRC Fast Time: Josh McGuire / 14.437 seconds *(Bonus $200 Courtesy of Fibernet)
Hawk Brake First Heat (10 Laps-Top 4 Advance): Bart Hartman, Tim Dohm, Terry Casey, Steve Casebolt, Dan Schlieper, John Blankenship, John Mason, Jackie Boggs, Jason Montgomery, Delmas Conley, Josh Bocook, Jerry Mustian, Rod Conley
Hawk Brake Second Heat (10 Laps-Top 4 Advance): Jimmy Owens, Brian Birkhofer, Dale McDowell, Doug Drown, Don O'Neal, Chuck Harper, Rick Aukland, Bill Frye, Butch Dowdy, Kenny Christy, Daniel Williams, Greddy Smith, Michael Walker
AFCO Racing Products Third Heat (10 Laps-Top 4 Advance): Eddie Carrier Jr., Josh McGuire, Ray Cook, Ben Adkins, Earl Pearson Jr., RJ Conley, Eric Jacobsen, Nick Bocook, Marty Huntley, Billy Gullion, Brandon Queen, Matt Pistol, Audie Swartz
Tiger Rear Ends Fourth Heat (10 Laps-Top 4 Advance): Scott James, Wayne Chinn, Rick Combs, Donnie Moran, Ricky Arms, Brad Neat, Chris Wilson, Greggie Oliver, Dennis Little, Shaun Poling, Scott Bloomquist, Albert Butcher, Steve Shaver
Mason Racin' Rebel Shock Dyno First B-Main (12 Laps-Top 3 Advance): Don O'Neal, Dan Schlieper, Rick Aukland, John Blankenship, Bill Frye, Chuck Harper, John Mason, Jackie Boggs, Delmas Conley, Jason Montgomery, Michael Walker, Butch Dowdy, Daniel Williams, Kenny Christy, Freddy Smith, Josh Bocook, Jerry Mustain-DNS, Rod Conley-DNS
Wiles Drive Shafts Second B-Main (12 Laps-Top 3 Advance): Earl Pearson Jr., Eric Jacobsen, Scott Bloomquist, Brad Neat, Greggie Oliver, RJ Conley, Chris Wilson, Ricky Arms, Billy Gullion, Dennis Little, Shaun Poling, Nick Bocook, Matt Pistol, Brandon Queen, Audie Swartz, Marty Huntley-DNS, Albert Butcher-DNS, Steve Shaver-DNS
Feature Finish (50 Laps): Jimmy Owens, Brian Birkhofer, Scott Bloomquist, Eddie Carrier Jr., Don O'Neal, Bart Hartman, Dale McDowell, Donnie Moran, Dan Schlieper, John Blankenship, Earl Pearson Jr., Tim Dohm, Josh McGuire, Doug Drown, Brad Neat, Rick Combs, Ben Adkins, Ray Cook, Scott James, Terry Casey, Wayne Chinn, Steve Casebolt, Eric Jacobsen, Jackie Boggs, Rick Aukland
Finish (Start) Car Number Driver Name
1. (3) #20 Jimmy Owens
2. (7) #15B Brian Birkhofer
3. (22) #0 Scott Bloomquist
4. (2) #28 Eddie Carrier Jr.
5. (17) #71 Don O'Neal
6. (1) #75 Bart Hartman
7. (11) #17m Dale McDowell
8. (16) #99 Donnie Moran
9. (19) #s9 Dan Schlieper
10. (24) #23 John Blankenship
11. (18) #44 Earl Pearson Jr.
12. (5) #17t Tim Dohm
13. (6) #41 Josh McGuire
14. (15) #12D Doug Drown
15. (23) #41N Brad Neat
16. (12) #11H Rick Combs
17. (14) #41B7 Ben Adkins
18. (10) #53 Ray Cook
19. (4) #83 Scott James
20. (9) #42t Terry Casey
21. (8) #1 Wayne Chinn
22. (13) #c9 Steve Casebolt
23. (20) #5 Eric Jacobsen
24. (25) #4B Jackie Boggs
25. (21) #12A Rick Aukland
Race Statistics
Entrants: 52
Lap Leaders: Laps 1-3 (Eddie Carrier Jr.); Laps 4-13 (Josh McGuire); Laps 14-19 (Eddie Carrier Jr.); Laps 20-50 (Jimmy Owens)
Caution Flags: Lap 2 (Terry Casey); Lap 5 (Wayne Chinn); Lap 6 (Earl Pearson Jr.); Lap 7 (Tim Dohm, Jackie Boggs, Eric Jacobsen); Lap 17 (Ray Cook); Lap 29 (Scott James); Lap 39 (Debris); Lap 41 (Josh McGuire);
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Brad Neat, John Blankenship
Emergency Provisional: none
PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger of the Race: Scott Bloomquist
Allstar Performance Performer of the Race: Don O'Neal
K&N Filters Clean Pass of the Race: Jimmy Owens
Quarter Master Rookie of the Race: John Blankenship
Comp Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Cornett Racing Engines
Time of the Race: minutes seconds
2009 Championship Points Standings
1. Scott Bloomquist (Mooresburg, TN) 6470
2. Jimmy Owens (Newport, TN) 6290
3. Dale McDowell (Chickamauga, GA) 6045
4. Earl Pearson Jr. (Jacksonville, FL) 6025
5. Don O'Neal (Martinsville, IN) 5935
6. Ray Cook (Brasstown, NC) 5640
7. Steve Casebolt (Richmond, IN) 5285
8. Brad Neat (Dunnville, KY) 5280
9. Eric Jacobsen (Seacliffe Beach, CA) 4890
10. John Blankenship (Williamson, WV) 4840
11. Dan Schlieper (Sullivan, WI) 4580
12. David Breazeale (Four Corners, MS) 3880
13. Freddy Smith (Seymour, TN) 3705
16. Michael Walker (Franklin, TN) 2955
2009 Quarter Master Rookie of the Year Points Standings
1. John Blankenship (Williamson, WV) 4840
2. David Breazeale (Four Corners, MS) 3880
3. Michael Walker (Franklin, TN) 2955
4. Jeep VanWormer (Pinnconning, MI) 2090
2009 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Sponsors
ASI Racewear – "The Official Merchandise Vendor" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Dixie Chopper – "The Official Mower" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
E3 Spark Plugs – "The Official Spark Plug" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
General Tire – "The Official Tire" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Hoosier Tire – "The Official Race Tire" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
K&N Filters – "The Official Filter" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Lucas Oil Products – "The Official Oil" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
R&L Carrier – "The Official Carrier" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Sunoco Race Fuels – "The Official Fuel" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
SuperClean – "The Official Degreaser" of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
2009 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Supporters Include: 5150 Race Trailers, Afco Racing Products, Allstar Performance, American Racer Tire, Banshee Graphics, Bloomquist Race Cars, COMP Cams, Cornett Racing Engines, Cruise with the Champions, Custom Race Engines, DART Machinery, Dyers Top Rods, Envy Suspensions, Erson Cams/ PBM, GRT Race Cars, Hawk Performance Brake Pads, Integra Shocks, Jay Dickens Racing Engines, JRI Shocks/ Precision Suspensions, Larry Wallace Engines, Malcuit Racing Engines, Mason Racin', Ohlins, Penske Shocks, Performance Bodies, Performance Rod & Customs, Pro Power Racing, Quarter Master, Rhyne Competition Engines, Rick Schwallie Photography, Rocket Chassis, Tiger Rearends, Vic Hill Racing Engines, Victory Circle Chassis, Warrior Race Cars, WD Enterprises, Wiles Driveshafts, and Wrisco Aluminum.
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I'm wondering how long it takes you guys to build a template?
The first two templates I submitted here took two days each from designing the PSD & AI logo to the finished product. The current theme I'm working on has taken almost three working days so I'm wondering if that is slow for production?
I'm slowly developing a base framework to speed things up but this last theme kind of did away with that, lol. Any tips on speeding up the process? Some people recommend CSS frameworks but I tried two of them and found them to be more of a hassle than actually helping.
I would stay away from using CSS frameworks! Create a stylesheet with the basics that you can reuse. For instance your ul, ol, blockquotes, headings etc. you can only do once with minor tweaks to fit each template. If you create a nice functional form you should be able to reuse that most of the time. As you create your grids, save them before adding your content for reuse later.
I've heard a lot of positive things about CSS frameworks but I've also heard just as many downsides. I don't intent on using them at all but I would like to learn to use them efficiently.
I've basically been setting up my own "famework" that seems to work well so far although it does have some evolving to do.
In my personal opinion, it's not worth the time. They're too bloated.
Every time, I just reuse my own "framework" of CSS . Time saving
I use my own framework too. And it does save time!
Two-three days sounds great to me! I'm assuming this is for web templates?
It often takes me much longer to design Blogger templates (sometimes up to two weeks!). Being a parent means I can only work in spurts
I've developed my own (Blogger) template framework: a stripped down template which includes all the basic CSS and layout tags I need to begin designing. Then I add extra sections, change the code and modify the CSS as necessary for my themes.
I'd love to know roughly how long it takes to design a Wordpress theme too!
Usually it takes me about 30 to 40 hours to create my wordpress templates but I must admit, I always use these templates to create something I've never done before.
This way my skills and knowledge grow and I get some money out of it =)
Perfect win/win situation
As a customer of the templates (not a designer) I think CSS frameworks would add value. For example, if a template uses the BluePrint CSS framework and I'm familiar with that, then I'll have more confidence that I can make the necessary enhancements as required.
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On Friday night on my way out of a bar, I met a cute guy. Within one minute he had bitten my neck. Within three minutes he had left with my friends and me. Within 30 minutes he was in handcuffs. And not the good kind. (Or as Officer Oliver put it, "not the furry kind"). Here's what happened:
Alice*, Shawanda*, and I had gone out to see our friend play at the Satellite, and were running late to another friend's birthday party across town. As we were rushing out, I was introduced to this guy (cute, neck-bite, etc). But friend-duty called, so I politely said my good-bye, except cute guy just drained his beer and said "I'm coming with you." Points, dude.
Our drive was all smiles. Loud music blaring (mostly Tanlines), laughter, joy, the works. We found parking at a loading zone at 12:30am (I wasn't winning any friend awards but at least I made it to the party, or so I thought). After a brief debate over the legality of the yellow loading zone (this concern was soon to become laughable), we decided not to risk it and Alice made a U-Turn toward a parking meter across the street. A cop pulled up behind us and us being geniuses, we decided to pull into the nearby Yoshinoya and pretend we were getting food. (In hindsight, the logic in this was limited at best). The cop followed, and we started to panic. Then nine other cop cars pulled up. NINE. Followed by a ghetto bird. Our mouths dropped open. Shawanda suddenly turned to us and said "Oh! Um, so I was maybe supposed to return this rental car yesterday."
The cops got on the megaphone and instructed us to get out one by one. New Guy (as we had taken to calling him as none of us could remember his name) looked at me with a strong WTF face. Soon Alice and I were kneeling in the gravel of the parking lot with our hands on our heads (I assume Shawanda and New Guy were too but I couldn't see them). About 20 cops were in the lot, pointing guns at us. Guns. At our heads. Al and I start giving each other the side-eye and laughing (did I mention it was Alice's birthday as of midnight?). Then we all got cuffed and taken down to the station. On the ride down (I was with Alice) the cops were nothing but nice to us, explaining the car was reported stolen, asking about our tattoos, and asking about New Guy (even they started calling him New Guy). I told them I had just met him that night. "So you think he'll go on another date with you?" asked Officer Oliver. I shifted in my cuffs and said "Nope. No sir, I don't."
After being held at the precinct for about two hours, we were asked to give statements and then let out. First me, then New Guy (still couldn't remember his name), then Alice. Was pretty sure I had blown this first impression, but New Guy insisted on coming home with us to drink some whiskey. And if jail wasn't enough, here is a brief list of the other large deal-breakers New Guy was confronted with that evening:
1. We got arrested (see above).
2. Apparently while we were all isolated, the cops told him that one of us had been arrested for homicide in Arizona, and that we were a girl gang whose m.o was to pick-up dudes and drug and kill them.
3. We brought him to my house, where Shawanda and Alice had been staying for a while, and which essentially looked like a mix of Hoarders and a squatter flop house.
3a. There was a maxi-pad on the floor of the bathroom.
3b. The following things were in my bed: balled up Kleenex, a vibrator, and about twenty pieces of dirty laundry.
4. Were it the season, we could have hung ornaments on my legs and put presents beneath the Christmas Trees they had become.
5. We never stopped calling him New Guy, until we started referring to him as Menudo (relating to his tan and preference of underwear).**
At this point I was pretttty sure New Guy was a lost cause, so the levels of honesty also hit unnecessary highs (Maybe Alice and I share deodorant and maybe it lives in the kitchen). But there is a point to this story, and it is this: Maybe we've all been doing it wrong this whole time. Maybe all the niceties and the games and the shaving (okay maybe not the shaving) isn't the only way to attract a dude. And as I looked over at Menudo quietly slumbering in the morning (whether or not he'll ever wake up there again), I thought this little thought: Maybe, just maybe, there are other ways. Like having your first date in jail.
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent. Except for Alice, because she's full DGAF.
**I should probably add this post (and accompanying collage) to this list
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