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Sunday, March 9, 2008
ESPNEWS Suddenly A Player In NASCAR On TV
After the Atlanta NASCAR Sprint Cup race was over, TV viewers had a place to go when the live Fox coverage was done.
It was not SPEED Channel. It was not NASCAR Now on ESPN2. It was not the local news. The new player in post-race live NASCAR programming is the ESPNEWS Network.
Since the first race weekend at Daytona it was clear that things had changed with a lot of elements in the ESPN portion of the NASCAR TV package. One change that flew under-the-radar was ESPN's own sports news network returning to an on-air practice they once did regularly several years ago.
After the races, the key players stop by the Infield Media Center and talk with the assembled media. The entire thing is uplinked by the NASCAR Media Group, and is available to stations and networks to record.
This live TV is golden for ESPNEWS, and that was never more apparent than immediately after the Sprint Cup race in Atlanta. From the moment that Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Junior sat down as the second and third place finishing drivers, things got interesting.
Not only were Stewart and Earnhardt's comments live, the best part is the ability of the TV viewers to hear national NASCAR reporters and writers in the Media Center ask the questions. This give-and-take with a group of people who see each other for forty weeks a year is fascinating.
The ESPNEWS anchors were amazed by the frank comments and the anger toward Goodyear exhibited by Stewart and Earnhardt. Each in their own way put Goodyear through the ringer because of the hard tires and bad racing.
ESPNEWS stayed with these comments until the end, and then added additional recorded footage of race winner Kyle Busch moments after it happened. Even Joe Gibbs and his son JD were on-the-air, talking candidly about their racing business.
This was a side of NASCAR that fans wanted to see, and was missed when ESPNEWS stopped this practice last season. To have the network make a new commitment to this coverage, and then come through with flying colors so far this season is wonderful.
If you watched this coverage, please feel free to share your opinion. If you did not, the same thing will be done for each Sprint Cup race throughout the season. To add a comment, just click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the directions.
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48 comments:
- Anonymous said...
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- March 9, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
While I was pleased with ESPN News and add my thanks, I have some concerns. Many folks at the end of the live thread were discussing ESPN NEWS and if Stewart and Earnhardt's frank comments caused ESPN NEWS not to carry Kyle's press conference live or may cause them not to carry them live in the future. JD, the question I asked in the live thread is in bold.
I found it odd that Kyle was on tape and not live like Ryan from Daytona. When they cut away for commercial at Daytona, they came back and went back live and not to tape. Tonight, do you have any indication that Kyle, the winner, was on tape because of the frankness of the tire comments made by the other two? Thanks.
Anonymous said...
I don't believe what they just showed of Kyle was live, especially since it cut away at the exact time ESPN NEWS takes it's commercial breaks and they advertised comments from Joe Gibbs coming up.
I said...
Yep, too convenient that Kyle's answer ended at exactly at 6:49 when they go to break.
I also believe they intended to carry Kyle live -they carried the "pressers" live for Daytona for Penske and newman, but I didn't see Cali or LV post race. IMO the circumstance of what Stewart and Earnhardt said made someone -ESPN, NASCAR, both - make a call not carry Kyle live. JD is there any way you can find out if I'm completely off base with that theory?
We'll see next week. If they don't carry Bristol comments live after already advertising "live Sprint Cup" coverage after the race, and they fit too neatly within commerical breaks, then something's up.
Or maybe they'll carry live pressers not involving Stewart.
March 9, 2008 7:11 PM
- March 9, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, I thought you said no one, not anyone for any reason, can post a link on your site without first emailing you so you can post it yourself.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Interesting discussion about the ESPN News portion of the coverage at the end of in-race comments. I'd saved my comments if I knew there would be a blog entry! Thank you ESPNEWS for the extended coverage. You did a great job letting it run and I truly thought it was some of the most informative information from the entire weekend.
I'll insert my comment because I was impressed with Tony Stewart, who I usually think comes across on TV as a big bully. Since he didn't tonight, I'm also curious if his Goodyear opinions will affect ESPNEWS showing these live or on tape delay. It just seemed too much of a coincidence that they went to tape with Busch, who won the race, and not live. I assume since the coverage had a NASCAR Media group logo, that NASCAR would make that call but I don;t know.
"What's unfortuate if this does affect the "liveness" of the media comments is Tony S. came across well in his comments. Often on TV he's mean and insulting for no reason. Today, he appeared very matter of fact, he didn't insult anyone by name, he didn't criticize gratuitously I thought. His thought were actually cogent, backed up by Dale Jr, who comes across as the "quiet little brother" who backed Tony up when they are side by side. Usually Dale Jr is "the superstar of NASCAR" so that was an interesting dynamic as well."
- March 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Viewers can also watch the post-race conference on the Jack Daniels Post Race streaming video on NASCAR.com
- March 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
I didn't see a Jack Daniels post race on nascar.com, but I saw Sprint Press Pass with the top three finishers. Are they the same? It's edited post race with the top three finishers, same stuff as on ESPN NEWS. I don't remember nascar.com having this available last year, but I remember JDaniels post race, it was like a talk show.
Press Pass in on the home page was on the front -click and it goes to Kyle's post race. Tony's and Juniors are on the video page.
It's spliced -Tony's are on his video, Juniors are on his video. (it was more fun to watch them comment together next to each other on TV. nascar.com may have a special camera to focus on only one?) So if NASCAR or ESPN changes the ESPN NEWS live policy for any reason, I assume the comments will be available on this site.
Notable that Kyle, sitting next to Joe Gibbs, was the diplomat when asked about the tires. I wonder if he had been interviewed before Tony and Junior (and not sitting next to Joe Gibbs) if he would have been as restrained.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I honestly just thought that because the network had gone back to basketball highlights and there was no "hard" time for Kyle to show-up that they just turned it around quickly.
On Monday, I will ask about that but I know the feed is live and there is no problem with that. All the reporters and the on-site cameras are also there.
I will try to find out on Monday.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- Anonymous said...
It sure was great to hear someone other than Stewart complain about the tires. That's the kind of thing you don't have the chance to see unless someone like ESPNews goes to post race news conference. I've always enjoyed watching the post game coverages on News, regardless of the sport as you get some really interesting insight into what happened during the game. Now that I know I can turn on News after the race, it will provide an extra dose of what's going on in the sport. I just hope this wasn't a one time fluke, and that News will continue to cover the post race interviews.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:37 PM
- PammH said...
I seem to forget that ESPN is more on the ball this yr! This is the 1st time I've seen the live media conference & I only caught it 1/2 thru Tony & Jr's part-dammit! But the part I saw was riveting!! Wow-will check out w/Nascar.com did with this video Monday!! (I'm on dial-up at home)
- March 9, 2008 at 8:43 PM
- Ken-Michigan said...
ESPN News takes the 2nd and 3rd place finishers LIVE....but the winner goes on tape ??
Either way they were interupting highlights. "Taped Highlights" !!
Cant the taped highlights wait til the LIVE winner of the most watched sporting event of the weekend has his presser ??
Kyle Busch did not have a LIVE graphic - it was taped - and should have taken presidence over the highlights today.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for checking JD. Your idea of why Kyle Busch was taped may be absolutely right and there may be no conspiracy theory involved. :-)
I hope so, I really enjoyed watching and am grateful to ESPN for expanding their coverage in this manner.
- March 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
I finally remembered to check ESPNNews after the race and I sure am glad I did!
Thanks to ESPN for carrying the press conferences.
I guess this is one of the few good things about these stupid early race start times when the race doesn't lead directly into Victory Lane on SPEED.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
ESPNNews has put together its package of the race. I believe it's what's going to run the rest of the night (and day).
Has basic highlights, points out first win for Toyota, has one clip from Busch, and then goes straight into three rather eye-catching Stewart-Earnhardt comments from the press conference. Good job that they got a statement from Goodyear to put on the end of the package so quickly. But it was one sentence from a Goodyear person and kind of paled against the impact of the video from the two drivers.
I'd like to see what SportCenter does and if they include the same clips or if they have Ryan, Rusty, or Shannon on site reporting for them.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:05 PM
- Vince said...
I'm not a regular ESPN watcher, but I did catch the post race news conference today on ESPNNews. Good job guys. Staying with Tony and Jr live was great to see. Tony and Jr both in their way were about as honest and up front as they could be about the tire issues. As a side note, Jeff Gordon was just commenting about the tire issue on VL and he basically echoed what we've heard from Tony and Jr. That the tires were so hard he was on the edge every lap of the race.
I don't think there is any conspiracy with having Kyle taped. Probably just bad timing. I'll be checking out ESPNNEWS after the race on a regular basis now. Hope the live post race interviews with the top three finishers continues to be broadcast live on ESPNNEWS.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
Scott Riggs was even ripping the tires on the Speed Report...
It's definitely not just Smoke and Junior.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Ken-Michigan said...
I'll continue to turn on ESPN NEWS after the races as well, as long as these post race comments are LIVE....as they should be.
If ESPN News stops this "LIVE" post race stuff, it wont be ESPN's call, it will be Mr. France's call.
With that said, will we continue to see this spontaneous, honest, LIVE commentary from these drivers following one of the most heated venues next week at Bristol ??
I'll be watching ESPN News next week for sure following 500 laps.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm not (too much of ) a conspiracy theorist, but I too am going to wonder -until around 6:30 pm next week after Bristol - if those press conferences are going to be live and unedited on ESPNNews after the comments tonight are aired on Sportscenter, First Take, etc. The Goodyear marketing manager named Justin Fantozzi sounds unhappy and I imagine they pay a pretty penny to be the official tire of NASCAR, though I haven't a clue how much.
Then again, if it's a number of drivers saying the same thing elsewhere, maybe it won't matter that some of it was said on the press conference and they'll proceed business as usual.
"I've heard what they said, "Fantozzi said. "To get into attacks in the media is not the right place."
- March 9, 2008 at 9:43 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'll insert my comment because I was impressed with Tony Stewart, who I usually think comes across on TV as a big bully.
I saw Tony answer media questions during testing on a press conference webcast. He was rude and sarcastic to many of the reporters. Today on News, he wasn't rude or sarcastic, which made me think he was so seriously focused on his thoughts about the tires that being with the media didn't bother him for once. That in itself should spur the media to investigate his issues with Goodyear.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD- Thank you for The Daly Planet and all your efforts. I have to believe they have had some effect in elevating ESPN's coverage of NASCAR.
I would think that NASCAR would rather have drivers' comments available in context for fans to see than just filtered thru the media. The reporting of an issue can be colored as much by what is not reported as by what is reported- and showing at least some portion of a press conference gives fans a better chance to evaluate in context what was said and make up their own minds.
- March 9, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is the first I've heard about ESPN News covering post-race press conferences live. Cool! I'll check it out next week.
One thing to note about post-race press conferences in the media center: You never know WHEN the race winner is going to show up. About 15 minutes after the checkered flag you get a couple of the top finishing drivers who do their interviews. You also get the top finishing rookie. This is all just biding time for the race winner who has to do the "hat dance" in victory lane, and then go up to the press box for a brief interview session. After all of that, the winner finally makes his way to the media center. It could be 45 minutes to over an hour after the checkered flag before the winner actually sits down in the same chairs where Tony and Jr. were earlier.
- March 9, 2008 at 10:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
Was Terry Blount from NASCAR Now at the post race media conference? Did anyone hear him ask a question?
I'm asking because this is what he wrote Junior said:
"I know Goodyear doesn't like criticism, but I'm not going to sit here and put up with this."
This is what Junior REALLY said on the video:
"Goodyear doesn't like to hear people bashing them tires, and I don't like doing it, but I ain't going to sit here and put up with this."
How did Blount get THAT from what Junior actually said? It's not even close. It's like he sent it through a "proper English" translator. Minor in the grand scheme of things, but - Now I'm wondering what else he or others change.
That's why it's terrific to have the option to hear it for ourselves on ESPNNEWS. I'm sending my appreciation their way.
- March 9, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
first time i've watched espn news post-race coverage and i was, in the words of a fellow poster to this site, 'mesmerized.' stewart and earnhardt jr side by side was capitivating tv and simply can not be done justice in print. truly, one had to watch the two of them -- finishing each other's trains of thought, smiling, sharing inside and unheard comments -- to appreciate the beauty of a live, uncensored, unscripted press conference. the strength of the argument against the goodyear tire was made clear by stewart's calm yet forceful and blunt language and earnhardt's restrained and unique way of expressing his opinion. seeing them together, listening to their concerns, even watching them listen to the questions being asked really drove home their point quite forcefully. had i simply read the transcript, i might have assumed tony was "just being a jerk" and dale was "just trying to not upset anyone." seeing the presser made the difference for me.
i didn't "hang around" to watch busch, partially b/c i do not particularly enjoy listening to him but mostly because, as a rookie to this network, i had no idea that his press conference would be part of the program. perhaps a "we'll be back live/on tape w/winner kyle busch a little later in the program" would have been helpful. there was nothing immediately after stewart & earnhardt that led me to that assumption.
finally, if nascar truly wants to return to the roots of the sport, then no driver -- stewart, earnhardt, gordon, hamlin, no one! -- should be taken to task for speaking out. if, as i believe happened, the drivers attempted to get their concerns heard in a less-public forum and were ignored, then shame on nascar and goodyear! if you don't want drivers complaining to the media, then ask their opinions and the ACT ON THAT INFORMATION! to not have live press conferences like tonight's would certainly send the clear message that nascar is afraid of what drivers might say post-race! and yet, that immediate reaction is what creates and keeps fans.
i would suggest nascar think very, very carefully about chastising the drivers involved and encourage espn news to continue the process of live, uncensored post-race conferences!
- March 9, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thank you Seek for the info about the duties of the winner after the race and how it may make him late to the media center. Very interesting.
- March 9, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, ESPNEWS can do this, but can something be done to get the Sunday night NASCAR Now back?? How can we get it back?
I have not been able to see the Monday NASCAR Now show since Daytona. It airs too early for west coast viewers and with b-ball there has not been a 9:00PM PST re-run of the Monday night show. And don't say get a DVR because I still wont have time during the week to watch it during the week. Sunday night is the best night in my opinion for a good race review show. College B-ball has College game night, NFL has NFL Live. All on the night of the event. So, why can't NASCAR Now do the same? Last week you said ESPN didn't have enough resources to have a good Monday show and a good Sunday show. Why?
I want a race review show the night of the race at a time I can watch.
- March 9, 2008 at 10:34 PM
- emeraldchickpea said...
Red at 10:07 pm said it perfectly. Thanks for saying exactly what I thought about the JR/Smoke interview after today's race. Things have gotten way too rigid, inflexible and downright "detrimental to Stock Car Racing" (now where have we heard THAT term before???) in the past few years...pretty much ever since Winston stopped being the sponsor, the guys are told "act like robots if you want to have a 'career' in this sport"...and I'm glad the guys get to sneak out at least once in a while on live TV and say what they REALLY think.
- March 9, 2008 at 11:12 PM
- Sophia said...
It's a SHAME that entire interview was edited to one minute on ESPN video. Truly butchered so that those who missed it live will NEVER FEEL the impact Tony and Jr were trying to make. And many other drivers are making similar comments. I wonder how many other drivers are playing the PC game.
Where is youtube when you need it?
- March 9, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
I've been wondering all night if Tony's Fox/news conference comments will prove in violation of that section 12-4-A of the NASCAR rule book.
ESPN should be calling on Brad Daugherty to discuss this point, as a former member of the somewhat mysterious National Stock Car Racing Commission (the appeals board).
He may actually have some clue if there's anything that defines "actions detrimental to Stock Car Racing."
- March 9, 2008 at 11:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
I wrote a post at 9:05 about ESPNews' package of NASCAR highlights and wondered what SportsCenter would do.
SportsCenter *did not* use any of Tony's comments from the live press conference. They used his FOX post race interview instead. Hmmm.....
They did use a brief Jr clip from the press conference, but the anchor said something to the effect of Kyle B. was OK with the tires, Tony was "smoking" about the tires and Jr was somewhere in the middle.
They also displayed a graphic of Tony's past monetary fines (ESPN still doesn't realize it's the points that count) as if they expect Tony to be fined for his comments.
I switched back to ESPNnews while doing some work. What was odd was the ESPNews - which aired the press conference - has also stopped using the Tony clips they had! That network is also showing the FOX Tony interview in their highlights - and *no clips of Dale Jr comments anymore*. They added a clip from the Goodyear representative who apparently also gave a press conference.
I'm glad I saw the earlier live press conference, because now the ESPN reports are shaping this story as Tony - by himself - vs. Goodyear.
I'd like to know the story of ESPN platforms reverting to the FOX interview when they had the live press conference of their own. Something's not right here...
Also wondering why I didn't see any of the NASCAR on ESPN folks on Sportcenter; the anchors handled the highlights.
- March 9, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yeah, I agree ESPN News deleting the Tony/Dale Jr media conference clips is weird; I watched their highlight summary a while ago and watched it a couple hours ago before they deleted them.
The only thing I can think of? In the media conference clip highlight earlier they showed Tony saying that he couldn't see how the race wasn't fun for anybody and he wouldn't rerun that race for any amount of money in the world. (The one-min version Sophia mentions on espn.com)
Maybe NASCAR can deal with Goodyear criticism but not race criticism. And leaving Junior out of the highlights the way they are doing now is really strange. IMO they probably figure if people see it's Tony complaining, they'll think it's Tony blowing hot air and consider it unimportant.
I loved the media conference. I'm spoiled now, and I'll be disappointed if they change it from live next week. I think they will change considering they stopped using the media conference clips a few hours after they had the conference. That's too weird.
- March 10, 2008 at 12:32 AM
- Sophia said...
Well if ESPN stops the live conference, we can be it's because of FRANCE and TPTB at NASCAR.
I don't like honest, concerned feelings of the DRIVERS being filtered to 'make NASCAR look better.'
I hope I remember to watch or tape N NOW tomorrow at 4pm.
- March 10, 2008 at 12:56 AM
- Sophia said...
Did anybody here J Gordon say on SPEED Report or VL they ran the MINIMUM SPEED ALLOWED by nascar?
Didn't some on this blog comment the cars seemed to be going slower?
Then I found this blurb on Jayski under the tire issue from Jeff Gordon. So it is NOT just Tony and Jr by any stretch. Yes maybe Jeff can also whine but his words sound legit to me!!
Georgia Power NASCAR Sprint Cup Pole winner Jeff Gordon didn't have rave reviews about Goodyear's tire selection either.
"I felt like I was going to crash every single lap," Jeff Gordon said about his run. "I'm exhausted right now. I feel like I've run a thousand miles here. That was the hardest day I have ever had at Atlanta, especially for a top-five finish.
This car, this tire, at this track was just terrible."(AMS Pit Notes)(3-9-2008)
- March 10, 2008 at 1:03 AM
- Kenn Fong said...
NASCAR.com has all three press conferences -- Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -- available for streaming. Click "More in Video Control Room" about the middle of the page.
- March 10, 2008 at 1:10 AM
- Sophia said...
I appreciate your comment but I can NOT find where or what the heck you are talking about?
I do not see ANYTHING "more in the control room".
I use Mozilla and wonder if the page looks different to me but it is a cluttered mess..i can't even find the short TONY and Jr video now
ESPN online is some mess but I would LOVE to find the ORIGINAL EXTENDED link to send my brother.
- March 10, 2008 at 2:13 AM
- Kenn Fong said...
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- March 10, 2008 at 3:13 AM
- Kenn Fong said...
I appreciate your comment but I can NOT find where or what the heck you are talking about?
I do not see ANYTHING "more in the control room".
Start in the top left, where you see the NASCAR logo. Stay in that column and go down. Stop where you see the green link, "NASCAR Home Tracks." Go straight across, from left to right. About 3/4 of the width of the page, you will see a red link, "More in Video Control Room." Click that. You should see three thumbnails labeled "Press Room" displaying Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, and Dale Earnhardt. Jr. Click one of those and you will see an edited version of the press conference. N.B. The inflammatory comments about Goodyear WERE NOT DELETED.
[I deleted the original post because I decided it was not specific enough, since you didn't find the link the first time. These instructions were correct as of 12:26 AM, PDT.
Hope this helps.
- March 10, 2008 at 3:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
red said...
"stewart and earnhardt jr side by side was capitivating tv and simply can not be done justice in print. truly, one had to watch the two of them -- finishing each other's trains of thought, smiling, sharing inside and unheard comments -- to appreciate the beauty of a live, uncensored, unscripted press conference. the strength of the argument against the goodyear tire was made clear by stewart's calm yet forceful and blunt language and earnhardt's restrained and unique way of expressing his opinion. "
Great description. That was good TV! Unfortunately, on the NASCAR.com video, the way they're divided into separate clips for each driver we don't get to see any of what you describe that was on ESPNNEWS yesterday, even if they left in the comments about Goodyear. They should have left it as one video of them together.
- March 10, 2008 at 10:37 AM
- Sophia said...
Yes the ESPN LIVE news once almost "once in a lifetime real feelings" in the world of NASCAR.
We shall never see the likes of that again, sadly. And I can't believe I am defending ESPN AGAIN but it will not be their fault.
I am sure NASCAR put the big clamp down. I hope fines and penalties are not leveled Tuesday for Tony and Dale Jr.
The pitiful hacked down, edited version on ESPN does not even honestly reflect the mood.
It was something and I rarely if ever watch ESPN NEWS and am glad I stumbled onto it.
Had VL been on live, I would've missed the deal.
- March 10, 2008 at 12:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, does NASCAR Media Group (which used to be NASCAR Images) decide if comments from the live press conferences can be used again after they are initially broadcast?
Just wondering if they can decide not to make it available to ESPN after initial use, since their logo is on it.
Or if the Media Group can ask ESPN to "pull" certain clips - which might explain ESPNews and SportsCenter late night decision to air Stewart's FOX postrace interview, instead of the press conference comments which were initially used (and not using Jr's comments at all).
- March 10, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The conspiracy theories are getting a little bit out of control, but that's what makes it fun sometimes.
NMG uplinks the Media Center press conference after the race. While the second and third place drivers come almost right after the race, the winner has to do the Victory Lane duties (including the SPEED show) and just wanders in after that.
It is hard for a TV network that has other stories on-the-air to catch this live, but a couple of minute delay was not bad. Now that this is out and has become a public discussion, perhaps we will see ESPNEWS work a little harder to catch the winner live at the remaining races.
NMG has guidelines for all kinds of footage uses, just like the other professional sports in North America. Normally, the news window is 24 hours for TV news broadcasts, and anything else requires a phone call to Charlotte, NC.
As we go through the year, I will try to get an NMG executive to interview and ask your questions. Those guys read this blog every day and have been very helpful. They are often contributing in the comments as Anons.
- March 10, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
thanks for the update, jd: i'm not good with conspiracy theory and i always assume there's a benign explanation that i just haven't been told! it makes sense that the winner has victory lane and other media responsibilities that come before the press conference. it also makes sense that espn news is not going to immediately stop their coverage once the winner walks into the room nor are they going to hold all questioning of the winner until they have finished whatever they were broadcasting at the time.
BUT! it has to be easy just to issue the "we'll be back with winner billy joe bob's press conference in full on tape/live as soon as he makes his way from victory lane." that way, i know to hang on thru endless basketball footage. that also let's folks know that it's likely that the winner will be on tape. key here is to tell folks it will happen, it might be on tape, but that it will be the complete press conference w/no editing.
this is all just a thought b/c i dislike tossing out complaints and not offering alternatives. . .
- March 10, 2008 at 2:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the explanation, JD, but I was not referencing the winner being live or on tape. What I was referencing was that ESPN NEWS declined to use excerpts from Tony and Dale Jr's press conference in their highlights...
***after initially using them.***
They removed them.
They changed their highlight package. Normally ESPN NEWS sets their highlight package and lets it run through the evening and overnight.
They changed it late last night and deleted all the NASCAR Media Group clips, using FOX clips of Tony instead (as did Sportscenter). They also deleted any comment from Dale Jr, meaning only comments about tires came from Tony.
Why would that decision be made? I don't think that's a conspiracy theory out of control. They completely changed their highlights package even though the topic -tires- on both Tony's FOX interview and his press conference comments were the same. So why change it after you've edited the package together? It didn't add any new information to use the FOX post race interview instead of media center post race comments.
If an NMG or ESPN NEWS rep could explain that decision, that would be helpful.
- March 10, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- Sophia said...
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- March 10, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Sophia said...
It's not conspiracy when stating the Obvious to quote Jr. :-)
On NASCAR NOW, going to commercial they used Stewarts FOX QUOTES on the tires...NONE of the media event. ON an ESPN show.
That is a fact to me, not conspiracy theory.
P.S. Still more TONY from FOX saying Goodyear leaving F1, Indy, USAC, etc. Nuttin' from he and Jr's media event!
P.S.S. Oops..showing snippet of Jr from the ESPN NEWS Conf. Jr was more benign but interesting they would cut out Tony and just show Jr's comments??? Tony was not a jerk sitting next to Jr.
- March 10, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Sophia said...
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- March 10, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- Haus14 said...
I actually remembered to flip over to ESPNNews after the race...it was interesting to hear the anchors comment on Stewart and E's comments.
Later it was interesting to hear one of the commentators talk about the race being so long because it was at Atlanta - the 9th largest track on the circuit...last time i checked 500 miles is 500 miles whether at Daytona or Bristol or anywhere in between...it was funny to hear.
I certainly liked and appreciated the post race coverage.
- March 10, 2008 at 5:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
The only complaint that I had about ESPN News' coverage was that during the entire 6pm hour, they never gave a full run down of the finishing order. I was travelling and missed the end of the race, but was able to catch ESPN News on the plane and was wondering where my favorite driver finished.
- March 10, 2008 at 7:15 PM
- Sophia said...
to Haus
Somebody actually said that was why the race was so long? Due to the size of the track?
On my gosh, that is too funny.
Wonder if that guy knows how many feet are in a mile.
I've heard 'mileage may vary' in car commercials. :-)
- March 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I couldn't agree more with Red's plan. ESPNEWS should better explain the situation to its viewers.
As for why the video was changed, my take is that ESPN chose the video with the best and most provocative soundbite. That's the way the network has worked for a long time, like it or not.
- March 11, 2008 at 1:56 PM


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But to most boomers, chronological age is just a number and retirement is strictly for the elderly, a life stage with which they do not yet identify.
So what's a retirement planning advisor to do?
Seek out these potential clients because they need all the financial advice they can get. Myriad challenges and questions face older adults when it comes to the reality of retirement—even if that now means working part-time, developing a second career or volunteering for the Peace Corps.
To be sure, seniors are postponing retirement—largely because of the slow economy and lower investment earnings—and are fearful their money won't last through old age. Advisors need to help boomers with decisions like when to begin claiming Social Security benefits, when to stop working and the best investments to meet their goals.
How to prospect for retirement accounts? Read how five smart financial advisors are using powerful techniques to acquire new clients they're guiding to comfortable retirements.
The Networker
Bill Krebs, senior vice president-investments and branch manager; Piedmont Wealth Advisors of Raymond James; Greensboro, N.C.; practice's AUM: about $160 million
"You need to come out of the rain! There are other ways to grow your book," Bill Krebs recently told a young wirehouse FA making 500 cold calls a day.
Krebs was alluding to LinkedIn—and he has become a grand master at leveraging it. The advisor, 60, is so passionate about LinkedIn that he even coaches clients and center-of-influence CPAs and attorneys on how to use the social media service to maximum effect.
"It's a gift to advisors. If you're not doing anything on LinkedIn, you're missing the boat," says Krebs, who left Merrill Lynch two years ago to join Raymond James.
Four years into using the service, the FA, who has about 600 connections, generates a third of new clients via LinkedIn.
"It acts as a relationship accelerator and creates a bridge of trust," he says.
Krebs searches primarily for prospects with whom he shares a common background, such as "military officer," "Eagle Scout" or "business owner." With a premium feature, he's alerted whenever a new executive joins a large local company. Such folks, in transition, present a prime opportunity.
One prospect-turned-client, for instance, was invested in three different 401(k) plans. "He'd been at multiple companies and needed to consolidate to get his act together before retiring," Krebs recalls.
Once armed with information collected on LinkedIn, the advisor connects with people—either directly or through a mutual LinkedIn contact—that he perceives to be close to retirement. "Invariably," he says, "I'll get a face-to-face meeting."
Coaching accountant and attorney colleagues has brought significant referrals. Recently Krebs sent a copy of LinkedIn for Dummies to a lawyer client who'd been laid off. Then he showed him, one-on-one, how to use the service. "I'm helping people expand their business," Krebs says. "They see me as a trusted advisor."
The Presenter
Lisa Kent, senior vice president-investments, wealth management advisor; The Kent Team; Bank of America-Merrill Lynch; Princeton, N.J.; AUM: $250 million ($277 million, team total)
Though she insists the way to a prospect's heart is not through his or her stomach, Lisa Kent always serves a luscious chocolate fondue at her small prospecting events. In the center of the table, the communal dessert—with fruit and cake for dipping—is a conversational touchstone.
"It's not about the food—we're selling knowledge. But fondue is fun. That's when we have a Q&A and people let their hair down. It fosters communication and the best opportunity for sharing," the retirement specialist says.
Kent, 55, has been conducting seminars all of her 32 years with Merrill Lynch, as long as she's been an advisor. For the last five, retirement events have been her main source of new clients. She holds six large seminars annually, which are open to the public, and eight small gatherings for existing clients and their guests.
At a time when many advisors have lost faith in the seminar approach, Kent is clearly proving it can work. She owes her success partly to running numerous events each year and a finely tuned process.
The FA puts major emphasis on follow-up, especially a "Seminar Response Sheet" on which attendees pose investment questions. Contact information and all the rest go into her database; out go invites to future seminars and her quarterly newsletter.
Right after each seminar, the team follows up with a phone call. "You can't expect [attendees] to call you," Kent says. "That's maybe why some folks have less success with seminars. I tell people, 'Please expect to hear from us within the next 48 hours to set up a mutually convenient meeting.' So I go in with the assumption that if they come and I've bought them dinner, they'll sit down with me. If they don't become clients, at least they'll have a warm, fuzzy feeling about Bank of America and Merrill Lynch."
A person-to-person tack works best for engaging retirement clients, she says. "My experience has been that with baby boomers, making eye contact is very important."
The Writer
Dana Anspach, principal; Sensible Money; Scottsdale, Ariz.; AUM: about $55 million; hourly fee $100-$200
Dana Anspach's prospecting strategy is two-pronged: passive and aggressive.
Aggressively approaching online publications is what the retirement specialist, 42, did to land a pair of notable writing perches: "RetireMentor" on the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch and "Money Over 55" guide on About.com.
The passive part: Prospects reach out to Anspach after reading her articles.
"MarketWatch has been the best free marketing I've ever done," she says, noting that in a week, "hundreds of thousands" read her stories, prompting a minimum of 15-30 inquiries.
Five years ago, surfing the internet about retirement issues, the fee-only FA discovered that About.com was looking for a retirement expert to address baby boomers. Six weeks of writing auditions later, she was named the site's guide for that ripe market segment.
Then, this past spring Anspach offered her pointed observation to a MarketWatch writer that only three of the site's 38 RetireMentors were female, a puny 9% representation, she said; women constitute 50% of the population. By June, the editor offered her a RetireMentor spot.
Anspach entices readers with articles like "10 Ways to Wipe Out Your Retirement Savings" (MarketWatch) and "10 Things Your Financial Advisor Might Not Be Telling You" (About.com).
Heading her Top 10 prospecting to-do list for advisors: Develop an expertise. "When someone hears about you, they're likely to put your name into Google. You need to have things that show, 'Yes, I'm an expert and am working with people like you.' Create a niche in the retirement market," she says. "Learn all the ins and outs so that you become the go-to expert in your area."
On Twitter, she tweets articles by other experts, in addition to her own. "You have to share content," Anspach says. "It shows that you're out there diving into your specialty."
The key value of social media? "It's another way," she stresses, "to verify you're legitimate and an expert, and that other people like you—silly as that sounds."
The Politician
Craig Adamson, president; Adamson Financial Planning; Marion, Iowa; broker-dealer: LPL Financial; AUM: $25 million
Every one of his assistants has told Craig Adamson: "If you can get in front of somebody, there is no way they're not going to become a client unless they're a jerk," the FA says.
A retirement specialist, Adamson, 40, has been up to the task for 13 years now, having gone independent after four years with Wells Fargo. As a bank broker, there was little need—and no time—to prospect clients beyond the firm.
These days, prospecting comes with the territory for this City Council member, running for re-election in Marion, Iowa. The FA is out there meeting, greeting and helping residents solve problems.
Then there's his extensive involvement with the local alumni association of Iowa State University, from which he graduated in 1996.
"I have a decent amount of name recognition, and that gets me into conversations," he says. "They open the door to getting a first appointment."
Typically, the scenario begins with connecting with fellow University alumni. They then learn that Adamson sits on the City Council. He talks investments in neither role; but when people learn he's an FA, they often introduce themselves to seek help.
One man, for example, wanted him to make sure his advisor was recommending appropriate investments.
"He was getting some pretty bad advice. I told him [what] wasn't right—and suddenly I had half-a-million dollars in new assets," the advisor recalls.
As a City Council member, Adamson mails welcome letters to new residents. He follows that with his quarterly newsletter.
One new prospect in town, receiving the newsletter for about 18 months, emailed: "It seems like you really know what you're doing. I've been investing on my own. But I'm getting closer to retirement and want to find out how to turn the money into income. Can my wife and I sit down with you?" Adamson recalls.
He is now the process of bringing in that million-dollar-plus client. "I've gotten five clients in the last 12-14 months just by sending out paper newsletters to new residents. People aren't used to being paid attention. In a lot of cases," he says, "wirehouses just herd them through like cattle."
The Party Thrower
Andrew Kowitski, senior vice president-financial advisor; MKM Group; Morgan Stanley; Morristown, N.J.; AUM: about $300 millionHappy Birthday, dear client! Happy Birthday to you!
Andrew Kowitski throws birthday parties for his clients. They're a cause for celebration for him too, especially when the client's friends—invited as surprise guests by the wife or husband—turn out to be hot prospects.
Over the years, parties have been a wellspring of new assets for Kowitski, 44.
But "I don't talk about investing, even if they ask me," says the FA, whose niche is high-net-worth retirees and retiring business owners.
Social media is "a cold way to network," he maintains. "Face-to-face contact is very important—otherwise you're a commodity. If you can't look into someone's eyes and trust them, then why would you give them your money?"
At one client birthday luncheon, Kowitski met a successful manufacturer of metal buckets, who mentioned that he was considering selling the business but was unsure if he'd realize enough money to retire. Kowitski ultimately created a comprehensive plan for the entrepreneur, which showed how he could earn more in retirement than if he continued to work.
To get to know their families and friends, the advisor sometimes hosts social gatherings at clients' homes. He also has parties for select clients at his own home.
"A lot of clients have become friends over the years," Kowitski says. "Eighty percent of my book knows my wife Jennifer."
Yet the advisor is well aware that "clients are living assets and as such, will pass on. Eventually, your whole book will die. I still have another 30 years before I retire. By then," he says, "most of my clients will be dead. That's why you always need to keep prospecting—and to get to know your clients' heirs."

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In the first installment in this two-part series on consuming REST services with the Microsoft C++ REST SDK, I explained how to start working with the SDK and the asynchronous features to connect to a REST service and execute a simple HTTP
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Working with JSON
In the previous article, I explained how to execute a simple HTTP
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GET that requests all the groups and their items to the REST service in the popular Fiddler Web debugger.
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Along with the standard in-every-vendor-release augmentations of improved overall performance and stability, new and more interesting here is the addition of LiveReload. Red Hat reminds us that one of the more time-consuming steps in developing an application is the need to stop and manually refresh the HTML page in browsers or on mobile devices in order to view the changes being made.
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OSNews.com: KDE 3.3 Beta 1 Experiences
OSnews.com features a "non-typical" review of KDE 3.3 Beta 1. It contains the observations of what the user Osho GG saw when he updated from KDE 3.2.3 to KDE 3.3 Beta 1. The story examines the central parts of KDE and some major applications.
Plastik Style
This is the 10000000st review wishing that Plastik were the default style. It's really sad that there is a small but powerful group of core developers that is preventing this from happening. I wish there would be a public vote on this.
By Anonymous Coward at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Core developers? More likely the documentation writers/translators.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
There is a saying: There is no fighting about taste (or so - sorry, I am not a native English speaker). The original version goes like that: DEGVSTIBVSNONESTDISPVTANDVM ;-)
This is why I would like to thank the responsible people for staying with Keramik which I do appreciate very much. I like its colours and its liveliness. I like the frames that grow around the active window.
By the way, if I remember well, wasn't there quite a hype when the first versions of Keramik were released?
By Markus Büchele at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
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> By the way, if I remember well, wasn't there quite a hype when the first versions of Keramik were released?
Yeah, but then we realized it sucked for daily usage. It's the bulkyness factor. It's one of those styles that you either love or hate. That's not a good trait of a default style.
By anon at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
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I guess I don't understand the problem with Keramik. I don't know what is meant by "bulky". To me Keramik is simple, unobtrusive, inoffensive, and boring. Plastik is a little more distracting/flashy for my tastes, which is why I like Keramik better.
To me, the job of a desktop environment is to step back and let the user run the apps in a productive manner. Keramik seems to do the job better than any other theme I've tried so far. IMO boring and simple SHOULD be the default--it's business-friendly. If people like a little visual clutter they can change it.
Everyone seems to say Keramik is ugly as if it doesn't need explaining. I for one would like a tactful discussion of its shortcomings, because I can't think of any myself.
By ac at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
I see Keramik as being obtrustive, distracting, and too exciting (in a bad way). Just look at scroll bars and menus. They're all huge and 3D-ish. I never saw it as being a very nice first impression.
Plastik, however, is very subtle and sleek, in my opinion.
By banjo at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
> To me Keramik is simple, unobtrusive, inoffensive, and boring. Plastik is a little more distracting/flashy for my tastes, which is why I like Keramik better.
You seem to be opposite from 90% of people. We find Plastik to be simple and inoffensive, while Keramik is flashy and "heavy".
I for one like thinkeramik. Between plastik and keramik, plastik is better by a great deal.
By AC at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Maybe I need to look at Plastik again. I recall it being pretty much a Luna rip-off, and Luna is pretty much the worst theme I've ever seen. Maybe I'm remembering the wrong one, or maybe it's improved. I'll give it another go, but frankly I don't see Keramik's pseudo-3d effects as any worse than the overused gradients elsewhere.
Then again, I still can't get used to the close button not being in the upper left corner, a decade or so after it migrated to the upper right corner. Sure KDE allows me to change this (for which I am extremely thankful) but I can't understand the advantage of moving it in the first place.
By ac at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Maybe you need to check style names before continuing to post. Keramik is the Luna rip-off.
Re: Plastik Style
Wasn't it meant to be an "Aqua" ripoff?
By Luciano at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Bad point of reference?
Sounds like your monitor is set too bright or something... ;)
By Lee at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Just checked and Plastik is indeed the Luna rip-off. Keramik is the Aqua/"Windows Classic" fusion rip-off. I'm glad you were so polite about this, but I do wish you had been less wrong.
Anyway, just checked out ThinKeramik and it is indeed very nice and low-profile. Perhaps a new favorite, I'll have to try it out for a while. But no, upon second glance, Plastik is just as bad as I remember.
By ac at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
I couldn't agree more with the close button on the upper left. The important bit is that the close button shouldn't be grouped with minimize and restore/maximize to avoid accidently closing a window.
By John Upper Left... at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
I do the exact opposite. I put the minimize on the upper left, so my most used functions are the top corners.
By Joe Schmoe at Thu, 2004/07/22 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Are you talking about the widgets or the Win-decos? Personally I hate the Plastik win-decos, I use ThinKeramik for that and use Plastik for widgets. (ThinKeramik with the title bubble on small) *THAT*, IMHO, is the best combination. I just thought I'd ask / voice my opinion.
By Xanadu at Thu, 2004/07/22 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Most of the core developers *want* a move to plastik. However, it's simply *impractical* to do in KDE 3.3, because of documentation. Distros that change the default away from keramik on their own (which uh at least, Mandrake, SUSE, Xandros have done within the last year), have the resources to regenerate hundreds of screenshots in their own documentation. We don't until KDE 4.0.
By anon at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
We -users- could help with the screenshots :)
I mean, ask 4/5 users of any language to take screenshots at 800x600 (or 1024x768) in a given color-scheme, submit them to webmasters and voila! Problem solved.
What are we waiting for?
By Norberto at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
We are waiting for kde 4.
So, what is the problem?
By ac at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
> Minor versions releases should be cosistent.
Only small things like speeling errors can be fixed.
By cm at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
What about DCOP?
Can't you use dcop to script all the screen shots? It would make a lot of sense, and make sure all screen shorts were upto date.
By Oliver Stieber at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Contact your I18N team:
Have a nice day!
By Nicolas Goutte at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
I would suggest development of some script to generate the required shots in whatever theme you want. Makes no sense to manually create screenshots for something that changes programmatically.
By Lee at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
You would still have 1000s of screenshots to do, to *verify* and to put in the corresponding documentation. (And the same for each translation.)
Have a nice day!
By Nicolas Goutte at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
If having the default style in the documentation screenshots is so important, isn't it even more important that applications are also up to date? That said I agree that changing theme all the time is not that good of a good policy.
By John Consistenc... at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
If most of the major distros don't use keramik anyways, does it really matter what style the docs are in?
By AC at Wed, 2004/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Well, I guess it's about putting your best foot forward. Especially for potential new users.
By Mikhail Capone at Wed, 2004/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Plastik needs improvement, and a lot of TLC. KDE 4.0 and onwards will be a big thing, with new screenshots needing to be done, and this will be the correct time. KDE can't change its default theme every other minute.
By David at Mon, 2004/07/19 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
> Plastik needs improvement, and a lot of TLC
I agree. I'd like to see Plastik fix the ages old "little dots in the corner of kicker" bug, as well as tone down the gradients *slightly*. Other than that, even it's current state, it's better than keramik. I however, agree, that KDE 4.0 is the best time to make the change from keramik to whatever should replace it, plastik or not.
By AC at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
Keramic was my love on the first glance. But Plastic is now my true love (although it could have tinier window bar IMHO). I don't see a real problem. Changing the theme is only couple of clicks... I don't understand the fuss about that...
By tomislav at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
I agree. Plastik is very nice, but the windec is slightly too "fat" for my liking.
By Slartibartfast at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
"Keramic was my love on the first glance. But Plastic is now my true love."
Men! All pigs!
By Bad Mood Bitch at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
exactly what I was thinking. better not mention that I am on the other side, too. *fg
By that guiser at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
The window bar scales automatically with the font you use. Simply choose a smaller font, and the title bar will become smaller.
(note: I don't have a clue what the default font for the title bar is, I have upgraded my KDE from 3.0 to 3.3b1 (in small steps ;-))).
By Erik Hensema at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Plastik *DOES* Look like Windows XP's Luna Theme
Plastik is like Luna theme with Gradient effect removed. Why don't you have gradient effect for plastik, that would of course look good. Indeed that looks.
C'mon, be brave, accept that "Plastik = Luna - Gradients". Because you don't like Windows XP, that doesn't mean you deny everything...
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik *DOES* Look like Windows XP's Luna Theme
Plastik looks bugger all like Luna. I can use Plastik - I can't use Luna.
By David at Wed, 2004/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik *DOES* Look like Windows XP's Luna Theme
Agreed. It's a similar design, but the implementation is better and more usable. I can't wait until Plastik is the default theme and they drop the ugly metallic gradient in the kicker.
By Mikhail Capone at Wed, 2004/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Plastik Style
The only problems with Plastik is there is no AA for the curves (or it's just the curves) and the button mouseover makes me want to puke green vomit.
By uniqueuser at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Glow Window Decoration
I don't like Keramik's window decoration, but I do rather like its widgets. The Glow window decoration is great, I certainly prefer it over Plastik. Don't know if it should be the default though, as it does in fact glow.
By Ian Monroe at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Glow Window Decoration
Glow needs to support the menu button.
Re: Glow Window Decoration
Yes, that is also true, the plastik win decor sucks :-/
By John WinDecor A... at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Quanta Plus
"I said a few years ago that we would be rivalling the top commercial applications in a few years and here we are. Now I'm saying we will be blowing them away next year, and we will introduce technologies that
-- Eric Laffoon, Quanta Plus project manager
Everyone knows of "competitive advantage", but "collaborative advantage" is more applicable when it comes to making great software. The Quanta Plus core development team needs to be able to make it to aKademy. Now is our opportunity to collaborate to help make this happen.
As far as I know the core team have never had the funds to meet in person and cooperate on improving Quanta Plus. This is their time to finally do that. They could spend a week and a half together and brainstorm how to improve Quanta.
The project manager, Eric Laffoon, is struggling to get the money together (the entire project is financed largely out of his own pocket) and if he can't do it they will not be able to make it. So now is truly an important time to make a donation.
It's easy to donate, and even small donations will make a big difference:
I've made a donation today... I hope others will too.
By Damon Lynch at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Quanta Plus
I don't mean to be a party pooper for you quanta guys as I realise that a) you write great software and b) you need funds to continue doing so.
As an OSS developer myself I also appreciate that marketing your beloved package is important.
BUT...(there had to be a but at the end of that)...its beginning to feel like no matter what is posted to the dot, quanta is always 'on topic', and that reading the dot is always accompanied with petitions for money for quanta development.
I hope this doesn't come across as hyper critical because it isn't intended to be. But I believe in the end you will do yourselves a disservice by posting to each and every thread whether it relates to Quanta or not.
Best regards
By TimLinux at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Quanta Plus
Yes. Also, if you feel it's hard to develop remotely, then make up the right technology to fix that, and add it to quanta. That will be your first feature to blow away the competition. Or wait 'till I make one ;)
By Lee at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Quanta Plus
Damon is supporting us since a long time and I was surprised by his mail on the user list (it has the same text, I belive) and I'm also surprised by this posting as well. This just shows that he likes our software and maybe us as well. ;-) And he cares about it. I agree that sometimes it can be just disturbing hearing the same thing over and over (even if it is true/valid). But I don't think Quanta is/was "on topic" in every dot posting, although it was in many of them, but in those case it mostly made sense (was mentioned in the news, by a comment or related comments were made). In this case it's true that it's offtopic and this may upset some, but I we cannot do much about it (cannot control who posts and what), nor can I be angry as I like Damon and what he wrote is true. I hope that his post won't scare anyone. ;-)
By Andras Mantia at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Quanta Plus
Hey, I'll admit I was a little surprised to find this post here, but I sure appreciate Damon's heart for helping out. What can I say? I was personally astonished how much of this article talkback is consumed by the discussion of styles, which I think is pretty superficial, but I'm not going to be critical of that. ;-)
Technically Quanta did not show up in this article about the 3.3 release, even though it's a part of it. Off topic? Maybe a little. Relevent? I hope so. Detrimental? The fact of human nature remains that our donations trickle down to a couple a month unless we have a great release or a someone like Damon points out that we have a genuine need. Personally I hate asking, but since becoming part of the KDE packages our release donation bump is diluted. While I would like to imagine that the fraction of a percent of our user base that makes this possible on this level just knew that now was a good time to make it count, it isn't so.
I don't enjoy asking for help, but I think the benefits to the community will be worth while. Damon has been very effective in helping us to grow Quanta and I'd really like to publicly thank him for taking up the cause of helping us to hit important objectives. As for how often we appear, we have a lot going on and a lot of people are interested, though some are not. I think I can also say with confidence that no other KDE application has a better shot at besting commercial applications. Quanta is competitive with Dreamweaver for many uses now and we have many converts. If you want to see a wide spread adoption of KDE on the desktop then even if you don't do web development (and there's always Kommander too) Quanta should be of some interest for it's potential to be an asset to KDE. Besides, I still get email telling me people just found Quanta and asking for information. :-)
By Eric Laffoon at Wed, 2004/07/21 - 5:00am
Re: Quanta Plus
I dont really know everyone's personal situation, but I do know that most of us have $1 US sitting in our pockets/our desk drawer/under our bed/in our sock/under an ash tray/wherever else you can stick a dollar. And if every person who has ever used Quanta (and actually made some use out of it) were to give that dollar to Eric, the team could go first class, no doubt. Here is my dollar and $9 others as well (check PayPal).
Cheers Guys -- Quanta Rules!
By ZennouRyuu at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Pagers like in XFCE would be nice
What I'd really appreciate are pagers like in XFCE; you can drag windows from one pager desktop to the other.
It's much more efficient than right click -> to desktop -> desktop #
It'd add polish.
Unless someone can tell me that they are working on it, I suppose that I'll go look to add a wish on bugs.kde.org
By Mikhail Capone at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Pagers like in XFCE would be nice
kpager can do this
By Alex at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Pagers like in XFCE would be nice
So I just discovered, but it's still not what I'm looking for since it can't be integrated with the kicker (I don't use that function quite often enough to leave kpager laying around, taking real estate).
Anybody else interested in the issue should check out (and vote):
By Mikhail Capone at Tue, 2004/07/20 - 5:00am
Re: Pagers like in XFCE would be nice


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Amen to that.
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Hello! Penny here from sewtakeahike! Today I'd like to share a tutorial with you for making a HUGE! picnic quilt! I don't know about you, but when I need a picnic quilt, a little quilt just won't do. So if you like a big 'ole quilt when you go on a picnic, this might be just the quilt for you!
1 fat quarter set pezzy prints
1/3 yard each of 6 different coordinating moda solids
1 yard each 9 different pezzy prints
6 yards backing fabric
90″ X 105″ batting
23″ binding fabric, cut into 9 strips 2.5″ wide
Isosceles template (included in Printer Friendly Version)
Coordinating thread
Notes: all seam allowances are 1/4″ unless otherwise specified.
1. Cut 144 triangles from fq set, yardage of pezzy prints, and 1/3 yard cuts of solids.
2. Choose your layout for the triangles, (18 across makes a row) and sew them together in rows.
TIP: to keep the triangles organized and in the order I wanted, I picked them up a row at a time, keeping each triangle in the correct order and then pinned a sticky note to the first triangle with the row number on it.
There will be 8 rows. When sewing the triangles together, the edges of fabric will not meet up as if you are sewing squares together. Instead, you will overlap them like this, and the edges will come together where the 1/4″ seam allowance is.
Then when you sew the next triangle on, make sure the point of the new one is even with the one previously sewn.
3. Sew the 8 rows together, making sure to pin, pin, pin to match up points and edges.
4. Trim the side edges so they are straight.
5. Make your quilt backing. (For my quilt back, I cut out a few extra triangles and used some coordinating moda solids)
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7. Square up your quilt, and make sure to keep the batting and backing scraps to use later to make your handle strap.
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Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer both secured a spot on the USA National Team that will compete later this summer in Barcelona.
Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer, former Gator swimmers, highlighted the second night at the National Championships. They both secured a spot on the USA National Team that will compete later this summer in the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona.
Lochte completed a tough double on the second night at the 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships. He had both the 200 free and 200 back finals on his plate and delivered stellar performances in both. In the 200 free, Lochte went out strong and held onto the lead most of the race to post a time of 1:45.97 for the win. He then returned to the water shortly after for the 200 back where he jumped out to the lead once again and held on to finish in 1:55.16. His time in the 200 free was fifth-fastest in the world and the 200 back was the third-fastest.
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Five current Gators took to the water during the second night of finals at the National Championships. Sophomore Matt Elliott swam his way into the A-Final of the men's 200 breast after swimming a time of 2:13.91 in prelims. He came back in the finals to finish eighth with a time of 2:16.06.
In the women's 200 back, junior Elizabeth Beisel, the 2012 bronze medalist in the event, swam a solid race to clock in third with a time of 2:07.64. Also swimming in the 200 back was freshman Ashlee Linn. Linn took third in the B-Final to finish 11th overall after posting a time of 2:13.23.
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