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Workshop: Enterprise content management
Natural selection
There is no special formula for selecting the right enterprise-content-management package. However, with the breadth of users, business processes and applications involved, purchasers must nevertheless choose carefully.
By Alan Pelz-Sharpe
Software selection and purchasing has always been a thorny issue. Vendor demonstrations need to be closely examined and vendors themselves forensically questioned do their claims really stand up? And organisations need to look critically at their own needs not get carried away and see how well these match with the capabilities genuinely offered by the software on the shortlist.
And then theres the issue of price and implementation time and costs.
With enterprise-content management (ECM) software, a good first step is to take a thorough inventory of content silos and their owners (youll need to do this sooner or later), and base-level corporate infrastructure (human, knowledge, physical) for the project. A complete enterprise-content audit may sound like overkill, but look deeply at what you have and what you find may well surprise you.
The natural inclination in an ECM deployment is to develop expansive requirements.
This is okay as a starting point, but at each step in the process, youll want to ask your team, How important is it really that this aspect or process be automated? Remember you are not building the perfect system, just a great one.
Furthermore, no single platform presently on the market can address the entire ECM lifecycle seamlessly. Remember that complete requirements are nice, but prioritised requirements are gold. Knowing the features or attributes that are more important than others will make it easier to compare the vendors and will also help you keep costs in line with your budget.
At this point, you may wish to sound out either your favoured systems integrator or a handful of vendors who would appear to be a suitable match, especially on broad-brush cost estimates, to help inform the next step.
This can be done by issuing a request for information (RFI), of course. However, avoid a vendor dog-and-pony show at this point. It is premature and will waste your time (and theirs).
Develop use cases or scenarios
Sometimes called scenarios, use cases can provide a much richer way of describing your needs and connecting them to business benefits. Use cases can also vastly simplify and speed up the vendor selection process by giving everyone a target to aim at and team members can understand vendor offerings much better if they are discussed and demonstrated using scenarios that they face every day.
We like to develop use cases that start with an as is and then describe an ideal to be. This gives vendors a better idea of what youre trying to accomplish.
It also enables you to achieve some actual improvements, rather than just an ECM software implementation that mirrors what is already in place. The more detailed your use cases are, the more you will be able to differentiate solutions. But if time is short, even simple use cases may suffice.
Consider the following:
As is
Susan in the Paris mail room sends incoming bundles of letters to each department for local sorting by legal secretaries who then assemble relevant documents into manual case folders. When lawyers need to collaborate with others, their secretary scans documents on the local scanner/copier and posts the hard-copy documents to the other office or, in some cases, sends TIFF images via e-mail. When close collaborative work between various offices is required, this is usually managed via teleconference or by one party or the other travelling to meet in person.
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Susan in the mailroom opens a letter that contains a signed document from a client of the Paris legal firm she works for. She scans the document, which is in fact a completed form that had been despatched to the client for completion some weeks ago. Once scanned, the ECM system recognises the form, reads some elements of it and triggers a workflow. The electronic form is automatically sent to the secretary of the lawyer dealing with the matter and this is registered into the case along with other pertinent documents.
In parallel, Susan has sent by internal mail the original hard-copy document to the records management department for processing. The lawyer assigned to this case opens up the report that has been assembled by her secretary and immediately realises that the completed form details will require expert examination by her colleague in another office. She sends the case to him along with an electronic request for them to meet in a secure team-room to work on their response to the new information together.
What you have done here is signaled to the ECM vendor that:
- Scanning, imaging and recognition techologies are an essential part of this solution;
- Security and confidentiality (potentially digital-rights management or DRM) are very important factors;
- Strong collaborative environments are neccesary;
- Records management issues may not have been thought through fully;
- You have a need for strong workflow and case-management capabilities.
You could have skipped the as is piece, though bidders will find it very useful. More importantly, youve given vendors something very concrete to propose against and demonstrate when they meet you.
Whatever you do, avoid tick box RFIs. Vendors have seen them all and have figured out how to check all the boxes. Yes, you still need to outline some canonical requirements (must run on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, for example), but try to keep these to a minimum and instead describe more use cases to illuminate the breadth of your needs and find out how they will meet them.
Indeed, remember the differentiating power of the word how. Rather than ask a vendor, Workflow? ask: How do you support workflow in collaborative environments? If they use a Microsoft ActiveX control, but most of your authors work from Apple Macs or any non-Microsoft environment then you have a problem.
Theres one final point when you change your RFI to be less about the product and more about your firm and its needs. To the extent that you open up your business processes, failures and successes in great detail and ideally you will it is prudent to have potential bidders sign a strict non-disclosure agreement first.
The business case
Is this a good time to set a project budget? Two schools of thought predominate. One recommends waiting to see what potential opportunities lay ahead and setting a budget later. However, it may be more practical to set a budget now to discipline the rest of the requirements-gathering and vendor winnowing, while remaining flexible depending on what arises. In either case, dont forget about the cost of customisation and integration. Account for all of the services you may need and only set aside 25-35 per cent of your budget for software.
Review technology alternatives Use your requirements and the outlines of the new system to develop a workplan, which will simplify matters for you and the vendor alike. The workplan, together with your use cases and the deliverables described above, can serve as the basis for a request for proposal (RFP).
Vendors will gladly come in to present their products first-hand, which may serve as a learning experience and could help sharpen your requirements and shorten your list. But chances are that if you have designed your system carefully, you might not need to conduct a wide cattle call.
Always have them demo your use cases rather then their canned routines. This is vital. A browser with a good internet connection is much more useful here than a Microsoft PowerPoint-slide presentation. Insist on the former.
Be sure to ask what optional modules the vendor will not include in your solution and is not including in its price. Unfortunately, sandbagging remains rampant in ECM: to fully realise a solution after you are underway, the vendor informs you that you must purchase optional modules. This potential for extra cost is especially important to consider for deployment modules and application server or portal connectors. The bottom line here is that you should not be seriously comparing vendors until you have completed the previous stages.
Perform due diligence
You probably already know the importance of performing due diligence on server software, but in any case, heres a brief primer.
For starters, youll want to talk to companies just like yours who have already implemented the package. Vendors will total the number of licences they have issued in the past year, but try to find out how many actually were implemented and then kept the product.
If you are suspicious about a particular feature or module, ask to see it in production on a live server from among the vendors clients.
This is especially critical when your implementation depends on integrating two or more products the fact that the vendors are partners often means little. How many sites currently use those two products in tandem now?
Fair or not, its the early adopters that provide integration lessons for everyone else.
If you are going to procure professional services from the vendor or an integrator (and you probably will), be sure to meet the team who will work with you. Every company has experienced ECM hands. Many of them are extraordinarily knowledgeable, but unless you are BP or General Electric (or even if you are), they are likely to be preoccupied with the next sales call as soon as your contract is signed.
So, meet the actual project managers, architects, and developers who will be implementing your system or training you how to run it. If you cant work successfully with them, what makes you think you can work with their product?
Note that this is especially important with vendors who are enjoying substantial success and momentum in the marketplace, and are therefore growing fast and hiring a lot of staff. Thats right, corporate financial health and the quality of the human resources at hand can be competing dimensions.
Review any vendors financial performance, but with a grain of salt.
We have seen big, successful companies jettison ECM offerings and niche vendors survive and thrive. Note that most of the major ECM software players have gone through the stress of flat sales earlier in this decade and only in the past few years have climbed out of this trough.
Nevertheless, there remain key metrics to evaluate, such as available cash (and burn-rates for cash-flow negative companies) and revenue momentum. Of the two, cash in hand is the best indicator of whether a company will survive. Use your experience and instincts here. For better or worse, positive buzz around a particular vendor may be a better predictor of long-term viability than the quality of the technology.
Consider asking for a proof-of-concept If you are about to blow hundreds of thousands of any currency on ECM licences alone (with integration on top), its reasonable to ask your list of vendor finalists to come in to your shop, install their packages on your hardware and to develop some sample templates and workflows that make sense to your team.
You should define this exercise in advance, using your scenarios, rather than using canned vendor demo sites. Note that, depending on whether the proofs can be done concurrently, a proof-of-concept step could add a month or more to your selection cycle.
Nevertheless, this kind of show me evidence can be a powerful indicator of which offering will work best for you. In our experience, it saves time in the long run.
Perhaps most importantly, it is the best way we know for actual system users to definitively identify what will work best for them. Dont be scared by this. It is to your benefit to emplace accountability with end users. You may risk ruling out a vendor who elects not to compete in this way. For an enterprise installation, this is an unreasonable position for a vendor to take, but in the mid-market, the cost of participating in a proof-of-concept could far outweigh any margin the vendor would likely achieve.
One way to avoid this is to offer to compensate the vendor an agreed upon sum for their time (but not their software) if they invest in a proof-of-concept and do not emerge the winner.
If you cant do a proof-of-concept, then at least send your staff developers and users to training at the two vendor finalists training centers. Youll likely have to pay for it, but it will be a fast way to feel certain about which solution will best suit your needs.
Choose a package
With solid requirements and a firm budget the choice should be fairly clear by now. Negotiate your best terms. If you go the proof-of-concept route, you probably want to negotiate those terms before the final tests, when you will still have maximum leverage, but hold off on completing the contract, as issues may arrive during that phase that you might wish to address in the final agreement. No software is perfect. Conduct a group debrief after the competition phase and make a list of what you dont like about the package you are going to select. This helps you set internal expectations and account for necessary workarounds as you finalise the implementation plan. Contributing resources towards resolving some of the shortcomings your team finds could be part of the final deal.
Prototype as early as possible
If you are purchasing a large system, consider confirming that you made the right choice before getting the full number of licences you will ultimately require. This means quickly implementing even a partial solution for part of your platform perhaps a single section within a single department.
That way, you and your vendor(s) can learn critical lessons while the stakes remain reasonably low. It will also enable you to show project momentum.
And if it all blows up, hopefully you will have hedged some of your investment.
That sounds awful, but what is worse than admitting a mistake and switching to a different package? Not admitting your mistake and being stuck justifying a system that doesnt meet even your basic business needs. On many occasions CMS Watch has heard, Yes, this software stinks, but we paid $X00,000 for it, so we have to use it
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Six common pitfalls to avoid (and best practices to follow)
Throughout this process, you can take advantage of the lessons learned by those who went before you. Having led many ECM implementations and after debriefing dozens of practitioners, CMS Watch analysts have seen much go wrong and much go right. Here is a distillation of some common pitfalls, along with best practices to follow to improve your likelihood of success.
Pitfall one: Selecting an ECM package before developing solid requirements and a business case.
Best practice: Gather thorough requirements but only after establishing a business case to shape and discipline the process then select a package that truly meets your needs.
Pitfall two: Thinking an ECM software package will provide an ECM solution.
Best practice: Model your existing and prospective ECM processes and content stores
using building blocks of people, content, practices and infrastructure.
Pitfall three: Not involving internal stakeholders from the very beginning.
Best practice: Involve system users in the design, implementation and testing of the system.
Pitfall four: Spending insufficient effort describing and organising content, and underestimating migration times.
Best practice: Invest in mapping the structure of your content, chunking it, building workable taxonomies and creating user-centric information architectures. Then clean your data.
Pitfall five: Looking solely at the product and not enough at the vendor.
Best practice: Perform as much due diligence on the vendor company as you do its product.
Pitfall six: Missing or underestimating internal change management issues.
Best practice: Recognise and make explicit how new systems and tools are likely to affect peoples jobs and enlist their support for productive change.


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Back to topic, I think that the Su-27SM will win over F2 if there is a small-scale clashes.
They are faster, more maneuverable, better qualified pilots Russia, Russia's weapons better with R73M2 fitted hat display HMS.
I set the battle for two Dogfight mode and WVR. For BVR, we do not know much about rcs of F2 and AESA radar (J/APG-1) manufactured by Japan so I say that F2 is very little chance of winning before the Su-27SM
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video LOMAC Su-27 + TVC + R73M2 + HMS + Cobra = dogfight
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better qualified pilots Russia
I'm not so sure about this. I don't know how much flight time Japanese pilots get but I do know that Russian pilots get significantly fewer flight hours than their American counterparts. I would expect that Japan spends far more money training each of its pilots than Russia does.
Russia's weapons better with R73M2 fitted hat display HMS.
Do the F2s have JHMCS and AIM-9X? Because if they do, this advantage is neutralized.
As for the actual engagement, I'm pretty sure the Japanese would want to avoid a WVR engagement if it came down to it. In BVR they would probably have the advantage thanks to AMRAAM and AWACS as well as AESA vs the Russians' mechanically steered radars.
Also in your simulation, the Pugachev Cobra would be a very foolish maneuver for the Sukhois. First off, we're not sure that an Su-27 can do this maneuver with a full load of fuel and whether it can do it with a full load-out (are these Su-27s loaded with a strike load-out or A2A?).
Second, the Cobra requires the jet to lose a lot of energy i.e. it has to be flying relatively slow. If the Sukhoi did try the Cobra right at the merge, the F2s would probably shoot by at higher air speed and then manage to get on its six. The Su-27 would have slowed down so much that it would be a sitting duck for an AIM-9X or AMRAAM right through the tailpipe.
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The Japanese don't have the X, they're equivalent is the AAM-5, I don't know if it is in service yet.
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A mix of spiraling psychedelia and grittier garagey rock from Chocolate Watch Band! No Way Out has a bit more grit than the more mystical follow up LP, but we wouldn't complain about that – the mix of more tripped out organ and atmospheric touches paired with harder hitting, sweaty r&b and fuzz rock influenced sounds match pretty well in our book! Groovy stuff from the late 60s Cali scene! Titles include "Let's Talk About Girls", "Midnight Hour", "Come On", "Dark Side Of The Mushroom", "Hot Dusty Road", "Gone And Passes By", "Expo 2000" and "Gossamer Wings". © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. |
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Smiley and West reflect on the discovery by scientists of the "God particle", a sub-atomic key to understanding the (physical) existence of life.
Tavis said: "Did I miss something... we're talking about science here, but the so-called "God Particle" does have a spiritual connotation to it." Actually, you DID miss something... the phrase "God Particle" is a joke, and a profane one at that: Nobel-prize winning physicist Leon Lederman wrote a book about the search for the particle, a text he wanted to entitle "The Goddamn Particle" because it was so goddamn difficult to find; the publishers wouldn't go along with that, and so re-titled the text "The God Particle." Scientists call the particle the Higgs boson, after one of the physicists who theorized its existence. Higgs himself dislikes the phrase "God Particle" -- and so do most scientists -- but it's such a "sexy" term that the media focus upon it without discussing its jokey etymology. So instead of talking about the science of the Higgs mechanism and the Standard Model -- or even about the media's focus on the phrase "God Particle" when the potential discovery has nothing to do with God -- you got bogged down in the ontic/ontological debate... one you probably wouldn't inject in other scientific topics, such as evolution or climate science.
I am glad this correction was added. I want to thank the poster (Mr Sterner above) for this comment. I listened to physicist Brian Greene on the Charlie Rose show discussing this and Professor Greene said "We hate the name 'God particle' ". And by "we" I think Professor Greene means physicists in general. I think it's hard enough for physicists and scientists to help laypersons understand science, it doesn't help when the basic terms gets all jumbled up in hype. And I am glad to hear Dr West's comments regarding this, but if I could I would take Dr West to task for not conveying the humility and circumspect way that scientists approach introducing new and groundbreaking ideas. Dr West expresses erringly I think, that scientists are too capricious or something. I am sure that the physicists involved with the Higgs Boson have worked so incredibly hard to be sure to characterize what this means as carefully as possible and they want to help people really understand what it means but each and every person has to take the time and effort required to understand what this all means. Progress is incremental in science and comes at great cost and with revision and struggle. And these Higgs Boson physicists certainly did not "guess" at anything especially with the decades of work and mountains of data gathered, but the layperson cant understand that unless they look at it themselves. And no, evidence does not "change" as Dr West suggested, but our ability to interpret it and substantiate it does.
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Cleveland Browns look to slow down Peyton Manning, surging Denver Broncos
One man knows how to hold Peyton Manning in check, and unfortunately for the Browns he now coaches another team.
Romeo Crennel frustrated Manning as defensive coordinator of the New England Patriots from 2001-2004. The Patriots beat the Colts with Manning at quarterback, 24-14, in the 2003 AFC championship game. In 2004, the Patriots knocked off the Colts, 20-3, in a divisional playoff game.
Crennel as head coach of the Browns made Manning sweat for every point. Indianapolis squeaked out 13-6 and 10-6 victories.
Crennel even gave Manning fits this year as head coach at lowly Kansas City Chiefs. The Broncos won, 17-9, but the 17 points were the fewest Denver scored this season.
The Browns would be very happy duplicating that defensive effort today against the streaking Broncos. Kickoff at Sports Authority Field at Mile High is 4:05 p.m.
Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson was part of the 10-6 loss in 2008 when the Colts scored their only touchdown on a 37-yard fumble return by defensive end Robert Mathis. Manning completed 15 of 21 passes for 125 yards and two interceptions. His passer rating was a lowly 46.2.
On Thursday, current Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron said he does study defenses that were successful against the team or quarterback the Browns are preparing to meet. Crennel, though, uses a 3-4 defense. Jauron uses a 4-3 defense.
"The biggest thing with Manning defensively is not giving him a pre-snap read," Jackson said. "He does a tremendous job of reading a defense and putting the offense in the best play available for that coverage. If he sees pressure, he does some different things that have made him successful over the years.
"We're going to line up and just play and hopefully our front four will get after him a bit and get him off his spot because that's the key getting to him. He gets rid of the ball. He helps his offensive line is by releasing that ball quickly because he knows exactly where to go and it forces you not to pressure as much."
Opponents run out of superlatives describing Manning, who could be the MVP and the Comeback Player of the Year in the same season. Continued...
Manning missed all of 2011 with the Colts recovering from neck surgery. In a tearful good-bye, he became a free agent after 14 years in Indianapolis.
Former Broncos great John Elway persuaded Manning to sign in Denver. Manning has thrown 31 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions. The Broncos, 11-3, have won nine straight games.
"He knows exactly where the ball is going by what he sees," Jauron said. "Probably pre-snap he's got an idea, and then as the snap develops he knows quickly. He gets it out quickly.
"Brett Favre played lots of years in the same system and the ball came out fast. You didn't get a lot of chances to hit him. They're probably dissimilar in a lot of ways, but similar in that regard. The ball comes out fast. They know where it's going quickly."
This truly has been the Year of the Quarterback for the Browns secondary. This is their second dose of Manning. They faced Eli in September and lost to the Giants, 41-27.
They faced Andy Dalton of the Bengals twice, Joe Flacco of the Ravens twice, Michael Vick of the Eagles, Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Bills, Andrew Luck - Peyton Manning's replacement in Indianapolis – Philip Rivers of the Chargers and Tony Romo of the Cowboys.
A year ago they finished 10th in team defense and fifth in points allowed. Those numbers aren't as glowing this season.
The Browns allowed 307 points last season and have already given up 310, though two touchdowns were scored on interception returns.
Sixteen passing touchdowns were scored on the Browns last year. They have given up 21 this season with the game today and one in Pittsburgh next Sunday remaining.
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By virtue of its Region IV, Division IV Championship, Carroll County's boys' basketball team will advance to the Group AA State Tournament for the first time in 22 years. The Cavaliers are scheduled to open state action this Sat., March 2 at 8:30 p.m.
Standing in Carroll's way will be Region III, Division 4 runner-up E.C. Glass (19-8) of Lynchburg. The Hilltoppers advanced to the state tournament with a 72-52 win over Lord Botetourt in its regional semifinal before losing to Heritage in the regional championship game Saturday. E.C. Glass played Heritage four times this season, with each team winning two of the matchups. Glass beat Heritage in the Seminole District Tournament en route to the district tournament title.
According to E.C. Glass head coach Roy Roberson, the Hilltoppers are led by 6-9 senior center Karl Overstreet, who averages 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per contest. Like Carroll County (24-2), Glass also boasts excellent guard play. Roberson said his team's backcourt is led by 5-7 guards Jermaine Mayo and Akeem Jones and 6-0 guard Shawn Brown. The Hilltoppers are extremely deep, typically playing 10 to 11 players per ball game.
"I think it's our depth and our unselfishness. I think we have five, maybe even as many as six kids that I would say any of them could score 15 points in a given night. It's just a matter of who has the hot hand," Roberson said of his team's success this year. "If you look at our stats, Overstreet is our leading scorer, A.J. Hall and Shawn Brown all average somewhere between 11 and 12 points per game, and then my point guard Mayo and Bateman both average about eight points per game. But all of those kids have had multiple games where they have scored 15 or better. It's somewhat atypical for me. Normally we have one or two kids that carry the scoring load."
According to Roberson, until winning the district in 2011, the Hilltoppers had not won a district title prior to 1995. E.C. Glass last went to the Group AA State Tournament in 2011, when it fell to Christiansburg in a state quarterfinal. As far as style of play, Roberson said the Hilltoppers' depth has allowed the team to adjust to its opponent.
"I think it depends on who we are playing. I think we adjust our style according to our opponent," he said. "We are not typically going to be a slow-it-down type, but if we need to be patient we can certainly do that. I would be shocked if we play games in the 30s or 40s. We have the personnel to play either way."
Roberson said the team got off to a rougher start than anticipated, going 0-3 before winning 19 of its final 24 games, with losses to Halifax (65-52), Charlottesville (81-65) and Monticello (77-70).
"We found a way to correct some of the errors and get everybody on the same page," Roberson said.
From what he's seen on film, Carroll County head coach Brad Hawks said the Hilltoppers are a hard-nosed team that like to get up the court and trap defensively.
"It looks they rebound well. They are fairly long and athletic," Hawks said. "They do the little things and they are just super physical. They are well-coached and they like to run a lot of guys at you."
One advantage the Cavaliers may have going into the game is the fact that they have already played once this year at the Salem Civic Center. Of course, that game didn't go so well, with Carroll losing its first game after an 18-0 start to Virginia Episcopal by a score of 62-34.
"But that's why we scheduled that game, to play in that atmosphere, to see what it is all about," Hawks said. "Our kids will fight no matter where we play, but we knew when we scheduled that game it would help us in the long run."
With the trip to the state tournament quarterfinal game just a little over an hour away from Hillsville, Hawks hopes the Cavalier faithful will descend upon Salem the same way they did during the Region IV Tournament in Hillsville. The crowd for the regional championship game against Salem was epic, with the gym at full capacity.
"Definitely, I hope they will come out and support us. I've said it all year long. Our fan base has been our sixth man here at home. It has really helped us. That really gets in the heads of other people," Hawks said. "I have had coaches from other schools ask me how we get our student body to participate in basketball games so well. When you have other coaches notice things like that, you know it is good. I want to thank the members of the community and the student body for doing that for us."
The winner of the E.C. Glass-Carroll County game will move on to the Group AA semifinals against the winner of Grafton-Millbrook at 12:45 p.m. on Weds., March 6 in Richmond. The state championship game is set for Sat., March 9 in Richmond.


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After the American Revolution, it became the first Unitarian Church in America in 1785.
The pulpit is the oldest in the United States still in use on its original site. It is called a wine glass pulpit.
King's Chapel was the first church in America to use an organ.
The largest bell ever cast in the Revere foundry and the last made by Paul Revere himself is still run for all services. It weighs over a ton.


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The Most Satisfactorg Newspaper With the Largest Circulation in Clag Countv HE Southern Illinois Record A Good Newspaper is a Power in the Home. School. State and Nation VOLUME V. FLORA, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917 NUMBER 30 HAPPENINGS IN SOCIAL CIRCLES CONVERTS HONORED WEDNESDAY 'BetU Gama" Girla Entertained Monday Night by Niaa Inetta NcCauUy The social rooms of the M. E, church were the scene of a pleasant social gathering Wednesday night, when tbe new church members were given a cordial reception by the con¬ gregation. About forty were re¬ ceived In full connection with the church as a result of the recent special meetings conducted by Evan¬ gelist Thomas, The parlor and dtnlng room decorations were of a patriotic nature, bouquets of spring flowers were In evidence, A miscellaneous program of music and readings de¬ lighted all. Light refreshments were served and the guests of honor and the entire company passed a delight¬ ful social time. Rev, M. C, Foltz ¦gave an Interesting talk followed by others representing the various de¬ partments of the church. Miss Inetta McCaully was hostess to the Beta Gamma club girls Mon¬ day night. The girls enjoyed them¬ selves as only a happy crowd of young folks can. Music and games and de¬ lightful social time. Misses Zoe Friend and Buth Golden were guests of the club. The hostess served
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Title | Southern Illinois Record |
Masthead | The Southern Illinois Record |
Date | 1917-04-19 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 19 |
Year | 1917 |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 30 |
Decade | 1910-1919 |
Geographic Coverage | United States, Illinois, Clay County, Flora |
Description | An Archive of the Southern Illinois Record Newspaper in Flora, Illinois. Flora Digitial Newspapers Collection. |
Subject | Flora (Ill.) - Newspapers, Clay County (Ill.) - Newspapers |
Rights | Digitized with permission from current newspaper publisher. |
Contributing Institution | Flora Public Library |
Source | Microfilm |
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Emergency responders kept thousands on high alert Wednesday as the Waldo Canyon Fire raged on.
Meanwhile, some lingered and strolled through the tourist town of Manitou Springs.
Families there were forced to evacuate Sunday as the wildfires burning from the west got too close for comfort.
The tiny tourist town was deemed safe for return later that night.
And, although there was a noticeable decrease in the number of visitors Wednesday, business owners stood their ground and kept their doors open, looking for a revenue boost since sales dropped to nearly zero.
"Ninety-five percent!" Jill Solomon said. "I mean I've had very few people, I actually had a 50 percent off sale. I put it on Facebook - 50 percent off everything - just to kind of pay the rent, and I'm hoping this weekend will pick back up." Hell's Kitchen Pizza is taking a head on approach to the devastation and keeping a positive attitude.
"We ran a wildfire special it's our specialty pizza." Michael said with mother nature's unpredictability, sometimes the only choice you have is to roll with the punches. "We're just making the best of it, you know, what can you do? Celebrate what you can, be glad for what you have and go with it - you just do what you can, and we're just trying to really turn around the spirits and in any way contribute to Manitou." Although the winds picked up and the skies darkened above the town, tourist James Nicholls from Canada and 14 of his family members continued sightseeing as the eminent danger kept it's distance from the quaint town.
"Concern, yes, I mean it's not nice to see houses burning down, but we're staying way up on the northeast so there's no concerns about us being affected by it, other than we can't see some of the sites, but it's too bad to see the houses burning down" Nicholls added.
Colorado Springs resident Suzanne Patterson described the Waldo Canyon wildfires as awful, sad and scary, but is confident in this time of tragedy, the community will put it's best foot forward "This won't hurt out community, it will just make us stronger, just like you know after 9/11 how the whole U.S. came together as one it will be the same for Colorado," she said.
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A bit of ridiculousness on Saint Hubert
I'm certain you know all about the Îlot Voyageur fiasco. Well what I just discovered is that some bright wag at city hall has attempted to put lipstick on a pig! They've decided to put some large plastic printing on the side of the unfinished building in a harebrained scheme to try and make it look like nothing is wrong.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Essemtec's hyQ-Feeder Threads Tapes Quickly
Essemtec to present intelligent 12 mm hyQ-Feeder
Essemtec's hyQ-Feeder simplify and hasten setup of component reels to SMD pick-and-place machines. Regarding speed, accuracy and reliability, these feeders rank in the world's top class. They integrate an active tape pull-back system as well as a cutter. hyQ-Feeders now are available for both 8 and 12 mm tapes.
hyQ-Feeders provide up to 25 percent more placement rate on pick-and-place machines. Essemtec, the Swiss manufacturer of production systems for electronics, invented these feeders to fully exploit the performance of the Paraquda and Cobra placement machines. After recent introduction of 8 mm double feeders, the range is now expanded with a new feeder for 12 mm tapes.
The target for the engineers has been to build a fast, accurate, compact and reliable feeder. This goal has been achieved by improving a drive system well known from the watch industry and implementing it into the hyQ tape feeding system.
One feed takes less than 60 ms and the pickup position is reproducible within a few micrometers. The feeders are of such high precision, that the pick-and-place head can pick up four components simultaneously from four different feeders.
hyQ-Feeders simplify SMD reel setup by automatically threading tape and cover tape. The integrated tape pull-back system actively prevents jamming, and the cutter shreds tape and cover tape into small pieces. Despite these features, the feeders are highly compact in order to maximize feeder capacity on the pick-and-place machine.
The intelligent feeders can be programmed easily with radio barcode readers. Programming can take place either on the pick-and-place machine or at a remote feeder setup station.
Essemtec will present the new 12 mm hyQ-Feeders at the upcoming productronica 2011 exhibition in Munich, Germany. Visit Essemtec in hall A3 on booth 358.