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Coming Across Academic Social Media Content Serendipitously
Laura Dantonio, Stephann Makri and Ann Blandford
Monday, 3:30pm
The aim of this research was to find out whether people come across academic social media content serendipitously and, if so, to gain a detailed understanding of the nature of their experiences. To achieve this aim, we conducted semi-structured Critical Incident interviews with 15 postgraduate students from various disciplines. We found that the interviewees did unintentionally come across academic social media content - often when undertaking unfocused browsing during a break from other academic work. Time investment was identified as an important over-arching theme: investing time in creating and sharing social media content can lead to the creation of opportunities for serendipity for both the person creating/sharing the content and others. The interviews also highlighted a time investment trade-off - where more time spent using social media was perceived to provide greater opportunity for serendipity but, as serendipity can never be guaranteed, it was also perceived to increase the chance that none of the information encountered would contribute to the interviewees' academic research (and therefore would be 'wasted' time). We make a number of suggestions for the design of social media tools that create opportunities for serendipity based on our findings.


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In the past, automakers would never hesitate to rebadge a cheaply manufactured vehicle to gain more market share. With the power of a consumer today, however, the mold is different, and the 2013 Buick Verano is a great example of a growing trend against rebadging.
Even though the Buick Verano, which has been manufactured since 2012, uses the same platform as the Chevrolet Cruze, the 2013 model offers a European flavor with sleek and curvaceous sheet metal, plus extra performance thanks to an optional turbocharged engine. Also, the statement-oriented grille is all-Buick and will never be mistaken for anything less.
The inside is also pure Buick. A high-class interior is roomy by design, refined compared to the Cruze and fitted with top-quality soft-touch materials and high-caliber stitching. The cabin has great energy, offering a creative use of color that is visually appealing yet not exaggerated.
The Buick Verano comes in four trim levels: Base, Convenience, Leather and Premium. Each trim has great standard features, including Bluetooth, USB connectivity and GM's Intellilink interface system. The top option for the Verano includes a GPS navigation system that may be a little complicated for some, since it requires many additional buttons scattered throughout the dash.
All trim levels of the Buick Verano are front-wheel drive and have two engine choices, including a naturally aspirated 2.4-liter, inline-4 base engine and the turbocharged 250-horsepower, 2-liter 4-cylinder engine. Even though the base engine has enough power for the small Verano, the turbocharged engine allows for sprints to 60 miles per hour two full seconds faster! Two transmissions are available in the Verano as well. One is a 6-speed automatic transmission; the other is a 6-speed manual. The manual transmission is only available with the turbocharged engine.
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One of the most common complaints that can be heard inside any IT organization is the amount of information that needs to be backed up and the lack of time to do it. The assumption, of course, is that backup technologies are not keeping pace with the backup window demands of the modern IT organization.
But a closer look at the data management practices of 1,680 global IT organizations with 500 employees or more, conducted by Symantec, finds that far too many of them don't have any real strategy when it comes to backup and recovery. In fact, many of them can't distinguish between information they should be backing up because the organization may need to recover it quickly, and information that simply need to be archived to meet legal requirements.
The end result is that IT organizations are in many cases trying to back up huge amounts of data that for the most part would be better handled by an archiving system.
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Ronny Keller, a defenseman for Olten of the Swiss B league, has been left paralyzed after getting hit into the boards during a playoff game, doctors reported Thursday.
Keller, 33, was chasing a puck into a corner when Langenthal forward Stefan Schnyder came up from behind and drove Keller into the boards with a hard hit in overtime of the game Tuesday.
Keller crashed head-first into the wall and remained on the ice motionless for several minutes as medical personnel attended to him.
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BroadVision and SugarCRM Join Hands for Closer Integration
Aug 16, 2013 5:00 AM PT
SugarCRM and BroadVision have teamed up to integrate their respective products -- SugarCRM's namesake CRM app and BroadVision's Clearvale enterprise social networking platform -- to give users a fuller view of what is happening in the enterprise, the companies announced this week.
This is not a full-bore integration between the two products, however. Rather, at various touch points -- starting with customer service, marketing and service -- users of Clearvale will be able to pull information from the SugarCRM system without having purchased a seat, and vice versa.
"I am not encouraging people to skirt licensing issues here," Lou Leporace, BroadVision's vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas, told CRM Buyer. "I would encourage users to get a seat, but there are situations where a Clearvale user might need CRM information on an occasional basis, and in those situations, buying a seat isn't cost-effective."
'People Who Don't Have a Seat'
The benefit of the integration flows both ways, however, in that SugarCRM users also have limited access to Clearvale's collaboration and social enterprise platform.
The companies accomplished this with a data exchange. With that groundwork laid, Leporace said, they can develop integrated points or use cases wherever they see fit. The companies went after the "low-hanging fruit' of sales, customer service and marketing first, but now plan to explore other areas, he added.
Sales was a particularly natural fit, Leporace said.
In this scenario, a Clearvale user -- say a company whose corporate team is collaborating on a big prospective sale -- would use the collaborative platform and then access relevant CRM data from SugarCRM.
"If I am discussing tactics and strategies for a sales account, this meeting might include people from marketing who don't have a seat for SugarCRM," he explained.
The new integration would give such users a window into an activity stream -- a view of the pipeline that has been pulled out of SugarCRM, say.
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Conversely, SugarCRM users might tap the integration with Clearvale to develop a sales deal room where the team can discuss accounts and develop sales strategy.
Similar functionality is available in customer service and marketing. For example, Clearvale users can promote self-service content such as a video to customers via the integration.
Beyond these particular use cases, the integration also serves a larger purpose, Leporace said.
"Most people licensed for a particular application tend to have their communication siloed around that application," he noted. "This integration provides a collective view across the enterprise."


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The season is a' coming. Soon, sons and daughters will be buying greeting cards to give or to send to their mothers and fathers as the months of May and June come near. Hallmark sales will once again go through the roof.
I was a little surprised when I visited the Scout Shop this week before the Scenic District roundtable. I noticed they had Scouting themed Mother's Day and Father's Day cards. I did not pick one up to look at it closely because I was running out of time but I thought it would be a nice touch for families that are really into the Scouting program.
I do have to admit though that it was not the cards that caught my attention. In fact, I looked right pass them the first time. What caught my gaze were the patches that were laying on the counter in front of the cards. They were special Mother's Day and Father's Day patches. By the card and get the patch for free, a different one for each parent.
I thought the front of the Father's Day patch was pretty cool. It shows dad opening his shirt like Superman, revealing the Scout logo on his tee shirt instead of the Superman S.
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Look for the wiki of backtrack HCL to know which cards are having rt73 chipset.
Tested on hardware Linksys WUSB54GC rt73 chipset based.
there is new update for rt73 chipset based cards.first download the latest modules.
working with wpa_supplicant.
you need to patch wpa_supplicant
use the next generation rt2x00 driver which is compatible with wpa_supplicant
latest modules of rt73 have in-built private ioctls to support wpa_supplicant like config.
Ok we begin
extract archive
ifconfig rausb0 down
modprobe -r rt73
cd rt73-k2wrlz-3.0.1/module
make && make install
modprobe rt73 ifname=rausb0 or wlan0
(here you can choose the appropriate name according to your choice like wlan0 or rausb0 or eth1 whatever)
now use the iwpriv command to avaliable private ioctls
iwpriv wlan0
bt ~ # iwpriv wlan0
wlan0 Available private ioctls :
set (8BE2) : set 1024 char & get 0
txpower (8BF3) : set 1024 char & get 1024 char
adhocOfdm (8BE6) : set 1 int & get 0
stat (8BE9) : set 1024 char & get 1024 char
get_site_survey (8BEF) : set 1024 char & get 1024 char
get_RaAP_Cfg (8BF1) : set 1024 char & get 0
forceprism (8BF2) : set 1024 char & get 0
rfmontx (8BEC) : set 1024 char & get 0
get_rfmontx (8BED) : set 0 & get 1 int
auth (8BE7) : set 1 int & get 0
enc (8BE8) : set 1 int & get 0
wpapsk (8BEA) : set 64 char & get 0
psm (8BEB) : set 1 int & get 0
you are able to see that we got options like txpower and wpapsk,auth,enc etc to modify the settings.
if you want to set the txpower output.use
ifconfig wlan0 down
modprobe -r rt73
modprobe rt73 txPowerTuning=36 ifname=wlan0
Remember: This value will be ADDED to the default Power stored in the card's EEPROM!
Remember: This value will be ADDED to the default Power stored in the card's EEPROM!
Valid Values for Transmit Power: -6 to 36 (0xFA to 0x24).
I set it on my Linksys WUSB54GC as 36 without problem.
now you can use
it will show the USB NIC interface as newly created wlan0
use airodump-ng wlan0
you will get pwr much more then before.I got amazingly 90 to 110.
now you have options to use and work with WPA/WPA2 networks.
first option as already told use latest rt2x00 drivers from serialmonkey or configure the wlan0 USB NIC as following
b) WPA (802.11g)
wpa_passphrase <essid> <passphrase>
copy the psk hash(uncommented one)
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=<key> #replace key with your psk-hash
iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=TKIP
c) WPA2 (802.11i)
wpa_passphrase <essid> <passphrase>
copy the psk hash(uncommented one)
iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPA2PSK
iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK=<KEY> #replace key with your psk-hash
iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=AES
Check that you're associated with an AP
iwconfig wlan0
if you want to patch wpa_supplicant for rt73 chipset you need to patch
the wpa_supplicant file to work with rt73 based chipset
download wpa_Supplicant & patch files here.
tar xzf wpa_supplicant-0.5.7.tar.gz
cd wpa_supplicant-0.5.7
patch -p1 < wpa_supplicant-ralink_rt73.patch
patch -p1 < wpa_supplicant-ralink_rt73-fix.patch
# install as usual, e.g.
cp wpa_cli wpa_supplicant /usr/local/bin
configure using wpa_supplicant(other users who looking for wpa_supplicant config. can try this)
use these commands
wpa_passphrase <essid> <passphrase>
bt ~ # wpa_passphrase thunderbolt backtrack3
psk=7b8e62496b86b7eba28199fd9af1f560a8503b7ede9149 bd2f42e42e631bedb0
copy the psk-hash
for configuring wpa_supplicant
nano /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
edit it
# WPA protected network, supply your own ESSID and WPAPSK here:
scan_ssid=0 #1 is ssid is hidden
ssid="thunderbolt" #change with your ssid/essid
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
psk=7b8e62496b86b7eba28199fd9af1f560a8503b7ede9149 bd2f42e42e631bedb0
# change the psk hash with your psk hash you got from wpa_passphrase
now connect with WPA/WPA2 enable AP using
bt ~ # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf – d rt73 -w (other user may change to ath0,wifi0)
Trying to associate with 00:21:29:68:16:c2 (SSID='thunderbolt' freq=2462 MHz)
Associated with 00:21:29:68:16:c2
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:21:29:68:16:c2 [PTK=TKIP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED – Connection to 00:21:29:68:16:c2 completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
Here you done configuring txpower for new rt73 module,configuring wpa/wpa2.hope you all liked this little hardware hacks and configs.


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14 Dumbest Ways That Humans Will Survive The Apocalypse
The whole point of a post-apocalyptic story is that someone survives. But when you have a calamity that wipes out 99.9 percent of all humans, then how exactly do you explain the survivors? In honor of the new Maze Runner movie, here are the 14 dumbest ways people survive the apocalypse.


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New England's art museums put on many of their most ambitious exhibitions in the fall. Here, state by state, is a selection of recently opened, or soon-to-be-opened, exhibitions at museums across the region.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART "Amy Sillman: One Lump or Two." The brilliant and restlessly inventive New York-based artist's first museum solo show. Paintings, works on paper, cartoons, and animated drawings. Through Jan. 5. 617-478-3100, www.icaboston.com
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS "John Singer Sargent Watercolors." More than 90 of Sargent's beloved watercolors in a show that combines the superb Sargent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Through Jan. 20. 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org
DECORDOVA SCULPTURE PARK AND MUSEUM The 2013 deCordova Biennial. New England's contemporary artists are featured in this closely watched exhibit featuring work in all media. Through April 13. Lincoln. 781-259-8355, www.decordova.org
ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM "Sophie Calle: Last Seen." Fourteen works incorporating photography and text by the provocative French artist. The works, made in 1991 and 2012, respond to the 1990 theft from the Gardner of Jan Vermeer's "The Concert." Oct. 24 through March 3.
617-566-1401, www.gardnermuseum.org
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM "Impressionists on the Water." Sixty paintings, works on paper, models, and small craft explore the affinity of French Impressionists such as Monet, Sisley, Caillebotte, and Renoir for boating and the water. Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Nov. 9 through Feb. 17. Salem. 978-745-9500. www.pem.org
BRATTLEBORO MUSEUM AND ART CENTER "Jerry's Map." Jerry Gretzinger has been working on this map-like magnum opus, comprising thousands of panels, since 1963. Nov. 1 through March 8. Brattleboro, Vt. 802-257-0124, www.brattleboromuseum.org
SHELBURNE MUSEUM "Color, Pattern, Whimsy, Scale: The Best of Shelburne Museum." One hundred objects from the eclectic permanent collection illustrate the principles guiding museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb's inspired collecting. The show inaugurates Shelburne Museum's new Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, which, unlike the rest of the museum, will remain open year-round. Through Dec. 31. Shelburne, Vt. 802-985-3346, www.shelburnemuseum.org
New Hampshire
HOOD MUSEUM OF ART "Picasso: The Vollard Suite." One hundred etchings, all belonging to the same suite, made by Picasso between 1930 and 1937. One of his greatest accomplishments. Through Dec. 20. Hanover, N.H. 603-646-2808, www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu
CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART "Africa Interweave: Textile Diasporas." Forty textiles, garments, and other woven items from across the continent of Africa. Through Jan. 12. Manchester, N.H. 603-669-6144, www.currier.org
COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART "Jean Victor Bertin and Landscape Painting in France." Hinging on a recent acquisition – a classical landscape by Bertin – this show looks at the French idea of landscape from the Baroque through to the 19th century. Oct. 22 through Jan. 5. Waterville, Maine. 207-859-5600, www.colby.edu/academics_cs/museum
BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART "Breakthrough: Work By Contemporary Chinese Women Artists." More than two dozen works by eight artists working in different media, among them Cai Jin, Cao Fei, Peng Wei. Through Dec. 22. Brunswick, Maine. 207-725-3275, www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART "2013 Portland Museum of Art Biennial: Piece Work." Thirty artists, most of them resident in Maine, show work that emphasizes process and time-intensive labor. Through Jan. 5. Portland, Maine. 207-775-6148, www.portlandmuseum.org
Rhode Island
RISD MUSEUM "Making It in America." More than 100 objects selected from the museum's collection – paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts – demonstrate aspects of the forging of national identity in the United States. Through Feb. 9. Providence. 401 454 6400, www.risdmuseum.org
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY "Still Life: 1970s Photorealism." A survey of painters working in the style of photorealism from the gallery's collection. Includes work by Robert Bechtle, Idelle Weber, Paul Staiger, Franz Gertsch, John DeAndrea, and Gerhard Richter. Through March 9. New Haven. 203-432-0600, www.artgallery.yale.edu
YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART "Sculpture by Nicola Hicks." Animal sculptures molded in straw and clay and sometimes cast in bronze by the respected British sculptor. Nov. 14 through March 9. New Haven. 877-274-8278, www.britishart.yale.edu
FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM "Harry Holtzman and American Abstraction." The first retrospective of the painter, teacher, and writer, who was a friend and colleague of Piet Mondrian. Through Jan. 26. Old Lyme, Conn. 860-434-5542, www.flogris.orgSebastian Smee can be reached at email@example.com.


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Multi-Asset Insights: Normalisation of the volatility environment
Our multi-asset team provides its insights on current market trends and latest asset allocation views.
Normalisation of the volatility environment
Derivative markets can provide us with hints about the current market perception of risk. Figure 1 shows the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) VIX futures Net "Non-Commercial" positions. "Non-Commercials" are market participants who either buy or sell volatility because they have a view on it (for example they could buy VIX futures as a hedge against an equity market correction).
Going into 2015, we believe it will require a combination of lacklustre economic growth (and potentially lower inflation) coupled with monetary tightening for volatility to shift to a permanently higher regime.
Figure 1: CFTC VIX futures net non-commercial positions
Since 2011 onwards, many investment banks and hedge fund strategies extracted a carry from the curvature of the volatility curve by selling short maturity and buying longer maturity contracts. This has led to "Non-Commercials" historically being net short VIX futures. However, we see that in October these short positions were closed for the first time since 2011. Many of these strategies have suffered negative returns since 2013 and holders may have finally closed out of their positions after the recent equity correction in October.
At the same time, looking at open interest data for options, we suspect that asset managers were relatively well-protected against a tail risk event over the summer. They look to have taken profit in October. This could be a sign of renewed confidence going into the new year.
Whilst we believe that equity markets are currently still in a low volatility regime, there are signs that volatility is increasing towards its long-term average. In October, the shape of the VIX futures curve moved from contango (upward sloping & concave) to backwardation (downward sloping) as short term risk aversion increased. This aversion was justified by negative global economic surprises and a drop in confidence ahead of the announcement by the Fed of the end of Quantitative Easing. However, the scale of the increase in volatility was at a level not seen since 2011 with the VIX reaching 31.
Following a series of dovish communications from central banks (Fed, BoJ, ECB), the shape of the VIX futures curve moved back into contango and is now exhibiting a higher curvature than we have seen for some time (Figure 2). We expect this higher carry and curvature to persist as market participants will require to be sufficiently compensated to short volatility going forward.
Figure 2: VIX futures curve movement over time
Source: Schroders, Bloomberg, 17 October 2014.
Going into 2015, we believe it will require a combination of lacklustre economic growth (and potentially lower inflation) coupled with liquidity being withdrawn/monetary tightening for volatility to shift to a permanently higher regime. Larger movements driven by these risks could occur two or three times per year based on observations from the last 20 years. We therefore expect equity implied volatility to be higher on average than in the previous two years.
Where are the inflationary pressures?
Investors have become increasingly focused on inflation risk globally as central banks very slowly return to a more normal interest rate cycle. In the US, inflation remains historically low despite some underlying pressures from the labour market. Inflation remains low due to falling commodity prices helped by a stronger US dollar and remaining slack in the overall economy. Labour market data is expected to recover further and lower energy prices will support the US economy via higher disposable income. The US remains one of the few relative winners from low inflation, in contrast to emerging markets and Europe, due to the closed nature of its economy and the increase in disposable incomes from a lower gasoline price.
Our research also indicated that the inflation expectations in the US, driven by the recent weak inflation data, played a significant role in this year's decline in breakeven rates (Figure 3). The breakeven rate is the difference in yield between inflation-protected and nominal debt of the same maturity. It is also worth noting that while the recent decline in energy prices received a lot of attention, its impact on the long end of the breakeven curve remained modest. In addition, given that there are no obvious signs of liquidity concerns in the financial system, the liquidity factor did not play a major role in the movement of breakeven rates this year.
Figure 3: US 10 year breakeven model
Source : Schroders, Bloomberg. 15 October 2014.
The fall in inflation is helping dampen expectations for further rate hikes in many emerging market economies. A slowdown in emerging markets and stalling European growth could further prolong the low inflationary environment. In the eurozone we expect falling energy prices to keep inflation weak even though the disinflationary impact is reduced by the falling euro. Meanwhile, low inflation has boosted households' purchasing power. So far, we have not seen households take on the Japanese-style behaviour of lower inflation expectations and deferred consumption. Instead, we have seen a slow recovery in spending patterns, supporting our central view that deflation will be avoided.
Latin America is the exception, facing a stagflationary environment due to a combination of domestic factors. Asia, as a consumer of commodities, is facing the largest disinflationary force. Overall we remain cautious towards emerging markets which are vulnerable to Fed policy normalisation and a stronger dollar.
Figure 4: Emerging market inflation is rolling over
Source : Schroders, Bloomberg. 15 October 2014.


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My Grey Sky
Add quirk to your style with some wonderful handmade sculptures from My Grey Sky. These tiny handmade art pieces will find their way into your home and then right into your heart.
These fantastic tiny "mooks" measure about 4" high but make a huge impact when placed in your space. My Grey Sky features tiny sculptures that speak volumes with their fascinating masks. We think a collection of these little guys would look great in pretty much any space! Find them for around $40 each at My Grey Sky.
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All of the counselors in our office will be attending the NALP Conference and will be out of the office Tuesday-Friday of this week. The CSO will be open during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. If you need to schedule an appointment to speak with a counselor after they return, please call our office at 312-906-5200 or e-mail email@example.com with days and times you are available.
Congratulations, Michelle Mohr Vodenik and Jenny Tank, on their promotions to Associate Director of the Career Services Office. Michelle's new title is Associate Director & Public Interest/Diversity Advisor. Jenny's new title is Associate Director & Recruitment Manager.
Please keep us informed about callbacks and offers as well as any concerns you may have regarding the interviews. E-mail our office about callbacks or offers you receive from on-campus interviews or job fairs. If you accept an offer, please let us know.
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The DC Council has taken the unprecedented step of making $3.2 million in funding available for the provision of civil legal services in DC. As a result, the DC legal services community expects to have approximately 25 new job openings for attorneys in the coming months. The positions are expected to focus in particular on providing more legal services in housing-related matters and increasing the availability of legal services in underserved communities. Portions of the appropriation are also designated for the creation of a shared interpreter bank and for a poverty lawyers loan repayment assistance program. With D.C. government support and with private funds, the D.C. Bar Foundation has initiated a law student loan repayment program, available to legal services attorneys meeting income guidelines. For more information on the loan repayment program, go to the DC Bar Foundation website. Funding decisions will be made in March 2007, with announcements in April and, we anticipate, job postings by late April/early May. As soon as they become available, job descriptions will be posted on PSLaw.net and on the website of the Washington Council of Lawyers. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Mohr Vodenik in the career services office.
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this thread began with a question about the vacuum advance pod for the 480 distributor. Reading the thread got me interested in following up and rebuilding my 480 distributor, so I bought a couple of the autozone PN's mentioed, and ordered a GM part (but haven't got it yet). When I disassembled my distributor, I think it had the original vacuum module on it (see photo below); can someone confirm this is the original? or at least the original PN?... after removal, I compared the spring strength to the new autozone part, and find that the original spring tension is roughly 3-4 X more than the new autozone part... which concerns me. Is this normal? Wouldn't it require a lot more vacuum to affect a timing change wiht a high spring pressure? What gives? IS the autozone part I have too 'different'? Or is there some kind of failure of the original part that could cause this? Yes, I'm totally confused. There appears to be a slight bend in the original; could this cause the stronger spring/diaphragm pressure?
The only issue with the B28s is they will only pull 10 degrees .You will have to elongate the slot for the 15 needed .The early deploy is wonderful,No idle fluctuations on low vac. cams .Perfect for Z28 and L/78s .
Also, dial back lights are not accurate ,Timing tape is the way to go if you don't have a Sun machine handy .
Quote from: L78 steve on March 20, 2009, 09:04:32 PMAlso, dial back lights are not accurate ,Timing tape is the way to go if you don't have a Sun machine handy .That may be so with some dial-back lights, but not all. I use an Actron CP-7519 ($70.00), and it indicates EXACTLY the same as my neighbor's $400 Sun dial-back light (just doesn't have the digital tach feature, but I use my tach/dwell meter for that anyway).
What are you setting your timing at?
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Forget mapquesting Ganymede! It looks like Europe will spend a billion euro's in order to launch JUICE (which stands for JUpiter ICy moon Explorer) find out more about Jupiter's lunar children two decades from now (2030 for those who want to know).
ESA plans to pack the solar-powered spacecraft with a suite of instruments, which will collect high-resolution pictures as well as data on the moons' chemical compositions, magnetic environments, and surface features.
During its roughly three-year mission, JUICE will perform two flybys of Europa, examining that moon's icy crust in search of sites for future exploration, perhaps by a lander.
Then, after a dozen flybys of Callisto, the spacecraft will slip into orbit around Ganymede in 2032 and will study Jupiter's largest moon for nearly a year.
"The ice shells of Ganymede and Europa serve as a window to the oceans below," Hand said. That's because, as in the Arctic on Earth, the surface ice is most likely born from oceans below, and so will carry information about the liquid water's chemical composition. (National Geographic)
JUICE will also observer the relationship Jupiter has with the three Jovian moons (Callisto, Europa and Ganymede) as well as analyze each world for subterranean oceans.
Unfortunately humanity will be unable to visit Europa due to Jupiter's radiation belts, although JUICE could help us identify potential spots to establish outposts upon Callisto as well as Ganymede (the latter which could be used as the bread basket of the Jovian system thanks in part to it's magnetic field).
While JUICE's purpose is to help us discover alien life upon other worlds, it's launch and Jovian encounter could help prepare our species for spreading terrestrial life upon Jupiter's outer Galilean moons.
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I'll spoiler tag this in reply to Utsuro:
I was going to type something long, but I have to get going, so I'll be short. None of the characters are acting like they grew up in that technological environment. It doesn't matter if most of the characters are supposed to be dumb as bricks, they'd still need functional intelligence to survive. No one is really displaying that, which is the biggest issue. (Yes, they're supposed to be used for social commentary, which is why it's going to fail if they push too hard on that angle)
Also, the physical setup so far presumes at least a mobile military force. Otherwise bands of armed men would have already taken over the world. Unless the Fairies are preventing that from happening (which still presumes a mobile military force, just one we don't directly see). But if the Fairies are suppressing armed combat, then this is pretty much just Fractale or the Matrix style. Which is why I was hoping this is far more in the dark comedy vein, as then you can just whistle past the inconsistencies in the world.
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I did not find the episode hard to understand at all, the subtitles were at some points a little confusing, but that's another good thing about having the audio to differentiate between the translators conclusions and the original lines.
So color me delighted, another show equally thought provoking as Penguin Drum, only much more ambitious artistically
|2012-07-02, 11:18
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I didn't feel like I was thrown into the middle of nowhere with the first episode. Not sure what to think of the entire rest of the series being outlined and potentially spoiled within a day of the first episode airing, though. Seeing a list can't replicate an experience, but it's not what I was expecting to see.
|2012-07-02, 11:27
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|2012-07-02, 12:05
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I absolutely loved the first episode. There's a lot going on; you really have to pay attention to catch it all (I probably didn't). That they dropped us into the middle as some posts suggested is probably part of it. Not a bad idea. That way, I suppose, they can skip some exposition (if there is any, I don't know anything about the source).
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"The chickens in the front room have stopped laying eggs. Turn them all into meat."
~~~~cue music --- "pa pa para pa pa para..."
Universal lesson for all the chickens of the world: Don't stop laying eggs. Keep pushing.
Very good first episode!
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|2012-07-02, 15:29
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Wow that was colourful...
Never have I seen nor thought that a loaf of bread could be so traumatic
Nakahara Mai in another lead role, I'm really quite happy at this, she's got such a sweet voice.
As for our princess, it's abit of ugly duckling tale in there. I mean I like her tomboy short hair look it was cute in it's own way but when seh turns into beautiful princess over night(literally) I could safely say I'm smitten
And talk about "running around like a headless chicken"
|2012-07-02, 15:47
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I like this story, there is a certain sadness of how everyone has accepted humanity will become extinct, but it looks promising, this reminds me of another anime.
|2012-07-03, 01:43
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I loved every single bit of it, from the music to the artwork, down to the characters themselves. This looks like it's going to be quite interesting.
|2012-07-03, 02:04
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Oh god, I love this. Gonna read through the thread later. I was thinking that things are looking pretty bleak this summer season but it looks like this show might singlehandedly justify this season. Nakahara Mai's performance is brilliantly understated.
I don't think there's a show that's attempted a blend of societal satire and surreal comedy to this extent since Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei. So long as they indeed keep up the humour, this series is on the fast track to my list of all-time favourites. At first I was not so taken with the OP and the fairy design but I think they will win me over.
Alright, so since it hasn't been mentioned, I assume that this series will be 1 cours? Also, having looked over the presumed "outline" for how the anime will adapt the original material, I will submit that despite my previous statement, I am glad to see that this series will eventually step into "serious" commentary and ethical/sociological questions. Although at this early juncture, it is (I think) natural to retain some scepticism towards any highhanded moral or intellectual criticism this series might ultimately be pushing, if the story does not eventually go into that territory it would be a bit of a waste of the premise. Let's just allow the story to establish its setting first.
As for "establishing the setting", this out-of-order introduction was no particular obstacle towards attracting my interest and attention to this series. Although I could not say at all whether presenting the story in the original material's order might not have been better, at least I can say that this first episode has committed me to watching through to the end of this series.
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The setting feels like a zoo, from the looks of it most of post singularity humanity chose to evolve into the fairies while shepherding the remaining baseline humans.
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Section I
Cornell University is a unique institution that from its inception has charted distinct pathways to academic excellence. It has been aptly described as the "first American university,"1 broad in scope, open and accessible to all. At the institution's founding in 1865, Ezra Cornell said: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study." Cornell from the beginning developed a curriculum that transcended the traditional restrictions of learning to classical education, just as it transcended social divides of the time. It was truly a university for anyone who was qualified and open to study in vocational and classical, practical and scientific areas. There was no other institution of higher education quite like it.
Cornell today is a comprehensive research university that interweaves the main elements of an Ivy League university with an unusually strong public service mission. Many words have been used to describe the nature of this institution as a whole: complex, creative, entrepreneurial, eminent, and engaged. It has become and remains one of the most distinguished and preeminent institutions of higher education in the nation and world. Its complexity, diversity, and comprehensiveness are a fountainhead of creativity and innovation.
This strategic plan takes as an object of focus Cornell University as a single entity or unit. In part because of its complexity and comprehensiveness, Cornell University today is often characterized as a collection of excellent colleges and academic programs. Cornell is also a whole, greater than the sum of its parts. This plan addresses that "greater sum," meaning the university as a whole. At the same time, the plan affirms the responsibility of academic units to achieve excellence within specific academic disciplines and, moreover, the importance of a dynamic interchange between the responsibilities and capacities of individual academic units and leadership at the center of the university. The premise of this strategic plan is that amidst the essential, distributed academic strengths of the university, there is One Cornell that warrants attention in and of itself. The question is: How can Cornell as a single unit build on its diversity and strength to reach new heights as the institution reaches its sesquicentennial?
This plan identifies broad directions for the university and institution-wide actions for implementing those directions. Given the One Cornell theme, the focus is on issues that crosscut or transcend the boundaries of colleges, departments, and other units of the university, while recognizing that the locus of implementation for many of these actions is and must be in colleges and departments. The plan does not refer to or analyze particular colleges, departments, or supporting units (e.g., north campus, career services). The Strategic Planning Advisory Council made careful and deliberate choices about the appropriate content of a plan for One Cornell with due attention to which issues they could effectively address, given their collective capacities and the time available.
The plan, for example, does not identify research themes for the future. There certainly are important and worthy themes, such as sustainability, that are in place and are having an important interdisciplinary impact across the university. While these efforts are to be applauded, it is beyond the scope and capacity of the Strategic Planning Advisory Council to thoroughly and fairly assess a full range of thematic options, much less to choose among them. This is an issue for the implementation stage of this strategic plan. It is also important to note that among the major components of the student experience on campus, the plan gives primacy to faculty teaching rather than to the living-learning environment (e.g., North Campus, Career Services). The university has invested heavily and achieved great success in creating a rich and varied living-learning environment for students, and this should continue. With that success as a backdrop, this plan calls for a shift of focus to the excellence of faculty teaching for the next few years.
Why Develop a Strategic Plan?
This strategic planning process was initiated by the president and provost of Cornell University in the summer of 2009.2 It was a response to the changing environment for higher education in general and for Cornell in particular. The value of having a strategic plan was suggested by the fact that in fall 2008 Cornell University faced a potential budget deficit of $215 million if immediate action was not taken. This prospective deficit was due to debt financing for construction projects, excessive financial commitments in the operating budget, and the worldwide economic downturn of fall 2008. For the short term, the president and provost made significant budget cuts and implemented efficiencies in administrative areas (e.g., procurement, facilities, finance, human resources). For the longer term, they launched this strategic planning process in order to provide the university with a forward-looking, aspirational road map for the university's future beyond the immediate financial crisis. As this plan is being completed, the university has made significant progress in reducing the budget deficit and is on a pathway to recovery.
Strategic Planning in 2009-2010
In fall 2009, Provost W. Kent Fuchs formed a Strategic Planning Advisory Council consisting of eight faculty members.3 His intent was to create a faculty-driven planning process. The Strategic Planning Advisory Council stood at the center of the planning process, and all ideas and input went through this faculty group.4 The task or charge was to develop broad directions and priorities for Cornell University over the longer term, not to address immediate budgetary problems. The strategic plan would serve as a general framework or guide for decisions about where to invest resources (i.e., time, effort, and money), but not be so detailed as to determine such decisions or unduly impinge on the prerogatives of the provost, deans, and department chairs to make specific decisions within the broader planning framework.
The strategic planning effort was organized around four questions:
- Who are we as an institution?
- Where do we want to go?
- How can we get there?
- How will we tell if we have?
The first question suggests the need to identify the essential qualities of Cornell University, in particular its fundamental commitments. This is the purpose of section II. The second question refers to goals or objectives toward which the university should work over the next five years. The plan uses the term objectives to refer to the specific goals (ends) or directions. The third question refers to the actions (means) needed to move in these directions. The objectives should be actionable, and this is why the plan (see Section IV) uses the term actions in lieu of tactics or strategies.5 Finally, in response to the last question, the plan proposes an institutional-level framework for assessing progress toward objectives of the plan, recognizing that the metrics and indicators need to be developed further at the implementation stage in colleges and departments (see Appendix D).
This strategic plan is a "living document" that will change over time. It offers a common framework and flexible guide to decision makers across the university and, as such, it should foster greater coherence, coordination, and unity across the university. At the same time, however, it is designed to be adaptable enough to leave significant room for individual academic units to pursue academic excellence in ways important to those particular units.6
Approach to the Task
The Strategic Planning Advisory Council began meeting in October 2009. Early in its deliberations council members defined the key challenge facing Cornell University as follows: How can Cornell University preserve and especially enhance academic quality in the context of limited or constrained resources? There was from the beginning a tension between having ambitious aspirations and being realistic about the availability of new resources to fund priorities of the strategic plan. The SPAC aimed to balance these two considerations and made the following assumption: Cornell University will over the next couple of years emerge from its budgetary shortfalls and be ready to invest vigorously and proactively in its future.
Early on, the Strategic Planning Advisory Council also made a decision to focus on Cornell as a single entity. The One Cornell or One University concept was in part an overarching strategy for addressing the key challenge above. This strategy assumes that Cornell's academic strengths stem from and are based in colleges; yet Cornell's reputation and status are not solely a function of the strengths of the various colleges but also depend on how well colleges take advantage of cross-college synergies. This is likely to be even more important in the future because the changing environment for higher education in general and Cornell in particular suggests the need for a greater institutional capacity to act as a unit-for example, to become more adaptable, more efficient, more collaborative, and to create more "connective tissue" among the distinct parts.7
Organization of the Plan
The plan is organized around four topics. First, sections II and III establish a context for the strategic plan by affirming Cornell's enduring commitments and stating assumptions about Cornell's changing environment and challenges. Second, section IV presents specific objectives (ends) and actions (means) that fall within umbrella goal areas such as education, research, and public engagement. Third, section V develops strategic initiatives for the next five years that extract important themes from these objectives and actions. Fourth, section VI treats excellence in organizational stewardship as a necessary or enabling condition for implementing and achieving the academic objectives and priorities of the plan. The plan concludes with a statement on Cornell at its sesquicentennial (Section VII).
1 Frank H. T. Rhodes, The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001).
2There have been three recent efforts to develop a strategic plan for Cornell University. In 1994, shortly before the transition from President Rhodes to President Rawlings, the university completed a comprehensive strategic plan that was the culmination of a multi-year effort; in 2002 President Lehman organized a "call to engagement" in order to develop programmatic directions for the university leading up to its sesquicentennial; and in 2008 the Office of the Provost develop a plan. Material from these other planning efforts at Cornell provides useful background for the 2009-2010 planning effort.
3The members of the Strategic Planning Advisory Council were Lance Collins, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Jonathan Culler, English; Sandra Greene, History; Martha Haynes, Astronomy; Katherine Hajjar, Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College; Edward Lawler, Organizational Behavior (ILR) (Advisory Council Chair); Susan McCouch, Plant Breeding and Genetics; and Michael Waldman, Economics (JGSM).
4The Strategic Planning Advisory Council was assisted by faculty, students, and staff in four working groups, each of which developed ideas within one of the following areas: education; research, scholarship, and creativity; public engagement (outreach); and organizational stewardship. [See Appendix A.]
5The terminology used in strategic planning efforts varies considerably. The approach in this plan is to use objectives for the primary ends of concern and actions for the means to those ends. The objectives and actions are developed for a set of standard "goal areas" based in part on the principal dimensions of the university mission (e.g., research, education, outreach).
6The term dynamic interchange is used throughout this plan to convey the importance of continual discussion, joint problem solving, and negotiation between units (e.g., colleges) and the university center (e.g., provost's office) about the intersection of priorities and interests at the local level with those at the university level. In the context of dynamic interchange, there is no necessary inconsistency between having a strategic plan for One Cornell and decentralized academic decision making.
7 The one-university theme has emerged independently in the Middle States Accreditation Review to be completed in 2011.
- Preamble
- Cornell's Enduring Commitments
- The Institution and Its Environment
- Goal Areas: Objectives and Actions
- Strategic Initiatives for 2010-2015
- Excellence in Organizational Stewardship
- Cornell at its Sesquicentennial
- Appendices
Appendix A: Structure and Process of Strategic Planning 2010Appendix B: Cornell's Statement on DiversityAppendix C: Student Learning OutcomesAppendix D: Assessing Progress 2010-2015
- Strategic Plan Summary
- Posted June 8, 2010
- Strategic Plan (final)
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Purging campaigns overnight
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|Campaigns need to be purged overnight
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|Overwrite option not enabled for the import rule, but dialing list tables needs to be purged over night
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1) Use two import rules, ImportA and Import B. Following is the pre-conditions that has to be accomplished to make sure that the import table is purged overnight.
a) ImportA and ImportB should have the same Target Table Name. b) The import definition for both the import rules must be similar. a) ImportA is the actual import rule which is tagged to a query rule and populates the dialing lists (with over-write not enabled) b) ImportB (with over-write option enabled) needs to be scheduled nightly to purge the target table, and no query rule needs to be associated with it. e) The Import file contents for the ImportB should be empty.
2) Following is the method to purge the dialing lists.
a) In procmon there is a command bacmudl /queryrule [queryruleid]. This command will rebuild the dialing lists. b) This can be executed from command line as follows, procmon <instance name> LoggerA CampaignManager /f <input file> The input file needs to have the bacmudl command. (This complete command can be run as a daily cron job to rebuild the dialing list when required)
Use the above mentioned steps to purge the import table and rebuild the dialing lists nightly.
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WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- After a bipartisan push by 160 members of Congress, the U.S. government said Medicare Advantage plans for seniors won't be cut 7 percent to 8 percent in 2014.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced a growth rate for Medicare Advantage of 3.3 percent for 2014, instead of the rate released last February of a decrease by 2.2 percent.
Carl McDonald, Citi managed care analyst, told clients in a report in February the typical for-profit managed care plan targets profit margins of only 5 percent, and non-profits even less, therefore the original anticipated cut to Medicare Advantage would "turn almost every plan in the industry unprofitable," Forbes magazine reported.
Karen Ignagni, chief executive officer of America's Health Insurance Plans, the national trade association representing the U.S. health insurance industry, applauded the reversal by CMS.
"By being responsive to the more than 160 members of Congress from both parties who raised concerns about the impact of the proposed payment rate on seniors, CMS has taken an important step to help stabilize Medicare Advantage at a time when the program is facing significant challenges," Ignagni said in a statement.
America's Health Insurance Plans' Coalition for Medicare Choices represents more than 1.3 million Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who since 1999 participated in dozens of town hall meetings and rallies involving members of Congress and staff, wrote hundreds of letters to the editors of newspapers and made more than 1 million contacts with their members of Congress, AHIP said.
In February the Coalition for Medicare Choices initiated a TV ad campaign that featured seniors with Medicare Advantage plans sharing their concerns about what cuts to Medicare Advantage would mean to them.
In response to the ad, more than 40,000 Medicare Advantage beneficiaries contacted Congress urging their representatives to contact CMS to oppose the cut before it was to be finalized April 1, AHIP said.
Alyene Senger, research assistant for health policy studies at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, said the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 offered Medicare beneficiaries Medicare Advantage plans, provided by private health insurance companies, instead of receiving their benefits via the original Medicare plan Parts A and B.
However, in 2003 the physician fee cuts were perceived as too high and ever since then, Congress has overridden the legislation -- with the so-called doc fix. For the last 10 years the physician fee reduction was overridden by Congress, compounding each year, with a 25 percent reduction expected for next year, Senger said.
CMS incorporated the assumption that Congress would later this year override the physicians' fee reduction because it was a more reasonable expectation than the reduction required under sustainable growth rate formula, Senger said.
"The CMS decision to not cut Medicare Advantage the expected 2.2 percent allows the plans and benefits to stay pretty much the way they are for now," Senger told United Press International. "However, one of the parts of the Affordable Care Act was to bring Medicare Advantage costs down to the cost of traditional Medicare by 2017."
The GOP-controlled Congress allowed private HMOs to compete for Medicare patients under the rationale that the efficiency of private business and the competition among many private health insurance plans would reduce the expenses for the healthcare of seniors better than traditional Medicare run by the government.
However, these savings never materialized so Congress boosted the reimbursement to Medicare Advantage, which now gets paid 114 percent what traditional Medicare gets paid to care for a patient. This extra 14 percent -- a taxpayer subsidy -- cost the government from $795 per beneficiary in 2004 to $1,138 in 2009, a study by George Washington University found.
The share price of private health insurance companies Humana, UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, Cigna and WellPoint -- the private health insurance companies that provide most of the Medicare Advantage plans -- rose from 4 percent to 8 percent Tuesday, CNN/Money reported.
Justin Simon, an analyst for Washington research firm Heights Analytics, said the government's decision to cancel the Medical Advantage cut was done to curry favor with U.S. Senate Republicans to clear the way for the confirmation of CMS acting Director Marilyn Tavenner, CNN/Money reported.
CMS has had six acting administrators since 2006, but none was confirmed by the Senate, and with the Affordable Care Act going into effect later this year it's critical a CMS chief be confirmed as soon as possible, Simon said.
"Medicare Advantage is a beloved program of the Republican Party," Simon told UPI. "Medicare Advantage is polarized and partisan and for better or for worse the GOP showed the ability to defend the program from some fairly significant cuts."


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Cap Garrett knew how to lead. In fact, he was a leader for most of his life. From his youthful days when he led processions of his siblings and friends in his back yard to his golden days when he led the fledgling town of Dublin into The Emerald City, one of the Peach State's largest cities. Although he wasn't the richest man on Bellevue Avenue, known to some as the "Millionaire's Row," Andrew William Garrett knew how to get the job done and who to enlist in his mission to make our city one of Georgia's most prosperous cities.
Andrew William Garrett was born in Sparta, Georgia on November 10, 1870. Although Garrett possessed only the rudimentary elements of a small public school education, the Hancock countian became one of Dublin's most astute financial men. When Cap Garrett first arrived in Dublin, he found his new home, a Phoenix rising out of the mire of alcohol loving and uneducated men, governed by the remaining sons of the Antebellum plantation days. Dublin was still without a true bank. It would be several years later before the formation of the Dublin Banking Company. Garrett was first hired as the bank's exchange clerk. He left the bank for a better position in the bank across the street, the Laurens Banking Company.
Cap's stay at the Laurens Banking Company was short lived, for in 1902, Frank Corker, President of the newly chartered First National Bank of Dublin, hired Garrett as the bank's first Cashier. A decade later, the First National would move into its new quarters, a skyscraper on the corner of South Jefferson and West Madison streets. Known as the tallest building between Macon and Savannah, the bank itself became the largest bank between the two cities as well. In 1917, just before the boll weevil attacked and killed the cotton crop, Laurens County was home to seventeen banks, a total matched only by Fulton and Chatham counties.
As Vice-President, A.W. Garrett oversaw the daily operations of the bank. When the economy began to collapse during the years of World War I when vital cotton crops, which had only years before pumped millions of dollars into the local economy, collapsed, tenant farmers began to migrate to the North. One by one, Dublin banks began to fail. Garrett stood firm in his opposition to buying the assets of the Dublin-Laurens Bank, the merged institution of his former employers. Nevertheless, his fellow directors disregarded Garrett's advice and went ahead with the purchase. The result was a financial disaster. In 1928, after desperate attempts by Garrett and others, the powerful First National Bank closed its doors, leaving the once thriving city without a bank. To Garrett, who had invested nearly all of his assets in the bank, the failure was financially fatal. He lost everything he had.
Cap Garrett had known despair before. His beloved Mamie died in childbirth in 1906. She was only 29 years old. Garrett had left his home and moved to Dublin to establish himself as a businessman before proposing marriage to the love of his life, Miss Mamie Culver, a Sparta school teacher. The couple married in 1902. To the union were born, two daughters, Elizabeth (Mrs. B.B.) Page and Martha (Mrs. Lewis W.) Turner. When Mamie died, Cap Garrett was left a busy businessman with two small daughters. Garrett wrote an eloquent letter to his sister, Addie in Sparta beseeching her to "come and raise his two motherless little girls to be Christian women." Addie moved into the Garrett household and raised her nieces in the first Garrett home, which was located on the present site of the post office.
A very eligible bachelor, Cap was inundated with casseroles by the eligible ladies of the city. Andrew Garrett married Mary Elizabeth Felder, who had come to Dublin to live with her sister Lula Felder Fuller, who lived across the street from Garrett's home.
In 1910, Garrett, at the zenith of his business career, hired John A. Kelley to build a handsome home on the corner of Bellevue Avenue and North Calhoun streets.
Garrett invested large sums of money into his farm at Garretta, Georgia. Garretta was a rail stop on the Dublin and Southwestern Railroad where it crossed Turkey Creek on present day Highway 441 South. Garrett named his highly successful and productive Greystone Farms, which produced large quantities of cotton, crops and fine livestock, in honor of the favorite summer camp of his daughters.
It was the custom of the day for the city's wealthiest men to subscribe shares of stocks in as many ventures as they could to minimize their losses by diversifying their assets. Garrett was no exception. Cap Garrett's primary interests outside of banking were in the area of insurance and private loans. Garrett joined his neighbor, J.M. Finn, known as Dublin's Number One Citizen, to form the real estate investment firm of Finn, Garrett and Holcomb. He formed the Citizens Loan and Guaranty Company, said to have been the section's largest insurance Company. Garrett invested huge sums into his company, Mutual Life Industrial Insurance Associates.
But, Andrew Garrett was more than just a businessman. He gave back to the community he loved. Cap Garrett helped to form the city's first Y.M.C.A. chapter and the first Board of Trade. And, he was an early advocate and promoter of city parks. He was active in the founding and operation of the first Chamber of Commerce. When the call came out to organize a local Red Cross Chapter in World War I, Cap Garrett jumped to the forefront to help lead the effort. His list of agri-business interests included the Middle Georgia Fertilizer Company, the Dixie Fertilizer Company, and the Dublin Lumber Company.
Garrett generally shied away from politics, but did serve a term as Treasurer of the City of Dublin and a term as an alderman. Late in his life, Garrett conducted an unsuccessful campaign for Tax Commissioner of Laurens County.
Cap Garrett was a devout Methodist. He was Superintendent of the First Methodist Church Sunday School, member of the Board of Stewards, and the founder of the Leaders Sunday School Class - what other class would this inveterate leader be a founder of? The highly reverent Garrett was not too keen on the modern day ways of the youth of his day. But, nearly every Sunday night after church, Garrett allowed his daughters to entertain their friends with punch, cookies and games. When the curfew time came, Garrett would come to the head of the stairs, clear his throat, and watch as his daughters' guests said pleasant goodbyes and thank yous for a fine evening, remembered his granddaughter, Betty Page. Betty fondly remembers the Sundays when her grandfather would stop by on his way to church to take his grandchildren to Sunday School, but not before taking the time to read the funny papers, to them a ritual which always amused everyone.
Captain Andrew William Garrett, dubbed a monarch of finance, and with integrity of the highest order, was loved for his concern for the common folks of the city. Garrett, who had seen economic booms and financial calamities, maintained that good crops were the key to financial prosperity. He said, "Good crops provide abundant work, not merely in the harvest field, but on the railroads, the factories, and in every department of business. The farmer is the real fountainhead of progress."
January 23, 1939 was a sad day in Dublin. Cap Garrett was dead. For the first time in nearly fifty years, Andrew W. Garrett was not there at the helm to improve and keep building the town he loved, Dublin, The Emerald City.


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Last week, I made my case for the Boston Bruins not pairing up newly signed right-handed defenseman Derek Morris with Norris Trophy winner Zdeno Chara on a regular basis.
But there is one place that I believe Morris and Chara should unite, and that's the Bruins' No. 1 power play unit. And that will benefit the Bruins in a number of ways, with the most important being that Patrice Bergeron should be relieved of the added responsibilities that come with manning the point as a forward.
The Bruins didn't throw a little more than $3 million at Morris for the 2009-10 season to have him watch power plays from the bench or be relegated to the second unit. While the Bruins strive for balance and don't like to designate their quartets as first and second, one group typically gets the bulk of the ice time — mainly the one featuring Chara, unless his unit is in a severe slump.
Morris is known for his offensive instincts and his ability to fire his shot through traffic, a department the Bruins sometimes struggled in 2008-09. The last time he played regularly for an NHL team and not the circus known as the Phoenix Coyotes, Morris lit the lamp line times and totaled 28 points on the power play for the 2002-03 Calgary Flames. Surrounded once again by high-caliber NHL talent, Morris should be able to approach those numbers in black and gold.
So with Chara and Morris, in Bergeron's old spot, manning the points on the top unit, that leaves the second-group spots to fill. Last season, Dennis Wideman and Andrew Ference (when healthy) worked beautifully as a power-play duo. Of course, Matt Hunwick also enjoyed some highlights next to Wideman on the man-advantage and his offensive prowess is a big reason Boston decided to make a two-year commitment to him as a restricted free agent this summer. The competition to crack the power play unit will be intense this fall. Alas, there's no room for Bergeron out by the blue line — and that can only be a positive.
Depending on what happens with Phil Kessel — both injury- and contract-wise — and how quick David Krejci recovers from his offseason surgery, the Bruins are going to need extra firepower up front on their power play. Bergeron can provide the perfect right-shooting competition to Michael Ryder, with the two stars jockeying for a spot on the top squad. Bergeron could even shift over and center the second unit in Krejci's absence, with Marc Savard obviously entrenched as the No. 1 pivot.
Bergeron, to me, always held his own as a point man. But he's always seemed most comfortable up front, and playing forward on the power play best puts his offensive talents to work. The Bruins need to be better in every area this season than they were last year, including on the power play (which ranked near the top of the NHL all season). With Bergeron up front and Morris on the back end, the Bruins should be in business with one of the league's most productive man-advantages.


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The New York Power Authority will celebrate the season at its annual Spring Eggstravaganza Saturday, March 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant's admission-free visitors center, the Power Vista.
Activities include free photos with the bunny from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. plus crafts, face-painting and a scavenger hunt throughout the day. Boy Scout Troop 855 of Lewiston will sell hot dogs at the event.
Free rides on the Niagara Scenic Trolley between the Power Vista and the Gorge Discovery Center will be available during the event.
Parking and admission is always free at the Power Vista, located at 5777 Lewiston Road, Lewiston.
For more information, contact the Niagara Project Power Vista at 716-286-6661 or email[email protected].


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This is the first dress I had to make as part of my Ice Queen collection for Juniors made for Apparel Production. I designed 10 dresses and had to make 3 of them. Because I had so much work to do, my teacher thought I should do some easy dresses for the sewing portion, and she chose this one; one of the more complicated dresses to make. The fight with making that cummerbund was of epic proportions, yet of all the dresses I made, I think this one had the best fit.
It is made from a wool/cashmere suiting, polyester peachskin, and crinkle chiffon.
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FREDERICK, Md. — When Matt Price and Christian Walker lived together with a host family earlier this year, they got a chance to talk often about their adjustments to professional baseball.
Both decided to skip their final season at South Carolina after being drafted last year by the Baltimore Orioles — Walker in the fourth round, Price in the seventh. They began this season together in Salisbury, Md., with the Delmarva Shorebirds, the Orioles' low Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.
As they embarked on the unforgiving, every-day grind of minor league ball — with cramped clubhouses, six-hour bus rides and smaller crowds than typically found in the SEC — it would have been easy for Price and Walker to reminisce about grander times at USC, where they led the Gamecocks to national championships in 2010 and 2011 and a runner-up finish at last year's College World Series.
But neither is here in the low minors, at the dawn of a career, to do the easy thing. So those three halcyon seasons in Columbia remained mostly left in the past.
"That never really comes up," Walker said. "It was awesome and we enjoyed it and it was a great time, but it's time to move on and try to make this as successful as that was."
Walker and Price are now teammates on their third team, the Frederick Keys, Baltimore's high Class A affiliate. Walker debuted in Frederick on May 12. Price followed on June 8.
Among the core group of Gamecocks from 2010-12 — the most successful run ever for any USC sport — Walker, Price and centerfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. were considered the three most promising pro prospects. Walker was a broad-shouldered first baseman with a disciplined hitting approach to complement his power. Price was a dominant closer who removed the stress from so many tight, late-game situations, especially in the NCAA tournament.
Walker and Price likely won't ascend as quickly as Bradley, the 40th pick in 2011, who reached the major leagues on Opening Day this season, as a 22-year-old. Walker, 22, and Price, 23, figure to take a more typical and deliberate path through the minors, especially since Walker got just 81 at-bats last season in short-season Class A Aberdeen (Md.) and Price didn't pitch at all.
"I think (the Orioles) are going to take their time with them, and get them in a situation where they're comfortable, and try not to rush guys as much as we used to," said Frederick manager Ryan Minor, who is best known for being the first player to replace Cal Ripken Jr. after his consecutive games streak ended.
The jump Walker and Price made from Delmarva to Frederick isn't nearly as much pressure as replacing Ripken. But both players are experiencing the fits and starts that a minor league promotion often brings.
Walker was USC's best hitter in his final two seasons, when he had 21 home runs and 117 runs batted-in. In 2011, he had a .358 batting average and .992 on-base plus slugging percentage. In 2012, those numbers dipped slightly, to .321 and .975. Walker began 2013 in Delmarva, and tore through the South Atlantic League, with a .353 batting average and .894 OPS.
Price's earned-run average ballooned from 1.83 in 2011 to 3.48 in 2012, but his walks plus hits per inning pitched remained steady — 1.08 and 1.11. In his final two seasons, he had 179 strikeouts and 51 walks. He threw in 21 career NCAA tournament games, and had a 1.03 ERA and 0.98 WHIP. He was, quite simply, one of college baseball's best ever postseason pitchers.
In Delmarva this year, Price appeared in 16 games, all in relief, and had a 2.70 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 21 strikeouts and eight walks.
Moving to Frederick has brought humbling results at times for both players.
Walker started hot, with a .358 batting average and 18 RBI in his first 27 games. In his next 20 games, through Wednesday (his 100th professional game), his average was .137, with just eight RBI, as he has too often chased the high inside fastball.
Price had thrown in eight games through Wednesday, all in relief, and allowed eight earned runs in eight innings. His WHIP was 2.25. But in his most recent three outings, he allowed two hits, one walk and one earned run in 3 1/3 innings — a small step in the right direction.
As Walker and Price navigate these new experiences, they've been able to lean on each other to ease the transition.
"It's all worked out for the best so far," Price said.
From the beginning of Price's USC career, coach Ray Tanner considered him one of the most prodigious hitters he ever saw. But Price got few chances to hit with a wooden bat in games. He was supposed to play in the wooden-bat Cape Cod League after the 2011 season, but a broken hamate bone in his left wrist sidelined him.
Before turning pro, Walker had hit with wood in high school travel league games. Most of his wood swings came off the tee in USC's batting cages. USC's players purchase wood bats with their own money and use them whenever possible, to prepare for the next level.
"Any time I wasn't on the field in college, I was pretty much swinging wood," Walker said. "It just helps develop better habits."
But unlike college, Walker now has precious little time between games to tweak his swing or plate approach during a slump.
"In college, if you felt uncomfortable one weekend series, you'd have a couple days through the week to work on stuff," Walker said. "Right now, if you feel something that's going on one night, you've got a couple hours in the cage the next day before your next game to try to figure it out. I'm definitely feeling a little bit more comfortable. Everything is short-term and real quick, so it's hard to make any mechanical adjustments."
During his recent slump, Walker learned one of the harsher truths for young pro players.
"The league adjusted to him," Minor said.
While Walker transitioned right into pro ball last summer, debuting 11 days after USC's final game in Omaha, Price had to wait longer.
He almost turned pro after being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011, his third year at USC and second full season. But he returned to college to become a starting pitcher, the role Arizona projected for him. Price made just five starts, because USC needed him to close again.
After studying a college career in which just six of his 102 appearances were starts, Baltimore told Price it wanted to keep him as a late-inning reliever. Price was eager to get going, but the Orioles also said they would shut him down for the remainder of 2012, to rest his tired arm.
"I wanted to make my debut (last summer), but they had a plan for me not to pitch until this year," Price said.
His baseball duties last year compromised workouts and pitching in fall instructional league games at the Orioles' spring training facility in Sarasota, Fla. Before he even threw his first real professional pitch, he made a bigger step in his life, when he proposed last fall to his high school girlfriend, Abbye Durant. Though beginning this season meant preparing for his Nov. 2 wedding from afar, and leaving Durant back home in Sumter, it also meant Price's waiting was over.
"I was really ready to go this spring training," he said.
Because Price is an older Class A player who threw 212 1/3 innings in college, the Orioles indicated to him that they are willing to push him along quickly in their system, to determine if he is good enough. To show he is, Price must show he can retire batters with accurate breaking balls, rather than just his fastball, which he relied on at USC.
"You have to get hitters off your fastball at some point, especially as you start moving up," Minor said. "Guys aren't afraid to swing at breaking balls. But they're not going to swing at breaking balls out of the zone at this level and higher consistently, to where you can just throw your fastball. He's going to have to throw that (breaking) pitch for a strike. He's done it so far."
Typical of the many adjustments Walker and Price are making this summer, Price also changed his entrance music. He uses a 2011 electronic dance song, Major Lazer's "Original Don," instead of "The Price Is Right" theme, the catchy ditty that reminds so many of Price's magical moments at USC. They, and that song, remain fond memories for him. But up here, neither matters anymore.
"That was kind of what I had at Carolina," Price said of his old song. "That's where I wanted it to stay."


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We would prefer to guide you to headgear made specifically for special needs and developmental disabilities, but we only know of a few, and we do not know of a standard by which special needs headgear would be tested. In the case of epileptics, there is a page on helmets on the Epilepsy.com site that you should read first. And here is a video featuring a parent with a British child wearing what they refer to as a "scrum-type" headgear. There are links to other pages on epilepsy helmets on this UK blog.
For background, there is at least one medical journal article available on Medscape about helmets for kids with head injuries. It is titled Protective Helmets for Children With Special Health Care Needs, by Raphael C. Sneed, MD, and Christine Stencel, MA, Children's Rehabilitation Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (Ms. Stencel is a Private Research Assistant in Oakton, Va.). It appeared in the Southern Medical Journal in 2001. The article is not informative on what helmet to use, but points out some of the considerations, and has a great page of other articles when you click on References. Medscape will require you to register to see the article, but they don't charge for it.
Here in alphabetical order are some manufacturers we are aware of. We don't know anything about the protective abilities of their headgear, or the quality of the products. These are protective caps, not designed for the heavy impacts seen in bicycling.
You may also find what the Doctor ordered from one of two other sources: a soccer equipment supplier or a martial arts equipment supplier. There are standards by which those types of headgear can be tested, but they are for soccer use and martial arts use. Only you can decide if that is appropriate for your need.
This is just one example of soccer headgear. We found it with this Google search.
If you find some other type of helmet that meets your doctor's description of what you need, please let us know so that we can add it to this page.


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Chinese artist Linxiang Li traveled from Shanghai to Boston with one goal in mind – to share his inspirational paintings.
His thought-provoking exhibit, Heaven the Equalizer, shows a contemplative artistic approach as Li uses the vivid designs of birds, beasts, fishes and insects seen in classical Chinese bronze ware, allowing the figures to reveal their inner nature.
The ancient Chinese believed that bronze ware functioned as a magical tool, connecting heaven, earth and human beings. For as long as he can remember, this concept has inspired Li's paintings.
"My work is always focused on the connection between humanity and nature," he said during an opening reception for Heaven the Equalizer. "My goal is to express that humans and nature can co-exist harmoniously." Suffolk student Siyuan Huang, who also calls Shanghai his home, served as Li's interpreter.
Li presented a Chinese scroll painting to Suffolk President James McCarthy, which the president accepted on behalf of the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies, cosponsor of the exhibit with the University's Mildred F. Sawyer Library. His artwork will be on display through May 29 at the Sawyer Library in Suffolk's Stahl Center, 73 Tremont St., second floor. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
"Linxiang Li represents the most contemporary interpretation of traditional Chinese painting techniques, including the use of rice paper that absorbs the colors so well," said Professor Ronald Suleski, director of Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. "But what he paints is meant for psychological and philosophical speculation. The viewer is challenged to understand the symbolism of the painting, even while appreciating the subtle colors and flowing lines of the composition."
Li's paintings have been shown in Europe, Canada, Australia and Shanghai. His exhibit at Suffolk comes as his wife, Xiaoli Liu, is engaged as a visiting scholar in the History Department.
"It is a great honor to be here and share my work that brings traditional and non-traditional Chinese painting techniques together," he said.
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, Li describes his in just a few. Among the titles and inspiring words that accompany his artwork are:
- Dust Seal – Everything is sealed by dust; for we last forever.
- Looking into Oblivion – The odds of meeting you in one thousand years are only one time, and I forget you afterwards.
- Equalizer – Harmony is the final goal, combining Yin and Yang together.
"I could see the traditional Chinese aspect in it, as well as the modern elements," said Pat Moriarty, a senior majoring in Asian Studies, as he viewed Li's work. "The colors seem more modern, while the scrolls are definitely more traditional."
"The sense of tranquility is projected in all of the images; it's so easy and peaceful to view," said. J.P. Encarnacion, a junior majoring in psychology with an Asian Studies minor. "The words are very moving and give you a clearer image of what the painting is all about."