W has lost 5 pounds so far on the R2S project! How you all doing?
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6.6lbs for me Mikey. Lost 3 inches off my chest and 2 off my gut, one off my waist..1 off my neck.
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6.6lbs for me Mikey. Lost 3 inches off my chest and 2 off my gut, one off my waist..1 off my neck.
Bobby Unser Talks Racing
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Coming to Wednesday nights at 6 PM on RacersReunion(((RADIO))). Legendary race driver, Bobby Unser will team up with co-host Wally Bell. This show will air live on random Wednesday nights to accommodate Mr. Unser's schedule. Stay tuned !
updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Why didn't Ning launch the Ning Design Studio with profile customization enabled?
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Several folks have asked about customization of their profile pages with the new site layout. This is the latest response from ning. It will come, but not for a while.
Here is the official answer:
Getting profile customization to work with the Design Studio is a good chunk of work. It might seem like we removed a feature, but there was no way we could just re-use the old profile customization experience. We have to rebuild it from scratch. Because there's a good amount of work involved in this, we asked ourselves the question: Should we hold off on launching the Design Studio until we have profile customizations? We answered "No" to this question because plenty of NCs don't have this feature enabled, or don't mind removing it. Therefore, we wanted to make the Design Studio available sooner rather than later.
Will members be able to customize their profile pages? If so, how much?
Yes! Since we're rebuilding the feature, we're going to look at it from a fresh perspective. There were lots of issues with the old profile page customization experience that we'd like to fix if we can for example, resetting customized profiles, controlling how much members can customize, etc. We're still finalizing exactly what to do. I've heard loud and clear from some NCs that they love how their members can go totally wild with their profile pages. I've also heard maybe less loud, but just as clear that many NCs want a controlled profile customization experience. We're also getting some data about how networks use profile page customization, to help prioritize and guide our plans.
When!?
When you take a step back and reflect on the Ning Design Studio, as well as the Instant Ad Boxes, this was a monumental release. While we totally hear that folks want profile customization and want it now, there are a number of other next steps we need to consider and prioritize (for example, better Color Pickers with transparency options, a new Features Layout experience that is integrated with the Design Studio, Premium Themes, etc.) Most importantly, we want to make sure that everything is running 100% smoothly and we are responding to your questions about the Ning Design Studio in the Help Center.
So the short answer is, we don't know when, and we appreciate your patience 
As much as I want everyone using and loving the Ning Design Studio, it's opt-in for a reason, and fact is that some folks will just prefer keeping things exactly the way they are.
updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/05/16 04:02:57PM
New Web Site Layout
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Unfortunately, the ning platform puts all the major features (Blog, Forum, Groups, Activity, Events, etc. on one page. This new layout, though seems to make it look "less busy" which is something I liked.
New Web Site Layout
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Please take a look at the Local RacersReunion, Open wheel RacersReunion, and Show Car sites and give me your feedback on this new layout. Two columns instead of three....not as busy...possibly.
I've been using them to experiment.
Jeff
updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE 2 AMENDED NASCAR POLICIES?
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I think they must have lost their minds. Yes, there will be some happy fathers who will be excited to take their children into the pits for an up close look. And they will sell a few more pit passes.And yes, some very lucky (in their eyes) youngsters will be treated to the time of their lives. But all I can think about are the folks who have been killed in the pits over the years. I know this is a "cold pass" situation but this is not a place for most of the adults I've seen wondering around...much less their children.
Fox 24 Coverage of Jeff Smith Chevrolet Middle Georgia RacersReunion
Stock Car Racing History
updated by @jeff-gilder: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM