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Check out Cosmic Panda, a new experimental experience for videos, playlists and channels
115 comments :
I LOVE IT! I WANT IT NOW!ReplyDelete
very different, certainly will take time getting used to.ReplyDelete
i like the creators template for the channel.
I like this, but there's no question most that people won't. There is also no question that the people who won't will tell you with copious amounts of swearing and questioning your employee's intelligence.ReplyDelete
I have loved all of the other recent Google redesigns, but I find this Youtube one horrible. I can see less content on the page at a time, the grey background with black fonts looks horrible...it all kind of just looks thrown together. Sorry guys, but I'm turning this off for now, look forward to see future revisions.ReplyDelete
Looks great, but i can't see videos with it. where the video should show, it shows transparent box which shows part of my desktop. i'm using mac.ReplyDelete
Cosmic Panda is amazing! Nice work YouTube team :)ReplyDelete
We especially love the new Channel redesign, but the whole thing looks great. Can't wait for changes to start going live in the upcoming months.
And this just makes the Google+ roll out about twice as exciting!
wanna know what? i love this new experience :) every thing about User friendly :) Keep it up don't stop :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 1:28 PM
i really like this but i would like to see a template for youtube partnersReplyDelete
thank you.
I like it, but it doesn't really fit with the rest of Google's redesigned UI. Keep the panda-ish look but flatten it out like G+ or Gmail Preview.ReplyDelete
We need more customizing options for our channel.ReplyDelete
Ok, I don't like the new layout, so PLEASE CAN ANYONE SHOW ME HOW TO GO BACK TO OLDER VERISON? On my PC i CAN'T FIND THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO IT!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 9:00 PM
PS My bad. Actually, those private playlists weren't private, just that I didn't select them to be show in the current channel design. So, yeah, those public playlists appeared on the Cosmic Panda layout because they weren't private, just not listed on the current channel design (I only have the Uploads playlist and Favorites playlist shown on the current channel design).ReplyDelete
I would still like to provide feedback on the channel design, but I can't 'cause the feedback tool says it isn't able to provide feedback on the page (the same thing happens on the watchpage).
Let me be exceptionally clear. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THIS TO BE FORCED ON YOUTUBERS...EVER. For those who like it, they are more than welcome to keep it. For those who have put up with the beta to the point where they don't ever expect the alpha to return, allow them to retain it. That's where you went wrong the first time, by shoving a downgrade down our throats. Learn from your mistakes with the beta and please don't waste our time with excuses like you can't support two versions. How much profit did Google make last year? How many employees is it hiring this year? You have plenty of money. DO NOT FORCE THIS CHANGE ON US. Allow us to choose.ReplyDelete
I did a video review on it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV8_-TS9qq0ReplyDelete
The blue "Feedback" button isn't working for me. "Unable to deliver feedback for this page." it says.ReplyDelete
Can I leave it here?
Comments on a video's page:
- What first came to sight was that the 'Flag as inappropriate' button looks somewhat out of place but more importantly, ambiguous. The video explanation is inappropriate? The top comment?
-The top comments I think would look better under the video replies. It visually looks interrupted by the video replies section. But keep the section, its entertainment content that generates itself.
- The video replies looks like it could show two replies accommodated horizontally for better use of space. It even allow for a nice space between them
The Channel page
-Lots of changes! For now I'll just mention that Favorites is not available to choose as a playlist option if I want to display them in any form in my channel, which i would miss.
The ability for a channel to have a distinct look is minimized in the new design. Except for the background which has been reduced to a small sliver, all channels will look like CLONES.ReplyDelete
It seems like they pretty much retought the Channelpage and realigned the Video page, making it less crowded and removing some clutter.ReplyDelete
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On Opera the video player remains static on the screen while scrolling.. please fix that :DReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 3:35 AM
I just started using it and I like it very much. I love the dark slick look, it's more... resting to the eyes. I like how the comments are shown now, it's not confusing anymore. Something that I would like to see in the future: Short fluid video preview of videos when hovering over them. That would be... insane (in the good way). Thanks google.ReplyDelete
First - why can't you send reports from channel pages?ReplyDelete
Second - If you ask me, it takes too many clicks to navigate to channel comments page, can a shortcut or something be added to main channel page?
This is a step in the right direction! Now if only Youtube had an option to dim everything in the background (even a users desktop) except for the active video like some other video sites.ReplyDelete
Why you disable to comment "COMMENTS" in the profile channel?ReplyDelete
Instead of simplicity you show everything on single page. It's not nice.ReplyDelete
0 Comments?!ReplyDelete
anyway, great job! The only thing you guys should change are the top comments and uploader comments bar, i don't like the way they look.
One question, i want the video's in full hd, now i have to click on 720p all the time, would be easy if it goed automatic!ReplyDelete
It looks nice. Defo a huge upgrade over the previous design. Much more sleek and modern looking. Any idea on when us Partners will be able to have there branding banners back on? As of now you can only change your background and avatar.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 12:44 PM
keep it :) this interface is absolutely gorgeous. I love the auto-hide progress/control bar, the general layout, it's a million times more beautiful and attractive than the "old YouTube". Keep the good work guys, I've seen a lot happen @Google in recent days and I'm enthusiastic, thanks ;)ReplyDelete
I like this new look, the only thing I would change is that it is pretty hard to see how much of the video has been loaded.ReplyDelete
Dark grey over black is really hard to see!
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lovin the new layout!!! The black looks slick... Actually having the option to change the screen size is amazing .... can't wait for this to be the permanent new look! I'm hooked!ReplyDelete
Where is the comments in the channel? and we need more custom options on our channel..ReplyDelete
I'd really love it if the previous subscription box was put back in place. The one in which the videos disappeared when watched so that the whole display is much less cluttered. Even better would be a way to switch between the two depending on preference.ReplyDelete
It will be nice to have an option to disable video and listen just the music from Youtube...:DReplyDelete
Aren't there any customizing possibilities for partners any more? That's sad, because I miss my large Banner with its links and additional design opportunities o__OReplyDelete
Here is my review, complete with a commented screen capture. I mostly like it but there is new one problem you added and a few old ones they didn't fix.ReplyDelete
My only real concerns are that the changes seem to hurt NEW upcoming youtubers.. For instance not having the related videos be mostly from the person that posted the video sucks because now it doesn't encourage the viewer to find something new from some one else that might not be as popular. I've gotten a lot of new subs by commenting on other tubers videos, having good content and having related videos that show up on larger youtubers pages.ReplyDelete
Also the new design does NOT promote going to the channels...which is a big driver for content creators.
It's not all bad.. the design is awesome, the streamlining is good but again much of this hurts tubers trying to grow their audience without resorting to cheap tricks.
This is an awesome work! Love the interface...The comments section needs some change, I feel...ReplyDelete
There's a giant flashing ad right next to the video. I though the purpose of this redesign was to keep the video in focus.ReplyDelete
The channel design is really ugly, no options to customize it and that was one of the characteristics by which the page was good, if really YouTube thinks in the REAL users would leave the channels as they are all in the same page without having to navigate over 3 clicks just to see the comments in the channels, but who cares what I think or what think some thousands if all you care about is money you can win and that without us THE REAL USERS OF YOUTUBE don't make money for the companies who feed him?ReplyDelete
El diseño del canal es feo, no tiene opciones para personalizarlo y ninguna de las características que hacían a la pagina buena en ese aspecto, si realmente YouTube pensara en sus USUARIOS REALES dejaría al menos los canales como están, todo en la misma pagina permaneciendo como lo practico que es, sin tener que realizar 3 clicks solo para ver los comentarios en los canales, pero que importa lo que diga yo o algunos miles si todo lo que importa es el dinero que pueden hacer y que sin nosotros LOS USUARIOS REALES DE YOUTUBE no pueden hacer por que nosotros somos los que hacemos que las compañías los alimenten no es así?ReplyDelete
I would like to test it out but don't want to be 'stuck' with it. Let us know how to revert back if we wish.ReplyDelete
I still don't get it - where are my "Favourites" videos?ReplyDelete
I really like most of the stuff like the 4 video size buttons.ReplyDelete
I hate youtube design changes, the older one is always the better one in my opinion. Where can you comment on a profile and where's the PM-Botton?! If aren't avaible any more, I'm completly against this change, because it's very important for the most people... The actual design for profiles is great, because it shows everything at once, but you need to click around to see everything in the new one... The video-display is the only thing which improved... which sucks in my opinion. I hope they won't change the design. -.-ReplyDelete
Lots of good things for a magazine programme like the one we put up. We can now seriously consider producing the programme as a series of items in a playlist called *This Week's Show* rather than one chunky 30-minute piece. However, could YouTube consider treating *Uploads* as a playlist? And could we move playlists up and down a list so that, for example, we can put *This Week's Show* at the top of the page and *Uploads* below it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 1:48 PM
I absolutely dislike it! Watching videos is uncomfortable, especially on users' channels! Luckily I could still change back to the old look.ReplyDelete
Very, very nice improvements. I'm not opposed to have this one forced on me, lol.ReplyDelete
I *hated* the previous layout, but this is a vast improvement over it. The only thing I don't like, however, is the design of the channels.ReplyDelete
First, the giant video thumbnails under the Featured tab, for whatever reason, just look awkward to me. If anything, you could shrink them a bit, putting them back from seven to six and then putting two on each row.
Also, it's quite hard to navigate there as well. I've seen many people now ask where comments are, among other things - by the way, click on Community then View Comments - which should say something about the design. You really could fit it all on one, maybe two pages: first, have the featured videos like I described above, at the top in two rows with smaller thumbnails. Then have the (smaller) thumbnails of the most recent videos, with an option to expand that list to see all of them. All that Recent Activity stuff could go on the right sidebar, or you could create a left one if that gets too crowded. And again, with the option to expand that as well so you don't have a gargantuan Channel page.
One last note: the one feature I'd like to see again is the rating being displayed when a video is linked from the Suggested Videos, Most Viewed lists, etc. It really helps me know beforehand whether or not I will be wasting my time. You could just put in the % likes out of total ratings or something like that.
All in all, aside from the Channel page, this was really well done. Good job on this one!
The loading bar is comming up on all videos in the cosmic panda style. How do I change it back to the old version?ReplyDelete
Again, to reinforce what I said before, NEVER force this change on anyone. ALWAYS give users choice to stick with what they have. If you are trying to convince people it's worth a look than what you need is maximum custom options, including those lost in the beta. Users should be able to move anything they want on their page to anywhere on their page. The option must remain for subscriber icons, subscription icons, friends icons and channel comments to appear on channel pages and, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, watching a video that's not in a playlist must NEVER lead to autoplay of other videos. Autoplay is, has been and will always be a glitch. Once a video ends, it ends. Unless the user is watching a playlist, no other video should start playing, EVER. You will save yourself a lot of grief by dropping the autoplay on an individual video and presuming that someone watching an individual video wants to watch other related videos in sequence. It totally defies logic and intelligence to do so.ReplyDelete
The new interface is pretty cool... although I would prefer these options in the Future:ReplyDelete
-The Ability to Create Custom Templates/Move Templates
-The Ability to adjust the opacity and colors of the channel page
-The Ability to change fonts... perhaps as HTML5 gets more widely used by the people there could be support for HTML5 custom fonts
-The Ability to minimize the playlist under the video on the video pages
I hope you consider my feedback. Have a good day.
I like it! but I can't figure out how to post Video Responses... the option to post a video response doesn't show when you click the comment box :/ReplyDelete
Can I have old player back, Google? Because, you see, it's 21-t century here, and the player where controls slide over the video - IS DAMN HORRIBLE!ReplyDelete
It's amazing, how a big corporation such as Google makes such a blunder.
Once this goes fully public I'm switching to veoh or dailymotionReplyDelete
I also want the old player, I prefer to video controls always visible, the new way is a pain in the ass, thank you!ReplyDelete
I love it! I've only found a flaw ... some of the videos do not display information.ReplyDelete
I like it. I would love to keep it.ReplyDelete
I love it. I cant wait until its finally released. There's literally only two things I don't like which is the fact that when you're watching uploads or a playlist, the videos auto-play & on the channels there is no transparency and color choices, other than that I LOVE IT. I've been using it ever since it became test-tube official. I think people should stop complaining about irrelevant things, such as "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" did.ReplyDelete
this is first design change on YouTube in 3 years that I like.ReplyDelete
I'd actually be OK with this if the thumbnails weren't so big. If you can put the thumbnails to a more manageable size (roughly 1.5x bigger than the current ones would be good), I'd be good with the rest of the site layout. Hopefully you take this feedback into consideration, otherwise I'll be done with your site.ReplyDelete
Another timely reminder--and I'll continue to give them on a regular basis--to NEVER force this on people. Google's second quarter profits were not only impressive but beat analyst expectations. Your parent company has the money to maintain both the current setup and any future setup. Don't let arrogance or the self-importance that comes from thinking you know what people want, even when they tell you the opposite, to result in force-feeding something I'm clearly telling you not everyone wants. You also need to explain to your employees about the illogic of autoplay for non-playlists. Based on the help forum, they appear either incapable, or unwilling, to accept that concept. You will save yourself tons of grief by never introducing something as counter-productive as that. Autoplay is a GLITCH. Remembering that, and the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of never forcing a new design on everyone, as was the case when the beta was made mandatory, is essential. You're still getting hate comments nearly two years later and for good reason. Learn from your mistake, don't repeat it.ReplyDelete
Hello YouTube Partner here, well I just had a fast look and was afraid I would get stuck in Panda, world so I harried back to the real YouTube world....ReplyDelete
As far as I could see it did not look like we had to much customizing options unless I miss them...The layout looks kinda dull and the text was really light do I have options to change them?...I will go a bit later and try it out again...I hope this feedback was helpful......Thank you YouTube you guys are the best
Right now I think I rather have the YT layout I have but unless our
l like it. There's more white space. lt's not as cluttered. The only thing l don't like is how my partner channel looks. The custom top banner l made is gone. l hope we can organize our page and videos like before. Right now it's showing my most recent videos first in a big screen. They look grainy and they're not my best videos. l'd like people to see my best videos on the top.ReplyDelete
please just do this as soon as possible. youtube currently looks so bad, like, myspace bad. this is going to be great!ReplyDelete
I don't like the fact that autoplay was removed. This will cause all small partners to make even less. And, bigger partners will also lose out. Also, No channel banners or side image? That's my favorite part of being a partner.ReplyDelete
I'm a youtube partner. I understand the concept, but unfortunately, not so impressed. I agree that the thumbnails are too large, and I think they should be on the right, not left. I get a lot of traffic from "related videos" and this new layout will almost surely reduce that traffic. I know you are trying to make it so that the video is featured more, but the old way of doing it actually works quite well. I understand the concept of blacking out the background around the video, but white works too.ReplyDelete
I think that the most important thing you can do to help us all, is to do more work around creating easier access to an uploader's/partner's video collection. I like the concept of the videos scrolling across the bottom. Not sure if that is THE solution, but making our videos more accessible once someone lands on a video would be, in my opinion, the most important improvement you could make.
I love the new look on my channel. Very clean and simple.ReplyDelete
When can Partners permanently enable this on their channel?
I Am a Partner and this is,ReplyDelete
What I find to be NOT cool:
1.can't watch feature video on channel.
2.No Comments on the channel itself.
3.Forced playlist.
4.Related video's are not showing up.
5.Adding a vid response ?
6.I'm logged in, the suggested video's say I should watch myself.
7.Channel comments (that are not on the channel) are mixed with bulletins(also not on the channel), very un-cool
8.No option to turn off subscriber list on "community" page.
9. all videos on video page are in a playlist, don't like that at all.
10. No option to turn of favorites from video page.
11. Featured Channel icons are WAY to big.
12.No matter what "Template" you set, you still have to hunt what your looking for, it's to spread out.
13.no matter how you "brand" it, it still kinda "bland"
14. options in "settings & info" have been cut WAY back, not much of a choice there.
I'm a youtube partner and I do not like the new channel design. If you you like the videos looking like some VEVO channel, fine. But PLEASE DON'T change the current channel layout!!! ....or at least give us the option to choose which layout we want for our channel.ReplyDelete
My take on it is that it's great idea to ask us what we think of the new interface first, before making the leap. I do find it somewhat appealing, but it seems to me that when ever YouTube makes changes to the over all look and function of even the most minute aspect of their layout, this change usually affects the already buggy functionality of YouTube altogether. I believe changes should be done slowly, and when the changes do occur, ensure that all functions are working as they should. I also believe we partners should be given the ability to customize this new interface as we see fit, and easily be able to change back to the old layout if need be "AT ALL TIMES" now, and way after the changes take place, if the changes do take place. Hoping for the better :)ReplyDelete
i love it, but there is no need for "Created by"ReplyDelete
on the channel.
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM
The most important thing to fix is the trollsReplyDelete
help us get rid of trolls
please stop allowing blocked users to vote, if they are blocked they are a troll and we do not want them thumbing down everything
fix thumb-down spammers first
who cares how it looks
fix the problems with the community features first
stop all the hater troll spammers
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 6:31 PM
stop haters from voting if they are blockedReplyDelete
It looks really nice but it'd be nice if videos could be played on your channel and you could scroll through your videos in your playlists.ReplyDelete
"Who cares how it looks, as long as it's easy to use." That about sums it up.ReplyDelete
Every re-design since version 1.0 has been a misguided attempt to fix a user experience that was never broken.
I hate it. How can I use the old one?ReplyDelete
the new youtube is strange =sReplyDelete
but check this out :)
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 11:17 PM
why are there no channel views?ReplyDelete
It has potential, but the new channel page is extremely confusing. It's missing a lot of features and really doesn't make it any easier to look at/find things etc...ReplyDelete
Also don't like that it just won't remember my settings at all. When I click on 'expanded view" it reverts back to normal view whenever I click on something else.
Miss a lot of profile info now as well.
And just overall hate I now have to search for so much and just don't know where really in my channel. Have opted out because it felt like a huge step backwards instead of forward.
Love it, dont know why some are hating it. :DReplyDelete
Looks great, but the comment box should have a different color than the video description, looks kind of confusing.ReplyDelete
There's no channel views, friends, or colors! Fix that!ReplyDelete
Great Job. Add more channel customization and a unique type of commentingReplyDelete
Oh and it's running smooth as hell on Chrome 15 :)ReplyDelete
More channel customization please!
Sorry but the new look is awful, just like with the new G-Mail you're testing, you've spread everything out too much. People want to be able to find stuff easily, not go through 3 more clicks to get where they got in 1 click before.ReplyDelete
- No comments on main channel page, that's +1 click.
- New video thumbnail size is unnecessary and silly looking, especially on channel pages. You can't see every videos unless you scroll all the way down and click view all...once again making people do more.
- The "+" subscribe button on the video pages needs to go, why take away the "Subscribe" button for a plus sign?
- Comments on video pages blend in with the video info box.
- Hardly any Partner branding options, is this unfinished or will all Youtube channels look the same?
Those are just a few of many bad changes. Scratch this template and start over, if you're just dying to change the design then go with a cleaner looking template (softer new buttons, edges, etc.) but please don't make drastic changes like this when everything works and looks fine.
This is the stuff of the gods!ReplyDelete
Simply amazing! You'd be sinning not to like the Cosmic Panda!
To Cosmic Panda team: I am looking for an app / service/ other software that will allow a user to upload or sync his/her playlists with Youtube. Imagine, you have a playlist of 2k songs and this software would translate that playlist into a youtube playlist, searching for the videos that match the songs as they appear in your playlist. That would make Cosmic Panda kill ANY competition or make it stand out above the restReplyDelete
It's not awful, it's just different, if you don't like it go back to the old one. The only thing that needs (ALOT) more work is the channels.ReplyDelete
Nice try but you can do better. First, why a white and grey "gif" as a background? Do some coding an let us choose our own colors and percentage as we can with our current layout. Give us some options so we can be creative. And while you're at it, give us all the ability to put banners at the top of our pages.ReplyDelete
How about fixing stuff in YouTube before you invest any more time with this experiment? After more than six years of 'friends' appearing in chronological order (the order in which they became friends) on people's channels, someone has decided to randomize it, instead. This is totally without logic. Please restore the friends list to chronological order or give users the option, rather than deciding for us the order in which it should appear. If you can manage that, please do likewise with the subscribers list, which has been broken for two years. Formerly, it was also in chronological order, from the time someone subscribed. That's no longer the case. Thank you.ReplyDelete
YouTube should go in the direction of G+ like Picasa/Gmail/Docs/Calendar. Clean and well done interface with conections to other Google stuff.ReplyDelete
I LOVE Cosmic PANDA is EXELENT mode of work.....THANKS YOUTUBE.....THANKS|THANKS|THANKS|THANKSReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 2:17 AM
Oh yes, cosmic panda is amazing. Thank you thank you thank you.ReplyDelete
The only thing I'm wondering right now is "what took them so long to make a functional and not ugly youtube"
Why isnn't this already added to YouTube. This so amazing.ReplyDelete
I loved Cosmic Panda! why did you toned it down somewhere in the last two days? The new version looks to me like an unpleasant cross between Cosmic Panda and the old Youtube (no disrespect intended).ReplyDelete
Well, I tried the experimental Panda viewing experience but did not really care for it so much. To me it seems that the watching images on a screen should remain a rather "bright" venture. Perhaps beause this is just a test or still in beta mode, maybe the resolutions seem a bit dull. I try to use nice colors even on my own YouTube videos, like the one in this sample below.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 at 2:50 AM
how to make the old il get feedback from the channel I want to cancel my going in from TurkeyReplyDelete
Common dude ...ReplyDelete
I want this new Panda look. Now it dissapears everytime I quit my browser.
Muchas gracias por esta noticia de la actualización, aunque tengo que admitir que cada vez veo menos este tipo de canales, me gusta ver más las cosas en la televisión, que además hay algunos canales que están haciendo bastante bien las cosas como estos para ver peliculas aunque lo ideal es que llegara google tv y se pudieran juntar ambos mundos.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 1:42 AM
1 Lo peor es la perdida de los efectos de Transparencias, solo vean mi canal de CodigoGeass para que vean lo bonita, practica y funcional que luce la interfaz actual. Todo es tan practico, es mucho mejor así todo en uno con la gran diversidad de opciones, las transparencias que nos permiten crear muy bonitos efectos dependiendo del BG utilizado.ReplyDelete
2 Redujeron casi a la mitad la cantidad de texto de información que puedes poner en los canales, muchas personas usan las paginas de youtube para poner largas columnas de texto a modo de biografías o por ejemplo decorarlos con figurillas de código ASCII creando efectos muy bonitos y atractivos para los visitantes.
3 El hecho de que tengas que hacer varios clips para tener que acceder a los comentarios de tu canal es un punto muy negativo que seguro repercutirá enormemente en el volumen de audiencia. LA interfaz actual funciona muy bien y a las persona les gusta hacer las cosas rápidas y simples, para que complicarlo todo y forzar al usuario a hacer varios cliks que solo terminaran aburriéndolo o quitando le las ganas de conocer otros canales? Como es ahora es todo tan fácil y tan practico, por que complicarlo todo poniendo o dividiendo la pagina en varios módulos siendo que es mucho mas atractivo del diseño actual mostrando todo en conjunto??.
4Consideren y tengan en cuenta que para muchas personas es importante tener a mano sus listas de reproducción tal cual las han estado usando todos estos años, no se bien que opinar del nuevo estilo de las listas pero no me parece algo mejor que el actual, y lo que si digo, también esta muy mal que no podamos tener todo a mano los subscriptores y amigos, que cambien el orden de las cosas, que nos quiten tantas opciones de personalización de los canales que era lo que hacia la pagina tan atractiva y que nos quieran forzar a un cambio brusco, poco atractivo y que encima complica y hace menos atractiva la experiencia del usuario en youtube. Deben tener en cuenta que es una mala idea argumentar que youtube es solo un sitio para subir vídeos y por ende la compañía quiera centrarse en eso en detrimento de otras cosas que considera de menor importancia. Muchísimos usuarios en youtube utilizan el sitio casi como si de un blog se tratara, decoran sus canales con cariño, se esmeran en hacerlos originales y atractivos en el diseño, se esfuerzan por ganar amigos y suscriptores y se sienten muy satisfechos de lograr un todo único y armonioso cuando logran personalizar su canal del modo que gustan y empiezan a crecer en popularidad conociendo mas usuarios que visitaran su canal así como el lo hará y entre todos se crea esta red de comunidad que se ha hecho tan popular no solo por subir videos sino por la comodidad y funcionalidad de las opciones que ofrece para crear muy buenos canales que tengan el toque original de cada usuario. Estoy seguro que quizá un gran porcentaje sino mas de la mitad e los usuarios de youtube ni siquiera sube vídeos, pero usan el sitio por la forma tan genial que nos permite comunicarnos y expresar nuestra creatividad con nuestros canales.
Espero que recapaciten y que los señores de google tomen conciencia de que un cambio tan brusco y drástico solo traerá consigo a una baja de audiencia, complicara y decepcionara a muchos usuarios que seguramente terminaran abandonando el sitio en busca de algo mejor o si aun siguen ya no tendrán el mismo entusiasmo y o conservaran la esperanza de alguna futura mejora o que regresen al estado actual. Por favor, no fuerzen este cambio tan brusco en nosotros los usuarios, denos la libertad de elegir, y si tanto insisten o presumen de dar el mejor servicio del mundo "gratuitamente" pues permitan crear una opción de pago para personalizar el youtube a nuestra conveniencia como las compañías hacen con los canales de marca, pero denos una salida, una esperanza de que no arruinaran el youtube como pretenden con este cambio que mas que una mejora es un donwgrade total. Gracias y disculpen por los comentarios.
I sense convergence. The viewing experience greatly resembles Hulu. And rightly so.ReplyDelete
sorry but I completely hate it, the question I am asking myself is: Why update something that don't even need updating? and why make the layout look so "thrown together" it is just too cluttered, you cant even see much at all and hardly any customizability. Where's the transparency? where is the "change font" button? to be honest and this is my opinion, i hate it no matter what you do to it I just think it is pure disgusting and why change something that everyone loves?. Another question I ask myself is this: why make a forum for you're "fans" for output when you dont listen? When you were bringing the beta out no'one wanted it but you didnt listen and brought it out anyway. What I also hate is the fact that you pretty much force people to use the layout so thats what I think of it.ReplyDelete
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Windermere Foundation Blog
Windermere Foundation Has Raised Over $1.5 Million This Year!
Windermere offices throughout the Western U.S. have been busy raising money and making donations to non-profit organizations in their local communities that provide services to low-income and homeless families. And their efforts are paying off; so far this year we've raised over $1.5 million, bringing the total raised by the Windermere Foundation to $39.5 million since 1989.
Posted on 30 October 2019 | 6:05 pm
A 25-Year Tradition of Golfing and Giving
Golfing and giving seems to be a tradition with Windermere Real Estate. Many of our offices hold golf tournaments to raise money for local non-profits via the Windermere Foundation. The longest-held Windermere golf tournament has been hosted by a group of Windermere offices in Snohomish County, Washington.
Posted on 28 August 2019 | 6:00 pm
Building Stronger Communities By Helping Those In Need
We're halfway through the Windermere Foundation's 30-year anniversary and our offices aren't showing any signs of slowing down their donations. Last quarter, the Windermere Foundation collected $556,937, bringing our year-to-date total to $865,029, and our grand total to $38,871,157 raised since 1989. These donations are used to support non-profit organizations and programs that help low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
Posted on 17 July 2019 | 6:00 pm
Giving Thanks to Our Vendor Partners
Throughout the years, the Windermere Foundation has donated more than $38 million to hundreds of organizations throughout the Western U.S. We've helped homeless shelters, food banks, schools, hospitals, community centers, and other nonprofits that provide services to low-income and homeless families.
Posted on 29 May 2019 | 6:00 pm
Caring for our Communities through the Windermere Foundation
Windermere offices have been busy this year raising money for the Windermere Foundation which provides funding to support low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S. Last quarter alone, the Windermere Foundation collected over $308,236 in donations, bringing our total to $38,314,364 raised since 1989 when the Windermere Foundation first started.
Posted on 24 April 2019 | 6:00 pm
Windermere and YouthCare - Helping Homeless Youth
Pictured from left to right: Cassie Walker Johnson, YouthCare Board Member & Windermere Broker; Jill Jacobi Wood, Co-President, Windermere Real Estate; Christine Wood, Executive Director, Windermere Foundation; Geoff Wood, CEO & Co-President, Windermere Real Estate.
Posted on 27 March 2019 | 6:00 pm
Windermere Foundation: Celebrating 30 Years of Giving
Posted on 28 February 2019 | 9:00 pm
Windermere Foundation Surpasses $38 Million In Total Donations Raised
2018 concluded with another great year of fundraising and giving for the Windermere Foundation, thanks to the continued support of Windermere franchise owners, agents, staff, and the community. Nearly $2.5 million was raised in 2018, bringing our grand total to over $38 million raised since the Foundation's inception in 1989! During the past year, nearly $1.9 million was donated to non-profit organizations throughout the Western U.S. that provide much-needed services to low-income and homeless families. In 2018, the Windermere Foundation fulfilled 689 grant requests and served 507 non-profit organizations.
Posted on 23 January 2019 | 7:00 pm
Bringing Warmth And Good Cheer For The Holidays
The winter holiday season is one of our favorites! It is also a busy time of the year for Windermere offices, as many are working with local non-profits to support families who need a little extra help during the holidays. From running clothing drives to hosting free photo events with Santa, our agents and offices are out in their communities helping those in need have a warm and merry holiday. Below are just a few examples of how Windermere is giving back this season.
Posted on 17 December 2018 | 7:00 pm
A Lifetime of Making a Difference - Joan Tate Allen
Tis the season when we look back upon the year and give thanks for all that we have and count our blessings. At Windermere, we are thankful for all who generously donate to the Windermere Foundation, and we are grateful to have franchise owners and agents who go above and beyond to make a difference in the communities where they live and work. This year, Joan Tate Allen, co-owner and vice-president of Windermere Realty Trust, was recognized with the "Windermere Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award" at the company's annual Owners Retreat. Joan is a visionary and one of those individuals who puts her whole being behind her commitment to helping others.
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Since she can remember, Tatyana Glasgow has always liked to run � and few were a match for her on the playground then or the track now as a 17-year-old senior sprinter for Jacksonville High who�ll be running for North Carolina State next year.
Since she can remember, Tatyana Glasgow has always liked to run � and few were a match for her on the playground then or the track now as a 17-year-old senior sprinter for Jacksonville High who�ll be running for North Carolina State next year.
�Every since I was younger I used to race all the kids on the playground,� Glasgow said before a recent meet. �I always liked to run. Then in the seventh grade when I was allowed to start playing sports I started track.�
From start to finish, Glasgow is one of the area�s top sprinters.
A year ago she qualified for NCHSAA 3-A championships in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. Glasgow finished in the top eight in all three, including a fourth-place finish in the 400 in 57.72 seconds.
And Wednesday afternoon Glasgow crossed the finish line first in the 100 (11.8) and 200 (24.3) as well as the 400 (58.0) to lead the Cardinals to the Coastal 3-A Conference girls� championship at West Carteret High.
That came on the heels of an equally strong effort in the renewal of the Onslow County track meet, where the teenager with a winning smile won all three sprints. She was first in the 100 in 12.52 seconds � the identical time she ran last year in the state finals � as well as the 200 (25.71 seconds) and 400 (58.15).
�It was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be because I�m so used to running against the same people. I had a trial a little more with one of the girls from Lejeune. Chryssandra (Tatum) was kind of my tail, so I had to push it,� Glasgow said. �But it felt better knowing that worked for it rather than it being easy to get.
�We�ve run against all these schools before, but I guess just knowing it was everybody from every school going I guess I was a little nervous. But I guess running on adrenaline makes you run faster. So it wasn�t too bad.�
Neither is having a shot at running for NCSU.
Glasgow, who was sporting an NCSU T-shirt as she reflected on heading to Raleigh after her final year of high school track, said she�ll be a walk-on for the Wolfpack, which is just fine with her since she planned to go to NCSU anyway to major in engineering.
�They contacted me earlier this year. They showed me the time I need to reach, and he (the coach) said he was interested in me running for them,� she said. �It kind of works out perfectly because State is my No. 1 school that I wanted to go to.
�So I was really excited. I actually went there yesterday to talk to the coach. They said we definitely want you on the team. I�m not bummed out that I�m not getting a scholarship because just being able to run track for the school that I love, I can�t wait.�
Glasgow said she expects to run the 200 and 400 at NCSU, although until then she�ll continue focusing on all three events as the track season heads down the homestretch. Not that she likes each of the three sprints equally.
The 200 is her favorite.
�It�s not too long, and I guess I like running faster than running longer,� she said. �So it�s definitely my favorite.�
And her least favorite?
�The 400 is the worst,� she said. �They said I�m better at it (than the other two) events I run, but it�s just my body hurts after it. It�s a painful race.�
What about the 100? Isn�t that THE event for sprinters?
�It�s probably the hardest,� she said. �It�s the distance you have to have the speed for, and I don�t have that. I guess that�s not my area of expertise. I�m more the 400 (type runner), being able to run fast at a longer pace. But the 100, it�s pretty tough. But it�s fun, too.�
For as long as she can remember, Glasgow has run all three events. As a freshman, she gave the hurdles a try. She said she �wasn�t too bad� at them, but coach Curt Dowdy told her she had the look of a 400-meter runner.
�So he switched me,� she said. �I miss it, but it�s good that he�s looking out for me. I used to run the 4 x 8 (relay), but I think I was just a filler-in because I can survive it.�
Each of the sprints, she said, take a different mentality.
The 100 is pure speed, she said, adding �you go as fast as you can, 0 to 100.� The 400 is the most strategic, Glasgow said, because you can�t run the race �straight, one speed, without getting tired.�
�Even if I see girls in front of me, I know that I�ll catch up. So I�ll save my speed until maybe the last 200 meters and then I�ll kind of kick in everything I have left,� she said.
Then there�s the 200, which she enjoys in part because it starts on the curve of the track.
�We kind of shoot off the curve,� she said. �I just go, almost like the 100. I know I have to run longer, so I kind of die down a little bit, but the 400 is definitely a mental race. The other two are just more of picking the right speed and going with it.�
Glasgow, whose father ran track in high school and is named for the singer Tatyana Ali, hopes to again qualify for the state championships in all three events. But even as she thought about it, she said she knows she�ll be anxious.
�When I think about it, I just know there�s going to be so many other schools there who I haven�t run against so I can�t really determine how I�m going to do,� she said. �I just know where I am is OK, but I need to get better if I want to win.
�So I�m just trying to train as hard as I can to keep my body in shape and stay out of being hurt. I don�t want to get injured or anything because that just seems to kill every athlete. There�s nothing I can really do. I just know knowing I did my best, even if I PR (set a personal record) at states, that�ll probably be a good feeling.
�I can�t say that I know I�m going to win or don�t know. I just have to bring it.�


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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will stop telling the story of a former U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Libya after the man's mother complained his death was being politicized.
Romney on the campaign trail on Tuesday began telling the story of Glen Doherty, who he met at a Christmas party a few years ago and learned last week that he had been killed in the assault on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11.
"Governor Romney was inspired by the memory of meeting Glen Doherty and shared his story and that memory, but we respect the wishes of Mrs. Doherty," the Romney campaign said in a statement on Wednesday.
Doherty's mother complained about Romney, who faces President Barack Obama on November 6, using the story of her son's death.
"I don't trust Romney. He shouldn't make my son's death part of his political agenda. It's wrong to use these brave young men, who wanted freedom for all, to degrade Obama," Barbara Doherty told 7News in Boston.
Romney had said in Iowa that Glen Doherty and a second former SEAL providing security in Libya did not run from the attack, but ran toward it, and used the story as a metaphor for what he said was the need for Republicans to take over the White House from Obama in the election.
"They didn't hunker down where they were in safety. They rushed there to go help. This is the American way. We go where there's trouble. We go where we're needed. And right now we're needed. Right now the American people need us," Romney had said.
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Jang Song Thaek, until recently the de facto No. 2 official in North Korea, was reportedly executed for trying to take over the government. Here's a quick look at Jang's role in the dictatorial regime, via The Foreign Bureau. (Photo: AP)
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Turning 50 can be demoralizing, but certain things can help ease the sting. Like, say, having a beachside dream house decorated in your honor.
Finally, the Malibu Barbie Dream House is more than just a pink plastic diorama with a hand-pumped Jacuzzi! For Barbie's 50th on March 9th, a real 3,500 sq.-ft pad perched over the Pacific Ocean has been outrageously outfitted by décor-maven-to-the-stars Jonathan Adler. His price tag for the job? $500,000, plus a six-month work schedule to get Barbie's mid-century manse looking just right.
As AP's gallery shows, Barbie's fondness for pink hasn't dimmed with age. Highlights of the house include B-monogrammed pink carpet, a pink closet to die for (with room for 50 pairs of peep-toe heels), and a pink Volkswagen Beetle with a pop-up vanity in the trunk. There are some 'real' flourishes, too, like a Warhol print of Barbie valued at $200,000 - and oddities, such as a chandelier spun from Barbie hair.
The Dream House will host Mattel's Official Barbie 50th Anniversary Bash Monday night, packing the house with A-list celebrities who probably hope to look half as good as the busty icon at 50.


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Fabada asturiana (bean and pork stew)
When you're in Oviedo, in the north of Spain, you'll know why its gastronomy is a pleasure: you and your companions will be able to attend an "espicha", a popular tradition usually held in the cider bars on the outskirts of the city, and see how the locals pour the cider from a height. You'll also see how they fill the bottles directly from the barrels, and you'll be able to try Asturian cheese, Spanish omelette, spicy cider sausage, gammon with turnip greens, and lots of other delicacies.
One of the best places to find cider bars is the old part of the city, especially Gascona Street, which is known locally as "cider boulevard". In many of the bars you'll be able to try your own hand at pouring this beverage obtained from apples.
The best time for experiencing Oviedo's gastronomic traditions are 19 October, when the "Desarme" festival is held (that day the restaurants offer a menu of chick peas with cod and spinach and traditional desserts), and the Feast of the Ascension in May, when you'll find typical Asturian products such as cured meats, beans and the famous wine "Vino de la Tierra de Cangas".
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Town officials are hoping that the recent snap of cold weather in recent days was enough to get the ice rink up and running.
"We need Mother Nature to cooperate," said Town Councilor and rink organizer Dawn Miceli.
Warmer temperatures this winter have not allowed ice to form, causing the closing of the rink for the last few weeks.
The rink is located on the Water Department property on Mill Street, just across from the Rails to Trails.
A few days of cold weather should make the rink usable, Miceli said, noting that the reusable rink uses minimal water, allowing it to freeze quicker than a lake or pond.
In the meantime, residents have been calling the Parks Department to ask about the rink.
"People are eager to skate," Miceli said.
Miceli suggested that residents check out the Parks Department's Facebook page or website to find out whether the rink was open.
The following rules and regulations will be enforced once the weather cooperates and the rink is opened.
Public ice skating will be offered this season – weather permitting –Sunday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Skaters use the rink at their own risk and appropriate safety gear is recommended. There is no skate attendant on duty and children should be supervised by a responsible adult.
Alcohol is prohibited and food, drinks and smoking are not allowed in the skating area.
Hockey play, sticks or pucks are not allowed on ice during recreational skating times, but are allowed Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. and Saturdays from 3- 5 p.m. Hockey players must wear helmets/face shields and protective gear during hockey sessions. Recreational skating is prohibited during hockey sessions.
Parking for the community ice skating rink is on Mill Street at the Rails to Trails parking lot and the Southington Municipal Center parking lot.


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The Low Smoke Stoves Project is delivering health and economic benefits to households in the strife-torn region of Darfur, Sudan, where climate change, drought and desertification are a fact of life. The project provides a transformational financing scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing traditional wood and charcoal stoves with energy-efficient liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cook stoves.
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- The first carbon credit program to be registered in Sudan;
- 10,000 cook stoves are being delivered to Sudanese communities;
- The cook stoves will cut more than 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over 10 years.
The problem
In Sudan, cooking with charcoal and firewood contributes to thousands of deaths each year due to smoke inhalation. Surrounding forests are suffering from years of exploitation. In addition, cooking with charcoal emits almost twice as much carbon dioxide as LPG, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The solution
Cooking with LPG is a cheaper and cleaner alternative to burning charcoal and firewood. The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves notes that cooking with LPG reduces most key pollutants by more than 95 per cent, and reduces energy consumption by 50 to 70 per cent in comparison to dirtier fuels. The Low Smoke Stoves Project will deliver 10,000 LPG cook stoves to Sudanese communities, cutting more than 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent over 10 years. The stoves also ensure the surrounding forests recover from years of exploitation.
Africa missed out on innovative carbon financing, as the continent lacked the appropriate infrastructure and institutional capacity and had many regulatory and local skills gaps that increased the risk tolerance for investors. This is starting to change with the Low Smoke Stoves Project.
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In addition to reducing carbon emissions, the project provides social, economic and health benefits to participating families. According to the World Health Organization, indoor smoke from burning solid fuels can expose women and young children to pollution 100 times higher than acceptable levels. This activity also demonstrates effective local entrepreneurship, supported by carbon finance.
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The project has proven popular with low-income households, and the project team has plans to replicate the model elsewhere in the country to bring the benefits of clean energy to tens of thousands more families.
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Orient Fertility Statistics
The American Community Survey (ACS), conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, publishes estimates on fertility each year. The survey asks women between 15 and 50 years old if they have given birth in the past 12 months.
Based on a representative survey sample, the ACS reports estimated counts of new mothers across the United States. These counts are further broken down by various other characteristics—perhaps most notably by new mothers' marital status.
Unlike the Census, which is an exact count of people and households every ten years, ACS statistics are estimated based on a representative survey sample. For locations with populations under 60,000, the ACS is only available in 5-year estimates, rather than single-year periods. The 5-year estimates provide greater geographical granularity but a less granular time period.
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Of the 17.2 million Australians aged 18 years and over (Endnote 1) represented by the survey, it was estimated that approximately three-quarters or more of people agreed or strongly agreed with the following statements about their state or territory police:
· The police are approachable and easy to talk to (64% and 18% respectively).
· The police enforce the law (67% and 13% respectively).
· The police ensure public safety (71% and 16% respectively).
· The police can be relied upon (61% and 13% respectively).
People were more likely to strongly agree that the police were approachable and easy to talk to than any other statement and more likely to agree that police ensure public safety than any other statement.
2011-12 Perceptions of the Police(a), Australia
(a) Excludes federal police in all states and territories except ACT.
Of Australians aged 18 years and over varied more in their perceptions of the criminal courts:
· Over 35% agreed or strongly agreed that the criminal courts are effective in giving punishments which fit the crime (33% and 2.9% respectively), but 43% disagreed or strongly disagreed about this statement (32% and 11% respectively).
· Over 22% agreed or strongly agreed that the criminal courts deal with matters quickly (21% and 1.3% respectively), but over 45% disagreed or strongly disagreed about this statement (37% and 8.6% respectively).
2011-12 Perceptions of the Criminal Courts, Australia
Over 61% of Australians aged 18 years and over agreed or strongly agreed that the prisons act as a form of punishment (53% and 8.5% respectively). People were less likely to agree or strongly agree that the prisons rehabilitate prisoners (27% and 1.6% respectively), with nearly 42% disagreeing or strongly disagreeing with this statement (35% and 6.9% respectively)
2011-12 Perceptions of the Prisons, Australia
Respondents in the survey were asked how their views about the police, the criminal courts and the prisons were influenced, with respondents able to identify one or more external influence.
The views people held about the criminal courts and the prisons were more likely to be influenced by the media (72% and 74% respectively) than their views of the police (55%). Nearly half (48%) of people stated their views of the police were influenced by their personal contact with the police, which was greater than those who said their views of the criminal courts and the prisons were influenced by their own contact (14% and 8.5% respectively). Around a third of people said their views were influenced by information from others about the police (36%), the criminal courts (30%) and the prisons (30%).
2011-12 Sources of Information which Influenced Views of the Justice System, Australia
1. While this question was asked of all respondents aged 15 years and over, data has only been published for those 18 years and over. The responses of respondents aged 15 to 17 years may have been provided by a proxy respondent (such as a parent) and as this is a perception based question it was not asked of proxies.


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Even going to Adobe CS5 and switching OS X 10.6.x to 64-bit doesn't really make the process of taking Quicktime video to Flash in a reasonable timeframe. So, enter FFMPEG command-line tools. I have been playing with many different settings to get the performance and quality at an optimal state for playback in the Whipple Hill Podium Media Gallery.
Whipple Hill recommended (as of 9/13/10) video settings for the gallery should be
- Audio sample rate: 22050
- Audio bitrate: 56k
- Video bitrate: 512kbit/s
- Video framerate: 30
- Dimensions: 800 x 600
This, of course, is standard definition. Most video cameras now are HD and so is the one I have for our community meetings, so the closest size would be hd 480. I have tried a lot of settings and am finally happy with the ffmpeg encoding options below. Other settings we have gone with can lose sync with video/audio and may not be optimal for your users if they have marginal internet bandwidth.
ffmpeg -i something.mov -s hd480 -ab 56k -b 512k -r 15 -ar 22050 -qscale 10 -async 2 something.flv
This basically stating
Take the input video file (something.mov) and
- size it to hd480 (852×480)
- set the audio bitrate to 56k
- set the video bitrate to 512k
- set the framerate to 15 (saves some space)
- set the audio frequency to 22050
- set the qscale to 10 (more here at Wikipedia on this)
- Sync audio and video
to get the output file (something.flv)
This seems to give us the best bang for the filesize. Hope this helps others.


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Emile Henry's New Rectangular Pizza Stone
You may already know that Emile Henry has a line of round, enameled pizza stones in various colors, but check it out: The ceramic ovenware–maker has just introduced a rectangular stone.
I've been using the round version for a few weeks now to very nice effect. It works. (And I think Donna Currie will be coming at you with a post about those in her baking surfaces miniseries so I won't go too much into it here.)
Of course one small drawback of a round stone is that you have to be more experienced with placing a pizza on it — it's a smaller target to hit just right. But with a rectangular stone, well, you can be bit more lackadaisical in loading in your pies. The new offering has absolute dimensions of 13 7/8 inches by 17 7/8 inches. With the built-in handles, though, effective cooking area is probably more like 13 7/8 by 15 7/8.
I was in the market for a second* stone for the upcoming pizza-catering gig Girl Slice roped me into and liked my round Emile Henry so much that I went for the rectangular version when I stopped by Pizza a Casa for a re-up on pizzamaking equipment.
This stone is so new it's not even on the Emile Henry site. If you're in the NYC area, you can find them at PIzza a Casa for $49.99. Online, the only place I've seen them yet is distinctive-decor.com for $50 (plus S&H).
* This is actually my third stone — if you count my original, tiny 12-inch FibraMent stone, which I don't really use anymore. Not because it doesn't work well — it's awesome — but because it's too small.
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In the new film "Arbitrage" the character played by Richard Gere thought he had made a highly profitable mining investment in an Eastern European country with a "friendly" government. But suddenly things are not working the way they were supposed to. He cannot access the returns from his investment —the government will not let him take them out of the country. "Yes, it can and it does happen," Richard Gere sadly remarks. And then his plans start unraveling - leading Gere into …well, scary risk mitigation …
This is only a movie, but it illustrates a major shift in approaches to country risk. Old strategies that relied on personal connections to leaders or individuals close to the regime in an emerging country are a recipe for disaster. With the backdrop of the turbulent political shifts in the Middle East and North Africa, investors are recasting the way they analyze and mitigate political risk.
More and more investors recognize that local partnerships are still key—but that they need the right kind. These local partnerships must have quality, competence, and breadth, and not depend simply on political connections. Investors are focusing more on upstream work, sourcing of information and market analyses, and benchmarking. They recognize that an unfair contract will be the first one to be cancelled or renegotiated by the next government. They also know that addressing environmental and social impacts and assuring returns to local communities is critical to enhance sustainability and mitigate risk of rejections of the project by these communities.
Political risk insurance can compensate an investor in the case of expropriation, war and civil disturbance, breach of contract or—as in the "Arbitrage" example—transfer restriction. But equally importantly, involvement of a multilateral organization such as MIGA can brand the project on the environmental and social sustainability aspects, and can help defuse issues as soon as they manifest themselves and before they reach the boiling point when they destroy the project.
Investors will continue to look for returns. With lower growth in richer countries and the slowdown in the BRICs, we are witnessing a shift in global investment patterns. Traditional investors are exercising much more caution and new investors are seeking opportunities in more challenging markets. Our job is to assist both investors and countries as they seek to reap sustainable benefits of private investment, reducing the likelihood and impact of a "friendly" government suddenly destroying Richard Gere's dream of a great investment.


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A PS3 firmware hack has allowed the Vita to run Red Dead Redemption, Battlefield 3, Mortal Kombat and Batman: Arkham Asylum through the system's Remote Play function.
The PS3s being used are running hacked versions of firmware 3.55, which was vulnerable to the Fail0verflow exploit.
PS3 support for the Vita was introduced in firmware 4.00. However, the hacked version of firmware 3.55 sees Sony's new handheld as a mobile phone, which in turn enables the Vita to play games through Remote Play, albeit with some severe input lag.
It was suggested last year that that all PS3 games will be playable on Vita via Remote Play in the future. SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida even demonstrated the feature in his keynote address at Tokyo Game Show 2011.
Have a look at the hack in action below.


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Here are some facts and insights that help us understand what the American colonists might have known, and how both the knowledge of and interaction with California increased over time.
The Spanish were a major force among the European powers in the Age of Discovery. By 1520 the Spanish laid claim to over half of the known world, including most of the Americas. However when you review actual settlements by the Europeans in the new world, Spain's development was most extensive in the southern half of the Americas. The Spanish focus in what is today the United States started with the exploration of Florida in 1513.
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The first successful permanent settlement in the United States was St. Augustine, Florida, founded by the Spanish in 1565. The Spanish tried to expand up the coast. They established a fort on St. Catherine's Island, south of present day Savannah, Georgia in 1566. They even sent missionaries into present day Virginia in 1570 but this settlement was overrun by Indians within a few weeks.
While the English had an early claim to this land, they did not begin to settle parts of present day United States until much later than the Spanish. Their first attempt at the settlement of Virginia was in 1584, a decade and a half after the Spanish. The first permanent settlement (at Jamestown) was in 1607. Massachusetts wasn't settled by the Pilgrims until 1620. Charlestown was settled in 1670. During much of this period there was conflict between the English and the Spanish. When the English, led by James Oglethorpe, settled Georgia (Savannah in 1733 and Augusta in 1736) conflicts between the English and Spanish accelerated, and continued for decades.
So in part the answer to your question about the knowledge of the American Colonist about the Spanish possessions depends on whether you were a colonist in New England (where the major conflicts were with the French) or Georgia.
During much of early U.S. Colonial history California was still a wilderness. It was only founded in 1769 less than a decade before the Declaration of Independence. There were maps showing (often inaccurately) the territory of California. The more scholarly among the colonists would have had some idea of Spanish territorial claims and known settlements. However the vast majority of the colonists would have focused on the struggles for territory that affected them most directly.
I asked Dr. Robert H. Jackson, a noted borderlands scholar for his perspective on what the early American colonists might have known about California. Here is his commentary:
"At the time of the American Revolution English colonists /Americans knew very little about California, other than the fact that it existed. American ships did not begin to visit the coast of California until a decade or so after the American Revolution, in the 1790s and early 19th century. Moreover, the Spanish government did not publish information about California. The first travel accounts such as Captain George Vancouver's A Voyage of Discovery did not appear in print until much later (1798). Maps in the 18th century did include California. But there was a time lag of sorts in the incorporation of information.
Dr. Jackson sent me the map which shows below. It was published in England in 1763, the year in which the Spanish lost St. Augustine to the English.
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As the new country of the United States expanded, knowledge of the original Spanish territories in the southwest - what the Spanish called their Northern frontier - increased. By 1821 this entire area (extending from Texas into California) was part of the new country of Mexico. American settlers pushed into Texas in large numbers in 1820s. American trappers explored much of the southwest and west coast in these years. One of my favorite Mountain Men, Jedediah Strong Smith, visited the California missions in 1826-27. Ships from New England were regularly trading with the missions by the 1820s, as Dr. Jackson has noted. While sine Americans settled in California during the Spanish era, the biggest influx came in 1840s when California was part of Mexico, as overland routes opened up and General Mariano Vallejo encouraged American immigration.
Ultimately it was the conflict known as the Mexican American War (1846-48) that led to the inclusion of California into the United States. In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) Mexico ceded 55% of its territory to the United States (the territory included present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah).


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Confront a modern manufacturer with square pegs and round holes, or vice versa, and he'll make a pair of sunglasses out of these. There was a time when sunglasses were worn only to cut glare and avoid squint lines, but then youth took over. Ever since, "shades" have been as much to look at as through, and designing females buy them less for shielding eyes than for turning heads. This summer's glasses such as those shown above from Debs $4) accelerate the trend-not just attention getting but in many instances funny." It's gotten so," says one manufacturer, "we could sell them even without lenses."
Eyes shaped like a Halloween mask are created with a plastic overlay on the lenses (Foster Grant $5).
Other sunglasses resemble anything from insect eyes to ice cream parlor awnings. Above, striped fabric covers top half of the lenses, lower half is shadowed by a canopy (Renauld, $9).
|Above, Dog-bone shaped pair has border of Paisley print (Renauld, $8).
IMAGE CREDITSAll images & original text scanned by Sweet Jane from LIFE 16 June 1967. Photographs by Charles P. Mills & Lee Boultin.


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Tribes Ascend: New version of an old shooter
The oldest video game genre has added a new contender. Tribes Ascend is the latest FPS game (first-person shooter game) to enter this massive market of combat competition. The new projectile producing gameplay is free, only available on the PC, multiplayer and created for the 13-plus crowd.
I learned about the game from a 13-year-old boy who is always looking for a new PC game to explore. The developer, HI-Rez Studio, has had the game in beta mode for some time but launched it April 12. My gamer confidante was already proficient when the game launched, having paid to play the beta product. Although I could have played with him, I decided to download the game on my personal computer to investigate the ease of access and enjoyment of play.
From the Web site, www.tribesascend.com, I provided a username, password, e-mail and affirmed that I am at least 13. I then clicked the "download now" button to begin the 12.6 MB file download. Unbeknownst to me because it's not explained, the initial file is a compressed file. The next step to "run" the game is a 2.15 GB install and a 30-minute process.
I left my computer because all operations were slowed to accommodate the mega download, not to mention major computer space utilization on my hard drive.
Returning 30 minutes later, I entered my username and password, hit enter and my screen went black …
Panic mode was about to set in after 20 seconds of black screen, when music began in the background and grew louder as my screen came to life. Before me — my new sci-fi world appeared with my transformer character in shiny red and silver armor and the tip: "Do a good turn daily," which seemed odd advice before going to kill some people, but OK.
My options recommended training so I moused on over to the "training" option, only to discover my mouse was ultra sensitive. Just the slightest touch sent my mouse flying from one side of the screen to the other. I opted for the arrow keys and clicked down to "training," which had me and my mammoth machine gun facing targets. Again, I struggled with my built-in mouse, trying to position over the targets and maneuver from side to side. Perhaps a standalone mouse works better to more accurately align targets and fight enemies; the built-in does not. (Settings in the game allow for mouse "smoothing.") Aiming seemed impossible, but I did hit a few targets and then accidentally committed suicide. Fortunately, respawning and reloading is only a "K" away. By hitting "K," my "recruit" was up and shooting again.
Although I'm new to Tribes Ascend, the game is one in a "Tribes" series originally launched in 1998. It's beloved by fans for its combat adventure features that allow players to jump off a cliff utilizing a jetpack, throw explosives back at targets and land half way down a mountain skiing the rest of the way, all while shooting. Apparently, James Bond is under all that metal armor! (There are tutorials for skiing.)
There are one-on-one duels, as well and some strategy involved. Now that's a different slant on a shooter game – thinking! Tribes Ascend players have varying options when it comes to hand-to-hand combat like pistols, grenades, spinfusor disc, etc. Or jetpack up to launch something down on an opponent; just be careful not to run out of jetpack juice and fall.
The sequel follows the previous versions offering amazing graphics, maps and modes, classes of soldiers from pathfinder to technician to sentinel to brute and lots of social interaction. Players develop their profiles and then play with a team, all online.
The final version is not yet rated but it's recommended for those 13 and older or "Teen" due to violence. Although only available for digital download on the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation versions are currently being considered.
After the initial download, the game is easy to login to and play continuously as long as you don't lose your Internet connection.


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(Phoenix, AZ—August 5, 2003) Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today that eligible Arizona consumers who received home loans from Household Finance Corp., Household Realty Corp., or Beneficial Corp. will soon be able to claim settlement payments. Notices are being sent to approximately 12,000 Arizona Household and Beneficial borrowers this month to notify them of their eligibility to share in the State's $7.1 million settlement with Household International. All Household or Beneficial consumers who obtained a mortgage or home equity loan at an Arizona retail lending branch office from January 1999 through September 2002 are eligible to participate and will be sent forms to claim payments, ranging from a minimum of $50 to several thousand dollars. The forms will advise consumers of the minimum payment amount that they will receive if they participate in the settlement. The exact amount that they will receive may be larger depending upon how many consumers submit valid forms to the Settlement Administrator on or before October 14, 2003.
"While no payment can ever compensate for the trauma that many of these consumers experienced, this settlement does two important things. First, it establishes a model for sub-prime lenders in the future, and second, it provides a very large settlement to consumers injured by the corporation," Attorney General Goddard said.
The consumer payment program stems from the landmark settlement between Household International and the attorneys general and financial regulators of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Household International, through its subsidiary, Household Finance Corporation, is one of the nation's largest sub-prime mortgage lenders. The settlement resolved an investigation by the states into allegations of unfair and deceptive mortgage lending practices by Household. The states alleged that Household had overcharged borrowers with fees and interest, and had misled borrowers about other loan terms. Arizona was one of the lead states in the case.
Under the settlement, which was finalized in December 2002, Household agreed to pay $484 million dollars to the States to be distributed to eligible Household borrowers. The monetary settlement was the largest ever obtained by state attorneys general in a consumer protection case.
As part of the settlement, Household also agreed to implement a series of reforms in its lending operations. Court injunctions in place nationwide restrict prepayment penalties on current and future home loans, prohibit loan "flipping," limit up-front points and origination fees, and improve loan disclosures.
The Arizona settlement distribution plan provides each eligible consumer with a $50 minimum payment. The remainder of the settlement fund will be distributed to borrowers who were subjected to deceptive practices and harm involving the points and fees charged for their loans, as well as placement in loans that were higher than the value of their homes, and participation in the accelerated "E-Z Payment" plan. Settlement payments to consumers will vary depending upon the presence of these loan factors and the amount of the consumer's loan.
All Household and Beneficial customers who are eligible to receive a settlement payment should receive a mail notice from the Settlement Administrator in mid August. Consumers who wish to participate in the settlement will have to complete and return a claim and release form. The actual settlement payments will be paid directly to consumers by check before the end of the year.
Household or Beneficial loan consumers who have questions about the settlement payment procedures can contact the Settlement Administrator 's toll free number at 1-888-780-2156 or visit the Settlement Administrator's website at household-beneficial-settlement.com. Consumers who believe that they should be included in the settlement, but have moved since their loans were closed should contact the Settlement Administrator. Assistant Attorney General Sandra Kane was the lead attorney on the Household case.


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How to build better customer loyalty in four simple steps
Jeff Alford, SAS Insights editor
That probably describes the majority of customer loyalty programs in use today. They're not intended to be that way; it's just how they're implemented.
Someone on the management team mandates that a program be put in place, and without a lot of thought or research, customers are invited to join and offered enticements the company "thinks" will foster customer loyalty and continued sales. The management team can then report: Customer loyalty? Done.
In reality, not much effort – and certainly little research – went into the development of the program. Probably not much effort beyond designing a loyalty card, some webpage design, database programming and some marketing promotions.
Without attuning to your customers' needs and wants, these programs usually fail to deliver on their promise – for you and your customers.
Good news: there are a few fairly straightforward steps you can take to help ensure your loyalty program card doesn't end up in some dark corner of your customer's junk drawer, never to be seen (or used).
The action plan below is the result of research commissioned by SAS and conducted by The International Institute for Analytics (IIA). The full research report, Keeping Customers: Successful Loyalty Through Analytics, is now available.
The four-step plan provides strong, evidence-based principles on which you can build a new loyalty program or bolster a flagging one.
Step one: Offer rewards that customers want
Here's how to check to see if you're providing offers that customers actually want. Look at the number of inactive members of your loyalty program. Are those numbers trending negatively? The research says they probably are. Benefits aren't benefits if your customers don't see them that way. Look to your data for answers. The researchers hypothesized that customer information is being underused in favor of taking a generalized approach.
The survey results confirmed that. Most businesses weren't confident in their loyalty offerings because they admit they don't know their customers as well as they should and are using fewer customer data sources than they know they should. To be more successful, you need to invest more effort in collecting and analyzing relevant customer information and then use that information to tailor your offerings.
Step two: Measure your effectiveness
Would it surprise you to know that at least 45 percent of businesses don't have a way to know if their loyalty programs are working? The first problem is that they're struggling to decide on their go-to metrics. The second problem is that no one seems to agree on what the best metric is. According to the IIA research, customer retention rates are the top choice, with customer satisfaction scores a close second. The cautionary note for whichever metrics you choose: Make sure you don't go overboard trying to raise those scores by offering such lavish loyalty rewards that you hurt your profit margins.
Step three: Make it special
Like most of us, if you're a member of multiple loyalty programs, you know that there's often little to distinguish one from another. According to the research, the programs that stand out are those that bond customer and brand. In fact, brand affinity was shown to be the top differentiator, because the pattern seems to be that customer retention strongly correlates with affinity.
Some features that will set your program apart:
- Breadth of offerings. Programs with more offers are more effective.
- Focus on reward points. Membership points are identified as a top attractor.
- Exclusive sales or discounts. People like to feel that they are part of a special group.
Step four: Include all your channels
For your customers, your loyalty program should be seamless, whether they're shopping in store, online, via catalog, phone or any other channel. Forty-two percent of those surveyed identified this as one of their top challenges.
And it's also about the channels you use to communicate with your customers. Knowing how, and how often, they want you to contact them with offers is a critical success factor for loyalty programs, according to researchers.
To read more lessons about creating effective loyalty programs and turning customers into fans, click the download button above for our research report.
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Shout it from the rooftops! "I am a bobcat!" And how comfortably the Quinnipiac University Bobcats study, with lovely learning facilities such as a news technology center, digital and audio production studios, and both a mass communication and a financial technology center. Also, have you seen the library? It is HUGE and, dream of all dreams, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Quinnipiac University has four major schools: the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Business, the School of Health Sciences, and the School of Communications. Until recently, Quinnipiac University was best known for its health sciences programs, though nowadays Public Relations and Communications are giving them a run for their money. If volunteering abroad interests you, stop by the Albert Schweitzer Institute office to learn about alternative spring break options and study abroad programs.
Keep in mind that Quinnipiac University owns quite a bit of off-campus property. Do remember that the early bird (or, in this case, bobcat) really does get the worm, so start scanning for housing in November for a place in August! (If you're feeling over-the-top proactive, that is.) If you are reading this and thinking about off-campus housing it probably means you are an upper-classman, which also means that you are allowed a car at Quinnipiac. Congrats! And, unless you want to take the shuttle around town (which, by the way, is totally do-able) a car is a popular option among many Quinnipiac students. Now, for those without cars, here's the down-low on the shuttles: there are two of them, one for downtown Hamden and one for downtown New Haven. Shuttles run every 50 minutes from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. on weekdays, and until 12 a.m. on weekends. They stop at grocery stores, shopping spots, and, get this, clubs and a bus. That's right kids, youre own personal "drunk bus." Shuttles can also take you right to Union Station, which gets you to good ol' NYC, as well as lots of other places.
In 2008, Fortune Magazine dubbed Hamden as one of the best places to "live and launch." Just look at Eli Whitney, arguably Hamden's best example of a "well-launched" individual. Find out how it feels to be an inventor by visiting the Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop. Learn how to work with what you have, be it string, batteries, or wood, and make something of your own in the workshop. Get classy at Ibiza, voted "Best Tapas" by Connecticut Magazine. For some live music and a couple drinks, head to Wicked Wolf Tavern (Irish cavern!).


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2015-2016 Housing Economic Forecast
Realtor Magazine just published the economic forecast for the 2015-2016 housing market and the numbers continue to trend upward. As the market continues to improve however, interest rates also are forecasted to rise. The forecast is predicting 2015 interest rates to average in around 4.9% and will continue to rise to 6% in 2016. If you're thinking of making a move, this is further proof that 2015 will be a great year to do so. While 6% is still a low interest rate historically speaking, you will have higher purchasing power in 2015 and that will continue to decrease as interest rates increase! Keep in mind that for every percentage point that interest rates rise your affordability drops by roughly $20,000! The forecast is outlined below: