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Blake L. Burns, 95
Blake L. Burns, 95, passed away on November 26, 2013 at his home. He was born in Salem, Indiana on June 2, 1918 to Rev. Harvey S. Burns and Clara Batt Burns.
He graduated from Gosport High School and Campbellsville College in Campbellsville, Kentucky, playing on varsity basketball teams.
Blake was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the China-Burma- India Theater. In 1946, he married Iva Sue Herrington of Laurel, Mississippi, and moved to Scottsburg, Indiana in 1949 to open Burns 5 & 10 variety store, where he also served the business community as President of the Scottsburg Chamber of Commerce. In January of 1955, Captain Blake Burns continued his military service by being appointed the first commander of the Indiana National Guard in Scottsburg, Indiana. Later, he served as Tank Battalion Commander over Southern Indiana, eventually achieving the rank of Lt. Colonel. Mr. Burns was elected as the first mayor of Scottsburg in 1964, helping to lead in the transition from town to city. During his three terms as mayor, he was President of Southern Indiana Mayor's Roundtable, Vice President of the River Hills Regional Planning and was on the Executive Board of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns.
While serving as mayor, Blake was also instrumental in the planning and development of Scottsburg Senior Housing, also known as Craig Park and Lake Iola. As a member of the First Baptist Church of Scottsburg, he served as Chairman of the Deacons and held many offices. Other organizational memberships included the American Legion Post #234, Scottsburgh Lodge #572 F & AM, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Scott County Preservation Alliance, Scott County Cemetery Committee, Scottsburg Economic Development Committee, Board of Directors of the South Central Indiana Council for the Aging and the Scott County Historical Society where he was project director of Heritage Downtown Scottsburg. He was the recipient of many awards including Area 14's 1993 Older Hoosier of the Year and the Governor's Sagamore of the Wabash.
Preceding him in death were his sister, Virginia Burns Ball; and two sons-in-law, Dave Reeves and Terry Fewell.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Burns; two daughters, Marsha Reeves- Fewell of Scottsburg, Indiana and Christina (Christy) Beardsley of Zionsville, Indiana; four grandchildren, Scott Reeves, Kristin Reeves Pond (Charlie), Brian Burns Beardsley and Jacqueline Robison (Ben); several nieces and nephews, step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are planned for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 2 at Scottsburg First Baptist Church with burial immediately following at the Scottsburg Cemetery.
Visitation will be held after 10:00 a.m. on Monday at the First Baptist Church.
Memorials: Scottsburg First Baptist Church, c/o Collins Funeral Home.
Online condolences: www.collinsfuneralhome.net.
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text: Back to News US Youth Soccer ODP a Common Thread Among U-17 GNT Roster The US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program (US Youth Soccer ODP) continues to be a common thread for players called into national team camps. Of the 19 players named to a recent U.S. Under-17 Girls' National Team training camp roster, 13 are members of US Youth Soccer ODP. The training camp for the U.S. U-17 Girls' National Team will take place Oct. 13 - Oct. 19 in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. The team's final roster will include 20 players and will compete in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship to be held Oct. 30 – Nov. 9 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The U.S. U-17 GNT is led by head coach B.J. Snow. US Youth Soccer ODP Region IV player Mallory Pugh has been part of a dynamic duo of forwards who have combined to score 10 international goals this year in seven matches. The US Youth Soccer ODP heavy U-17 GNT has compiled a 4-1-2 record while scoring 21 goals and allowing just six. The US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program brings together the top players from various clubs and geographic locations, and puts them in an environment to train and compete at the highest level in front of collegiate, professional and national team scouts. US Youth Soccer ODP is the original Olympic development program and with programs in all 55 US Youth Soccer State Associations, is available to any player regardless of club or hometown. US Youth Soccer ODP is the only elite player development program that can claim members of Major League Soccer and the National Women's Soccer League, as well as the majority of current and past national and youth national team members, as alumni. For more news on US Youth Soccer ODP click here. For the latest news on the U.S. Under-17 Girls National Team click here. U.S. U-17 GNT Roster by Position: GOALKEEPERS (1) : Lauren Rood (Washington Timbers; Camas, Wash.) DEFENDERS (7): Gabriella Carreiro* (FC Stars of Mass; Upton, Mass.), Mia Gyau** (Bethesda Lions; Silver Springs, Md.), Natalie Jacobs (Slammers FC; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Ellie Jean** (Oakwood SC; Coventry, Conn.), Tegan McGrady (MVLA SC; San Jose, Calif.), Zoe Morse (Michigan Hawks; East Lansing, Mich.), Taylor Otto (CASL; Apex, N.C.) MIDFIELDERS (5): Dorian Bailey (Sporting BVSC; Mission, Ks.), Marley Canales (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Taylor Racioppi* (PDA Clash; Ocean Township, N.J.), Anika Rodriguez (So Cal Blues; Torrance, Calif.), Frankie Tagliaferri* (PDA; Colts Neck, N.J.) FORWARDS (6): Madison Haley* (Dallas Texans; Dallas, Texas), Kelcie Hedge (Washington Premier; Post Falls, Idaho), Civana Kuhlmann (Colorado Rush; Parker, Colo.), Mallory Pugh (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Zoe Redei (Eclipse Select; Highland Park, Ill.), Maddy Schultz (Northwest Nationals; Edmonds, Wash.) *Players not associated with US Youth Soccer ODP **Players associated with US Youth Soccer but not in ODP

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Welcome to the Max Payne 3 Arcade challenge - Week #1
Each week we'll set a chapter for you to take on via the 'Arcade' mode in Max Payne 3. The highest score wins – simples :) You can have as many goes as you like to try and improve your score.
The chapters available in this mode are unlocked as you complete them in the single player campaign. As people may not have finished the game so far (like me!) we'll start the first couple of weeks on the early levels.
There is a Crew leaderboard which is handy and we can check the results in there.
All you need to do is load up Max Payne 3 and pop into the arcade mode. Select SCORE ATTACK and the relevant Chapter. This week we'll start on CHAPTER I.
Select 'VS CREW' on the leaderboard settings to see what you're up against. Select 'FREE AIM' for the targeting then start shooting some bad guys!
You have until Sunday 27th May to get your scores in. We'll then select a new chapter on Monday for you to try. If you're not in the OPC crew, fear not, just post a pic in this thread of your score.
If you'd like to join the OPC crew, click here…
Good luck everyone :) (this is purely for fun & bragging rights - no prizes)
If I get the chance I'll be taking part in this one myself :)
@chrisa3211 wrote:
Just had a go! Am sitting pretty at the top with 9782 or something.
not any more :)
@StuR328 wrote:
@chrisa3211 wrote:
Just had a go! Am sitting pretty at the top with 9782 or something.
not any more :)
Nah I'm pretty sure my score's still 9782.
Oh :(
@StuR328 wrote:
new challenge 2moro? :)
You're darn rootin tootin right there is.
Firstly, congrats Stu to winning week 1 - great score on Chapter 1 last week.
Final table was...
11,878 StuR328
11,672 chrisa3211
8,340 mattsimmo
7,926 LoneJustice87
Right then, what the heck, let's do this in order. So that makes Chapter 2 this weeks challenge :)
Good luck everyone :)
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yay me *pats self on back*
didn't know that chrisa had tried sneaking his way back to top :D
We still on free aim?
If you were to go through the whole level not missing one shot I'm sure you could hit 20k. Alas I'm not used to free aim enough.
Will give level 2 a try shortly!
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New challenge monday or do MVP's get bank holidays off?
Monday's challenge will be Chapter 3 - just decided to go through then in order really for the moment.
Still got until Sunday to get scores in for this weeks (Chapter 2) - I need to have another go at this to try and improve my current standing!
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That laser sight. Seriously.
I've give trying to get any sort of hit multiplier on that bit.
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I've been a fan of Katie Cook for a long time now. My wife actually first saw her art on LiveJournal in a cat community and started reading her journal. She ordered some cat art way back before Smashy Adventures of the Hulk and skyrocketing sketch card popularity. I think it was Smashy…Hulk that really won me over as a fan because it was pretty hilarious. It was so good that a page of it eventually ended up in one of Marvel's Avenger books.
Katie's got a unique and very cool style where she "cute-ifies" the subjects that she draws and it seems to have struck a chord because people go ga-ga over her sketch cards. She's also seen a steady increase in the amount of comic book work that she's been doing and is also currently tackling writing chores on a project as well. I haven't even mentioned her great webcomic Gronk yet. There's just bucket loads of awesome coming from the mind, pen and brush of Katie Cook.
For those who may not remember, the three commissions that I had done for Boston Comic Con were from Stephanie Buscema and Katie Cook. I've already posted about the phenomenal Death painting that I got from Stephanie and now it is time to boast about the awesome art that I got from Katie.
First up is a Spider-Ham sketch card that is Spectacular, Amazing, Sensational, and Ultimate. Here's Peter Porker in all of his glory. I think Katie did an awesome job of capturing him. Everything is there right down to the Spidey eyes on the end of the snout.
My Spider-Ham sketch card collection started back in 2010 when I spotted a Brian Kong sketch card at his table at the terrible Wizard World Boston convention. I figured that would be as good a character as any to get a bunch of sketch cards of. Well, as of right now "a bunch" equal two. I've got my eye on eBay, but if there were any Spider-Ham sketch cards in the Rittenhouse Spider-Man Archives set, they've found their way to other people's collections.
The second piece is a custom 6"x6" painting that I commissioned of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. I loved this cartoon as a kid and it still holds up for me today. This was the first superhero cartoon that I remember having a ton of guest stars who were done well. Seven Little Superheroes featured guest appearances from Captain America, Doctor Strange, and Namor while another episode featured a ton of X-Men.
The cartoon was cheesy and it was campy and it was a lot of fun. Spidey has always been my favorite hero, Iceman was always a favorite amongst the X-Men and this version of Firestar seemed to be a lot more fun than the comic book version she would inspire. Infertility and cancer due to her powers? Not enough? May as well make her break off her relationship with Justice as well.
Brian Bendis did some fun stuff with an updated version of this trio in Ultimate Spider-Man and then took it one step further putting together the trio that was originally supposed to star in the 80s cartoon: Spidey, Iceman and the Human Torch. I'm such a Bendis fanboy to being with and this run had me in comic nerd heaven.
There you have it, my 2012 Boston Comic Con commissions. Looking back, I love these three pieces of art so much more than anything else that I could have purchased at the convention. Getting to meet and chat with Katie was a treat as well and I'll always remember Stephanie Buscema inviting my daughter behind her table to watch her paint. The fact that these two ladies are great people makes it so much easier to support their amazing talents.
Thanks for checking out my non-sport divergence. Other than getting back in track with sports card posts, I want to put together a post highlighting my growing art print collection. Don't worry, there is some sports related content that will be contained in that post.


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Record-breaking musical Cats is getting a modern makeover complete with a rapping cat when it heads back to the West End later this year.
The show, inspired by the poems in TS Eliot's book Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats, has been seen by more than 50 million people in more than 30 countries since its launch in 1981.
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber said he was "never very happy" with some parts of the show including the Rum Tum Tugger song.
He said the character would become "a street cat" in the new version, adding: "I've come to the conclusion that having read Eliot again, maybe Eliot was the inventor of rap".
He said: "The thing about the Eliot verse is that you can tell he's American, nobody other than Eliot would have written 'The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat'."
The show, which runs at the London Palladium for 12 weeks from December 6, reunites Lloyd Webber with the original team behind Cats including director Trevor Nunn.
His previous show Stephen Ward The Musical, which was inspired by the 1963 Profumo Scandal, ended in March this year after a run of less than six months but Lloyd Webber said there was nothing wrong in putting on a new version of one of his old shows.
He said: "I don't think that is necessarily true because if you said that we wouldn't have a lot of room for Shakespeare."
Cats made its debut in 1981 and ran in the West End for 21 years and 18 years on Broadway, collecting handfuls of awards along the way.
Lloyd Webber said there would be an announcement in September about casting.
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SAA Bulletin, Volume 11, No. 1, 1993, pp. 8-11.
Most archaeologists who work in an academic institution consistently face questions about the nature and quality of programs. Administrators ask us to justify new faculty lines or expenditures for laboratories, contract programs, or publications. From a different perspective, undergraduates or students with M.A.'s who plan to apply to doctoral programs in archaeology want to know what characteristics they should look for and what programs are the best. Given the traditional four-field organization of anthropology departments, however, there are few, if any, national surveys of archaeology programs alone. For these reasons, the editors of the Bulletin were encouraged by several colleagues to conduct an initial survey to define what our peers see as the most important characteristics of outstanding graduate programs and what specific programs are viewed as either the best or most improved over the past few years. The results of such a survey are described below. It should be emphasized, however, that this effort was not conducted as an official survey of the Society for American Archaeology, nor has the SAA specifically endorsed our survey methods or our analysis.
The Sampling Design
The Bulletin questionnaire was sent to 290 archaeologists with Ph.D.'s who are employed in professional positions in North America. Selection of specific individuals was guided by a stratified, systematic sampling design. based on the number of archaeologists in academic institutions, museums and research institutions, and government positions, we elected to sample 225 to 250 individuals from academic institutions and 50 to 75 individuals from museums, research institutions, or government agencies. In order to insure diversity, we wanted to avoid selecting more than one person from any institution or agency. Thus, using the American Anthropology Association's Guide to Anthropology Departments, we determined that a systematic sample in which an individual was chosen from two out of every three institutions listed would provide the desired sample size. This procedure produced a sample of 235 individuals from academic departments and 55 individual from government agencies or private institutions. Selection of individuals within departments alternated systematically between assistant, associate, and full professors in order to sample individuals with different ranges of experience. Finally, in order to maximize the number of females included in the sample, we chose those individuals whenever possible.
Who Responded?
Perhaps the most important factor in a good department is the 'quality' of the archaeology faculty-their ability as scholars, their ability as teachers/mentors, their 'social networks' and ability to guide students successfully into professional positions. These characteristics are, of course, difficult to measure.
One hundred and sixty-three questionnaires were returned by December 13, an excellent 59% return rate. We achieved reasonable samples of all the various subgroups of interest, with the exception of individuals employed in non-academic positions. Those employed in the latter positions returned only 24 questionnaires (44%), in contrast to the 60% return rate for individuals in academic positions. In regard to the other subgroups, 42 questionnaires were received from females and 121 from males; 59 respondents are employed at institutions that offer a Ph.D. in anthropology, while 101 are not; 17 received their Ph.D.'s during the 60's, 66 during the 70's, 66 during the 80's, and 13 during the 90's. A diversity of institutions also were represented. Respondents received their Ph.D.'s from 62 different institutions; only seven of those institutions (Arizona, Berkeley, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and UCLA) were represented by more than five individuals. Note that not all of these subtotals sum to 163 as some individuals failed to provide some of the requested information.
What Are the Most Important Characteristics of Outstanding Programs?
We began our survey with the assumption that the single most important characteristic of a graduate program is the quality of the faculty. As one respondent noted,the most important factor in a good department is the 'quality' of the archaeology faculty-their ability as scholars, their ability as teachers/mentors, their 'social networks' and ability to guide students successfully into professional positions.
We therefore asked individuals to evaluate the importance of 16 additional program characteristics, rating the significance of each on a scale from 1 (very unimportant) to 10 (very important). The characteristics, in order of their ranking by the respondents, are as follows:
T-tests run to compare the ratings of the different subgroups revealed few statistically significant (i.e., p < .10) differences. None were present between males and females. Respondents representing Ph.D. granting departments differed from those employed in non-Ph.D. granting institutions only in their assessment of the importance of the presence of an affiliated museum or research institution (t = -2.53, p < 0.01), a CRM program (t = -4.55, p < 0.01), and a departmental or museum publication series. (t = -3.58, p < 0.01). In all three cases, those working at non-Ph.D. granting institutions regarded those characteristics as more important, with mean ratings at least one point higher on the scale. A final comparison was made between individuals who received their Ph.D. prior to 1980 or after 1979. Again, only four statistically significant differences were discovered. Individuals who received their Ph.D.'s more recently rated graduate funding as slightly less important (t = 1.66, p < 0.10), the diversity of topical (t = -2.01, p < 0.05) and geographical specialties (t = -2.53, p < 0.02) represented by faculty as more important, and a strong emphasis on method and theory (t = -2.69, p < 0.01) as more important. The latter three differences may be a product of increasing specialization within the discipline-a phenomenon noted by several of the respondents-such that fewer individuals are competent to teach or guide research in different areas or on particular topics. Greater diversity among the faculty thus provide students with the opportunity to explore more research avenues.
As a final component of this section of the questionnaire, we asked what is the minimum number of archaeology appointments necessary for an outstanding graduate program. The range of answers is illustrated in the figure at the top of the next page. Despite the variation in responses, it is clear that most respondents (87%) believe that at least four faculty appointments are necessary and a strong majority (64%) assert that at least five appointments are the minimum.
Which Programs are Ranked Highly?
Our request that respondents list what they consider to be the top five archaeology Ph.D. programs in North America, taking in account the program characteristics they ranked as most important, elicited a range of responses. Several suggested that such rankings are subjective and we agree. Nevertheless, we are frequently called upon to make such recommendations when students ask where they should apply for graduate training. Comments by the respondents indicated that at least two strategies are followed when we offer suggestions to students. Some believe that students should apply to the best overall programs, ones that are strong in a variety of areas, including method and theory. Others believe that there is no overall set of "best" programs, as it depends on the interests of the student. Thus, one respondent wrote that
I advise students to match their regional interests, theoretical/methodological interests, and personal style of learning with appropriate Ph.D. programs. I don't think that any one program is 'tops' in all area or for all potential students.
Still others noted the impact of recent budget cuts at many institutions:
These are tough times in archaeology/anthropology. Rising departmental and university expectations for faculty, and cuts in library support and materials, are being felt throughout the country. I am urging students to meet with faculty and graduate students at 'desired' institutions to learn what expectations they should have for funding.
This diversity of strategies is reflected in the large number (23) of programs listed either as the best program in North America or rated among the best five (55 different programs). For those 55 programs, we tabulated the number of questionnaires that mentioned each institution and also calculated a weighted score that gave greater weight to higher rankings. Twelve different programs are included in the ten top ranked programs based on these two different measures, as shown by the histogram at the bottom of this page. Three programs-the University of Michigan, the University of Arizona, and California-Berkeley-stand above the rest in the opinion of respondents, with much smaller differences among the remaining institutions, supporting statements by respondents that "I see balance (among programs) leading to more options and opportunities for students" and "the tendency is toward increasing specialization."
We examined the extent to which these rankings varied among the different subgroups in our sample and found little variation (top of this page; these lists are based only on the number of times a program was mentioned on the questionnaires). Michigan, Arizona, and Berkeley were consistently the top three programs in all groups. The placement of other programs typically varied only a small amount, with the exception of Washington (rated much higher by respondents who received their Ph.D.s before 1980 and who teach at Ph.D. granting institutions), Harvard (rated much lower by respondents from Ph.D. granting institutions and much higher by males), and Wisconsin and New Mexico (rated higher and lower, respectively, by respondents from Ph.D. granting institutions).
The greater differences between respondents employed in Ph.D. and non-Ph.D. granting institutions may be a result of several factors. One respondent noted that "it is very difficult or impossible for someone who has labored for 20 years in an undergraduate program to evaluate what is going on in various graduate programs…I'm afraid that recommendations we make to our graduates seeking a respectable grad. school are woefully dated, and based on what we knew when we were seekers ourselves."
Which Programs Are Considered Improved?
As a final component of the survey, we asked individuals in our sample to list the five programs that that they thought have improved to the greatest extent over the past five years. Respondents found this the most difficult question to answer; 45 respondents left the section blank and many others listed only two or three programs rather than five. In addition, responses were highly variable. Forty-seven different programs were listed as the most improved and 71 programs were included in at least one list of the top five. The histogram below shows those ten programs thought most improved, with tabulations made in the same manner described above. Southern Methodist ranks first, based on number of times it was mentioned, while Arizona State is first in weighted score. Southern Methodist, Arizona State, Florida, Southern Illinois Carbondale, and Vanderbilt form a similar ratings group at the top of these rankings.
The Editors would like to thank the individuals who took the time to return our questionnaire. We regret that we could not include all of their interesting comments.


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5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
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7. Simon says something incoherent.
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2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.
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2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you
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4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!
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I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear
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If I HAD any loose-fitting clothing, I wouldn't have
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When I was young we used to go "skinny dipping," now I just
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Violinist Adds Class to Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend'
While Justin Bieber's hit single 'Boyfriend' is pretty much the perfect pop song already, it could use some orchestral flair. So, South Carolina musician Seth Gilliard gives the song a much-needed touch of class by covering it on violin.
This isn't Gilliard's first tribute song, by the way. His YouTube channel features violin covers of Alicia Keys, Usher and Flo Rida songs just to name a few.
Unfortunately, there are no words in Gilliard's version, so we miss the opportunity to hear Bieber's laughable lyrics like "Chillin' by the fire while we eatin' fondue" and "I could be your Buzz Lightyear / Fly across the globe." But despite this, Gilliard's version might even be better than the original. It's certainly not as silly.
What do you think? Do you like this take on the song? Or does it make you a little queasy?


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It took until the bottom of the 8th inning for the Central College softball team to collect its second hit of the game last night against Cornell College in the opening round of the Division III Pella Regional, but Katie Canney's walk-off single to deep right field was all the Dutch needed to earn a 1-0 victory. Dutch hurlers Kelsey Stender and Mallory Scheulenberg matched zeros with Rams' ace Jackie Sernek, with Canney's winning blow finally breaking the tie by plating Heidi Reburn. The extra inning heroics likely couldn't have happened if Scheulenberg didn't come up with the games biggest pitch. Cornell had the bases loaded in the top of the seventh inning, and a full count on the batter. To make matters worse, rain had been pouring in, making it difficult to grip the ball. Central Coach George Wares, reluctant to give up control, did just that in the crucial spot.
"I just told (senior catcher) Caitlyn (Meyer), call a time out. Everybody who watches knows we usually call the game from the dugout. I said ask her what she wants to throw and throw it, because you've got to really make sure the pitcher knows what she wants and let her believe in that. She came inside fastball, and it's like we won the game there."
Schuelenberg earned the victory in relief of Stender, as the two underclassmen combined for 8 innings of work, just 1 hit allowed, two walks and nine strikeouts. Up next for Central is Fontbonne, a 5-2 winner over Augustana yesterday afternoon. Wares says that it will be another difficult task.
"Probably overall, the pitcher we faced today is a little tougher, but Fontbonne from top to bottom probably has a little more pop offensively and has some speed they're going to use. It's going to be a tough one, but you expect it to be. I'm just glad we're playing at 4:00 (in the winner's bracket) and not at 12:00 (in an elimination game)."
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Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and Jonah Hill all voice characters for this animated comedy, which is sprinkled with pop culture references and golden-oldie music. Set in the fictional Metro City, a supervillain named Megamind (Ferrell) and a superhero named Metro Man (Pitt) battle over a cute TV reporter named Roxanne (Tina Fey). Then, one day, Metro Man is apparently killed. That's when Megamind tries to transform a schlubby TV cameraman (Hill) into a new superhero.
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Barcelona president Sandro Rosell believes speaking Catalan is a way to show a person's affection for the Blaugrana.
The Barca supremo used club founder Joan Gamper as an example to follow when he spoke to a group of school children at an initiative aimed at promoting the use of Catalan.
"Joan Gamper wasn't Catalan. Gamper came from outside Catalunya - he was Swiss - and he founded the club. When he arrived at Barca he was called Hans Kamper," Rosell stated.
"Any one of you, if you were born in Catalunya, then perfect, if you weren't, then perfect too.
"We want you to be like Gamper, who arrived, became fully integrated in the country, spoke Catalan and made it the club's official language.
"The fact that you speak Catalan, understand Catalan and are Barca fans in Catalunya, speaking Catalan is exactly what you should do to show your feelings towards the club.
"You're Barca fans in Barcelona, who live in Catalunya and share Catalunyan values, wherever you come from, north or south."


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COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - The University of South Carolina's athletic booster group says it will raise the annual donation levels for the 2014 giving year.
The Gamecock Club board of directors said Tuesday that donation levels would increase by 5 percent. The exception was the entry Roost level, which will go from $55 to $100.
Club director Patrick McFarland says the increases were necessary to keep up with the rising cost of tuition and assets to help athletes succeed.
The booster group funds scholarships for South Carolina's athletes.
Club leaders said it was just the third increase in donation levels since 1989. The last increase came in 2008.
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Gamma Medica opens design, manufacturing plant in SalemBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader correspondent
September 27. 2013 9:43PM
SALEM — A new company that is developing technology to improve breast cancer detection has opened a product design, engineering and manufacturing plant in Salem and expects to hire about 30 people in the next year.
Gamma Medica Inc. is leasing an 8,000-square-foot space at 12 Manor Parkway. The company develops, markets and services the LumaGEM MBI system, a digital molecular breast imaging system that helps radiologists detect early stage cancers that can be missed in women with dense breast tissue, according to Gamma Medica CEO Jim Calandra.
"Roughly 20 years ago, doctors were using gamma-ray cameras for cardiac imaging and they were seeing glowing objects nearby that were tumors," Calandra said in a prepared statement. "They were being discovered by accident."
Since then, technology has been developed that provides high-quality, high-resolution systems that can detect those tumors that were previously discovered by accident, if it all.
Through the noninvasive procedure, women whose mammograms were inconclusive can opt for the MBI testing, according to Calandra. The testing is about one-third the cost of an MRI and is used for further analysis of dense breast tissue.
Mammography is a great tool for detecting breast cancer, but it does have limitations, according to Dr. Robert Hannon of Salem Radiology.
"The development of molecular breast imaging, and its ability to identify even small early cancers is a most welcome addition," Hannon said. He said the devices developed by Gamma Medica provide molecular breast imaging that is simple, safe and accurate.
"This technology will be a significant asset to physicians as they continue their efforts against this disease," Hannon said.
Gamma Medica received $16 million in financing from the health-care investment firm Psilos Group Managers this summer. The funding will allow the company to expand commercialization of the LumaGEM MBI system and a companion product, the LumaGUIDE MBI-guided biopsy module, according to Calandra.
The decision to locate the company in Salem was based on more than the state's low tax structure, Calandra said.
"There is a strong medical device presence here and we are close to Boston, where there is a prevalence of medical device companies along Route 128 and around the Merrimack Valley," he said, adding that proximity to a number of world-renowned hospitals also played a role in the decision.
Michael Bergeron of the state's division of economic development helped Gamma Medica locate in the state and agrees that Southern New Hampshire has become a hot spot for medical device companies.
"The company was looking to locate in a place where there is access to talented employees, universities and hospitals, as well as low operating costs," Bergeron said.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — If it seems like Channing Tatum is everywhere, it's probably because he is. He's appeared in five films this year alone, with the latest being this weekend's ensemble comedy-drama "10 Years." The roles have come in every imaginable genre, each strikingly different from the last.
And hey, what do you know? Five is a magic number around here. So let's rank Tatum's 2012 performances, in order of preference:
— "21 Jump Street": Comedy is so underappreciated, and what Tatum does here is especially tough: He plays the straight man opposite a much more established comedian, Jonah Hill. (Who is, come to think of it, also the straight man.) And yet, Tatum also has to let himself get a little goofy and toy with his hunky image as the film itself gets goofy, which he does with great enthusiasm. Satirically inspired by the '80s TV series, "21 Jump Street" features Tatum playing a former jock who returns to high school as an undercover police officer alongside his partner (Hill), the nerd he used to torment way back when. It's rowdy and raunchy but Tatum and Hill share an unexpectedly sweet chemistry.
— "Magic Mike": The perfect blend of Tatum's muscular good looks, dramatic ability and dance skills. Steven Soderbergh's behind-the-scenes look at the life of a male stripper also happens to be one that's close to Tatum's heart: He worked briefly as an exotic dancer before breaking into acting. Anyone who saw the original "Step Up" from 2006, the movie that put Tatum on the map, knows what a gifted dancer he is. But here, he's just mesmerizing: confident, creative, acrobatic and, above all, seductive. He's just as charismatic offstage, though, as he shows a young Alex Pettyfer the ropes and tries to show Pettyfer's sister he's a good guy after all. Tatum also enjoys a couple of intense showdowns with Matthew McConaughey as the swaggering strip club owner.
— "The Vow": Tatum shows his romantic leading-man side in this old-fashioned, heart-tugging amnesia story. He stars as Leo, who struggles to remind his wife, Paige (Rachel McAdams), that they were happily in love after a car accident wipes out the last five years of her memories. Tatum is saddled with a whole lot of explanatory voicevoer, full of obvious platitudes about life being a series of moments of impact, blah blah blah, but his sense of ache and sorrow is believable. It's a nice idea: experiencing what it's like to fall in love all over again for the first time. Tatum and McAdams sometimes make the execution of it more tolerable than it should be, but not often enough. This movie was hugely popular, grossing nearly $200 million when it came out back in February. I found it contrived and treacly because I'm cold and soulless.
— "Haywire": In Tatum's first pairing with Soderbergh this year, he mainly had to act like MMA superstar Gina Carano wasn't going to beat the complete crap out of him. At least, not immediately. Because she easily could have — and she could have with all her stars, including Michael Fassbender and Ewan McGregor — which required her to hold back a little while doing her own stunts here in her feature film debut. At the film's start, a hungover and impatient Tatum meets up with Carano's character, a covert-ops specialist, after a mission in Barcelona. He was her partner on the job, and he may or may not be trustworthy. A tense conversation quickly turns into a knock-down, drag-out brawl in a small-town diner.
— "10 Years": His latest isn't exactly his best. Then again, he's part of a large ensemble that includes larger personalities, including Ari Graynor, Chris Pratt and Anthony Mackie, and his role is comparatively low-key and formulaic. Tatum plays one of several old friends who've gathered for their 10-year high school reunion. He's brought with him his longtime girlfriend (played by his real-life wife and "Step Up" co-star, the equally gorgeous Jenna Dewan). He's also brought along the engagement ring he plans to give her, but he's had trouble finding the right opportunity to pop the question — plus, as we learn in one of the film's many intertwined storylines, he still has some emotional loose ends to tie up with his ex-girlfriend (Rosario Dawson). There's not much to his character — the prom-king-turned-mortgage-broker, he's kind of a dud — but at least he's fun to look at, as always.
What's your favorite Channing Tatum performance? Tell AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire through Twitter: http://twitter.com/christylemire.


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ENERGIZED JUICE: Orange juice futures surged 3.2 percent after dry weather hurt Florida's crop. Traders also are concerned about the potential of frost damage during the winter.
FED SPEAKS: The Federal Reserve plans to take additional steps to help economic growth, including more bond purchases. Gold and other commodities have benefited from previous Fed bond-buying programs because low interest rates pressured the dollar. Commodities are priced in dollars so a weaker dollar makes them a bargain for traders who use other currencies.
SUMMING IT UP: Prices rose for gold, industrial metals, oil and soybeans. Natural gas, wheat and corn fell.


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Spring is the ideal time to plant ornamental grasses. Fall is the best time to prepare an easy in-ground bed that'll be all set that you fill with flowers and plants next spring. It can be a great time to grow a vegetable garden. It is a great time to test your garden soil to find out if you need to amend the soil to balance the ph level or improve the soil structure and is a great time to add lime or other mineral amendments. It is also a great time to perform grounds and tool maintenance. It is the perfect time to rearrange. Prepare as much as possible in the fall.
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The Traprock Peace Center is a grassroots organization based in Deerfield, Massachusetts, that trains and educates people locally and globally in matters relating to disarmament and nonviolence. In 1980, the Center organized the first successful attempt in the United States to get a nuclear weapons moratorium referendum on the ballot, and the Center has served as a focal point for organizing on a wide array of issues in peace and social and environmental justice.
The records of Traprock Peace Center include correspondence, campaign materials (resolutions, organizing committee records, legislative packets), program reports, newsletters, newsclippings, and posters relating to the nuclear freeze campaign and many subsequent initiatives. Recent additions to the collection document the group's work to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; these later additions are open for research, but are not processed.
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Affected Family Members Group
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Thursday, March 1, 2018 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (CST)
Event Details
Domestic violence affects everyone involved, including the family and friends of the person being abused. The Affected Family Members Group provides family and friends a place of support, healing and learning to help support loved ones while they are in the abusive relationship and after thay have left the abusive relationship.
This open support group meets the first and third Thursday of each month from 4 to 5 p.m.
For more information about this free support group, call (920) 926-4207. Contact with the Domestic Violence Program must be made prior to participating in this group.
Family members and friends must be at least 18 years of age to participate in this support group.
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Domestic Violence Services
21 S. Marr Street
Fond du Lac,
Thursday, March 1, 2018 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (CST)
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Home ... Who We Are ... Position Statements ... Life in the Community ...Employment
People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities1 can be employed in the community alongside people without disabilities and earn competitive wages. They should be supported to make informed choices about their work and careers and have the resources to seek, obtain, and be successful in community employment.
Historically, the majority of people with I/DD have been either unemployed or underemployed despite their ability, desire, and willingness to work in the community. Many have been placed in "prevocational" programs and "disability-only" workshops where they are paid below minimum wage and have little expectation of moving into jobs where they work alongside people without disabilities.
People often leave school with little community-based vocational experience or planning for transition from school to work or post-secondary education. Adult service agencies have struggled to move people into the workforce using personnel who often do not have proper training in best practices for either finding or supporting people in jobs. When employed, few people have opportunities to advance, explore new possibilities, or, in their later years, retire.
Barriers to employment include, first and foremost, low societal expectations that foster job discrimination. In addition, unrealistically low limits on assets and earnings make people fear losing vital public benefits if they work too many hours or earn too much. Systemically, public resources fund service hours rather than outcomes and are often neither sufficient nor flexible enough to allow collaboration and blending of employment funding streams. Lack of other services like transportation or of accommodations like assistive technology can also hinder success.
People with I/DD should have the supports necessary from individuals and systems to enable them to find and keep community jobs based on their preferences, interests, and strengths, work alongside people without disabilities, receive comparable wages, and be free from workplace discrimination. Requirements related to employment include:
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For all people with I/DD, publicly funded employment programs should first explore employment alongside people without disabilities at comparable wages, with comparable benefits, before considering other options in the community. Ancillary services like transportation and accommodations like assistive technology must be available to individuals and support agencies. Public policy should encourage employers to hire people with I/DD.
Publicly funded employment programs should also:
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Congress of Delegates, The Arc October 27, 2012
1 "People with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities" refers to those defined by AAIDD classification and DSM IV. In everyday language they are frequently referred to as people with cognitive, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities although the professional and legal definitions of those terms both include others and exclude some defined by DSM IV.
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About Merike Estna
Merike Estna's abstract paintings are composed of candy-colored pastel blue, yellow, and pink oil paints, inscribed with grooves that create shimmering, rhythmic patterns. She has recently begun to approach painting as an expanded field, placing her canvases in the context of multimedia installations that include moving images, sculpture, and performances. In these playful, environmental works, such as spinach and banana (2013), Estna arranges her paintings in various positions, tilting them against walls, hanging them, and placing them on their sides; she often extends patterns to fabrics heaped on the floor and small spheres placed on pedestals, or drills holes into canvases so that light shines through them. "There is a limited number of painters and a limited conception of what a painting could be," she has said. "The aim is to open it up. To create an open situation with the work, without final answers." Estna cites the German painter and installation artist Katharina Grosse as an influence on her work.
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Tony Wazz wrote:Come to think of it , don't we have a popular Avlis area that is kinda poorly named?
Port Eridanus (Port Arid Anus). Considering "Port" is also even a reference to "hole". *shakes head*
Someone had to note it.....
I didn't even notice it... I just know I will be thinking about that the next time I am in Ferrell.


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Millions of people in Malaysia have been banned from doing yoga because of fears it could corrupt Muslims.
The Islamic authorities have issued a ruling, known as a fatwa, instructing the country's Muslims to avoid yoga because of its Hindu roots.
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It's been a while since I posted... but today I have something special for you!
Today I've got a coloring tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers that I am super excited about.
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Working on a 4 foot x 6 foot chalkboard, I rendered a photo of a Cirque du Soleil perfomer for our anatomy block. I chose it because of its clean, minimal lines, and bold graphic nature - and it was do-able in a 2-3 hour time frame! The picture demonstrates the graceful strength of the human body at its most disciplined and conditioned nature. It expresses the concerted functions of the skeletal, muscular, and neurological systems. He will be balancing himself in this position for the duration of our four-week block!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
human anatomy
studying bones and muscles
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This is an incredible chalkboard drawing. Graceful and Strong. A vision for 8th grade.
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Really love the tabs at the top of the page. An improvement that makes it easier to go from 'site' to 'site.' Thumbnails on the bottom of the page - redundant & take up too much space. Put a clickable "To top of page" button down there.
Do NOT like woot! plus. At all. Takes up way to much room on each of the sites. Why not add another tab on the top that takes you to all woot! plus site's extras? If anyone's interested they could click that to find the additional woot deals for the site they're interested in viewing. Use that extra room to put back the entire description for each daily item.
Like the combined order account. A lot. The temporary $5 shipping is compelling. When you do decide to eliminate that, perhaps you could offer some kind of combined reduced shipping. i.e. 1st item $5.00, each additional item $2.50.
Speaking of redundant - I have not read every comment here, so forgive me if I'm just parroting what others have said before me.
Do I get credit for being the first to point out functional flaws/break it? When I click on 'order tracking' for my Home.woot order #3804195xx, the site links me to FedEx, who says they never heard of it. The shipping email I received links to UPS- which is the right answer, and they have all the shipment info. The item is Pet Life Collapsible Soft Pet Crate
Same problem: 'order tracking' for my woot.com order #380619xx, the site links me to FedEx, who says they never heard of it. The shipping email I received links to USPS- which is the right answer, and they have all the shipment info. The item is Ohio Art Air Picks – 3 Pack. Yes, I have submitted feedback.
I love beta testing. See, I told you I could break it.
To much stuff on one page. How about one day, one deal? Or maybe woot 2 and 3 with links like there are to shirt and home?
Pretty good job! But no Google+ love huh?
I believe that you are on the right track, but a few adjustments would improve things in my opinion. Highlighting the write-up, minimizing the screen presence of Woot! Plus, and possible adding some texture to the background would improve things I believe.
First, I think that the product write-up is a major attraction for your site. It should remain prominent and fully visible. You not highlighting the product write-up would be akin to weather.com putting news postings all over their front page and relegating the weather to a small link on the side.
Second, the Woot! Plus section photographs and information has such a large screen presence that it appears to compete with the daily offering. Due to its large size, it pulls the eyes and makes it a little harder to focus on any one item. I think the additional offerings are nice, but it is the single item focus that has made Woot! the success it is today.
Lastly, I agree with many that the background may be too glaring. On many modern screens, white shows up very bright and can be a little hard on the eyes. Although it does give the site a "clean" look, you want customers to be able to comfortably spend large amounts of time on the site. One idea may be to use a more off-white color instead of #FFFFFF. Another idea may be to use some kind of light texture on the background to break up the intensity of the white.
kalee11 wrote:The biggest thing I have a problem with on the front page is that I can't see all of the write-up at one time. I don't want to click "read more." The write-up is my favorite thing about Woot, and I want instant gratification when I get to the front page.
Seconded, a whole day later.
Seriously, Woot, did you set the copy on another page so it could be permalinked? I mean, I get it if you did... But did you?
pmcizhere wrote:Pretty good job! But no Google+ love huh?
Oh, and I do second the fact that I actually like having the links to all the woot pages at the top. Love it.
But I also have to second the idea that the jump page for the main woot is clunkyish and the forum has too much "whitespace" in the wrong places, and adspace is too prominent to be anything other than annoying.
For teh lulz:
Wow! This is gross! It looks like Nick Denton's and AOL's mutant love-spawn's brains were splattered all over your site. I hope your Amazon overlords force this upon you, otherwise you should have your heads examined.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: You hide the fact the the laptop is a refurb until users 'click through' to details. That is a shady business practice!!!!!
Anybody know the fate of Moofi woot?
Don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I'm trying to use the coupon that jumbowoot bestowed on me to buy a tee that's going to be Reckoned tonight. It loads but never applies. I'm assuming it's an "unintended feature" of the redesign.
Since the shirt will be gone forever tonight, kinda bummed. Yes, I've got an email in to firstname.lastname@example.com.
dkalnz wrote:Anybody know the fate of Moofi woot?
They have a deal up today so I'd assume it's all good, despite moofi.woot.com giving a 404...
Here's a question for you all.... Now that I can log in with my Amazon password -- I know that Amazon bought woot a while ago -- If I use my amazon credit card, will I get triple Chase points?
Pretty much all of my issues with the redesign have already been mentioned. But if you were going to change two things to make little ol' me happy, you would get rid of the scrolling quality posts and just use a box like you did before. You would also, for the love of whatever deity. deities, or forces you hold sacred, bring back some color to the site. Way, way to much white. I know that supposedly pages with lots of whitespace look cleaner, but mostly they just look blah.
motospyder wrote:Whenever I go back and look at your first page, I think "STOP YELLING AT ME!!"
Yes! Thank you for saying what I couldn't quite find the words to say.
I understand you had to change the site to account for a changing business model, but to me, it just seems like to much all in one place, all competing for my attention and, well, yelling at me.
dpk3062 wrote:Agreed. Woot was simple, Woot was fun. Now it's just another online store.
I too agree. There is something about people who manage things that makes them want to change things that work, without understanding why they work.
For years I've checked Woot every day, and bought quite a bit of stuff, because it was fun and easy, and didn't take up much of my time.
Now they want more of my time and I'm not going to give it. Sorry, Woot (or more correctly Amazon), you lose.
does it seem like everything is too far to the left? Everything is touching the exact edge of the window and idk why but it is so frustrating! shift everything over by a millimeter please please.
You know.... I knew that Woot was going to change something when I made a comment on something I bought that I'll be getting close to a black square soon. Last time that happened, it was when they changed the number of items required for a black square...
I'm withholding my judgement for now until I buy some woots.
I love the new site! Great front page, and a lot more information available.
Moueska wrote:(+1) :D
Oh, and I do second the fact that I actually like having the links to all the woot pages at the top. Love it.
But I also have to second the idea that the jump page for the main woot is clunkyish and the forum has too much "whitespace" in the wrong places, and adspace is too prominent to be anything other than annoying.
For teh lulz:
+1 hahahaha
[quote postid="5022050" user="jrs1980"]Don't know if anyone else is having this problem, but I'm trying to use the coupon that jumbowoot bestowed on me to buy a tee that's going to be Reckoned tonight. It loads but never applies. I'm assuming it's an "unintended feature" of the redesign.
OK ~ seven year member, 100+ Woots... who do you have to know to get coupons???
In order of priority:
1.) your ugly green menu bar is too wide for a 1024px display, and it does not scroll. I can't get to my account info, etc. It should be 1000px max (to fit a 1024px display, allowing for the vertical scroll bar at the right). Or it should scroll with the rest of the page.
2.) ADVANCED SEARCH on deals.woot does not work. When I fill in the fields (as usual) and then click "Search" NOTHING HAPPENS. No form data is submitted to the server, and the page does not reload. This is an important tool, please fix it.
3.) Homepage looks like home fried crap. Too many HUGE things scattered all over the page. This is why I don't shop at WalMart any more... they've made it too hard to find what I want. It used to be easy to navigate Woot (although the page was too wide) but now it's frustrating and disgusting. Please hire someone who is NOT a high school student to design a page that looks "clean, crisp, and professional."
But take care of #1 and #2, which are blatant malfunctions, before you deal with #3.
MrJazz wrote:
OK ~ seven year member, 100+ Woots... who do you have to know to get coupons???
Being active at deals.woot usually works for me.
Haven't read through this entire thread so forgive me if this was already mentioned. Anyone else notice only a few usernames have private message envelopes next to their username? Or maybe I'm just missing something?
slacker44 wrote:Haven't read through this entire thread so forgive me if this was already mentioned. Anyone else notice only a few usernames have private message envelopes next to their username? Or maybe I'm just missing something?
Had that problem earlier with another user. Clearing out the cache/temp files and closing the browser down fixed it right up. Let me know if that doesn't work.
I like a lot of the functional changes guys, but here's the problem:
You're trying to push too much sh$%@t on me. There's a lot to be said for the "here's our one item of the day" philosophy, with gentle upsells of other merchandise.
The new design makes woot! feel like a used car salesman who's desperate to GET ME INTO A NEW PRODUCT RIGHT NOW, any product, any now, buy buy buy.
It's kinda... pushy.
I wasn't consulted!
What the HECK, Woot!!! I suggested making the WootPlus items smaller, and you blow them up by an extra cube space?!
Were you even listening to the feedback at all?!
(Sends above to Beta Feedback)
Can I change my vote?
Not liking this change at all. Undermines all the coolness and simplicity of Woot! - one deal, one day . . . with the exception of woot! offs.
Whoa! Knives sold out within minutes? . . . what's that about? . .. oh, no worries, another deal coming up . . . and lots of side deals to browse while you wait.
Now I feel like I'm at some evil place that will suck me into an all night shopping spree.
exactly!! i sent folks to woot! all the time, telling 'em about the great copywriting.
also, having the G I G A N T I C ads for the other stuff, like the bazooka speakers, etc., makes woot! seem like a sellout. of course, You Must Serve Your Corporate Masters (hi, JB!) but doing it this way removes *ALL* of the coolness of woot! it makes "woot!" turn into "woot$" which is more than a few steps down a slippery slope.
a GREASY, slippery slope.
a GREASY, slippery, TEFLON slope . . .
. . . while wearing roller skates.
I have to say I'm diggin' it so far. Especially the hovercards that drop down from the top bar, letting me scan most of the deals without even clicking.
*Holds up protest sign*
1 too cluttered
2 ugly font
4 write up too hard to find
5 Needs more funny
6 Too much white space
7 Too much white period!
8 Too corporate blah looking!
9 Really a facebook link? come on...
11 Wheres the funny stuff!
12 Ok the whole site is ugly bland boring!
13 This is a bit older of a complaint but the video podcasts SUCK compared to the old audio only ones
14 the pod cast is hard to find
15 Too many ads
16 The only decent thing with the change is the tabs up top the rest is HORRIBLE!
In summary, just change it back and we will pretend this never happened. I know Woot is in the awkward preadolescent years, but next thing you know Woot will dye its hair green, get a tattoo, paint its nails black with skulls, and start doing drugs! We want Woot to have a bright future, but with the path Woot is headed down currently it will be found dead in an alley behind hooters within 2 years! Think of the Monkeys Woot! do you want Mortimer and Monty to end up as orphans?
No, the tabs along the top are not cool or nice, they suck and let me tell you why. The old cluster of Woot links gave you a hint as to the treasure that awaits you. Now, it is like going to Vegas, the fancy bright color is visual vomit and the Woot link are a crap Woot as to what you are going to get. Just so you know, I am sending screen grabs to the FailBlog....and possible theCHIVE, but just for irony, not because they are cool. KCCO
I second that. Simple was fun. Simple was good. This is not simple. This is new, but not improved.
Woot home is confusing. I can't find the Derby or the Reckoning. Also, I had to really stretch the web page (in Chrome) so all the letters would show.
Whole lotta don't like.
I didn't get past the "% off list price" load of crap.
Part of the fun of Woot! was knowing it was an awesome deal, but not knowing quite how good. Using rudimentary skills of the interwebs, or maybe rummaging around the comments, you'd figure it out, chuckle a little, and maybe learn a thing or two in the process. By the time you've figured out how good of deal it is, you're kinda personally committed to the research you did, and you kinda want to get it.
Now... there's the price, there's the deal, and I'm done.
This seems like a cynical, patronizing move by some new suit at Woot!. "These are such great deals! We NEED to TELL THEM how great the deals are!" No, you really don't.
On top of that, when your page loads, if I see more than one product image that's not cleanly categorized, you're no longer a "one day one deal" website as far as I'm concerned.
Um, honestly. The new layout sucks. Whiole I like the "tab" browsing of the other deals, the rest of the site is too busy. This really gets away from the simplicity that made woot the woot. Don't do it.
I love the redesign! Love love love it!
The stuff I don't love as much is only because I'm not used to it yet, but I'll get used to it soon enough. Thanks for getting rid of the old site annoyances!
Great. Another cluttered, flickering, mess. Just what we all needed! Seriously, who is at the helm of the wootship? First sales tax, and now even MORE advertising shoved down our throats? At least buy me dinner first, thanks. Woot, you used to be different. You used to be better. You had a certain angle no one else had. An angle so successful, it spawned dozens of imitators. Remember what made you GREAT? Before all the spin-offs? Before all extra nonsense? Before Scott's House of Butts, and the sales tax deterrent? Simplicity. A cool vibe, and simplicity! You have not only lost that, you have run screaming so hard in the other direction, I can't but believe you have all been blinded by the dollar signs. It takes years, and a fair amount of luck, to create brand presence, and 5 minutes to flush it. Woot, you are flushing it. Swirly city. Amazon owns the internet sales day, and, after all, they already own YOU.
The woot thought process:
Woot1: "Hey, this is working great and making money! Let's expand, sell-out to the highest bidder, and then completely disenfranchise the people who were paying us to do nothing but stuff boxes, and write useless item descriptions that make less sense than Phish lyrics!"
Woot2: "And even better! Why don't we clutter up the web page with a bunch of click-through crap to squeeze a few more $.0001s out of the lemmings, ERRRRR, I mean loyal patrons?"
Ah, I see you've already done that.
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HA how EXPLETIVE WITHHELD fitting! They are so much a-m-a zon's beeyotch, you can't even say w-o-o ta zon here with out it getting redacted.
Hey woot, I believe Shaq wants to know how you think a certain long river's butt tastes.
Get rid of the HUGE Woot Plus items, bigger than the main product. Move them to the right side along with the other woot site links. Or just include them in the "deals" link. Put the product info back on the main page. Many wooters will not click on the "read more" link.
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