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Since 2003, "special edition" Corvettes have become somewhat common. Before we go any further, let's define the term. A special-edition Corvette is one that was assigned an official RPO code number, was only available as a package, and was specifically advertised and promoted as a special-edition car. Following the above criteria, and if you include the Indy 500 Pace Car replicas, there were 20 such Corvette models released from 1978 through 2010. Let's take a look at the various anniversary and commemorative edition Corvettes.
In retrospect, it's surprising that it took 25 years for Chevrolet to offer its first special-edition Corvette. Despite all the challenges of car designing in the late '70s, the 25th anniversary of the company's flagship sports car was just too big a milestone to ignore. Corvette designer Jerry Palmer came up with a silver treatment complemented by red stripes. Chevrolet was scheduled to pace the Indy 500, and at the last minute it was decided that the Corvette should do the honors. Suddenly, the Pace Car Vette had all the attention, and the Silver Anniversary model was reduced to a two-tone silver paint option for the bargain price of $399. Between the new fastback roof, 60-series tires, alloy wheels, and special paint, the '78 Anniversary car was one sweet-looking Corvette. Of the 40,274 Corvettes produced that year, 15,283 units had the Anniversary option. A loaded version cost just more than $12,800.
Performance interests aside, the C3 Corvette was a big success from a sales perspective. And as the last of the C3s, the Collector Edition Hatchback option was the proverbial cat's meow. Unlike the '78 Anniversary option, the '82 Collector Edition cost $4,247 on top of the $22,537 base Corvette. The most notable feature was the lifting rear hatch, something that should have been offered years earlier. The complete package included special silver-and-beige paint, decals on the hood and sides, pinstriping, '67-style finned aluminum wheels, a silver-and-beige interior with special emblems, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and horn button, and luxury carpeting. The Cross Fire 350 engine only had 200 hp, and there was no manual-transmission option. Overall, it was a $24,800 beauty that accounted for 6,759 of the 25,407 units sold that year.
Since production was shut down for 1983 to start work on production C4s, there was no 30th Anniversary Corvette. The next milestone came in 1988, for the Corvette's 35th birthday. Like the previous special edition, the 35th Anniversary option consisted of paint and special features, with no performance enhancements, but it was still an excellent package. For $4,795 on top of the $29,489 base price, buyers got a monochromatic white Corvette with a white body molding, a black B-pillar, a dark-blue tinted roof panel, and white, 12-slot wheels. The interior had white leather-trimmed seats, steering wheel, and horn button; a power driver seat; and a console-mounted plaque. Also included on all '88s were electronic air-conditioning controls, a lighted driver's vanity mirror, and rear-window and side-view mirror defoggers. Coupes with the 3.07:1 rear axle came with the 245hp 350 L98 and less-restrictive mufflers. Convertibles and 2.59:1-axle coupes had the 240hp L98 with quieter exhaust. To bring it all together as a worthy GT car, the Z52 suspension package was included. A total of 2,050 35th Anniversary Corvettes were sold, with a maximum price of around $25,600.
For 1993 Chevrolet offered the 40th Anniversary Corvette, nicknamed "Ruby Red" for its unique dark-metallic-red paint. While distinctive-looking, this package wasn't as loaded with extras as the previous anniversary Corvette. As such, it was priced at just $1,455 and was available on all-model Corvettes. Features included special paint, emblems, Ruby Red leather sport seats with anniversary embroidery, a power driver seat, and special wheel centers. The 300hp LT1 was improved to reduce noise on all '93s, but there was no power increase. A maxed-out coupe version cost just over $42,500, while the ZR-1 version was a whopping $74,150. A total of 6,749 units were produced.
After the 15-year C3 production run, no one expected the C4 to roll on for 13 seasons. Considering where the Corvette was in 1982, the C4 was a true performance success. To wrap up the C4 production run, two special editions were offered: the $1,250 Collector Edition and the $3,250 Grand Sport. Hearkening back to the '78 25th Anniversary Edition, the Collector Edition consisted strictly of paint and minor trim changes. The Sebring Silver paint was coordinated with silver-painted, ZR-1 five-spoke wheels and dedicated badges. Brake calipers were black with silver "Corvette" lettering. The interior was available in black, red, or gray, with embroidery on the headrests of the perforated sport seats. There were no power enhancements to the 300hp LT1, but the optional LT4 (manual only) had an extra 30 hp thanks to an assortment of hot-rod tricks. A loaded coupe cost around $44,300, and a loaded convertible went for just more than $53,200. A total of 5,412 units were produced.
But the big dog for 1996 was the Grand Sport. This package was available for $3,250 on the coupe and $2,880 on the roadster. Production was limited to just 1,000 units-810 coupes and 190 roadsters. This was the first time Chevrolet officially used the moniker "Grand Sport" on a Corvette, and with its limited production, the car caused quite a stir. The Grand Sport was loaded with every performance option available on a C4. The Admiral Blue paint, white stripe, red fender hash marks, and black ZL-1 wheels created a beautiful-yet-purposeful look. Under the hood was the 330-horse LT4, topped with a powdercoated red intake and crammed with every performance trick Corvette engineers could stuff into a production Vette. To put the extra power to the ground, the Grand Sport was shod with ZR-1 315/35ZR17 tires that necessitated the use of the little-known export rear fender flares. (Since the roadster didn't have the same chassis rigidity, regular size tires were used on that model.) The interior was available in either all black or black with red trim. The perforated sport seats and floor mats had Grand Sport embroidery. To complete the package, all Grand Sports had separate serial-number sequences. A loaded Grand Sport cost almost $45,000.
The C5 was arguably the most complete "new" Corvette to ever hit the market. Between the arrival of the Z06 in 2001 and the racing success of the C5-Rs, suddenly it was 1970 all over again. Anticipation of the 50th Anniversary Vette was as high as it was for the '78 Pace Car, and many were disappointed that the car wasn't more performance oriented. But with the C6 already in development, the 50th Anniversary car was destined to be a trim-and-accessories package. The $5,000 option boasted every creature comfort Chevy had on the shelf, including Head Up Display, power telescoping steering column, electrochromic mirrors, memory package, twilight sentinel, and F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control. The car was painted with Anniversary Red "Xirallic Crystal" paint and dressed up with unique emblems. The five-spoke aluminum wheels were painted champagne. The Shale interior had light gray-beige seats and carpeting, with darker gray-beige on the console, instrument panel, and door panels. The seats and floor mats were embroidered with the 50th Anniversary logo. Unfortunately for performance fans, the package was not offered on the Z06.
The logistics of modern automobile manufacturing are a mind-numbing enterprise. And coordinating special-edition versions is no small feat. Fortunately, Corvettes inspire designers, product planners, and line workers to build special versions of an already special car.
For this and previous "Designer Series" articles, go to www.IllustratedCorvetteSeries.com.


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Great food for thought!! For me fast food depends on my mood, where I am and what's on hand. Anything from a platter of cheese and some crusty bread to an A&W burger with onion rings.
I love fast food, but only HOMEMADE fast food as I find the one bought outside quite bland and not really edible!!!...But I love hamburgers, hot dogs or cheese and crackers.
haha! That's a good one! ;-)Paz

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Medicare for All: A Single Solution to the Health Care Fracas
It will take some time to digest the Supreme Court's decision yesterday, but it appears to have averted some terrible jurisprudence that might have very seriously restricted the government's overall ability to regulate the economy and protect citizens.
In upholding most of the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court lets stand legislation that offers some important benefits, but only to a portion of those who are uninsured, and will predictably fail to solve our nation's health care crisis.
However the health reform law ultimately plays out, we know two things for certain: Tens of millions of Americans will remain uncovered as will tens of millions of under-insured who will remain at risk of financial ruin if a major illness strikes; and it will leave the private health insurance and pharmaceutical industries in charge of prices and life-and-death treatment decisions.
There is a single solution to the challenges of providing coverage to the 50 million who are uninsured that would curb out-of-control health care costs and provide a humane standard of care to all who enter the medical system. That solution is an improved Medicare-for-All, single-payer system.
The improved Medicare-for-All approach starts with the premise that health care is a critically needed right that must be afforded to all, irrespective of any individual's ability to pay for care. It solves the problems of 50 million uninsured Americans simply and directly by establishing that everyone is covered by the improved Medicare-for-All system. Everybody in, nobody out.
Improved Medicare-for-All would prevent the deaths of the 45,000 Americans who die every year from lack of health insurance. It would eliminate the hundreds of thousands of medical bankruptcies—affecting millions of Americans every year—that occur because people can't pay their medical bills. These deaths and economic tragedies are entirely preventable; a system that permits them to continue is morally repugnant and must be replaced.
The improved Medicare-for-All approach would eliminate the greatest waste in the health care system: the needless costs imposed by private health insurers. These firms impose hundreds of billions of dollars of excess cost on us via excessive profit-taking and executive compensation, marketing expenses, vast bureaucracies devoted to denying care, and imposition of massive paper-pushing obligations on actual health care providers.
It is not for lack of policy justification or moral force that Americans continue to suffer from a malfunctioning health care system. Our failure to have adopted an improved Medicare-for-All system is due in large part to the political power of the health insurance industry.
That political power can be overcome, however, by a grassroots movement that musters enough of its own power. The country cannot continue to survive the continued reign of the private health insurance industry, and it will not.
Winning a single-payer system will not be easy. In the near term, the single-payer movement will need to devote substantial energy to holding off efforts to further privatize and weaken existing Medicare.
The early steps forward in winning expanded and improved Medicare-for-All will likely come from state initiatives, where success will depend on local movements plus assurances that states pursuing improved Medicare-for-All can obtain needed waivers from federal laws and rules.
But there should be no doubt about what must ultimately be achieved. We can no longer tolerate a system that pointlessly kills 45,000 fellow Americans a year. For those who doubt the political potency of this moral imperative, consider that economic facts counsel just as strongly for an improved Medicare-for-All system.
We can be our brother's (and sister's) keeper and be cost-effective at the same time. Indeed, it turns out that being cost effective requires that we take care of each other.
Why truly affordable care means single-payer.
The state's progressive health care model has already bolstered campaigns in more than 20 other places.
To create universal care, Governor Brian Schweitzer is taking a hint from Saskatchewan—where the people live longer and it costs less, too.


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March 19, 2014 - Austin Porter
I grew up in New England. I am familiar with cold weather and snow. At one time, blizzards and the resulting snow were my friend. Winter camping, with its lack of black flies, horse flies and mosquitos, was a delight. I even spent a snowy weekend camped out on Mount Washington at the base of Tuckerman's Ravine. Unlike city snow that soon turns muddy, country snow remains white until it melts. My dog Pippin enjoys playing in the drifts and I enjoy watching him more than probably makes sense, but why look a gift smile in the mouth? Pippin is good company.
Still, I've had my fill of the cold. Almost as much as the jokes we use to make light of what is, like many things, a mixed bag. Can you imagine working the counter at Sheetz or Rocs? "Cold enough for you?" … "Cold enough for you?" … "Cold enough for you?" How many times can a person hear this before the urge to put one's head in the microwave and throw the switch becomes near overwhelming?
"What about that global warming?" is a joke that's gets tiresome, especially when it's not said as joke.
"It's so cold I opened a window and influenza," cracks me up no matter how often it's told. I think that's because I am usually the person who is telling it. People hearing it may have a different opinion.
The worse aspect of this winter is my purchasing a snow blower. This is a major turning point in my life, more than realizing I should wear my hearing aids even when my wife isn't around. I'm no longer young. The machine is loaded: 4 stroke engine, 7 gears forward, 2 gears back, and an electric start option. When I have to plug it in to power it up, I will have turned another corner, maybe a corner and a half. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, provided I can walk.
When I got up one morning not so long ago, the weather forecast had me expecting the temperature would be 1%. Nothing I could do but grin and bear it. I made a cup of coffee and dropped a CD in the player. With Odette starting and Bobby Zimmerman's Blonde on Blonde next in line, grinning was easy. I'll wait until summer to bare anything except my nose.
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jaxel47 wrote:Embrace change people!
I think it is easier to navigate and I for one enjoy it.
I agree. They've simplified the process of looking at all the items. Instead of 6 clicks to get the descriptions, features, and specs for all the products, it now only takes 18. That makes for a much better user experience.
While I can appreciate some of the backend changes, and the menu bar, the account changes. Its just way to busy. Maybe making woot plus smaller might help... IDK. Woot was always about simplicity. This is not simple. So this does not feel like woot.
I suppose I could adjust eventually. We all do when we don't have a choice. The reality is it hurts my eyes to look at. And feels like... its trying to hit you in the face.
EDIT: Forcing the background to something besides white (in IE internet options/general/colors) helps tremendously. It messes with some of the link colors and they have some weird spots that are stuck at white. But at least you can look directly at it without searing your retina again.
I'm not saying I'll never woot again... But as it sits now its definitly going to cut way down on any time spent on the site. I guess I'll just have to use the app on my smartphone.
kronosphere wrote:my eyes, they bleed---way bright
As of lately the only way I've been able to check the woot sites is through IPhone apps. I was already using two. One that showed all of the info and photos in good detail but it didn't show Home.woot. So I found one for home.woot and used the other one for the other sites. Now neither work. So develop your own and I may be happy.
As for the current site layout. I like the bar at the top. I like the consolidated list of purchases. That way I don't have to try to remember if I bought from main woot, home, or sellout.
Like others, I miss the description/features on the first page.
As for Woot Plus, I always appreciate the opportunity for more great deals but it seems to take away from the main deals and once I clicked on them it did take me a while to figure out what was going on.
I'm in a wait and see moment right now but it will be moot until an IPhone app catches up so I can see what's for sale on days I go to work.
ThunderThighs wrote:If we didn't have Woot-Offs, how would we clean out our warehouse? Woot-offs are not gone.
Woot-offs may not be gone but I would put money that the Bouts of Consternation's are gone. The last one is even missing from the Community forum :-/
The state-by-state heat map is stretched. The aspect ratio of the picture isn't maintained. 100 miles East-West is longer on the map than 100 miles North-South.
Monte and Mortimer still had a hilarious convo in the digest so I'm happy. Get rid of that and I might turn green! I like that we have multiple days to buy the Plus products.
rude1979us wrote:Woot-offs may not be gone but I would put money that the Bouts of Consternation's are gone. The last one is even missing from the Community forum :-/
It's not missing. There you go.
Looks like the new owner wants a bigger return on their investment via higher sales.
What? The limited time $5 all you can ship is suppose to soften the blow of the new page format?
First temper the pages with some color, the all white is way to hard on the eyes and I don't even want to read them. This is especially hard when trying to read the discussion pages. The old discussion pages at least had a pastel color around it to make it easier to read. I hate sites that do what you are now trying to do. It drives me away to have to try and read pages like these. The only page that is still somewhat easy to read is the deals! page, or did someone miss making it over too.
Why do we have to go to a second page to find out the real info about an item? Not that I don't like the idea of the tabs there for Features, Specs, Sale Stats, etc..., in fact I love them, Just put them on the main page along with the items condition. You could then add the tabs "Photos" or "Images" along with "In the Box", moving this info from the "Specs" tab to it's own tab.
The reason for this is I don't depend on the main photo, there are far to many items that look the same. I always wished the "In the box" info was at the top of the page. This almost always had the model number which tells me so much more, and is what I base my decision to buy on.
I assume this is what you are trying to do, is to have me buy the item. It takes more then looks for me to hit the "I want one" button.
I have to agree that the page is way to busy. Why do designers have to be reminded of KISS, Keep It Simple S.....! This has and most likely will always be the best way to do things.
I doubt that you will get rid of Woot!plus, but at least put it in it's place. It doesn't need to take up 2/3 of the page. It blocks the flow to what is below it. Its like you are saying stop here, don't go any further.
One last thing, today's vote, couldn't you have had a button like "Needs work". I'm not totally against the new pages, but they do need work.
Color me ambivalent. Don't hate it but I agree with others that it's busy and the Corporate underpinnings are showing through big time.
looks like hell on my android phone and tough to navigate
The first negative I see is that when clicking on "stuff you bought", you can no longer go to the discussions. If I want my Touchpad tips from fellow buyers, I have to now go to all discussion and muddle past all the wootoff items to find mine.
ThunderThighs wrote:It's not missing. There you go.
Thanks TT I've been trying to find out How to get to the forum. If you hadn't linked to it how would I have found it? Just curious.
Not liking it at all so far. Turned off immediately by having to login to even see the days deals. We were just telling family about this site yesterday - now regretting it.
Where is the shirt derby??
I am lost!!
I may have missed it somewhere.. but if I use my Amazon account to log in, can I then use my gift card balance for woot purchases?
First of all, there are ads?? You mean to tell me that the page is actually busier than what I am seeing right now??? I have adblock, thank goodness, so none of that mess showed up, but really, woot?? And whoever wrote the intro copy needs to be smacked. "Stop clicking your life away"??? Wouldn't that mean there should be LESS clicking, not MORE???? and my favorite.. "no holds barred"??? Woot hasn't been the same, comment wise, since Amazon took over, and it is insulting to us paying customers to try to say that comments are 'no holds barred'. puhleeze. The comments are so heavily edited it is sickening. Yes there are some great new features, but the seizure-inducing overload on that front page is just saddening.
Too cluttered and convoluted.
Emphasis is clearly on Woot+, not on the daily item any more.
Doesn't use full page width, so it looks like everything is crammed into the center.
First off, I want to thank the employees of woot for taking the time to keep this site new and fresh! Second, I am disappointed in the number of whiny wooters! I think for the most part all of the changes are for the best. I really like the bar at the top of the page and how it follows you as you scroll down the page. I would like to see the prices of each item though on the preview, would that be too much to ask? I understand the need for ad views but I think it would be better received with a price. I don't mind that three ads were added to the bottom of the page, it doesn't get in the way and they have to keep woot in the black to bring us all of the deals we love coming every day. I love the stuff you bought addition, the pictures are wonderful. I would love it if you could sort by site. All you can ship is a good addition, it will be great for a wootoff, thank you woot! I would REALLY love a pet.woot.com too! Is there a woot mobile or an app? I would like to see that too. Woot thank you for asking our opinions and being such a great site!!!
The new site looks awesome! I really like the layout.
Great job, Woot!
mikebbass wrote:Thanks TT I've been trying to find out How to get to the forum. If you hadn't linked to it how would I have found it? Just curious.
That happens to be a really active thread so I always find it by clicking on Community and then choosing 'sort by last post'.
Holy crap, Woot! Did you hire Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids to redesign your website?? Mush Mouth wants his junkyard back.
What a total mess of a website. You're going to become the K-Mart of the internet if you keep this up.
I can't imagine that your head of web design really thought this was a good idea.
How long before woot! is simply a button on Amazon?
IDK if I like the direction.
I always hate that guy who says "I didn't read all the other replies but"... but I only made it four pages into the replies and had to get some actual work done today. I wanted to comment on the fact that the biggest thing I don't like is that the front page doesn't say the item's condition -- new, refurbished, whatever -- which to me is a major failing point. As an example, the laptop today would have been an immediate purchase if new, but I had to click on the description to find out it was refurbished.
Clicking the "buy now" on the front page shouldn't take you to the product's page to click the "buy now" button again, either. Redundancy drives away customers.
"I don't like having to sign in
every time I look at Woot."
What? Really? Oh-hell, I won't be doin' that! I actually have Woot as one of my "SpeedDial" buttons in Firefox. I check (... checkED) Woot before even checking my RSS reader over coffee every morning.
I look at the morning's Woot. I do NOT look at shirts or wine or anything else. I come to Woot ... scratch that: I USED TO come to Woot to see what their 'deal of the day' was (you know, Woot's reason for being?). I am not interested in everything else and the kitchen sink (unless it's a really good deal on a really good kitchen sink -- and then it had better be the ONLY thing I see front-and-center! With a good write-up, right there on the landing page!). If the landing page deal of the day product interests me, I read the little box o' comments to see what folks are saying, and if those interest me, I go read all the comments.
Woot staff: ) "You can just click the X in the corner to make it go away and continue on your merry way. You aren't forced to log in to see what's on the sites."
Except you ARE forced to click on a pop-up to make it go away to "get in to Woot." That's like building a gate your potential customer(s) have to open to get to the front door of your store! Instead of inviting folks in to shop, you're making them jump through hoops to see if you're selling something they might buy! BAD choice! Wasn't the deal of the day the whole point of Woot? I don't come to see a block of ads (and I had ad-block enabled, so it's probably worse than I'm seeing!), I come to see the deal of the day. When/why did that change?!
I HATE scrolling/moving crap on a webpage.... The human eye is always drawn to movement and ... moving comments?! Whatinthehell is the point of that? Y'all couldn't get the dancing hamsters to work?! Completely unnecessary (and VERY annoying!). Are you more interested in showing off your tech chops than in pleasing your customers?!
"Two columns of random, unrelated articles side-by-side, with advertisements beside that."
Yes! This! Instead of coming to Woot to see Woot's actual, real, 'always been there' purpose: ONE great deal, one day, act now or lose forever (well, till next time) -- now Woot is just a(nother) store advertising other stores (WootPlus? Did I ASK if I could shop for things off Amazon? Did I give ANY indication that I wanted to shop or look at anything OTHER than Woot's deal of the day? Why are you forcing me to act as if I did?)
Finally, I don't care about Tweets. I don't use Twitter. Taking up a big chunk of my screen with something I don't use, in place of the box o' comments specific to the deal of the day that I DID use -- wasting screen real estate with a huge (jumping! {frown}) list of comments referring to things other than the deal of the day, and away on a non-Woot place to boot, instead of the box o' comments directly related to the Woot deal of the day doesn't seem like the best choice.
Very very unhappy with your corporate overlords and your submission to their demands!
Oh crap -- and "Home!" (above) doesn't go to ... you know ... the HOME PAGE.... it goes to the section of Woot related to housewares.... Jiminy crickets!
If you were holding onto the thought that Woot hadn't already jumped the shark there is no doubt about it now. I'm not a guy that recoils at every change. Sometimes change is good, sometimes it's bad and sometimes it's neither. This is just absolutely horrible. What a massive institutional brain fart.
Do I love change? No. Do I understand its necessity? Yes. Like the crispness of the new design. And the product description stuff is great. Don't like:
1) Giving short shrift to the write-ups on the main page. Is this the inevitable slow slide to no stylized write-ups at all? You're not Groupon; you're waaaay better than that.
2) The Woot! Plus crap is too much in my face. I'd rather the write-ups be in that position, and you can scroll your woot! plus deal on the right, maybe below the discussion scroller.
3) % off list? Really? You insult the 95%+ of Wooters who know list prices are semi-meaningless anyway.
Also posted in their beta feedback session.
DigMe wrote:Holy crap, Woot! Did you hire Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids to redesign your website?? Mush Mouth wants his junkyard back.
Can I just thank you for taking a retro-direction on your insult? Nobody's using Fat Albert jokes these days, and it really, sincerely takes me back. I appreciate your feedback as well, but the reference is what sold me.
"If we may be so bold, we think our new site is an exponential explosion of Woot awesomeness."
So I'm even more disappointed after looking around for a while. It is like an explosion. Not in a good way. You won't be pleased to lose casual wooters as customers. It's strange to see that after the latest redesigns to Amazon, this was able to make it to production. I'm not afraid of change. I just want it to be positive. No mobile responsive layout.. How?!?. Bad experience even on this page with the iPad. Try scrolling and all that happens is the tweets section moves. That's what I get for being right-thumbed. It's not good here and I thought you'd like to know.
jandk113 wrote:First off, I want to thank the employees of woot for taking the time to keep this site new and fresh! Second, I am disappointed in the number of whiny wooters! I think ......Woot thank you for asking our opinions and being such a great site!!!
Thanks for asking our opinion but shame on us for providing it?
bauhaus1919 wrote:Thanks for asking our opinion but shame on us for providing it?
Shame on people for whining and not providing constructive criticism. I listed things I liked and things that could be better. Instead of saying I hate everything and I am done with woot just because they changed the way the site looks. It looks different, yes. Did they change who the company was and what they do, no.
Unfortunate that woot (amazon) will not listen to the outcry of the customer about the website, instead they will just follow the almighty dollar. Just another boring online store, I don't like the new features, the pics are too big, and the ads are too big too. i don't care for knowing the list priceof an item. the fun of woot was finding that out for yourself. it felt more personal that way.
alas, the customer will not be given satisfaction. Why don't they tally up all these comments and see the percentage of negatives and positives for the site. big companies run their stuff the way they want to. and ignore the customer's preferences.
in short, i like the old woot, tried and true.
i've spent the morning test driving and trying to move past, but it's just getting worse. sickening.
my earlier request for a way to delete my account and yet still be notified if you ever come to your senses was a serious request. however, i understand that it will likely either be taken as rhetorical or, if taken seriously, there won't be a way to do it.
i went to my account setting to figure out how to just delete myself, but to no avail. any legitimate help on how to delete my account info...how to (not you?) permanently?
jandk113 wrote:Shame on people for whining and not providing constructive criticism. I listed things I liked and things that could be better. Instead of saying I hate everything and I am done with woot just because they changed the way the site looks. It looks different, yes. Did they change who the company was and what they do, no.
no, you blanket-statement called out the whiners. there are people providing constructive criticism. there are also people who have interacted with amazon enough to know the opinions won't matter. and if you don't think they have changed who the company was and what they do, then you are their new target demographic. congrats on getting the site you deserve.
I do NOT like that there is no left margin any more. I keep trying to slide the screen over to make sure I'm not cutting off any of the text. Please put at least a few pixels of space at the left of the page?
Woot is not letting me reply to comments, but this is directed @mikebass. To find the discussion forums on items you bought, click on 'order details' from the 'stuff you bought' page. You should then be able to click on the name of the item, which brings you to the original product page. From there, you can click on 'discuss this item' and see the discussion.
Only about 5 more steps to get there than before....
Worst redesign ever. Now I have to click through three pages to get to specs. The fact that it's refurbished is on the second page. I will NOT be using Woot as often: I just don't have the time to waste.
Bye Woot!
xpa wrote:Worst redesign ever. Now I have to click through three pages to get to specs. The fact that it's refurbished is on the second page.
I think the refurbished issue is something getting changed ASAP, if it helps. It's a very fair point, that's the sort of thing we want you to know on the very first glance. Hope you'll stick around to watch us figure things out.
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Warwick grads getting it done on the pitch
The soccer pitches of New England will soon be enveloped by winter's worst, but before Mother Nature has her say, soccer players of various stripes are putting the finishing touches on their respective seasons.
Hendricken graduate Kenny Charron made an instant impact for Regis College, scoring five goals while contributing three assists for the Pride in a freshman campaign that saw him honored with the New England Collegiate Conference's rookie of the week award on two occasions.
Josh Demers played in 16 of the 18 matches played by Clark University, chalking up three goals and the same number of assists for the Cougars.
The former Pilgrim standout scored the go-ahead goal for Clark in a 4-1 non-league win over Regis on September 15, but was unable to prevent the Cougars from going winless in conference play despite an 8-10 overall record.
Garvey helps Emmanuel to semis
Lindsey Garvey and the women's soccer team at Emmanuel College advanced to the semifinals of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference tournament by coming from behind to defeat Emerson 2-1 in a quarterfinal match that was held just as Hurricane Sandy was beginning to make her presence felt.
The Warwick Vets alum scored the equalizer in the 69th minute to level the score at one apiece before Meghan Zerba scored less than a minute later to put the Saints up for good.
The goal was Garvey's tenth of the season, further extending her lead atop the team's scoring chart. In addition, she also has ten assists, making Garvey the only Emmanuel player to reach double figures in goals and assists this season.
The Saints lost in the semifinals to Lasell College but will continue their season in the ECAC tournament this week.
In addition to postseason success, Garvey earned second-team all conference honors.
Ashley Jamieson (Warwick Vets) concluded her career at Salve Regina on Saturday in a 3-1 loss to local rival Roger Williams in the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament, but not before contributing an assist in the contest's final minutes.
Jamieson delivered a corner kick into the box, which was met by Caitlin Eastwood seven minutes from the end to conclude the game's scoring.
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Manchester parents add to charter wish list, say school budget is left until too lateBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 23. 2013 11:02PM
MANCHESTER - Several dozen residents turned out on a frigid Wednesday evening to urge the Charter Commission to consider changes to the city's basic governing document they said would benefit the public school system.
The meeting was a public hearing on education, the third consecutive Charter Commission meeting to deal with the topic.
There were roughly 40 people at the meeting, and most of the nearly 20 people who addressed the panel supported a common slate of changes. The proposals included moving up the deadline for the city to finalize a budget for the school district; maintaining or expanding the authority of the school district; removing the mayor as chairman of the school board; and making it easier to override the tax cap.
Many of those who addressed the panel were parents with children in city schools.
"I have been nothing but pleased with Webster," said Erin Kerwin, who has a first-grader at Webster Elementary School. "I appreciate my daughter's opportunity to learn about people with different life experiences than she has had."
But, Kerwin stressed, "I feel we're letting our education system spiral out of control ... As much as I value diversity, I won't sacrifice my daughter's education."
There was one resident who spoke up to defend the city's tax cap, which many of the parents have criticized as a key reason the district is under-funded.
"This is how we taxpayers can have some control over wasteful spending," said John Gimas, who described himself as a business owner in the city.
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Nick Want spoke on behalf of the group Citizens for Manchester Schools, which formed last year to advocate for increased funding for the school system.
Want outlined several proposals, including maintaining the district as a separate entity, rather than reincorporating it into city government, as some have advocated; removing the mayor from the school board; putting language in the Charter stating that the city is required to provide an "adequate" education for all children; and enabling aldermen to override the tax cap with a simple majority, rather than a two-thirds majority.
Want also urged the commission to consider a more modest change, one that was echoed by several speakers: move up the deadline for when the district budget must be finalized from early June to earlier in the spring.
The current system "means planning for the next year doesn't start until the midnight hour, and we witnessed the consequences this year with classes in excess of 40 students," Want said.
Other parents said the budget schedule exacts a difficult toll on teachers, who must cope with the uncertainty of not knowing whether they will be keeping their jobs in the fall.
Students also pick up on their teachers' stress, said Judy Martin.
"The children are very aware of what's going on with the system," she said. "If we move the date forward, we can keep great teachers."
Hooksett student exodus
Several parents pointed to ongoing controversy with the towns of Hooksett and Candia, as they seek alternative schools for their high school students.
"I have a family member who is a teacher in Londonderry. They're reaping the benefit of our loss," Kelly Mills said. "They're recruiting Hooksett and Candia families, and we'll lose 60 families, and they're good families."
Mills added that she works in real estate. "I can say the number-one thing people ask is, 'How are schools? How well are they supported?' I think this is having a real impact on the value of our homes," she said.
Mills was one of several parents at the meeting who have kids at Webster Elementary School, and all of them had positive things to say about the school, a fact that prompted commission Chairman Jerome Duval to joke that a fellow member of the commission, Christine Martin, "is glowing tonight."?Martin is the principal of Webster.
The next meeting of the Charter Commission was tentatively set for Feb. 6, when the panel intends to meet with the city solicitor and finance director for another working session on education.
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A couple of months ago I wrote a post about Odd Profiler Results with Entity Framework 4. Thanks to Olaf Tinnemeyer, we now have a simple work-around that he posted to my question on StackOverflow.
When using the Visual Studio tools to create the Entity Data Model, it automatically builds the Connection String for you, and one of the default settings is to set the MultipleActiveResultSets option to True. If you change this setting to False, then Profiler will properly report that the query was executed within the application database.
Please note that I have not done any load testing to determine what type of performance impact this change might have, so YMMV. But for me, I know it will perform acceptably for our needs, and the greater need in my view is to have accurate Profiler results.
I have posted this work-around to the Connect item that I opened. I still believe that this is a bug in SQL Server and hope that Microsoft will address it in a future release. If you share my concern, I encourage you to login and vote this up.
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Of all the impressive boys' and girls' soccer teams out there this season, there are only two undefeated Division 1 teams remaining.
The top-ranked Algonquin Regional girls and defending Central Mass. champion Nashoba Regional are on an epic collision course that will see the two Division 1 favorites meet twice in the span of a week ahead of a likely third meeting in the postseason.
The top-ranked Tomahawks (11-0-3, 5-0-2 Midland A), who received seven of 10 first-place votes in the most recent Hometeam coaches' poll, will welcome the No. 2 Chieftains (10-0-4, 3-0-3) to Northboro for a game at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Exactly one week later, the teams will play another night game, this time in Bolton.
Algonquin, led by captains Michaela Horne and Chloe Herczeg, has nine seniors, seven of whom played together on JV as freshmen and are in their third year with the varsity.
That means third-year coach Scott Taggart's current crop, like him, just missed out on the Tomahawks' 2009 state title and are therefore on a mission.
"They're a very determined bunch and they definitely have their goals set as to what they want to accomplish," said Taggart, who coached the Algonquin JV for three years before taking over as head coach from Kim Miller in 2010.
Taggart said that Horne, who plays an attacking central midfield role, is the catalyst for an offense that has scored multiple goals 10 times so far. The defense, meanwhile, has let in only five goals.
"Her technical ability is really strong," Taggart said. "She's able to control the ball really well, she distributes well, and she has very good accuracy on her shooting."
The same also could be said about Nashoba seniors Kim Slade and Laura Courtney, who are captains along with outside back Jessie Miller.
Pam Vaughan, who has coached Nashoba since 1997, said the great teams don't have a "best player," so instead she looks for "genuine team players."
"It's a matter of everybody working together," Vaughan said. "You just try not to have any holes and have everybody filling their roles."
Vaughan thinks labels like "starter" are irrelevant because all of her bench players have started and all are versatile enough to play any position. She does have certain expectations of her seven seniors, though.
"All my seniors are expected to be leaders and all of them have different leadership attributes that they bring to the team," Vaughan said.
May the best team win.
Hidden away on a practice field behind Chandler Magnet School on Worcester's West Side, the Doherty High boys are hard at work trying to reach new heights.
After going winless in Inter-High last season, the Highlanders (7-2-4, 1-1-2) have become a surprise Division 1 contender and clinched a playoff berth with a 2-0 victory at St. Peter-Marian on Monday.
First-year coach Will Halfmann, a former Doherty player who graduated in 2002, played at Stonehill College and is now a guidance counselor at the school. He said more than 50 kids were at tryouts and it's clear the program has some momentum.
Captain Aidan Abolfazli is a four-year starter in goal and one of the smartest keepers in the region, but he's one of only four seniors on the varsity roster.
"He's the field general," said Halfmann, who was also a standout goalie and four-year varsity player. "He's in charge and if he gives a command, you need to listen, and he knows what he's doing so he's like a second coach on the field."
Halfmann touted Abolfazli's family for helping develop his high IQ for the game. His father, Massood Abolfazli, is a member of the Clark University Hall of Fame as a player and coach, while siblings Cameron and Laina Abolfazli also played at Doherty.
The Highlanders roll out a 4-3-3 formation on offense that turns into more of a 4-5-1 when they're defending, with top scorer Jorgo Jani playing as the true striker.
Along with Jani, Doherty's other leading scorers all come from the area's local Albanian community. Etjon Rapi, whose nickname is "Messi," and Sotir Roba and Sem Zaimi are all underclassmen, while Jani is a senior.
"It's hard to keep them separated in practice," Halfmann said. "They can read each other's minds. I don't know if they've been playing together for a long time or if they just play the same style, but they're all on the same page."
All of that makes the Highlanders a tough opponent, or — as senior captain and center back Cam Blondin put it — they've finally "turned the skeptics into believers."
The final undefeated boys' team, Colonial Athletic League champion Valley Tech (13-0-1, 12-0), will be put to the test in its next two games.
The Beavers will put their undefeated season on the line this afternoon in Mendon when they host another Division 3 playoff team, Douglas High, home of Dual Valley Conference scoring leader Josh Jess (15 goals). BVT will follow that with a 7 p.m. game Tuesday at No. 9 Grafton High, led by CMass goals leader Anthony D'Amico (18).


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He grew up in the Carbon County area and was the youngest of three children and has lived in Moab, Utah for the past fifty years. John joined the USMC at the age of seventeen and served in World War II and the Korean War, he was released with an honorable discharge.
He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Ann Rose Fugate. They were married June 23 1976. He is also survived by his children, Doni (Mike) Corbin, Rocky (Anna) Adams, Lea Gale (Chris) Blake, Renie (Merrill) Shumway, Tina (Jimmy) Coker, Kevin (Tina) Irvine, Troy Irvine; his 15 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his son, Valdee Adams, daughter, Candice Adams-Wade, son, Claude Dirk Adams, grandson, Elvis Tyler Adams, granddaughter, Coral Lammert, and great-granddaughter Jessalyn Ashley Johnson.
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Manwaring tips Paradis for Red Ryan titleStaff report
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Rainy weather resulted in a shortened final day of action at the annual Red Ryan CYO Golf Tournament at Derryfield Country Club Friday.
The Intermediate Division championship went to Keene's Tim Manwaring, who defeated Hooksett's Matthew Paradis, 1-up. The Junior Division championship went to Dover's Eric Evans (over Roman Ojala in 11 holes) and the Mite Division was won by Mont Vernon's Phillip Schmitz (4 and 2 over Nicholas Edgeworth).
Tournament director Doug Smith opted to cut Friday's match play down to nine holes since the weather forecast was not promising.
"We made the decision on the forecast we saw to try and get it done because we didn't have another alternative for rescheduling it," Smith said. "It wasn't ideal, but we thought at least everyone got to play today. We thought if we postponed it to next week, kids might not be able to come back."
Manwaring was also named Colin MacDonald Outstanding Golfer Award winner. Evans claimed the Tony Haley Rookie if the Year Award. Schmitz became the first repeat winner in the Mite Division, which was created in 2005.
In the Intermediate ranks, Paradis defeated Bedford's Roger Larrivee 1-up in the semifinals and Manwaring knocked off Patrick McGinley of Bedford, 3 and 2 to set up the final round.
In the Intermediate First Flight semifinals, Nick Fiel (Keene) defeated Peter Thompson (Bedford) 1-up and Jordan Dahl (Northfield) ousted Chris Moquin (Hooksett) in 10 holes. Fiel then beat Dahl 2-up in the final.
In the Junior Division semifinals, Ojala (New Ipswich) defeated Douglas Champagne (Bow) 1-up and Evans beat Brandon Gillis (Nashua) 1-up. Evans defeated Ojala in 11 holes in the final.
In the Junior Division First Flight seminfinals, T.J Barber (Cornish) defeated Demetrios Stamoulis (Manchester) 2-up and Griffin Gagne (Bedford) edged Jack Flanagan (Bedford) 1-up. Barber won the final, 2 and 1.
In the Junior Division Second Flight seminfinals, Colin Hendrickson (Bedford) defeated Zach Wheeler (Bedford) 2-up and Ian MacDonald (Claremont) got past Curtis Wirbal (Merrimack), 4 and 3. Hendrickson prevailed in the final, 3 and 2.
In the Mite Division semifinals, Schmitz beat Stoughton Bell (Bedford) 4 and 3 and Edgeworth beat Nicholas Tufts (Auburn) 1-up.
The Mite Division First Flight semifinals went to Cade Destefani (Bedford), who beat Turner Brown (Bedford) 4 and 3 and Camden Labonville (Auburn) defeated Stephen Duckett (Manchester) 3 and 1. Destefani won the final, 2 and 1, over Labonville.


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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Faulty welding caused engine failure that led to the 2011 crash of a Wright Brothers biplane replica that killed two volunteer pilots, federal investigators said in a report released this week.
The two experienced pilots died when the Wright "B'' Flyer replica, dubbed "Silver Bird," crashed during an emergency landing in a field about 3 miles from an airport in Springfield, where they had taken off on July 30, 2011. Springfield is about 45 miles west of Columbus.
The broken propeller-shaft weld led to the loss of the newly built Wright "B'' Flyer's left engine during the test flight, according to probable cause report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday. However, despite losing one of the two engines, the report said, the pilots "should have been able to maintain control of the airplane during the forced landing attempt."
The report noted "incomplete weld penetration" that led to the failure of the joint and the loss of power to the propeller shaft.
The July 30, 2011, crash killed experienced pilots Don Gum, 73, of Beavercreek and Mitchell Cary, 64, of Yellow Springs. The men were members of Wright "B'' Flyer Inc., an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that uses the planes to promote public awareness of Dayton as the birthplace of aviation.
The Dayton Daily News reported that both pilots were certified as commercial pilots and had more than 300 hours of combined flight time in the same make and model as the crashed airplane and more than 4,030 of total flight time.
Witnesses told federal investigators that the plane's engine speed began to vary as it flew at a low altitude. "The airplane was then observed in a spiraling descent to the ground," the NTSB report said.
The group's website said its first Wright "B'' Flyer "has been a flying ambassador of Dayton's aviation heritage for more than 25 years." Another non-flying model is on display near Dayton.
Wright "B'' Flyer Inc. President Phil Beaudoin told The Dayton Daily News that the company's management and board of directors were reviewing the probable cause report. The organization didn't immediately respond to phone and email messages Friday.
Information from: Dayton Daily News, http://www.daytondailynews.com


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VANCOUVER, BC -- Vancouver Whitecaps FC playoff hopes hang by the slimmest of threads, but ahead of their crunch Cascadia away clash with Seattle Sounders FC on Wednesday (7 pm PT, TV: TSN2 - RADIO: TEAM 1410), the club's head coach is promising an all-or-nothing, offense-first approach.
Whitecaps FC, six points back of LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids, who hold the fourth and fifth Western Conference playoff spots, likely need to win all three of their remaining matches to make the MLS Cup playoffs for the second straight year.
"With the Cascadia games when we're not travelling too far, we've always just kind of gone for it," Martin Rennie told reporters following a training session at the University of British Columbia on Tuesday. "Earlier this season it was a back-and-forth game. We were a goal down, then a goal up.
"It was a bit wild. It might be a little bit like that again. These games are intense and lots going on, so we need to make sure we have that intensity to start the game."
With Designated Player Kenny Miller looking questionable for the clash as he deals with a groin injury, and Darren Mattocks away with the Jamaican national team, Vancouver will look for either Kekuta Manneh or Tom Heinemann to partner with Camilo in attack.
The two players offer very different options, with Manneh possessing breakaway speed and trickery, and Heinemann able to provide a physical presence and strong hold-up play.
Both players just have three starts to their names this season, but Manneh's strong performance over the weekend, when he forced Portland Timbers 'keeper Donovan Ricketts into no less than two top class saves and nearly drew a stoppage-time penalty, will surely be fresh in Rennie's mind as he makes his selections.
- Get more Vancouver Whitecaps FC news at WhitecapsFC.com
If called upon, Manneh insists he's ready to deal with the large and loud crowd at CenturyLink Field, even in a must-win game with major implications for the team's playoff hopes.
"Just go out and play and have fun," Manneh said. "That's what the coaches have been saying – all the coaching staff. Just have a smile on your face and do what you do best."
Martin MacMahon covers Vancouver Whitecaps FC for MLSsoccer.com.


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How To Make Challah Bread
Here is a bread that is as much a pleasure to look at as it is to eat. Check out that braiding! And the way it practically glows on the table! Slice yourself a piece and cherish the pillow-soft interior, simultaneously rich and slightly sweet. Challah is a bread that should be in everyone's repertoire. For celebrating everything from Hanukkah to Sunday supper, challah is the just the bread for the job.
Challah = Enriched Yeast Dough
At its root, challah is a very straightforward bread to make. The dough is enriched with eggs and oil, while a few tablespoons of sugar add some sweetness. It doesn't require any fussy techniques and can be made from start to finish in the space of an afternoon.
Braiding Challah
The real magic comes in braiding the loaf. Even a simple three-stranded braid is impressive, though a four- or six-stranded braid (as shown below) will bring the house down. For major celebrations, like the Jewish high holidays, you can also coil the long braided loaf into a circle. A simple brushing of egg white is all you need to make that loaf shiny and magnificent.
What to Do with Leftover Challah
We all know that leftover challah should go directly into a frying pan to make French toast. I also love it in bread puddings and even for sandwiches — it might sound a little strange, but challah piled high with thin-cut roast beef is pure heaven.
For celebrations big and small, there is nothing better.
How To Make Challah Bread
Makes 1 loaf (about 20 slices)
What You Need
2 teaspoons
active dry or instant yeast
1 cup
(8 ounces) lukewarm water
4 to 4 1/2 cups
(20 to 22 ounces) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup
(1 3/4 ounces) white granulated sugar
2 teaspoons
large eggs
large egg yolk (reserve the white for the egg wash)
1/4 cup
(2 ounces) neutral-flavored vegetable oil
- Equipment
Standing mixer (optional)
Large mixing bowl
Bench scraper or sharp knife
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Dissolve the yeast: Sprinkle the yeast over the water in a small bowl, and add a healthy pinch of sugar. Stir to dissolve the yeast and let stand until you see a thin frothy layer across the top. This means that the yeast is active and ready to use. (If you do not see this or if your yeast won't dissolve, it has likely expired and you'll need to purchase new yeast.)
Mix the dry ingredients: Whisk together 4 cups of the flour, sugar, and salt in the bowl of a standing mixer (or in a large mixing bowl if kneading by hand).
Add the eggs, yolk, and oil: Make a well in the center of the flour and add the eggs, egg yolk, and oil. Whisk these together to form a slurry, pulling in a little flour from the sides of the bowl.
Mix to form a shaggy dough: Pour the yeast mixture over the egg slurry. Mix the yeast, eggs, and flour with a long-handled spoon until you form a shaggy dough that is difficult to mix.
Knead the dough for 6 to 8 minutes: With a dough hook attachment, knead the dough on low speed for 6 to 8 minutes. (Alternatively, turn out the dough onto a floured work surface and knead by hand for about 10 minutes.) If the dough seems very sticky, add flour a teaspoon at a time until it feels tacky, but no longer like bubblegum. The dough has finished kneading when it is soft, smooth, and holds a ball-shape.
Let the dough rise until doubled: Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and place somewhere warm. Let the dough rise until doubled in bulk, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Separate the dough and roll into ropes: Separate the dough into three or six equal pieces, depending on the type of braid you'd like to do. Roll each piece of dough into a long rope roughly 1-inch thick and 16 inches long. If the ropes shrink as you try to roll them, let them rest for 5 minutes to relax the gluten and then try again.
Braid the dough: Gather the ropes and squeeze them together at the very top. If making a 3-stranded challah, braid the ropes together like braiding hair or yarn and squeeze the ends together when complete. If making a 6-stranded challah, the directions are below.
Let the challah rise: Line a baking sheet with parchment and lift the loaf on top. Sprinkle the loaf with a little flour and drape it with a clean dishcloth. Place the pan somewhere warm and away from drafts and let it rise until puffed and pillowy, about an hour.
Brush the challah with egg white: About 20 minutes before baking, heat the oven to 350°F. When ready to bake, whisk the reserved egg white with a tablespoon of water and brush it all over the challah. Be sure to get in the cracks and down the sides of the loaf.
Bake the challah: Slide the challah on its baking sheet into the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through cooking. The challah is done when it is deeply browned and registers 190°F in the very middle with an instant-read thermometer.
Cool the challah: Let the challah cool on a cooling rack until just barely warm. Slice and eat.
Recipe Notes
Making a 6-Stranded Challah Braid
The name of the game here is "over two, under one, over two." Carry the right-most rope over the two ropes beside it, slip it under the middle rope, and then carry it over the last two ropes. Lay the rope down parallel to the other ropes; it is now the furthest-left strand. Repeat this pattern until you reach the end of the loaf. Try to make your braid as tight as possible. Your braid will start listing to the left as you go; it's ok to lift it up and recenter the loaf if you need to. Once you reach the end, squeeze the ends of the ropes together and tuck them under the loaf.
At this point, your loaf is fairly long and skinny. If you'd like to make a celebration ring, stretch the loaf a little longer and pull the ends toward each other to create a circle. You can either squeeze the ends together, or if you're feeling adventurous, braid them into a continuous circle.
If you're making a regular loaf (as pictured), you need to "plump" it a little to tighten the ropes into more of a loaf shape. Place your left palm at the end of the braid and your right palm at the top, and gently push the two ends toward each other, just like plumping a pillow in slow motion. Then slip your fingers under the dough along either side and gently lift the dough while cupping it downwards. (This isn't a vital step, so don't worry if you're not sure you did it correctly.)
Substituting butter: If you don't need to keep a kosher table, you can substitute melted butter for the oil in this recipe.


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Top New Year's Resolutions
The new year is traditionally a time for fresh starts, new beginnings, and resolutions. Start exercising, lose weight, stop smoking. Of course, as we all know, the resolutions are easier to keep on January 5th than on February 5th. Here's a list of the most popular resolutions for 2011.


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I opened the door and two friends looked up from tagging jewelry in the Mercy House building that sits in my backyard. Both pregnant with eight month swollen bellies touching the table in front of them, both serving on a Thursday night, both due within a couple of days of each other.
I handed them a list and paused when one of my friends asked, "Do you ever get tired of saying yes?"
It's one of those heavy questions.
It's hard to answer.
It changes every day.
It doesn't change at all.
My yes to God isn't what I thought it would be.
But is it ever? Our any of the yes' we say in this life safe and fun and everything we'd hoped they would be? God has a way or shielding us from seeing and knowing too much.
My yes to marriage isn't what I thought it would be. It has been harder and better than I ever dreamed.
My yes to motherhood has been filled with my most challenging moments and also my proudest. How can we know what that tiny baby will do to us?
When we say yes to marriage, to parenthood, to God, what we are really saying is, I am committed.
Because we don't know how long the nights will be,
Or how far love will take us or how quickly the feelings will flee,
We aren't promised our babies will be born healthy or stay that way,
We don't know unemployment is around the bend, with grouchy teens and sleepless nights.
We can't imagine our yes will take us back to the slum that broke our hearts again and again.
Yes is our choice to live.
Sometimes there's a long pause between the question and answer.
It might be heartache.
Doubt and disbelief.
It could be weariness.
Overwhelming work.
Or fear.
"I do. I get tired of my yes," I answered my friend after a long pause. "But my yes in the good times, the bad times, the ups and downs, the beauty and the ashes, still means yes."
No matter what.
Because where my yes ends, He begins.


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Boggle for the day
It used to annoy me, but it happens frequently enough I no longer notice – usually. I'm talking about running a high-level character through a near-starting area only to have a quick /group (without even an opening tell). I just click no and run – don't even stop anymore to say why you should ask, first. Last night, however…
Urtica is on the boat to Exodar – had to do a little back and forth as I decided it was time to powerlevel jewelcrafting at least to where I could cut some basic gems. And on the same boat is this Nelf Rogue. /group. no. /group. no. /group. no. /w "Dude, I just want you to take me to VC for a couple of runs."
examine. Level 11.
pause, while mind catches up with this version of reality. OK, twink getting an early start, but still…
"Do I know you?"
"You do now. So, rdy?"
click no. /ignore.
And no, his name wasn't chutzpah.
One Response to "Boggle for the day"
lol, I picked up tailoring at LVL 70, so have spent many short bursts running between the AH, mailbox and mana loom in Silvermoon city. Without fail, I get a lowbie following me around trying to group with me, or begging for money or free clothing!


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Thursday, October 13, 2016
Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Implants
Is There Pain Relief For Chronic Sore Gums Under Dentures?
I have chronic sore gums under my dentures. What can I do to reduce the pain and sensitivity?
Your situation is not unusual with dentures. Having your teeth removed, and immediate dentures placed, is both physically and psychologically difficult. Some patients and some mouths adapt to dentures better than others. Also, some dentures are made better that others. Almost always the upper denture is more tolerable than the lower denture.
Ideally, you should see a prosthodontist, who is a dental specialist with an extra three years of training after dental school in the fabrication of difficult dentures. He or she can sort out why you are having the problems with your dentures and make recommendations to improve the situation.
Your prosthodontist can also discuss dental implants with you, which likely would be the ideal solution to your problem. Although not inexpensive, dental implants can be used to virtually eliminate all of the normal problems with dentures. If you need a recommendation for a prosthodontist in your area, feel free to contact me.
Ed A McGlumphy, DDS, MS
Professor of Restorative/Prosthetic Dentistry
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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Wednesday: November 9, 2011
- Nintendo hard at work to find way to use more than one tablet for their next console.
It seems that Nintendo had originally planned to have only one controller / tablet accessible to the Wii U at launch time (the other controller would have been your standard Wii-mote variety). Someone at Nintendo must have realized that this would probably be a bad idea so they have been hard at work at trying to make two tablets work for the console. The console's processor and RAM constraints may have played a part in pairing a singular tablet. However, Nintendo may have solved this so multi-tablet gaming may be coming to a living room near you.