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We received one of these solicitations when it was time to renew our boat's license. It looks official, but it's not. We threw it away. We found the FCC web site renewal process confusing, but a few moments on the phone with one of its helpful customer service people cleared everything up. Our advice: renew by phone.
This subject may have been broached before and many may already know of this scheme. My license is coming up for renewal soon (after ten years). There is an outfit doing business under the name of 'Business Radio Licensing' and they somehow are aware of my impending renewal. From them, I received a rather official looking cover letter and copy of a government renewal form. They are asking for a processing fee of $340.
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While I was on the phone with the FCC, I inquired about 'Business Radio Licensing' and was told (as I suspected) that this third party just collects the fee plus $180 (FCC fee is $160) and sends the form you completed to the FCC.
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Nice catch from the Breitbart folks on this one. The NYT picks up on Team Romney's sudden and intense interest in Pennsylvania, and allows that while this could just be high-level strategery, it might also be because Romney's rolling in the Keystone State..
Here's my take on this, which got eaten when I first posted this, probably because I'm posting from an iPad at 34,000 feet, on a bumpy ride no less. We have three-plus days left of effective campaigning. Neither candidate is going to waste the precious remaining time campaigning in states they don't think they can win — or have to win. If Romney's in PA, he's there because he thinks he can close the deal; otherwise, he'd be sticking with Ohio.


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The Theo Walcott who turns 20 today is incomparable with the player he was a year ago.
That's the verdict of Arsène Wenger, who watched the England star produce another dazzling display as Blackburn were dismantled at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Walcott created Arsenal's opener, could have scored a couple himself and generally gave the Rovers defence a torrid time.
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Trevor Shannahan wrote:mayhem96 wrote:Bryce_Decker wrote:Congratulations on proving nothing and attempting to prove something that no one cares about.
Really? I think Trevor did prove his point.
And for what it's worth, the J frame sounded better
I wasn't going for what sounded better as I really like the sound of cutdowns in certain people's hands. I just wanted to show that the notion that a cutdown is even half as versatile as a regular call is asinine, and furthermore my biggest point was that the same feed sounds much different on a cutdown and that it doesn't change tone like a regular call.
Once again, I like cutdowns and they are some duck killing sumguns, just trying to prove my point to the homers.
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Warm, Colorful Shells on A Sunny Beach
As I hear about the terrible winter storms north of Florida, I feel a wheeee bit embarrassed to be complaining about the chilly weather of 54 degrees here on Sanibel Island that swept through yesterday. So before I get out my big down coat and boots with wool socks to head to the beach, I'm hoping if I post the photos I took earlier in the week from our iLoveShelling trip to Big Hickory (when we were still in bathing suits, shorts and tee shirts), it'll warm us all up a tad.
There were warm, colorful shells strewn all over the bright sunny beach. ;)
Our group was able to wade in the Gulf Of Mexico without a care in the world.
And find ALPHABET CONES, LACE MUREXES, LETTERED OLIVES and FLORIDA FIGHTING CONCHS.
I met awesome families with rosy sun-kissed cheeks finding buckets of shells.
GAUDY NATICAS, ROSE PETAL TELLINS, ANGEL WINGS, SHARKS EYES and NUTMEGS.
Wow…. and more ALPHABET CONES!
So many shellers with their ALPHIE eyes on!
It was such a pleasure to spend such a gorgeous day hanging out with so many cool shellers.
SEA PEARLS, DRIFTWOOD and WORM SHELLS…. I absolutely loooooove these beach treasures.
JUNONIA Sue (from my last post) and friends were with us!
Thank y'all for coming out and enjoying the day with me.
A day of beach combing always warms the heart…. and hopefully helps give a little warmth even if it's virtual shelling. Stay safe, y'all!
I'll let ya know what these high winds from this winter storm washes up on our beaches soon. The waves are entirely too rough right now but the anticipation… always exciting! :)
PS- I'm trying to work out some new dates for the next few months so once I get everything worked out, I'll post them on the Shelling Trips page HERE. Hopefully soon!
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Nice ALPHABET CONE, Denise! She found this incredible shell (incredishell) while beach combing with her family Devin, Paul and Gwyneth (they found awesome shells as well!) at Big Hickory Island on our iLoveShelling adventure with Sight Sea-R Cruises earlier this week.
I had such a great time seeing everybody find ANGEL WINGS, WORM SHELLS, SUNRAY VENUS shells and some much more. It's what makes it so special to me.
It was so much fun to talk to Sarah and Catherine about their shelling trip to North Caicos they took last year. After I posted about our trip to Turk and Caicos in 2013, they followed our same trip and loved it just as much as we did.
I've "met" Jason and Twyla on iLveShelling Facebook page but I finally got to meet in person on our trip. It was a blast to hang out with y'all!
Jason showed me the KNOBLESS FIGHTING CONCH he found compared to the regular "knobbed" FIGHTING CONCH. And of course one of a few SAND DOLLARS he found.
Subreda and Sumita came all the way from Mumbai, India to visit local sheller Menju and to join us for our shelling day. They are awesome they even shared some yummy Indian snacks – deeee-licious. Thank you so much for shelling with us, y'all.
These are some of Sumita's shells…
The shelling girls Mickey, Becky and Carolyn came out to shell with us too.
Mickey found her first SEA PEARLS…
Sisters Robin and Sue went for totally different shells.
Sue found an awesome ALPHIE, ANGELS, TULIP, KINGS CROWNS and cool Beach Bling like BRYOZOANS and SEA PEARLS.
Robin found happiness in the mini shell pile… look at that sweetest lintiest SAND DOLLAR omg.
We were in the presents of lots of other mini shell lovers too like Cheri.
Hey Hey, They are back! Jerry and Livy are learning their way around Big Hickory better than anybody on the beach and in the water. They've been on this same cruise quite a few time and it's so dang cool that Jerry shares his knowledge with everybody too.
On our boat ride to the island, I saw Jon and Bob with snorkel gear so I asked Jerry if he would give them any tips. While Romaine combed the beach her men, Jon and Bob snorkeled around the water and used some of Jerry's advice… Oh yea. Happy faces!
Most of our shellers found their treasures on the beach, like Diane and John…
… and Laura, Mike, Paula and Jim
On the return boat ride after our fabshellous shelling adventure, Bob and Romaine had mentioned they find Fulgurite pieces (fused quartz that happens when lightning strikes the sand. Remember the movie "Sweet Home Alabama"? ) on beaches of North Carolina and they thought they found some FULGURITE on Big Hickory too. Since shellers are so like minded, I showed their pieces to our whole boat of shellers … come to find out, we all collected similar pieces. Ok, so…. these are the pieces in the photo below. We are still trying to figure out if they could be FULGURITE. Last year on this iLoveShelling cruise, we had a geologist on the boat and he thought it was wave tumbled concrete from an old concrete structure. He thought the holes were old shells that had crumbled over time. Hmmmmmm… the mystery continues. Concrete? Or FULGURITE? Whadaya think?
To make the day even happier, everybody received their gift certificate from Congress Jewelers too!
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Chillin' With A Chilly Shelling trip to Cayo Costa
We've had a nice cold snap that brought in some great lines of shells this week just in time for our iLoveShelling beach combing adventure to Cayo Costa island with Captiva Cruises.
Okay, I know…. I should actually say "chilly snap" instead of "cold snap" since it was in the 60s but with the wind and being in the boat, it feels great to break out the jackets in Florida. So we bundled up and hit the beach just like twin sisters Debbi, Darlene from MA who found SUNRAY VENUSES, ANGEL WINGS, an ALPHABET CONE and lots of other treasures.
Those were the same favorites that Pam and Mark from Baltimore found too.
Joe, Liliana (NY) and Tim (Michigan) filled their shells buckets to stock up on some fun with art projects for the winter.
I love days when there are lots of BEACH BLING that washes up on the shore as well… so lucky! A CRUCIFIX SHELL.
We even found a live SEA CUCUMBER washed up on the beach so we snapped a photo then returned it to the water.
I got soooo tickled with this next group of shellers from Pennsylvania… Stephen, Kathy, Phyllis and Dennis. Every step of the way, these guys were smiling and laughing with every stoop- y'all are so much fun! And congrats on your "concrete" find, Dennis. heehee
I wish I could have shown you all the cool stuff Stephen found but the SHARKS EYE, BANDED TULIP, OLIVES and SUNRAY VENUS were so striking. Of course that fact that he picked up a BUTTERCUP, you gotta like this guy (Clark loves BUTTERCUPS so Im a little partial to them). He had found the little olive (on his wrist) on a previous trip to Sanibel so Kathy made that bracelet for him. I love that!
It was a wonderful day to be chillin' with so many cool shellers and find out we have mutual friends. Jim Tony, Bert and Lois say "Hi" to Diana for me! ;)
Well, some of my photos didn't turn out so well but I still wanted to show you that there are so many different and unusual things to find … from COFFEE MELAMPUS to MORTONS EGG COCKLES to SEA PEARLS to JINGLES to TULIPS to OLIVES.
This is exactly what makes shelling so much fun.
You can tell by seeing everybody all wrapped up on the way back to Captiva having a little Shell N Tell like Marie from Michigan.
Its always so much fun to see the treasures.
Its always such a treat to see Sue Bunkin whom I met on the beach years and years ago along with her beautiful family. Sue has spread the shelling love down through the generations of her family and now out to her girlfriends Mary, (Sue), Helen and Karen.
It was so much fun to meet Mary and Karen (Lakeland, FL) when they showed me their favorite shells they found – OLIVES and TULIPS… while Karen told me that my blog and videos have helped her teach Marine Science to her students. Wow! I'm so honored I could help share the love and wonder of the beach and sea creatures with her class. Thank you Mary and Karen, that makes me verrrrry happy.
You can also see happiness in the face of Michelle from Denver after she showed me her 2 incredible double VENUS SUNRAYS. These beautiful gifts from the sea will be perfect reminders just how special a day out on the water and exploring a new beach really is.
As always, each passenger on this and all iLoveShelling cruises received a $25 gift certificate from Congress Jewelers (formerly Sealife By Congress) to use in their store. Thank you Congress Jewelers for being so generous with the iLoveShelling community!
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PS- In the first photo, are WORM SHELLS, FALSE ANGEL WING, BABYS EARS, LETTERED OLIVE, LIGHTNING WHELK and ROSE PETAL TELLIN found by Diane from Tucson on our trip (she didn't want her photograph again- heehee)Read More
Everything's Coming Up Rose Petal Tellins in Big Hickory
Julie (Colorado) must have put on her ROSE colored glasses to find so many ROSE PETAL TELLIN shells on our iLoveShelling Adventure on Sight Sea-R Cruises trip. And how 'bout those beautiful SHARKS EYES and ALPHABET CONE too?
There were so many different shell and wrack lines to look through since the beach was so wide on Big Hickory Island. Margaret (NC) searched way up high on the beach to find a few treasured SEA PEARLS.
It was really cool to see Russ on our trip again because he always finds such interesting stuff.
He found two little shells that aren't so easily spotted. The one on the left is a RUSTY DOVE shell and the one on the right is a SPARSE DOVE. I don't find the RUSTY DOVE all that much so I think thats a really cool find- exshellent!
Kathy and Mark found all sorts of cool treasures…
I'd say this was a pretty awesome day to find that really yellow HORSE CONCH, huge SHARKS EYE, an ANGEL WING, FLORIDA CONE, ROSE TELLIN, perfect WHELKS, WORMIES (!) and if you could only see how beautiful that FIGHTING CONCH is with a spectacsheller purple interior.
Cutie Shellootie Isabela and her gramma Karen (Wisconsin) found all sorts of goodies too.
They both love all of the shells and beach bling too. I have a feeling there will be a really fun shell craft day in their future. Fun! Ohhhhh and especially withthat ROSEATE SPOONBILL FEATHER.
So many happy faces and cool shellers were out with us… like Debbie and Leah from St. Louis.
Once that HORSE CONCH is cleaned up, it will be really fabshellous- it's such a nice size. And talk about size… that SHARK'S EYE is huge.
Talk about happy! I love this cuteness of Connie from Pine Island with that tiny little perfect SAND DOLLAR. That's always something to be happy about.
Well, of course there's WORM SHELLS to be happy about too! Diane wanted to find her first WORM SHELL… and she ended up finding way more than one and an ANGEL WING too. Gotta love those wormies.
There was so much to explore and it was fun sharing it with shellers like Kiva and Doug from Ponce Inlet, FL.
We all found such a variety of different treasures.
I found a few treasures too! Look at these cutie sisters Diane and Marilyn in their i Love Shelling tees and bright shelling gear.
Did you notice that these Kansas City gals Sheila Candace and Toni have their hands up? They are showing off their cutie OLIVE bracelets that Candace made them all for their shelling trip to Florida (CLICK HERE to see bracelet tutorial to make your own). So cute! Oh and do you remember Candace? She is the one who inspired me to find out about that TEXAS LONG HORN BRYOZOA and learn about that cool BEACH BLING.
Thank you Kathy and Charlie (PA) for the blast from the past and wearing your Sanibel Six tees. It was so fun to see y'all.
I have to apologize to some folks since my iPhone camera got a little wacky- it fogged up. Dunno, but I still have to show you Cathy and Pete's finds even though the pic isn't great- Im so sorry!
I know the photo isn't great but the shells and bling were so beautiful, I'm sure you can still appreciate them (?).
Any way, it was a blast of a time out on the water boating to one of the out islands of SW Florida. Thanks for joining me, y'all!
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Spectacsheller shells and bountiful beach bling… everywhere!
On our iLoveShelling adventure to Cayo Costa with Captiva Cruises, we were welcomed to a beach loaded with all sorts of beach treasures.
Such an awesome way to shellebrate our shell filled day by being with other very cool beach combers like Kristin, Shannon and Carolyn (Kentucky and Ohio). Those were Shannon's shells and bling in the first photo- aren't they so adorable? (the shells And the girls!)
There were shells everywhere we looked…
Sweet Olivia from Indiana was quick to learn all about how to tell the difference between live and empty sea shells and SEA URCHINS.
She and her mom found a fragile little HEART URCHIN. It's so much fun to find the whole URCHIN in tact since we only see these fragile tests after big storms.
Her cutie sister Lexi found one too. Shellucky girls!
Lexi was also lucky enough to find lots of ANGEL WINGS too. She has 3 different kinds in her hand… FALSE ANGEL WING, TRUE ANGEL WING (ok, its really not called a "true" but since there is a "false"…. why not? heehee) and a FALLEN ANGEL WING on the far right.
Pam and Christine from VA had their hands full looking through the huge shell pile as soon as we stepped off the boat.
I was surprised how many fabshellous WORMIES everybody found. Love that long bright white one with the perfect tip!
As we walked to the tip of the island, there was yet another huge pile of shells to explore.
Megan, Sanibel and Jeremy (PA) were worn out after looking for shells they had never found before. Ummmm…. did you catch what her name was??? Sanibel! Such a beautiful name, right?
These are just a few of the very cool shells that Jeremy pulled out of his bag to show me…. these were his first WHELKS. Congrats!
Barb (Wisconsin) and Debbie (Arkansas) met shelling 6 years ago on vacation in Sanibel and now vacation every year together along with their husbands. Beach buddies.
Debbie found her first GAUDY NATICA!
David and John from Michigan are the die hard shellers of their family so they left the wives on Sanibel and hopped on the boat with us. On the way back it started to lightly rain so they packed up their loot before I got a chance to take a photo of their awesome finds and braved the rain the entire ride back. Another crazy adventure… And thanks so much for the shell candy, guys ;)!
Jennifer (Chicago) carried her fave shell and bling finds in her cap so she could show her husband John (her chauffeur- heehee).
Can you believe how many BABYS EARS? … aNd look at that humongshellous WORMIE.
Can't you just hear the shells clicking, clacking and jingling as you look at this pile of shells thinking about picking through them? The COCKLES and SEA URCHINS were unbelievable… oodles and oodles of them. Now you see why Olivia had to learn about which SEA URCHINS she couldn't take. (CLICK HERE for more info)
It was an amazing beach day hanging out with the coolest bunch of beach combers.
To top it off, everybody received a $25 gift certificate from Sealife By Congress as a thank you from Congress Jewelers for joining our iLoveShelling cruise. They are so generous!
Life doesn't get much better
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SEA PEARLS and BABYS EARS were some favorite gems to be found at Lighthouse Beach this week. They blend in with all the other shells and bling so I feel so rewarded when I find one. It's like I feel lucky that I saw the beauty in them when others may have passed them by without giving them a glance. That's why beachcombers "get" each other, right? Beachcombers know there are hundreds of treasures the sea offers …but we just have to take our time to look for them.
But I feel luckiest when we meet other beach combers on the beach like Lee and Susan (formerly of Guantanamo Bay) who turn into friends for life because they feel the same way. So much fun!
We not only found those SEA BEAN treasures at Lighthouse Beach, we combed the beach at Gulfside beach…
…Where we saw some nice SAND DOLLARS, OLIVES and a few other nice finds.
Each beach we went to, we saw completely different shells and bling. We walked along Bowman's Beach to find a few small shell piles…
Lee caught a few SHARKS EYES rolling in the surf.
Oooooo… and look at that FLAT SCALLOP and ALPHABET CONE Clark found… perfect!
This was my fave find of the week… a brilliant, bright orange RIBED CANTHARUS. Omigosh… Eye candy.
But even if I didn't find the RIBBED CANTHARUS, I found happiness…
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AP Source: Houston's mother to perform tribute
FILE – In this Saturday, May 12, 2012 file photo, Cissy Houston performs at Gospelfest in Newark, N.J. Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy Houston, will perform a tribute to her late daughter at the upcoming BET Awards on July 1, 2012, which will air live from the Shrine [auth] Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
NEW YORK (AP) — Whitney Houston's mother will perform a tribute to her late daughter alongside other female singers at the upcoming BET Awards.
A source familiar with BET's plans said Tuesday that Cissy Houston will take the stage at the July 1 awards show to honor her daughter. Cissy will be joined by "a few top divas," the source said, though the source could not give their names.
The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the tribute has not been officially announced.
Whitney Houston died at age 48 in February. Authorities called her death an accidental drowning, complicated by heart disease and cocaine use.
The BET Awards airs live from The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Kanye West, Beyonce and Jay-Z are the top nominees.
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I am offended, not that it matters to you, and not that I care if you are. As a member of the general public whose opinion you solicited, it makes no difference to me.
I'll add, I don't think it (sex) effects their performance, but have no facts or evidence to support that, just a guess. Pluses and minus to both genders in my book.


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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ closes higher after touching 5-week low
* Closes at C$0.9781 to the U.S. dollar, or $1.0224
* Regains ground after touching 5-week low
* Exporter buying, partial stock market recovery support
* Economic fears persist, despite solid U.S. jobs report
* Bond prices fall as equities pare losses (Updates with closing price, details)
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TORONTO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Canada's dollar closed stronger against the greenback on Friday after earlier touching a five-week low, as a modest recovery in stock markets helped offset widespread anxiety about the global economy.
The U.S. dollar fell broadly, reversing some of the previous day's sharp gains, also because of a partial recovery in Wall Street stocks. [FRX/]
Canada's dollar had strengthened earlier in the session on a better-than-expected U.S. employment report and Canadian jobs data that showed patches of strength. But sober second thoughts about economic weakness and ongoing speculation that U.S. sovereign debt may be downgraded later spooked markets. Continued...


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ROBOTIC LIFEGUARD: EMILY is a remote-controlled lifeguard. It looks like a buoy, but it's a small watercraft fitted with a flotation device.
DEPLOYMENT: It's being used by a handful of communities. Last month, it was used in its first rescue.
HOW IT WORKS: If a swimmer is struggling, a lifeguard or anyone else can put battery-powered EMILY in the water and, with a remote control, send it through even rough waves to help. EMILY can't bring swimmers back to shore, but it can keep them safe until rescuers get there.


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Google's Orkut: A World of Ambition
If it's not about MySpace and Facebook, then the breathless buzz that surrounds online social networking often gravitates to names such as Bebo and CyWorld. Then there's Orkut. Though early to market, the Google-owned social network hasn't seemed to gain traction anywhere but Brazil. But that laggard status may be fading, thanks to a traffic surge in Asia. And now Google (GOOG) appears determined to eliminate its weakness in social networking, an Achilles' heel that detracts from its dominance in Web search and online ads.
Though MySpace still gets four times as much traffic globally, Orkut recently pushed past the News Corp. (NWS) subsidiary in the Asia Pacific region. Orkut's following in that market, which includes China and Japan, has nearly tripled, to roughly 11 million visitors a month, over the past year, according to the consultancy comScore (SCOR). MySpace, by contrast, has been drawing between 9 million and 10 million visitors in recent months.
Meanwhile, Orkut's usage in Latin America has continued to climb: In August, it received 12.4 million unique visitors from that region, double the Latin American traffic of MySpace and Facebook combined. "Now everybody's got Orkut, even people who don't have their own computer," says 15-year-old Ian Quinonez Gaspar, who lives in São Paulo, Brazil, and has more than 700 friends links.
Web Site Makeover
But that's where the high-fives end for Orkut. Beyond Asia and Latin America, which account for nearly all of Orkut's 24.6 million monthly users, the site's traffic remains simply anemic—totaling just 600,000 in North America and about 1.2 million in Europe, and not growing very fast.
Still, while it's unclear whether its overseas momentum is the inspiration, Google is starting to throw more resources behind social networking. The company recently gave Orkut's site a makeover so it looks more Google-like. It's also launched the site in more languages, including Hindi and Bengali (Orkut is particularly popular in India and Bangladesh). At the same time, Google has been incorporating more social networking features into Gmail and its online Calendar service. "The property has long been neglected. But now Google has recognized the social networking phenomenon is very profound and powerful," says Greg Sterling, the founding principal at consultancy Sterling Market Intelligence.
The next big step, expected in November, will be to open Orkut's software code to outside programmers, a plan first disclosed by Michael Arrington on his TechCrunch blog. BusinessWeek.com has learned that third-party developers based in India have been told that the code, known to developers as an Application Programming Interface (API), would be made available around Nov. 5. While Google declined to confirm or deny these reports, the company did confirm earlier this year it was considering opening up Orkut's code (BusinessWeek, 2/13/07).
A Step Further than Facebook
Once the code is available, independent developers will be able to create a plethora of new applications for Orkut that could boost its usage, judging from the experience at Facebook. Developers have already written more than 3,000 applications for Facebook's pages since that site released its code in May. These "widgets," including a hit called Slide that lets Facebook users embed slide shows in their profiles, are considered key drivers behind a 28% jump in the site's user base from May to August. "Facebook created this tremendous momentum and energy around this idea," says John Musser, who runs ProgrammableWeb.com, a developer news and API aggregation site. "Other players can't stand by." That includes Orkut.
In a move that goes a step further than Facebook, Google may make Orkut's code available with fewer conditions in a bid to motivate developers, especially the thousands who already write applications for services such as Google Maps. For starters, Google may allow developers to host their Orkut applications on their own servers rather than the site's. It's noteworthy that a lot of third-party programmers for other Google sites live in the U.S., a weak market for Orkut. As such, easier restrictions may "go toward creating more awareness [of Orkut] from U.S.-based developers, and that may lead to U.S. user-base growth," says Alex Fletcher, an analyst with software consultancy Entiva Group.
If the plan succeeds, users might begin to see applications combining Orkut with Google Maps that would show where friends are located. Earlier this year, a Google-funded student group at Carnegie Mellon University created a prototype of a messaging tool that can enable users of Gmail, Calendar, and even Orkut to arrange impromptu meetings with friends. Google hasn't said how or when it might deploy the application.
Toward Multiple Network Access?
But there are grander possibilities: If developers can host their Orkut applications elsewhere, that means they can create Orkut widgets to embed in other social networks. For example, an Orkut widget for Facebook might enable Facebook users to see whether their Orkut friends are online through their Facebook pages.
Or, Orkut itself could conceivably become a hub for accessing multiple social networks in one place, a concept demonstrated by another Google-funded Carnegie Mellon group last year in a project called Socialstream. "We don't know what they will use," cautions Brad Myers, project adviser and a professor of human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon.
But there are signs Google sees wisdom in a concept like Socialstream. In September, Orkut introduced an array of new features, some similar to those offered by other social networks. One addition was Updates from Your Friends, a box that alerts users to new photos or links to YouTube videos their friends have posted. Another was Feeds, which enables Orkut's pages to display information posted on other sites—such as a blog from Google's Blogger or Six Apart's LiveJournal, or photos from Google's Picasa and Yahoo's (YHOO) Flickr—albeit only those that allow syndication of their content.
Other new features may be forthcoming: In the past year, Google has hired several experts who focus on making Web sites easier to use, and they've been plugging away at Orkut. One is Jeffrey Veen, co-founder of the consultancy Adaptive Path, who helped with the design of the sites Blogger, Six Apart's TypePad, and Flickr. People familiar with the matter tell BusinessWeek.com that Veen is also working on adding more social networking features to other Google sites.
Revenue Growth Questions
It also may be with Orkut in mind that Google acquired a mobile social network called Zingku in September. Zingku allows users to share photos snapped with mobile phones and to set up gatherings via text messaging. "Mobility is very popular in the Philippines and India," says Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with Global Equities Research. "For that customer base, a mobile [extension of Orkut] makes sense." Chowdhry also notes Orkut could prove useful in driving users to Google Apps, the online word processing and spreadsheet programs that compete with Microsoft's (MSFT) business software.
But even if Orkut continues to grow in popularity, it may be hard for Google to translate that into significant new revenue growth. Advertisers in developing markets, where Orkut is strongest, remain cautious about social networks. In Brazil, Orkut was recently forced to pull ads that some users found offensive. So while Google may benefit from showing more ads to Orkut members who are driven to Google Search or Google Apps, direct revenue from Orkut may total just $50 million a year, estimates Chowdhry.
There's no doubt, though, Orkut is showing it can compete with MySpace and Facebook overseas. Now Google needs to show whether it can ride that momentum into the U.S. and Europe, where the real marketing dollars are.


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ESPN laying off 100, including on-air personalities: Citing a major loss in subscriber base and advertising revenue, ESPN spent Wednesday laying off approximately 100 people, about one-half of them having had an on-air presence.
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Aaron Hernandez found dead in prison; conviction will be voided: Five days after being acquitted of two additional murders, Aaron Hernandez was found dead by hanging in his prison cell. After the acquittal, Hernandez was returned to prison to continue serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder. According to Massachusetts law, Hernandez will be considered as having died an innocent man; under a legal principle, as he had not exhausted legal appeals, the conviction will be voided.
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Brighton and Hove Albion promote to EPL: Brighton and Hove Albion will become the 48th club to play in the Premier League after it clinched promotion Monday with a 2-1 win over Wigan. It will be the first time in 34 years that BHA will play in England's top flight.
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Lincoln City bringing magic back to FA Cup: National League (fifth-tier) side Lincoln City's run to the FA Cup's quarterfinals is a sign the FA Cup is not dead, says its manager.
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Haslams apologize for 'disappointing year': Cleveland Browns' owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam apologized in a letter sent to season ticket holders after the club's 1-15 season. The letter also was posted on the team's website.
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Hope Solo takes leave of absence: Hope Solo, who was suspended from the U.S. Women's National Team after the Olympics, has been granted a leave of absence from the NWSL's Seattle Reign.
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Eagles fire Chip Kelly: Three days after the Philadelphia Eagles were eliminated from playoff contention, owner Jeffrey Lurie fired third-year head coach Chip Kelly.
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Strahan, Brooks lead NFL Hall of Fame class: Michael Strahan and Derrick Brooks led a group of seven players who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Marvin Harrison, however, was not elected. Brooks will enter as a first-ballot HOFer, and punt Ray Guy finally gets in through the veterans' committee.
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Govt. shutdown halts sports at military academies: The Department of Defense has suspended athletic events at the military academies due to the government shutdown.
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Lower-level clubs oust 5 EPL sides in FA Cup: With apologies for posting one of my articles, the Premier League took a bit of a hit, and almost near-annihilation, by lower-level clubs in the FA Cup's fourth round.
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Jets fire GM, but Ryan will return: Mike Tannenbaum was fired as the Jets' general manager after a 6-10 season, but the club announced head coach Rex Ryan will return next season.
posted by jjzucal to football at 10:11 PM - 7 comments
Josh Harding diagnosed with muscular dystrophy: Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding said he will continue to play as an inspiration to others with the disease.
posted by jjzucal to hockey at 06:08 PM - 5 comments
NFL, referees reach agreement: Staff referees will be on the field this weekend as negotiators for the NFL and referees' union have reached a tentative agreement on an eight-year contract.
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Court vacates Saints' suspensions: A federal court Friday vacated the suspensions of four New Orleans Saints players; the NFL reinstated them several minutes later.
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Mets offering freebies: How bad is life at Citi Field? The New York Mets are offering free tickets for this opening weekend's games against Atlanta.
Saints' bounty system via Taiwanese animation: It's had cool productions about Tiger Woods' fight with his wife and the 2010 Tea Party candidates, but NMA of Taiwan has reached a high with this animation about the New Orleans Saints' bounty system and some hypocrisy within the NFL.
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Yankee PA announcer dies: The longtime public address announcer of the New York Yankees, Bob Sheppard, dies at age 99.
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Falcons want stadium: The president of the Atlanta Falcons said the franchise wants a new open-air stadium by the middle of the decade. Their current home, the Georgia Dome, opened in 1992.
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Jets-Pats tape lawsuit rejected: In a follow-up to an earlier post, a federal appeals court upholds the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages for claims the New England Patriots' secret taping of New York Jets' signals affected game outcomes.
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Ernie Harwell dies: Longtime Detroit Tiger broadcaster Ernie Harwell dies at age 92 after battling cancer.
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Jets-Pats tape lawsuit: Two attorneys who are suing the New England Patriots from when they taped New York Jet coaches' signals.
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Five from Kentucky declare for NBA draft: Four freshmen and one junior express their interest in entering the NBA draft.
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Butler heads to Final Four: Another reason to love the NCAA basketball tournaments.
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Admissions exemptions benefit athletes: We've always thought this, but AP reports an NCAA study shows most schools give some additional weight to athletes who may not meet a school's academic standards for admission.
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Iverson to retire: ESPN reports Allen Iverson will retire from the NBA.
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An ongoing, PES-inspired animated papercraft series from Australian productiion studio Yell Design.
Mmm. Pulpy.
An ongoing, PES-inspired animated papercraft series from Australian productiion studio Yell Design.
Mmm. Pulpy.
Meet paper designer Peter Dahmen. He's good. You'll like him.
A miniature, mechanically functioning model of a V8 engine created by engineer Aliaksei Zholner from paper and sticky tape (to reduce friction).
In the second clip, he demonstrates the compressed air driven throttle, effectively revving the engine with a tiny accelerator pedal.
If you're into miniature modelling at all, you may need to sit down.
The device is a follow up to an equally painstaking V6 engine Zholner created last year.
Designer and fine art student Diana Beltran Herrera's fragile, exquisitely detailed handmade paper birds.
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Pleasingly blocky Imperial papercraft by Korean promotional toy makers Momot.
By Maciek Janicki who sez:
The streets are paved with paper. This delicate animation follows the charming rise and fold of a fragile metropolis. Captured by an unseen helicopter, the narrative unfolds through winding roads, erupting forests and emerging mountains. Paper City grows in one fluid take, with skyscrapers rising from the page – only to crumble, wrinkle and gently crease back into the ground.
Incredibly lifelike paper birds created by Dutch artist Johan Scherft, who creates the paper templates on computer, prints them, paints them by hand and assembles the model. The process can take up to a month per bird.
He supplies templates at his site and tutorials on YouTube.
Reminiscent of the sculptures left in Scottish libraries earlier this year, artist Jodi Harvey-Brown creates these pop up books using the stories contained within as inspiration.
If you like them, she has a shop on Etsy and even takes requests.
Danish artist Peter Callesen creates these extraordinary papercraft sculptures from single sheets of white A4. Sez he:
"By taking away all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white A4 paper sheet for my creations, I feel I have found a material that we are all able to relate to, and at the same time the A4 paper sheet is neutral and open to fill with different meaning. The thin white paper gives the paper sculptures a frailty that underlines the tragic and romantic theme of my works.
The paper cut sculptures explore the probable and magical transformation of the flat sheet of paper into figures that expand into the space surrounding them. The negative and absent 2 dimensional space left by the cut, points out the contrast to the 3 dimensional reality it creates, even though the figures still stick to their origin without the possibility of escaping. In that sense there is also an aspect of something tragic in many of the cuts."
(Hat tip: Aaron McAllorum)
In what is essentially a promo for the 2013 range of Moleskine Planners, Netherlands based designer Rogier Wieland made this rather pleasing stop motion animation using the aforementioned notebooks.
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The Leonard Lopate Show
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The Future of Fish 29 min
Epigenetics 28 min
The worldwide demand for seafood is soaring. On today's show: Time correspondent Bryan Walsh describes the exponential growth of fish farming. Then, filmmaker Tsui Hark, part of Hong Kong's New Wave, discusses his long career and his mega-hit films "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" and "The Blade." Jason Zinoman explains why the 1970s were the golden age of modern horror films. Plus, we'll tale a look at epigenetics and how environmental factors can affect our genes.


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Symonds has been at the centre of a racism row that has soured relations between the Australian and Indian teams. He was allegedly called a 'monkey' by the Indian off-spinner Harbhajan who received a three-match ban.
The ban prompted the Indians to lodge an appeal amid threats to abandon the tour.
As the two teams prepared to battle it out in the third Test in Perth starting on Wednesday, Symonds declared he could tolerate racism - but only from those he knew.
''I'm not a sensitive person about it,'' he said.
''If you know me well you can have a joke to me about anything and any part of racism and I'll laugh."
''I'm not sensitive about it, but if I'm not your friend, if you're an opposition player or something like that, it is unacceptable."
However, the burly Aussie also said that even rival cricketers can make racist slur if he knows them well.
''Even with opposition players, if I do know them well and they want to joke about something like that, it doesn't stir me up, so what's happened is something I and the Australian boys have taken very seriously,'' Symonds was quoted as saying by the Sunday Telegraph.
''It (the racism affair) is a really difficult thing for me to comment on... as it hasn't been totally resolved,'' Symonds said.
''Obviously, people are very interested in what's happened but they probably won't actually know exactly what's happened for quite some time, until the dust has settled.''
Symonds said he became used to hearing comments about his appearance during his school years and he was not easily offended.
''I'm very relaxed about life and I understand there are many different types of people,'' he said.
''You know, I used to have a bit of fun and people used to have a bit of fun with me in the playground when I was at school so I understand that kids are very blunt about that sort of thing. But it (racism) is one of those things that, in the modern day, is obviously very publicly unacceptable.''
Meanwhile Indian officials claimed that Symonds misinterpreted a derogatory Punjabi phrase as a racial gibe.
Claims surfaced on Friday that Singh called Symonds a ''Maa ki . . .'' in his native tongue, which translates as ''motherf*****''.


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Very nice work! Looking forward to trying it on BT3
Simply beautiful. Love the GUI, love the simplicity and can't wait to get the spoon in my hand
not so much time indeed now.......
for those who will be in HSF in paris , i'll give a conference on backtrack3 in this little con the 16 of june. i will reliz spoonwpa & some others modules at this date ...
spoonwpa is now in a prealpha state , i will reliz it to my habitual testers soon (before weekend)
the public reliz will occur in max 15 days....
thx 4 your words
Watch your back, your packetz will belong to me soon... xD
BackTrack : Giving Machine Guns to Monkeys since 2006
How to become an alpha tester??
Don't eat yellow snow :rolleyes:
Your WEP spoonfeeder was the first software that I tested after downloading the BT3 USB program.
It looked so sexy in your programming thread that I could not wait to try it.....and it did not disappoint.
Very easy to use, very effective, and very sexy.
Many thanks for your great contribution.
And, I see that MUTS in his blog has noted this special addition to the BT3.
man awesome just awesome thanks for your work cant wait to play with spoonwpa thanks again
nice work man. And its wrote in java.. sweet! Will the source code be released?
Does anyone know when this will be released to the masses?
Part of it is already on the BT3 Final cd. He hasn't released the wpa parts yet. Haven't heard from him since BT3 was released either, so he's probably pretty buisy.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
wow thanks shaman.... you really did a good job... cant wait for spoonwpa =)


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Church of Scientology of Spain Hosts The Way to Happiness Seminar Featuring Ruddy Rodriguez
Venezuelan actress, model and businesswoman Ruddy Rodriguez was guest speaker at the Church of Scientology of Spain in Madrid. The subject of her presentation: The Way to Happiness, an entirely nonreligious, common-sense moral code that can be followed by anyone of any race, culture or creed.
Authored by L. Ron Hubbard to fill the moral void in an increasingly materialistic society, the 21 precepts of The Way to Happiness [8] provide a road map any individual may follow to make choices leading to a happier, more decent and fulfilling life.
Well known throughout Latin America as Miss World Venezuela 1985, and the star of several television serial dramas, Ms. Rodriguez has been an ardent supporter of The Way to Happiness Foundation for the past 11 years.
In her presentation, Ms. Rodriguez emphasized that the book, which is now also available as a book on film on DVD, is a simple, useful guide for people of all ages and walks of life.
"The message of this book applies to life," she says. "Happiness lies in doing worthwhile activities."
The presentation was held in the chapel of the Church of Scientology of Spain, at St. Catherine Street # 7 in the Barrio de las Letras in Madrid, just blocks from the Congress of Deputies and the Aneneo de Madrid.
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2003 ZTS - horrible gas mileage - 16.3mpg - HELP
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I see a lot of variables in here that don't make your mileage figures a shocker. Unless you are calculating fuel economy by filling your tank, logging mileage and filling the tank at the same pump again while dividing the miles driven by gallons used - your fuel usage figures are terribly inaccurate. This may sound unacceptable given you are using the fuel gauge but if you understood how a fuel gauge worked it would make more sense. They are accurate estimations of fuel level, not accurate measurents of fuel level.
A drive of less than 3 miles (especially in cool temps) is likely not enough time for the engine to reach closed loop. In open loop it fuels the engine based on a programmed table that is certainly rich of stoich and thus it will consume more fuel in open loop than it will in closed loop. This is aside from all the other problems you can expect with such a short run cycle.
Your tire compound will negatively affect fuel economy as well because they have more drag compared to a street tire - regardless of how much air you put in them
It is a good idea to check for dragging brakes - especially if you've had brake issues in the past
How much extra weight is in the car?
What is the ethanol content of the fuel being used?
Your woman may have poor driving habits. I can make a motorcycle get 10mpg if I try hard enough........
Get rid of the K&N filter. MAF based Fords are notorious for aftermarket filters (especially "performance" filters that use oil to trap FOD) messing with the air turbulence across the MAF sensor and/or contaminating the sensor with oil. Comparing what mileage you get with a go-fast air filter to what others get with paper filters isn't a very valid comparison.
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This article was published 17/4/2013 (1532 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Derek Falloon and Curtis Oliver hope to go from one island to another.
Falloon, from Russell, and Oliver, from Elkhorn, will head to Vancouver Island next week after helping the Yorkton Terriers claim the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League title to qualify for the inaugural Western Canada Cup in Nanaimo, B.C.
The top two finishers in the five-team tournament — featuring the host team and champions of the Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. junior leagues — will qualify for the RBC Cup Canadian Junior A championship next month in Summerside, P.E.I. But Falloon said the Terriers are aiming for the top spot in the western Canadian tournament, which replaces a pair of regional playoffs.
"That'd be pretty cool to be the first ones to win the Western Canada Cup," he said.
No matter what happens out west, the Terriers will end the season as a championship team for the first time since claiming their last SJHL crown in 2006. Yorkton has lost the league final twice since then — in 2010 and 2011. Terriers head coach Trent Cassan, a Medora native who took over the team's helm in the first of those seasons, said getting over the top this spring has been a rewarding accomplishment.
"It's been an awesome experience and a pretty hectic time here, but a really exciting time," said Cassan, whose Terriers ousted the Humboldt Broncos in the league final, clinching the series in Game 6 on Sunday in Yorkton. "We were very close a couple times. There's a number of players that have been with us three or four years; it was their third time in the league final in four seasons and to be able to accomplish it on home ice too, in front of a packed arena, it's a pretty exciting time in the community right now."
Oliver, a second-year Terrier who turned 20 last week, said he believed right from the start of the season that the team had potential for a big year and the club lived up to that, tying for first overall with a 36-14-1-3 record. The former Yellowhead Chiefs midget standout produced seven goals and 21 points in 43 regular-season games, then added a goal and an assist in 15 playoff contests. With the depth the Terriers possess, Oliver knew he didn't have to be a big scorer for the team to succeed.
"I was an energy guy and tried to get the team sparked to keep everyone going," he said. "Everyone bought into the team and everyone knew their roles and what they had to do and everyone executed."
Falloon, a third-year Junior A veteran, was acquired by the Terriers from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Swan Valley Stampeders last summer. He had seven goals and 29 points in 44 games before he broke a vertebra while warming up for a game in February — one day before his 20th birthday — and missed the rest of the regular season. Falloon returned for the Sher-Wood Conference final against the Melville Millionaires, then was sidelined again before suiting up for the last three games of the final, finishing the playoffs with two assists in eight games.
After losing only three games at home during the regular season and playoffs, the challenge now for the Terriers is to succeed on the road against a group of teams they've never faced before.
"When it's only a one-game shot, you really have to have your team on top of their game," said Cassan, whose team will open on April 27 against either the Spruce Grove Saints or the Brook Bandits from the Alberta Junior Hockey League. "It's not like a playoff series where you play a team five or six or seven times and you can watch the video from the first game and show them things that (the other team) did. Once you play them once, you're done with them."
ONE-TIMERS: John Lawrence of Newdale made it to the SJHL final with Humboldt, tallying a goal and five points in 16 playoff games after notching 16 goals and 35 points in 40 regular-season contests.
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Funny story, when I finally created the best theme (in my opinion, I won't post a link here, it's against rules, go to my portfolio and look for "0 sales" theme, heh) in my life, turns out it's not selling at all. First, I thought it's because there's no styles feature, so I've made a huge update, added 6 more styles, the black one, the tan one, red, blue, green, few custom widgets and some other features. Then, as it turns out, the file… still isn't selling – but this time only because it didn't sell in the past.
Here's the "math": people look at the item, they see "hey, it got 0 sales" and they think it must be terrible, how can they pay $25 if the item is so awful? Well… maybe it isn't? But they won't know this, as this "0 sales" is a reason good enough for them not to click the link in order to see some more details, and more than that – the live preview of the updated item.
I could delete the item and resubmit it, and maybe it would pass the review process again, but I would feel like breaking the rules, it wouldn't be fair to other authors. So I'm stuck with this "0 sales syndrome" and I have no idea how to cure it – how to persuade people to click (I'm not saying "buy", just "take a look at the details")? Maybe devs could add something like "file updated, check out the big changes" badge which would be displayed next to the thumbnail? The reviewer would check the "big update" checkbox and the badge would stay there for let's say… 2 weeks .
Nah… weird idea, I know… But this "0 sales syndrome" is really a pain in the back . Anyone else experienced it, perhaps? Tell me I'm not alone, heh. Or maybe the design itself is bad… Oh man…
When one of my items sales are very low the first months or so then i'll remove it and give it away for free at my blog
Patience is a virtue my man. Maybe if you made a template version and submitted it, it would sell?
no offence but to be honest I dont think this is your best work so far, for some reason I just dont like the layout, logo and lack of dynamic colours ( as in you use just one solid block of colour)
Maybe buyers have the same opinion as me, and end up choosing a different theme.
good luck with what ever you do
no, people are not buying it because it has 0 sales but because they don't like it for some reason. in the past, i had 2 PSDs that had 0 sales and after a while i deleted them. it was kinda stupid to have items in portfolio that had no sells at all.
Maybe, just maybe, people aren't buying it because they don't like it. I mean, 0 sales wouldn't keep me from buying something if I liked it.
Maybe, just maybe, people aren't buying it because they don't like it. I mean, 0 sales wouldn't keep me from buying something if I liked it.
+1 that's the way i look at items as well, don't care if it has 0 sales or 1000 sales, if i like it then i buy it.
But you know most of the people are followers and they follow others without even bothering taking a look at the 0 sale files.
Hey Mastegreed
I agree with dougi, I think you have better pieces in you portfolio. Although, 0 sales is quite rough… But things like this happen.
It is getting harder and harder to tell what buyers want. Their preferences change quickly because of the higher supply of high-quality themes. Sometimes it gets confusing and it is really hard to anticipate well what would make them go "Wow, I need this". There are some authors on TF who have this ability, take for example kriesi. Looks like he knows the psychology of the buyers inside out
But things like this happen. Just move on, Im sure your next theme will do better. Good luck
I'm with dougi here. The layout is unique but I find it heavy for the eye :/
I'm afraid I agree with a few others,
I'm put off by the layout etc, not the 0 sales. I'll buy anything if I like it – I'm much more likely to be put off by really low * ratings and upset comments


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I'm nervous! I will be going in for a mini tummy tuck with lipo in about 3 weeks. The doctors says I don't need muscle repair because I work out and my muscles are tight. Everything I've read says not to skip the repair.Should I still insist on it???? I have had two children c- section 40 years old 5'5 125 pounds. I'm very active and run 3-4 times a week. I don't know what to do:0(
I'm nervous! I will be going in for a mini tummy...
I've had a second pre opt appointment to try and...
I've had a second pre opt appointment to try and ease my mind... Unfortunately it didn't help . My dr said I will only need a MTT and lipo on my abdominal area upper and lower. Should I ask for muscle repair??? I usually look a couple of months pregnant after I eat.. Will the repair help with that??
I'm 4 days post op... I'm feeling great and have...
I'm 4 days post op... I'm feeling great and have very little pain. I went with what my doctor suggested ( no muscle repair) and I could not be happier at this moment. My pouch is gone and my belly is flatter even though there is still lots of swelling. He said I had great muscles underneath and I will finally be able to see my hard work once the swelling goes down ( could take a couple of months). I'm thrilled so far!
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Troy Police Department
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Welcome to the Troy, Michigan Police Department. This mobile app provides you with timely information and near-instantaneous alerts that may affect you. Be sure to sign up for push notifications on the Notifications tab. Please let us know what you think.
Must give permission to access your camera. App requires you give it permission to take pictures and video, why does the Troy police need this kind of access to my phone? App will also send out alerts with just links instead of full text and those links
Great app! It's about time! Nice work everyone!
Useless weather alerts Got tired of being alerted every time a drop of rain fell. Kept waking us up. Had to delete. Otherwise great app.
Nicely Done! This a great tool for a police department to keep in touch with their community! Great job, guys! I saw in the papers that Bloomfield Township has one, too.
I like it Use it all the time
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Version 1.2: Added a place to check the last 10 alerts in the upper left hand corner, also when provided clickable links from the NOAA
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I purchased this n/a non-turbo Jetta in October of last year with a list of issues that I began to address. Since then the motor was pulled. The rings,crank bearings,head gasket,oil pan gasket,valve seals,intake gasket, and exhaust gaskets have all been replaced (as far as motor work goes).
The windshield was replaced because of an obnoxious spider crack. As well as a new window lift/regulator in the drivers front door.
I will disclose that the instrument cluster has "its days"...it tends to randomly loose power. The speed-o and the clock continue to work dispite this issue. I installed aftermarket temp/voltage gauges to remedy this issue until I got around to it.
I have noticed that in the past the car HAS BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. It was hit in the front pas. side. I dont want that to come as a surprise to any1 (I didnt notice this when I got it & it sucked ).
Aside from the cluster issues the only other issue I noticed over the last 5 months I dailied it to work (about the last 6k miles@ 45mpg) is that for some reason i'm getting oil into the antifreeze reservoir. I am at a loss as to why it is moving from oil into antifreeze and NOT moving from antifreeze to oil....but after draining oil there is no trace of coolant in the oil?
That being said this is a good project for someone to continue. Im just ready for a new car


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Liquor law enforcement: Policy and practice in Australia
Findlay, Robyn A., Sheehan, Mary C., Davey, Jeremy D., Brodie, Helen, & Rynne, Frank (2002) Liquor law enforcement: Policy and practice in Australia. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 9(1), pp. 85-94.
Among other things Australia's Liquor Laws make it illegal for venues to sell alcohol to people under the age of eighteen years, or to intoxicated persons. Research has shown that there is a low level of compliance with these laws. This study surveyed the enforcement behaviour 270 rural police officers and 336 urban police officers. One of the findings was that police are more likely to enforce these laws against individuals rather than the venues that supply the alcohol.
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A handful of recent Ferris State University football players as well as counterparts from fellow Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) schools showcased their skills as Ferris held its National Football League (NFL) Pro Testing Day Thursday (March 13) inside the FSU Sports and Convocation Complex in Big Rapids, Mich.
The field of athletes included former Bulldog defensive tackle Kurt Hout (Arvarda, Colo./West), offensive guard Bill Bourdlais (Newberry), slot receiver/returner Robert Miller (Carson, Calif.), wide receiver Nate Fricke (Covert) and quarterback/receiver C.J. Van Wieren (Holland/West Ottawa). All five players completed their FSU eligibility last fall.
In addition to the contingent of Ferris players, four players also took part from fellow conference rival schools. They included the former Northwood duo of defensive tackle Kyle Clement and offensive lineman Dan Marshall in addition to two Saginaw Valley State products in inside linebacker Derek Volmering and cornerback Mark Miller.
"This was a great opportunity for our guys to show the NFL people where they're at in the process," said FSU head coach Jeff Pierce. "It was nice to also have some guys from other parts of our conference be involved as well. It's all about seeing guys get a chance in life to make their dreams come true."
One of the biggest highlights of the morning session came in the bench press where Hout turned out 42 repetitions at 225 pounds. The performance is believed to be the top effort in the bench press by a potential NFL draftee this year. The top efforts in the event at the recent NFL Combine in Indianapolis were posted by Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long and Ohio State defensive end Vernon Gholston, who both maxed out with 37 repetitions at the same weight, according to the official NFL Combine website (http://www.nfl.com/combine).
Fricke also had a strong testing day for the Bulldogs as he recorded the top overall marks in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump and broad jump over the course of the event.
The 6-2 Hout has received plenty of attention from professional scouts heading into the April NFL Draft. In addition to being chosen as Football.com's top defensive tackle prospect from a small school, he also was forecast to be selected as the 30th pick in the sixth round by the Indianapolis Colts as part of Football Future's recent (www.footballfuture.com) Mock Selection Draft. Hout attained All-GLIAC Second Team recognition for the Bulldogs in 2007. Draftdaddy.com has Hout listed among its top 75 Small School Prospects while he's presently projected as a seventh-round pick and the 27th-best defensive tackle in the country at all levels by Walter Football (walterfootball.com). Additionally, Hout has drawn attention as the 24th-best player at his position from NFL Draft Watch (nfldraftwatch.net) and is listed ninth among Football Future's Top 50 Small School Prospects this year.
Bourdlais, too, has garnered possible draft or NFL free agent consideration. The two-time All-GLIAC First Team offensive guard is picked as Football.com's fourth overall small school prospect at his position and is ranked 42nd out of 175 potential offensive guard draftees in the country by NFL Draft Scout (nfldraftscout.com). Hout, meanwhile, is 27th of 148 possible defensive tackles under consideration, according to the site.
Hout was regarded as one of the top 15 NCAA Division II players being considered by NFL scouts entering his senior campaign, according to the 2007 D2football.com Pro Hopefuls List. The Pro Hopefuls List, which was put together by D2football.com Pro Prospects correspondant Josh Buchanan, listed the top 15 prospects overall. In addition, 35 other players were ranked behind them with Bourdlais found as the 35th-best D2 prospect coming out this year. Buchanan also posted a 53-man team roster of Division II prospective players and the list included Hout, Bourdlais and Bulldog senior safety Patrick Wells (Miamisburg, Ohio) prior to the start of last fall's gridiron campaign.
Ferris' Miller recently was assigned to the Tri-Cities Fever (Wash.) by the Arena Football League 2 office after earning All-GLIAC Second Team plaudits this past fall. Van Wieren, who's being eyed as a possible prospect at several positions due to his all-around athletic ability, claimed GLIAC Honorable Mention accolades as FSU's starting quarterback in 2007 as did Fricke from his wideout position.
The 2008 NFL Draft will be held April 26-27 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Coverage will be provided by the ESPN family of networks.
The Bulldogs posted a 6-5 overall record on the field during the 2007 campaign, which represented the program's eighth winning campaign in 13 years under Pierce and marks the 13th time in the last 19 years the Bulldogs have finished above .500 for the year. However, the record was recently changed to 7-4 overall in the GLIAC standings, reflecting Saginaw Valley State's decision to forfeit four games this campaign. FSU placed tied for fourth in the conference as the school's final league record was 6-4 following the earned forfeit.