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A plea to Gawker--just give us the funny

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huffington.jpgGawker works best when the blogging site sinks its spear into subjects its writers understand, like Hilary Duff's visible panty line. But it tends to miss the mark when it enters trickier, less titillating terrain, such as Arianna Huffington's money-maker, meaning The Huffington Post, her eponymous collection of news blogs.

In a recent post, Gawker's Hamilton Nolan says HuffPo's ability to land $25 million in venture capital this month owes chiefly to Arianna's prescience in raising dough before the site's audience flees after binging on presidential election news. "Now, their traffic is (predictably) plunging," he says. "Arriana Huffington's dealmaking abilities are awesome."

Exhibit A (predictably) is a single Quantcast chart showing, as the post incisively points out, that HuffPo's "page-views" have fallen since early November. Exhibit B is a boulder-sized assumption: On the Internet, online traffic is the sole, or even most important, predictor of value.

If things were so simple, Mark Zuckerberg would still be Jerry Yang's bitch. Set aside for a moment that HuffPo announced the funding nearly a month after the election. Let's also accept Gawker's implicit assumption that Huffington was awesomely cooking up the deal months ago, when online traffic was peaking. She was doing that, the reasoning goes, in hopes that the developmentally disabled venture firm that kicked in the latest funding, Oak Investment Partners, wouldn't figure out that readership at a political news site might fall after arguably the most historic election in U.S. history.

Quoth Nolan, "We assume [Oak] saw this coming, and still invested anyhow, for some reason! Or else they fell prey to deadly optimism."

In a nutshell, which is where such thinking belongs, this isn't how the VC  business works. Nor does pulling up a Web traffic chart or two constitute serious analysis of a complex subject. Nor does arguing that investing in an Internet media firm when online advertising is, like, way crap right now (which it's not) constitute "deadly" optimism. It's hard to imagine even Gawker's Owen Thomas, formerly of the late, lamentable ValleyWag, publishing so feeble a piece.

Don't get me wrong. I like Gawker, and panty lines, as much as the next degenerate. But the company should stick to pricking media and entertainment elite pretensions, which it does as well as anybody, and check its own pretensions to seriousness at the door. -- Alain Sherter

See Dec. 16 post from Gawker
See Dec. 1 post on The Huffington Post's last VC round from Tech Confidential
See Dec. 17 post on projected online ad growth from Tech Confidential

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From: yongwen zhang,

Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd. has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh).


From: yongwen zhang,

With the rapid development of modern society, the environmental issues is becoming worse to worsen. The black pollution brought by industrial waste rubber has penetrated our life.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd[http://www.lvhuanyu.cn/ENindex.asp] is committing itself to protect the environment and return human being a green world. It’s a high-tech enterprises having two production line technologies. The one is to deal with discarded tires to 40-200 mesh rubber powder at room temperature; the other is to manufacture rubber product with rubber powder.
After eight years of continuous prephase research, the company has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh). As mentioned above, another product line technoloty is to manufacture thermoplastic elastomer sheet with rubber powder of 40-120 mesh or 80-120mesh or 80-200 mesh. The production lines have stable performance, simple production process, low cost without pollution (no exhaust, no dust, no wastewater), and with other advantages.These technologies, designed and applied to several enterprises at home and abroad with advanced design concepts as well as strong technical force and, have gotten good economical returns.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd., according to customer’s request, can design and manufacture production lines of waste rubber at the scale from 3000 to 20000 tons to different granularity from 40-120mesh or 80-200mesh or 120-200mesh; besides, the compony provides all-round services including installation, commissioning, aftersale services, staff training etc. At the same time, it also provide production line technology services on manufacturing rubber powder into thermoplastic elastomer sheet at annual output about 5,000 tons or more.
The company hopes to provide clients with high quality products, advanced technology and first-rank services following the policy of "establishing first-class brand, being people-oriented, making friends all over the world and sharing interests with them". The company is willing to cooperate with men of insight, hand in hand, to contribute itself to social well-being.


From: yongwen zhang,

With the rapid development of modern society, the environmental issues is becoming worse to worsen. The black pollution brought by industrial waste rubber has penetrated our life.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd[http://www.lvhuanyu.cn/enindex.asp]is committing itself to protect the environment and return human being a green world. It’s a high-tech enterprises having two production line technologies. The one is to deal with discarded tires to 40-200 mesh rubber powder at room temperature; the other is to manufacture rubber product with rubber powder.
After eight years of continuous prephase research, the company has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh). As mentioned above, another product line technoloty is to manufacture thermoplastic elastomer sheet with rubber powder of 40-120 mesh or 80-120mesh or 80-200 mesh. The production lines have stable performance, simple production process, low cost without pollution (no exhaust, no dust, no wastewater), and with other advantages.These technologies, designed and applied to several enterprises at home and abroad with advanced design concepts as well as strong technical force and, have gotten good economical returns.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd., according to customer’s request, can design and manufacture production lines of waste rubber at the scale from 3000 to 20000 tons to different granularity from 40-120mesh or 80-200mesh or 120-200mesh; besides, the compony provides all-round services including installation, commissioning, aftersale services, staff training etc. At the same time, it also provide production line technology services on manufacturing rubber powder into thermoplastic elastomer sheet at annual output about 5,000 tons or more.
The company hopes to provide clients with high quality products, advanced technology and first-rank services following the policy of "establishing first-class brand, being people-oriented, making friends all over the world and sharing interests with them". The company is willing to cooperate with men of insight, hand in hand, to contribute itself to social well-being.


From: yongwen zhang,

With the rapid development of modern society, the environmental issues is becoming worse to worsen. The black pollution brought by industrial waste rubber has penetrated our life.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd is committing itself to protect the environment and return human being a green world. It’s a high-tech enterprises having two production line technologies. The one is to deal with discarded tires to 40-200 mesh rubber powder at room temperature; the other is to manufacture rubber product with rubber powder.
After eight years of continuous prephase research, the company has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh). As mentioned above, another product line technoloty is to manufacture thermoplastic elastomer sheet with rubber powder of 40-120 mesh or 80-120mesh or 80-200 mesh. The production lines have stable performance, simple production process, low cost without pollution (no exhaust, no dust, no wastewater), and with other advantages.These technologies, designed and applied to several enterprises at home and abroad with advanced design concepts as well as strong technical force and, have gotten good economical returns.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd., according to customer’s request, can design and manufacture production lines of waste rubber at the scale from 3000 to 20000 tons to different granularity from 40-120mesh or 80-200mesh or 120-200mesh; besides, the compony provides all-round services including installation, commissioning, aftersale services, staff training etc. At the same time, it also provide production line technology services on manufacturing rubber powder into thermoplastic elastomer sheet at annual output about 5,000 tons or more.
The company hopes to provide clients with high quality products, advanced technology and first-rank services following the policy of "establishing first-class brand, being people-oriented, making friends all over the world and sharing interests with them". The company is willing to cooperate with men of insight, hand in hand, to contribute itself to social well-being.


From: yongwen zhang,

Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd[http://www.lvhuanyu.cn/enindex.asp] has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh).
80 mesh: modified asphalt additives, reclaimed rubber, waterproofing membrane, tire additives, thermoplastic elastomer, sleeper, road humps for deceleration, sealing strip, buffer, styrofoam, EPE mats, rubber piston, brake bushing and other rubber products.
100 Mesh: Auxiliary materials of automotive bias tire, shoe-making special fillers, thermoplastic elastomer, tire of sporting equipment
120 Mesh: plastic pipe additives of insulation material, auxiliary material of automobile bias tire, thermoplastic elastomer, outside mats for car renovation, filler of footwear, chemical sealant, all kinds of rubber mixture dialysis.
200 mesh: building paint, automobile tires, thermoplastic elastomer, military suppli


From: yongwen zhang,

With the rapid development of modern society, the environmental issues is becoming worse to worsen. The black pollution brought by industrial waste rubber has penetrated our life.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd[http://www.lvhuanyu.cn/enindex.asp]is committing itself to protect the environment and return human being a green world. It’s a high-tech enterprises having two production line technologies. The one is to deal with discarded tires to 40-200 mesh rubber powder at room temperature; the other is to manufacture rubber product with rubber powder.
After eight years of continuous prephase research, the company has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh). As mentioned above, another product line technoloty is to manufacture thermoplastic elastomer sheet with rubber powder of 40-120 mesh or 80-120mesh or 80-200 mesh. The production lines have stable performance, simple production process, low cost without pollution (no exhaust, no dust, no wastewater), and with other advantages.These technologies, designed and applied to several enterprises at home and abroad with advanced design concepts as well as strong technical force and, have gotten good economical returns.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd., according to customer’s request, can design and manufacture production lines of waste rubber at the scale from 3000 to 20000 tons to different granularity from 40-120mesh or 80-200mesh or 120-200mesh; besides, the compony provides all-round services including installation, commissioning, aftersale services, staff training etc. At the same time, it also provide production line technology services on manufacturing rubber powder into thermoplastic elastomer sheet at annual output about 5,000 tons or more.
The company hopes to provide clients with high quality products, advanced technology and first-rank services following the policy of "establishing first-class brand, being people-oriented, making friends all over the world and sharing interests with them". The company is willing to cooperate with men of insight, hand in hand, to contribute itself to social well-being.


From: yongwen zhang,

With the rapid development of modern society, the environmental issues is becoming worse to worsen. The black pollution brought by industrial waste rubber has penetrated our life.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd[???????????] is committing itself to protect the environment and return human being a green world. It’s a high-tech enterprises having two production line technologies. The one is to deal with discarded tires to 40-200 mesh rubber powder at room temperature; the other is to manufacture rubber product with rubber powder.
After eight years of continuous prephase research, the company has developed the production line technology that at room temperature smashing discarded tires (rubber) into 80-200 mesh rubber powder (technology of the company itself, with which the rubber powder average granularity can reach to 250 mesh, the absolute granularity accounting for 70% reaches to 200 mesh). As mentioned above, another product line technoloty is to manufacture thermoplastic elastomer sheet with rubber powder of 40-120 mesh or 80-120mesh or 80-200 mesh. The production lines have stable performance, simple production process, low cost without pollution (no exhaust, no dust, no wastewater), and with other advantages.These technologies, designed and applied to several enterprises at home and abroad with advanced design concepts as well as strong technical force and, have gotten good economical returns.
Wuhan Green world Technology Co., Ltd., according to customer’s request, can design and manufacture production lines of waste rubber at the scale from 3000 to 20000 tons to different granularity from 40-120mesh or 80-200mesh or 120-200mesh; besides, the compony provides all-round services including installation, commissioning, aftersale services, staff training etc. At the same time, it also provide production line technology services on manufacturing rubber powder into thermoplastic elastomer sheet at annual output about 5,000 tons or more.
The company hopes to provide clients with high quality products, advanced technology and first-rank services following the policy of "establishing first-class brand, being people-oriented, making friends all over the world and sharing interests with them". The company is willing to cooperate with men of insight, hand in hand, to contribute itself to social well-being.


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