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Big Bash Colloquia Range from Politics to Wine• June 2, 2006 Share:

44 Years of Washington Watching

David Kendall '66 has followed a rather remarkable life path after graduating from Wabash College.

The man best known as President Clinton's attorney has been a civil rights activist, clerk for Supreme Court justice Byron White, litigant before the Supreme Court, influential attorney for intellectual property rights law, and Washington D. C. observer.

Kendall is also a Rhodes Scholar, Yale law school graduate, and a partner in one of D.C.'s most influential law firms.

He entertained a packed Hays Hall lecture room for nearly an hour with funny stories observed first hand in our nation's capital.

Reflecting on what he calls the four branches of government, the administrative being the fourth, Kendall provided insight and humor only an insider could share. He spoke glowingly of his time as a clerk with the U.S. Supreme Court, noting it's really not important to have nine justices agree on anything because five can do anything they want.

He had few good things to say about the Congressional branch, sharing stories of  bipartisanship. He said events of 9-11 and the recent debate over immigration issues are examples of Congress working in a bipartisan fashion.

But he railed about the House or Representative's role in Clinton's impeachment while still noting House Republicans could have garnered unanimous support if they had shot lower and just censured the President instead of seeking impeachment.

He talked about President Clinton's widely lauded political skills and shared funny stories of meetings with the President and his political talents.

The packed crowd got a rare look behind the scenes and stories behind the headlines from one of Wabash's most prominent graduates.

Food for Thought

Stephen Pavy '81 may have had the happiest audience of any Big Bash weekend colloquium. The participants had the chance to really stretch their taste buds with bitter and sweet foods and four different wine pairings.

Pavy, of Star Ridge Farms in Sonoma, Ca., is a wine educator. He recently worked for St. Francis winery and is just beginning a similar position with Joseph Phelps Vineyards in Napa Valley. Phelps makes the critically acclaimed 'Insignia" wines which have consistently scored more than 90 points in Wine Spectator Magazine.

Pavy led the gathering through bitter and sweet. The group took tastes of lemon, apples, steak, salmon, cheeses, and even bitter radicchio to contrast what happens with a wine when paired with strong flavored foods.

The tasting paired a German Riesling and American Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and a highly-acclaimed St. Francis Cabernet Sauvignon.

Pavy takes wine tasting to a level of education so the average consumer can pair wine and food for a delectable home meal.

The Challenges of State Building in Afghanistan
 Ashraf Haidari '01 came to Wabash in 1997 as an Afghan refugee fleeing the Taliban. He returned to campus Saturday as First Secretary of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC.

"Thanks to my Wabash education, I am now a diplomat in a free and democratic Afghanistan," Haidari told alumni and faculty during a session entitled "The Challenges of State Building in Afghanistan." But in the wake of increased violence in his country, he also sounded a note of urgency, calling for the international community to do more to help Afghanistan economically and militarily.

"The threat is very clear," Haidari said as he described increased attacks in the nation's southern provinces. With Afghan troops and police undermanned and poorly equipped, newly deployed NATO troops limited in their role, and terrorists pouring over the border from camps in neighboring Afghanistan, a security vacuum is developing. The Taliban are filling the gap.

"The Taliban were not captured or killed one-by-one," Haidari said of the U.S. efforts to drive the regime from Afghanistan. "They were dispersed into Pakistan. Now the Taliban and Al-Quaida, composed mostly of non-Afghan extremists, are joining with terrorists from other countries to fight coalition forces.

"In fighting Afghan troops and police, the Taliban have a great advantage," Haidari said. "Government troops have old weapons, and are no match for well-equipped terrorists, who are acquiring advanced weapons and better communications systems from abroad. They are attacking soft targets, but they also do not fear the NATO troops the way they fearing the United States military."

A thriving drug trade also is fueling Taliban efforts.

"Afghanistan is the largest drug producer in the world, about $30 billion, and a lot of that money is going to terrorists," Haidari said. "Terrorists thrive when there is no security in a country, and so do drug traffickers. Now the two are joining hands."

The Afghan government's efforts to eradicate the opium poppy crop through alternative assistance has met with limited success. Haidari said the effort has been under-funded, which undermines the credibility President Hamad Karzai's government.

"The people are still hoping, still waiting," Haidari said, referring to an October 2005 ABC News poll that found 91 percent of Afghans preferred the current government over the Taliban. "Unlike in Iraq, we have the support of the people. That's our greatest asset."

But Haidari is concerned that hope could turn to bitterness if improvements in the economic and security situation don't come soon.

"Abandoning Afghanistan again would be disastrous for global security," Haidari said.

"There can be no justice without human capital, and Afghanistan is lacking in that," Haidari added. "The education I received here at Wabash equipped me to help my country, and I urge Wabash to continue to admit international student to make a difference in the world."

The First Secretary was especially pleased to hear that a student from Afghanistan will join this year's freshman class.

"With what he learns here, that student will have an immediate impact on the future of Afghanistan."

 Read more about Haidari at WM Online.

Choosing a New Pope
 Jeff Marlett '91 covered everything in his Saturday morning colloquium from his days as a media expert during the death of Pope John Paul II and election of Pope Benedict XVI to the unlikelihood of an American Pope.

Marlett is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St. Rose at Albany, New York, College. During the 2005 death of John Paul and subsequent Papal Conclave, Marlett was in demand to comment on the world events.

"I was on TV more than the Bishop of Albany or the President of Sienna College," Marlett said, still expressing some degree of incredulousness over the turn of events. "Some people's unwillingness to talk about this event is as interesting as the international event itself."

Marlett talked about Pope John Paul's incredible impact, noting his college students have never known another pope. He shared with the alums, wives and friends that any Pope must really speak four languages – eliminating many candidates.

He explained a Pope must speak Italian, living at the Vatican. He said French is important because the large Catholic population in Africa. Spanish is the language of the greatest number of Catholics and English is the language of the world.

As far as the chance of there ever being an American Pope, Marlett says don't count on it. He said the Vatican holds American cardinals in high regard for their problem-solving ability. "But you'll never see an American Pope because the cardinal electors will never elect a Pope from the world's last super power."

 The Gift of Life… and Hope
 Larry Slagle '56 said that in 11 years of wonderful health since his heart transplant, the biggest change hasn't been a physical one.

"I find my emotions much nearer the surface; even singing 'Old Wabash' today on the Chapel steps this morning, I cried, " Slagle said. "I realize how much I have to be grateful for, even to many people I don't even know, and every day I have this overwhelming sense of gratitude."

Slagle received his new heart from a 33-year-old who was a victim in a motorcycle accident. Fred Haase '71 (pictured) received his new kidney in 2004 from a friend who has since become like a member of the family. When the man initially rejected because of high blood pressure, he lost 27 pounds so that he could donate his kidney.

"To have a friend who would do that for you, well, what a blessing," Haase said.

Jarold Anderson '71, President and CEO of Gift of Life, an organ procurement organization, said there are currently more than 90,000 people in the United States in need of an organ.

"The demand far outstrips the supply," Anderson said. When asked by an audience member the best way to ensure one's wishes to be an organ donor are granted, Anderson noted that many states have driver's license designation programs.

"But the most important thing you can do is to tell your family," Anderson said. "Make clear to your next of kin exactly what your wishes are."

From Age-ing to Sage-ing
 "Just playing softball, keeping your aerobic fitness, and pushing your same middle-aged activities and values into old age ain't gonna cut it for many of us," said clinical psychologist Michael Hughes '61, who has found an interesting approach to growing older in Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's book "From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision for Growing Older."

Hughes described three approaches people tend to follow as they age.

"There's the survival model, the 'all I've got to do is live through the day' approach; the producer model, where you see yourself valued and defined what you are doing; and there's the consumer model, where we kick back, relax, travel, and consume," Hughes said. "But none of these tend to satisfy over time. We need to add something that nurtures the spirit.

"There just aren't many models out there for becoming spiritual elders," Hughes said before leading the group in a discussion of how aging adults can find "something for your spirit, something outside of yourself and outside of your family, to be committed to."

 A Semi-Random Walk Through a Career in Space Science
 Dr. J. David Bohlin '61 talked about his career in science with NASA during a Friday afternoon colloquium.

Bohlin, quoting legendary Wabash professors and noting landmarks, mixed science and a light-hearted approach to his presentation. His career took off when he worked at the Naval Research Lab. The key program that most U.S. Citizens would remember is the Skylab project. Considerable solar research resulted from the Skylab's ground-breaking mission.

He spent most of his career at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. in charge of space and solar physics. He oversaw a joint mission studying solar physics with Japan. He's had an eye and sometimes a hand involved in missions including the Hubble telescope, the manned space missions and a front seat from Washington D.C.

That front seat included the events of 9-11. He was at work and got a call from his wife when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Later that day on his way home through horrific traffic jams, he was on an off-ramp when he say where the Pentagon had been hit by a hijacked plane.

"That was a very emotional day," he said with obvious emotion, then turned back to his planned thoughts. He described himself as an ardent conservationalist and wrapped up his presentation reading thoughts from Carl Sagan.

 A Time to Speak Out: The Day the Constitution was Ignored
 When he was a student, Tom Kometani '56 never told his classmates that he and his family had been forcibly removed from their home in Auburn, Washington and taken to an internment camp because of their Japanese ancestry.

Yet Wabash helped him to come to terms with that ordeal.

A paper he wrote for class here about the internment of Japanese Americans was his initial attempt to understand the historical and political context behind what had happened to his family between 1942 and 1944. "Writing that paper was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life," Kometani told more than 100 alumni and friends attending his colloquium on the first day of the Big Bash Reunion weekend.

And, in 1981, when trying to decide whether or not to speak out about the injustice to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Kometani drew on the words of Wabash Professor of Chemistry Ed Haenisch for inspiration.

"I've always been a quiet person, and one day Professor Haenisch told me, 'Tom, you're too quiet; you need to learn to speak up,'" Kometani said. "When I was much older and this issue arose, I felt I had an obligation to speak out. If those of us who'd been through it didn't speak up, who would?"

"When I hear the word 'Jap,' I cringe," the retired chemist said as he showed photos from the early 1940s depicting signs hanging from porches bearing the words "Japs Keep Moving: We Don't Want You Here"; "We don't want any Japs here" placards at places of business; headlines equating Japanese-Americans with the Japanese nation the United States was fighting; and campaign ads from the era promising to erase "the Yellow Peril."

"I grew up thinking I was an ordinary American," Kometani said. "But on February 19, 1942, the world fell apart for us." That was the day President Franklin Roosevelt signed the order that led to the removal of more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them American citizens, from the West Coast to camps in central California and the mountain West. Then seven years old, Kometani and his family were taken to Tule Valley, California.

"It was a barbed wire compound with wooden barracks, and guard towers with machine guns," Kometani said. "It was a time of hysteria after Pearl Harbor; they thought the West Coast was next."

A similar hysteria arose toward Muslim families after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Kometani said, the difference being no removal and internment of families.

"But we need to remember that it can happen here; it can happen in our country."

Yet Kometani was encouraged by his time testifying before the Commission and Congress's passage of the laws granting $20,000 to each person displaced by the internment.

"Only in America could something like our efforts for redress come about—that after 50 years a wrong can be righted, that's something to admire," Kometani said. "That's the strength of our Constitution. I'm proud to be an American, and we must remember that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom."

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Monday, February 2, 2009
Can Brave Sir Robin Come Out And Play?
Audrey, the lovely proprietress of Multitude has tagged me with the "4th" meme.
Here are the rules:
Got to the file that holds your pictures, go to the fourth folder and pick the fourth picture and display and write about it.
My home computer crashed last week, and I haven't received a call from the repair shop as to it's health. The photo folders on my work computer are not nearly as extensive as on my home computer, but I do have some.
Here goes:
This is a picture of the USS Constitution. It was taken in the Spring of 2000. I was still married at the time and I took my wife to Boston for the weekend to celebrate her birthday.
The story of how it came to be on my work computer is far more exciting than the picture itself.
I have been and out of my attic several times over the last few weeks, as I have been working on a bit of remodeling/redecorating at the castle. My attic is a pain to get in and out of, so I don't usually go there. While up there looking at wiring options for a light fixture, I found a box of old photos that I didn't know was up there. They included many picture of the children growing up. These are a particular treasure to me because I lost most of my photos in the divorce.
This photo was on a CD that was in the box. I was on my lunch break when I found it, so I brought it to work to see what was on it. Photos from our weekend in Boston, Spring of 2000.
As always, consider yourself tagged!
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I hope you can post a favorite poem today, too. Participation all around!
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|Step 1: A Bill Is Born
Anyone may draft a bill; however, only members of Congress can introduce legislation, and, by doing so, become the sponsor(s). The president, a member of the cabinet or the head of a federal agency can also propose legislation, although a member of Congress must introduce it.
|On May 13, 2003, Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) introduced the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 (S. 1053).
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|Step 2: Committee Action
As soon as a bill is introduced, it is referred to a committee. At this point the bill is examined carefully and its chances for passage are first determined. If the committee does not act on a bill, the bill is effectively "dead."
|Step 3: Subcommittee Review
Often, bills are referred to a subcommittee for study and hearings. Hearings provide the opportunity to put on the record the views of the executive branch, experts, other public officials and supporters, and opponents of the legislation.
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ALSA provides audio and MIDI functionality for Linux.
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If your soundcard is supported by the Linux kernel sound system or the commercial OSS/4Front sound driver system,
which can be found in all 2.4.x Linux kernels, you could just aswell build
However, those OSS/4Front drivers have some limitations -- being commercial is one. ALSA is an attempt to go beyond these limitations and to do so in an open source fashion. ALSA is a fully GPL and LGPL'ed sound driver system, that provides a professional quality system for recording, playback, and MIDI sequencing.
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Since we're still using 2.4.x kernel sources, we'll have to compile kernel modules and ALSA modules separately.
First we'll make sure that our kernel configuration is ready for use with ALSA.
All you need in your kernel configuration is having Sound Card Support set to be built as a module (M).
This will build
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Now select
make dep clean# make modules modules_install
Before installing your new modules, this last line will delete all your previous modules, even the ones from a previous ALSA installation.
Now it's time to install the ALSA drivers for your soundcard(s). If your soundcard is PCI, you can find out the name and type of your soundcard by looking at the output of /proc/pci
grep audio /proc/pci
We could simply do an
However, to save some time, lookup the
env ALSA_CARDS='emu10k1' emerge alsa-driver
After this, the ALSA modules should be installed on your system.
Let's start configuring now to get ALSA working properly. We'll need to edit some files, to let our system know about the freshly installed ALSA modules.
First file to edit is
Check the ALSA portion
# Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file. # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml,v 1.7 2003/02/09 23:27:14 zhen Exp $ # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd
options snd major=116 cards_limit=1# OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore ## ## IMPORTANT:
Now we'll specify the sounddriver(s) ALSA should use. In the same file, edit like this:
## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion
alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 ## If you have more than one, add: ## alias snd-card-1 snd-intel8x0 ## alias snd-card-2 snd-ens1370## OSS/Free portion ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ##
Last thing to do in this file, at the very bottom, check if these lines are there and uncommented:
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
Now double-check the file
You should also verify that /etc/devfsd.conf has the alsa devices and permissions correctly registered.
# nano -w /etc/devfsd.conf
# ALSA/OSS stuff # Comment/change these if you want to change the permissions on # the audio devices LOOKUP snd MODLOAD ACTION snd LOOKUP dsp MODLOAD LOOKUP mixer MODLOAD LOOKUP midi MODLOAD REGISTER sound/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660 REGISTER snd/.* PERMISSIONS root.audio 660
First thing to do now, is to make ALSA startup at boottime. Like this:
rc-update add alsasound boot
Since we're Linux users, we don't want to reboot. So we'll start the alsasound script manually.
/etc/init.d/alsasound start
ALSA is running now. If everything is ok, you should be able to see the ALSA modules loaded when running
emerge alsa-utils# amixer
insmod snd-mixer-oss# insmod snd-pcm-oss# amixer
If you got this far, now unmute both Master and PCM channels.
#We check to see if sound is working by using the aplay (alsa play) command. If you hear a pop, then sound is indeed working. Then, adjust the volume settings to your liking; the ncurses-based
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Version 0.7 (2015-06-18)
EliteOCR is a Python script that runs optical character recognition on screenshots
of Elite: Dangerous commodities market. It is also available as a standalone application.
You should make screenshots in game by pressing F10, not ALT+F10.
Make sure to do good screenshots. The higher the resolution the better is the accuracy. I recommend at least 1050p.
Owners of Nvidia video cards can use DSR technology to increase the resolution for screenshots and revert it back to normal without leaving the game.
Owners of newer AMD video cards can use Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) technology to increase the resolution for screenshots and revert it back to normal without leaving the game.
Example of a bad screenshot:
Example of a good screenshot:
EliteOCR is NOT 100% accurate! Please check your results before exporting the data to other services to prevent mistakes and confusion. It is always necessary.
Increasing FOV in game reduces the size of the significant part of the screenshot! Therefore you will easily get below the limitation. In the GUI it will add a delay to the "Add" button. In the command line it will just refuse to work.
Use standard FOV (approx. 56)! You are welcome to ignore my advice but don't expect any support if you get OCR problems.
Increasing FOV in game reduces the size of the significant part of the screenshot! Therefore you will easily get below the limitation. In the GUI it will add a delay to the "Add" button. In the command line it will just refuse to work.
Use standard FOV (approx. 56)! You are welcome to ignore my advice but don't expect any support if you get OCR problems.
If EliteOCR cannot find system name even if everything is setup correctly, try running it after you start the game or run it as Administrator (right click -> Run as administartor)
Download standalone and source:
Newest version 0.7 Windows:
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see the application event log or use the command-line sxtrace.exe tool for more detail.
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- official Mac support (thanks to Marginal and demonbane on github)
- EDDN export uses schema v2 now
- additional error checks
- added few new commodities
- other small fixes
- fixed a typo which broke EDDN export
- added more confidence testing for numbers
- fixed EDDN export, fail gracefully when trying to export incompatible values (e.g. text where only numbers allowed)
- fixed few more bugs with invalid images
- fixed rare bug in color calibration
- improved learning wizard (should be far more stable now)
0.6.0.4 and 0.6.0.5
-stability fixes
- option in settings to make preview gray (like before 0.6)
- improved learning wizard
- color calibration more stable and reliable
- small stability fixes
- fix for the FOV bug (numbers were ignored if the FOV was different than 55-57)
- fix for browse button for screenshot path in settings
- bug fixes for reported bugs
- This release has major changes and there will be some bugs
- Adios Tesseract! New OCR enginge powered by OpenCV MLP! Blazing fast.
- Setup wizard to help everybody with this annoying AppConf.xml and Verbose logging
- Custom HUD support, just make some screenshots and run color calibration (the HUD color should not be too dark)
- Learning wizard. You can teach the OCR with your own images to perform better
- Blazing fast EDDN export
- More theme customization options and color palette from last color calibration (make your EliteOCR look like your HUD in game)
- Result table scrolls automatically to the last entry
- Designated E-mail for support
- and many other small changes
- added painite to TD export
- corrected skipping commodities when demand AND supply non existent (0 is ignored now)
- EliteOCR remembers if it was maximized when closed
- small fix for station names from log files
- painite added
- skipping of commodities when demand and supply non existent
- station name from logs when verbose logging enabled (no OCR errors)
- EliteOCR asks to add VerboseLogging="1" to AppConfig.xml on start
- decreased memory usage while processing images (less out of memory errors)
- cleaner error log
- "OCR in progress" dialog closes now together with the main window
- cleaned a problem when executing EliteOCRcmd.exe from different location than the app directory
- fix in commodities list (FD improved their very bad translation of imperial slaves to french)
- commodities editor should be more stable now while saving
- clear error message when using unsupported HUD color
- fixed bug where check for update crashed when sourceforge could not be reached
-I mixed up supplyLevel and demandLevel in EDDN export. It's corrected now. Please update if you export to EDDN.
-Fix for a minor bug when exporting to EDDN (won't crash anymore when part of the data won't be sent)
-Added supplyLevel and demandLevel to EDDN export
-Added command line argument to translate the output
- Tabbing through the fields is now in right order
- Finally solved the midnight bug (no system name when playing over midnight)
- You can customize the colors of the dark theme now
- If you have a Hi DPI screen, you can now increase the input field sizes in the options!
- fixes for the dark UI Theme
- Font doesn't change after running OCR
- Cleaned UI
- Additional checks when reading low res screenshots (if EliteOCR thinks that a number is missing it will reduce the confidence of the item, so you don't miss it)
- EliteOCR now always check for updates (removed the option because many people didn't even know it existed)
- other small stuff
- Dark UI theme
- Increased accuracy (especially numbers in station names, zero will still be recognized as O)
- Changed the font to Consolas, so the zero is slashed (something like Ø)
- increased accuracy on 1050 screenshots and higher (will improve even more in the future)
- no more console window -> errors go to errorlog.txt
- basic command line interface (CLI) (run "/bin/EliteOCRcmd.exe -h" for more info)
- more hotkeys (read Help for details)
- added one custom HUD color support (read Help), more will come in the future
-Bug fix for the crash when exporting to CSV and system name is missing
- "Add all" adds only bmp files now
- Help updated
- Little bit of idiot-proofing
- Shortcuts added to buttons (ALT+A for "Add and next", ALT+S for "Skip" and ALT+C for "Continue")
- Interface translated to French
- BPC Export fix
- Correction in french commodities list
- small fixes
- Support for German and French languages!
- Better auto recognition and autocalibration
- Check for updates and download them (no autoupdate)
- Less restrictions on Export
- Small accuracy improvements
- Possibility to load all images from the screenshot folder with one click
- Delete processed images
- Option to use the old save file dialog
- Some stuff moved to threads so the main app is not blocking
- many little things I already forgot ;-)
- 0.3.8.1 - fix for OCR all
- log file parsing for system name fixed (probably)
- slight increase in accuracy
- proper help (find it in Help>Help)
- progres bars for long operations
- export to EDDN
- new file format for BPC export (will be added soon to BPC)
- "remove all" button for the file list
- fixed the problem where windows was ignoring export file path
- changed timestamps from GMT to UTC
- other small fixes
- 0.3.6.3 - reduces confidences to remove confusions (like between Gallium and Gallite)
- 0.3.6.2 - small fix for special characters in paths (greetings to our friends using "é", "á" and so on ;-) )
- 0.3.6.1 - less mistakes with D and O in station names
- Warnings in case people want to export CSV without system name. BPC and some other tools require system name!
- Learned commodity names from commodities.json can be now edited in Settings > Commodity Editor
- Preview image can be zoomed in case you need to correct data after adding it to table
- other small fixes
- autocalibration
- support for special characters in filepaths (there might still be some problems)
- input field for system name (still supports Logs if they contain system name and path is setup properly)
- calculation of Levenshtein distances to remove mistakes in commodity names (dictionary is in /bin/commodities.json and extends automatically with new commodities)
- numbers now recognized by engine written by zxctypo (incredible accuracy)
- console window is always open for bug tracking (sorry if it is inconvenient for some of you)
- Trade Dangerous export plugin written by gazelle (still very experimental)
- other small fixes which I forgot by now
- export to Excel, OpenDocument Spreadsheet and CSV
- "horizontal export"
- fix of memory error, when too many files in the list
- bigger font in input fields
- (very) basic plugin support with BPC Feeder by Lasse B. as first example
- and others which I forgot ;-)
- crops long images to prevent memory errors
- adds system name from logs
- minimum and maximum widget sizes changed, should work better on higher DPI now (not tested)
- added a "busy" dialog while performing OCR
Tools and databases compatible with CSV exported by EliteOCR:
Slopey's BPC
Trade Dangerous (plugin included, written by gazelle)
Elite Dangerous Central
Space trucking companion
Cmdr's Log
Trade Computer Extension


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David V. Randall, 86, a lawyer and former Democratic leader of the Ninth Ward, died of multiple myeloma Oct. 15 at Springfield Residences, a retirement community in Wyndmoor.
Mr. Randall, who was elected ward leader in1968, had lived in East Falls and West Mt. Airy before moving to Wyndmoor.
He had been executive secretary to Gov. George Leader after serving as treasurer of Leader's successful primary and general election campaign in 1954. Earlier he had run an unsuccessful campaign for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Born in Danville, Pa., Mr. Randall graduated from Wyoming Seminary and earned a bachelor's degree in English from Lehigh University. In 1958, at 33, he entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School and after graduation joined what is now the Ballard Spahr law firm, specializing in tax law.
He served as a lawyer for Temple University from 1972 to 1995, first as general counsel and later as government-relations officer.
He was a former chairman of the Committee of Seventy and was vice president of West Mt. Airy Neighbors. He was a member of the Citizens Committee on Public Education and a member of the tax advisory board of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
He is survived by a daughter, Meg; a son, David E.; a granddaughter, a step-grandson, and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by first wife, Helen; his second wife, Natalie, and by a son, Kirk.
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Breakfast Briefings: Lynn Tilton on the Dignity of Work
Lynn Tilton, CEO of Patriarch Partners, explains how she wants to use technology to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., in this excerpt from the WSJ Breakfast Briefings with WSJ's Vanessa O'Connell. Photo: Getty Images
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... the ... I ... I just like silat kick off the discussion by asking you if you could ... start a new business from scratch in any industry or any job of being right now ... where would they ... well do it said would be in the last ... thing that is for me my heart ... this is the United States and yet I feel like this mess ... around the mission of creating jobs in America ... so for me ... you know my businesses mission oriented to give everybody the dignity of four ... as ... for me I wanna be at the nexus of manufacturing and technology ... and yellow but like the statue of Liberty standing explained history in the future ... the clothes technology is moving so quickly ... um but because of what it of all it's it really is taking workers out of the workforce ... so we have to find a way to the Maori history in the future ... and manufacturing and technology ... so everything I'm working on right now ... is to create that rates ... still as technology is moving towards three dimensional printing sensors ... robotics ... the Internet of things aam ... everything and and software simulation ... things are moving so quickly that every business I have every seventy one of the seventy five businesses I don't ... I have to re create for the future so one of the things about looking at ... in the automotive industry is three dimensional printing ... of custom trend ... for high-end cars ... so that everybody can order ... their trip ... on a Ferrari or Porsche exactly as they won ... one of things I'm looking at the Disney owned textile companies is ... a cut and sew facilitate ... that is all based on software simulation ... said that we can bring a lot of that fact from Bangladesh ... and from China to make things here in America some trying to create jobs ... where their overseas ... by using technology ... and the history of ... putting people back to the work to work with being the maker of things ... where would you open this facility I'm here in America yes let's say well they couldn't say a facility with the in South Carolina near our textile mill which is from E T E to ... go talk about history ... of making debt um and ah materials ... in South Carolina so I would put the cup so facility right there ... um actually that that train facility would be in Germany only because ... that's where we do our added icing them for the automotive industry and there's a huge facility ... aware the business is running out and rather than ... of spending money to put people out of work I wanna find a way to spend money on technology to keep people working ... so I think I wanna be ... looking at every type of ... manufacturing company that I have one of the things that ... were looking at is how to make manufacturing ... popular sexy yet in this country and that means sending ... our children to schools where they can feel proud of getting my it's that three degrees because they're working on things that are highly intellectual but allow them to express themselves ... in a way that's creator of so ... since manufacturing is going towards computers software ... and robotics and sensors ... and three dimensional printing we need to set up schools ... that train people properly for these kinds of jobs ... and instead of ... going to community colleges where they're not getting degrees that help them find work ... I think this is the way there ... reinvent this country ... making us ... the maker of things again but also ... giving people dignity and pride ... in being ... indicted after an ... expert ... I didn't find it hard to find the right ... people the right skills for what you need on given how quickly your businesses are changing ... I think that it's their responsibility is to train people ... and to school people and what he did that and we need to take the long term ... view in this country I guess ... about ... what this nation should be ... of most of this cutting edge technologies being created in America ... we need to put it to work ... and train our people and educate our people properly to be a part of that ... but there are still ... in thirty million people in America better in that are ... unemployed or underemployed and we look that is if it's okay ... aam has technologies moving these workers who've been out of work since two thousand and nine ... will not be trained for anything ... but ... in the and everything's moving so quickly that we all need to be re educated including myself you know I'm ... spending so much of my time learning about out of the manufacturing and smart that that that thing ... so I can lead others in that direction ... but I've ... stood in front of twelve thousand automotive workers a couple weeks ago and I said that's it today ... you're no longer an automotive company your technology company ... in the automotive industry ... and everything that we make today five years from now ... will not be the same ...


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STAMFORD -- At Sunday night's 2014 Miss America pageant, Stamford's own Kaitlyn Tarpey strutted across the stage in a green bikini, performed an Irish step-dance routine and championed having red hair and freckles.
The current Miss Connecticut returned home Monday night, still excited about the competition and proud that she advanced to the top 10.
"I feel good, really good," Tarpey said during a phone interview. "There's a part of me that wanted to make it into the top five, but I'm happy I made it into the top 10 and danced on national television."
Fifty-three contestants competed in the 87th Miss America pageant, which aired live on ABC from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The crown went to Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, making it the second year in a row New York took the top spot.
As the competition got underway, all of the women introduced themselves in a pre-taped segment, and Tarpey said she's proud of her red hair and freckles. The ladies then took the stage, all wearing little black dresses.
"I had goose bumps during the opening number, having so many people cheer for me," the 21-year-old said.
The People's Choice Award was then given to Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, securing her a spot in the top 15. The contestants were lined up on stage and the remaining 14 were named.
Tarpey was standing front and center, cheering on her fellow contestants, when her name was called. She seemed confused for a moment, before someone relayed the good news.
"We couldn't hear," she said. "The speakers were facing away from the stage."
Next, was the swimsuit or "lifestyle and fitness" competition, where Tarpey stopped to give a wink to the camera. She won the judges over and advanced to the top 12.
Then was the eveningwear competition, where Tarpey wore a royal blue gown that she designed herself. Tarpey said she wanted something elegant and classy. Again, she advanced another level to the top 10.
As the pageant moved along quickly, each woman in the top 10 showed off their talents. There were a few different singers and dancers, along with a violinist and baton twirler.
Among the dancers was Tarpey, step dancing to a "Riverdance" song in a sparkling outfit. She delivered a perfect routine, while smiling and looking confident.
"I hate to say it, but it was easy," said Tarpey, who's been dancing since childhood. "I was just going through the motions."
Though Tarpey didn't make the top five, she was excited about winning a $10,000 scholarship and said her scholarships through the Miss America organization are now at $22,000. She was also happy that she and her best friend, Miss Georgia, Carly Mathis, reached the top 10 together.
Tarpey said they met at the Miss Sweetheart pageant and neither made it into the top 10. Since then, she said some naysayers told them they wouldn't place in this competition.
"We didn't make Sweethearts, but we made top 10 Miss America together," she said.
Tarpey said the winner of the pageant is going to be fantastic, calling her well-spoken, compassionate and very smart. She said the other women spoke highly of Davuluri and she's ready to support her.
"Her message was the same as mine," Tarpey said. "You don't have to be this person who fits in a box to be Miss America."
Tarpey's been in Atlantic City since Sept. 2, rehearsing, shooting TV intros and commercials, and undergoing the preliminary competitions. There were also some fun times, with parades on the boardwalk, dinners and a major league baseball game.
On Monday evening, Tarpey said she wasn't really tired, adding, "I think it's the adrenaline."
When the competition was over, Tarpey said, she and one of her friends embraced and cried. She said they were partly disappointed that they didn't take the crown.
At the same time, Tarpey said, she's getting a positive response about the pageant, with people tweeting and sending messages about her red hair and complimenting her body. Others are proud that she took Connecticut to the top 10 for the first time in 12 years.
Tarpey is excited about what the future holds, adding that you don't know who saw the pageant and who might offer an opportunity. Some have even mentioned a possible stint on the ABC show "Dancing with the Stars."
"I represented redheads everywhere and put Connecticut back on the map," she said. "Now I have to stay true to me, stay calm, stay humble and just keep working."


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Tobin Addington returns with a second installment of his fresh perspective column by taking a look back at the 2010 Australian Open.
My first major as a true tennis fan has come to an end. All in all, a great experience. Plus, now I have something to look forward to in the doldrums of January for years to come. Here are a few of my impressions:
Good Sport Award: Andy Roddick, laughing along with the expletive-laden ESPN fake commercial. Well handled.
Biggest Disappointment: Kim Clijsters exiting the tournament so early. I was looking forward to seeing her play more. Can't help it; she's got a compelling story.
Funniest Moment: I can't decide. Either Venus's underpants or Victoria Azarenka's squeal-grunt. Seriously, I couldn't believe what I was hearing!
Most Worrisome Moment: Nadal's knee injury. I've developed real affection for the glowering 12-year-old-at-heart, and I'd hate to see him play less (or, God forbid, retire) now that I'm paying attention.
Coolest TV Coverage: The slow-motion shots of the players' facial contortions as they hit the ball. Awesome!
Most Annoying Aspect of Aussie Open: The finals airing at 3:30 AM EST. Are you kidding me?! I know it's Australia and all, but my bio-rhythms don't allow those kinds of hours anymore.
Tennis Move I'm Now Trying to Incorporate into Daily Life: The fist pump. Every time something goes well at work, in the kitchen, on the street – I'm going to give that a shot. I'll let you know how it works out.
What are your memories of the year's first Slam??
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I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!1
Born as Sarah Breedlove in December 1867, in Delta, Louisiana, Madame Walker was the third child and second daughter of Minerva and Owen Breedlove. Former slaves, the Breedloves worked as sharecroppers on a cotton plantation and lived in a one-room cabin. By the time she was five, Sarah had learned to carry water to field hands, drop cotton seed into plowed furrows, and, for a dollar a week, wash white people's clothes with strong lye soap, wooden sticks, and washboards.
In 1874, Sarah was left an orphan, and she moved in with her sister Louvenia. A few years later, after a failure of the cotton crop, the sisters moved across the river to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where they worked as washerwomen and domestic servants. At 14, Sarah married Moses McWilliams. At 17, she bore her only child, a daughter named Lelia. Her husband died in 1887, when Sarah was 19. Not willing to live with her sister again, Sarah set off for St. Louis where, she was told, laundress jobs were plentiful and fairly well paid.
For the next 17 years, Sarah supported herself and her daughter as a washerwoman. She went through a second, brief marriage and became active in the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. It was there that she encountered prosperous, well-educated African Americans, and as a result, she began to consider how to improve her appearance. Only in her thirties, she found her hair was falling out. She experimented with hair products already on the market, but nothing helped. Finally, as she told a reporter, God "answered my prayer, for one night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. Some of the remedy was grown in Africa, but I sent for it, mixed it, put it on my scalp, and in a few weeks my hair was coming in faster than it had ever fallen out. I tried it on my friends; it helped them. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it."2
Because St. Louis already had several cosmetic companies, Walker decided to move to another city to set up her own business. She chose Denver because her brother's widow and four children lived there. Her own daughter was by then at college in Tennessee. The one special friend she truly regretted leaving was Charles Joseph (C.J.) Walker, a sales agent for a local African-American newspaper.
Arriving in Denver in 1905 with $1.50 savings, she rented an attic room, joined the local AME church, and found a job as a cook. She saved her money and before long she was able to quit that job and, taking in laundry two days a week to pay her rent, spend the rest of her time mixing her products and selling them door to door. Wonderful Hair Grower, Glossine, and Vegetable Shampoo were well accepted by the African-American women of Denver. By 1906, C. J. Walker moved to Denver and the two soon married. From then on, Sarah began calling herself Madam (sometimes spelled Madame) C. J. Walker, a name she thought gave her products more appeal.
At first, Madam Walker used all her profits for materials and advertising in papers such as Denver's Colorado Statesmen. C.J. Walker, familiar with newspaper promotion campaigns, helped develop a marketing plan, design advertisements, and organize a mail order business for his wife's products, but he was not as ambitious as she. As Madam Walker described: "When we began to make $10 a day, he thought that was enough, thought I ought to be satisfied. But I was convinced that my hair preparation would fill a long-felt want. And when we found it impossible to agree, due to his narrowness of vision, I embarked on business for myself."3 She later divorced Walker, putting the 21-year-old Lelia in charge of the mail-order branch of the business while she traveled around the country promoting the products. Business grew and in 1908, Walker and Lelia settled in Pittsburgh where they established Lelia College, a training facility for the Walker System of Hair Culture.
Walker continued to tour the country promoting her business and hiring hairdressers and door-to-door sales representatives. She recruited and trained a national sales force that included schoolteachers, housewives, cooks, and washerwomen. Walker's traveling agents taught these women to set up beauty shops in their homes, keep business records, and make their customers feel pampered and valued.
In February 1910, Walker visited Indianapolis, Indiana, and was very impressed with what she saw. The city had become the country's largest inland manufacturing center because of its access to eight major railway systems. This would be a major asset for a mail-order business. The city also was home to a substantial African-American community, whose main thoroughfares were lined with cafes, offices, and other thriving businesses. Madam Walker decided to move her entire operation there. She built a factory, hair and manicure salon, and another training school. After intensive training in hair and beauty culture, graduates of the school were ready to give scalp treatments, restyle hair, and give manicures and massages. She soon had 5,000 agents throughout the country and her company was making $7000 per week.
In 1913, her daughter, who would later change her name to A'Lelia, persuaded Madam Walker to buy a house in Harlem as the New York base of the business. The house contained living quarters, a beauty salon, and a school for training salon operators. Walker soon began to spend at least half her time in New York and moved there permanently in 1916. She left the day-to-day management of her manufacturing operation in Indianapolis to F.B. Ransom, her attorney and general manager, and Alice Kelly, the factory forewoman. Later that year she built her dream house, a mansion in Irvington-on-Hudson, a wealthy community north of New York City.
By 1917, Walker agents were holding yearly conventions, learning new techniques and sharing experiences. One agent wrote in 1913: "You opened up a trade for hundreds of colored women to make an honest and profitable living where they make as much in one week as a month's salary would bring from any other position that a colored woman can secure."4 These employed women now were able to educate their children, buy homes, and support various charitable organizations.
By the time she died in 1919, the 51-year-old former laundress had become one of the wealthiest businesswomen of her day. She was mourned by many, including W. E. B. DuBois who wrote an obituary for The Crisis, the magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). "It is given," he said, "to few persons to transform a people in a generation. Yet this was done by the late Madam C. J. Walker....[She] made and deserved a fortune and gave much of it away generously."5
Walker left one unfulfilled dream. The dream grew out of an experience that enraged her. After she had been in Indianapolis for some time and was already a wealthy woman, she went one afternoon to the Isis Movie Theater and gave the ticket seller a dime, standard admission at the time. The agent pushed the coin back across the counter, saying that the price had gone up to 25 cents, but only for "colored persons." Madam Walker, an enthusiastic moviegoer, immediately asked her attorney to sue the theater and hired an architect to draw up plans for a new building to house the Walker business. The building, covering a whole city block, was also intended to serve as a social and cultural center for the African-American community in Indianapolis. An elegant theater in the new building would welcome African Americans.
Madam Walker's business was carried on by her daughter and is still in operation, although no one in the Walker family is currently associated with the firm. In 1927, A'Lelia Walker Robinson completed the Walker Building in memory of her mother. It is a fitting tribute to a woman who once proclaimed, "Perseverance is my motto!"
Questions for Reading 1
1. What conditions of her childhood made Sarah Breedlove Walker understand the value of hard work?
2. Why did Walker develop her special hair formula?
3. Why did Walker move to Denver? Why did she later establish her company in Indianapolis? Why do you think she might have eventually moved to New York, although her products continued to be manufactured in Indianapolis?
4. What factors do you think helped Walker's business be so successful?
5. How did Walker benefit the lives of African-American women?
Reading 1 was compiled from Page Putnam Miller, "Madam C. J. Walker Building" (Marion County, Indiana) National Historic Landmark Nomination Form, Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1990; and A'Lelia Perry Bundles, Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991).
1A'Lelia Perry Bundles, Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991), 105.


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|Kak's Antique Hutch in our home
Kak always kept her fancy china and dishes in the top. The bottom was full of her favourite candies (Hershey Kisses and Hugs) and other snack food.
Her stereo was in there too and every morning at 5 a.m when she got up, the stereo went on.
But the hutch has a convoluted family history! It was locally made in or near the small town of St. Mary's but we are not sure of its age. It appears to be a unique piece of work, not factory produced.
Its journey began with the Mercer family of St. Mary's, who co-incidentally married into my husband's Purdue family through his 2nd great grand aunt Caroline Purdue (born 1877)
|Caroline Purdue Mercer
In the 1980s Kak ended up working for the elderly sisters as a housekeeper. Since it was a small town they knew Kak was connected to the Mercer family and they told her the story of the hutch's history. When the last sister passed away Kak attended their estate auction and bought the hutch.
|Hutch Ready to be stripped
|Bits & Pieces
And so here it sits in our home. As you can see we've started putting a few of our own treasures in it for display.
Below is a photo of the hutch when Kak had it in her home. Two other things of interest - see the dishes in the bottom left of the hutch when Kak had it in her kitchen? Those are 4 antique soup bowls, double handled. Kak loved soup and had it every day for lunch.
|Kak's Hutch in her home
Kak taught me to make soup and she knew I made it all the time. How wonderful that she thought of me, her grandson's wife. I eat my soup from those bowls now too.
The last thing that we love about this is the red tray you can see in the photo of the hutch as it stands now in our home. You can't see it very well but it's on the bottom shelf, middle.
The tray was one that Kak used when she worked as a waitress at the Royal Edward Hotel in St. Mary's in the late 1930s. The Hotel was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Pinney and because Kak was a young bride with very little money they often gave her items and furniture from their own home. My husband and I have some of those items in our home now but that's a story for another day.
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Is the End in Sight for the Supermarket Aisle?
Nov 27, 2013 5:00 AM PT
This story was originally published on July 9, 2013, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series.
Shopping for groceries might not be top of mind for many rail commuters -- at least, not until they see one of Peapod's virtual supermarkets in a train station.
Peapod, which has long been at the forefront of online grocery sales, has pushed its virtual offerings into the real world, and its strategy appeals to people who otherwise might not have considered digital grocery shopping.
The company has more than 100 virtual stores at rail stations throughout its markets in Boston, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
Peapod's virtual store campaign motivates consumers "to download the mobile app, which allows them to start shopping on-the-go while they're out and about in their communities -- at a train station, commuting to and from work, at a local rec center for their kids' soccer games, [or] at a coffeeshop," Bradley Porter, Peapod's director of marketing, told the E-Commerce Times.
Shop While Waiting for the Train
The virtual store program uses billboards that are stocked with QR-coded products that can be scanned with mobile devices and purchased on site. While people wait for trains, they can do their grocery shopping right on the platform.
"The campaign was designed to motivate people to download the Peapod mobile app, which they can do by scanning the QR code on the Virtual Store signs, and to shop while they're on the go via their mobile devices," explained Porter.
"Commuters [are] able to launch the Peapod mobile app, scan a few household staples while waiting for their trains, and then finish their shopping and schedule delivery or pick up during their ride to work. [It's] easy and convenient."
Peapod's virtual billboard concept is also making its way out of train stations and into a variety of other real-world locations.
"Now, with the virtual stores posted at rec centers, on a digital billboard that roams, on coffee sleeves and on human billboards, Peapod is taking the 'shop anywhere, anytime' message directly to consumers where they live and play," said Porter.
Brave New World of Food
Peapod's strategy is at the forefront of a digital revolution in food marketing, sales and purchasing, and many other companies are building similar models.
"For the food industry, mobile technology has been extremely innovative recently, and more is coming," said Brian Todd, president and CEO of The Food Institute.
"Food makers and retailers are collaborating more and more to promote products and increase awareness of their products," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Smartphones are being utilized to scan products in stores to find out product information, even showing what fields the food was grown in."
Along with the digitizing of food marketing and sales comes the growth of data about the consumers making those purchases.
"Using Big Data from frequent shopper cards is extremely innovative," said Todd. "Knowing what its customers have purchased and other data to aid them in their shopping have made this an extremely exciting area and one that we will likely see even more innovation from in the future."
Ideally, many of these technologies will save people time and make the process of shopping for groceries more efficient. That efficiency also extends to food manufacturers and marketers.
"Much of the technology is time-saving, so consumers can access information right on their smartphones in the store, or in some cases [they can be reminded] to pick up an item they regularly buy when shopping," said Todd. "Ultimately, it can make ordering and inventory levels for retailers more easily managed."
Nutritional and other data about food also is valuable in the digital grocery age, and companies such as Gladson are playing a role in collecting, managing, and distributing this data to retailers and consumers.
"Shoppers are becoming more sophisticated and discriminating in choosing products," Steve Cole, Gladson's chief marketing officer, told the E-Commerce Times.
"They're increasingly looking for more detailed information from manufacturers and retailers," he continued. "For example, some shoppers are looking for products that are friendly to the environment or are gluten-free or are all-natural. We work closely with the industry to make sure we capture and deliver the information shoppers want."
'The Shopper's Advocate'
Many traditional brick-and-mortar grocery stores are offering online ordering and delivery, and companies like MyWebGrocer help these retailers by providing e-commerce platforms, producing digital circulars, facilitating special orders, and managing online marketing.
"People have learned to trust the online environment, and they're looking to do their normal day-to-day affairs online" Sophie Huang, MyWebGrocer's senior vice president of product strategy and strategic initiatives, told the E-Commerce Times. "People want to be able to get themselves organized and get their shopping done quickly, and they want to do it within their environment with their own device."
MyWebGrocer's e-commerce platform allows grocery stores to provide a personalized experience to their customers, who can create shopping lists, peruse sale items, access recipes, manage their rewards points, and order their groceries.
The company also works with retailers to train and manage personal shoppers, who choose items for orders that can then be picked up at the store or delivered to customers. These shoppers, in fact, have become a vital part of many grocery stores' online offerings -- making digital grocery shopping perhaps even more personal than it traditionally has been.
"The personal shopper becomes the shopper's advocate in the store," explained Huang. "That personal shopper has the run of the store, knows where everything is, and will go out of their way to get the best head of lettuce."


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Have you just spent another day at the office fighting with computers? Join the club. Besides viruses, malware, and software, is it possible that something else may be causing your computer problems? It can't be the power — after all, the salesman assured you that the Whiz Bang X1000 super integrating-differentiating surge suppressor would protect your equipment. Must be those stupid computers!
Somewhere in this scenario — usually after a lot of pain and loud discussions — someone decides to actually look at the quality of the electrical power serving the computer equipment. This isn't necessarily a simple task. It requires the use of sophisticated power monitors to record unwanted power anomalies. The real issue is not every person has the ability or interest to address the problem. However, electrical contractors, field service personnel, and electrical utility engineers are frequently the ones called upon to remedy these situations.
The use of a quality power monitor may demonstrate that the Whiz Bang surge suppressor doesn't work, and changing that device for something better is a correct course of action. But what about other equipment in the facility? Are these pieces of equipment adversely affected as well? Maybe you should expand your investigation to track down the real source of the problem.
In normal commercial environments, there are obvious candidates that attract attention, such as elevators, air conditioners, variable-speed drives, and refrigerators — but what about the coffee pot sitting next to the file server? When you get down to it, the list of culprits is pretty extensive. However, one thing becomes clear very quickly: While one power monitor is adequate to determine there is a problem, it will take more equipment to track down the source.
Case in point
At one site last year, we encountered a series of repeating but seemingly random transient voltages. The transients (and waveform notching) were initially recorded at the service entrance with a power monitor (Fig. 1). The voltage-only event capture doesn't really answer the origin question, although you could possibly deduce an origin within the facility on the basis of frequency content.
Origin is very important. Did the random transient voltages come from the utility source? And did they originate inside the building? If so, where? The transient voltages are on two phases — does this make the culprit a 480V single-phase load, such as an air conditioner? How about a single-phase 120V load passing the transients back through a delta-wye transformer?
To answer these questions, we installed additional power monitors equipped with current probes. These other monitors (located at downstream panelboards) recorded the events and also showed a correlating increase in current during the events (Fig. 2). This data showed that loads within the building were the sources.
Eventually, we tracked the transient currents to individual circuits within one panelboard and finally to the loads responsible for the transients. Was it the air conditioner as originally suspected? Nope. Was it some major load inside the building? Wrong again. The sources turned out to be compact fluorescent downlights in a bathroom that were controlled by a motion sensor.
The inrush current in the front end of each lamp ballast behaved like a short, sharp pulse. This pulse of current, in turn, interacted with the inductance of the facility wiring and transformers (-V=Ldi/dt), resulting in notches and transients. Our suggested solutions included changing out the bathroom light fixtures to a different type, adding inductance in the branch circuit to limit the inrush when the fixtures were activated by the occupancy sensor, or rewiring the bathroom lighting branch circuitry into more circuits with smaller groupings of controlled light fixtures.
Lessons learned
What can you learn from this case study? First, you can use one power monitor to determine that a problem exists, but you may need to rely on more monitors to find the source. Second, you must use monitors that either cross trigger the current channels when transients are recorded on the voltage channels, or they must have individual triggers for the current channels. Third, you should recognize that a sudden increase in current that accompanies a sudden notch in a voltage waveform means an in-house load is the true culprit. Finally, you have to assume that the troubleshooting process may be time consuming.
In the case study discussed above, there were only a few major 42-pole panelboards to worry about. An investigation into one panelboard led to identification of the circuit. Once this was done, we were able to track down the culprit load by following the circuit.
Shaughnessy is vice president of PowerCET in Santa Clara, Calif.


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For as much as we can tell, Councilman Brad Lander and State Senator Daniel Squadron, whose districts overlap in Brooklyn, are on friendly working terms when it comes to passing bills, criticizing government bureaucracy, and engaging in all other matters of politics.
But when it comes to making the best burger, there is no love lost between these two!
A few weeks back, Squadron and Lander squared off in a burger battle worthy of Top Chef at the Carroll Gardens Greenmarket at the corner of Smith and Carroll streets.
Dubbed the Better Burger Challenge, each pol was assisted by sous chefs – high schoolers from the Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies – as they tried to best each other's meat patty. Shoppers at the greenmarket got to participate in the taste test and vote for their favorite burger.
So who's cuisine in the end reigned supreme?
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