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Since his triumph in 1998 at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition, Denis Matsuev
has become a virtuoso in the grandest Russian tradition of pianism, and has quickly
established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation.
Mr. Matsuev performs with the world's best-known orchestras, such as the New York and Los
Angeles philharmonics; the Chicago, Pittsburgh, and National symphony orchestras; The
Philadelphia Orchestra; Berliner Philharmoniker; the London Symphony, London Philharmonic,
and Royal Philharmonic orchestras; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne; the BBC
Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras; the Verbier and Budapest festival orchestras;
Filarmonica della Scala; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di
Santa Cecilia; Orchestre National de France; Orchestre de Paris; Orchestre Philharmonique
de Radio France; NHK Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra; European Chamber Orchestra; National Orchestra of Belgium; Lucerne
Symphony Orchestra; and Baltic Youth Orchestra. He also has ongoing engagements with such
legendary Russian orchestras as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariinsky
Orchestra, and Russian National Orchestra.
Upcoming highlights include appearances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Mariss
Jansons, Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
and Zubin Mehta, and Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin. In the US, Mr. Matsuev gives concerts
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under James Conlon and the Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. His European tour includes concerts with the London
Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and Valery Gergiev, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Zubin Mehta,
Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestre National de Lyon under Leonard Slatkin. He also tours
Asia with the LSO and Valery Gergiev, and gives concerts in Australia.
Recital appearances include performances in Boston and Washington, DC; London (Royal
Festival Hall); Madrid (Auditorio Nacional de Música); Rome (Sala Santa Cecilia); Amsterdam
(Concertgebouw); a tour in Germany that includes concerts in Berlin (Konzerthaus), Munich
(Herkulessaal), Frankfurt (Alte Oper), and Düsseldorf (Tonhalle); and Moscow (Great Hall of
the Moscow Conservatory).
Mr. Matsuev regularly appears with distinguished conductors that include Valery Gergiev,
Yuri Temirkanov, Mariss Jansons, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Paavo Järvi,
Antonio Pappano, Charles Dutoit, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Myung-Whun Chung, Semyon
Bychkov, Iván Fischer, Adam Fisher, Gianandrea Noseda, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, James Conlon,
Vladimir Spivakov, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, and Yuri Bashmet, among
Mr. Matsuev is a frequent guest at such music festivals as the Verbier, Lucerne, and
Montreux festivals in Switzerland; the BBC Proms and Edinburgh International festivals in
Great Britain; Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Germany; Les
Chorégies d'Orange and Festival de la Rogue d'Anthéron in France; Ravinia and the Hollywood
Bowl in the US; Chopin Festival in Poland; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Mito Festival in
Italy; Enescu Festival in Romania; Baltic Sea Festival in Sweden; and Stars of the White
Nights Festival in Russia.
Mr. Matsuev has hosted an original series, Soloist Denis Matsuev invites … , for eight
consecutive years at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Many famous orchestras,
prominent conductors, and outstanding soloists have participated in the series. In 2010,
Mr. Matsuev performed as soloist at Avery Fisher Hall for the New York Philharmonic's
15,000th concert-a milestone unmatched by any other orchestra. Conducted by Valery Gergiev,
the event was highly acclaimed by critics.
Mr. Matsuev has led numerous musical festivals and educational projects. Since 2004, he
has organized Stars on Baikal in Irkutsk, Siberia, and in 2009 he was awarded the title of
Honorary Citizen of Irkutsk. Since 2005, he has been the artistic director of Crescendo, a
series of events held in international cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg,
Yekaterinburg, Tel Aviv, Kaliningrad, Paris, and New York. In 2010, he became the artistic
director of the Annecy Music Festival in Annecy, France; in 2012, he became the artistic
director of the first International Astana Piano Passion Festival and Competition; and in
2013, he became the artistic director of the International Festival and Competition
Sberbank Debut in Kiev. In addition, Mr. Matsuev is the president of the charitable Russian
foundation New Names, which discovers and supports talented children and helps develop
music education throughout regions of his native Russia. More than 10,000 children have
been given the opportunity to perform on a professional stage through the foundation's
Mr. Matsuev's discography includes Unknown Rachmaninoff, released in 2007 by RCA Red Seal.
His Carnegie Hall recital in November 2007 was recorded and released in 2009. Releases on
the Mariinsky label include Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, Shostakovich's concertos
nos. 1 and 2, and Rodion Schedrin's Fifth Concerto with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky
Orchestra. Mr. Matsuev's recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert was released in April
2013. In September 2013, LSO Live released a new disc that features Mr. Matsuev and the LSO
under Valery Gergiev in a performance of Szymanowski's Symphonie concertante. Gramophone
chose Mr. Matsuev's recording of Tchaikovsky's concertos nos. 1 and 2 as its recording of
the month in April 2014.
At the invitation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's grandson Alexander Rachmaninoff, Mr. Matsuev
has collaborated with the Sergei Rachmaninoff Foundation, performing and recording unknown
pieces by Rachmaninoff on the composer's own piano at his house in Lucerne, known as Villa
Senar. Mr. Matsuev has since become the artistic director of the foundation.
Mr. Matsuev is the recipient of awards that include the Presidential Council for Culture
and Art's Honored Artist of Russia, the prestigious Shostakovich Prize in Music, and the
State Prize of Russian Federation in Literature and Arts. He is a People's Artist of Russia
and an Honorary Professor of Moscow State University, and was recently appointed head of
the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In February
2014, he performed at the Closing Ceremony of the XXII Winter Olympic games in Sochi. In
April 2014, UNESCO designated Denis Matsuev as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
Although most concertgoers more readily associate Haydn with symphonies and string quartets than with keyboard music, he wrote dozens of masterful sonatas and other works for both harpsichord and piano. This showpiece, a perennial concert-hall favorite, was probably inspired by the bold sonorities of the Broadwood pianos that Haydn heard in London.
Like most of Schumann's solo piano works of the 1830s, Carnaval was in part a musical valentine to his future bride, Clara Wieck. But it also memorializes his first love, a young pianist named Ernestine von Fricken, to whom the composer was briefly engaged. Underlying the score are the contrasting personalities of Schumann's fictitious alter egos: the stormy, impulsive Florestan and the dreamy, ruminative Eusebius.
Rachmaninoff's Op. 23 and Op. 32 preludes display his trademark blend of Russian-flavored lyricism and dazzling virtuosity. Dating from the beginning and end of the first decade of the 20th century, the two sets also reflect his growing mastery of the pianistic idiom, which came to fruition in the monumental but highly concentrated musical language of the Second Piano Sonata.
Tchaikovsky was not in Rachmaninoff's league as a pianist, but his piano concertos, sonatas, and shorter pieces are as challenging in their own way as anything his younger compatriot wrote. These two character pieces were written toward the end of Tchaikovsky's life and reflect his abiding interest in Slavic themes.

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Partial HPV Vaccine May Prevent Genital Warts in Girls
Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Close to 20 million Americans between the ages 15 and 49 are infected with the virus.
There are more than 40 types of HPV. Some types are considered low-risk and may cause genital warts, while others are high-risk and can cause several kinds of cancer, with cervical cancer being the most common. Many people who become infected do not even know they have it until symptoms or cancer appears. Anyone who has ever had sex (even with just one person) or will have sex in the future will most likely be exposed to the virus.
That's why it is extremely important that all young girls and boys, between the ages of 9 and 26, receive the recommended 3 doses of the HPV vaccine.
A new study from Sweden suggests that girls who receive only 2 of the 3 recommended doses may still be protected from genital warts. However, the study doesn't address the more serious issue of cervical cancer prevention – which is the primary reason for girls to get the HPV vaccine.
"This is the first study investigating the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in the population by dose level," said lead researcher Lisen Arnheim-Dahlstrom, an associate professor in the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at the Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm.
"It is important to bear in mind that we have been studying genital warts, which is the first measurable disease outcome that we can study after vaccination because of its short incubation time. Cervical cancer takes a much longer time to develop than genital warts and is not as common," she said.
For the study Arnheim-Dahlstrom and colleagues collected data from national Swedish health registries on more than 1 million girls and women aged 10 to 24 who were followed between 2006 and 2010.
Of more than 20,000 cases of genital warts, only 322 happened after a female had received at least one dose of the vaccine, the researchers found.
Although the maximum reduction in risk was found after three doses, two doses also were protective, but to a lesser degree.
According to the researchers, the difference between three and two doses was that with two doses there would be 59 more cases of genital warts per 100,000 women who were observed for one year.
The vaccine is most effective when it is given to a girl before she's been exposed to HPV. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that boys and girls get the full three doses of the vaccine starting at age 11 and 12.
The number of girls and boys who have received the vaccine has increased since it was approved in 2006, with 54 percent of girls getting at least one dose, but slightly less than 7 percent have received all three doses.
Even though the Swedish study suggests that 2 doses of the HPV vaccine may help prevent genital warts, experts recommend that girls receive all three doses to help prevent cancer, the more dangerous and possibly fatal disease.
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I am developing an add-on and I am integrating it into the XBMC code. The main idea consists on uploading a file to a certain WebServer. I pass the path to the file, which I get via CFileItemPtr->GetPath(), to the python script. This was working fine until I run into the case where GetPath is returning the Database index for, for instance, the movie I am displaying on the Video Navigation window.
The problem is that I cannot upload a file if I have the path like ""videodb:/1/23/ ...", but I rather need something like a local path, i.e. "C:/Documents/Movie.mkv". I've been browsing through the C++ code and the Python xbmc modules, but I can't find a proper function to obtain the Path from the database, or if there is an actual function that would return the local path instead of the database indexes.
Does anybody have an idea about how to get the actual path to the file rather than the database index? It does not matter if in C++ (which I believe more plausible) or in Python ( which would be indeed faster and easier, but more unlikely)
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the video tag of the item has the real path.
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Thanks for the fast response spiff!! I am sorry to be so persistent on the same problem, but I can't see the same solution using the Music Tag, anybody has any idea?
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After Arsenal's 0-0 draw with Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday, we asked fans to share their thoughts on the game via Twitter.
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@ma_nzi You look at Sagna whipping in those crosses and wonder how much we've missed a proper full-back in the starting line up
@VonRoche Appreciate the team's effort tonight in spite of a few letdowns by some players, love Oxlade Chamberlain
@Nate_Herrera4 Sagna looks great! Hasn't lost a step at all! So glad to have him back! #bestrightbackintheleague
@GunnerGalactico Song (defensive) Arteta/Wilshere (neutral) & Ramsey (attacking) that's how it's meant to be so you know. It wasn't that today
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@Coulabi Another game where Arsenal should've absolutely destroyed Bolton 5-0. Unbelievable
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Tuesday night's exceptional display saw Arsenal put Italian leaders AC Milan to the sword and while progression remained just one step too far, attention must quickly be restored to the job in hand. Newcastle head to Emirates Stadium on Monday facing the task of halting an Arsenal side which has scored 18 times in its last four home fixtures.
Alan Pardew's side have outperformed everybody's expectations this season but head into this game winless in three after two draws and a heavy 5-0 defeat to Tottenham.
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Robin van Persie continues to find the net on a regular basis and the Dutchman is 2/1 to open the scoring tonight. If you are looking for a more rewarding bet, Laurent Koscielny weighed in with the first goal on Tuesday night and is priced at 11/1 to do the same in this game.
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Found more pics and info about Adrian's baby mama Ashley here http://fabwags.com/ashley-ann-doohen-is-adrian-petersons-baby-mama-whose-boyfriend-joey-patterson-killed-their-son/
Don't these athletes EVER use a condom? This woman is a real piece of work – moving in a thug like Joey. Wonder what her next, between-her-legs scheme will be?
Prayers r with you Adrianpeterson & ur family!! no words to explain what we feel rite now :(
ust as Craig replied I am taken by surprise that someone able to make $9025 in 4 weeks on the internet.===============>>>>>>>> http://www.jobs60.Com
So he just wanted some white stuff and did it with a slut and she got pregnant. I wondered why he was able to still play sundays game and really didn't show any big hurt,but i am sorry for the little baby getting sent to a foolish woman.


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dmattox; I would be concerned about bees traveling on pressure treated plywood, then on honey. Charlie
Quote from: imabkpr on February 11, 2007, 07:40:49 AMdmattox; I would be concerned about bees traveling on pressure treated plywood, then on honey. CharlieI will check into it for sure, thanks for the heads up though. Not that it matters but I know of 2 commercial operaters that use the pressure treated wood for their pallets also. Quote; pdmattox; I was told by a long time beekeeper and personel at two lumber yards not to use pressure treated lumber if the bees were going to live and travel on it. could be possible wax and honey contamination.My bottom boards are made of cypress so i built my pallets to fit my bottom boards. They look a lot like the ones in the pictures you posted. They work very good. I hope you find what you are trying to do is safe . Good luck Charlie
Today I called the dept of apiary inspection and talked to Mr.Jerry Hayes and asked about using the pressure treated wood and was told to let it weather for a couple of weeks and all would be fine. The treated wood is treated with MCQ and after a couple of weeks of weathering will be fine to use. :-D
are your pallets part of your hives?????? or do you set the hives on the pallets with the BB resting on the pallets?i think the concern would be if the pallet were part of the interior of the hive. but even then, when bees go out on the town and they sit on someones treated lumber deck shootin' the sh....well you get the point..they dont wipe their feet before reentering the hive. even if the queen told them they should. you know how kids are.
Then took 1/2 inch pressure treated plywood and cut up into pieces measuring 21 and 1/8 inches by 28 and 1/8 inches.


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Website: http://www.battlefrontpaintball.com/
This was posted on their Facebook page about an hour ago.
I won't go into all the boring details, but it looks like it's official, Battlefront Paintball will be closing at the end of October 2012. It's been a great 7 years, and I've met a lot of great people that have enabled our field to have some of the greatest paintball scenario games ever played. 'All good things' come to an end, and I guess we are no exception. I'd really like to thank the ARC Troopers for everything they have done over the years to support the field, as well as .68 Cal and 1st Strike for the scenarios they conducted at Battlefront.
Seems fitting that the ARC's will have the final scenario at the 'Front on October 13.
Hope to see you at the field one last time!!
This place was great and I am very sad to see it go.
Let me know if anyone on here has plans to go to the Halloween Party... AKA last game at Battlefront.
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Garber: April is for lawn care
April 29, 2012
April is National Lawn Care Month and for good reason. What you do – or don't do – now for your lawn will set you up for the rest of the season.
Is a graduation party or Memorial Day event on your calendar? You will have just enough time to get your lawn ready to party if you start this weekend.
Since good-looking and low-maintenance lawns are also the healthiest lawns, set your strategy around what the grass needs for optimal health.
What is this process?
An aerator is a machine that pulls plugs of soil and grass out of the lawn. Ideally, these plugs should be 3 to 4 inches long. Leave them on the lawn to be broken up by the lawn mower.
Aeration is good for the lawn because the aeration holes open up the roots so that water, air and nutrients can get to the roots where they are needed most.
Aerating in the spring is the best time of year because this is when the roots are actively developing. Fall is the second best time to aerate.
For best results, make sure the soil is moist before aerating. Aerating when the soil is dry can do more harm than good.
Fertilizing the lawn three to four times per season gives turf grass the nutrients that keep it healthy. Like people, plants need good nutrition.
When you shop for fertilizer, look for a slow release formulation with a balanced label of nutrients.
The three big numbers always prominent on the bag correspond to the key nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K). Nitrogen is a key element, but it has to work along with the other ingredients for best results. If you need help sorting out the labels, ask the expert at the garden center or your maintenance contractor.
A fourth nutrient in many fertilizers is iron (Fe). If you use a formulation with iron, just know that if the fertilizer falls on your sidewalk and then gets wet, there will be stains on the concrete that won't wash away.
Watering the lawn long and less often is best in the springtime because it encourages the roots to grow deep in search of water. Deep, water-seeking roots also build a lawn that is more drought tolerant. This will pay off for you in the heat of July.
After watering well, allow the top 1/2 inch of soil to dry out before watering again.
Get your lawn off to a great start in April when the root structure that will keep it going all season long are developing. That's the best gift you can give your lawn. And its good looks will come back to you all season long.
Courtesy Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado and Neils Lunceford, a landscaping company based in Silverthorne that is a member. You may contact them at (970) 468-0340.


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It is July 31 and the end of the month means it is time for shared recipes and requested ones, too.
One recipe shared with me is Key Lime Pie, a real favorite to Southerners. This particular version was shared by Sarah Springer and can be found in the Glendale Homemakers Cookbook. This was a favorite of many in the Glendale area thanks to the late Susie Walker.
Sarah and her sister, Jean, also were curious about corned beef. The first corned beef was packed in salt, and sometimes spices, in order to cure it. The name came because of the corn kernel sized grains of salt it was packed in.
Brisket is the most common cut of meat used. It's a tough cut that needs to be cooked a long time with low heat and plenty of liquid.
Next month I will share a couple of corned beef recipes for you to try in cooler weather.
Finally, you'll find a recipe to help us beat the heat, wonderful homemade strawberry ice cream.
Key Lime Pie
4 eggs, separated
1 can condensed milk
1/3 cup Key lime juice (1/2 cup if you don't have real Key limes)
Baked pie shell or graham cracker crust
Beat egg yolks and white of 1 egg until thick. Add milk and beat. Add lime juice and stir until thick. Fold in remaining 3 egg whites (beaten dry). Pour into baked pie shell. Cook at 350 degrees 15 minutes, until set.
Source: the late Susie Walker, Glendale Homemakers Cookbook
Susie's notes: Don't be disappointed because pie isn't green, it isn't supposed to be. There is some dispute whether to add meringue or not, I prefer it without. I use a graham cracker crumb crust, but that's not authentic.
Nora's Note: The term "set" can be determined by using the tip of a dinner knife. Insert it in the middle of the pie; if it comes out clean, the pie is done. If there is filling still on the knife, bake longer in five minute increments.
Amaretto Cheesecake
1 package shortbread cookies, around 42 cookies, finely crushed
2 tablespoons butter, melted
16 ounces cream cheese
1 tablespoon orange zest, using a small grater or zester, zest
3/4 cup sugar, divided
3 tabelspoons all-purpose flour
4 large eggs, separated, divided
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled
1 tablespon honey, warmed
Combine cookie crumbs and butter in a bowl; stir until combined. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and slightly up sides of springform pan. Bake 12-14 minutes or until the crust is slightly browned. Remove pan from oven to cooling rack.
For filling, mix cream cheese, orange zest, 1/2 cup of sugar, flour, egg yolks, milk and almond extract. Beat on medium speed of electric hand mixer until smooth; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form. While continuously beating, gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a very slow, steady stream. Continue beating three to four minutes or until sugar is dissolved, meringue is glossy and stiff peaks form. Stir 1/4 of the meringue into cream cheese mixture and gently fold in remaining meringue. Pour filling over crust. Bake 45-50 minutes or until center is set when gently shaken and top is very light golden brown.
Remove pan from oven to cooling rack; cool 10 minutes. Remove collar and parchment from pan. Replace collar; cool completely, about three hours. Refrigerate four hours or overnight. When ready to serve, slice strawberries. Top cheesecake with strawberries and brush with warm honey. For best results, top the cheesecake with strawberries just before serving.
Yield: 16 slices
Source: Recipe has been adapted from a www.pamperedchef.com recipe.
Strawberry Ice Cream
8 large egg yolks
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoons coarse salt
2 cups skim milk
4 cups sliced strawberries
2 cups heavy cream
In medium saucepan, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and salt until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Cook over medium, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard thickens slightly and evenly coats back of spoon (it should hold a line drawn by your finger), 10 to 12 minutes.
Pour custard through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl set over ice. Stir in cream. Let mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until chilled.
Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer's instructions. Mash four cups sliced strawberries with 1/4 cup sugar and let stand 10 minutes. Add to ice cream as it churns in ice cream maker. Transfer ice cream to a resealable plastic container and freeze until firm, about two hours (or up to three months).
Source: Martha Stewart Newsletter, July 2012
Remember, if you have a recipe to share or if you are looking for a certain recipe; send me an e-mail with the recipe or your request.
Nora Sweat, author of "Mama and Me," is a native of Hardin County and a retired home economics/family and consumer science teacher. She can be reached at email@example.com or by mail at 408 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, KY 42701
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Canisius College head coach Randy Mearns is turning in his Blue and Gold for 10 days to wear the Red and White of Canada during the 2014 FIL World Championship.
Despite the change in colors, however, the Golden Griffin men's lacrosse program will be more than represented on the sport's largest stage. The 17-year coach and former Golden Griffin standout is set to lead one of the pre-tournament favorites during the event, which begins on Thursday, July 10 and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.
Overall, nine Griffs are set to compete with the world's greatest players at the championship, representing four nations. Dan Coates, Angus Dineley, Adam Jones, Jason Levesque and Matt Vinc will join Mearns on the Canadian Team, while Simon Giourmetakis will play for Germany, Travis Hill for Iroquois and Brendan Murphy for Belgium.
"It's pretty exciting to have so many former Canisius players involved at the highest level of lacrosse," Mearns said. "I'm pumped and proud for all of our players and I know that our alums and current Griffs are all pulling for them."
Mearns has the Canisius Blue and Gold in his blood. A member of the program's first recruiting class, Mearns has been a part of the team in 21 of its 25 years as a player, assistant coach or head coach. He arrived in the program's infancy and has helped build the Golden Griffin name to new heights during his tenure.
With nine former student-athletes now competing at the sport's premier event, Mearns believes it is just the beginning signs of a program on the rise.
"It's exciting from a Canisius perspective when you look at the quantity and quality of the individuals representing the program's name at the championship. We have graduates that can play on the world stage and this is a great thing for Canisius. It is something that we can continue to build off because we do have really talented players that go here.
"But now we're finding that we can finally attract enough of them. As the MAAC strategic plan is starting to kick in, the resources that we will have available moving forward is huge. We've always been able to attract some of the world's top players but now, for the first time, we are able to get more of them. The players competing at this championship have helped get the Canisius name out there are they're proving to be a great foundation moving forward for us."
It certainly doesn't hurt that the Canisius name will be heard numerous times throughout the championship among the likes of other perennial powers Cornell Denver, Duke and Syracuse.
"This championship is going to be a platform that is going to continue to make lacrosse explode globally. Just to be a part of something like this is a pretty amazing experience. Since lacrosse isn't in the Olympics right now, this is our sport's biggest stage. It can only help get the Canisius name a little more recognition in the lacrosse community. The more that name gets said on the ESPN platform, that puts our institution on the national stage and nothing bad comes from that."
Mearns is no stranger at the national level. The veteran coach was able to get his first experience as a player at the 1998 World Championship held in Baltimore, where Canisius finished with a silver medal. Mearns then served as an assistant coach as the Canadians claimed gold in 2006 and again finished as runner up in 2010.
The Canisius mentor is looking to draw on his past experiences to once again lead his native country to the top.
"The last time the world championship was in the United States, I was one of the captains for Team Canada. We were losing 11-1 going into the third but we fought back before losing in double overtime, 15-14. I then had a great opportunity in 2006 to serve as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator as we won gold. It was an amazing experience because we were able to put a lot of the pieces together to win the championship. We tried a similar formula in 2010 but came up just short."
And while Mearns will look to duplicate the team's 2006 success, he'll have plenty of fans that proudly wear the Blue and Gold cheering him on.
"We have so many alums and friends of the Griffs cheering us on in Denver," Mearns said. "I just recently received a text from an alum that is American and he told me he is pulling for Team Canada because of the Griffs connection. That comes from being a part of the Canisius family and the bond you build with your college teammates. We see how strong those bonds are right now and how proud alums are to seeing their school represented on the national stage."
After leading the Griffs to the program's first two MAAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances during his collegiate career on the sidelines, Mearns is looking to build off that excitement from a Canisius standpoint and not only another championship this month but another big prize in the future.
"At the end of the day, I want to win a national championship at Canisius too," Mearns said. "This is a big and exciting time – not only for myself and our players – but this is a big opportunity to put Canisius on center stage for at least two weeks. We are going to do everything possible to make sure our name gets out there positively and we can build off the success of all our alums – and not just the Canadians – from this championship."


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Avigilon, a video surveillance and end-to-end security solution provider, today announced two resignations and a management reorganization.
Bryan Schmode has resigned from his role as COO, and Collis Heath, SVP of Global Operations, has also left the company.
There have been a number of changes in Avigilon's management ranks over the past few months. In August, Pedro Simoes, SVP of global sales, resigned and was replaced by James Hendershot. In May, Danny Cam, VP of Engineering left and was replaced by CTO and SVP Mahesh Saptharishi.
There have been several management changes in the past few years as well. The company announced today plans to streamline its senior management reporting structure "to increase operational efficiency."
Avigilon's seven major departments—product development, sales, marketing, operations, finance, legal, and human resources—will now report directly to Alexander Fernandes, Avigilon's founder, president, CEO, and Chairman of the Board.
"This refreshed structure brings Mr. Fernandes closer to Avigilon's day-to-day operations while empowering department leaders with greater authority," the company said in the announcement.
Avigilon has been one of the fastest growing security companies. Its stock, which trades on the Toronto Exchange, closed at $12.37 on Sept. 2. Its 52-week high is $25.62. Its low is $12.34.
Private equity firm Huron Capital Partners is working with long-time Siemens executive Terry Heath to build a fire detection platform company. Huron will work through holding company Sciens Building Solutions. Huron defined the ideal acquisition as a Canadian or US fire detection provider to large commercial buildings, generating at least $15 million in revenue.
Huron Capital announced this Tuesday, listing "products, inspection and test services, ongoing maintenance and monitoring" as the scope of fire detection. Huron emphasized Heath's experience in technology, specifically with fire and security products. He was, most recently, Siemens' SVP of Corporate Technology USA.
"We are excited to partner with Terry to build a national platform focused on exceptional customer service and specialized capabilities within fire detection," said Jim Mahoney, partner at Huron Capital, said in a prepared statement. "We believe demographic and regulatory trends will drive growth in the fire detection space, and Terry is an experienced executive in this market who will provide strong leadership to the platform."
"Huron Capital is a great fit for this opportunity and I'm looking forward to the mutually beneficial partnership as we look to establish a strong presence in this industry together," Heath said in the statement. Through its business model, "Huron Capital can provide the necessary financial, strategic and operational resources to support my goal to build and lead a world-class fire detection services business," he said.
Huron Capital is based in Detroit. Started in 1999, it has raised more then $1.1 billion in capital.
CPI Security now has a lot of room to grow, including some R&D space. The company started building a new 120,000 square-foot building a few weeks ago. Recently, I got a chance to catch up with Ken Gill, CEO of CPI, and talk a bit more about the new facility's design and how it compares to—and expands on—the current one.
Room to grow is a big theme with this building. Not everyone at CPI is moving over to the new facility once it's built, Gill said. In fact, the company currently plans on maintaining both buildings on its 28-acre campus.
"Even though we're not required to, the entire building will be UL-listed so we can operate [the central station] anywhere in the building," he said.
The central station, which will move to the new facility when its completed, will have almost triple the space it has now.
"We'll have better training space in there. Research and development [space] is going to keep us on the forefront of technological advances," said Gill.
The current 47,000 square foot headquarters was built in late 2001. Gill said he expects the move to be done around the end of 2016.
The building will have amenities like a dining facility and gym to attract and retain employees, he said. It will be environmentally friendly, and CPI will seek LEED certification for the building.
"If we keep our employees happy, then they'll—in turn—keep our customers happy, they'll be more engaging with the customers," Gill said.
CPI's new building could even help the atmosphere. "Any time that you make investments into the business, it creates good morale," he said. "When folks see growth, they see opportunity, from an employee standpoint, and we want our employees to know that they do have opportunity."
CPI has about 130,000 customers in the Southeast United States.
The California Alarm Association has planned four regional meetings in September.
An EBAA general meeting will be held in Richmond Sept. 8; an IEAA general meeting in Riverside Sept. 15; an OCAA general meeting in Anaheim Sept. 16; and an an SDSA general meeting in San Diego Sept. 17. RSVPS are needed.
Additional general meetings are planned for October and November.
The organization is also planning for its winter convention, Dec. 9-12 in San Francisco, where the George A. Weinstock Award will go to Matt Westphal of Bay Alarm.
Will UTC buy Nortek?
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, says it's in talks to do so for around $1.2 billion. I talked to some folks in the past few days who say the purchase, which may not make sense on the surface may indeed make sense. Other financial reports, such as the Motley Fool, concur.
Nortek is the parent company of well known access control, security and automation brands Linear, 2GIG and Go!Control. Those brands fall under the Nortek Security and Control division. It's a global diversified company with a current market cap of $1.3 billion and an enterprise value of $2.7 billion, and the bulk of Nortek's business falls outside security, it also does HVAC, air management and AV.
Based in Hartford, Conn., United Technologies Corporation is a global $81 billion company that makes building systems and aerospace industry products. Its segments include: Otis elevators; Pratt & Whitney; UTC Aerospace Systems and UTC Climate, Controls & Security, which in addition to security does HVAC and refrigeration. UTC owns access control provider Lenel (as one person I spoke to called it--the darling of the UTC security portfolio) and intrusion and smart home provider Interlogix.
UTC bought GE Security in 2010. Here's a Q&A we did at the time. Two years later, UTC sold its fire and security integration business (Red Hawk) to a private equity group.
UTC recently sold its Sikorsky helicopter division for $9 billion, so they've got money to invest.
Neither Nortek nor UTC are commenting, but plenty of folks outside of the businesses are talking about it.
People I spoke to said that UTC went looking for Nortek—Nortek was not actively looking for a buyer. They don't believe that it is the security part of the business that is necessarily driving the deal—but rather, the fact that Nortek's lines of businesses line up with UTC's Climate Controls and Security division, though there would definitely be some overlap with 2GIG and Interlogix.
As The Motley Fool explains it, what's driving the deal is that the numbers make sense.
From the report: "…Nortek could be a pretty nice bargain. Bought for today's $1.4 billion valuation, Nortek would cost UTC less than 0.6 times Nortek's annual sales. UTC stock, in contrast, costs more than twice as much, at 1.3 times sales.Meanwhile, although it earns no net profits, Nortek does earn operating profits (i.e., it would have been profitable but for the cost of interest, taxes, and various one-time items). In fact, at its current operating profit margin, Nortek earned about $123 million in operating profit on its revenues last year. If, after buying Nortek, UTC is able to improve the latter's operations so as to extract something like the 16.5% margin that UTC's own Climate, Controls, and Security business achieves, then this would work out to $413 million in annual profits from UTC's new subsidiary -- $290 million better than Nortek made on its own."
Will the deal happen? I have no idea. But I guess I need to be prepared for another ISC West booth visit where I have to learn, again, how the UTC security business has been realigned.
Dice has added more than 200,000 accounts to its cloud-hosted monitoring center platform this year, the company announced today, and has a 24-month goal of reaching 1 million accounts total.
I got the chance to talk with Cliff Dice, company president and CEO, today about the platform's growth and some of the problems it has helped solve, like dropped signals and account attrition.
Prior to this year, there were only about 10,000 accounts on Dice's monitoring center, Dice estimated. Many of the new 200,000 accounts were added on after the service received its recent UL-listing. Here's a story on that.
When asked about strategies for hitting the 1 million hosted accounts mark, Dice said that the company's currently focusing on current Dice software users. Though, he said it could be an easy way for alarm companies to switch from a different automation platform to Dice.
Dice is part owner of a telephone company, and Dice's hosted monitoring center uses its own network. Having the ability to fully track the signal gives Dice the ability to see when and where a signal gets dropped and address the problem.
"Because we're controlling everything end-to-end, we don't have the problems with the VoIP issues that the alarm industry has," Dice said.
This end-to-end understanding has even helped with attrition. "With the people we've put online, it's cut their attrition primarily because we were able to analyze which panels weren't working. … A lot of the alarm cancellations, problems, and service calls that alarm companies do, is related to the alarm panels not communicating right."
Account attrition was cut by about 50 percent among the companies hosted on its cloud center, Dice said.
When I met with Cliff, both at ISC West and ESX, he mentioned the great reception the cloud-hosted service has had. It's interesting to see more about that.
Think Protection, the mass market home alarm company launched by industry veteran Joel Matlin in June, is preparing for another launch next month: an e-commerce store.
"The launch is incredibly exciting as potential customers can order an alarm system through the store 24/7 from anywhere in the world," Matlin's son, Adam Matlin, Think Protection's COO, told me.
"With us operating throughout the U.S. and Canada, we believe the e-commerce store will present a fantastic opportunity to dramatically expand our brand and our high value/low cost value proposition," he said.
Joel Matlin is CEO of the company, based and Toronto and Florida. He previously founded AlarmForce and Frisco Bay Industries.
Systems integrator The Protection Bureau has opened a new branch office in Richmond, Va.
I talked to Matthew Ladd, CEO of The Protection Bureau, about the new office today. "We had an opportunity that came to us with people in Richmond who wanted to work for the Protection Bureau," he said. The integrator has 152 clients in the area and has had "an ongoing service need in region," he said.
"It was the perfect fit and opportunity. It made sense to open a branch office and we were able to do that with two technicians, a branch manager and a part-time office person," Ladd said.
"It all came together in two weeks," he said. The new staff members visited The Protection Bureau headquarters in Philadelphia last week and this week the office manager is in Richmond "teaching them about our systems and procedure so they can blend into The Protection Bureau way of doing business.
The Richmond office will service current and future Protection Bureau customers and Security-Net customers as well. The branch manager will handle sales initially, but Ladd plans to add more sales personnel. "We'll look to expand and grow the office and make it another success for The Protection Bureau," he said.
The Protection Bureau does about $15 million in sales annually and has 97 employees. In addition to its headquarters in Philly, it has a satellite office in Plainfield, N.J. That office has three technicians, but Ladd said it's not a branch office. "It's a service point for our clients in North Jersey through New York and into New England."
Ladd said that business in 2015 has been good and he's hearing the same thing from other integrators. "The overall economy is getting stronger."
ESX will take place west of the Mississippi for the first time in its history next year when it moves to Ft. Worth, Texas.
The tradeshow organizers announced that the show will take place June 8-10, 2016. Organizers said Fort Worth was chosen because of ease of access from most cities, hotel selection, state-of-the-art convention center, and a "walkable and safe urban environment."
ESX will announce the schedule of events and the educational program in January.
A lot of companies seem to have their employee environment on the mind, especially when it comes to designing a new space. CPI Security broke ground on Friday for its new 120,000 square-foot facility, to be built adjacent to its current building in Charlotte, N.C. Alongside this development, the company announced that it plans to add 300 employees, to its current total of 540, over the next couple years.
The new building will hold training facilities, R&D, and the company's central station, which is CSAA 5 Diamond certified and UL listed, CPI said in a recent release. For the company's employees, there will be a gym and a dining facility.
This news comes in at a time where others like Vivint and Monitronics are moving into new spaces—both of which incorporated a close-by body of water, interestingly enough. Vivint underlined the benefits employees get from something as simple as natural light. Monitronics talked about an open floor plan keeping groups together.
One thing I've been interested to hear about, from both Vivint and Monitronics, has been the process of the move. Monitronics appointed "move captains" and Vivint did it in the space of one shift.
I'm curious to hear more about how CPI will physically move into its new space, and hope to follow-up with the company soon.
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Taking away a made in America product really interferes with my unwarranted nationalism, which as we all know, is a revolution inhibitor.
Shirt.woot! is attempting to start the american revolution.
Just want to make sure that the Lucky at Last shirts I ordered on Friday will be printed on AA?
Josephus wrote:I don't see the part here where you say "but you aren't correct in those inferences."
He isn't correct in those inferences.
tgentry wrote:You infer quite a bit. A lot.
If one (or many) of us are inferring, please correct it. You know the answers. Share them with us instead of cryptic, one-line responses and we won't be so pissed off.
JenDupre wrote:Well there we go. I don't know. The made in USA was the biggest selling point.
I definitely agree. That was one of the main reasons I fell for shirt.woot to begin with. It will make me think much harder before buying these shirts in future.
Been with woot! for almost 3 years now - and stayed because of shirt.woot!. This is the most disappointing news I've heard yet.
nmpls wrote:Awesome, worse fitting shirts.
For those of us who are tall, that 1/2 inch is huge. Give me tall shirts or bring back AA shirts.
Agreed, being a 6'6" giant these shirts sound like they are not going to cut it.
shirt.woot more like fail.woot!
Not super thrilled about the change, but like everybody else, I'll buy one shirt and see how they feel. There is no other shirt site quite as good as Shirt.Woot! I'm hoping they don't lose it.
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moorerandall wrote:For those who also purchase from threadless their shirts arent 100 percent US either ...
There's a good reason why I have very few Threadless shirts ... and the reason has "Made in India" imprinted on it.
homer41 wrote:It's exhausting...but made easier when I'm wearing a shirt with a kitten on it.
Best post ever! :D
There is a lot of talk about the quality being similar, which is fine and all but it misses the point:
We want American made shirts. American's need jobs and American companies need business.
My business with new Woot shirts is done.
I wrote about the change in the newest shirt thread since it would have been a buy otherwise.
I'm just sad that this site changed so much since I first found it. I wish I would have found this site sooner. I loved seeing new shirts each day and choosing whether or not to get one. I liked the original price. The $12 price wasn't too bad and would have only changed things a little.
However, the change in shirt companies is a huge factor to me. I really liked that the shirts were made in America. I loved the feel of the shirts and the fit.
Now unless it is an amazing (NEED-TO-HAVE) design, I will pass.
I look forward to the new
trucker hats,
Christmas ornaments,
iPod cases,
pet bowls,
water bottles,
table cloths,
place mats,
dog collars,
that this change will facilitate.
Exciting times!
For the distraught, here's a motivational speech.
The placement of the notice of the change of suppliers and sizes is poor, as in so poor I can't honestly believe it wasn't intentional to hide it from casual buyers.
Second, the well vocalized complaint on price increase, vs blank cost reduction. The way in which it was instituted lead us to believe it was to keep the product quality where it was, now that "promise" is being broken less than a month on. It smells badly now of being non-genuine and more of $$$ grab.
It's all gonna give me much more pause before I spend any money on a woot shirt in the future. Before it was instant to buy a shirt that I liked that came up. I knew the standard and quality I was going to receive for $10, it took any thinking out of the equation.
Now it's gonna be, are the new shirts actually the quality they say they are gonna be. And "trust me" I've been wearing test shirts.... from someone at the company doing a change has not even the whiff of impartiality. AA shirts have never disappointed. Do I really wanna spend my money on a sight unseen product of questionable quality.
It's doubt you've sown into my decision making. And with your shirts being the impulse purchase they are, I can't see how that is good for business and the "shirt.woot" brand as a whole.
I don't expect my post will go, "well we've seen the error of our ways..." But I wanted to put my disapproval of the decision out there non the less.
Whenever a company makes a change like this, be it a t-shirt supplier, an insurance provider, or whatever, it is always, ALWAYS about the dollar. Woot simply went with the lowest bidder whose quality best approximated the more expensive AA shirts. The fact that they went with a cheaper shirt RIGHT after a price increase (for a shirt which may or may not be lower in quality) is just inexcusable without a detailed explanation.
I've worked in the corporate field, and right now the Woot staffers are adhering to that exact PR game by avoiding concrete answers about the change laced with indistinct phrases like wanting "stability" and "flexibility." They have yet to address why they raised the prices right after a price hike, and when (or if) they do, it will likely be with more double-talk. Please prove me wrong Woot, if your bosses at Amazon will allow it.
And, with our crap American economy and barren job market, it's a shame that yet another company is outsourcing their product to another country. You're part of the problem, Woot.
Not to be completely negative of our Woot brothers and sisters, however, I am a long-time customer who has always been impressed by their customer service, business model, and product (though I wish you were a tad more picky about the designs). I hope I continue to feel this way going forward despite these negative changes that apparently have a lot of folks contemplating jumping ship.
Proxgotsthafia wrote:If one (or many) of us are inferring, please correct it. You know the answers. Share them with us instead of cryptic, one-line responses and we won't be so pissed off.
THIS. Drop the irreverent act and just give it to us straight.
BTW, I also have a question about the Anvil shirts...do their sleeves nicely cling to the arms like AA, or billow out like most every other brand?
Well, at least my girlfriend will be happy about the change...she HATES how AA's shirts fit.
On the plus side, I'll no longer need to "adopt" that little Honduras kid... he'll find work.
And that will free up another $20 bucks for woot shirts.
caramelarrow wrote:Just want to make sure that the Lucky at Last shirts I ordered on Friday will be printed on AA?
Mine is! Wearing it and loving it right now.
Apparently, I'm one of the minority among the women because I have no problem with the fit of AA shirts. Save for the fact that I have to go up a size from my normal, but AA shirts aren't the only ones I have to do that for. And I'm quite happy with the other aspects of AA shirts in general.
I am sad to see the use of an American supplier fall by the wayside, though admittedly it wasn't the reason I bought shirts here. (Which isn't to say I don't feel very strongly about keeping Americans employed. Or buying American when possible.) I'm more bothered about the outsourcing in conjunction with the price increase. It just doesn't sit right with me and I'd welcome an explanation as to this.
jgarcia408 wrote:Im a little disappointed in this news. I thought one of the reasons for the price increase to $12 was to allow Woot to continue purchasing from the USA distributor, is that not correct?
I don't believe there was ever a mention that the increase was specifically to remain with an American supplier. There was a statement of maintaining "high-quality," though.
Uh Oh!
What will happen to shirtwhat now?
BluChez? You there?
fablefire wrote:I'm excited about women's shirts that will house my 36Cs sufficiently.
Which is why I would always go and get a men's medium. They fit perfectly. At least with AA.. I don't care if I'm female and should buy the 'female' sizes (ew, no, shorter sleeves), I'm willing to bet the new sizes will be too snug where I don't want them. I'd rather not have the outline of my bra showing from a mile away.
joelterrific wrote:Community is the backbone of Woot so as painful as this thread is to read, it's still strangely reassuring to be given the what's what from you all. Change like this isn't easy, and while I certainly don't expect a parade, I expect you to keep us honest and grounded while we continue to provide a world class platform for designers. Thanks for your feedback, your support and your business. I'll get back to my rampant profiteering and blatant disregard for decency. I might shout at a kitten or two for good measure.
If community is the backbone, why don't we get a say? I was fine with the price increased- surprised when I went to buy a shirt, a little sad that I'd have to pay another $2, but alright. It was justified. But now you're just trying to get money from every place possible. You're talking about honesty, and yet it's perfectly clear this is solely for cost reasons. AA is great. You're only doing this to raise a few more bucks. You sell I'm willing to guess like, ten thousand shirts a day, overall. (There's like, about 30 shirts for sale at the end of the week.) You don't have a lot of people's support, and I'm sure you'll lose business. Go change your FAQ. Please. They are NOT made in the USA, and that is one of the main reasons I buy from here. I'd rather pay $20 for an American made shirt than some outsourced place that, for all I know, is breaking labor laws and are made in sweatshops. I thought the backbone of Woot was American-made products. Apparently not.
Narfcake wrote:For those wondering the price difference ...
American Apparel 2001, $6.57 for 60+.
Anvil 980, $3.77 for 60+.
Keep in mind that these prices are NOT at the "I'm a huge customer" price level, but you can certainly see that there's a few bucks difference in it.
And that's only for 60. They'd only get cheaper when you buy more. Thanks for sharing.
trekmiss wrote:I've noticed the new size chart doesn't list a sleeve length. Can we get some measurements on the sleeve length? I'm also curious about the sleeve circumference compared to AA.
I'm wondering that too..
jeninmaine wrote:These Anvil shirts also knocked over a plant, pissed in my shoes and scratched up my favorite chair. They are very naughty.
Kill them! Kill them with fire!
azdarkknight wrote:It has been interesting reading this thread so far. From what I can tell -
1) The ladies welcome the change as AA appeared to not be a good fit
2) There has been no answer (or maybe avoidance) to questions as to why the price increased to cover the increased costs followed so swiftly by a change to a cheaper supplier that is not USA made.
Really though, did we expect anything different once Amazon got their hands on Woot? Theyve let the dust settle now and people get comfortable with it so now its time to turn the screw. Ive noticed poorer quality general woots over the past months and now this.
I know that if I buy a shirt thats on the new blank and it does not fit correctly, then I will be returning it for a refund. I assume that Woot are going to be receptive to this due to this being a major change to their product?
I will now be going back to checking out the competition for American made shirts. Although I may not be a large buyer of shirts - I do know Ive sold many on behalf of woot by passing on the link for shirts that I knew appealed to friends/family.
I may just stick to randoms from now on.
Which blows because Amazon has decent customer service, and usually talks to people. This is coming from someone who's had packages lost in the mail and had them sent back out, had smooth returns (except for one gift return), and enjoys the benefits of Prime. If they're doing this to Woot, I don't want to know what's to come later on.
Except I doubt they'd do refunds, which is a low blow (like, super low), after introducing these. I'd say we should all get a free test shirt, but I know that'd be impractical. I don't even think I'll even go for Randoms, since I don't want anything other than AA. And since today's is being printed on these new ones, I don't trust them.
KimNicole wrote:I am not a huge AA fan. I am a huge fan of supporting American workers.
My last purchase will be the one last week. If you go back to an American vendor, please send an email as I won't be checking the site. In the meantime, I plan on facebooking this change and making it clear that I no longer recommend woot t-shirts.
If I want clever shirts printed on foreign made t-shirts I can hit up any number of store fronts here in the NYC area. They don't cost $12.
BTW: If you're going to justify a price change by saying you need more money to maintain your quality, you need to maintain your quality for longer than a month!
Couldn't have said it any better.
sukeban wrote:Yeah, I know, and I've bought shirts from other websites that have fitted OK. I'm just worried that everyone's saying that AA tees run smaller than expected.
Then again, my first woot tee has just shipped and I won't get to try it on until next week as soonest, so I really can't talk until I see it in person.
I've never had problems with AA's fit.
Narfcake wrote:Actually, RamyB and PatrickSpens are shirt.woot's top sellers; both have over 50 derby prints.
More reason for them to boycott. If they stop designing until the AA's come back, shirt.woot would suffer a MAJOR loss in sales. (I mean, come on, RamyB comes up once a week, and his designs appeal to both men and women, and children. Not so much men sometimes, but still.)
lozerette wrote:$2 more to keep it in the USA? I'll pay that!
Same price for imported goods? Not just no, but heck no!
The benefit of imported goods is that they're cheap. Woot is charging MORE for them now.
The benefit of American-made goods is that they support our economy, and generally (not always) have better quality.
As someone with almost NO non-Woot shirts, I am quite disappointed. Also, I now have to start the process of making sure EVERYONE I've recommended Woot to over the years knows about this change.
I expected more from you, Woot.
this.^ And I just realized I should start trying to find new shirts, if Woot ones are out now. And this is coming from someone with a rainbow of shirts from here in her closet.
talljay wrote:c) ladies who use them as sleep shirts
Just get like, a men's xl, or something. Right now I'm in a shirt I got from Sport's Authority (friend made me) that's a... Oh. Really oversized medium. Though I have various XL's I sleep in. They seem to do the job pretty well.
starstuff wrote:We want American made shirts. American's need jobs and American companies need business
^ this. 121%
tl;dr I'm a female, and I object these changes. :| And woot is just being greedy. I doubt I'm buying any more shirts, even for friends / family. Woot lost customers with the price hike, and now they're only going to lose more. It's kind of bittersweet I'm having a shirt delivered tomorrow..
Yep, I'm out too. The price change I could handle. That's business. The change from AA blanks is inexcusable, however. I don't care if you could only get 2 shades of green instead of 6. I bought shirts on here because they were 100% produced and printed in the USA. I'm hardly a Rah-Rah-Rah America! type but I do believe it is important to support stateside brands. Enjoy your extra couple of dollars in profits (because, you know, Amazon doesn't roll in it already) knowing you're no longer helping American workers put food on their table.
I agree, boycotting shirt.woot until they switch back. BOYCOTT! Join the movement!
Invisiblemoose wrote:Blah, Blah, Blah... Quoted JKoleszar... Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
SQUEEE! Invisiblemoose Quoted me. My first post. I'm all geeked and excited. Thank you. :-)
Yeah.... It doesn't take much.
ceotty wrote:I don't believe there was ever a mention that the increase was specifically to remain with an American supplier. There was a statement of maintaining "high-quality," though.
They held a poll asking if people would be willing to pay more for *American* made shirts. It was linked in the comments on the day the price exchange went into effect. Sissy Sea Monters, was the first one I believe.
And, unless Anvil has changed it's shirts are the cheapees used by most local groups. Tight fighting, thick, non-stretching cotton and rough. I owned a fair number through the years and wouldn't wear them more than once or twice.
I just want to say that while everyone on here is making a HUGE deal about the reduction in price on blanks please stop the complaining.
There is so much more that goes into production of shirts than the price of the blank.
How a bout a mini breakdown hmmm.
The blank itself
The INK has gotten more expensive over the years
Photo emulsion and sensitizer to create the master print has become more expensive
The labor- US labor wages are increasing and so are requirements for benefits.
Shipping- Hello...has anyone shipped anything lately damn.
$12 bucks for a what I would consider custom shirt and free shipping its a no brainer it is still a deal yes the blank isn't made in the US but please be reasonable people you are still getting a good deal. Woot has to do what is best for the company and unfortunately that means using non-US origin shirts but I would rather see them doing this than stopping it because in the long run its a money loser.
j5 wrote:Uh Oh!
What will happen to shirtwhat now?
BluChez? You there?
I'm concerned with this as well.
Looking back, I've gotten almost 50 Woot shirts over the years. Woot isn't getting rich off of me, but I'm not a Skippy Squirrel either.
Woot made me a fan of the American Apparel shirts. So much, in fact, that when I've bought custom shirts from other sites, I've chosen AA whenever its an option. To be honest, I had no idea where they were made, and it wasn't a factor to me. (After all, a lot of place/companies call themselves "American so and so", but they are anything but that.)
So far, I commend Woot on being so forthright about their decision, and for being proactive enough to respond to posts from the community. This is a level of service that most service providers wouldn't even consider providing.
Woot, you have been honest with us to this point, so you have earned the benefit of the doubt from me. However, I will be following Ronald Reagan's approach of "Trust, But Verify". When I order my next Woot shirt, its going to be scrutinized carefully. If its still a good shirt, you'll continue to get my business. If its not, someone else will. That's how the free market operates.
Personally, it doesn't matter to me whether Woot makes $11.99 on every shirt or only a penny. What matters is a quality product at a fair price. Give me that and you'll get my 12 bucks. I do have to be honest and echo the other comments that combining higher prices with a cheaper blank puts a sour taste in my mouth, but if the shirts are high quality I will get over it over time.
Thanks for being so transparent. I enjoy Woot and sincerely hope this move doesn't bite you in the behind.
lonelypond wrote:Made in America would be great, but AA and what I'd heard of some of its business practices have made me uncomfortable on more than one occasion.
This. It's a bit surreal to be seeing American Apparel being upheld here as the ethical choice when the company and its CEO are about as dodgy as they come. Good riddance.
On the other hand, I've had Anvil shirts, and they're not actually very good. Ah well.
Just a thought (and this is probably coming a bit too late since it seems all decisions have been made and finalized at this point)- but what if you were to print first-day shirts on anvil (at $12 or whatever), and then continue printing shirts in reckoning on AA? Especially when buying in bulk, the price difference between anvil and AA is not more than $3, and it would give people who want AA shirts the option to wait until it was in reckoning to purchase. Maybe a solution like that isn't feasible because reckoning shirts don't sell in high enough volume or something but I figured it could be a thought worth mentioning.
Well, this does spell some color changes as there are no asphalt, grass, creme, or cranberry equivalents that I can see. Or purple. My hopes for purple are again dashed.
FAQ still says "made in the USA."
Yeah, what, is the woot off to distract us like kitties with a string?
Totally ignoring it.
Maybe the shirts will fit better, but the main problem is that if you (me) have large melons, the shirt design gets distorted anyway. Blah.
sillykris wrote:Drat it all! As a lady, it's incredibly hard to find shirts that are both consistently flattering and awesome. I've impulse-bought more shirt.woot t-shirts than any other specifically because they're exactly the weight, shape and fit that I can't seem to find anywhere else. I might, MIGHT try one of the new shirts-- but I have a feeling I might be scouring the interwebs for other places that print on the original shirts..
So glad that I am not the only woman who likes the AA women's blanks. I am middle-aged, very small chested, and medium build. I get that the AAs are probably too tight in the chest for most women but that's not a problem for me; what I like the best about the AA women's is that the shoulders fit right (don't hang down to mid-arm) and the sleeves aren't too tight or too short.
On a more philosophical note, this would make me sad even if I wasn't a wooter. We hear all the time that small businesses have made America, that they will save America's economy, etc. But it seems that these days whenever a small business reaches a certain level of sucess it is taken over by a big business which has a responsibility to its stockholders to make the greatest possible profit - without regard for American jobs. So sad, but bigger than woot or even Amazon.
KimNicole wrote:BTW: If you're going to justify a price change by saying you need more money to maintain your quality, you need to maintain your quality for longer than a month!
The blank change might not stink so bad if it wasn't following on the heels of a price hike.
However, the cold harsh truth is this: Looking at recent sales of shirts, even if every disgruntled member vanishes from the site, Woot won't feel the effects for very long.
I guess I'm also in the female minority, because the WM in AA shirts fit me like a charm. I'm a pretty tiny gal, and I loved that they were so perfect for me. I just got into Woot shirts a few months ago, and the quality and fit justified it every time for me. And made it much easier to get 3 randoms each month, because even if I didn't care much about the design, I still liked the shirt quality (and could trade it!) and that they were US made. I honestly didn't even think twice after the price increase, because I was surprised they weren't more expensive already.
But anyway, I guess I'm just preaching to the choir on this one, obviously the majority of people are unhappy. I just thought I should also throw my voice out there as one of the disappointed.
I hope this doesn't thwart my plans of pumping my wardrobe full of Woot shirts....but, it very well may.
Shmuel510 wrote:This. It's a bit surreal to be seeing American Apparel being upheld here as the ethical choice when the company and its CEO are about as dodgy as they come. Good riddance.
On the other hand, I've had Anvil shirts, and they're not actually very good. Ah well.
I liked the AA shirts well enough, but as far as ethical business practices, "Made in USA" is about all American Apparel has going for it.
I'll just have to wait and see how the Anvil shirts seem in terms of fit and quality, and how much space I can find in my shirt drawer.
I've seen one Anvil blank in recent years that I would approve of, and it's not the one being used.
I'm not interested in Anvil tees. I'm not impressed with any of this. I didn't like the $2 price increase but I paid it because that's the way things go, but I was buying an AA tee. Not an Anvil.
In my opinion they should have asked the customer base if they didn't want the backlash after.
I prefer made in the USA. I buy faster and more when it is. The FAQ should have been changed when this shirt went live today.
And, holy crap, mods need to stop the commenting. They aren't making this any better. Answer intelligently and informatively. Don't snark.
Add me to the list of women who really love the fit of the AA shirts. I can comfortably wear either WL or WXL. The fit of AA is perfect and the quality of the shirt is unmatched by the other Ts that I own.
You will RUE this day, shirt.woot! RUE IT!
moorerandall wrote:I just want to say that while everyone on here is making a HUGE deal about the reduction in price on blanks please stop the complaining.
There is so much more that goes into production of shirts than the price of the blank.
How a bout a mini breakdown hmmm.
The blank itself
The INK has gotten more expensive over the years
Photo emulsion and sensitizer to create the master print has become more expensive
The labor- US labor wages are increasing and so are requirements for benefits.
Shipping- Hello...has anyone shipped anything lately damn.
$12 bucks for a what I would consider custom shirt and free shipping its a no brainer it is still a deal yes the blank isn't made in the US but please be reasonable people you are still getting a good deal. Woot has to do what is best for the company and unfortunately that means using non-US origin shirts but I would rather see them doing this than stopping it because in the long run its a money loser.
If a Woot guy or gal would just say THIS instead of just meaningless one-liners, clear shilling for Anvil product (of COURSE they're going to say Anvil is as good if not better), or nothing at all, I would find the changes acceptable.
Woot's print quality has always been excellent, but AA is the only t-shirt I've ever felt fit me just right, in addition to being super-comfortable like no other. I'm willing to give the new guys a chance, but if Anvil dips below the level of AA quality one iota, I'm outta here.
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