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Nurse, patient reunite in Albany after 38 years
Burned as a baby in 1977, woman reunites with nurse
Updated 10:37 pm, Tuesday, September 29, 2015
A tearful Amanda Scarpinati on Tuesday embraced a nurse who held her long ago in a dramatic reunion that underscored the power of humanity, a photograph — and social media.
Albany Medical Center staff broke out extra tissues as Scarpinati met Susan Berger, who was her nurse in the hospital's recovery room in 1977, when Scarpinati suffered severe burns as a 3-month-old. Photographer Carl Howard captured images of Berger with the heavily bandaged baby in her arms. The hospital featured one of the powerful photos on the cover of its annual report that year.
Over the decades, Scarpinati got older, but the two people in the black-and-white photo remain forever young. Last week, Scarpinati, who lives in Athens, took a new tack in her steadfast search for the nurse who helped her heal. She posted four of Howard's pictures on Facebook, and asked for help in identifying the woman with her. Within 24 hours, Angela Leary of Delmar, another former nurse at Albany Med, recognized Berger and contacted Scarpinati.
The effort to bring them together culminated Tuesday, when Berger walked into Albany Med's Huyck Auditorium and they hugged for minutes.
They exchanged gifts. Berger told Scarpinati she was beautiful. Scarpinati thanked her for what she did.
"I never thought this day would come," Scarpinati told a crowd that had gathered for the reunion.
As an infant, Scarpinati became quite ill, possibly from pneumonia. She accidently rolled off a couch and landed on a hot-steam humidifier, which caused third-degree burns to her head and arms. Doctors used skin-grafting to treat her wounds. Scarpinati endured years of not only surgeries, but also bullying.
"I live with the scars every day," she said Tuesday.
Berger is now a vice president at Cazenovia College and drove from her home near Syracuse to meet Scarpinati. She said the photos from 1977 made her remember the baby who came into the recovery room and didn't cry despite the excruciating pain.
"I was actually very taken by her," Berger said who was seated beside Scarpinati after the emotional embrace. "Obviously this has meant a lot to her. It definitely meant a lot to me."
Scarpinati drew comfort from the pictures and always treasured them. About 20 years ago, she tried to find out who the nurse was, but had no luck. "Maybe now with the powers of social media, someone will recognize her," Scarpinati wrote last week on Facebook. The post spread like wildfire. Within hours, thousands had shared it.
"It blew up," Scarpinati said.
Leary was one of those who saw the status update. She was working with Berger in the hospital on that fateful night. In those days, nurses in the recovery room took turns treating babies, said Leary, who now works at Albany Leadership Charter High. Berger, she said, was a "wonderful, sweet nurse."
"This is to me what nursing means," Leary said, pointing at the pictures. "It's caring. It's our gift."
Scarpinati said the photos from 38 years ago always reminded her that a person treated her with loving care. She appeared genuinely nervous and excited ahead of her meeting Berger. Scarpinati wore a silver cross around her neck and had tattoos on her lower legs — a butterfly and a Gaelic torch with her 12-year-old son's name, Aidan, across it.
She said she felt lucky that the compassion of that moment was preserved on film.
"That picture never leaves my thoughts," Scarpinati said.
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URBANA — A former Oakwood man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing child pornography.
A release from the office of U.S. Attorney James Lewis said that Donald Cunningham, 47, who currently lives in the 2300 block of East University Avenue, Urbana, was arrested and arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Urbana on an indictment returned last week.
He was charged with three counts of receiving child pornography and one of possessing it.
The crimes allegedly occurred during 2010 and 2011 when Cunningham lived in Oakwood, the release said.
Federal prosecutors are asking that the computer and other electronic equipment that Cunningham used to obtain the pornography be forfeited to the government.
The case was investigated by the East Central Illinois Cybercrime Working Group and the Oakwood Police Department.
Cunningham was released on bond but is subject to home detention.
His case was set for trial in September before U.S. District Court Judge Michael McCuskey.
If convicted, Cunningham could face up to 20 years in prison on the counts alleging receipt of child pornography and up to 10 years in prison for possession.
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**CRUSHED ICE**Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.
The mining billionaire told Australian media that construction will start at the end of next year.
It would be ready to set sail in 2016.
The plan, he added, is for the vessel to be as similar as possible to the original Titanic in design and specifications, but with modern technology.
Mr Palmer told Australian media that he had signed a memorandum of understanding with CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct the ship.
"It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic but of course it will have state-of-the-art 21st Century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems," he said in a statement.
The announcement comes just weeks after the centenary of the sinking of the ill-fated Titanic.
The vessel, the largest luxury ship in its time, struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. It went down on 15 April 1912, leaving more than 1,500 people dead.
"Of course it will sink if you put a hole in it,'' Mr Palmer said in response to questions from reporters on whether the Titanic replica would sink.
The new vessel is scheduled to sail from London to New York in late 2016, if all goes as planned.
"It is going to be designed so it won't sink,'' he added. ''But, of course, if you are superstitious like you are, you never know what could happen.''
The cost of the construction is not known, a spokesman for Mr Palmer told Australian media.
The mining magnate from Queensland, who has strong business relations with China, has expanded into tourism. He owns a luxury resort on the Sunshine Coast and has plans to build a fleet of luxury liners.
His plan to build the Titanic replica was announced on the same day that he revealed plans, in a separate news conference, to contest the next federal election in Queensland.
He told reporters that he has expressed interest in standing for Queensland's Liberal National Party (LNP), part of the conservative opposition at federal level, in the Brisbane seat of Lilley - currently held by Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan.
It's not that the ship itself will sink, it's that he'll get about 25% into the project, funding will do something weird, and the whole project will sink.
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JUNEAU - Five bands in five hours for five dollars. That's what you'll get if you attend the first ever Cinco De Juneau concert at 9 p.m. on Friday, June 5 at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center. The all ages event is hosted by Excellent Radio and proceeds will benefit the station.
The lineup includes Ball and Chain, Myth Barber, George Kuhar, Deering and Down and Maybe It's Reno.
Ball and Chain consists of Arthur Ackerman, Annie Bartholomew, Joe Funk and Michael Pollard. These four recent Juneau-Douglas High School graduates have described themselves as "jangly guitars and dirty blues."
Myth Barber consists of Scott Crass, Patrice Helmar, Caleb Wylie and varying percussionists. Helmar conceived of the band's name on a recent trip to Istanbul when she came across a barbershop bearing the name.
Deering and Down is Lahna Deering and Rev. Neil Down. Now based in Memphis, the duo's most recent project is participating in an independent film called "The Romance of Loneliness." They will return to Juneau to perform both old and new material.
Maybe It's Reno consists of Bridget Cross and George Kuhar. Their recent recording of "Baby's Lost In Tracks" was recently recommended in SPIN Magazine's Songs You Need To Download Now list. The group's past musical endeavors include playing live original accompaniment to the silent film "Nosferatu" last Halloween. Kuhar will also perform a solo set of his electronic music.
A beer garden will be available for concertgoers over 21 sponsored by the Alaskan Brewery.


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Here's a nice little piece of grammar that you can use instantly to convey a polite message. How to write a note telling someone you're taking the day off with Katte Nagara (勝手ながら).
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(In hiragana: あした、じゅうがつ ついたち(きん)。かってながら おやすみ させていただきます。)
The first part of this note is dead easy: Tomorrow on 1st October (Friday).
The second part is the really interesting chunk in terms of grammar and keigo (polite language). The grammar here is
勝手ながら is something of a fixed expression which, depending on the context, can translate to something like 'doing without asking' or 'taking the liberty to do'. It also carries the feeling of being selfish or uncooperative, which is important in this case as explained further below.
Roughly translated: 'We will take a holiday'. The させていただきます here is the polite keigo form of the verb する, to do. We could also write it as: お休みします, or the more regular form, simply 休みます when keigo is not needed. Thinking in literal terms, it might sound something like this:
'I will receive you letting me take a holiday'.
させる is 'to let' or 'to make' – the causative form of する. いただく is the polite form of もらう – 'to receive'. Be careful though – when using させていただく on its own, the effect can be very strong. It has a sort of final edge to it, like 'I will do this and there's no changing my mind'. It can sound almost selfish at times, so it's best used in conjunction with other softening words. In this case that such word is 勝手ながら.
In this note however, the the message is written by a company called 彩 弁当 (Aya Bento) that makes packed lunches. They are announcing that they will take an day off on 1st October. They usually work on this day so adding the 勝手ながら is important here because it neutralises the otherwise forceful effect of させていただく – 'we are selfishly taking a holiday without prior warning'.
When we put it altogether and clean things up, a translation might look something like this:
We apologise for the inconvenience, but will be taking the day off on Friday 1st October.
Notice how, although no apologies are specifically mentioned, it is included in the phrase because of the keigo and special words chosen. Here's another dictionary example for reference:
誠に勝手ながら今月末もって閉業させていただきます。 We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience it may cause, but we will cease business at the end of this month.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments :).


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Discussion in 'NFL Draft' started by Tim, Mar 15, 2014.
yep.. and been another one in the long line of horrible #1 overall QBs.
The statement I was proving was that Locker was NOT "questionable in college" nickmsmith
ya. he did regress his senior year, that's what killed it. He looked less NFL ready his senior year than jr year.
What's funny is that if he did end up going #1 in 2010, it would be Jeff Fisher who is tied to him.
Locker also does not have character issues and he can operate from the pocket.
All you Locker hater's should watch this.. how can you not love the character the toughness and the abilities ofLocker. He is Matt Stafford but faster and with more abilities.
Gotta love Gruden selling you a QB, guy makes every prospect sound like a God
Locker is more like Bortles. Take a look at the line on Bortles:
Big guy
Strong arm
Accuracy not the best
Needs to work on footwork
Can run but not too fast
He also is of much stronger character. Manziel is another Vince Young or Matt Leinhart waiting to happen. Big college star, me guy, poor character. If you could put Locker's character, leadership and work ethic in to Johnny Football then you would have an amazing QB.
What crack are you smoking brother...3 years in, and he is basically forgotten in this league...He most certainly was questionable, hence the surprise that they took him at 8. His accuracy and pocket awareness was always questioned...His arm and legs maybe not....He has been in the league 3 years and has injury issues, still not accurate always, and inconsistent...It's a shame, and I like him, but the truth...He graded out as one of the worst starters by almost every analyst...and we are taking a QB this year, that should tell you something my man....Exactly why this is his last shot.
If Locker was the answer, and they felt he was the right guy, NONE of us in here would be discussing crap like this 3-4 years in, and we certainly wouldn't be looking for a QB early as your "Backup"...Come on people...I like Locker's character and personality, but unfortunately, that doesn't win you football games alone most of the time.
Little Johnny is the short less athletic version of Vince Young! Just wait, he will blow next year on some terrible team like Raiders or Jags


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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Sept. 13, 2010September 14, 2010
My last full day at the Toronto International Film Festival was a day of hits and misses.
The biggest miss? Showing up at the Scotiabank multiplex early for a press screening of Robert Redford's "The Conspirator" Monday night, only to be told that said screening had been cancelled.
Here, then, was the perfect chance to try to catch a bit of the lightning that only a film festival can offer. Specifically, I took myself to the next available press screening – an Australian film called "Blame" – about which I knew nothing, other than the fact that it was from Australia and it was almost ready to start.
There is so much media about most films these days that you rarely have the opportunity to walk into a movie blind like that. Sometimes you discover a gem, as happened to me when I went to a screening of "Catfish" (opening next week) at Sundance this year, without a clue as to what I was about to see.
On the other hand, sometimes you get a film like "Blame," the movie I saw Monday night, a thriller so formulaic that it could have been a math equation. A music teacher shows up at his remote country home after a week of teaching – and is suddenly attacked by a group of young people in ski masks and suits. They tie him up and blindfold him, then forcefeed him an overdose of sleeping pills – revenge, apparently, for a crime that eventually is specified. But he doesn't die and things unravel from there. Except you see the twists coming a mile away and the film loses tension – rather than builds it – the longer it goes on. It's set in a great-looking house, though.
The day's other disappointment was "Submarine," a coming of age tale set in Wales about a teen named Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), who gets his first girlfriend at the same time that he's trying to save his parents' marriage. It's cute, it's occasionally funny in a mildly quirky way – but the writing is never strong enough to save it from comparisons to similar but better films such as "Rushmore" or "Youth in Revolt," which were smarter and cleverer. I'd actually heard good things about "Submarine," and so walked out early of a press screening of "The Promise," the documentary about Bruce Springsteen making "Darkness on the Edge of Town," a decision I came to regret.
The day actually got off to a strong start. I saw what may be the single most fascinating film of this festival: Errol Morris' "Tabloid," a wonderfully bizarre documentary about a woman named Joyce McKinney, an American Southern belle who, while in her 20s in the late 1970s, fell for a young Mormon, tracked him when he disappeared from her life (he was on mission to London) and allegedly kidnapped him to have sex with him and get him to marry her. Her subsequent arrest turned her into a tabloid star in Great Britain; she tells Morris' camera that, in fact, the British press lied about her and ruined her life. Morris then turns his camera on a pair of British journalists, who offer a completely different view of McKinney. And, just when it seems that her story can't get any weirder, we skip forward 30 years to find her chasing tabloid headlines all over again. She's an amazing character and gives a truly astonishing performance.
Then I made my first foray into the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the massive new edifice that will be the permanent home of the festival and its year-round operations. It's a large, gorgeous, state-of-the-art museum and cinema emporium that has been talked about for what feels like a decade and which opened Sunday. I went to a pair of press screenings there on Monday, and found both of the main theaters to be beautiful and understated, the perfect place to see a film – large enough for the press horde without dwarfing either the viewer or the viewing experience.
The first film I saw there (the second was "Submarine") was "The Debt," a rugged and moving thriller directed by John Madden and starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Jessica Chastain.
Chastain, Worthington and Marton Csokas play the younger version of three Israeli Mossad agents (played in later life by Mirren, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson) who, in 1965, are sent on a mission to East Germany. They are to capture and bring back to Israel a Josef Mengele-like figure, a Holocaust war criminal who has changed his name and is still practicing medicine in East Berlin. The ripple effect of their adventure is still felt 30 years later, when the difference between the heroic acts for which they were celebrated and the truth of the matter threaten to collide. It's a terrific role for Mirren and a breakthrough role for Chastain. This is also the second film at the festival in which I've seen Worthington play a dramatic role (after establishing himself as an action hero in "Terminator Salvation" and "Avatar").
Funny how actors suddenly pop up in several different films at one festival. I only saw about a dozen movies in my three days here – but Keira Knightley was in two of them, as were Worthington and Mirren. Sally Hawkins showed up in three of them.
As much as I wanted to see Guillaume Canet's "Little White Lies" on Monday night, I finally decided that writing and sleeping took precedence over seeing a 154-minute film that didn't start until 10 p.m. In my younger days, perhaps (I once saw seven films in a single day at TIFF) – but bed, an early screening on Tuesday and a flight home all beckon.


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text: >From The Oregonian, August 4, 2001, p D5 Survivors of July's Thirty Mile fire, in which four firefighters died, remember how the blaze trapped them By LINDA ASHTON, The Associated Press LEVENWORTH, Wash. - When Nick Dreis went down, the force of 100-foot-tall flames from the Thirty Mile fire was coming right at his emergency shelter. The smoke burned his eyes, so he kept them shut. He thought about how to conserve oxygen and wondered if the glue seams of his shelter would hold up in the heat. Armando Avila prayed for the squad boss he last saw high up on a rocky hillside and the two campers trapped with the 14 firefighters on a dead-end road in the Chewuch River canyon in the northern Cascades. Elaine Hurd just figured she was a goner. But they all survived the black-furnace-like fire that killed four of their firefighting crew July 10, a blaze started by an abandoned campfire in the pine and spruce country of the Okanogan-Wenatchee national forests. After nearly a month to talk and think about the unthinkable - the death of their colleagues and their own close calls - some members of the fire crew spoke Friday about their recollections of the 9,300-acre fire. Avila, 22, a squad boss trainee with four years of firefighting experience, said he was one of the first to deplay his aluminum and fiberglass shelter on the Chwuch River Road. "Once I was in the shelter, I thought, if I'm going to make it, this is my best chance," he said. His radio was on and he could hear the reassuring chatter of his crew boss, Ellreese Daniels, relaying information to a spotter plane. "I was hoping all of us would make it. I was worried about the Hagermeyers. I was terrified for them," Avila said. Bruce and Paula Hagermeyer, the two campers trapped with the firefighters, were curled up in a one-person shelter with firefighter Rebecca Welch. All three survived. "I was very worried for Thom," - his squad boss, Thom Taylor - whom Avila had last seen walking around the boulders where the bodies of the four who died would be found. "I prayed for him constantly," Avila said. Hurd, 18, a rookie firefighter assigned to dig fire line, and Dreis, 22, also a rookie firefighter who has worked as a logger and was the designated sawyer on the squad, both initially planned to use their shelters simply to keep the downpour of burning embers off their heads and their clothes. "I was hoping the whole fire would change course," Dreis said. But when the fire was right on top of them, each crawled inside the protective blanket. "I thought I was done," Hurd said. "Bye-bye. I'm done now. I laid there and tried not to breathe too hard." Dreis could feel another firefighter with his foot. He gave him a little kick and heard him say, "I feel like a baked potato." None of the three can say how long they were in the shelters. Hurd guesses 5 minutes, Dreis 20 minutes. Avila said he lost all track of time. Nor did they realize in the chaos of survival tactics how close they had come to dying. Eventually someone, no one is sure who, gave an order to leave their shelters and go to the river. With some of them standing in the cold, chest-deep water, they did a head count. "None of us had any idea how serious it was until we did the count and realized people were missing," Dreis said. Taylor told the group: "Here's the reality of it. There's four of us missing, and they're right up there on the hill," Avila said. Dead were Tom L. Craven, 30, an experienced fire crew boss, and three fledgling firefighters: Karen FitzPatrick, 18, Jessica Johnson, 19, and Devin Weaver, 21. Many of the survivors' recollections are like snapshots, odd moments of normality and tiny details. They deplayed their fire shelters on the sides of the road, rather than the middle, so they wouldn't get run over by any emergency vehicles - but none came up or down that dead-end road. Pete Kampen, 30, a seven-year firefighter and the fire's crew-boss trainee, got seven firefighters into a van and down the road before it was too late. "We just flat gunned it. It's the first time I've been really scared," he said. "I also knew there wasn't anybody going to come out behind us." The remaining 14 piled into another van and tried to flee, but were driven back by the fire pushing up the road. "We did a 50-point turn. It took forever," Avila said. "I wanted to get out. Somebody said we were going to die." His heart felt as if it were jumping out his chest, and FitzPatrick, who was sitting next to him said, 'This is the scariest thing that's ever happened in my life," Avila said. Dreis and Avila remember a sense of relief once Daniels got the van turned around, and they drove away from the impenetrable wall of fire on the road. They looked for a safety zone and found one. An air spotter overhead was helping them look for the best place. They had 20 or 30 minutes to look around. They discussed the best places to deploy their shelters. "I remember hearing the sandbar (in the river) or the road. I don't remember anyone saying the rocks," Avila said. He and Taylor looked around in the rocks. Avila noticed a lot of loose branches and other fire fuel. "I didn't like it up there," he said. "I went back down to the road." Eventually, Kampen and four members of a hot shot crew would make their way back up the road to rescue the survivors and check on the dead. Kampen would ask the firefighters to write down what they remembered. Among Avila's notes were these words: "Fourteen of us deployed and four of us didn't make it." Comment by poster: It may be impossible for anyone who has not been in a forest fire to imagine what these people were confronted with. Try to imagine a wall of fire 100 feet tall traveling 50 miles per hour... or more. Smoke so thick you can't breathe without inhaling ash. Sudden darkness just before the flames reach you. And the same roaring locomotive noise as the fire reaches to 100 feet from you. Recently a major motion picture was made about tornados. Add fire to a tornado and you have a good idea of a forest fire. Once again, I urge you all to take a moment and remember the firefighters who died because of a camper's carelessness. Daniel B. Wheeler www.oregonwhitetruffles.com


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Feb 18,2008
First lady calls for AIDS sensitivity
by UPI
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - U.S. first lady Laura Bush Sunday helped promote Tanzania's new effort to improve the way its citizens treat orphans and children with HIV-AIDS. "The American people are proud to stand with the people of Tanzania as you confront HIV/AIDS, she said while visiting Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.The United States, she said, has helped the Tanzanian government to provide antiretroviral treatment for about 100,000 HIV patients, as well as care for more than 200,000 of Tanzania's orphans and vulnerable children.
"One of the best ways to support orphans and vulnerable children is to eliminate the stigma of HIV," Bush said. "Often children who have lost parents to AIDS are shunned by their family members or neighbors who don't know how the disease is transmitted."Children with AIDS suffer discrimination, abuse and exploitation, she added.Bush said Tanzania's National Action Plan will work with schools to add AIDS sensitivity training to their curriculum. "All of us have the obligation to treat all children with dignity and respect," she said.
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The U.S. overall housing stock index saw its greatest one-day gain in five years on Monday, as shares of homebuilders soared.
Beazer Homes USA Inc., on a list of some of the most badly beaten stocks, saw hefty gains of more than 10 percent. Beazer, an Atlanta-based builder, currently has 18 housing projects underway or near completion in the Metro Nashville area, including the Hidden Creek subdivision in Antioch and Brentwood's Brookfield Estates.
"When you see this kind of move it's because the stocks are over-shorted," said Alex Barron, an Agency Trading Group analyst.
Investors who "short stock" bet that the price of the shares will fall. They borrow the shares on the hopes that they will replace them with shares they'll purchase at a lower price.
"As soon as the stocks start to go in the opposite direction people rush to cover their gain," Barron said.
The Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index, a yardstick that measures homebuilder performance, rose 8.1 percent in mid-afternoon trading on Monday. Shares of Beazer Homes USA Inc. rose 98 cents, to $10.04.
Shares of Standard Pacific Corp were up nearly 16 percent, or 69 cents at $5.11. Shares of Meritage Homes Corp were up 10 percent, or $1.38 at $14.66. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc shares rose 8 percent, or 81 cents, to $11.36.
"A lot of people have made a lot of money by shorting these names and they want to protect their gain. They rush out to buy to cover their short, but then that in turn causes the stock to move up higher, and that creates a frenzy," Barron said.
Beazer, Meritage Homes and Hovnanian are all on the New York Stock Exchange's threshold securities list. That means short sellers have had trouble finding enough of the stock to borrow over the last few weeks. That makes those stocks particularly vulnerable to short covering.
The momentum also has led some investors to think the stocks have reached a bottom, experts said.
"What we are seeing today is classic value investing combined with short covering, which many times can signal market bottoms," said Tim Biggam, lead options strategist at online brokerage thinkorswim in Chicago.


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Part I Directory Server Administration
2. Directory Server Instances and Suffixes
3. Directory Server Configuration
6. Directory Server Access Control
Creating, Viewing, and Modifying ACIs
To Create, Modify, and Delete ACIs
To View ACIs at the Root Level
Permissions for Typical LDAP Operations
To Allow Normal Users to Manage User Accounts Using dsutil Command
Granting Write Access to Personal Entries
Granting Access to a Certain Level
Restricting Access to Key Roles
Granting a Role Full Access to an Entire Suffix
Granting a Group Full Access to a Suffix
Granting Rights to Add and Delete Group Entries
Allowing Users to Add or Remove Themselves From a Group
Granting Conditional Access to a Group or Role
Setting a Target Using Filtering
Defining Permissions for DNs That Contain a Comma
Restricting Access to the Get Effective Rights Control
Using the Get Effective Rights Control
Advanced Access Control: Using Macro ACIs
Matching for ($dn) in the Target
Substituting ($dn) in the Subject
Substituting [$dn] in the Subject
Logging Access Control Information
Client-Host Access Control Through TCP Wrapping
7. Directory Server Password Policy
8. Directory Server Backup and Restore
9. Directory Server Groups, Roles, and CoS
10. Directory Server Replication
13. Directory Server Attribute Value Uniqueness
15. Directory Server Monitoring
Part II Directory Proxy Server Administration
16. Directory Proxy Server Tools
17. Directory Proxy Server Instances
19. Directory Proxy Server Certificates
20. Directory Proxy Server Load Balancing and Client Affinity
21. Directory Proxy Server Distribution
22. Directory Proxy Server Virtualization
23. Virtual Data Transformations
24. Connections Between Directory Proxy Server and Back-End LDAP Servers
25. Connections Between Clients and Directory Proxy Server
26. Directory Proxy Server Client Authentication
27. Directory Proxy Server Logging
28. Directory Proxy Server Monitoring and Alerts
Part III Directory Service Control Center Administration
29. Directory Service Control Center Configuration
Organizations that use repeating directory tree structures can optimize the number of ACIs used in the directory by using macros. When you reduce the number of ACIs in your directory tree, it is easier to manage your access control policy. In addition, the efficiency of your ACI memory usage is improved.
Macros are placeholders that are used to represent a DN or a portion of a DN in an ACI. You can use a macro to represent a DN in the target portion of the ACI, in the bind rule portion, or in both. In practice, when Directory Server gets an incoming LDAP operation, the ACI macros are matched against the resource targeted by the LDAP operation. The matching occurs in order to determine a matching substring, if any matching substring exists. If a match exists, the bind rule-side macro is expanded using the matched substring, and access to the resource is determined by evaluating that expanded bind rule.
This section contains an example of a macro ACI and information about macro ACI syntax.
The benefits of macro ACIs and how they work are best explained by using an example. Figure 6-1 shows a directory tree in which using macro ACIs is an effective way of reducing the overall number of ACIs.
In this illustration, note the repeating pattern of subdomains with the same tree structure (ou=groups,ou=people). This pattern is also repeated across the tree because the Example.com directory tree stores the two suffixes dc=hostedCompany2,dc=example,dc=com, and dc=hostedCompany3,dc=example,dc=com, which are not shown in the figure.
The ACIs in the directory tree also have a repeating pattern. For example, the following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain))(version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn= "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com";)
This ACI grants the domainAdmins group read and search rights to any entry in the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com tree.
Figure 6-1 Example Directory Tree for Macro ACIs
The following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1, dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=hostedCompany2,dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com";)
The following ACI is located on the dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com node:
aci: (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany2, dc=example,dc=com";)
In the preceding four ACIs, the only difference is the DN that is specified in the groupdn keyword. By using a macro for the DN, it is possible to replace these ACIs with a single ACI at the root of the tree, on the dc=example,dc=com node. This macro ACI reads as follows:
aci: (target="ldap:///ou=Groups,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (targetattr="*")(targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn],dc=example,dc=com";)
Note that the target keyword which was not previously used needs to be introduced.
In the preceding example, the number of ACIs is reduced from four to one. However, the real benefit is a factor of how many repeating patterns you have down and across your directory tree.
To simplify the discussion in this section, the ACI keywords such as userdn, roledn, groupdn, and userattr that are used to provide bind credentials are collectively called the subject of the ACI. The subject determines to whom the ACI applies.
The following table shows which macros can be used to replace specific ACI keywords.
Table 6-3 Macro ACI Keywords
The following restrictions apply to macro ACI keywords:
When using the ($dn) and [$dn] macros in a subject, you must define a target that contains the ($dn) macro.
You can combine the ($dn) macro (but not the [$dn] macro) with the ($attr.attrName) macro in a subject.
The ($dn) macro in the target of an ACI determines the substitution value by comparing it to the entry targeted by the LDAP request. For example, you have an LDAP request targeted at this entry:
cn=all,ou=groups,dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com
In addition, you have an ACI that defines the target as follows:
The ($dn) macro matches with "dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1". This substring is then used for substitutions in the subject of the ACI.
In the subject of the ACI, the ($dn) macro is replaced by the entire substring that matches in the target. For example:
The subject becomes this:
groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
After the macro has been expanded, Directory Server evaluates the ACI following the normal process to determine whether access is granted.
Note - Unlike a standard ACI, an ACI that uses macro substitution does not necessarily grant access to the child of the targeted entry. This is because when the child DN is the target, the substitution might not create a valid DN in the subject string.
The substitution mechanism for [$dn] is slightly different than for ($dn). The DN of the targeted resource is examined several times, each time dropping the left-most RDN component, until a match is found.
For example, suppose that you have an LDAP request targeted at the cn=all,ou=groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com subtree, and the following ACI:
aci: (targetattr="*") (target="ldap:///ou=Groups,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn], dc=example,dc=com";)
The server proceeds as follows to expand this ACI:
The server verifies that the ($dn) in target matches dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1.
The server replaces [$dn] in the subject with dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1.
The resulting subject is groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1,dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com". If access is granted because the bind DN is a member of that group, the macro expansion stops, and the ACI is evaluated. If the bind DN is not a member, the process continues.
The server replaces [$dn] in the subject with dc=hostedCompany1.
The resulting subject is groupdn="ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com". Again, the bind DN is tested as a member of this group and if it is, the ACI is evaluated fully. If the bind DN is not a member, macro expansion stops with the last RDN of the matched value, and ACI evaluation is finished for this ACI.
The advantage of the [$dn] macro is that it provides a flexible way to grant domain-level administrators access to all the subdomains in the directory tree. Therefore, the [$dn] macro is useful for expressing a hierarchical relationship between domains.
For example, consider the following ACI:
aci: (target="ldap:///ou=*,($dn),dc=example,dc=com") (targetattr="*") (targetfilter=(objectClass=nsManagedDomain)) (version 3.0; acl "Domain access"; allow (read,search) groupdn= "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups,[$dn],dc=example,dc=com";)
The ACI grants access to the members of cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=hostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com to all of the subdomains under dc=hostedCompany1. Thus, an administrator who belongs to that group could access, for example, the subtree ou=people,dc=subdomain1.1,dc=subdomain1.
However, at the same time, members of cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Groups, dc=subdomain1.1 would be denied access to the ou=people,dc=subdomain1, dc=hostedCompany1 and ou=people,dc=hostedCompany1 nodes.
The ($attr.attrname) macro is always used in the subject part of a DN. For example, you could define the following roledn:
roledn = "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,($attr.ou),dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
Now, assume that the server receives an LDAP operation that is targeted at the following entry:
dn: cn=Babs Jensen,ou=People,dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com cn: Babs Jensen sn: Jensen ou: Sales ...
To evaluate the roledn part of the ACI, the server reads the value of the ou attribute stored in the targeted entry. The server then substitutes this value in the subject to expand the macro. In the example, the roledn is expanded as follows:
roledn = "ldap:///cn=DomainAdmins,ou=Sales,dc=HostedCompany1,dc=example,dc=com"
Directory Server then evaluates the ACI according to the normal ACI evaluation algorithm.
When the attribute that is named in the macro is multivalued, each value is used in turn to expand the macro. The first value that provides a successful match is used.


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I have a 1999 oldsmobile 88 with 118,000 miles that I just bought. The trouble code shows a #5 cylinder misfire. Previous owner replaced coil, plugs and wires. I took it to a local garage and they told me # 5 cylinder had 80 pounds of pressure. They put the valve cover off and found no problems. They called me and said they could pull the intake off to check the lifters, etc. But they said to do this would be a few hundred dollars. They also said it could be a piston problem. I didn't have them explore any farther than that, and I picked up the car. My brother says I should just get a used motor. What's your opinion? I can get one used for $400. The noise sounds like top end noise, but at times it makes a noise like a bad harmonic balancer. Thanks for your help.
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From: Gail
(for Teacher2Teacher Service)
Date: Dec 21, 2009 at 23:17:14
Subject: Re: Fraction Readiness
>Students in grades 4,5,6 really seem to struggle with fraction concepts >such as comparing and ordering fractions, finding equivalent fractions, >etc. Is there a "recommended sequence" for developing these concepts? >What resources/teaching ideas have you found helpful in getting students >to understand these concepts? I taught elementary school for quite a while before moving "up" to middle school... and I think part of the reason students have so much trouble is related to what Pat says. They don't have enough experience with what the fraction means, prior to jumping into activities that cause them to think abstractly about the fractions. I wish teachers in the elementary grades would take more time with models of fractions, many different models, that would help students build an understanding of what it means to be "one half" or "two thirds" or "five eights" of something. Once students are able to demonstrate their understanding by identifying the fractions shown in models, and creating models to show given fractions, then they are ready to compare models, and determine equivalence. This should still be done concretely and semi-concretely, not abstractly by finding common denominators. Students can use what they find about equivalent amounts to make "rules" about how to rename fractions (find common denominators), and how to compare fractions (using benchmarks like 0, 1/2 and 1, and by looking at common numerators as well as denominators). One of the exploring activities I used to do with my fourth graders involved using fraction strips or bars to find all of the pieces that named the same size amounts… ˝ was usually where students chose to begin, and I would write all of the equivalent fractions as equations, recording my students' observations… ˝ = 2/4, ˝ = 3/6, ˝ = 6/12, etc. Then we would "step back" and see what we noticed. Usually the first thing they would say is that the numerator was always half of the denominator for these fractions… and the next observation was usually that if you multiplied the denominator "2" by the other numerator, you got the denominator of the second fraction. While I was glad to see them noticing this, I didn't really want them to make that a "rule", so I chose a non-unit fraction (like 2/3) for the next set, to see if all of our observations worked each time… -Gail, for the T2T service Thanks for visiting our on-line community. Visit Teacher2Teacher again at http://mathforum.org/t2t/ It is now possible to make a financial contribution to help The Math Forum. Please read more about this possibility: http://www.drexel.edu/ia/mathforum/.
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Exercising in the cold weather brings some unique challenges for athletes who participate in winter sports. Anyone who exercises in cold weather needs to take a few precautions in order to stay comfortable, safe, and still perform at an optimal level when temperatures drop.

The major concerns of cold weather athletes and exercisers include:

Knowing Basic Cold Weather Exercise Safety Guidelines

Avoiding Frostbite and Hypothermia

Dressing for Cold Weather Exercise

But what you eat and drink before and during cold-weather exercise can also help you perform your best and stay comfortable and safe. Proper nutrition helps regulate your core temperature, keeps your body warm and provides enough fuel for your working muscles. In warm weather it's easy to sweat to regulate your temperature and remove excess heat, but in cold weather you need to generate more heat to stay warm.

In the cold weather your body temperature normally drops. Your metabolism increases to warm and humidify the air you breathe and you tend to burn slightly more calories to stay warm. Breathing in cold, dry air forces your body to warm and humidify that air and with each exhalation, you lose significant amounts of water. Winter athletes need to consciously drink more fluids to replace the water that gets lost via respiration. Add this to a decreased desire to drink (the thirst mechanism is reduced in cold weather) and you can see why one of the biggest nutritional needs during winter exercise is replacing lost fluids and getting  proper hydration. Dehydration is one of the main reasons for reduced performance in the cold.

When it comes to eating during cold weather exercise, warm foods are ideal, but not very practical. The problem with cold foods and fluids is that they can chill the body. In summer, this cooling effect is helpful during exercise, but in winter hot foods are the better choice.

Ideal foods are complex carbohydrates consumed 2 hours prior to exercise. Soups, chili, bread, bagels, pasta with tomato sauce, baked potatoes, cereals, peanut butter, lean meat, and low-fat cheese are good choices.

It's also important to eat continually to replace carbohydrate stores that are being used for exercise and warming. If you don't replace this energy you will likely feel more fatigued and chilled. Children get hungrier more often and fatigue quicker. This is especially important for children. Plan ahead and bring energy bars, chocolate bars, trail mix, bananas, sandwiches or something that you like and will eat.

Read more:

Sports Nutrition Basics: From Training to Competition

Carbohydrates - An Athlete's Main Fuel Source

How Fat Provides Energy for Exercise

Recognize, Prevent and Treat High Altitude Illness (AMS)

Recommendations for Cold Weather Nutrition

Drink plenty of water

Eat a variety of high carbohydrates foods

Plan to eat a small snack every 30-45 minutes (100-200 calories)

Eat warm or hot food when possible

Decrease caffeine consumption

Don't drink alcohol. Alcohol dilates the blood vessels and increases heat loss.

And finally, it's important for winter athletes to have an emergency food source with them. This is beyond what you plan to eat. Hide an extra energy bar somewhere just in case.


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December 13, 2011
Intel Announces Lower Than Expected 4th Quarter Earnings
Intel, the world´s largest maker of microprocessors, announced on Monday, Dec. 12 a reduction of their forecasted earnings for the fourth quarter. They now expect their revenue to be in the range of $13.4 billion to 14 billion, down from $14.2 billion to $15 billion for the holiday quarter. Shares fell 4 percent on the news, dragging the rest of the sector with them.
The reduction in expected revenues is due to the widespread monsoonal flooding taking place in Thailand that has shut down hard drive manufacturing. Thailand is the world´s second largest exporter of hard drives behind China. The flooding has shut down factories that has disrupted supply chains from the PC industry to automobiles, according to Reuters.The reduction in the number of worldwide hard drives has caused PC makers to cut back on their manufacturing of new computers. Thus reducing the orders for the microprocessors.
Tom Kilroy, Intel Senior Vice President, said in a conference call, "In the last two weeks, as the supply became more apparent, we saw a substantial change in our order rate. Most of our customers are concerned the shortage will continue – especially through the early part of the first quarter."
Western Digital, the world´s largest manufacturer of hard drives and the hardest hit by the floods, recently resumed their production. Western Digital expects a shortage of about 60 million hard drives during December.
Another manufacturer Seagate was largely untouched by the catastrophe, but they are seeing a shortage of components due to their suppliers being affected by the catastrophe.
Intel´s CFO said in a conference call that he expects manufacturers to adopt solid state drive technology. These drives use NAND semiconductors to store data. The drives are faster than traditional hard drives but are also more expensive. Currently they are used in high-end PC´s, such as Apple´s Macbook Air.
PC sales are expected to be up in the fourth quarter. But companies are reducing their inventories of components including microprocessors, due to the hard drive shortage. The shortage is expected to last into the first quarter but is expected to recover in the first half of 2012.
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Three-Legged Dogs Live Happy, Healthy Lives
21 Dec 2013
It's not unusual these days to encounter dogs with three legs. While it was once something of a rarity to see a 3-legged dog, veterinary care is more advanced today which means that many dogs with injuries, bone cancer, or a neurological disorder can survive just fine after a limb is removed. These dogs can live a long, happy, healthy life with three legs.
If you get the news that your dog needs to have a leg amputated, it's still devastating news for any owner. But you should take comfort in the fact that nearly all dogs can quickly learn to adjust to life on three legs. A dog with three legs seems to forget that they have a missing limb – and so does the owner. They run, play, and continue to act like any other dog.
If your dog does need to have a leg amputated, you will need to take care at first while your dog adjusts. Be careful with slippery floors and other surfaces that can keep your dog from getting good traction. You might consider providing your 3-legged dog with paw wax or something else on his paws to help him grip the floor. Some owners recommend doggy boots for good traction, especially at first. You can also put down throw rugs for more traction, especially if you secure them in place so they don't slide.
It's also important that you don't allow a 3-legged dog to become overweight. Excess weight can put extra strain on the alternate leg and possibly cause injury. Be sure that your "tripod" dog gets regular exercise.
Some owners provide a 3-legged dog with a wheelchair or cart made for disabled dogs but it's usually not necessary. Such carts are more often used for dogs with only two legs.
Sometimes you will find a 3-legged dog at a shelter or rescue. These dogs can live a completely long and happy life but they may have been taken to the shelter because their previous owners didn't know how to care for them or thought that the dog was less than perfect. If you would like to adopt a dog with three legs, it's important for you to understand that the dog will need some special care. You will need to pay special attention to the leg opposite the leg that's been amputated to make sure it doesn't become strained or carry undue weight. If this leg seems weak, you can provide more support for it with a splint or brace. Or, you can provide a pet cart or wheelchair.
If any of the amputated leg remains, you'll need to make sure the bottom of the stump remains healthy. In some cases it's possible for the dog to have a prosthetic limb attached. This is something you would need to discuss with your veterinarian.
A number of celebrities own tripod dogs which has probably helped people understand that these dogs make perfectly good pets. Comedian and talk show how Jon Stewart has a 3-legged pit bull mix named Little Dipper who accompanies Stewart to work at his show.
Sandra Bullock has a 3-legged Chihuahua-Pomeranian mix named Poppy that she adopted in 2005. She later adopted the 2-legged dog Ruby with her then-husband Jesse James.
Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain takes her dog Chaplin to work with her and walks him herself. Chastain is one of the stars of Zero Dark Thirty. She has two other rescue dogs – Radley, a Corgi-Spaniel mix, and Roman, a Chihuahua mix.


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(Updates to reflect change of 3:30 p.m. ABC and ESPN games.)
Games begin on Wednesday again this week as ESPN tries to fill in gaps when there is no televised postseason baseball, but the best games, as usual, are reserved for Saturday.
There is no ABC prime-time college football because of a NASCAR race, but ESPN has Ohio State at Wisconsin (7 p.m.). CBS has No. 12 Arkansas at No. 7 Auburn at 3:30 — hard to imagine an SEC clash of top-12 teams without Alabama or Florida being one of them — and ESPN (in this market) has Texas at Nebraska at 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
8:00: Central Florida at Marshall, ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 14
7:30: South Florida at West Virginia, ESPN
7:30: Kansas St. at Kansas, MSG+
8:00: Elizabeth City at Virginia St., CBSC
Friday, Oct. 15
8:00: Cincinnati at Louisville, ESPN
Saturday, Oct. 16
Noon: Illinois at Michigan St., BTN
Noon: N.C. State at East Carolina, CBSC
Noon: Boston College at Florida St., ESPN
Noon: Minnesota at Purdue, ESPN2
Noon: Arkansas St. at Indiana, ESPNU
Noon: Vanderbilt at Georgia, MSG
Noon: Pittsburgh at Syracuse, SNY, Time Warner-3
Noon: Fordham at Yale, YES
2:00: Furman at Samford, FoxCen
2:30: Western Michigan at Notre Dame, NBC-13
3:30: Arkansas at Auburn, CBS-6
3:30: Texas at Nebraska, ABC-10
3:30: Southern Methodist at Navy, CBSC
3:30: Iowa at Michigan, ESPN
3:30: Wake Forest at Virginia Tech, ESPNU
3:30: California at Southern Cal, MSG
3:30: Slippery Rock at California (Pa.), FoxPac
4:00: Brigham Young at Texas Christian, Versus
6:00: South Carolina at Kentucky, ESPN2
7:00: Ohio St. at Wisconsin, ESPN
7:00: Mississippi St. at Florida, ESPNU
7:00: Baylor at Colorado, FoxCen
7:00: Youngstown St. at Western Illinois, FoxPac
7:30: Arizona at Washington St., Versus
8:00: Air Force at San Diego St., CBSC
9:00: Mississippi at Alabama, ESPN2
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I recently read an interesting article titled Make Room for Daddy…And Mommy: Helicopter Parents Are Here, which states, "Helicopter Parents hover over their children interceding as soon as the child faces an unpleasant situation or uncertainty. The parents are 'over-involved' in their child's life."
Although Helicopter Parents can be viewed negatively, not every characteristic is undesirable. Some Helicopter Parents return to land after they are sure their precious child is cruising at a safe and comfortable altitude. The latter, more moderate approach is ideal for Helicopter Librarians.
"Helicopter Librarians" can emulate the desirable traits of "Helicopter Parents." Additionally, the term "Helicopter Librarian" sounds sufficiently lofty.
The main difference between great librarians and Helicopter Librarians is that the former are focused on providing excellent service whereas the Helicopter Librarians are committed to building radically great relationships that students are comfortable with, similar to their relationships with their Helicopter Parents.
There is no existing concept called "Helicopter Librarians" (trademark pending?) but the concept is a logical evolution based on the prevalence of Helicopter Parents. Current students have different expectations and are used to a greater level of support. This is an opportunity to transform the profession regardless of emerging technology trends or fiscal constraints. This Helicopter Librarians approach does not require intensive training; that is why I do not include any checklists to follow. I am not developing any metrics; and I am not advocating for data-driven anything! This is a holistic approach to a human interaction based on individuality and genuine compassion.
A study based on the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement reports that, contrary to popular belief; children of Helicopter Parents excelled in deeper learning activities and reported higher levels of educational gains as well as greater satisfaction with their college experience. The prevailing perception of Helicopter Parents is that their over-involvement is detrimental to their child's growth. However, such support appeared to be welcomed by most students and actually beneficial to their overall well-being. Thus the first positive attribute of Helicopter Parents is the fact that they are sincerely concerned with the success of their children. This genuine concern has to be shared by Helicopter Librarians.
So, without coddling patrons, Helicopter Librarians are can carry the first portion of the student's load. When I introduce students to subject specialists, the students contact me with follow up questions for the specialist. This is not the shortest route, but I provide a level of comfort for students and eventually wean them off me empowered to confidently purse help alone.
I expect Helicopter Librarians to only hover until the student is prepared for take-off.
Building relationships with students is a crucial component of Helicopter Librarian instruction sessions. I make a strong first impression dressed either in a complete pirate costume or as a Wonder Woman avatar in Second Life. But even when I am not in disguise, students are extremely comfortable approaching me because they just sense that I am no ordinary librarian.
For example, I gave students that I mentored my cell phone number and told them that they can call me if need research help. They did, usually between 1 and 2 a.m. Their Helicopter Parents were either asleep or were unfamiliar with the specific research strategies they needed. Constant communication is a new change and is expected between students and their Helicopter Parents. Millennials have grown up with cell phones, and for them, this virtual umbilical cord enables their parents to hover effectively, from afar.
Helicopter Librarians who desire a more dramatic change will embrace new and unconventional methods for students to contact them. This is another reason there is no clear-cut checklist to follow. Some experiences we could not dream of as means for students to contact us. I built a relationship with students I met at the Reference Desk. They told me about favorite apps, such as Words With Friends (WWF). They eagerly signed up to play the games with me. Eventually, I left the University of Notre Dame and started working at Stanford University.
I had never used the chat feature on WWF until around 1 a.m. on a weeknight I got a notification. One former student sent me an emergency reference question via WWF chat! This was the only way to contact me because I logged off of my work email. This was an unforeseen, totally unconventional reference contact point; yet savvy information-assistance seeking on their part. This would not have been possible without an incredibly unique Helicopter Librarian relationship. They won't teach you this in any library school! "Helicoptering Mission Accomplished!"
Helicopter Librarians can provide this type of service on a temporary basis, for limited hours, or for a select group targeted for increased library usage. Helicopter Parents perform incredible services for their children, but they do not extend themselves to everyone. This is a natural extension of Stanford University Library's Concierge initiative, which aims to eliminate actions that result in our patrons having to run around.
In conclusion, Helicopter Librarians enjoy helping patrons navigate what they perceive to be a scary, overwhelming, or confusing maze of resources. Helicopter Librarians nurture the patron until they are comfortable continuing their research on their own. Helicopter Librarians create a genuine relationship similar to the one shared with their Helicopter Parents. Helicopter Librarians create an environment that reassures the patron that we care about their research success and information literacy ascension.
Felicia A. Smith is an Information and Instructional Services Librarian at Stanford University.


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If I want to have 2 strings muted, and 2 strings detuned, can I save all of that to a custom tune slot?
Is It Possible To Save String Settings With Custom Tunings?
Started by dtray187 , Aug 28 2013 12:08 PM
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Custom Tune slot, no. Custom Model, yes. If you haven't already, download Workbench HD and try it yourself. It'll give you a feel for what you can and cannot do with the custom models. The custom tuning is not controlled through Workbench HD at this stage as far as I can tell.
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Application: Solid Waste Recycling
Building Series: TITAN®
Building Size: 60' w x 80' l (18.2m x 24.3m)
In 2002, Kingdom Projects decided to aggressively expand their solid waste collection and retrieval services from the current 2.3 million pounds to 3.5 million pounds per year. But first, they needed to expand their facility and equipment quickly, economically and efficiently.
'We had a window of opportunity to purchase a previously used baler but we needed to expand our building to handle additional collection and the baler,' says Lon Little, General Manager, Kingdom Projects. 'We knew we had our answer when we found the Cover-All building. The installation took only eight days as compared to numerous weeks with a conventional building.'
Not only has the 60' wide x 80' long Cover-All® TITAN® building allowed Kingdom Projects to quickly increase production by 30 per cent and employ additional people, the building has also decreased operating costs. 'The cost savings in going with a Cover-All were realized in a number of areas,' says Little. 'Not only did purchasing the building save us tens-of-thousands of dollars compared to other buildings, but our operating costs are less because we have little need for lights during the day and our building maintenance costs are almost nil.'
Cover-All® buildings' unique DuraWeave® cover allows natural light into the building creating a work environment that is like 'working outside on a bright sunny day.' The natural light and the clear-span space create a work-friendly environment to operate the 20-foot high baler, forklift and skid loader. 'Our employees prefer working in this building compared to our steel building,' says Little.
Although Kingdom Projects has just completed the expansion, there are already plans for future growth. 'We want to take further advantage of the building height by constructing an elevated sorting station,' says Little. 'The building is working very well for us because there is a lot of room to move our 2,000 lb. bales and we have a sufficient number of built-in bunker stations on the floor.'


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A NEW addition to a library has its own colourful story.
The fiery breath of a dragon, a crown and a seagull are set to make storytimes at Bunny Hill Library more exciting.
They are among the designs to feature on a "story chair", which has been unveiled at the venue.
Children from Red House Academy, Southwick Primary School and Bunnyhill children's centre, worked with artist Penny Payne to come up with decorations for the chair.
It also features Sunderland's Hylton Castle, the spines from the storybook favourite the Gruffalo, and a flock of butterflies.
It is the second of five story chairs that will take pride of place in the city's five hub libraries over the next few months.
Penny said: "The children come up with ideas and help choose the fabrics and then I go away and finish the design.
"Every chair is completely different.
"It depends on what the children come up with.
"I'd never had to make flames before, so that was certainly quite interesting."
The youngsters who helped put the designs together were guests of honour when the chair was unveiled at a special ceremony.
Councillor Harry Trueman, deputy leader of Sunderland City Council, said: "Story chairs are a great way of making storytimes that bit more magical for children.
"It's great that the children have been involved in coming up with the designs for the chair.
"This is the second of five story chairs we're installing in our five hub libraries, as part of our plans to improve and modernise the library service."


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Please join us on March 8, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, in GSLIS 242 for a brown bag discussion with UIUC's own Frances Jacobson Harris and Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. Please read their white paper Digital Literacy, Libraries and Public Policy for the ALA Digital Literacy Task Force in preparation for the discussion.
The report provides an overview of digital literacy in school, public, and academic libraries; looks at the ways they support digital literacy for their users; and provides an overview of the current digital literacy policy context, including digital inclusion, education and lifelong learning, and workforce development. The Task Force is now working to develop a set of recommendations for the library community, policy makers, and potential funders to continue and expand libraries' engagement and leadership with digital literacy. Lisa and Frances welcome discussion about the report as well as input on the recommendations.
More information is available at the Inclusions and Exclusions Moodle page. Please direct any questions to sweeney6 [at] illinois.edu (Miriam Sweeney) or slirish [at] illinois.edu (Sharon Irish).
242 LIS Building
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Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette
(1799 – 1825)
extracted from Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1799 – 1813 [1825], compiled by Carrie L. Broughton from files at the North Carolina State Library. Page numbers reference online page number/original page number. Original is located in the Genealogy Collection in the State Library of North Carolina North Carolina State Documents Collection. R. R. = Raleigh Register
Alexander, William L., Mar. 15, Cabarrus county. R. R. Mar. 24, 1806 (pg. 128/144)
Allison, Robert, Nov. 2, Cabarrus county. R. R. Nov. 26, 1804 (pg. 125/141)
Cochran, Robert, Apr. 28, Cabarrus county. R. R. My. 24, 1822 (pg. 163/179)
Harris, Isaac, Aug. 13, Cabarrus county. R. R. Sept. 29, 1815 (pg. 148/164)
Harris, William of Cabarrus county. Jan. 8, Augusta, Ga. R. R. Mar. 24, 1815 (pg. 148/164)
Loss, Charles, Je. 10, Cabarrus county. R. R. Aug. 9, 1822 (pg. 164, 180)
Love, Rev. James, Mar. 15, Cabarrus county. R. R. My. 4, 1821 (pg. 160/176)
Newel, Francis, Nov. 1, Cabarrus county. R. R. Dec. 10, 1819 (pg. 154, 170)
Parks, Wm., Jly. 31, Cabarrus county. R. R. A ug. 20, 1824 (pg. 170/186)
Patterson, Robert, Jan. 29, Cabarrus county. R. R. Feb. 19, 1813 (pg. 145, 161)
Phifer, George, Jan. 23, Cabarrus county. R. R. Feb. 5, 1819 (pg. 155/171)
Pickens, Capt. Samuel, Je. 8, Cabarrus county. R. R. Je. 29, 1821 (pg. 161/177)
Rodgers, Wm. O., Jly. 29, Cabarrus county. R. R. Aug. 20, 1824 (pg.171/187)
Smith, Major General Robert, Jly. 16, Cabarrus county. R. R. Aug. 12, 1805 (pg. 128/144)
Smith, Mrs. Robert, Nov. 2, Cabarrus county. R. R. Nov. 19, 1813 (pg. 146/162)
White, Sam'l., Aug. 31, Cabarrus county. R. R. Sept. 29, 1820 (pg. 158, 174)
Southern Religious Telegraph Richmond Va
Died in Cabarrus Co NC on Feb 29, Mr Parmenio Rodgers, Age 40 [pub Mar 13, 1830, p3 c5].
Died in Cabarrus Co NC, Mrs Jane Harris, wife of Dr Samuel S Harris, age 33 on Feb 20, in her 34th year. [no date, pg 3 c 5]
Daily Express Petersburg, Va
April 5, 1869: Died Edwin R Harris of Cabarrus County, NC [pg 2 col 4]
NC Archives, Bernard J Henley papers
Died in Cabarrus Co., NC on Apr 15, Mr George Cline, when his horses ran away, running the wagon over him [Saturday May 9, 1829: pg 3 col 5]
Southern Christian Herald
[Died] In Cabarrus Co., (N.C.), on the 7th July, Mrs. Mary Robinson, wife of the Rev. Dr. Robinson. (no year)
Lancaster Ledger (SC)
State of South Carolina, Lancaster District, Thomas W. Huey has applied to me for letters of Administration on all and singular the goods … of Agness Nesbet, late of the county of Cabarrus, N.C., deceased, with her will annexed … [29 May 1852]
The Charleston Observer
Dr. Caleb P. Shive, late of Lincoln Co., Ga., and formerly of Cabarrus Co., N. C., after having been married only 13 days. . . [issue of January 29, 1831]
In Cabarrus co., N.C. on the 19th ult., Mrs. Barbara Phifer, relict of the late Col. Caleb Phifer, aged 77. [issue of April 30, 1831]
The Lutheran Observer
Died, on the 29th of March, 1838, at the residence of his son in Rowan county, North Carolina, Mr. Michael Walcher, aged 87 years, 5 months and 14 days. born in 1750, on the 15th of October, in Frederick City, Maryland. At the age of 14 years, he, with his parents emigrated to Cabarrus county, N. C., where his father labored in the capacity of a school-master and Catechist … confirmed under the ministery of Rev. Mr. Nuszman. At the age of 22 years, Michael Walcher was married to Miss Mary Magdalene Cline… she died and left him with 11 children. He ever afterwards remained a widower. At the day of his death, left 10 children, 47 grand-children, and 30 great-grandchildren. [issue of May 18, 1838]
Departed this life at Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, N. C., on Sunday, the 25th of November, in the 22nd year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Shimpock, wife of Col. John Shimpock, and eldest daughter of the late Jacob Barrier. [issue of December 28, 1838]
Died in Lincolnton, N. C., on the 20th ult., Gen. Paul Barringer, of Cabarrus Co., aged 65 years, 8 months and 24 days. His father came to this country from Hanover, before the middle of the last century, and settled in Pennsylvania and afterwards in the eastern past of Cabarrus Co., N. C., where he lived to an old age, suffering severely during our Revolutionary War because of his strong opposition to the Tories in the Western part of the State. He brought up a large family of whom the subject of this notices was the oldest… Concord, N. C., July 5th, 1844. [issue of July 19, 1844]
In Cabarrus co., N. C., Oct. 26th, Margaret Catharine, daughter of Peter and Mary A. Cruse, in the 5th year of her age. [issue of November 14, 1856]
Died, in Cabarrus co., N. C., Jan. 22d, Mrs. Catharine Cruse, relict of the late Andrew Cruse, in the 89th year of her age. [issue of February 20, 1857]
April 22d in Cabarrus Co., N. C., Lauson Alexander, son of John H. and Camilla C. Miller, in the 12th year of his age. [issue of May 8, 1857]
Sept. 11th, in Cabarrus Co., N. C. Edmond Jeremiah, infant son of Jacob and Rebecca Moose, in his 2d year. [issue of September 25, 1857]
Departed this life near Mt. Pleasant, N. C.,Feb. 24th, Mr. John H. Miller, in his 37th year…member of St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Cabarrus Co….leaves widow and child. [issue of March 18, 1859]
Departed this life in Cabarrus Co., N. C., Jan. 17th, John Newton, infant son of Mr. Isaac and Mrs. Sarah Goodnight. [issue of March 25, 1860]
The Christian Magazine of the South
May, 1844: Died on Coddle Creek, Cabarrus Co., N. C., on the 13th of February, Caleb Ross, aged about 5 years.
Died at his residence in Cabarrus Co., N. C., on the 25th of January last, Isaiah Dewese, in the 80th year of his age. He left an aged widow and twelve children, all of whom were present to witness his departure, having previously buried two children. For more than fifty years he has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
November, 1849: Departed this life on Sunday, 18th inst. at the residence of her husband in Cabarrus, Mrs. Martha M., wife of R. L. Cochran, Esq.… she was aged 21 years, 7 months and 3 days, and for some time a member of Back Creek Church.
The Due West Telescope
June 26, 1857: Died in Cabarrus County, N. C. on Thursday, the 28th of May, Mr. Houston Cochran in the 22nd year of his age. The deceased met with his death from the accidental discharge of a gun held by his own hand. In the evening of the day on which he was killed, his family being from home on a visit to the house of some friends, taking his gun in hand, he walked to a blacksmith's shop, about one mile from his residence.… Upon arriving there, he met the proprietor in front of the shop, and a conversation, somewhat protracted, being introduced, Mr. Cochran, to secure some support in his standing posture, leaned upon his gun. The conversation being ended, Mr. Cochran started in the direction of the door; but in taking up his gun, which had been placed inadvertently between the spokes of a buggy wheel standing by his side, one of the hammers caught in a spoke, and was raised enough to burst the cap as it sprang to its place, and caused the whole load to be poured into his right eye. …He leaves a wife, a little child and an only brother.
August 7, 1857: Died of brain fever in Cabarrus Co., N. C., July 21st, 1857, Minnie Linette, daughter of Rev. J. E. and M. S. Pressly, aged 2 years and 8 months.
April 16, 1858: Died in Cabarrus Co., N. C., March 6th, Miss Sarah S. Cochran. She had nearly completed her forty eighth year.
July 9, 1858: Died in Cabarrus Co., N. C., Mrs. Catherine M. McGinnis in the thirtieth year of her age, on the first day of June, 1858, Mrs. McGinnis was a member of the A. R. Church at Back Creek.
June 3, 1859: Died in Cabarrus Co., N. C. on the 26th of April, Margaret Jennett Snell, wife of Samuel K. W. Snell, in her 26th year, leaving a husband and one child.… member of the Presbyterian Church at Rocky River for 5 years.
June 20, 1862: Died at Camp Mangum near Raleigh, 7th inst., Mr. Wm. Cochran, from the effect of measles. The deceased was a consistent member of the A. R. Church at Coddle Creek. Cabarrus Co., N. C., and having volunteered his services for the present struggle, he, in a few weeks, fell victim to disease at the camp of instruction. Another widow, and the fatherless children are thus added to the bereaved heartbroken throng.
June 19, 1863: Died in the field hospital near Chancellorsville, Va. on the 7th of May, Orderly Sergeant Robert Morrison Caldwell of the 7th Regiment, N. C. Troops, aged 27 years. He had participated in nearly every battle in Virginia since the battles before Richmond. . . .following his heroic leader, Jackson, in all his famed marches and thoughout the memorable Maryland campaign, and had escaped unhurt until the sanguinary battle of the 3d of May near Chancellorsville, where he received a mortal wound. . . . member of the G. A. Presbyterian Church at Rocky River, Cabarrus Co., N. C.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
January 10, 1868: Died in Cabarrus Co., N. C., November 9th, 1867, Mrs. Mary Jane Wallace in the 26th year of her age…. member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at Coddle Creek.
January 15, 1885: Died, August 26th, 1884, in Cabarrus County, N.C., Mr Andrew Bell, in the 69th year of his age…. faithful member of the A. R. church at Coddle Creek for about forty years.
February 12, 1885: Died, September 19th, 1884, in Cabarrus County, N. C., Mr. James DeKalb Bell, aged 38 years, 2 months and 14 days… member of the A. R. church at Coddle Creek… son of Andrew Bell … left behind a youthful widow and her little boy.
August 9, 1888: Died, near Coddle Creek church, Cabarrus County, N. C., on the 9th of May, 1888, Mrs Louisa M. Irwin, wife of E. G. Irwin, Esq., aged 56 years and 3 months… for about twenty-five years had been a consistent member of Coddle Creek church.
The Patriot – Guilford County NC, Greensboro
October 1, 1842: At Welch's Mills, Cabarrus county, the morning of the 23rd, ult., Dr. Alfred W. Caldwell, son of Dr. David and Susan Caldwell, of this town, in the 39th year of his age.
December 26, 1832: In Cabarrus county, on the 19th ult., Susannah Cress, of scarlet fever.
The Yadkin And Catawba Journal – Salisbury, NC
Died – Phifer, John F. 43, on December 27, 1828 in Cabarrus County.
The Times, Greensboro, NC
January 28, 1860: Died In Cabarrus county, on the 9th inst. Mr. Seneca Turner; aged about 45 years.
May 19, 1860: Died In Cabarrus county, on the 5th inst., Mrs. C. A., consort of Dr. Cyrus A. Alexander.
The Patriot – Guilford Co., NC
November 22, 1826: Died:On the 19th ult. In the county of Cabarrus, Mr. John Allison, formerly of this county.
December 10, 1839: In Cabarrus county, on the 5th inst., of bilious pneumonia, Martha Townsend, consort of Mr. Aaron Townsend-aged 66 years. The deceased had been for 48 years an exemplary member of the Presbyterian church.
Charlotte Democrat – Mecklenburg County, NC
Friday, May 16, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county recently, Mr. Obediah W. Hampton, aged 41 years.
Friday, June 13, 1890: Died in Concord, on the 6th inst., Nellie, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Brown, aged 4 months.
Friday, May 30, 1890: Died in Cabarrus County, on the 17th inst., Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hornbuckle, aged 19 years.
Died at Harrisburg, on the 25th inst., Mrs. Harris, aged 85 years. Friday, June 27, 1890
Maggie Maxwell, daughter of Washington Maxwell, was burned to death last Saturday… about 12 years of age… Concord Standard
Friday, July 18, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 12th inst., Mr. M.A. Harris, aged 72 years.
Died in Cabarrus county, on the 14th inst., little son of Mr. Allen Bost, aged 5 years.
Friday, August, 8, 1890: Died in Huntersville, on the 12th ult., at the residence of his son in law, Mr. R.B. Hunter, Mr. John M. Cannon, aged 85 years. Mr. Cannon was a highly respected citizen of Cabarrus county.
Friday, August 22, 1890: Eugene Litaker, the young Cabarrus man who shot himself a few days ago, died last Wednesday. A disappointment in love is said to have caused his suicide.
Friday, August 29, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 22d inst., Mrs. Jane E. Harris, wife of the late Shakespeare Harris, aged 70 years.
Friday, September 5, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 22nd ult., Mrs. W.S. Harris, aged 66 years.
Friday, October 10, 1890: Died in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus county, on the 3rd inst., Mr. Will Rose.
Friday, October 17, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 10th inst., Mr. J.A. Russell, aged 65 years.
Friday, October 31, 1890: Died in Concord, on the 27th inst., Mr. John C. Winecoff, aged 35 years.
Friday, November 21, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 10th inst., Maud, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Johnston, aged 9 years.
Friday, November 28, 1890: Died at Poplar Tent, Cabarrus county, on the 25th inst., Mr. J.B. Harris, aged 43 years.
Friday, December 12, 1890: Died in Cabarrus county, on the 4th inst., Mr. Arch Faggart, aged 54 years.


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By Kate Benz
Once upon a time, workplace etiquette faux pas were reserved for those bright-eyed and bushy-tailed college graduates who were eager to get their foot on the corporate ladder and begin climbing. Eager, but green.
"With age comes wisdom," the saying goes, but not everything is so cut and dry these days. In today's corporate environment, social graces are slipping across the board, from interns to seasoned executives with years of experience.
"I get a lot of calls about this. It's definitely on a lot of people's minds," says Sheryl Trower, president of The Etiquette School of Central Pennsylvania. "Everyone has gotten so casual, and I think we've just lost our formality as a society. We've become more casual in everything we do, and that falls into the workplace."
But what is proper etiquette, exactly? Mention those two little words, and it isn't hard to conjure up an image of a gnarled finger wagging in your direction, a sermon of "don't do that!" suffocating the air.
"The word 'proper' carries the kind of negative connotation about what etiquette really is; that it's about strict, formal rules of conduct," says Peter Post, managing director of The Emily Post Institute, author of "The Etiquette Advantage in Business: Personal Skills for Professional Success," and the great-grandson of the lady herself. "What etiquette helps you do is built strong relationships. Business is built on relationships — the success you are going to have in your business life is going to be, in large measure, your ability to build relationships with colleagues, customers, bosses. Emily Post built relationships with people. Within a few minutes, people felt like they were her best friend and they had known her forever."
Those who are skeptical of how much of an asset good etiquette can be in the climb up the corporate ladder, take note: Recent studies conducted by Harvard University, the Carnegie Foundation and Stanford Research Institute indicated that 85 percent of future success depends on social skills, including the ability to put another at ease, with only 15 percent attributed to technical skills.
That ability to genuinely connect to others and its direct correlation to success in the workplace is one of the cornerstones of The Dale Carnegie Leadership Training program, which recently celebrated its 100th year of professional and personal development.
"It's so important," says John Rodgers, president of the Dale Carnegie franchise in Western Pennsylvania. "Everyone gets very good at the technical aspects of their job, which is why many people get promoted. But then they hit kind of a wall or a challenge on the leadership side on how they really relate to people. At some point, it's less about what you can do and more about what you can get done through other people.
"So, the question then becomes, 'How do I truly unleash the talents in my team?' Anybody can be a boss. If you give me enough authority, I can tell you to do something and I will get performance. Research shows again and again that leaders can lead an engaged workforce if they lead in inspiration, with a positive attitude, positive motivation and being enthusiastic. (That's) where etiquette, manners and good human relations (come in). It's that inner engine that runs. That's what people connect with."
According to the experts, it's up to the head honcho to set the precedents in the office. In other words, "monkey see, monkey do." If the boss isn't setting the standard with etiquette protocol, chances are his or her employees will begin to mirror the negative behaviors.
"(I see) high-end, high-paid execs that don't have the confidence to work through conflict. Don't have the confidence to admit when they're wrong, to make other people feel important. It's just amazing to me. We have this saying, 'What you do shouts so loud, I can't hear what you say.' So, etiquette isn't just what we say to people, it's what we choose to do," Rodgers says.
So, what happened? When did etiquette hit skid row? According to Post, look no further than the swinging 1960s, when looking out for No. 1 became an unchallenged priority, not just in the workplace, but society in general.
"It became all about me. We became a 'me-ism" society," Post says. "In business, the opinion of the other person matters."
By the late 1980s and '90s, negative press about how uncivil the workplace was becoming ushered in a backlash against bad behavior, Post says. People were fed up, studies showed, and changes were in order. Behaviors changed, businesses shaped up. Etiquette, for all intents and purposes, appeared ready to be taken off of life support.
And then, along came technology, bringing with it an entirely new level of good, bad and ugly, to which no one seems immune. Scandals are born with one hit of the "send" button, in 140 characters or less, on message boards, and on status updates. Cellphones are the most common utensil on the dinner table. Inner monologues have been given a megaphone that lacks a mute button.
"Technology … it's a love/hate relationship," says Diane Gottsman, a national etiquette expert and the owner of The Protocol School of Texas. "It can be one of your biggest downfalls, because we rely on it as a substitute for communication. Technology has advanced us, but it's also allowed us to take a hit. We are so reliant on it we don't know when to (turn) it off. It's a big deal. It's a huge, huge deal."
It's also spawned an era of etiquette known as "netiquette," a social code of conduct for the Internet. This virtual breeding ground of bad behavior can have huge consequences on not only your social life and reputation, but your career. One temper-tweet or boss-blasting email later, and you could find yourself out of the job. And while you might like to think that no one is watching or paying attention, chances are good that somebody is. Consider it the pinnacle of better-safe-than-sorry behavior.
"Technology is relatively new, and we're still working out what the conventions are that help us use it in a positive way," Post says. "The dark side is the mistakes we make. It's just wonderful for me, because every week there's another example of someone who abused email and, in the process, has caused themselves some serious problems.
"It comes down to the 'Bulletin Board Rule' — don't put anything on that email that you wouldn't put up on a bulletin board. Your emails on your business computer do not belong to you — they belong to the company. If you think it's private and it's yours, you're nuts."
Kate Benz is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-380-8515.


text: Willialm F. Buckley, a notable conservative if ever there was one, wrote a good article in National Review in the mid 90s about America's War on Drugs. At that time local, state, and federal government was spending $105 billion a year on that war. The total estimated value of the drug trade, for all illicit drugs, was $100 billion a year. Making drugs illegal was an economic marriage made in Heaven, well actually Congress, that made billions for drug law enforcement and drug cartels, growers, manufacturers, distributors, street pushers, etc. The War on Drugs has been stupid since day one. WA and CO just got a little bit smarter.


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Fairfield student art work to be shown at Pequot Library this year
Published 4:38 pm, Thursday, May 22, 2014
The 40th annual Townwide Student Art Show will be held at the Pequot Library Tuesday, May 27, through Thursday, May 29. More than 800 pieces of art will be on display. The show includes art work from Fairfield's two high schools, three middle schools and 11 elementary schools.
A special showing of Advanced Placement studio art will be on exhibition in the Pequot's Perkin Gallery from May 27 through June 9. The exhibition features work of advanced art students at Fairfield Ludlowe and Fairfield Warde high schools.
A reception will be held on Wednesday, May 28, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The reception will include refreshments in a tent outside, and lawn games and activities for children on Pequot's Great Lawn. Jazz musicians Mark Edinberg and Steve Clarke will perform during the reception.
Hours for the art show are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 27 through May 29 in the library's auditorium/concert hall, reading room, and in the Perkin Gallery. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Visit www.pequotlibrary.org or call 203-259-0346 ext. 15 for more information.