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Funny How That Happens
When a kid and parent are so identical in their mutual passions and abilities that it's scary, but they would have a hard time being in the same room…at.the.same.time.
None the less…I adore her and maybe, just maybe we'll be able to mend our bridges one day.
Even though she current hates me.
If we can overcome that, then we'd make really awesome crafting partners because she's talented as shit.
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From 126 nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Hall's Selection Committee has now chosen 25 modern-era semifinalists and two candidates from the Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee. One of those senior nominees, and the lone Philadelphia Eagles representative on this list, is defensive end Claude Humphrey. He is joined on this list by Oakland Raiders punter Ray Guy.
Humphrey played for the Eagles from 1979-1981. And his team-high 14.5 sacks helped the 1980 Eagles advance to Super Bowl XV. Humphrey spent the first ten years of his career with the Atlanta Falcons. The NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1968 recorded 126.5 sacks in his 14-year career and was elected to six Pro Bowls. Humphrey is now a member of the Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor.
According to profootballhof.com, the list of 25 semifinalists will be reduced by mail ballot to 15 modern-era finalists. Although there is no set number of enshrinees for any Hall of Fame Class, the Pro Football Hall of Fame's current ground rules stipulate that between four and seven new members will be selected each year. No more than five modern-era nominees can be elected in a given year and a class of six or seven enshrinees can only be achieved if one or both senior nominees are elected.
The results of the modern-era reduction vote to 15 finalists will be announced during a one-hour special on NFL Network on Wednesday, Jan. 8 2014 at 10 p.m. ET. The Class of 2014 will be officially enshrined on Saturday, Aug. 2 in Canton, Ohio as the main event of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Annual Enshrinement Festival Celebration.


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PORTAGE | MC Industrial, a national construction company specializing in industrial projects, announces the promotion of Michael Mooney to Vice President of Estimating.
In his new role as Vice President of Estimating, Mooney brings extensive industrial knowledge by overseeing technical reviews, estimating, scheduling, and value analysis for all MC Industrial projects. He oversees the preparation of all estimates that include coordination of the assigned estimators, schedulers, value engineers, and subcontracting staff, during the preparation of estimates for the project. During construction, he remains involved as required to provide costing support for change order analysis and subcontract negotiation.
Mooney began his career with McCarthy in 1981 and left to start his own business in 1999. He has since returned to MC Industrial and brings with him new knowledge, skill sets, and expertise that will benefit the rapidly expanding industrial construction field. Mooney has the expertise of dealing with the unique complexities involved in successfully bringing an ever-increasing number of industrial projects to market.
"For 32 years, Mike has been on the forefront of the industrial construction market with his work on projects that have included everything from running equipment to building bridges to owning his own construction company. Mike's credentials alone confirm his solid construction understanding of the industrial marketplace," said Tom Felton, president. Mooney holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
About MC Industrial | MC Industrial is a national construction firm, with a major office location in Portage, Ind., dedicated to the highly specialized needs of the industrial marketplace. With offices across the U.S., including a major location in Portage, Ind., MC Industrial and its parent company, St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., have completed nearly $2 billion in industrial projects. MC Industrial is ranked by Engineering News-Record among the nation's top industrial builders in a variety of categories including power, fossil fuel, construction refinery, petrochemical plant and industrial process. More information can be found at www.mcindustrial.com.


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I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow morning.
I still don't know if I want to really change my 'do a shit ton or not. I like the length, and I feel like I just need a touch up on my layers and bangs. But I ALSO might get my bangs cut into straight-across. Potentially. I don't know, it's a scary thing for me to consider, since they were that way for so long when I was a kid. But I'd like some sort of change, somehow… I guess I just don't know what'll happen yet. I want something new that lets me keep some length.
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ET is reporting that Britney Spears has left Promises in Malibu after checking in on Monday evening. Brit was photographed there yesterday, but sources say she checked herself out early this morning. Her manager Larry Rudolph issued this statement yesterday, "Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into an undisclosed rehab facility today. We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time." What da hell?! Does she bolt when they tell her you can't drink booze or do drugs in rehab? Jesus! She needs to see it like a vacation. Ugh, she's totally hitting the dyke bars tonight to debut her new look. Someone stop this girl!


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My wife and I are divorcing, both our second marriage. During our marriage, my wife received a QDRO awarding her a 401k from her previous husband.
Is her 401k awarded from a previous marriage during our marriage subject to property division? Can I claim anything else in the QDRO which was signed by the judge during our marriage?


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Back in 1973, Master Lock ran one of the most effective Super Bowl ads of all time. If you haven't seen it before, here it is:
Now, I'm not sure how many criminals would shoot a lock — seems to me they'd be more likely to just use a pair of bolt cutters — but that doesn't matter, because watching a lock literally take a bullet and still continue to do its job impresses us at a fundamental, symbolic, and subconscious level.
And it's this subconscious, largely symbolic level where real buying decisions are made, which is one reason why Master Lock, bolstered by the success of this ad, went on to dominate the industry in 70s and continues to be dominant today.
In fact, people still talk about this "tough under fire" demonstration to this day. Heck it featured in an episode of MythBusters.
Of course, the difference between today and the 70's is that now customers expect to be able to find more information on the internet. So if Master Lock were to run an ad like that today, we'd expect to go to the website, see the ad, and then get more information, presumably including an added demonstration of how the haft of the lock is hardened against regular bolt cutters and such.
In other words, the Web is where we expect businesses to add more info, close more loopholes, and really convince us — all after they've impressed us with their mass media ads.
And that brings me to the ad Master Lock really should have aired last Sunday. Because you don't know it, but the front door lock on your house is ridiculously, stupidly easy to overcome. It doesn't even require regular lock-picking skills or really anything close to what one might call special tools or skills.
Nope. Picking the lock on your house simply requires a bumpkey and a few minute demo on how to use it. See for yourself within the first 90 seconds of this news special:
Think you could make a pretty dramatic ad out of that bit of info?
Yeah. Me too.
Now, here's the thing — Master Lock has come up with a lock cylinder that's pretty much bump-proof. Unfortunately their promotional video for the technology is slow, boring, and long. It is, however, convincing:
So why not have a super dramatic, riveting Super Bowl ad that demonstrates lock bumping and how exposed 99% of all homes are to the technique, then showcasing how bump-proof Master Lock's new lock cylinders are?
If you really want to get serious, throw out a challenge:
- Viewers pick out a replacement Master Lock for their door and order it along with home installation to be done by a a local Master Lock dealer,
- All of which is FREE if the installation crew can't bump lock the front door lock they'll be replacing on your home.
- "If we can't open your door lock as easy as this [image of bump lock opening] your new Master Lock is on us!
- See complete details at masterlock.com
What do you want to bet that that ad would sell a boat load of new door locks?
And that's the ad we should have seen this Super Bowl.
Holy mega-bucks, Batman! On Saturday, the original Batmobile (from the old Adam West TV Show) sold for a whopping 4.2 Million Dollars.
You can watch the entire bidding process in the embedded YouTube video, if you want, but I'd advise skipping to the 8:14 mark, where they interview the winning bidder:
In response to the question, "what made you want that car?" Rick Champagne gave the following list:
- I grew up in that era, so it meant a lot to me.
- I've been watching that car for 20 years and waiting for this day [when it would finally be sold]
- I've been a Barret Jackson customer for well over 15 years
- The car is going to go in my living room
- I KNEW I was going to get it
So, just a few reflections from me on the event and Mr. Champagne's list:
Sentiment & Emotional Connection MATTERS
Yes, there is also exclusivity driving up the price of this car, but by far the biggest factor, and the one mentioned first by the winning bidder, is the emotional connection to the old TV show, and in turn, to the famous Batmobile.
If you're not taking this into account — if you're not baking a little Magical Thinking into your marketing and advertising — you probably ought to be.
Baby Boomers Control 70% of the Disposable Income in the US
Of course, given the era of the Batman TV show, it's not surprising that the winning bidder was a Baby Boomer. But don't overlook the fact that the majority of the buyers sloshing obscene amounts of disposable income around that auction house were also Boomers. That's because Baby Boomer's hold the majority of wealth and disposable income in America.
If you're selling luxury or high-end products or services and your marketing speaks primarily to or from a youth mindset, you might want to rethink that.
Anticipation Combined with Confidence Is An Unbeatable Combo
Rick Champagne has been waiting to buy this car for 20 years. That's a lot of anticipation, a lot of time Rick spent imagining himself buying that car.
Rick's also done business with the auction house, Barret Jackson, for "well over 15 years." That's a lot of repeat business and confidence.
It also helped, of course, that Barret Jackson had the car's original builder/designer and single-person owner on hand to further verify the authenticity of the vehicle. Personally, I think it would have been even better to have had Adam West there, too, but you can't have everything, I guess.
At any rate, the end result is that Rick Champagne was absolutely 100% certain that he was getting exactly what he wanted — the 100% genuine real deal — from a company that he had full faith and confidence in to deliver.
This is why he walked into the auction KNOWING that he was going to walk out as the new owner of that car.
What does your company do to help people IMAGINE buying from you and IMAGINE getting the benfit from your product or service?
When people walk into your business do they KNOW that they are going to buy from you? Or do they think they might possibly buy from you, if the pricing is competitive and you seem to have what they want?
So what are YOU doing to:
- Take advantage of, or establish, emotional connections?
- Give people full faith and confidence in your product or service?
- Allow people to develop confidence in you through previous business dealings?
- Provide something worth waiting for?
Here's a small business example: for most HVAC companies, the pay-off is when someone buys a new Heating and Air Conditioning System from them. That's payday.
But the smart companies don't wait for payday to try to get your business. They'd rather you develop confidence in them BEFOREHAND.
This process is started with great ads that establish an emotional connection to the listening audience. And if that emotional connection seems based on old-timey values and slightly older cultural references, well, that's probably NOT an accident.
This emotional connection is further strengthened by the offer of value-priced, high-quality tune-ups and fast, effective repairs. A strategy that ensures prospects call YOU when they need a tune-up.
And after 5 or more years of having their system tuned by you, YOU become the first person they call when there is a breakdown — and the only people they trust when it's time to buy that new system. Payday!
The icing on the cake? Well, with any luck, that new system will come with:
- advanced filtration,
- added humidity control,
- room temperature equalizing functionality, and
- energy saving features.
The kind of system that makes a home noticeably more comfortable and pleasant; a luxury system that the home owner desired for some time and planned on buying "someday," when it was time for a new one.
And that's how you can put some super-hero-powered CRACK-POW! — BAM! into your marketing and advertising.
"Winning ad awards is a silly way to measure success." – A paraphrase of thoughts expressed by my colleagues, Tim Miles and Charlie Moger.
And while I heartily second that emotion, I usually let Tim or Charlie express it, since it's less sour-grapey to say it after you've won those kinds of awards, which they have.
But the interesting thing is that not all ad awards are based merely on creativity.
You can enter and win awards based upon marketing effectiveness! That award is called an "Effie," and you can review the 2012 Effie winners here.
But if you'd also like to see a meta-analysis of winning campaigns, showing what winning and finalist entrants had in common, then you're also in luck.
Effie Worldwide has compliled just such an analysis in their 2012 Effie Report, and have also been kind enough to summarize their key findings as follows:
- "Effie Finalists tend to spend more on paid media, but not necessarily the most. More finalists spent in the $20 million to $40 million range than in the $40 million+ category, and nearly half spent less than $20 million.
- Effie medalists have slightly fewer goals to achieve, and campaigns with a business objective, rather than one to reach a target audience, collect more medals.
- Never underestimate David taking on Goliath – he's 47 percent more likely to win an Effie medal.
- In the Shopper Marketing Effie categories, about two-thirds of finalists' programs demonstrated some aspect of disruption – either by novel product placement in the store, changing the way shoppers perceived the retailer or changing perceptions of the brand."
So what I'd like to do today is take each of Effie Worldwide's bullet points and discuss it in terms of local advertising/branding:
Spend More on Paid Media
It's tempting to go after "free advertising" such as Word of Mouth, Social Media, and various PR and Guerilla Marketing tactics, but while those are effective, experience shows that there's just no replacing old-school mass media muscle when it comes to grabbing increased share of mind, and in turrn, share of market.
But if that's the case, then why didn't finalist spend the most on media? Frankly, I'm guessing here, but I think this indicates intelligent media buys along with the desire to effectively concentrate on one (or a few) media source(s) rather than a spending spree spread out over too many media types.
It might also indicate the investment in long-term, day-in and day-out media spends for branding rather than massive, flash-in-the-pan spending for one-time marketing blitzes.
In any case, according to Effie Worldwide, effective marketing strategies are more likely to have intelligently invested in paid media.
Focus on Fewer Goals & Tie Them to Business Objectives
There's an apocryphal story about a copywriter who was late to a client meeting, wherein the board was going to discuss with him the 13 Points they wanted to their ad to cover.
So the copywriter walks in late carrying a hockey bag over his shoulder. Without saying a word, he places the bag on the conference table, pulls out a board that's basically been turned into a bed of nails — a rather eye catching prop that grabs every eye in the room as it's placed on the table.
The copywriter then takes a fry pan out of the bag and slams it down onto the bed of nails. Lifting the fry pan up, he shows the executive team the dimples. Then writer-boy swaps out the bed of nails with a board featuring a single, imposing spike potruding from it. He slams the fry pan down, forcing the spike clean through it, creating a half-inch hole big enough to stare through when mr. copywriter holds the pan up to show the board.
At this point, our intrepid copywriter says, "Now how many points do you want the ad messaging to convey?"
As it is with ads, so it is with campaigns: one point, goal, or objective per campaign is always best.
And if you want to narrow it down to one objective, you'll want to choose a business objective. So, figure out how you want to measure success in term of your (or your client's) business, along with what the required timeline is, THEN create a campaign clearly aimed at achieving that singular, business goal.
And by the way, "driving traffic" isn't a business goal. Increasing gross sales might be, but merely getting traffic through the door isn't. So conversion ain't just a metric for online businesses…
Act Like David Rather Than Goliath
Increasing market share when you have very little of it to begin with is relatively easy, as there are plenty of competitors to steal customers from, and plenty of prospective customers to steal. On the other hand, once you've cornered 30–35% of the market, grabbing more of that same market is darned difficult.
This is why, again according to the Effie Report, smaller businesses taking on larger competition are more likely to find their advertising effective — because gaining marketshare always involves stealing it from someone else. So when you're already holding almost all the marbles, there are fewer and fewer left to acquire.
For local businesses that means that once you become the Goliath of your category, you either have to open up a new store in another market, or open up another business, or business-line, in the same market. Either way, your future growth will be powered by your Davids rather than your Goliaths.
Of course, this assumes that the smaller business has something new or interesting to offer the customer… which leads us to
Practice Disruption
If you look at how that last bullet point is worded, it's basically saying you need to do two things:
- Grab people's attention through some form of novelty
- Provide people with some sort of Unique Selling Propositon, OR change the way they FEEL about the brand
In other words, if you're offerng the exact same thing as everyone else, in the exact same manner, and if your ads are predictable, boring and dull, then it won't matter that you're investing in paid media in order to air ads aimed at achieving measurable business goals for a business that has plenty of market share left to steal — you'll still lose.
But if you're ads capture the interest and imagination of the buying public, while offering them a strong reason to do business with you, you'll soon disrupt the power structure of your industry as you dominate every market you care to enter.
My only note of caution is to add in a third point: credibility. You can grab their attention and promise them a tempting and relevant benefit, but if your audience doesn't believe you, your ads won't achieve much.
Relevance and Credibility are the meat of the message. The novelty part simply ensures that your message is heard long enough to be deemed relevant and credible.
Ah… Validation
Interestingly enough, these are the same principles espoused by all Wizard of Ads Partners, including Tim and Charlie, so it's gratifying to see them espoused by a institution dedicated to promoting effective advertising, such as Effie Worldwide.
If you're interested in exploring these principles to grow your business, why not contact one of us?
2013 is just getting started, why not make it your year to thrive?
It's a slight change, but it makes a world of difference, doesn't it?
The photo comes courtesy of a rather clever ad campaign for The Cape Times – something I was turned onto by the always-wonderful No Caption Needed blog. The intent was to make us see these iconic photos with new eyes, allowing the idea of a self-taken-phone-camera-pic to shake up a classic. And it worked.
But it also transforrmed the photos into something creepy, especially this one.
It's one thing to look on as the ecstasy of victory so overcomes a sailor's sensibilities that he kisses a stranger in the street; it's entirely another when the sailor still has the self-awareness to phone-pic himself during his supposed blissed-out moment.
Sometimes, it's just a whole lot better when someone else is controlling the camera and the spotlight. In fact, not just sometimes, but often.
Translating this to advertising and marketing:
- When others sing your praises, it comes off as credible and genuine; when you sing your praises, you come off as a wanna be Donald Trump
- When reviews praise an item to the sky, we believe it; when product copy does so, we read it with a large grain of salt
- When you tell me how great someone else is, you come off as passionate; when you tell me how great you are, you come off as arrogant
Well.. you get the picture. Why not let someone else hold the camera. Or, if you've got the camera, why not point it at something other than yourself?
Fact: most of our decisions aren't made on a straight cost-benefit analysis.
Instead, the majority of us decide based on context and self-image: what kind of person am I, and what should a person like that do in a situation like this.
And that's what's so great about the signage pictured on the left.
I took the photo with my phone after dropping my kids off at school the other day, just because the sign was so devastatingly effective. Honestly, how much more effective do you think that speed limit sign is at actually reducing unsafe driving speeds due to the added verbiage?
Forget percentages — I'd say it's more effective by a matter of multiples! Like 2x or 3x more effective.
Why? Because it reframes how drivers interpret the sign, moving it from a governmental imposition that's no big deal to flout to a community standard that would be bad manners to disregard.
How does it do all that?
By redefining the the speed limit as a "Neighborhood" speed Limit — i.e., a standard agreed upon by the local community — and by adding in the normative "Nice neighbors don't speed."
If you consider yourself a respectable, decent neighbor and you pass that signing going 30 mph, you feel like a heel, as if you were purposefully or carelessly endangering your neighbors' kids and pets.
And so you slow down!
This does not often happen with just regular old speed limits.
The point is that marketers frequently fail to take this decision-making process into account, relying instead on pure self-interest, as embodied in the WIIFM acronym.
Marketers rarely consider HOW the prospect sees herself and how we can bring our desired action into alignment with her self image. We don't emotioneer our persuasive messages. But we should…
The basics are not basic because they are easy, but because they are fundamental. And when it comes to Website optimization, the three fundamental questions pretty much never change:
- Who is coming to the site? How did they arrive? And what are their goals?
- What's the next step forward for them both in terms of their goals and your conversion funnel?
- What do they need to understand, believe, and feel in order to confidently take those next steps
The beauty of these questions are that they help you understand WHY web visitors do what they do. Analytics can tell you what visitors are doing, but you'll never really figure out WHY they're doing it until you get a grasp on these questions.
I was reminded of this when looking at this week's Which Test Won column. Now, I like Which Test Won, but my usual pet peave with their columns is that they often fail to give readers enough context around the tests and the user experience and clickstream in order to make a fully informed guess as to which of the two variants won.
At best you have to sort of make educated guesses regarding the three basic questions. Here's an example:
The contest explanation/headline is: "Does Adding a 'Refine Your Search' Toolbar Help Clickthroughs on a Category Page with 99+ Products?" And then they just present you with the two pages, one with and one without the 'refine your search' toolbar. I've screenshot the images and pasted them below:
So… it sort of matters how people got to this page and what they're shopping for, or if they are shopping vs. just getting information, and WHY they are shopping. But no one tells you this, so you're sort of left to imagine or "make up" the visitor's intentions/goals and path to this page. Here's how I pictured it, based on the information provided in the breadcrumbs up at the top of the page:
- The visitors came to buy some sort of wood finish for a home improvement project, I'm guessing some kind of deck finish
- They came in from the home page, went to "Decorating," selecting "Woodcare,"
- Finally clicking on "Cuprinol," OR
- The visitor searched on "Cuprinol Wood Finish" (or similar) and this page represents the search results.
- Is it easier to refine by price or do you really just want to look and see what the price is? Probably the latter.
- Does it help to refine by brand? No, because you've already done that by specifying Cuprinol.
- What about refining by product type? Meh, what if you're looking for a combination stain and preservative? Or maybe you want to see all your options?
- Might it help to refine by application? Yes, but would you even have seen that or would you already have dismissed the refining tool as useless by now?


text: Deals Apigee buys InsightsOne in quest to tell businesses what to watch out for (update) Image Credit: bikeriderlondon/Shutterstock January 8, 2014 6:53 AM Jordan Novet 0 Updated at 12:58 p.m. PT with information about an Apigee regulatory filing and a spokeswoman's response. Predictive analytics startup InsightsOne has managed to see which customers of a health insurer will be unhappy weeks before they voice their complaints. That's exactly the sort of smarts that attracted application programming interface (APIs) management and analytics company Apigee to buy InsightsOne. News of the acquisition came today, following the close of the deal last month. Terms were not disclosed. Today Apigee reported a $20.5 million sale of equity in the company in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing relates to the InsightsOne acquisition, and it includes stock and options. The $20.5 million figure doesn't represent the purchase price for InsightsOne, though, an Apigee spokeswoman wrote in an email to VentureBeat. "This filing was required as part of the stock transaction between the two companies," she wrote. For InsightsOne customer Independence Blue Cross, the startup was able to "identify which of their customers are going to be unhappy about a month before they actually call in and say so," Waqar Hasan, InsightsOne's founder and chief executive, told VentureBeat. "That has allowed them to go from reactive customer service to proactive customer service and drive up customer satisfaction dramatically." That's a compelling perk for Apigee — and it reflects a bigger trend. As businesses get more data to analyze, Apigee believes a new type of computing is necessary. "It's not just good enough to process or transact with that data, which APIs, by the way, do a great job of. You need to get predictive based on what is happening, what will happen, or what could happen," Chet Kapoor, Apigee's chief executive, told VentureBeat. So it's no longer sufficient to just help businesses turn their data or services into APIs that developers can use and tie into their own applications. And showing how developers use the APIs and how end users engage with developers' applications can be useful, too. Apigee can already do these things. But now Apigee wants to help companies see what's coming around the corner based on any and all available data. InsightsOne crunches through many kinds of its customers' data in real time and can deliver findings through APIs or user interfaces. It can perform fine-grained ad targeting and show which customers are at risk of leaving, in addition to the customer service example Hasan talked about. The InsightsOne product will continue to be available, but Apigee plans to announce software containing InsightsOne's flavor of predictive analytics, Kapoor said. Predictive analytics have been interesting to investors and software companies alike. InsideSales revealed a $35 million round last year, and Alpine Data Labs announced $16 million in funding in November, following Salesforce.com's acquisition of Prior Knowledge. At the same time, Apigee itself needs to give itself new tricks. Other companies in the API management market have gotten picked up in the past year. Intel bought Mashery. CA Technologies bought Layer7. 3scale, for its part, took on $4.2 million. That leaves Apigee looking to do more with the data it can access and make good use of its ample funding. InsightsOne was based in Santa Clara, Calif. It started around three years ago and took on $4.3 million in venture funding two years ago, Hasan said. Its employees have moved to Apigee's nearby San Jose office, and Apigee now has around 500 employees, Kapoor said. InsightsOne is the fourth company Apigee has bought, following Usergrid, InstaOps, and technology from the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC). The company certainly could keep making acquisitions in the future, Kapoor said. More information: Layer 7 Technologies Apigee 3scale Networks Mashery Layer 7 provides API building blocks for the new open enterprise. The company's products help nearly 300 organizations worldwide open APIs to developer communities, securely connect applications to cloud services, expose internal inf... read more » Apigee provides the leading technology platform for digital acceleration. Through APIs and big data, Apigee delivers the speed, scale and agility any business needs to compete in today's digital world. 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Sleek new look for Wal-Mart's Great Value
Wal-Mart's Great Value private brand is getting a makeover just in time for its sweet sixteen.
Great Value, which first hit stores in 1993, is being relaunched with more than 80 new products and packaging that "pops" according to Andrea Thomas, who helped oversee the relaunch and spoke to the Reuters Food and Agriculture Summit in Chicago.
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Here is a picture Wal-Mart provided to Reuters, showing us what the new Great Value packaging will look like:
Sorry but I don't like it at all. I went in and saw it and even on some Great Value Products I used to buy, I wouldn't even put them in my basket. They just reeked of palinness and no quality. WHITE = sterile and that is my reaction. Or that it was made in China, super cheap of both price and quality and who eats any thing made in China.
Sorry but I would fire the people or person responsible for this blunder. I won't have it in my cart or my home. That is the kind of reaction I have when I look at it.
Why go for such a plain, devoid of color identity. YOu need warm, inviting, and good, not sterile, cold and ugly.
Call me when you change it to some thing better, until then, I won't be buying it. I just don't have any confidence in it. And from looking around in the baskets of those who were shopping, not may others did either.


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Hi all,
This is probably a ridiculously simple question, but I haven't done much (any?) work in creating images in gl (I'm usually creating images outside jitter and playing back in jitter). I'm creating a simple circle (right now using jit.gl.sketch) and controlling scaling, position, and color. What I am trying to add is a blurring/feathering of the border, e.g. much like a radial blur in photoshop. And…I would love to be able to control the amount of blurring…otherwise I'd just create the image in photoshop.
Any pointers? Just not sure what object(s) to use to produce the desired effect.
not as simple as you'd think. the best/only way to post-process opengl (such as blurring) is to capture to texture and run your texture through a slab with a blur shader.
this recent post does just that. my response at the end shows how to correctly do alpha-blending of multiple textures.
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Hanns.G HP222DJ0 review: Overview
Is there a point at which a cut-price screen becomes a false economy? It's certainly tempting to think the Hanns.G HP222DJ0 is plenty cheap, but not particularly cheerful.
After all, by at least one obvious metric it's well behind the competition. This is an old school 16:10 aspect ratio screen where the rest of the known universe has gone 16:9. The old-school means full 1080p HD is not on the menu here. Instead, you must make do with 1,680 x 1,050.
Of course, you're only losing out to the tune of 30 vertical pixels. It's the horizontal that really hurts, down from 1,920 pixels. Making matters worse, LG's E2350 is available for about £10 extra. Not only does that screen offer the full-HD 1080p pixel grid, it's also an inch bigger and packs an LED backlight, no less. The Hanns.G HP222DJ0 has a seriously tough fight on its hands.
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Such has been the rapid rise of full-HD 16:9 monitors in the past 18 months, the Hanns.G HP222DJ0 has been left looking like a crinkly old timer. The 16:10 aspect looks out of place.
However, the reality is that the current fad for the slightly wider 16:9 aspect has little to do function on the PC. Instead, it's fashion (and the fact that the wider aspect makes for a slimmer panel that's cheaper to manufacturer).
Anyway, what does actually matter is the reduced resolution that comes with a 16:10 panel. 1,680 x 1,050 provides a reasonable desktop workspace. But we always prefer more pixels and that's exactly what a Full HD monitor provides.
Aspect and resolution are not the only measures by which this parsimonious panel betrays its old-school make-up. Where the latest low cost screens are delivering significant improvements in image quality, the Hanns.G HP222DJ0 is more unambiguously a TN monitor.
That means the colours don't exactly burst out of the screen. There's also some unsightly edge bleed that distracts when watching movies. That said, the glossy screen surface does translate into superb clarity when viewing HD video.
What's more, it produces flesh tones that are actually more accurate than some of the new generation of more vibrant TN displays. It's also impeccable when it comes to pixel response and suffers from absolutely no input lag. Gamers on a very tight budget, therefore, could do an awful lot worse.
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You might think any monitor priced below £135 would be pretty miserable. But the Hanns.G HP222DJ0 produces no horrors. It's responsive, lag free and offers reasonable colour accuracy and tolerable viewing angles. Bung in HDCP support and the result is a very plausible all rounder for the price.
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While we're not huge fans of the super-wide 16:9 aspect ratio that's recently become popular, we do like the full-HD 1080p resolution that comes with it. This monitor offers neither and that it leaves feeling a little flaked out. Despite the glossy screen coating, it's old school in terms of vibrancy and contrast, too.


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Rick Rubin has gone and 'ruined' the latest Justice single On 'n' On. The legendary producer lends his Midas touch which is quite fitting as the duo's latest album Audio Video Disco is a future rock classic in our opinion.
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HEADS UP | Chef Annabelle Choi Readying Secret Orphan Thanksgiving Pop-Up Dinner
October 2, 2014
On Saturday, October 11th, our good friends at Here There are hosting Orphan Thanksgiving, a secret dinner party dedicated to celebrating the ones left behind.
Whether your family is out of town or just not that into celebrating the holidays, Here There recognizes that the temporarily orphaned need to eat on Thanksgiving. So join them Saturday, October 11th for a fun-filled night of good food, music and plenty of drunk uncle speeches.
Dinner will be a big, help yourself-style spread of the Thanksgiving classics. Think roasted turkey, porchetta, autumnal roasted vegetables, sweet potato mash with candied nuts, gratin of blue russian potato and cauliflower, shaved apple and fennel salad, brioche stuffing, and two types of pie. The cooking is being done by chef Annabelle Choi, formerly the head baker at Matchstick Coffee (also toiled at famed San Francisco bakeries Craftsman & Wolves and Tartine).
While Choi is dishing out the Thanksgiving classics, there will be a cash bar pouring holiday cocktails and a stereo playing solid gold jams. It's all going down in a fun, cozy, dinner party environment where all you'll need to worry about is what you're thankful for… Read more
HEADS UP | Midcentury Modern Tour To Wow Lovers Of Architecture This Weekend
September 17, 2014
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is holding it's annual Midcentury Modern Residential House Tour this weekend. Participants get to tour the interiors of five "significant" West Coast Regional Style Modernist homes in Vancouver. Architecture wonks will appreciate that this year's tour includes homes by architects such as Ned Pratt and Barry Downs, plus there's a Duncan McNab home with landscaping by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. Expect a post-tour reception at Vancouver Maritime Museum where tour participants will be invited to listen to Professor Sherry McKay talk about the history of Modernism in Vancouver over refreshments. A little bit of post-and-beam appreciation, a little bit of wine and cheese – sounds like an exceedingly civilized Saturday!
Saturday, September 20th | 1-5pm | Various locations | $85 | TICKETS & DETAILS
HEADS UP | Last Chance To Try The 'Nectar Juicery' Pop-Up In Holt Renfrew's Skybridge
August 15, 2014
by Luis Valdizon | There's only one day left to discover Lara Kozan and Tori Holmes' Nectar Juicery pop-up inside the Holt Renfrew skybridge. Their juices are made from 100% organic fruits and vegetables, and sell for $10 a bottle. Take a look…
Ends August 16 | Holt Renfrew Skybridge at Pacific Centre (737 Dunsmuir) | nectarjuicery.com
HEADS UP | Chambar To Host Big "Fire Sale" Tomorrow (Aug. 13) Before Move Next Door
August 12, 2014
The old location of Chambar shuttered this past Saturday in anticipation of the big move to the new address next door. While the restaurant is on this pergatorial dark side of the moon, they'll be hosting a "fire sale" this Wednesday, August 13th. Goods on the block will include furniture, decor, miscellaneous kitchen equipment, plates, glassware, and Micros POS terminals/printers. It's a cash only affair, with doors opening at 562 Beatty Street at 11am. If you have great memories of the original Chambar, this is you big chance to take a piece of it home. See you there!
HEADS UP | "A Film About Coffee" Doc Will Screen At The Rio Theatre On August 21st
August 8, 2014
Head to the Rio Theatre on August 21st to take in the Vancouver premiere of A Film About Coffee, the new documentary that is being celebrated by coffee wonks the world over. Bonus: 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters will have a crew on hand dispensing unique heirloom varieties of coffee. Via our friends at the Rio: "The movie has been selling out screenings this summer around the world, from Portland to NYC to that place called New Zealand, so we're stoked to bring it to Vancouver." Doors open at 7pm and the movie starts at 8pm. Tickets and details after the jump… Read more
HEADS UP | Wine, Music, & Picnic Dinners Make For Enchanted Evenings In Chinatown
July 16, 2014
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden began it's Enchanted Evenings summer concert series last Friday with an al fresco performance by Chinese-Western musical fusion ensemble Silk Road Music. Scout contributor Luis Valdizon attended and took the shots above and below. They've really shaken things up this year with reservable seats, gourmet picnic dinners (order in advance for $10-$29), plus wine and beer. There are four more Enchanted Evenings concerts this summer and each will have a unique feel and tempo. It's Tomoe Arts on July 17th, Jim Byrnes on July 24th, the Vancouver Piano Ensemble on Jul 31st, and Deanna Knight and the Hot Club of Mars on August 7th. The shows cost $25 each. Doors open at 7pm for each concert at 578 Carrall St. Read more
HEADS UP | 1980s Classic "Pretty In Pink" Screening Outdoors In Stanley Park Tonight
July 15, 2014
It's time to grab yourself a picnic basket and claim a spot on the grass with your best blanket because tonight is outdoor movie night in Stanley Park's Ceperley Meadow (at 2nd Beach). They're showing the 1980′s teen-angst classic, Pretty In Pink, at dusk for the win. Anticipate a big crowd, folks.
As you can see from the shot at the top (taken last Tuesday by our friends at Fresh Air Cinema) a ton of people show up to these gigs and there's definitely some wandering overflow from the Second Beach drum circle just down the way. So be extra smart about it and take public transit, some extra patience, and suitable provisions so you can make it through at ease. An outdoor movie of this calibre in this beautiful weather? Yes, please! Bonus: Ducky's unforgettable Otis Redding impression.
HEADS UP | History Of The Swimsuit Exhibit Opens At The Vancouver Maritime Museum
June 28, 2014
by Robyn Yager | The Vancouver Maritime Museum's new 2014 summer exhibition, Babes & Bathers: History of the Swimsuit, opened to the public today (June 28th) and should be well worth checking out. Aside from providing one of the most frustrating and sometimes humiliating shopping experiences, swimsuits are seriously overlooked at the interesting intersection of fashion and social history. Over the years, swimsuits have helped to communicate and facilitate eras of social change, and as such they are integral to our understanding of the role fashion plays in society.
With the help of Vancouver fashion historian Ivan Sayers, the Vancouver Maritime Museum is exhibiting swimming costumes worn in Vancouver from the 1890′s to the 1980′s (Sayers is the owner of one of the largest private collections of clothing in the country and has lent his expertise to fashion shows, lectures, and exhibitions throughout North America). What should prove particularly fascinating is the accompanying collection of Woodward's catalogues that reveal through their many pages how this city has dressed for the beach over time.
VMM | 1905 Ogden Ave. in Vanier Park | Now-Nov. 2 | vancouvermaritimemuseum.com
HEADS UP | Origami-Inspired "Oru Kayak" Pop-Up Demo At Kits Beach Tomorrow Night
June 26, 2014
by Luis Valdezon | The gentlemen behind San Francisco based Oru Kayak will be hosting a waterside pop-up demo of their award-winning, origami-inspired, 12-foot compact boats in the early evening tomorrow night (Friday, June 27th). Vancouver's outdoor enthusiasts will be given a chance to interact with the designers, learn more about the design, and test-paddle the product – recently showcased at San Francisco's prestigious Museum of Modern Art - for the first time in Canada. The boats are simple to set up and easy to transport and store, which makes them perfect for Vancouverites looking to get on the water more.
Friday, June 27 | 5pm-8pm | Kitsilano Beach | Free
HEADS UP | Score Tickets & Check Out The Killer Crew Speaking At Pecha Kucha Night
June 26, 2014
Pecha Kucha Night organisers have announced the final line-up of speakers for Vol. 33 on July 3rd, and it's quite the doozy cross-section of Vancouver's cultural fabric…
Sam Chandola - Founder and CEO, Victory Square Games
Sandra Singh - Chief Librarian, Vancouver Public Library
Laura Barron - Director, Instruments of Change
Scott Larson - CEO and Co-Founder, Urthecast
Kevin Lee Royes - Soulcial-Preneur, The Soulcial-Preneurs Club
Lital Marom - Co-Founder and CEO, Beyond
Christopher Gaze - Actor and Artistic Director, Bard on the Beach
Emerson Lim - Founder, Karma Teachers
Jonathan Anthony - Corporate Disorganizer, Teekay Corporation
Seann Dory - Co-Director/Co-Founder, Sole Food Street Farms
David Pay - Artistic Director, Music on Main
Jimmy Stewart - Chef, Blacktail Florist
Score tickets here. We're going to be giving away a double pass to the festivities before too long, so be sure to watch our Twitter feed.
HEADS UP | New Exhibit.001 Photography Show Opening Tonight At "Catalog Gallery"
June 20, 2014
Catalog Gallery (top floor of Tinseltown Mall) has an interesting show opening tonight. Exhibit.001, as it is called, showcases Instagram shots by Vancouver photographers using the common hashtag #streedreamsmag. Street Dreams Magazine, a slick little publication that has just started out, is motivated by a desire to build community through photography. The editors were so inspired by the gallery of images that took shape that they decided to round up a bunch of the shooters and have them display printed versions of their digital pics in old school fashion (ie. hanging from the walls).
Friday, June 20 | 7pm | Catalog Gallery, 2061 – 88 West Pender (aka Tinseltown Mall) | Free
HEADS UP | Troublesome Waters Exhibition Opens At East Van's "Shack Art Collective"
May 8, 2014
The Shack Art Collective is a cool little East Van gallery located in a refitted residential garage deep in East Van. We love the spirit behind this collective. It puts action to the idea of encouraging emerging artists to show their work by creating a space and cultivating a community of support to aid them in the development of their work.
This Saturday, co-curators Niki and Paris are re-opening the Shack after a winter hiatus with 'Troublesome Waters' – a show of recent works by artist Mark Hall-Patch. It's part of a continuing series of watercolour paintings marked by a narrative theme related to ambiguous figures and landscapes. ("One of the themes that continues throughout the present body of work is the cultural fascination with the failure of the Free Spirit movement or failed utopian colonies of the past.")
So put a little cash in your pocket for art (and a drink) and enter through the alley to check out this cool little gallery and the artist exhibiting within.
Sat, May 10 | 7pm | Shack Art Collective | 4364 Prince Albert (enter through alley) | DETAILS
HEADS UP | Upcoming "Duality" Show To See Artistic Takes On Local Writers' Words
April 25, 2014
by Grady Mitchell | When someone looks at a piece of art, they bring with them an infinite knot of variables – every experience that has shaped them into the person they are at that moment, standing in front of that artwork, influences the unique way they interpret it. Curators Shannyn Higgins and Erica Wilk hope to explore that phenomenon with their upcoming show, Duality.
The two approached 25 Vancouver writers and asked for some words – a snatch of song lyrics, a few verses of poetry, a particularly beautiful passage in a notebook – then handed the excerpts to 25 Vancouver artists to interpret into visual art. The writers don't know who received their words, nor do the artists know who's provided their inspiration.
The project, which is being entirely self-financed by the curators, includes both established and emerging Vancouverites. Among the writers are musicians like Dan Mangan and Ryan Guldemond, while the artists include international names like Carson "Chairman" Ting. Featuring newcomers was equally important to Shannyn and Erica, who recruited contributors across all ages, demographics, and mediums to generate the broadest possible set of interpretations.
The show opens May 2nd at East Van Studios (870 E Cordova St) starting at 7pm and will run for just 48 hours. It should have an interesting twist on the traditional art opening, as the writers will be seeking out their words, and for the first time the pairs will meet. It'll provide a rich opportunity to eavesdrop on insightful conversations about how and why, exactly, each artist interpreted the words the way they did.
Each piece will be on sale for $200; a great deal that sees all proceeds going to the individual artists. The Duality pieces will also be collected in a book (printed, stitched, and constructed in Vancouver) that will include 25 colour prints that can removed and framed. To learn more about Duality, visit the project's website.
HEADS UP | "Centre A" Set To Offer New Cantonese "Chinatown Survival" Lessons
April 24, 2014
Chinatown remains one of the more interesting neighbourhoods in Vancouver partly on account of the language barrier it often presents to those who don't speak Cantonese. If you've ever wanted to attempt to scale that barrier, Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) is now offering a 'quick & dirty' series of classes that will not only school participants on the basics of how to communicate with shop owners, but also provides some cultural and historical context for the neighbourhood. "The streets, shops and spaces of Chinatown will be our classroom and its people will be our textbooks. Classes will include: basic Cantonese greetings, numbers, getting around, how to order food in a restaurant, and grocery shopping. We will do short field trips around the neighbourhood and hear stories about Chinatown history, community organizing, and historic and current relationships with the diverse cultural communities who share the space. Our final exam will be a grocery shopping expedition and collaboratively created meal." How awesome is that? The seven classes will run you $60 ($9 drop-in). Super deal!
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QB Carousel: Peyton Manning stays overnight in Denver, Redskins trade up for Robert Griffin, Jets re-invest in Mark Sanchez
- 10:55 am Saturday, March 10th, 2012 by Post Staff
The sole focus of Stephen Ross and Jeff Ireland this offseason is to find the Dolphins a franchise quarterback. But they can't help but feel a little nervous this morning.
Not only did the object of their affection, Peyton Manning, interview with the Broncos yesterday. He also stayed in Denver overnight, according to the Denver Post. And as Broncos beat writer Mike Klis pointed out, "Last time Broncos had their man stay overnight, John Fox was head coach by 11 the next morning." Manning is supposed to meet with the Dolphins in the next few days, but that could change if he is wowed by Denver's presentation.
As we wrote today, the Broncos' support of Tim Tebow has always been tepid, at best. John Elway didn't draft him, and he clearly wants a more traditional passer at quarterback. Denver fans went crazy for Tebow last year when he led the Broncos to the playoffs after taking over at 1-4, but if there's one quarterback they want more than Tebow, it's Manning.
Elsewhere, another potential franchise quarterback came off the market when the Redskins traded everything but the kitchen sink to St. Louis for the No. 2 draft pick and the right to pick Baylor QB Robert Griffin III.
Dolphins vs. Atlanta live blog – the march toward New England opener begins
- 7:37 pm Friday, August 12th, 2011 by Brian Biggane
Welcome to the Dolphins live blog for the first preseason game against Atlanta.
Brandon Marshall, Reggie Bush and Jason Taylor won't play tonight, so at least some of the questions we hoped to have answered won't be answered.
Of course, Chad Henne will play, and depending how he does, he may play a lot. We'll be adding to the blog as the evening progresses with observations building on what we've seen the past two weeks of training camp, so check back and we'll see how this team shapes up for 2011. [More]


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