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The five Milanese tailors every gentleman should have in his black book
TO APPRECIATE FINE Milanese tailoring is not to notice it at all. Following the contours of the body with exacting precision, the best Italian suits allow you to move freely and comfortably. The only thing that might make you feel uncomfortable will be all the eyes on you. "Italian tailoring is about making you look good," second-generation tailor Andrea Campagna says.
These family-run businesses are also all about making you feel good. Each client has his own serial number and a file recording measurements and other critical details. On visits to the atelier, dozens of tailors are on hand to cater to your every need. "A client may come in having put on 10 pounds," says Mr. Campagna. "This obviously affects the measurements and the cut. But no one wants to be reminded, so you have to imply the fault is on your end."
No wonder the name of a good tailor is often guarded like a state secret, whispered about in backrooms between friends and passed down through generations. The secret's out—here's our guide to the best Milan has to offer.
If you're an Agnelli, a Hollywood scion, European royalty or merely wanting to pass as one, this is the place for you.
A.Caraceni doesn't make customers pass an entrance examination, but it could. Discreetly located on the first floor of a building near Milan's fashionable Quadrilatero d'Oro, the tailor is often called a club.
"My clients will be visiting from New York, London, Paris, and will bump into each other and then go out for lunch," says Carlo Andreacchio, who runs the business with his wife, Rita Maria—the granddaughter of founder Augusto Caraceni —and their 27-year-old son, Massimiliano.
The Caraceni family is something of a tailoring dynasty. There are several shops in existence today, all linked to the family, but A.Caraceni is considered the Krug of the lot.
The shop, which dates back to 1946, is said to have invented the pagoda shoulder, the padded, slightly concave look that became the archetype of Milanese tailoring. Patented, their design is a trade secret and known to only one tailor per generation within the firm. "We hand the secret down from father to son," says Mr. Andreacchio.
Patterns are drafted on canvas rather than paper for easy adjustments. Using a combination of discreet hand and machine work, they create suits that are, in general, more classic than other Milanese tailors. Jackets are shorter and suits are designed to be worn to the office. Other characteristics include blunt edges, silk-threaded buttonholes and silk linings. Suits are made using mostly natural English fabrics, with some Loro Piana thrown in for good measure. From €5,400
Via Fatebenefratelli 16
+39 02 6551972
Taking up four floors of a 19th-century palazzo in the heart of the city with elegant ready-to-wear clothing, Bardelli is frequented by old Milanese families such as the Castellinis of C&C Milano, who favor a classic English style.
Presided over by the formidable 82-year-old Gianco Boniello, whose daughter Anna now works alongside him, it is well-known in the city for its luxurious cashmeres, cottons and silks. What is less known is Bardelli's atelier side, where suits are made to measure for the elite of Milan. Many bring their children here to have their first suits made.
Relying on every quality tailor's instrument of choice—the eye (Mr. Boniello doesn't believe in brandishing measuring tapes), they produce impeccably made suits using mostly British fabrics.
The store has a full-time in-house tailor to take measurements and help clients select fabrics and trimmings. The rest is done at Bardelli's outside atelier. From €2,500
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A master tailor and businessman, Gianni Campagna cut his teeth at Domenico Caraceni before opening his own atelier in 1966. Fifteen years ago, after time in the corporate world, he bought Palazzo Bernasconi to house a new boutique, where he now works with his son Andrea (who also has his own label, MMX). Though the duo often travel to London, Moscow and L.A., many of their clients still have their suits—sometimes entire wardrobes—made here.
Campagna is a jet-set favorite and a darling of Hollywood, having created suits for Jack Nicholson and Sharon Stone among many others. (Father and son even appeared in the 1999 remake of "The Thomas CrownAffair"; Pierce Brosnan remains a client.)
The tailor is known for exquisite detailing; hidden seams under the lapel mean you can turn to face the glare of the paparazzi and the jacket sticks to you like Velcro. The lining is always silk and ties extend down to the waistband—one of the firm's characteristic features. From €4,500
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+39 02 778811
"I grew up in a family where elegance matters," says owner Federico Ceschi, an Italian nobleman who is the principal model of his clothing range.
N.H. Sartoria reflects his aristocratic upbringing and tastes. (So does its name: The N.H. stand for Nobil Homo, or noble man.) It is a discreet business where you will never find pictures of famous people hanging on fitting-room walls. "My clients come here looking for privacy," Mr. Ceschi says. He founded the firm in 2003 with master tailor Domenico Bombino, whom he met while working for fashion designer Mila Schön.
Mr. Ceschi's guiding principle is that "a jacket has to be more charming inside than outside." Jackets, crafted by Mr. Bombino's expert hands, are unlined—apart from sleeves and upper shoulders—which means the suit doesn't wrinkle. The slightly bohemian cut reflects the style of Mr. Bombino, who in his early years worked with artists like Gianni Dova. From €2,500
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+39 02 780531
This third-generation family business is run by Mariano Rubinacci and his 31-year-old son Luca, who is frequently snapped by fashion photographers like the Sartorialist's Scott Schuman. Luca's dapper dress sense has helped put the company, established in the early 19th century, firmly on the modern tailoring map.
His motto, passed down from his grandfather, is: "A jacket has to be big inside and tight outside"—comfortable but still shapely. Rubinacci doesn't use canvas or much padding, meaning their suits feel like a second skin. "It's good for a lawyer but not a naval officer," says Luca, who might mix burgundy velvet loafers and denim shirts with his suits.
The tailor, which also has shops in London, Naples, New York, Rome and Tokyo, doesn't put a label inside its suits. "It's up to the customer to decide whether they want the brand to be known," says Luca Rubinacci, whose clients include Bryan Ferry, Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and entrepreneur Lapo Elkann. From €4,500
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How to select a suit
Have a clear idea of what sort of look you want before choosing a fabric. Most tailors will suggest styles and cuts, but spell out any preferences beforehand. And it's always worth asking to see sketches of suits they've made for other clients. It takes longer to make a bespoke suit than a Bentley, so allow ample time, especially on your first visit.
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New England ranks lowest of any US region for retaining college students after graduation, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
And one reason why may be the availability of jobs, suggested a policy brief prepared by the bank's New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Such rival states as New York and California retained more than three-quarters of their 2008 recent college graduates, the brief found. By comparison, the retention rate for Vermont was 20 percent, and the rate for Massachusetts was 52 percent.
"Only 63.6 percent of the 2008 graduating class were still living in New England one year after graduation — the lowest retention rate in the nation," the brief's author, senior economist Alicia Sasser Modestino, said in a statement.
"Contrary to conventional wisdom, recent college graduates are leaving New England primarily for job-related reasons - not housing costs," Modestino added. "This suggests that states can take tangible steps to retain more recent college graduates by building stronger ties between colleges and employers."
Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people between the ages of 22 and 27 with a bachelor's degree or higher in New England grew by only 12.1 percent, less than 1/3 the national increase," Modestino's research found.
One potential result of that trend: An inadequate supply of skilled workers that may hamper New England's economic growth.
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Today, I was alarmed to see that I could not boot into my Linux Mint system; the OS would give a "no init found" error after the boot splash. First, I had to boot into Microsoft Windows 7; thankfully, that worked as Linux Mint was the OS I was [of course] using when I accidentally unplugged my computer. I looked up the error, and it turns out it's a common one that can be solved by a file system check ("fsck") from a live CD. All the guides I saw recommended using a live CD of the same OS whose hard drive partition is affected, but I had left my live CDs and USB sticks in my dormitory room. Whoops again. What I figured would just be a minor inconvenience turned into a semi-major problem.
First I tried making a Linux Mint live CD from within Microsoft Windows 7. The first attempt failed because I didn't use the right tool to burn the ISO file to the CD. The second attempt failed too, but that is because the live CD would hang during the [very long] boot process after the boot splash screen was done.
After that, I figured it may just be an issue with Linux Mint, so I rummaged through some CDs and found an old Fedora 11 "Leonidas" GNOME live CD. That would also hang right after the boot splash, so at that point I became quite worried that my computer may never be able to work with Linux ever again.
Finally, I found an old PCLinuxOS 2009.2 KDE live CD, and I gave that a shot. To my relief, it worked, although it would not connect to the Internet. I entered "su" into the terminal followed by "fsck -y /dev/sda5" (because my Linux Mint partition is "sda5"), and that seemed to work OK. Rebooting into my installed Linux Mint system worked! I was incredibly happy to see my main OS back in working order and to see that I would not have to resign myself to using Microsoft Windows 7. There are only two lingering issues, and both of them are quite minor. The first is that some odd error message involving "PXE" and "PCI" is displayed for a few seconds just before the GRUB boot menu is displayed, but that goes away on its own anyway. The second, which may be related to the first, is that Linux Mint is apparently no longer able to recognize my laptop's ethernet card, so I must now depend on wireless connections to access the Internet, and I will have to train myself to overcome my aversion to wireless connections stemming from numerous failed attempts by my family to send wireless Internet signals to the very room where I am typing this. Anyway, regardless of the fact that I don't particularly care for the newer versions of PCLinuxOS, I salute [the older version of] PCLinuxOS for doing its job when I needed it most!
(UPDATE: I was a little concerned that this accident may have fried my laptop's ethernet card, so as per some advice posted somewhere online, I unplugged my laptop from everything (power, ethernet, even the USB mouse), and didn't touch it again for the next 16 hours (i.e. from yesterday afternoon until now). For one, that weird error message has disappeared. For another, the ethernet card is now recognized in the "System Profiler and Benchmark" program as well as in the output of the terminal command "lshw -C network", although my laptop refuses to connect to the ethernet. Hooray!)


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I've been absent from this site recently due to some changes in my professional life. These changes are all positive on the whole, but have dramatically reduced the amount of time I can devote to running a website/forum, and another step change is likely to occur in the middle of this year. I could keep paying the bills and check in occasionally, but I think MSS is deserving of an owner/admin who can remain more engaged and active.
Effective today, I have handed control of the site to Al (AL9000). He is managing the hosting, and I will transfer the domain to him ASAP. It'll take us a little bit to handle some other transition activities, but it's nothing huge.
I greatly appreciate Al taking on this responsibility. I'll be happier knowing that Al is at the wheel and sheparding things along, rather than feeling that I'm neglecting a continuing obligation.
I'll still be around when I can be. Thanks to all of you who have helped to build MSS.


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"The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart is a frequent and trenchant critic of the cable news machine, but doesn't typically have his views challenged because he calls the beat on his own program. But in an hour-long interview on "The Rachel Maddow Show," the funny man was forced to explain and defend the reasons behind his recent "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" and clearly state where he stands on America's partisan divide.
On a set that looked like it was borrowed from Charlie Rose, the two hosts engaged in a lively and wide-ranging discussion about the role of media, the topics it covers and how it addresses issues of national significance in a time of oversaturated news coverage.
Stewart's central point was that America's political discourse devotes too much time to the red state/blue state "right vs. left" divide rather than focus on "corruption vs. not corruption", meaning not just blatant wrongdoing like bribery (see: Jefferson, Rep. William), but also neglecting stories that don't fall into that basic narrative. He cited NPR's firing of Juan Williams and how it was an example of "the only fight that [cable news seems] to feel matters."
Though he uses FOX News as a frequent foil, he admitted that he was impressed by how it has "delegitimized the idea of editorial authority" while still maintaining it in significant quantities by way of controlling who appears on its shows.
Stewart and Maddow clashed over the nature of whether or not FOX was a partisan network, with Maddow maintaining that is was while Stewart pushed back, saying he believed that "they are ideological, but I don't know if they're partisan."
Their main point of contention centered on whether or not one side of the political debate was worse than the other when it comes to the use of invective and hyperbole in its rhetoric. Maddow accused Republicans of being worse, while Stewart maintained that both sides use overheated language to shut down debate.
"What's the lefty way of shutting down debate?" Maddow asked.
"You've said Bush is a war criminal," he said. "Now that may be technically true. In my world, a war criminal is Pol Pot or the Nuremberg trials...again we have to define our terms. But I think that's such an incendiary charge, that when you put in into conversation as 'well, technically he is,' that may be right, but it feels like a conversation stopper, rather than a conversation starter."
Maddow also made the argument that both hosts were in essence doing the same job, a notion that Stewart contested.
"You're on the playing field," he said of Maddow, "and I'm in the stands yelling things...there is no honor in what I do, but I do it as honorably as I can."
Stewart also leveled heavy fire at the 24-hour news cycle, saying it was better built for covering things like 9/11 or the O.J. trial rather than everyday events. The need for something new all the time leads to things like Balloon Boy, he said.
Despite their differences of opinion, Stewart and Maddow disagreed without being disagreeable. In that sense at least, the spirit behind Stewart's rally lived at least for one night.
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The age of austerity?
The era of austerity may have arrived.
President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are dug in on the sequester, and there are no signs of a quick fix to the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that both sides say they disdain.
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That could certainly change after a few bad months of economic numbers or a public outcry. But until average Americans feel the cuts, neither side looks willing to budge on the key issue of revenues without some game-changing factor. And neither party is inclined to risk a government shutdown on sequester politics.
"I don't think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to work," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) conceded in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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Below are POLITICO'S three possible scenarios for how the next several weeks play out.
Sequester is here to stay
The cuts were designed in 2011 to be so onerous that nobody would want to keep them in place.
But 18 months and several unfulfilling budget battles later, Republicans came to accept sequestration as the only guaranteed way to slice the government's bottom line. And maybe, just maybe, it won't be as bad as Obama, Democrats, independent economists and even many Republicans expect.
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Boehner penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed last month claiming the sequester "threatens U.S. national security, thousands of jobs and more," but he backtracked a bit on "Meet the Press," saying, "I don't know whether it's going to hurt the economy or not."
Congress could take up measures to ease the impact, possibly with legislation giving department heads the ability to better target the cuts.
A Republican-sponsored bill aimed at this goal failed in the Senate last week, but a Senate Democratic leadership aide said it could be rewritten to attract Democrats, particularly those from military states, who would be anxious to show constituents that they're doing something — even if it puts them at odds with the president. House Republicans are planning to also vote on a bill with language to help make the budget cuts more manageable for the military and veterans.
But administration officials argue that even the added flexibility wouldn't change the bottom line.
"There is no way that you can move the deck chairs around in a way that will not cost our economy, as [the Congressional Budget Office] projects, 750,000 jobs," White House economics adviser Gene Sperling said Sunday on ABC's "This Week." "When you have those types of harsh spending cuts in such a short, concentrated period of time, it is like saying to somebody, 'You can cut off three of your fingers, but you can have the flexibility to choose which ones you want to cut off.'"
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If the sequester stays in place through the end of the fiscal year in September, it would mark a new era in Washington: a temporary stall in emergency budget wars, which have dominated Washington since Republicans took over the House in 2011.
The debt limit won't need to be raised until May at the earliest — that could even stretch until August, according to calculations by some top-level aides. And the prevailing wisdom in the Capitol is that House Republicans cannot demand anything in exchange for extending the country's borrowing authority. Democrats argue that the GOP lost the right do that when it agreed to lift the ceiling in January without insisting on an equal amount of cuts.


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If you're ever lucky enough to fly Air New Zealand, you might want to actually pay attention to the safety video that plays before takeoff. The airline hired WETA, the effects shop responsible for The Lord Of the Ring films, to punch up the video. And not surprisingly, they delivered (and then some) with a short film called An Unexpected Briefing that looks like it takes place in Middle Earth.
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Johansen describes this design as having "an order that is adopted from the electronic organization of elements." It is a massing of available materials that puts the viewer at the center of its spectacle. The Stage Center houses two theaters, a 580-seat thrust stage theater and a 210-seat round stage theater, as well as a smaller third unit used for offices and rehearsal space. In 1972, the AIA presented Johansen with the National American Institute of Architects Honor Award for the building's design. That same year, MOMA accepted the building's model into its permanent collection.


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Swimmers Should Learn the Recruiting Gameby Mike Watkins, Splash Magazine • March 28, 2005 Share:
At 6-foot-4 and with a 68-inch wingspan, Hannah Meyer had her pick of colleges despite her gangly physique. Having sprouted from her relatively modest 5-foot-10 frame as a freshman to her current stature her senior year, Meyer received letters and calls from some of the top programs in the country.
Funny enough, the scholarships – some full rides – were to play volleyball, even though Meyer had never even spiked or served in a competitive prep or club match.
Unlike her sister, Amanda, a freshman outside hitter for Rutgers, Hannah wasn't interested in playing collegiate volleyball. She was a swimmer full of as much untapped potential as unanswered questions – which led to an interesting and often confusing recruiting experience.
"She grew so fast and so tall that the rest of her body – her musculature, in particular – had a difficult time catching up," said Hannah's mother, Betzi. "As soon as volleyball programs found out about her height and wingspan, they were ready to drop a scholarship on her sight unseen.
"But she wanted to swim in college, and after looking around and visiting some schools, she found the right fit for her athletically, socially and academically. She chose a program and coach that will develop the talent we all know she has."
Before committing to Seton Hall during the early signing period last year, Meyer heard from programs at all levels – Divisions I through III. She took a few unofficial visits to some of the country's power programs, including defending national champion Auburn. Within weeks of her visit, some weren't able to come through with scholarship money, while others dropped contact with her altogether.
It didn't matter, however, as Hannah and Seton Hall proved to be the perfect fit for each other.
"The obvious interest was in her potential," said Ron Farina, head coach at Seton Hall. "I am a very big proponent of body type, and I feel Hannah's potential as both a sprinter and breaststroker is unlimited. Because she'll be close to her sister, Seton Hall is a good fit for her personally as well as academically, and she'll be a terrific addition to the team."
While the Meyers' recruiting experience is not completely unique or surprising, it raises some questions about the practices of college recruiting. How and when are high school swimmers recruited? What are the best methods for getting noticed if you're not an upper-level swimmer or if you're a late bloomer? And most importantly, what are the essential factors a recruit should look for in a school or program?
A 'Heated' Competition
Every year, 382 schools search the landscape for the next Natalie Coughlin or Brendan Hansen to elevate their program to new heights at NCAAs.
Schools at the Division I and II levels offer full or partial scholarships to lure the best athletes they can find to join their programs. While Division III schools offer no athletic scholarships, many compensate with academic packages.
"It's pretty rare once a kid has decided to go Division I to convince him or her to choose your Division II or III school," said Nathan Owen, head coach at Minnesota State – Mankato, a Division II school. "Division I schools also generally have bigger recruiting budgets and are able to bring athletes to campus for visits. I try to counter that by always answering kids' emails and really searching for those kids who have a lot of potential but get ignored."
The level of competition for potential recruits is intense, sometimes cutthroat, and often pushes the envelope.
"I hate recruiting, but I like coaching and building athletes," said Ron Allen, head coach of the men's and women's teams at the University of South Dakota, a Division II school. "It's so competitive and difficult finding talent and keeping swimmers eligible to compete, but I just try to find the kids who are realistic and want to go to a national meet and not sit on the bench like they probably would at a larger school. That's not always an easy sell."
College coaches really start monitoring the best swimmers their sophomore year of high school, but there are those exceptions who show promise and talent much earlier. Direct recruitment doesn't actually start until swimmers become juniors, although some coaches who've built relationships with club coaches will make requests and ask about certain swimmers.
Chris Davis, head coach at SwimAtlanta, often develops some of the most talented high school students in the country and is still surprised by the overall recruitment process.
"I am amazed at how many of our kids receive scholarship offers sight unseen and with the coach failing to contact me to ask about the upside or downside of the swimmer," Davis said. "Most of the time, I have to initiate the call for the second-level kids, but everyone knows about the top-level athletes."
One of those top-level athletes, Kaitlin Sandeno, won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics the summer before her senior year and was one of the most heavily recruited swimmers in the country. She narrowed her choices to the University of Southern California, Georgia and Arizona, and relied on her club coaches for their guidance before choosing Mark Schubert and the Trojans.
"My club coaches, Vic and Renee Riggs, were just very supportive throughout the process," said Sandeno, a gold medalist at this summer's Games in Athens. "I got a good feel for all the colleges on my visits, and they all had a lot to offer, but I just knew USC was right for me."
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In the past, recruiting for college coaches involved making the rounds to meets and scouting the top athletes in person, along with making a few contacts with club or high school coaches. Today, with the Internet, recruiting has been simplified to surfing web sites with online swimmer biographies and posted times, as well as the traditional in-person scouting.
The internet can also be a useful tool for swimmers, particularly those who haven't achieved National cuts but show potential to shine on an NCAA stage. Once overlooked by college coaches, these swimmers can now use online recruiting services, where they log in their biography, times and academic qualities.
Still, no one person or group can make as big an impact on the recruitment of an athlete swimming under the college radar than a club coach who's been working with these swimmers day-in and day-out.
Sean Hutchison, who coaches KING Aquatics in the Seattle area, interacts with college coaches from across the country, particularly when he discovers a swimmer making progress but getting little recruiting attention.
"I have six senior guys this year, and I think all of them are late bloomers and aren't getting noticed, even though they're fast," Hutchison said. "I really try to get coaches who are interested in developing athletes interested in our program, and I try to be as honest as possible with them about my athletes and where I think they'll eventually be (time-wise).
"If they take a risk on a KING swimmer once, and it pans out, they'll know it's okay to do it again. So I try to build good relationships with the coaches."
The club coaches' insight into the athletes they coach goes a long way in influencing recruiting decisions on the part of the college coach as well.
"The club coaches usually have a very good insight about an athlete's potential – swimming and personally," said Eddie Reese, who has won multiple NCAA championships as coach at the University of Texas. "We recruit on our ability to predict the swimmers' future, and not many of us are very good at predicting the future, so we rely on the recommendations of the club coaches, as well as our own gut instinct."
Academics over Athletics
When choosing a college swimming program, numerous factors come into consideration – none bigger than choosing athletics that complement academics. Unless an athlete has designs on the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball, competitive college athletics take a backseat to earning a degree, especially in an Olympic sport like swimming.
"Swimmers aren't often going to have a professional career (in the sport) after they're finished with college unless they are the best in the world, so picking a school for its academics is crucial," said Mary DeScenza, a top recruit who chose the University of Georgia for its veterinary program as well as its swimming program.
"If a swimmer chooses a school just for the swimming, coach or facilities, or even for the scholarship, they can end up being very disappointed. But if they choose the school because it has the academic major or program they want to study, they will more likely be satisfied with their decision, even if they can no longer swim or the coach leaves for another program."
When his daughter, Malarie, started looking at schools last fall, Ted Schmidt let her do most of the legwork herself, but stressed the importance of choosing a school first and foremost for its academics.
"Of course, finances come into the picture, and you're more likely to look closely at a program offering a full scholarship, but picking a school because of academics and majors available is priority," said Schmidt, who also went through the recruiting game with his son, Thomas, two years ago. Malarie swims for Illinois' Academy Bullets Swim Club.
"In addition to academics, it was also important for Malarie to fit into the program and know that she could contribute rather than just be another swimmer on the team. She fit in very well with everyone at Miami (Ohio) University and also realized she could quickly make an impact upon the team's success."
Stanford University, one of the premiere academic institutions in the country with one of the top swimming programs, uses academics as a stringent recruiting tool.
"Because we consider recruits to be part of our 'family,' the process is more of an adoptive process than a business," said assistant men's swimming coach Ted Knapp. "Once they are enrolled, everything is done within the university system to make sure they have a productive experience and are prepared for their personal or professional goals after graduation. Education is the most important piece of recruiting for us."
Whether a swimmer is one of the nation's best, or is someone flying under the radar, whether he chooses a Division I, II or III program, or gets an athletic or a partial academic scholarship, the process of deciding where to go to college should be fun as well as educational.
"It can be a nerve-racking experience, but that's because this is a decision that will in many ways affect the rest of a swimmer's life," said Bill Schalz, head coach of the Academy Bullets. "But it should also be memorable for them, and they should always know that they aren't alone in the decision-making process."
Some good advice
Emmie Dengler, a senior freestyler on the 20-time NCAA champion Kenyon College women's team, has some words of wisdom for swimmers regarding the recruiting process:
1) Don't wait for schools to contact you. There are always people who may be a good fit at a school who get overlooked simply because there are so many swimmers out there. So if you're interested in a school, e-mail the coach. This helps them notice you.
2) Which level is the best fit for you? Decide if you would be a good fit for Division I, II or III. Or, if you're like me and could have gone both directions, apply to a few of both. I knew that I didn't want my last meet of the year to be a conference meet, which would have been the case in Division I, so after applying, I decided that Division III was a better fit for me.
3) Academics are very important. Don't let coaches evade the subject when asked how academics fit into or around the swimming program. It made me wonder what they were hiding.
4) When you contact coaches, send them a resume documenting your times, athletic achievements (All-American, etc.), academic info (SAT score, grades, GPA, awards) and other extracurricular activities.
5) When considering a school, don't just look at the swimming program. Make sure the school has something you're interested in studying because you need something to fall back on, like a job, when swimming is over.
6) If invited, take overnight recruiting visits. It's the best way to find out what the team is really like. I really liked a couple of the schools I applied to, but when I took my overnight visits, I realized I didn't mesh with the personality of the team.
7) Recruiting services aren't for everyone. I've always been kind of skeptical about recruiting services. I didn't use one, so I don't really know how useful they are. It seems to me that with a little leg work, you can do the same thing a service does and save loads of money.
Watkins is a special correspondent for Splash Magazine, the official publication of USA Swimming. Jim Rusnak '95 is the magazine's editor.


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A Dangerous Combination
On Saturday night at the team hotel in Kansas City, offensive coordinator Jay Gruden had a message for the Bengals.
"I told 'em at a team meeting that momentum and confidence are a dangerous combination," said Gruden.
Right now, the Bengals appear to have both.
Yes Kansas City is putrid (how do you get penalized multiple times in the same game for running out of bounds in punt coverage?), but Baltimore and Pittsburgh were only able to beat the Chiefs by three points apiece. The Bengals throttled Kansas City 28-6, and have outscored their last two opponents by a total of 40 points.
"We're starting to put it all together and it's very important for us to continue to get better as the season goes on," said Gruden. "We're starting to get healthy and guys are gaining momentum and confidence. Right now we have that, but we have to keep it going."
"The momentum is on our side now; we just have to keep it rolling," said center Trevor Robinson.
After losing four straight games where the Bengals either had a lead or were within four points of the opponent in the fourth quarter, Cincinnati has put together back-to-back dominant performances on offense, defense, and special teams.
"It's like a pro golfer," said Marvin Lewis with a laugh. "You can't stay on the tour if you don't do it time after time and round after round. We know that it's going to be a grind every Sunday and they're getting good at grinding."
"Winning in the NFL is definitely not easy, and we know that we can't afford to make mistakes," said Cedric Peerman. "We just have to keep coming to work each and every day, be demanding, and be accountable to each other. The rest will take care of itself."
In their consecutive victories over the Giants and Chiefs, the Bengals have won the turnover battle five to one, scored touchdowns on seven of eight red zone possessions, and had seven sacks to only two for their opponents.
"We squandered a lot of games and weren't playing up to our potential," said BenJarvus Green-Ellis. "We can still get better, and we just have to keep taking steps every day."
"The key is how hard we work at practice," said Domata Peko. "You win games Wednesday through Saturday. Then on Sunday you can run out, have fun, and make plays."
Their confidence is growing. And they'll try to continue their momentum by beating the 3-7 Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
"You want to get hot in November and December and that's what we're pointing to," said Coach Lewis.
"It feels good to be 5-5 but that's just the beginning man," said Peko.
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A new report to be released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services reveals that millions of Americans without health insurance will likely pay less than $100 a month once they are able to sign up for government subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
For millions, insurance will cost less than $100/month (USA Today)
- About 6.4 million Americans eligible to buy health insurance through the new health exchanges will pay $100 or less a month for "silver" insurance plans because of tax subsidies.
- About 41.3 million people don't have insurance now, according to the HHS.
- In the 25 states that have chosen to expand Medicaid coverage, 12.4 million uninsured eligible Americans will pay less than $100 a month, the report found. They will either pay nothing or a small premium to take part in Medicaid.
- If the remaining states decided to expand Medicaid to those who earn below 138 percent of the poverty level, about a quarter of the 41.3 million people without health insurance would qualify for Medicaid, tax subsidies or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
SeaWorld to cut hours for part-time workers (The Orlando Sentinel)
- The theme-park owner will reduce hours for thousands of part-time and seasonal workers to 28 hours a week, down from the previous limit of 32 hours a week. The workers will now be classified as part-time under the Affordable Care Act.
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Wednesday corn and soybeans were higher with wheat again leading the way sharply higher. Just like yesterday we came into the day lower from the overnight trade but quickly found buying support in the day session. At settlement December corn was 6 ¼ higher, November beans were 4 ¾ higher, and December wheat was 10 ¾ higher.
Many times this year traders bought grains on Wednesday in anticipation of a bullish export sales report on Thursday morning. There has also been recent speculation circulating the market that China will start buying US corn. Corn has already been bullish from weak production in the US so if we see a spike in corn demand from China it would be considered very bullish. Soybean demand has been strong but much of this demand has already been projected. Tomorrow the estimates for weekly exports are 600,000-900,000 MT's for corn, 1,100,000 - 1,150,000 MT's for soybeans, and 600,000-800,000 MT's for wheat.
Wheat's strength is still mostly attributed to the fact that the funds are net short Chicago wheat against net long corn and soybean positions. They are likely exiting many of these positions after the latest crop conditions report showed winter wheat at only 47% good to excellent compared to 62% this time last year. Over the past week wheat has been at its cheapest levels compared to corn and beans for a long time so it didn't take much for those spreads to reverse.
Crop progress shows harvest at 83 percent complete for corn which is well above the 5 year average of 49 percent at this time of year. Soybean harvest is at 91 percent complete and is ahead of its 5 year average of 72 percent at this time of year.
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Canada are believed to be the next to drop out, again believed to be for similar reasons to Mascalzone Latino. That dropped it back to 12 entries. Canada were one of the 'confidential' entries.
Team Australia were a surprise not to have been announced today. More of that later. But the point is that ahead of today's announcement of say nine teams, a couple have gone missing in action.
Whether the team said to be announced next week in Europe, was one who had a Notice of Challenge lodged before the end of March, or is one the Cup organisers have pulled out of the hat, remains to be seen. Normally well informed yachting correspondent, Stuart Alexander of The Independent, writes that the new team is from Italy.
The teams announced today are:
- China Team - China
- Energy Team - France
- Aleph - France
- Emirates Team NZ - New Zealand
- Venezia Challenge - Italy
- Team Korea - Korea
- Artemis Racing - Sweden
- Oracle Racing - USA (Defender)
Of the eight teams announced, only two have won the America's Cup previously , and only one of those, Emirates Team New Zealand have made a multi-challenger Final of the Louis Vuitton Cup. Official sources report that a ninth team will be announced later this month, in Europe.
Oracle Racing are also the Defender, meaning that there are just seven Challengers announced for the Louis Vuitton Cup, which is the Challenger Selection Series, for the America's Cup which will be sailed in September 2013. Late entries can still be accepted, however a serious team would have a full design team up an running from October-November 2010.
The usual number of challengers for an America's Cup, since 1987, has been between 14-17 teams from 10-12 countries.
The numbers announced in San Francisco are well down on that figure, despite a change to a new class, a 72ft catamaran, and claims by organisers of cost reductions in a campaign - disputed by experienced Challengers who off the record say that the costs are really unchanged from previous America's Cup campaigns put at USD100million.
Absent from the announced lineup is an Australian team, however they were believed to have had representatives in San Francisco for today's function. The team, Team Australia came to Auckland in March and sailed the prototype AC45 yachts - at that stage available only to entered teams. Also missing is a Canadian team, who were believed to have pulled out soon after the Competitors Meeting in Auckland, when at that stage a USD200,000 performance bond was due on 30 April 2011.
Due to the organiser's policy of not announcing entries, given the teams were unusually given the option of being recorded as an entry (in terms of numbers) but remaining confidential, it is not possible to track, with any degree of accuracy, which teams have dropped out from the original 15 announced at the end of March.
All might not be over for Team Australia, which was believed to be a definite starter.
Sail-World Australia spoke to team principal, Peter Baker: 'We have had a delay in financing but we expect to secure boat 11. We are down but we are not out.'
Yachting Australia CEO Phil Jones says 'we received documentation very late from the Team Australia syndicate, however we have forwarded the supporting letters they sought. We are very keen to see an Australian America's Cup challenge and ahead of that believe the sight of AC45's racing on Sydney Harbour will bring a lot of corporate support to the Australian challenger. '
The Australian approach is a two pronged one - to both mount a full America's Cup Challenge, and to host a round of the America's Cup World Series on Sydney Harbour.
The announcement held in San Francisco's Ferry Building advised that the third round of the America's Cup World Series would be staged in San Diego from 12-20 November 2011. Previously the dates for that round were indeterminate. There was no announcement of further venues for the proposed 13 event series.
Richard Worth, head of the America's Cup Event Authority, advised what was previously known, that there was a tender process underway and that further announcements as to the ACWS venues would be made in the near future.
The fact that the Challenger numbers have almost halved from the original group is surprising given the relaxations that have occurred in the financial requirements for entry, where an original USD3million of performance bonds required to be posted in two stages, was first reduced and then eliminated completely.
Under the new requirements for the America's Cup, all teams will have placed orders for the new AC45 prototype yachts, by last Friday 10 June 2011, and confirmed that with a 50% deposit on the EUR650,000 price-tag.
The initial run of AC45's produced by Core Composites Builders, and others, in Auckland, New Zealand was for a run of ten AC45s, some of which were delivered in Auckland, and the rest will be shipped to Cascais.
Oracle Racing have taken two of the AC45's, after 'chartering' one from Mascalzone Latino (ITA) the original Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup. Given that the unannounced team does, in fact, eventuate then it would seem that with Oracle's two boats, the full build quota of ten AC45's will be taken up.
Mascalzone Latino, representing the Club Nautico di Roma, dropped out of the 34th America's Cup last month, and were replaced by Artemis Racing representing KSSS of Sweden. A complaint relating to that succession has been lodged by a two-time America's Cup winner, Emirates Team NZ, and is unresolved. It will be considered by the International Jury appointed for the event.
Earlier this week, four times America's Cup winner, Russell Coutts, now with Oracle Racing cartwheeled one of the team's two AC45's while training on San Francisco Bay. The incident underlined the fact that for the first time ever, the America's Cup will be sailed in boats which are capable of being 'red-lined', and while time and finance will still be usual bogey-men of the America's Cup, so too will be boat handling capabilities of the teams.
Absent from much of the information put out by teams and organisers are specifics of sailing team members and design team. Some, such as China Team, have announced that established sailors of the standing in the multihull world of Mitch Booth (Australia), will be involved. Energy Team, have the redoubtable Peyron brothers leading their challenge. Others, such as Emirates Team NZ and Artemis are re-training their soft sailed, monohull sailors into wingsailed multihull crew.
However other newer teams were notable for announcing art directors ahead of skipper, sailor and design teams.
It is not clear if the reduced entry size, which is consistent with earlier statements made by Oracle Racing CEO, Russell Coutts and America's Cup Regatta Director, Iain Murray of about eight teams, will reduce the economic impact benefit to San Francisco of $1.4billion from the 34th America's Cup.
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Parking is the gender-bender of urban policy issues. It has the capacity to make free-market Republicans slam their fist on the table in defense of subsidized parking anywhere and anytime, while making social democratic types of a green coloration passionate at the prospect of allowing market-clearing prices for curb parking.
But, like Chicago's notorious Blue Bag recycling program, the higher rates for curb parking that will accompany the privatization of the city's 36,000 street meters give only the appearance of taking the lead of the civilized world, while in fact doing nothing of the sort, and disappointing both of the above constituencies.
London has implemented congestion pricing of roadways by zone; Paris has reduced the total number of parking spaces in the city, and has actually increased sidewalk space and built separated bike lanes by removing lanes from major boulevards.
New York City recently debated congestion pricing on the London model. The RAND Corporation has determined that the only realistic policies for congestion reduction in Los Angeles are road pricing and higher parking fees. San Francisco is pioneering a high-tech pilot program that will let parking meters charge a true market rate, based on hourly variations in demand (from $0.25 to $6) at individual meters in a given neighborhood.
If a parking system actually did that -- letting the true market cost of public curbside parking vary with demand -- then, as parking researcher and guru Donald Shoup argues, you would considerably reduce congestion, as well as the frustration of circling for a parking spot at ungodly hours in ungodly conditions. You could then channel the revenue, through neighborhood parking benefit districts, to projects in the district area, or to related public goods such as a modernized transportation system in Chicago.
The latter prospect, however, is entirely lost in the Morgan Stanley privatization deal. What could be a long-term revenue generator for a city in budgetary crisis and with an enormous backlog of deferred public transportation maintenance has been traded for a one-time fix in operating revenue.
And it leaves one of the most powerful of transportation planning tools -- parking policy -- in the hands of a privately held company that specializes in parking garages. Is anyone at LAZ Parking, in which Morgan Stanley has an equity stake, thinking about Shoup's parking benefit districts? Will they be monitoring San Francisco's experiment with a true free market in street parking?
It's not clear, though there could be some positives. The fact that Chicago's meters will be owned in part by Morgan Stanley, the former investment bank that has since become a "financial services company," leads one to speculate that LAZ Parking may, at some point in the future, be taken public.
There would be every reason, prior to any IPO, for fully modernizing Chicago's street metering. This could go far beyond the contracted promise of non-cash metering by 2011, to include the San Francisco model of a block-by-block spot market in parking.
For Chicago, the benefits would be real but unintended, and the cash benefits more diffuse. Congestion currently costs Chicago commuters approximately $3,000/year, so any congestion reduction resulting from the reform would have the effect of a tax repeal. But the direct revenue benefits from the higher rates themselves would be foregone.
In the City's press release, not a single word mentions transportation, public transit, or any of the innovations in parking charges that are being tested in other areas to deal with these problems.
With long-term higher gas prices likely, and flat property values in suburban regions, people will still need to come and to stay in Chicago. Devising a system of metered parking that adequately prices that demand would be a great boon to the city, in terms of revenue; in terms of freeing up the supply of parking; and in terms of mitigating congestion and the CO2 emissions given off by cars circling for a parking spot.
If the new deal for parking should make anything clear, it is that street parking is not free. It has been massively subsidized for over half a century (Shoup estimates that in 2002 "the subsidy for off-street parking alone was between $127 billion and $374 billion) such that several generations of Americans have grown to maturity believing that street parking is like air or water -- free and plentiful. But, as our economist friends will tell you, there is no such thing as a free lunch.
And in an age of climate change, unstable oil prices and the foreign wars they generate, the unintended consequences of cheap parking are becoming less and less palatable.
There is thus some solace to be taken in the fact that, despite the bad deal that Chicago signed with Morgan Stanley, cheap parking is obviously going the way of cheap oil and cheap credit -- and largely for the better.
But as always, the devil is in the details. Raising parking meter rates is much easier than raising property taxes. If the City had the will to do this itself, instead of outsourcing the dirty work to a "bank holding company", it might have kept the revenues and used them to make Chicago the sort of world city worthy of hosting the Olympic Games.
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Clarification: This article previously containted misinformation from state health department officials about where the affected products were sold.
Boulder-based Falafel King has conducted a voluntary recall of its Hatch Green Chili Hummus and Hatch Green Chile Wraps because of possible listeria contamination, Colorado health officials announced Monday.
The recall covers 10-ounce containers of Hatch Green Chili Hummus with "sell by" dates of Feb. 14, 2014, to March 16, 2014, and 8.5-ounce Hatch Green Chile Wraps.
The products were distributed to King Soopers, Whole Foods Market, Natural Grocers By Vitamin Cottage stores in Colorado, state health department officials said. The products also were distributed to retailers in Nebraska, New Mexico and Utah.
In a recall statement issued Monday, officials for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said the green chile from supplier Bueno Foods of New Mexico had potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes.
No illnesses have been reported, according to the state health department.
Because the Falafel King products have a 30-day shelf life, the voluntary recall affected 5,000 Hummus products and about 500 wraps, said Amnon Gilady, Falafel King's owner.
"The potential (for contamination) was there and nobody wanted to take the risk," he said.
Falafel King has switched suppliers and now receives its hatch green chile from Vegetable Products, a processed chile company based in Salem, N.M.
There have been no issues with the Vegetable Products chile, but Falafel King is taking an additional precaution and heating the chile to 165 degrees and flash cooling it to the required temperature for cold packing, Gilady said.
This is the first recall that has affected Falafel King in its 10 years of business, Gilady said.
"It's obviously not something that was created here in our kitchen," he said.
Albuquerque-based Bueno Foods issued a voluntary recall of its frozen green chile product on Feb. 11. Bueno Foods said it took the precautionary measure because a test on the uncooked, non-ready-to-eat chile showed small amounts of listeria, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
When the product is cooked, the chile showed no signs of bacteria, Bueno Foods said.
Symptoms of listeria infection are flu-like and can include fever, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhea. If the infection spreads to the nervous system, symptoms can include headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
If these symptoms become present after eating a food that has been recalled, contact a doctor, according to information from the Mayo Clinic.
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br>I have a faulty (from factory) ADDAC207 and cannot get a response from ADDAC on how to remedy the situation. I have tried getting in touch via email, skype and PM.
Has anyone had contact with ADDAC recently?
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br>Count me among the waiting customers. What's going on ? br> br>
br>I do know that Andre was poorly lately - this as a result of my order emails to and from. Hope he's ok? br> br>
br>According to ADDAC's website and facebook page ADDAC are still in business having just announced new products..
It looks like they are more invested in attracting new sales than servicing existing customers.
I've been more than patient in waiting for a reply, trust me. This thread is a last resort.
EDIT: If Andre is unable to reply to messages he should at least say so either on Muff's, or on his website/facebook page. Surely easier than having to answer to a bunch of annoyed customers?
There were known issues with the 207 that had been apparently fixed in later serial #'s (I'm gathering this by the fact that only modules with a serial # below 70ish needed updating). Due to a bunch of customers complaining that their 207's were buggy, Andre offered a clunky firmware update that not only didn't fix the problem but was an absolute PITA to install. That's all fair enough but what happens next I take issue with: the guy says, here's an app to install the firmware... and then he dissapears! He hasn't posted since admitting there's still bugs..
If he was ill or had personal issues, all it would of taken is for him to tell someone to post on his behalf that's he's out of action for a while. Fuck, I had a stroke last week and I still managed to keep my waiting customers informed in ER. Though we know this is not the case for Andre as he's been busy developing/launching new product.
I believe I am well within my rights to be pissed off. I have a module I paid for two years that's no good to me. Thing is I really want the 207 to work as it should. On paper it's the perfect quantizer for me and it's because of this that I'm still open to accepting a valid excuse, it'd just want to be a good one. If ADDAC had replied to my messages I'd not have aired this in public, which tbh is demoralizing for me to do. br> br>
br>He seems to be active on Facebook, last post was 4 hours ago... br> br>
br>I support this thread, though I promised myself that I would waste no more time, energy OR money on this module
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br>Well, as I got no response here from Addac, I decided to take another quantizer.
Thanks to my shop, they are very nice and comprehensive, they accept a refund - my Addac was 7 months and mint outside (though totally bugged inside)...
...end of the Addac adventures for me. Two months ago I was thinking to pick up some filters and mixers, but I changed my mind after this big disapointment,
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br>Well this isn't good. I was on board with picking up a few of their modules like the 502, 503, 802....but this posting is making me abandon the idea.
I don't get the more active on Facebook and ignoring your customer base???
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br>This is not good.
I bought the 42hp mini case from ADDAC and it was not working - they connected the wrong leads from the jack to the distribution board... obviously no one there bothered to test it before shipping it out.
I had it fixed locally on my expense and never contacted them about this cause I didn't think it was worth the fuss.
I was thinking about buying the 206 switch because of its feature set but reading this thread honestly I don't anymore. br> br>
br>This is great, no response or update to this thread from ADDAC???? Come on, what's the latest???? I want to buy their stuff
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monads wrote:
This is great, no response or update to this thread from ADDAC???? Come on, what's the latest???? I want to buy their stuff
Well... I used to lust after several of their modules (especially the quantizer). No response made me change my mind...
Really surprised about the silence from their side. This definetely is not the way to handle this kind of situations.
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br>i successfuly bought a 206 switch and a 703 mixer last week. i had a direct answer to my mail order. i also was able to contact Andre by FB... br> br>
dropthedyle wrote:
i successfuly bought a 206 switch and a 703 mixer last week. i had a direct answer to my mail order. i also was able to contact Andre by FB...
If you're able to get hold of him could you notify him of this thread? br> br>
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now my phone wants in on the action
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dropthedyle wrote:
i successfuly bought a 206 switch and a 703 mixer last week. i had a direct answer to my mail order. i also was able to contact Andre by FB...
Regarding direct contact.....maybe because it was a 'sales order' and not a 'service inquiry' on a previously purchased item???
That's what prompted this thread, a last ditch effort since service inquiries to ADDAC have received radio silence.........I'm scared to buy their stuff if 6mos-2yrs later a module doesn't function properly and I find myself on the same abandoned island other's are currently in. br> br>
dropthedyle wrote:
i successfuly bought a 206 switch and a 703 mixer last week. i had a direct answer to my mail order. i also was able to contact Andre by FB...
Did you get any email confirmation of your order after you paid? br> br>
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br>Dear all,
Hope everyone is well.
Sorry it took me this long to get back to all of you, I'd like to apologize for not doing it sooner and telling you that we never did and never will put aside any customer service, while at the moment the quantizer is the exception to this.
This pertains to the fact that, as we haven't yet found any development to the situations that have come to our attention, it would be unnecessary to elude you with unnecessary replies.
Please bear in mind that none of your contacts has been forgotten.
Also, we'd like to ask you to understand that we are a very small team and these last months have been ultra busy. Literally, if i would stopped my schedule to handle the 207 issues at this time, ADDAC could easily slip into an unruly mess!
We absolutely warrant there's no lack of goodwill in both our efforts of bringing you new stuff, as helping you cope with matters pertaining to our modules.
We have been replying and giving customer support for any other modules besides 207 firmware issues which for now it's still at the same stage as our last firmware update. We're planning on re-programming the whole firmware from scratch in the next months.
Hoping for your best understanding!
all the very best
andre br> br>
br>Andre, I have sent you my 207, some time ago and haven't heard news from you? br> br>
br>While I appreciate finally hearing something, it isn't exactly good news that the whole firmware needs to be re-written. Certainly this means the resale value of this module just hit zero, while it's useability in the meantime isn't much better.
And now, even more waiting... br> br>
ADDAC System wrote:
Please bear in mind that none of your contacts has been forgotten.
Hoping for your best understanding!
all the very best
I'm sure everyone understands the pressures a small business works under and wishes you well, but you understand the principle of handshaking in communication protocols. You might know that you have received our communications but we don't know that you received our communications or our money or our modules unless you respond. I would respectfully ask that you bear that in mind. It is important to communicate with your customers. br> br>
br>I'm really confused as to where the 207 is at - I have been planning on getting one, but was put off by the original problem and I thought that new ones from ADDAC had new firmware and old ones could be upgraded, with a bit of a workaround - is it fixed or not, or is there a separate issue? br> br>
ADDAC System wrote:
This pertains to the fact that, as we haven't yet found any development to the situations that have come to our attention, it would be unnecessary to elude you with unnecessary replies.
Andre, this equates to ignoring your customers. Since when was replying to a customers multiple calls for help unnecessary? I wasn't asking to be eluded, all I wanted to know was if you DO actually intend on fixing the firmware or whether it will be left as is. I highly doubt ADDAC Systems would've fallen into disarray if you'd taken 2 minutes to update the 207 thread.
ADDAC System wrote:
We absolutely warrant there's no lack of goodwill in both our efforts of bringing you new stuff, as helping you cope with matters pertaining to our modules.
Please tell me, if ignoring your customers is not a lack of goodwill then what is it? I'm not interested in your efforts to release new stuff while you ignore your existing customers.
ADDAC System wrote:
We're planning on re-programming the whole firmware from scratch in the next months.
I think you owe it to 207 owners (and prospective buyers seeing as it's still for sale) to make this a priority.
Personally for me the most important thing is for the 207 to accurately quantize to the selected scale on receipt of a gate/trigger, on all four channels simultaneously and with no glitches or interaction between channels. I can do without all the other features (micro-tuning etc.). br> br>
br>Paranormal Patroler
br>I'm flabbergasted by the torch-ready responses I read.
Common' guys, don't you see how everybody is mishandling the situation here? I own a 207 myself and I'm equally dissapointed by its non-working status but lets take a step back and face some facts before things do get uglier. (By the way, I'm in
way affiliated with ADDAC Systems other than being supportive of their products 'cause I own quite a lot of their modules)
a) ADDAC fucked up the communication. A bad move, we can all agree to that. Non-responsiveness does not help in any way and claiming replies are "unnecessary" is a no no as well.
b) The only module that reportedly has an issue is the 207. Apart from wiggler
facing issues with his case (and not contacting Andre about it) nobody else had any issues with any other modules as far as this thread is concerned. If that is the case and Andre wasn't responsive to that please be specific of your problem. Claiming that ADDAC products can turn sour down the road is
total bullshit
and people who post this shit need to grow the fuck up immediately. I own a lot of ADDAC modules and I never had any issue (207 not withstanding).
Be fucking responsible with what you post
. Eurorack is small business, its not the first time a manufacturer runs into a problem, we've been through this shit before. If you are dissuaded by the lack of responsiveness vote with your money and shut up.
c) Saying that, ADDAC is indeed a small business. This means ADDAC people need to get paid so making new products and selling stuff is top priority in order for ADDAC to stay alive. What about your 207? Buhuhu! If the company goes bankrupt your 207 gets fuck-all resale value and
wins. So being patient but staying vigilant is the best way to handle this.
d) Andre just promised a 207 overhaul, which is much much better than getting nothing at all. It sucks not having the 207 do what we were promised it would do and shame on ADDAC for releasing it before bug-testing it extensively. But now its in our cases and its still a very useful quantizer as it is. Have you even tried working with the module and not use the triggers for the rest of the channels? The 207 is much more advanced than anything out there right now. Did you only pay for that functionality? Hell no! Should we get what was advertised? Hell yes! But going crazy doesn't help. Be precise in your accusations. I'm not saying we're not right, I'm saying that losing our calm helps nobody.
So let's start suggestions instead of going for flaming. What needs to be done? How can we handle it as customers? My personal suggestions:
a) ADDAC gets its act together and specifies an approximate date for the release of the new firmware. We need to know when we can expect it. No excuses, no bullshit.
b) Customers need to be kept up-to-date on the revision. No feature-creeping for the new firmware to get this thing out as fast as possible, but keeping us up-to-date means people are more patient. Keeping us in the dark means flaming.
c) No new 207 should be sold in the meantime. Selling a buggy module is unethical.
d) An ADDAC official post needs to be made about the 207 reprogramming and people should post there. We only focus on the 207 and we keep it civil, raining complaints directly to ADDAC only stalls things for all of us.
e) If more people complains pile up Andre needs to give replies in that thread. But do know that getting the ADDAC mastermind to spend time on replies stalls firmware update. Saying that, Andre, keeping people in the dark is the worst possible thing you can do. Remember the Plan B situation?
I am a firm believer that we can get good results out of this. br> br>
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Hobden broke open the potato and ate it with the curious
neatness of men who make most of their meals in the blowy open. 'She
growed to be quite reasonable-like after livin' in the Weald awhile,
but our first twenty year or two she was odd-fashioned, no bounds. And
she was a won'erful hand with bees.' He cut away a little piece of
potato and threw it out to the door.
'Ah! I've heard say the Whitgifts could see further through a millstone than most,' said Shoesmith. 'Did she, now?'
'She was honest-innocent of any nigromancin',' said Hobden. 'Only she'd read signs and sinnifications out o' birds flyin', stars fallin', bees hivin', and such. An, she'd lie awake--listenin' for calls, she said.'
'That don't prove naught,' said Tom. 'All Marsh folk has been smugglers since time everlastin'. 'Twould be in her blood to listen out o' nights.'
'Nature-ally,' old Hobden replied, smiling. 'I mind when there was smugglin' a sight nearer us than what the Marsh be. But that wasn't my woman's trouble. 'Twas a passel o' no-sense talk'--he dropped his voice--'about Pharisees.'
'Yes. I've heard Marsh men belieft in 'em.'Tom looked straight at the wide-eyed children beside Bess.
'Pharisees,' cried Una. 'Fairies? Oh, I see!'
'People o' the Hills,' said the Bee Boy, throwing half of his potato towards the door.
'There you be!' said Hobden, pointing at him. My boy--he has her eyes and her out-gate sense. That's what she called 'em!'
'And what did you think of it all?'
'Um--um,' Hobden rumbled. 'A man that uses fields an' shaws after dark as much as I've done, he don't go out of his road excep' for keepers.'
'But settin' that aside?' said Tom, coaxingly. 'I saw ye throw the Good Piece out-at-doors just now. Do ye believe or--do ye?'
'There was a great black eye to that tater,' said Hobden indignantly.
'My liddle eye didn't see un, then. It looked as if you meant it for--for Any One that might need it. But settin' that aside, d'ye believe or--do ye?'
'I ain't sayin' nothin', because I've heard naught, an' I've see naught. But if you was to say there was more things after dark in the shaws than men, or fur, or feather, or fin, I dunno as I'd go far about to call you a liar. Now turn again, Tom. What's your say?'
'I'm like you. I say nothin'. But I'll tell you a tale, an' you can fit it as how you please.'
'Passel o' no-sense stuff,' growled Hobden, but he filled his pipe.
'The Marsh men they call it Dymchurch Flit,'Tom went on slowly. 'Hap you have heard it?'
'My woman she've told it me scores o' times. Dunno as I didn't end by belieftin' it--sometimes.
Hobden crossed over as he spoke, and sucked with his pipe at the yellow lanthorn flame. Tom rested one great elbow on one great knee, where he sat among the coal.
'Have you ever bin in the Marsh?' he said to Dan.
'Only as far as Rye, once,' Dan answered.
'Ah, that's but the edge. Back behind of her there's steeples settin' beside churches, an' wise women settin' beside their doors, an' the sea settin' above the land, an' ducks herdin' wild in the diks' (he meant ditches). 'The Marsh is just about riddled with diks an' sluices, an' tide-gates an' water-lets. You can hear 'em bubblin' an' grummelin' when the tide works in 'em, an' then you hear the sea rangin' left and right-handed all up along the Wall. You've seen how flat she is--the Marsh? You'd think nothin' easier than to walk eend-on acrost her? Ah, but the diks an' the water-lets, they twists the roads about as ravelly as witch-yarn on the spindles. So ye get all turned round in broad daylight.'
Rudyard Kipling from Puck of Pook's Hill
Dymchurch Flit
Hobden broke open the potato and ate it with the curious
neatness of men who make most of their meals in the blowy open. 'She
growed to be quite reasonable-like after livin' in the Weald awhile,
but our first twenty year or two she was odd-fashioned, no bounds. And
she was a won'erful hand with bees.' He cut away a little piece of
potato and threw it out to the door.


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Boy, video games sure covered a lot of historical ground in 2010, with titles set everywhere from "a long time ago" to the dark, distant future of 2552.
Below you'll find a timeline of some of last year's biggest games, showing where in humanity's grand story they fit in. We're assuming they left Civilization V off the list because they couldn't be bothered filling in thousands of years individually.
Both Halo: Reach and Starcraft II being set in the 26th century has always seemed a little off to me. In 500 year's time, wouldn't we have found a replacement for bullets? They're such a pain in the ass, all that reloading and reloading and making sure there's something left to reload with.
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I finally decided an iPhone would be much simplier and omit out on the wording bits .... my writing skills using royal icing simply suck .. in fact suck big time! I really need to practise on this more often. Over the next few days, I drew up my game plan on how to approach the cake. The cake size would be about 12" by 9.5". Should not be too fat as iPhones are pretty slim. It would be 2 layers of Chocolate Fudge Cake frosted with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting between the layers and around the cake as well, before being completely wrapped in fondant.
I worked my time-table a week backwards from actual delivery date. The early part of the week was to do a "mock-up" drawing of the actual size of the cake with the applets to be used. I found out that there could be a few designs for a particular applet. Take for example "Messaging" (this is the 1st green applet on the left). The one I have made here is with a plain bubble. There is one which actually has the word SMS inside the bubble. I guess I learnt a bit more about the iPhone whilst doing this cake.
The very next evening I whipped up several batches of home-made fondant. By Wednesday evening I was blending the colours into little balls of fondant which would be used for the applets. On Thursday evening, I worked on the applets, which are all handmade and left them aside to dry out completely. On Friday night, I baked the layers of chocolate cake and frosting. Once cooled the layers were wrapped in foil, placed into the refrigerator for it's final assembly on Sunday. The assembly itself took a lot longer than I had anticipated, 6 hours in all and by the time I finished it was just past 6.00 pm. I was truly and totaly tired out by then. The photos don't really look that good as natural light was unable by then and I had to use the camera flash to do the job.


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The Kidney Foundation of Canada is proud to have launched Canada's first national targeted screening program for chronic kidney disease (CKD). The program, titled "See Kidney Disease" or SeeKD, will enable The Kidney Foundation to fulfill one of its cornerstone mandates: early detection and prevention of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Since this project is national in scope, The Kidney Foundation will be able to collect data and information about screening and prevention, early detection and management of CKD.
The goals of SeeKD are:
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Last year, Alan Brown, Scott Ambler and I collaborated on a technical paper that captures IBM Rational's experience in achieving agility in large scale enterprises. This paper was recently accepted for publication at the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). We will present and officially publish this paper in May 2013 in the proceedings. Below is an abstract for the paper. The full (draft) version can be accessed


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Copper: Bearish.Baltic Dry In.: Bounced this week. Support @ 1150.UPS/FDX: UPS turned down; FDX has remained bearish.ADP/PAYX: Both ok, not leading.FAANG: FB, AAPL and GOOGL are all in good shape on the long-term charts. Only NFLX is troublesome.EEM: Pulling back hard on Friday, but still bullish short-term.INTU / CRM: CRM definitely better. INTU should drop to 241.95 or 235.51 – nice hedge against NQ longs.HYG / LQD sprd: OK here.OVERALL: Neutral overall.
Copper: Bearish.
Baltic Dry In.: Bounced this week. Support @ 1150.
UPS/FDX: UPS turned down; FDX has remained bearish.
ADP/PAYX: Both ok, not leading.
FAANG: FB, AAPL and GOOGL are all in good shape on the long-term charts. Only NFLX is troublesome.
EEM: Pulling back hard on Friday, but still bullish short-term.
INTU / CRM: CRM definitely better. INTU should drop to 241.95 or 235.51 – nice hedge against NQ longs.
HYG / LQD sprd: OK here.
OVERALL: Neutral overall.


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