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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Digg is a Game - Let's Play For Real This Time
When a digital identity, like a Digg account, becomes penalized through its consistent interaction with a website we assume that site falls into one of two categories. Either (a. The site in question is ill-suited to become a healthy social network. or (b. The premise of the social network is such that it is based on competition.
Digg is, in part, a game. It always has been - and that is one of the reasons we love it. That it helped us share useful, entertaining or interesting content only made it that much more fun.
Unfortunately the rules to the game have never been under the community's full control. As far as we can tell, the rule-makers barely listen to us. The latest change in the algorithm, along with rumors of secret editors, auto-buries, etc., have led us to believe it is time to break ties with Digg.com.
Here are a list of the main charges against Digg:
1) Lack of communication and disregard for the Digg community
Digg is not a newspaper, a magazine, or a blog. It produces no content of its own and is entirely dependent upon its users for traffic. Digg users hunt down the stories online, craft the descriptions and titles, digg the stories, provide all the comments. Despite this dependency, anecdotal evidence suggests that Digg has repeatedly failed to respond to its users and address their concerns.
2) Unexplained and unacknowledged banning of top users
cGt2099, Emobrat, and others who have submitted hundreds of quality stories to Digg were recently banned under suspicious circumstances. Digg did not acknowledge these bannings, nor make any public explanation as to why they took place. These are not the actions of a "democratic news site."
3) Lack of transparency – Digg only shows you the stories that people have dugg, but not the ones that are buried.
This has resulted in the birth and flourishing of bury brigades, whose existence has gone unacknowledged, but which undoubtedly have the capability to shape what content gets onto the front page without any interference or objection from other Digg users.
4) The auto-bury list – For months, dozens of sites have been on an auto-bury list, often with no explanation whatsoever.
These sites often get submitted to Digg and then are invariably buried after a certain amount of time. While it's up to Digg what sites it wants to allow, it's important that if it brands itself as a democratic news site, it makes clear why it bans these sites.
5) Repeated and flagrant disrespect of its top users
Digg's top users generate roughly 30-50% of Digg's front page content but repeated and unexplained changes to the Digg algorithm have penalized the ability of top users to get front page stories promoted. Perhaps worst of all, this has resulted in other stories from lower ranked users with less diggs being forced off the "Hot In Upcoming" pages and hurt their ability to shine.
In short - the site has become too powerful a media force and its lack of transparency and faith in the community is reason for concern. In addition, the allure of instant traffic has led to the manipulation and abuse of the site by tolls and spammers.
The colletive "WE" built this site from the ground up and while it is sad to leave it, the time has come to move on. We as a loose group of social bookmarkers will find a new community that will allow us to stay in touch and stay informed.
If Digg is a game then we are ready to play for keeps. What happens if the users in the community decide to leave? Will others join? Is Digg anything without us? Let's prove it.
127 comments:
- Michael said...
Sign me up. I'm all for colonizing another planet.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:38 PM
- DigiDave said...
Who is ready to step out into the cold wilderness with me! It's scary but invigorating!
Plenty of open space.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:38 PM
- M. said...
When Democracy doesn't work, you have to rebuild from bottom up. I'm here to help.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- shea said...
I'm scared. Hold me Mu.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:41 PM
- BlogEx said...
Well hell if Mu's down, I'm down.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- DigiDave said...
Don't forget to leave your Digg name.
I screwed up on that in my first post (my bad).
Also - sign up for the email update. This will allow us to ping each other when we vote on a new social news site to try out.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Bukowsky said...
I like the idea... But it's a little scary at the same time. Count me in.
- January 23, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Does the song "we're not gonna take it anymore" ring any bells? -socialpyramid
- January 23, 2008 at 5:48 PM
- lizard said...
let's go!
(signed, dotlizard)
- January 23, 2008 at 5:53 PM
auto-buries. Insane algo.
count me in...
- January 23, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- TalSiach said...
Digg Is nothing without her top users who spent a lot of time to find great stuff and to share with others. I'm in!!!! social media sites should be democratical and not dictatorial
- January 23, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- Nathan said...
Democracy > Digg
Who wants to help me get this to the front page?
- January 23, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- Andrew Flusche said...
I'll jump in!
- January 23, 2008 at 6:20 PM
- perkonis said...
Count me in. Not sure that the 7 or so people who Digg my submissions will notice. :(
- January 23, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Hey guys! I knew it was about to happen. cGt2099 called it a while back. Why don't you guys come join us at Mixx?
- January 23, 2008 at 7:14 PM
- markee said...
the laundry don't get cleaned without the agitator..FTW!
- January 23, 2008 at 7:20 PM
- cGt2099 said...
Swing by Mixx, guys. It's a much better place than Digg. Seriously.
- January 23, 2008 at 7:25 PM
- Benjamin Melançon said...
Democratically moderated communication is what I consider key to people finding each other, working together, and making decisions ourselves that are now being made horrendously for us. The core to this, in my view, is different from the Digg model not just in transparency but in distributing the task of determining the importance of messages. A random group of people in the network, rather than those with the most time and access, can determine prominence for several communication channels.
(Everyone is still welcome to endorse an idea or statement, and even better pledge some tangible support of time or resources so people who care about any given topic can make plans to take action
– where action means a lot more than clicking a button.)
Who are you going to trust- a secret algorithm or a transparent network? The servants of a corporation or your fellow people? This can be far bigger than Digg. This can be bigger than network television.
We going to start coding and developing this? I'm in on anything that seeks no privileges for itself but instead is designed to help all people gain more power.
I think I'm I3IVIIVI on Digg.
And yes I've thought about this too much. On the plus side, I'm part of a group that's formed a now-501c3 nonprofit to fund free software and infrastructure for just this purpose: People Who Give a Damn. We're hoping this includes everyone!
- January 23, 2008 at 7:26 PM
- free-ccna-answers said...
I'm in for SURE.
i hope kevin wakes up...
- January 23, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- fastfastlane said...
What Shea and Photopreneur said
- January 23, 2008 at 7:34 PM
I'm in with all of you (or should I say out). This Digg douchebaggery has got to stop.
- Sepultura
- January 23, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- JONxBLAZE said...
I'm not a top user but I know most of you guys and I always Digg your stories not because you're a top digger but because your submissions were great.
It's a shame what Digg has become ad I think if you really want to stick it to Digg's face, you should start submitting all your stories to Mixx.
- January 23, 2008 at 7:44 PM
I agree. Going there just makes me feel very uncomfortable anymore.
- January 23, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Digg throwing the users under the bus again? I'm elebrio on digg, and I'm in.
- January 23, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Devindra said...
Hot damn, it's about time the Digg users revolt!
As far as alternatives, you can get a better experience by combining Reddit with Mixx (as some have suggested).
- January 23, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- WordsnCollision said...
Was it Patrick Henry who said "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"? I will do something. What have i got to lose, EVERY submission from my blog gets auto-buried, even if it makes FP. This ONLY happens at Digg - and there are alternatives - good ones - available.
- January 23, 2008 at 8:13 PM
- oboy said...
Are there any doubts that I would sign this?
None on this end.
- January 23, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Isn't this kinda like a reverse revolt, ala 'The Code'? Sure... I'm in.
- January 23, 2008 at 8:41 PM
- Gerard Barberi said...
I just got here not too long ago, but sorry Digg. I'd rather go into the unknown spaces of social news than stay here and watch the decline of Democracy.
If users want to go on strike, then I'm down. We should have all unionized awhile ago.
- January 23, 2008 at 9:04 PM
- Atropos said...
Where do I sign?
- January 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Crock.com is accepting users for beta testing. All feedback is greatly appreciated! The digg/fark alternative. We're making the internet fun again.
Crock.com - More addictive than crack
- January 23, 2008 at 9:10 PM
- Kelly said...
The site's been deteriorating rapidly...lots of reasons...but I hate seeing the community getting the shaft lately from digg staff. And I just read Kevin Rose's lame corporate-robot-speak blog post reply to this issue...and that sealed it. I'm down with whatever will make things better. Count me in.
- January 23, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- MikeonTV said...
Make the algorithm open source!!!!
That is all - MikeonTV
- January 23, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Count me in.
- January 23, 2008 at 9:38 PM
I've always loved digg, but this isn't right.
- January 23, 2008 at 9:45 PM
ooh a revolution.. i wanna join!
- January 23, 2008 at 9:48 PM
- Nash said...
I'm not a Top user but I digg upwards of 300 stories a day during the times before Digg started going downhill now I rarely see more than 45 stories that I even click much less Digg. the time is ripe for a change if y'all are leaving I'm down for it. Just we need to occupy another area of webspace together. just as digg is nothing without the community, the community is nothing without each other.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:00 PM
- Ken Iovino said...
I'm a PHP programmer and I'd be happy to help - Ken
- January 23, 2008 at 10:01 PM
- Jon said...
that was beautifully written.
a country needs a healthy revolution every now and then, its purifying.
goodbye Digg.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Michael said...
NewMan1320 is in! You can count on me guys.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:07 PM
- p0ss said...
Kevin is selling Digg, the only thing that even makes digg valuable is us, our time. I have been talking about this for a while, and I am very glad I am not the only one who feels betrayed.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:08 PM
- rainmanjam said...
I'm in BlindingDawn
- January 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM
someone needs to create a site for all the displaced digg users
- January 23, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Created by ex-farkers after the redesign.
The site you can't be banned from.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM
- Tomboys said...
I'm on board! The best thing to come out of digg for me are the really cool people I've met. I do feel much more relaxed at mixx.... I see very little negativity there. Probably because people aren't anonymous.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Count me in Guys.....
Let's teach these guys a lesson.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Chris1234 said...
If Kevin going to stick with his decision...he should change the digg count algo for all of us..For every story 25 Diggs is enough to hit the FP.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- reddit.com: well, if you like it, we all know it's there. The UI is extremely simple. that might be a let down for some people.
- propeller.com: it's got some publicity, it belongs to a giant (that might not be a good thing though), it already has a large audience and featured stories do get a lot of comments (this you don't see in any other site, exept for reddit).
- mixx.com: it's pretty, it's fresh and has some neat features (I'm still exploring it so I don't know much).
- corank.com: the customization features are the best I've seen and I don't understand why Digg hasn't just copied them instead of messing up with their own algorithms, really.
which one to pick? Probably none. I'd like to see Digg become a site with Mixx UI, coRank features and Reddit's audience. Yeah, that's what I'd like :-) I can pass on the UI thing - I do like Digg's UI.
- January 23, 2008 at 10:46 PM
- Dominic said...
I'm willing to help.
- January 23, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I used to like Kevin, but now he's just a celebrated alcoholic who has built his own base of people. If you're not in that group, you are pretty much worthless in the Digg community--prepared to be buried.
I just hope any potential buyers realize what they are truly getting.
- January 23, 2008 at 11:11 PM
digg is dead like a year ago
get over it
- January 23, 2008 at 11:14 PM
- Jim Robert said...
Count me in... I vote for reddit or mixx
- January 23, 2008 at 11:14 PM
- American Goy said...
Well I pretty much just started blogging, and was just oh so proud to add a Digg button to my blog (among others).
Now I have to rethink the whole social bookmark phenomena...
- January 23, 2008 at 11:27 PM
- The Cranky Jerk said...
I'm by no means a top digger. I have had a couple of storied get front paged a long time ago when digg was actually good, but now all we see are crap stories on the FP, all the good upcomming ones seem to vanish without a trace.
- January 23, 2008 at 11:35 PM
im in, f da nu digg
- January 23, 2008 at 11:36 PM
A friend and I setup a digg clone:
feel free to join. maybe the community would like to recolonize there?
- January 23, 2008 at 11:48 PM
just stay away from reddit, really, it sucks.
- January 23, 2008 at 11:52 PM
- daaaveg said...
I could not agree more...i get a blank white page when I sign in now they won't even let me log in.
- January 24, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Mixx is the new Digg. They seem to respect users, something we don't see at Digg.
- January 24, 2008 at 12:43 AM
- gnomey said...
I am very sorry I missed all this tonight, and I would have loved to have the opportunity to be in on the chat.
I hope they make good on opening up some communication. I have written to them and, of course, gotten no response.
username: gnomey
- January 24, 2008 at 12:57 AM
I'm in.
- January 24, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Mixx is the new Digg???? Please.... You've got to be kidding!!
"People are so nice there"... Ohohhh...
What? You visted Digg to have the same level of conversations you have with your mother? If I wanted sweet talk between wimps, then yeah, I'd go to Mixx.
- January 24, 2008 at 1:09 AM
digg content has gotten to be just garbage.. its more for killing braincells than evolving yourself.. I'm down for the cause
- nuiman
- January 24, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Digg is lame, and you guys are even lamer for taking yourselves so seriously. "Prominent diggers"? Wow-- there's an ego trip. Hate to burst your bubble, but you are merely fanboys of the lamest social bookmark site there is. You're completely irrelevant.
good luck with your little boycott. I'll do my part by continuing to not use digg!
- January 24, 2008 at 1:31 AM
I just posted this comment on the last post, but since this article seems to be getting the most reads, here I go again. My take...
If you're upset with Digg owners, before you move somewhere else, you should look at WHO owns whatever place you may consider, not how pretty the site is or cool the users are.
From that perspective, this is my quick analysis, based solely on my own opinion:
Propeller: Do you think I'm going to trust AOL? They've already killed Netscape! Enough said.
Reddit: I just don't quite trust CondeNast (the owners of Reddit) but compared to AOL, I'd pick these guys any time. Still, a big company is a big company. Users are just an asset to be used for the bigger goal of profitability. Yet, so far, Reddit has been faring quite well under CN's arms, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Mixx: Mixx is run by Chris McGill, an ex-Yahoo exec. If you think Kevin Rose is evil, he is NOTHING compared to Mr.McGill. Kevin's a geek who's learning things the hard way. McGill is a "seasoned" executive who is simply playing the "cool" role he knows he has to play now, and newbies are buying it. If this guy was in front of Digg right now, he'll focus on PROFITABILITY and SELLING the damn thing, and will give a rat's ass about the users, much MUCH less than Kevin or Ray. I'd rather a geek than a suit.
Not much left... My suggestion is that if the Digg issue is not resolved, some top diggers should create a Pligg-based site - whatever your opinion of Pligg may be. Now, since building a platform with Pligg that supports the load may be hard at first (and it costs money), I would suggest to start by creating a coRank site - they have the platform already in place - under your own domain (call it revoltnation.com or whatever), and if the site kicks in and can be self-supported, eventually move it out of coRank to a self-hosted Pligg-based site (or whatever software becomes available at the time). Since the domain would be the same, the jump won't imply telling users "hey we were there but now we're here".
Personally that would be the best option IMHO, and you should add an option under the "other social news sites" that says "build our own". Why give candy to someone else who may stick it to you anyways when the time comes? I'd trust any of the top diggers any day before any big company or "seasoned executive". Social news at its best. Built by/for us. Think about it.
- January 24, 2008 at 1:58 AM
- Phil0s0pher said...
Sharing links for links sake is dead and buried. Where digg started is great, but whats the point in sharing links with such a niche crowd? Only people who understand social networking sites get to reap the fruits of your labour. Why not increase output to television?
Current.com is tackling all of the issues you have laid out, and as well as that it has the unique selling point of having a TV channel. Current want a "two screen experience" which basically means they are trying to get internet news on TV and visa vesa, breaking down the barriers between media formats.
If you want to link share to a decent audience and have the serious output potential available with television then it's a no brainer. Current.com is a sure fired winner, they have a TV station, no-one else does.
There's only one logical place to go to.
- January 24, 2008 at 3:31 AM
- Sam said...
count me in
Digg Name: Poonamemails
- January 24, 2008 at 4:28 AM
- Nekiruhs said...
Wow. Just after I seriously started to get in to Digg it begins to suck. Count me in.
- January 24, 2008 at 4:50 AM
- newmediatype said...
Interesting ... I very curious to see what's going to happen next ...
Lex - www.newmediatype.com
- January 24, 2008 at 4:55 AM
What Democracy? This isn't a Democracy. The Owners of Digg are Elitists. I was kicked off the site for using the word "Fascism" too much. How Fascist. Go back to Sleep, Amerikans. Don't worry, you'll be waking to The 2nd Great Depression Part 2. You deserve everything you'll get.
- January 24, 2008 at 4:58 AM
I'm not a digg submitter but I am a heavy digg commenter.
I was looking forward to hitting 3k, but hell I'm down for a better site any day.
Count me in:
digg: betterth
- January 24, 2008 at 5:21 AM
I'm not a major Digger, but I'm also not going to stay with this kind of action going on. I will follow the leaders because of their submissions that help keep me informed. BTW - It was Edmund Burke who said that all evil needed to win was for good to do nothing. Same time period, but Burke was a Brit. I'm out.
- January 24, 2008 at 5:32 AM
- Adrian said...
I was just beginning to make some good friends on Digg, and build on my front page score. Although recently I have found it harder to get anywhere on Digg and now I know why... Bugger it... I'M IN!
- January 24, 2008 at 5:41 AM
- brooklynzoo said...
Im with you fam. They have my blog on auto bury as well. I have a story sitting with 100 diggs and is dead
- January 24, 2008 at 5:48 AM
Supporting this. Appreciate those that make digg the community that is today!
- January 24, 2008 at 5:54 AM
I'm for it. -- No Kevin you have to stay
- January 24, 2008 at 5:56 AM
- Toby said...
Fuck the Digg top diggers!!!
This petition STINKS!!!
The marketers are getting all their friends to sign this as well, just like on digg. Haha. Suck my balls.
- January 24, 2008 at 6:38 AM
- lupisak said...
Well, what can I say?
I love freedom, I love democracy, I love capitalism. Capitalism can live nicely side by side with both freedom and democracy (unlike communism and dictatorships), but when big corporate entities get too much power, they turn into dictatorships. In most free countries, there are antitrust regulations preventing corporate giants growing that big, but on the net we don't have this protection. Only a revolution like this can change things, just like in a country with dictatorship.
I strive to avoid using proprietary software and networks to prevent locking myself in. Keeping my freedom is very important to me. It can be difficult at times, but in the end it's worth it. Although most intelligent people on the net today know that using Windows instead of a host of open source alternatives is going to lock you in more and more, as the vendor (what's their name again?) will do all they can to push solutions that benefits them instead of the consumer, most of the same people give much less thought to the networks they're using. This is a great example of how little control you have over them. The same goes for proprietary webmail systems (gmail/yahoo/etc), instant messaging and chat systems, social networking sites, etc. POP3/IMAP accounts can be had for peanuts from professional web hosts, IRC is free, open, and have existed since the stone age.
If you believe that whatever proprietary network you decide to jump to when you ditch digg will be any better, I can only say good luck!
What we need is an open social network, which is ruled, governed and controlled by the users. I realize that there are a few obstacles to this though:
- money. Proprietary networks usually get money from advertising. If your entire software is open source and freely available, what prevents everyone else creating half a million copycat sites and steal your advertising money, which you need to pay for hosting. Can be solved by making the source closed or for review only, but make the "government" transparent, open and democratic.
- spam/abuse. Less of a problem, as users will quickly make rules for themselves to prevent this.
I've been a software architect for nearly a decade. With the right team of professionals, I will consider joining a coalition to create such an open alternative. I love a challenge!
- January 24, 2008 at 6:58 AM
I for one agreed 100% with this issues and something needs to be done . Done for free speech, equal rights and a just and fair community. But, this has happened before only a couple of months ago and we can always do it again. Make Kevin Rose come out and face the people that made him who he is
- January 24, 2008 at 7:39 AM
Count me in
- January 24, 2008 at 8:03 AM
- Ryan said...
I've been working on my own social news site for a while now, trying to improve on the things I didn't like with digg.
If anyone has any suggestions on things they would like to see I would like to hear.
Its at www.linkbin.com. I made it a 5 star voting system because of how much people hate not being able to see when stuff is burried. This way you see an average rating so you know if a lot of people hate it.
I also just finished an rss aggregator so you can browse feeds in different categories from many major news sites, it's at www.linkbin.com/browse.php
I'm not trying to spam my site, I just figured most of the people here would know what sort of things would and wouldn't work. I'm not doing it to make money, that is actually a reason I left digg after all the talk about them selling out to fox news or the highest bidder. I didn't feel comfortable reading the news at a place being swayed by deep pockets.
- January 24, 2008 at 8:15 AM
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- January 24, 2008 at 8:20 AM
What a bunch of whiners. The void they leave will be quickly filled with little trouble for Digg.
- January 24, 2008 at 9:21 AM
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- January 24, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- Editor said...
Absolutely right! This is not a new syndrome but only an additional cloud over the rules of a game. No one wants to play a game when they don't know the rules.
The idea of both a Digg and Bury vote has always bothered me as it represents not only voting but negative doubling. Everyone knows this. If there is a bury at all, it should simply be a symbolic vote (not affecting story placement at all). Otherwise, there is huge, unbearable gaming. If you don't like a story or its submitter, deprive them of your votes and comments. Enough!
If, in addition to this already crazy system, they "qualify" the one vote, one member idea without a clear explanation of the formula, then how can anyone respect the integrity. This is much like electronic balloting without paper trails for auditablility. It becomes a sham to have a vote at all.
Why doesn't Kevin Rose (It's my ball, so I make the rules) simply tell everyone that the rankings are a result of his opinions, likes, and dislikes and nothing else. If that is what Digger want, they can continue to help him make a fortune on his ego infliction!
Otherwise, go to Propeller where humans still thrive!
- January 24, 2008 at 9:34 AM
m00kie ready to go.
- January 24, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Kaushik said...
I'm with it. And please read this one.
- January 25, 2008 at 12:01 AM
- Blog Master said...
Sign me up too
- January 25, 2008 at 6:28 AM
- Lara O'Brien said...
digg has lost the 'social' in 'social media'. Hope Kevin's enjoying his money. My back's not bent any longer. Ready to give mixx and otehrs a go.
- January 25, 2008 at 7:47 AM
- Tamar said...
I support my fellow community members!
- January 25, 2008 at 7:50 AM
I'm totally in...
- January 29, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Max Carter said...
That's right, wake up people! Kevin Rose went from a total geek to this whole "kevin rose new improved 2.0" version. It's called MAREKTING.
I mean, the guy was running around telling everyone he couldn't afford a coach, yet he has an iphone. Come on, how stupid are you people? Digg is all about $. I ain't saying that's wrong but UNDERSTAND what this site is and who the people behind it are.
Nobody remembers the whole incident when Business Week had him on the cover? "How Kevin Rose made 160 Million $"??!! Anyone? Then those guys SCRAMBLED to make sure it was disputed.
They relied on you to make them popular, behind a veener of sincerity. These guys are laughing all the way to the bank, understand this.
Just thought I'd point this out.Do research people.
- February 28, 2008 at 6:54 PM
- Jack said...
Hey Great post that I found on Mixx, by the way. Go out and use several sites and if I may be so bold try our www.hatedorloved.com as well. The site is VERY beta right now but upgrades are coming soon.
- April 5, 2008 at 7:35 AM
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- May 1, 2008 at 9:12 AM
- timon weller said...
Well yeah, digg is just one form of social networks out there its best to use many forms...
- May 5, 2008 at 1:55 AM
Try Subbmitt.com which is similar to digg except that all articles submitted to Subbmitt.com make the front page. You can vote if you want, but that just controls the popularity for recommended articles, not the front page. The front page is basically the queue. This small change makes the site more dynamic and also raises the visibility of your posts so everyone makes the front page. You also do not need to register or login to post articles or comments.
- May 12, 2008 at 10:37 PM
pussies. Quit crying.
- May 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- Green Gnome said...
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- June 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM
if they dont delete stories....
they will run out of webspace.
- August 18, 2008 at 3:36 AM
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- November 2, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- pepelu12 said...
The fuckers banned me for no reason anyway - count me in
- November 27, 2008 at 11:31 AM
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Doutzen Kroes: Victoria's Secret Angel
Doutzen Kroes (Twitter) is a 27-year-old Dutch model and actress who has posed for dozens of companies over her career, but is most famous for being a Victoria's Secret Angel. She started working for the brand in 2004 and became an Angel in 2008. Since then, she has posed in numerous Victoria's Secret lingerie and swimwear photo shoots. While we've highlighted Doutzen as an Angel in the past, this is the first time we've given her a full feature here at Gunaxin, so we thought we'd go big with 180 photos of this lovely Dutch lingerie model.


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Detroit Service Retreat – Teens4Unity
From June 22 to 26 a group of thirty teens from all different ages, backgrounds, and states traveled to Detroit to help "color the city" with love, fraternity, and unity. The trip was sponsored by Teens4Unity (T4U) and supported greatly by the Detroit Focolare community.[more]


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Loads of people streamed in and out of the Dolores State Bank last week to wish Bill Nielson, 87, good luck in the future. Nielson recently retired as the Dolores State Bank Chairman. Nielson served on the board since the birth of the bank 54 years ago. The event was nice, refreshments were served as the community honored Nielson, who seemed pleased with the attention.
Nielson also made a special announcement at the event. He told everyone that he plans to write a book, compiling some of his stories that he is so famous for. I, for one, can't wait.
A television news crew was in Dolores this week and filmed a news story about the Dolores School District and the recent ban on the Confederate flag at the schools. The resulting news clip can be viewed on www.koat.com and a link can be found on the Dolores Star's Facebook page. Not everyone was pleased with the result, but it is still worth a look.
I am told by Susan Merillat that her salon Tangles has moved but is not gone from Dolores. She opened up her salon this summer next to the Flying Pig and has since moved to the old Intricut building, which is next to the former Dolores dentist office for Dr.Westerman.
Joe Scrivner, 1977 graduate of Dolores High School, purchased airline tickets for his mom and dad, Jeanne and Jerry Scrivner to spend Christmas in Atlanta, Georgia, with he and his triplet boys, Kolby, Zachery and Morgan. Joe also rented a vacation home in Big Canoe, a mountain development with several lodges near two very large lakes, golf courses and walking and horseback riding trails. One full day was spent in Atlanta at a huge aquarium.
Joe graduated from Dolores High School and now lives in Millbrook Ala, near Montgomery. The triplets will be graduating this year in Millbrook.
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Flash 10.1 might not be coming to Android till the second half of the year, but users can sign up to enter the public beta today. Adobe announced in a new blog post that they just started the private betas of Flash 10.1 and AIR 2.0 and they are "looking forward to getting these technologies into your hands as soon as possible."
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The Home of HGTV Blogger Elana Safronsky
These lovely photos are of the home of Elana Safronsky, who is a senior contributor at HGTV Canada's Style Sheet blog. It seems that one of the perks of writing about inspiring design and being infused in the community must include finding great decor steals. One of the aspects we love most about Elana's home is the large collection of salvaged furniture and its strong architectural features such as the original staircase and moldings.
It would be nice to be a permanent house guest at Elana's carefully curated home. The white backdrop gives it a simple and clean aesthetic, yet the touch of colors remind you that you are in a design's space.
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The Los Angeles Clippers signed point guard Darren Collison, forward Matt Barnes and center Ryan Hollins on Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the contracts were not announced.
According to a report several days ago, the deal for Collison is for two years and the Clippers are using a portion of their mid-level salary cap exception to sign the former standout at UCLA who averaged 12.0 points and 5.1 assists while starting 47-of-81 games with the Dallas Mavericks last season.
Collison will presumably replace Eric Bledsoe, whom the Clippers agreed to trade to Phoenix earlier in the week as part of a three-team deal that landed shooters J.J. Redick and Jared Dudley in Los Angeles, as the backup to All- Star Chris Paul, who signed an extension through the 2017-18 season earlier on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old also served as Paul's understudy during his rookie campaign with the New Orleans Hornets in 2009-10 before being traded to Indiana, where he spent two seasons as the Pacers' starting point guard. Collison was then moved to Dallas last July and began the year as the Mavericks' starter, but did not receive a qualifying offer from the team as a restricted free agent as Dallas attempted to clear cap space for an unsuccessful bid at luring Dwight Howard.
Over his four NBA seasons, Collison has averaged 12.1 points, 5.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 36 percent from 3-point range.
Barnes, 33, averaged a career-high 10.3 points in 2012-13 to go along with 4.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals in 25.7 minutes in 80 games with the Clippers last season.
Another UCLA product, Barnes has played for eight teams over his stay in the NBA and has averaged 7.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.7 steals in 640 games (182 starts).
Hollins, 28, signed with the Clippers prior to the start of last season and over 60 games he averaged 3.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in just over 11 minutes.
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For the first time in 34 years, USA Today's editorial board declared sides in a presidential race, calling Trump "unfit for the presidency," NBC News reported.
The board encouraged voters to "resist the siren sound of a dangerous demagogue."
The editorial made it clear, however, that it was not endorsing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for president.
Other historically-conservative newspapers have denounced Trump, including The Detroit News, Arizona Republic, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dallas Morning News and Houston Chronicle. For most, it was the first time they would not endorse the Republican nominee.
Trump blasted the papers in a Friday morning tweet: "The people are really smart in cancelling subscriptions to the Dallas & Arizona papers & now USA Today will lose readers! The people get it!"


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How To Become A Pharmacist in Alabama
In order to qualify for Pharmacy jobs in Alabama, you should compare all available technical schools in your target area, as well as consider taking some of your courses online. Check with each nursing school below for assistance with certificate program requirements, degree prerequisites, and class registration. You may request information from several different schools below, without making a commitment.
To prepare for Pharmacy careers in Alabama, you need to complete a technical education in your specialty area, as well as consider taking part of your required courses online. Which college degrees give you the best chances of finding employment after graduation? The field of engineering requires either an associates degree for entry-level technical workers, or a bachelors degree for professional engineers. Check with the pharmacist training department for course registration deadlines, and engineering program requirements.
Pharmacists dispense prescription medications to patients and offer expertise in the safe use of prescriptions. They also may conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, oversee the medications given to patients, and provide advice on healthy lifestyles. Pharmacists review the accuracy of each filled prescription before it is given to the customer, and check for dangerous drug interactions if filling multiple prescriptions for the same customer. Pharmacists may consult with a physician if they have questions concerning a patient's prescription.
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Undeterred by recent tragic overseas events and a rapid rise in share prices, airline companies have been piling onto the buyback bandwagon that companies have been riding to help bolster their bottom lines amid sluggish sales growth.
Less than eight months since emerging from bankruptcy, American Airlines AAL, -2.83% announced Thursday a $1 billion stock buyback program that it plans to complete before the end of 2015. In addition, the company said it was initiating a dividend of 10 cents a share, the first declared by American Airlines since 1980.
"This event is three quarters ahead of our expectations," said Cowen & Co. analyst Helane Becker.
United Continental UAL, +0.30% also announced a new $1 billion share repurchase program Thursday, which Becker said is two quarters earlier than expected.
In addition, both American Airlines and United Continental announced second-quarter results early Thursday, in which profit exceeded analyst estimates while sales were roughly in line with forecasts.
The air carriers added to a big jump in overall repurchase activity this month. TrimTabs Investment Research said late Wednesday that new stock buybacks increased to $41.9 billion so far in July, nearly double the $23.2 billion in buybacks announced in June, and on pace for the highest monthly total of the year.
"It's too early in earnings season to draw firm conclusions about the trend, but the bulls can take some comfort in what has happened so far," said TrimTabs Chief Executive David Santschi.
The stepped up repurchase activity comes as companies look for ways to improve profit per share, while continuing to struggle to grow sales. With 46.5% of the S&P 500 companies reporting results through early Monday, second-quarter sales are on track to rise 3.2% over year-earlier levels while earnings are estimated to increase 6.4%.
Helping boost the July figures, Intel INTC, +1.50% announced on July 15 a new $20 billion share buyback program, after saying it repurchased $2.1 billion worth of stock in the second quarter.
Among other blue chips, Caterpillar CAT, +0.42% said early Thursday it spent $1.7 billion in the second quarter, and plans to spend $2.5 billion in the third quarter, on buybacks, while 3M MMM, +2.00% said it bought back $1.7 billion worth of its shares in the second quarter. Starbucks bought back 4.2 million shares of its stock during the latest quarter
Elsewhere, Southwest Airlines LUV, -1.22% said Thursday it spent $240 million on buybacks, Alaska Air ALK, +0.41% paid out $53 million and JetBlue Airways JBLU, -0.77% spent $75 million to repurchase their shares during the second quarter. Last Wednesday, Delta Air Lines DAL, -0.36% said it spent $450 million on share repurchases.
The airliner repurchases may come with a cost. Fitch Ratings said new buyback programs in the sector "could affect improvements in credit profiles" if not managed prudently.
Meanwhile, the NYSE Arca Airline index XAL, -1.13% has run up 24% so far this year, compared with a 7% gain in the S&P 500. The index sold off Thursday amid news that an Air Algerie en route to Algiers crashed with 116 people on board. That followed the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine and a TransAsia Airways plane crash over the last week. Meanwhile, the index still rose 1.5% last week.
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Sheriff's Office to host coloring contest
The LeFlore County Sheriff's Department is calling to all Kindergarten and preschool students to grab their crayons or markers and enter the departments coloring contest. All LeFlore County schools are encouraged to participate. The contest began Monday and all submissions must be turned in by Nov. 15. To pick up the official coloring page, contact the LeFlore County Sheriff's Department at (918) 647-2317 or visit them at 100 S. Broadway in Poteau at the LeFlore County Courthouse. Winners will be picked by Sheriff Rob Seale and Undersheriff Kendall Morgan on Nov. 18. The winner will receive a prize plus lunch with the Sheriff or Undersheriff at the winner's school. All entries must have the student's name, school and teacher's name on the back of the colored page.


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British actor Michael Sheen plays Arthur, an android bartender on a long-distance spaceship in "Passengers," opening Wednesday.
If Michael Sheen had his way as a young lad growing up in Wales, he probably would have ended up with a career as a footballer (soccer player) instead of a much-lauded actor on stage, screen and television.
The stage parts have included the leads in "Amadeus" and "Caligula" and the co-leads in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Frost/Nixon" (he was David Frost); he just ended a four-year TV run as William Masters on "Masters of Sex." His film résumé boasts roles as Oscar Wilde's lover Robbie Ross in "Wilde," the villainous Lucian in "Underworld," Prime Minister Tony Blair in "The Queen," the pompous Paul in "Midnight in Paris," the villainous Aro in "The Twilight Saga," and the sad William Boldwood in "Far from the Madding Crowd."
For his newest film, "Passengers," opening Wednesday, he plays Arthur, an android bartender on a long-distance spaceship who polishes a lot of glassware, serves up a strong Manhattan, and provides advice and comic banter for his very few customers.
Sheen, 47, spoke by phone about getting into acting and playing a robot.
Q: Is it true that you were only thinking about football as a kid, and that acting came later?
A: Yeah, soccer, as you call it, was my obsession and my passion and that's all I did. When I was young I had the opportunity to get onto the path of becoming a professional player, but at that time it would have meant leaving Wales and going to live in London. And I was only 12. My parents both had jobs in Wales, so I ended up not going and, within a couple of years, I was into acting.
Q: How did the acting happen?
A: My family were into sort of amateur operatics, doing Gilbert & Sullivan musicals. It was a very social thing and I grew up going to the theater to see that stuff. So the idea of performance was in the family. And I happened to be very fortunate that my local youth theater was possibly one of the best in the world. I didn't know that at the time; I took it for granted. There was a lot of support for youth arts in the area at the time, and I come from a town that also produced Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins. I joined that youth theater when I was 13 or 14, and from that point on I knew that's what I wanted to do. So there was a combination of things that led to me going down that path.
Q: You've played so many different kinds of roles by now, did you find that Arthur was a rather strange character?
A: Yeah, but no more strange than a vampire in "Twilight" or a werewolf in "Underworld" or a (computer) program in "TRON: Legacy." I love playing characters in sci-fi and fantasy films, and characters that are not just human or not quite human or a little bit more than human. One of the things I love about science-fiction as a genre is that it creates the illusion that it's escapist, but actually is just a different way of looking at what reality is and who we are and understanding ourselves in a different way.
Q: Arthur appears to be almost human but he definitely has a special way of moving: zipping in and out of the scene as if he were on a track. How was that effect done?
A: It was a really extraordinary rig that that I sat or kneeled into, and was strapped to with a big steel rod around the back, under my costume, to hold me in. It was on a system of tracks, the movement for each scene was all computerized and then off we went. But it would move really fast, which is why I had to be strapped to the rod, so that I wouldn't move around when I came to a halt. I had to learn to make those movements seem like they were coming from me, to time it all to make it smooth. And I had to wear green tights so the CGI could make it look like I had robot legs.
Q: You split your time between living in Los Angeles and Great Britain, and it's been reported that since moving here you've become a big baseball fan. True? And if so, do you have a team?
A: (Laughs.) I really enjoy watching baseball. When I first came to America I watched the fantastic Ken Burns documentary series about baseball and that gave me a sense of the history of it. And now I just find it really esthetically enjoyable. I love going to watch games and I love watching it on TV. But I can't say that I've got a team.


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Our dear Katherine turned 2 at the end of July. We had a wild and wet party for a few of her friends. My attempt to make it a simple and small event went by the wayside once Gene got involved. He did a wonderful job. He thinks of everything. Katherine started school soon after turning two. It was a rough transition, and it still not a smooth drop off, but she has blossomed in the month that she has been going there. Her vocabulary has exploded. She is able to express the things she has learned (she knows all of her shapes, colors, numbers, and recognizing some letters). She has added interest in learning about more animals and bugs. Her diet has broadened as well. I would still classify her as a finicky eater, though. She is developing that toddler look. Where did my little baby go? She is still cautious, but less fearful of new things. She is excited about learning new things, and we get excited about how well she is doing. She went from being completely unsocial at school to occassionally chatting with friends and getting involved in circle time. It's just amazing how much kids absorb at this age. We are so honored to be a part of it.
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The Darwin's Reach conference will examine the impact of Darwin and Darwinian evolution on science and society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin and the sesquicentennial of the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The central theme of this academic conference is an exploration of how Darwin's ideas have revolutionized our understanding of both the living world and human nature.
Missouri's House Bill 2554, introduced on April 1, 2008, would, if enacted, call on state and local education administrators to "endeavor to create an environment within public elementary and secondary schools that encourages students to explore scientific questions, learn about scientific evidence, develop critical thinking skills, and respond appropriately and respectfully to differences of opinion about controversial issues, including such subjects as the teaching of biological an
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Hart-Hunt posted a topic in Mega Man X: Hard Type SeriesYo! After a few months of newly absense, I'm back and running! I've finished the second half of the platforms of Chill Penguin (tweaked the little preview I showed in the stage design thread), and now I'm designing the first half, for then to add enemies, and add the graphics! And I'm also announcing that I'll be streaming on next Sunday! I'll be updating the thread with the actual time I'll be around, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask here or in the Mega Man X Hard Type Discord channel in NG+ chat!
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1246 downloadsThis is a Python 2 script with a bunch of text files used for randomizing Mega Man Battle Network 3. I've taken some liberties to make it more interesting to use. Credit goes to Mountebank/Samfin, Dabomstew, Prof.9, Rockman.EXE, and potentially other people I don't know about/forgot for the original MMBN3 Randomizer I found on Github. Features Supports both Version White and Version Blue! Thanks, Hart-Hunt! The original randomizer featured randomizing of Numberman Code Prizes that give Battle Chips, Battle Chip Folders, Green Mystery Data, and Virus Formations. Those are still here! Lots of text files. They hold a bunch of data that you can mess around with to some extent. Just be sure to back things up in case something goes wrong. Various modifiers are asked of you right off the bat when opening the script. These include Battle Chip Damage and Enemy HP Multipliers and Variance Values, as well as a Custom Run seed and a "Chip Code Roulette" Mode! If a Run Seed is not supplied, it will generate one based on the current time. More details can be found in the included Notes.txt. Instructions Download the randomizer and aquire a rom of Mega Man Battle Network 3. Either version works. Unzip the randomizer into its own folder. You'll need WinZip, 7Zip, WinRar, or whatever else you prefer to uncompress .zip files. Put the rom of MMBN3 White into the folder, next to the randomizer and the text files. Rename the rom to white.gba or blue.gba for their respective versions. Run the Executable to just patch BN3 White, or if you want to be fancy, make a .bat file with the "-h" or "-i" parameter to see what's available. If you used -i/--input, it should've opened a Command Prompt window to ask you to type in some values. Type in what it asks, whatever you feel like will work for the most part, except typing in nothing in a couple of cases. It should be asking for a "Seed" now. Type in anything, it can even use a string. Or don't and let the script generate one. You should now see a bunch of values flood the window until it finally says done and a generated rom named blue_randomized.gba or white_randomized.gba should have been created. Open *_randomized.gba in an emulator to see your changes! Known Issues/Caveats The rom must be a clean copy of Mega Man Battle Network 3. The rom must be in the same directory as the Python script and MUST be named white.gba for the White version or blue.gba for the Blue version. ROM Checksums These checksums are from a clean, self-dumped MMBN3 White rom. If you're going to use this randomizer, you'll need a rom that has these checksums. CRC32: 0BE4410A MD5: 68817204A691449E655CBA739DBB0165 These checksums are from a clean MMBN3 Blue rom. If you're going to the use this randomizer, you'll need a rom that has these checksums. CRC32: C0C780F9 MD5: 6FE31DF0144759B34AD666BADAACC442


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Wine: By Fred Tasker
Does it occur to you that Father's Day, which is today, gets short shrift compared to Mother's Day? Surveys say 83 percent of U.S. adults celebrate Mom, but only 76 percent do it up for Dad. We spend $140 on mami but just $106 on papi, scolds the National Federation of Retailers.
If this fills you with unbearable guilt, if you agonize over the age-old question, "What do men really want?" you might find relief in the tired-but-true axiom: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach."
If you love your daddy, shoo him away from the backyard grill, plop him in an Adirondack chair and cook him a meal. Tell him he can watch, but can't offer any unneeded male advice. Here are some things he might like:
• Surprise him with your cutting-edge drinks hipness and hand him a bottle of Angry Orchard Elderflower Hard Cider – crisp and dry, with vivid floral, almost lavender aromas and flavors, for about $9 a six-pack.
• Grill him a monster, well-marbled ribeye steak and serve a 2009 Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile, redolent with cassis and mocha flavors and big, ripe tannins for $125.
• Or just char $5 worth of supermarket hamburger and serve it with a 2011 Casillero del Diablo Malbec, also from Chile, with flavors of black cherries and milk chocolate, for $12.
• Google "beer can chicken" by Miami barbecue author Steven Raichlen. Place an open can of beer on the grill and sit a whole chicken down on it vertically, using the beer can and the chicken's two drumsticks to form a supporting triangle. The beer steams the chicken to perfection. With it, serve Samuel Adams's new Little White Rye beer, light and crisp, with unexpected fennel flavors, at about $15 per 12-pack.
• Keep things simple by making him my "Short-Cut Short Ribs." Simmer a pound or so of short ribs for an hour in red wine and broth, slather them with your favorite bottled barbecue sauce and char them on the grill. Serve with the 2010 Clos LaChance Zinfandel, North Coast, hearty and rich and spicy, with red raspberry flavors, for $15.
• Simmer a dozen bratwursts (find jalapeno brats if you can) in beer and onions for 10 minutes, then put some mean-looking grill marks on them and serve them on buns with Dijon mustard and sauerkraut. Boil down the leftover beer and onions and serve it on the side. Serve with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, with its lemon-scented hops and nice dry finish, at about $9 per six-pack.
• Show your exotic side and serve him grilled baby octopus (no kidding; many supermarkets carry them for $3 or $4 a pound in the fish section). Marinate in olive oil, lemon, garlic and lime, skewer and char briefly on both sides. Serve the 2011 Francis Coppola "Diamond Collection" Sauvignon Blanc, Calif., with tart flavors of white grapefruit and grass, at $16.
• For dessert, stay at your deckside cooking post and stay exotic, peel and slice a whole pineapple into half-inch slices and grill until heated through and lightly charred. Serve hot, topped with expensive vanilla bean ice cream and serve with an exotic Thai drink called Siam Dew. Mix a jigger of smooth and potent Phraya Deep Matured Gold Rum from Thailand (about $39), which has tropical flavors from coconut to pineapple, plain yogurt, sugar and cumin and shake over ice.
Your Daddy will be very pleased if you do this. The next day he'll go around bragging, "My (daughter, wife, girlfriend, mother, etc.) is so cool. She grills, you know."
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According to the Faulkner County Historical Society, the town of Mayflower is located in the middle of Muskogee Silt Loam, an area that originally belonged to the Choctaws. The tribe sold this land to the U.S. Government and moved to a reservation north of Conway. The earliest settlers arrived about 1778 and made camp near the mouth of Palarm Creek. This area provided wood to feed the maws of the railroad steam engines until 1893. The town's first post office opened November 9, 1880, with Worley E. Vanlandingham serving as first postmaster.
In his book "Arkansas Place Names," Ernie Deane states "The construction superintendent of the Little Rock-Fort Smith Railroad, overseeing building of bridges, a roadway, laying of track, etc., made his office-on-wheels in a converted Pullman car. As all such cars did, this one had a name – Mayflower – and the superintendent used this as the identification place for sending and receiving telegraph messages. Twenty Mile Camp thus becomes Mayflower, permanently, although its location was moved in the 1930s because of highway rerouting. The trains made regular stops at Mayflower Station until 1931.
The development of Lake Conway in 1948 was a boon to the Mayflower community. The lake, covering 6,700 acres, is the largest man-made Game and Fish Commission lake in the United States. It offers excellent bass, catfish, bream and crappie fishing. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission provides several free public launch areas with boat rental available at commercial docks. Another outdoor haven near Mayflower is the Bell Slough Wildlife Management Area and Nature Trail.The nature trail is 2.25-miles in length and consists of two loops. Along the path observation blinds and lookout points allow visitors to view the wildlife habitats. Approximately 35 bird species are resident with another 75 or so appearing during the summer. Fall and winter are best for waterfowl on the area's Grassy Lake. If native wildlife, such as reptiles, frogs, toads, white-tailed deer and other mammals, is the viewing prey, summer is the best time. February to November is when the wildflowers are at their best.
Mayflower, which is located halfway between Little Rock and Conway off Interstate 40, has a population of about 2,000 people.


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I likey my metal noise. I just love an aggressive riff. Plus any genre that openly bashes God is fun in my book.
I do have Beatles music, but it's scrambled and disorganized, so you lose the true album feel.
The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
Alice in Chains: Jar of Flies
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Soundgarden: Down on the Upside
Wolfmother: Wolfmother
Good choice Jennifer! Massive fan of Metallica myself and RTL is quite awesome, especially For Whom the Bell Tolls which is one of my favourite 'tallica songs.
However, I'm actually going to go for Death Magnetic. Maybe it's because it's more recent and it's fresher in my head, but also I find myself constantly playing it even two and a half years after it's release. Jamming along to it on the guitar is simply incredible!
Metallica - Master of Puppets, . . . And Justice For All
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same (contains far superior versions of great ones like Stairway, Dazed and Confused, No Quarter, O'er the Hills and Far Away), Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd - Dark Side, Pulse
The Dyno Four - Live at the Baked Potato (Greg Mathieson, Abe Laboriel Sr., Michael Landau, Vinnie Colaiuta)
Frank Zappa - Overnite Sensation
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Rush - 2112
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland, Valleys of Neptune
Steely Dan - Gaucho, Can't Buy A Thrill
Chick Corea - Paint the World
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Robin Trower - Day of the Eagle
Toto - Toto, Falling In Between, Kingdom of Desire
Van Halen - Fair Warning
As of this moment my fave in With Teeth-NIN. But I have many, many favorites...
Disturbed-Ten Thousand Fists
SOAD-Toxicity and Steal This Album
Avenged Sevenfold-Avenged Sevenfold
Black Sabbath-Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Metallica-And Justice For All and the Black album
Janis Joplin-Greatest Hits
The Talking Heads-Greatest Hits
Kings of Leon-Only By the Night
Sick Puppies-Tri-Polar
The Beatles- Abbey Road
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zepplin- Physical Graffiti
Metallica- ...and Justice for All
Guns n' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
...and of course Yngwie Malmsteen, although I have trouble picking a favorite album. It'd probably have to go with either Fire and Ice or the Seventh Sign.
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The former Real Madrid playmaker is expected to make his bow for his new club following a £40 million deadline day move, with Paolo Di Canio boasting three new additions
Arsenal's club-record signing Mesut Ozil is in line to make his debut in Saturday's Premier League clash against Sunderland
The former Real Madrid playmaker joined the London club on the final day of the transfer window and could be handed his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt at the Stadium of Light.
Manager Arsene Wenger believes the Germany international will add even further depth to his side, who have enjoyed a positive start to the new Premier League season and sit fourth after bouncing back from an opening-day defeat to Aston Villa with back-to-back wins.
"Ozil has a style that will integrate (with) our style of play," Wenger said. "He has all the attributes to be one of our leaders.
"Ozil is at a good age, he is already a great player. There is room for him to become dominant and step up."
Arsenal return from the international break in good form after overcoming arch-rivals Tottenham 1-0 at the Emirates in their last Premier League outing, thanks to a goal from Olivier Giroud.
And Wenger admits that he is glad to get back to action on the pitch after finally ending questions over signings.
The Frenchman was under pressure from sections of the Arsenal fans to bring in new additions during the window, but he insisted he was always confident of managing to capture quality rather than quantity.
"I looked a bit lonely when I said I was optimistic (about a big signing)," he continued. "At the Tottenham game I thought we would manage it. We were open to bring one more player in, or two."
Arsenal will be without Tomas Rosicky (hip) for the visit to Wearside, although Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott are both available after coming through their international outings with England unscathed.
For Sunderland boss Paolo Di Canio, it has been a tough a start to the campaign, with his side yet to record a win in the league - a 1-1 draw with Southampton sandwiched between defeats to Fulham and Crystal Palace, leaving the club 19th in the table.
The Italian will not be happy to hear either that Sunderland have won just one of their last nine home games against Arsenal in the Premier League.
Di Canio has made three new additions to his squad since the 3-1 defeat at Selhurst Park last time out, bringing in Ki Sung-Yueng, Andrea Dossena and Fabio Borini before the window closed.
The latter is on loan from Liverpool and has targeted a regular run in Di Canio's side after struggling with injuries over recent seasons.
"My first thought is to have a clear season with nothing major happening," he told The Sunderland Echo.
"I've always proved myself in the short-term – Swansea was a three-month loan (where he scored six in eight Championship starts) and then it was three months at Roma before injuries.
"I would like at least six or seven months without getting injured, which would mean all season."
Sunderland could welcome back Lee Cattermole while strikers Jozy Altidore and Steven Fletcher are also both available for selection.
However, they will be without the suspended John O'Shea as well as Craig Gardner (groin) and Phil Bardsley (ankle)..


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Special Section: E-Government
Architectures for Digital Government
Brueckner is a free-lancer and independent consultant in the
greater Metro
Welcome to the first of two special sections of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology on e-government. The authors in this special section address various architecture issues, solutions and case studies for digital government. Each of the papers offers a unique perspective on identifying the importance for and development of accessible and usable architectures for digital government.
E-government is the combined service power of traditional government practices utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) to disseminate, retrieve and store information or services. It provides an opportunity to offer the community higher quality services more efficiently and at lower cost.
One of the most important features of the Internet is its ability to connect people with information and with one another. For many this means finding affordable housing, local jobs and dependable daycare. Increasingly, local government units are trying to use the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, to provide their citizens with valuable information to enhance the communitys quality of life and to increase civic participation.
In recent years, technology has increasingly delivered on its promise to provide citizens information about and access to government along with new modes of civic participation. If the Web is to improve citizens access to government information and services, local governments must establish a new model for its provision. Most likely, such improvement will come through inter-jurisdictional planning and deployment. Otherwise, small communities will fall increasingly behind their larger counterparts.
In short, larger communities have long since implemented Web-based services and are continually improving and augmenting their offerings while smaller jurisdictions in many cases have done nothing at all. Unfortunately, only in a few regions have the logical candidates for bridging this divide county and state governments taken on an active role in local technology planning and deployment.
The primary reason for the disparity is that many smaller local government units lack staff with the skills or training necessary to implement e-government. Often times the Webmaster is also the clerk, treasurer or even the township supervisor. Many of these individuals become Webmaster by chance and have a minimal knowledge about information architecture and the dissemination of Web-based information. Additionally, these smaller jurisdictions lack the resources to pay for the services of outside vendors. The result is that many smaller local governments implement e-government in an ad hoc manner, if at all.
Weary public servants can be excused for asking, What's the point? Legislative mandates, budgetary constraints and geopolitical threats make the hard work of doing the public's business all the more difficult. Real results in such an environment are harder to come by and require new approaches.
this issue Eric Frederick, in his article
Tom Brinck and Charles Kaylor, in their respective articles,
address the importance of bridging this gap between the various
tiers of government within the
Citizens are asking for the same level of service from government that they get from private industry. Economic times are tough, especially in government. The media seems to dole out nothing but bad news. In this climate, what can be done to motivate staff and raise morale while keeping productivity high? Is government really at a disadvantage compared to private industry? And, finally, what about trust? How trustworthy is the government these days? The media certainly isnt helping to build that trust and, though there are now a plethora of blogs to help us form opinions and beliefs, they can often times add to the confusion and mistrust.
Security is an especially important concern because interoperability by definition means a more open system. Although citizens are concerned about trusting government, conversely, they also want to see more information available. Citizens want open access; they want information readily available. And, on the other hand, they want privacy, security and trust. It is a fine line that our various governments need to address and address sensitively.
In the digital age, traditional concepts of privacy are becoming obsolete fast. The issues are further complicated by the demands of homeland security and the Freedom of Information Act for open records versus the pressures for confidentiality by HIPAA and similar initiatives. Failure to plan is planning to fail, and that especially applies to government because service continuity is critical.
The evolution from agency-specific to enterprise-wide IT planning is triggering new challenges from an architectural perspective. How do you determine the right architectural direction for the enterprise titled government? How do you maximize the interrelationships of systems and networks? How do you consolidate systems and data sources?
Challenging times call for more creativity in getting things accomplished. This is especially true in planning, launching and completing technology projects. It is no longer viable to reinvent the wheel, create stovepipes or work apart from other agencies and jurisdictions. Leveraging is the key, whether it is the creation of partnerships and alliances or simply leveraging on the successful ideas of others.
I hope you enjoy this special section on e-government and the one to follow in the February/March 2005 issue of the Bulletin, where we will have three contributing authors share best practices from local, national and international perspectives.
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2010 - The year in review Part 2
The second half of 2010 started off with good news, when it was confirmed that a college would be coming to the community. Thanks to the efforts of the local Custer Economic Development Corp., Custer Campus is expected to be operational in time for 2011 Fall classes. This was just one of the stories making Chief headlines this past year. This week we will peruse the headlines for more area stories during the months of July-December, 2010.JULY Broken Bow is about to become a college community. The Custer Economic Development Corporation is proud to announce the development of the Custer Campus on the west side of Broken Bow. "This presents an unlimited amount of opportunities. I just don't see how it could be any better," said Loren Taylor, chairman of the CEDC Board of Directors.~~~~ For the first time, Broken Bow voters will cast their ballots in a mail-in election rather than the traditional go-to-the-polls election. The Broken Bow Board of Education approved a resolution requesting a special bond election. The resolution called for an Aug. 10, 2010, special mail-in election, requesting a bond not exceeding $9,955,000; the cost of the school project plus the costs of issuing the bonds.~~~~ Bow Food Pride in Broken Bow is closing. The signs are out - the owners have made the decision once the stock is gone to shut their doors. Mike Whitesel and his wife Dianna, Jeff and Stacey McMeen and Randy and Tanya Kennedy purchased the former Jack and Jill last summer and then spent the next nine months pouring money into the business.~~~~ Tragedy struck the Chief area hard during July, with a triple fatality accident and drowning. A crash involving two pickup trucks on Highway 2 near Litchfield claimed the lives of Carrol Seats, 66, of Ansley, Nola Jaeschke, 83, of Mason City, and Howard Jaeschke, 86, also of Mason City. That same week, Troy Nutter of Thedford was the victim of drowning at Calamus Lake near Burwell. Nutter had been on a weekend fishing trip with his family.~~~~ Heavy rains have forced the closure of trails and campgrounds at Halsey Forest. Average rainfall for the Bessey District is 21 inches per year; however, the current seven month tally is 27.15 inches.~~~~ The stately brick building that has served as the home for Oconto school students for more than 100 years, will now serve as home for a family of 10. Melanie and Gary Doyle were the winning bidders for the building at a public auction July 17 in Oconto, paying $3,000 for the old schoolAUGUST An Arcadia teen lost his life as the result of a vehicle accident near Comstock. According to the Nebraska State Patrol office in Grand Island, 17-year-old Bronson Darville of Arcadia, died from injuries he suffered in the accident.~~~~ For the second time in just over two years, voters in School District 25 have voted on a proposed bond to build and/or renovate the district's elementary schools. And both times the voters said no. With a 60 percent voter turnout, final numbers were: 1,342 AGAINST, 925 FOR.~~~~ Dave Green, owner of Grocery Kart, has announced plans to expand the store. The store purchased the land next door, cleared off the old building and plans to connect 6,500 square feet of retail space directly to the west of the curren building.~~~~ Michael G. Mannlein, 47 of Sargent, was the victim of a drowning accident at Johnson Lake near Lexington. ~~~~ The 'party in a pasture' returned with the Comstock or Bust country music concert, organized by new promoter Bill Kann. Kann promises a bigger and better festival next year, with country, rock and Christian concerts planned.SEPTEMBER For more than 27 years, Mary Landkamer has made it her business to know other people's business. This month she will hang up her local historian hat, when she officially retires as Director of the Custer County Historical Museum. ~~~~ A severe, fast-moving thunderstorm made its way across the area leaving residents in the Weissert area a mess to clean up. Mike and Karen Connely lost their garage in the storm, and several farmers in the area reported heavy damage to crops.~~~~ The community of Callaway played host to the 20th annual Kite Flight Labor Day weekend. Kite enthusiasts from 25 states and 14 different countries have participated in the event since its inception.~~~~ More than eight months after the death of 4-year-old Landon Payne in rural Kearney County, a man with Custer County ties has been arrested in connection with the boy's death. Dustin A. Scoville, 23, was arrested Sept. 3 on a Kearney County warrant, charging him with aiding and abetting child abuse relating in Landon's death and with being an accessory to a felony. He was the fourth person to be charged in the case.~~~~ Right Drug of Callaway announced the pharmacy has been sold to Marge Trythall, owner of Varney Healthmart in Broken Bow. The Edgington family, long-time owners of the business, will retain ownership of the merchandise side of the business with Trythall making plans to move the pharmacy to a different location later this year.OCTOBER It is big news for the community of Broken Bow, as well as shoppers from the surrounding area, as later this month two grocery stores will again be serving customers in this central Nebraska area. The sale of Bow Food Pride became official Friday, Oct. 1, when the Schmick family of McCook closed the deal on the local store.~~~~ A pasture fire near Cumro burned an estimated 60-70 acres of grassland. The blaze began near the center point of a pivot, before being stirred up by the wind and taken over a hill. Upon further inspection, it's been decided that a mouse is to blame. Its charred body was found inside the wire box of the pivot center, connecting two wires.~~~~ A 43-year-old Litchfield woman was killed after pulling her vehicle into the path of an eastbound BNSF coal train near Litchfield. The accident occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m. Oct. 7, at a field crossing three miles west of Litchfield on State Highway 2. The vehicle was struck broadside and was carried three-tenths of a mile east to where the train stopped. ~~~~ According to Sergeant Ryan Anderson, the Broken Bow Police Department received a call from McDonald's employees at about 4:30 a.m. Oct. 5, reporting that someone had entered the store and taken money out of the safe. Anderson says a substantial amount of cash was taken.~~~~ In their Monday evening meeting, the Broken Bow Board of Education approved a plan to upgrade and replace some of the school's buses in the next two years. The board approved the purchase of a newer MCI activity bus Monday night. A Suburban and two 12-passenger vans are also being added to replace the current 15-passenger vans.~~~~ A Saturday afternoon fire caused extensive damage at the residence of David and Bobbi Summerford of rural Broken Bow. It is believed the fire started in an electrical cord plugged in to the camper. Sparks from the cord are believed to have ignited the grass, then spread to the camper, the car parked near the camper, and a building which was at one time a schoolhouse. All three were a total loss.~~~~ Broken Bow Pack is under new ownership. The new owners, Steve and Michelle Burnett, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce, and plan to offer a full-service butcher shop.NOVEMBER More than 50 percent of Custer County's registered voters cast their ballots in the general election Tuesday. With only a number of absentee and provisional ballots remaining to be counted, the race for mayor of Broken Bow is a close one, with Cecil Burt leading the race with 622 votes over incumbent Reynold C. McMeen, who has 603 votes.~~~~ Luke LeFever, 22, was arraigned in Custer County District Court last week on five felony counts, all stemming from incidents which took place in Custer County Aug. 13, 2010. LeFever has been charged with; Count 1: felon in possession of a firearm, Count 2: possession of a stolen firearm; Count 3: possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine; Count 4: willful reckless driving; and Count 5: operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest.~~~~ The Custer Campus Board of Directors and Custer Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) will officially break ground on the site of the seven acre Custer Campus in Broken Bow Friday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. According to officials, U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, Mid-Plains Community College President Dr. Michael Chipps, Custer Campus Board of Directors, CEDC Board of Directors, andofficials from the City of Broken Bow are expected to participate in the ceremonies.~~~~ The teams are ready'and the birds are nervous'as the time nears for the 50th Annual Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt slated for Nov. 4-7, in Broken Bow. A total of eight 5-person teams will take part in the 2010 Nebraska One Box Hunt competition' which culminates with a competitive pheasant and quail hunt that takes place all day Saturday.~~~~ When Steve Scott graduated from Broken Bow High School in 1978, he knew exactly what he wanted to do. Thirty years later, he is still doing it. Last week, Broken Bow Police Chief Scott celebrated 30 years of service to the police department and to the community of Broken Bow. ~~~~ Political experts across the state of Nebraska are in agreement that a 40 percent or above voter turnout in a non-presidential election is pretty darned good. With that said, local voters will be pleased to know that here in central Nebraska we topped the charts Tuesday. Custer County officials report a nearly 51 percent, 50.91 to be exact, turnout in last week's general election. But it was Blaine County that really made their mark - with 75 percent of the voters completing a ballot.~~~~ An oil pipeline has been proposed to cross the depth of Nebraska and the Sierra Club wants the state to slow down and take a second look. Senator Mike Johanns agrees, as do State Senator Deb Fischer and Congressman Adrian Smith. The pipeline is the third such pipeline designed to transfer tar sands sludge from Canada to refineries in the south. The proposed route would take the pipeline across the sandy soils of the Sandhills region and through the heart of the Ogallala Aquifer.~~~~ An Arnold centenarian-plus celebrated her birthday Nov. 11 and now into her fourth year past the 100 year mark, this fixture of independence reigns queen with her smile. Miriam Bower was born Nov. 11, 1906, which means she just celebrated her 104th birthday! With the help of her daughter Ruth, Miriam is able to reside in her own home where she's lived since 1937. DECEMBER Chadron State College's Cory Beran has been selected to the ESPN Academic All-America First Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced. Beran, a senior defensive end from Sargent who has a 3.68 GPA in natural sciences, is the third Chadron State defensive linemen to earn first team honors. Cory's older brother, Casey, was a first team selection in 1999.~~~~ The Custer County Foundation hosted its sixth annual Christmas gala Saturday with approximately 270 people, the largest attendance yet, at the Broken Bow Municipal Building. Early results show that just the Silent and Live Auction items brought in over $37,000, which is an increase of $13,000 from the previous year.~~~~ Ongoing investigations by the Broken Bow Police Department have led to the arrests last week of two men on burglary charges involving local businesses, according to Broken Bow Police Chief Steve Scott. William A. Byrne, 21 of Broken Bow, was arraigned in Custer County Court, charged with a Class III felony for burglary, and a Class III felony for theft in connection with the Oct. 6, 2010, burglary at the McDonald's Restaurant in Broken Bow. Skyler J. Linn, 19 of Broken Bow, was also arraigned in Custer County Court Monday and charged with Class III felonies for three counts of burglary and a Class III felony for possession of a firearm. ~~~~ Broken Bow has a new mayor. Cecil Burt was sworn in, along with councilmen Jim Franssen and Scott Spanel at Monday's city council meeting. The new mayor said he is going to work to learn how to run a city along with the council's help. ~~~~ While the first week of December was exceptionally busy for the Broken Bow Volunteer Fire Department, facilitator Andy Holland says calls for the year are below the average - and that is a good thing. As of Dec. 13, the department had been dispatched to a total of 50 fire calls throughout the 2010 year, compared with the annual average of 70.~~~~ The Nebraska State Patrol and the Custer County Sheriff's Office investigated a triple fatality traffic crash that occurred Dec. 18, two miles west of Ansley on State Highway 2. Killed in the crash were Jeffrey Podraza, 44, of Elkhorn, and Podraza's daughters - Jordyn 12, and Taylor, 10.~~~~ Nineteen-year-old Skyler J. Linn was sentenced in Custer County District Court Dec. 16, to 12-15 months in the Nebraska Department of Corrections. The sentence was part of a plea agreement Linn and his attorney reached with the State.~~~~ Coaches and writers from across the state have selected and released their all-district and all-state teams for the 2010 fall sports season which include numerous athletes from the Custer County Chief coverage area. Area athletes receiving all-state honors in Class D1 volleyball were Taylor Rohde, Ansley (1st-team OWH and LJS) and Tricia Young, Mullen (2nd team OWH and 1st team LJS. Broken Bow's Nathan Scott was selected to the OWH's and LJS's Class C1 all-state team in football. Scott was selected as a linebacker in the OWH and as the defensive athlete for the LJS. The Sargent Bulldogs landed three players on the Class D2 all-state teams for the OWH and LJS. Jed Fenske (RB) and Tyke Kozeal (K) were selected to the offensive teams while Guy Fenske (LB/DB) was selected to the defensive teams. Mullen's Zach Call (RB) was also selected to both the OWH and LJS's Class D2 all-state teams. Receiving LJS all-state honors in Class D2 were Anselmo-Merna's Jake Wells, Colton Rush and Cole Miller; Mullen's Gabe Connealy, Jake Spies and Nathan Vinton; Sargent's Ridge Horky, Tanner Balfour and Ryan Mosier along with S-E-M's Zach Burden.