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PEARLAND, TEXAS -- I went to Dillard's to find a shirt for work. I found a shirt I thought would work, tried it on, it fit, so I bought it and went home. I washed it that evening and was planning on wearing it to work that week. After I washed it though, it wasn't long enough to tuck into my work pants so I couldn't wear it.
I returned to the store a couple of days later with my receipt to return the shirt and was told I couldn't return it if it had been washed or worn. I asked if I could talk to a manager about it so she called one over for me. I told the manager I hadn't worn it and she repeatedly accused me of lying because the shirt was wrinkled from washing it earlier in the week. She even tried to say the shirt was still wet from me just washing it so it must've been worn, but I pointed out the wet spot on the shirt was from the condensation on the water bottle of the other employee standing next to her.
She still accused me of lying about wearing the shirt. I took the shirt, left the store, and called the regional office, but received the same rude, snarky attitude from the woman there. She said she was sorry I made a bad decision that cost me money. I have never seen such a ridiculous return policy or such terrible customer service. I'm never shopping at Dillard's again and it's no wonder they're going downhill. That shirt was almost $100 and it was money I basically just threw away because I ended up not being able to wear the shirt for work and had no other use for it.
LONE TREE, COLORADO -- I ordered shoes in the store because they didn't have the size I needed in stock. The girl who helped me told me it doesn't show shipping but when it rang up it charged me $8.50 in shipping. I was kind of stuck because I had already purchased 2 other matching pairs for my other granddaughters. These are shoes for them to be a flower girl.
I was thinking that I could return the ordered shoes if they don't fit. I found out that I can, but they will not refund me my shipping. This will be the last time that I order anything from Dillard's. They were the ones who didn't have the size in stock. I shouldn't have had to pay shipping in the first place. They should refund the entire amount if the shoes don't fit.
ARIZONA -- Because I'm old and handicapped, my shopping has all been online for a few years and I must say Dillard's gets the gold for making that process VERY simple and pleasurable. Most recently I was shopping for a dress to wear to our son's formal wedding. The dresses were perfectly packed so they didn't arrive all wrinkled and the return process for the ones that didn't work out was free and sooo easy!
At the same time, I ordered some cosmetics and they came in the package with a dress but separately placed in a sealed plastic container in case they leaked fluid, which they didn't. I appreciated the care that was taken. Mostly I appreciated that the delivery was quick and the return process so easy even the obsolete shipping markings on the package were simple to remove. I choose Dillard's online shopping from now on. I have never been in one of their stores.
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- I am a former Dillard's Sales Associate. I worked for the company for 1 year back in 2001. I was hired to work in Children's Shoes for an Hourly Rate of $9.50 which was good considering I was only 19 at the time, I had no idea what I had in store for me. The training was minimal to non-existent, they basically show you how to ring a sale and throw you out on the sales floor without any information on products, I was informed during orientation of my sales goal or Sales Per Hour goal. I remember it being about 85 dollars per hour that I was required to sell.
I was told that it was easy to meet your goals and the opportunities to make more money were endless by either meeting your goals and retaining your pay or exceeding your goal past a certain percentage you were to get an increase of 10% or if you fail to meet your goals a decrease in pay of 10%. At the time it did not sound very difficult to achieve. We were to get reviewed every three months to find out how our sales had been.
I was the only Full-Time associate working in my department and there were two part timers, one was terminated for stealing and the other became ill and did not return for work for several months. Which made me the only one to do stock, arrange the displays, leave the department to get change for the register, all of which should be expected of a sales associate to do when working retail, but at Dillard's none of this work matters to them and it all boils down to just pure sales numbers which determines your longevity with the company.
They also have a very strict tardy policy in which you had to enter your SSN into a computer and you could not be one second late or a LATE LATE LATE would flash all over the screen. I remember Salespeople fighting and getting upset when a salesperson was too slow to type in his or her number into the system, since there was only one computer to clock into. Some sales associates were later due to customer service representative who had to buzz you into the store took too long sometimes over 5 minutes to open the door.
This didn't matter to management if that caused you to be late you would still get charged with it, I was very lucky never to be late. There was one day I was on my way to work and witnessed a head-on collision in the parking lot, I didn't stop in fear that Dillard's would not allow me to have an excused tardy or sometimes referred to as an exception for stopping to assist (Which would have been the right thing to do). That's how strict they were on things whatever that computer says it was what you get, even if you leave for lunch early or arrive early the EARLY EARLY EARLY flashes all over the screen for everyone around the time (clock) computer to see.
I was once yelled at like a child by the store manager because I came into work early because I did not realize that the time had changed one hour back or Fall-Back rather so I reported for work as usual and the computer reported me as early so I thought there was something wrong with the system so I went to look for my Area Sales Manager who was not in her office to inform her, another sales associate had informed me that the time had changed so then there was really only about 20 minutes left for the store to open.
So I decided to clean up and put away out new shipment of shoes once I finished I proceeded to call my clients over the phone and inform them of our upcoming sales. Well while on the phone with a customer the store manager yelled at me and told me to hang up the phone and I told him I was on the phone with a customer and he said he didn't care and asked me why I am so early to work.
I told him I didn't know the time had changed and forgot to set my watch, and screamed at me with all the other associates watching and told me to clock out and get out of the store, and that Dillard's does not pay for my mistakes (at that point I was so upset if I would have got to that time clock and punched out I was prepared to quit), but the manager apologized to me and told me that I can stay and for me to please return to my department (if you're asking yourself if I wanted to quit then why didn't I just leave, well when tempers flare you pretty much do anything stupid, but I really needed the job at the time).
I was lucky to have a great Area Sales Manager and she really enjoyed having me in her department despite all sales I had brought in for Dillard's (remember I was the only Salesperson in Children's Shoes) I did not meet my sales goal on my second review and my pay was cut to $ 8.55 per hour.
So I was determined not to get another pay cut, despite me not making my goal and cutting my pay on my second review, they raised my Sales Goal to 120 dollars per hour. I was told since the back to school season was near, I took initiative and since Dillard's did not provide its Salespeople with business cards I used my own money to have cards made and Sales Flyers to send out to the many customers I had in my client book.
I tried to build a clientele just like any good salesperson would and my Area Manager would help by letting me know in advance when we would have a sale so I can make and send out my fliers. I gave my customers the option of either being contacted by phone or by mail. Those that did not want to be in my client book anymore were removed. Then management decides to add two more Salespeople to the mix two part-timers. I was fair and did not fight for Sales at that point and advised the newbies that there was no way they would achieve their Sales goals.
I was them what their goals was set for any they showed me the slip they were given with a Sales Per Hour of $140 per hour. I told them that the department itself doesn't even make that much per hour sometimes during an eight hour shift, we would have one customer for a sale of $35.00 the average price of a shoe.
I started a rotation system so that we could all have a fair chance to make a sale. When I would do the department totals from register tape the department had only made $800 for the 11 hours. The store was open for a Department SPH of $72.00 per hour so how are we supposed to make the individual goals that the set for us?
I made a chart to show to my Area Manager and she agreed that the goals were unattainable. I asked her how are the Sales Per Hour figured and I was told it's based on the Sales for that department based on an average on the gross sales of all stores in the region. Which I think is very unfair it should be based on the store and department sales that the Associate works in not all of the area stores. not all the store would get the same amount of customers.
Well sorry for all this ranting but I feel that customers should be informed about the way Dillard's treats employees and how they value you as a customer, which they really don't, all they care about is if you come in and buy and never return things and open lots of Credit Applications. Sometimes customers run into rude salespeople because the work ethics of Dillard's and how they put so much pressure on them that they become disgruntled employees (like I did).
I am not excusing that type of behavior but it becomes to a point where it became very depressing to work there. They make it seem as if it's your fault the customers are not buying and are punished accordingly. Our pep talk by the store manager over the loud speaker was SELL, SELL, SELL!!!
Sometimes this was said as customers were walking into the store. Despite making good sales during back to school at that time I was the only Salesperson on the floor. Even my manager came to ring up sales under my associate number while I helped customers. I still did not meet my inflated goal and my manager did not want to break the news that my pay was getting cut again to a mere $ 7.70 per hour.
After a year of service with the company, they lowered my sales per hour down to 72 per hour but I refused to be a part of Dillard's money games any longer and my manager told me that there if I were to not make my goals the next round that I would be terminated. So I found a job at Macy's Women's Shoes on a commission and took myself and my "Dillard's customers Clientele" with me.
The Store manager even told me that If I ever wanted to come back to Dillard's I would be more than welcome to, and that was the funniest thing I had heard all day! LOL. Of course now I am no longer in retail but I just wanted to share this insight into Dillard's and what the Salespeople there are put through on a daily basis. In my opinion they could retain employees if they just go on an all Commission basis. I had told lots of people about my horrible experience there and I will never ever shop or work there again! It was a living nightmare.
ODESSA -- Today, I went to purchase a swimsuit for an upcoming vacation. A couple of weeks ago, I had shopped for bed linens, and I happened to see a mouse run under a stack of comforters so I had misgivings about going back, but Dillard's carries a line of swimsuits I like. I found a few swimsuits to try on and was shown to the largest dressing room by a competent, friendly salesperson. When I saw the room, my first instinct was to run! I was shocked by the condition of the room! The carpet was beyond dirty. There were large dark stains all over the ugly beige/gray carpet and it was very old and worn.
The walls were dirty, had been patched where hardware had been and looked as if it hadn't been painted in years. Instead of a chair to sit in, there was a large, odd wooden box built into the corner to sit and lay clothes. There were no hardware on the wall to hang clothes hangers and honestly, there were little panty liners that people had pulled off of the swimsuits and had stuck all over the dirty walls! Gross and disgusting! It seems that Dillard's could upgrade this store simply by cleaning, painting and recarpeting and oh yes, dealing with mice infestation. This is a high volume store that does a lot of business!
EASTGATE - CINCINNATI, OHIO -- Today, we decided to shop at Dillard's at Eastgate, near Cincinnati. There were two purses on sale at Dillard's, same purse as my wife purchased two months ago at full price. However, the prices marked were different. I went and saw the sales manager and she informed me that we were correct and both would be sold to us at the lower price. My wife and I looked around and picked out additional items and when we went to pay, we were told the prices would be different because the original prices were different according to the Store Manager.
When it was discovered that the original prices were indeed the same, he informed us that it did not matter what the sales manager told us, he would not approve the same price. Accordingly, I informed him we would never shop at Dillard's again since they will not honor what we were told. (Difference of $25 on a COACH purse, is not much.) What shocked me is that he told us he did not care if we never came back and Dillard's did not want our business. So much for Dillard's. Macy's and Nordstrom here we come!!
I went into a Dillard's Department Store to purchase a new outfit for a work event and during the walk from the car to the door; I had to make a mad dash through a summer downpour (the kind that pops up out of nowhere). I used my purse to cover my head and when I entered the store, I asked a sales associate for a shopping bag to place my wet purse in.
I walked around and found some items to try on, and put back the items that didn't fit. They were having a sale so I selected a few more items on impulse since they were a good price. I know how the sales at the store works, where the associates get credit for the purchases they ring up. Since the first associate was so nice to me by helping me out with my wet bag, I planned to give her all of my sales. I also have worked in retail before and understand how LP operations work, and the legalities of it.
I selected items from different areas of the women's department, and had probably 8-10 items. After encountering some pushy sales people that kept trying to take my items and "hold" at their register, I used the shopping bag to carry the selections with me, rather than have an armful of clothing that was hard to carry. I removed my purse from the bag before I did this.
On my way to the pajama department, not anywhere even near the exit, I was stopped by 3 very young associates, that said I had to come with them. I asked why, and they very blatantly accused me of shoplifting. I asked them, how could I have stolen anything, I haven't even left the store, and it's difficult to navigate shopping without something to aid in carrying purchases. "Where did you get that bag?" "From one of your associates, to hold my wet purse when I came in" I offered my wet purse to them to feel. They kept insisting for me to follow them, and I refused.
I said that I have no intention of taking their things, and explained that I wanted to credit the associate that offered me the bag since she was very helpful. I handed the girl my shopping bag and said if you want to take it to the lady that I got the bag from, I'll leave it there until I find some pajamas. They still insisted that I was shoplifting, and since I really wasn't I refused to comply to their demands.
Their threats were very loud and embarrassing to me in front of other customers, and they didn't even listen to the explanation without jumping to conclusions. When they asked the associate that gave me the bag, she said that she did, and I looked at her and said "You can thank your coworkers for losing a $300 sale for you. I appreciate your help, but I'm not going to purchase these items."
I turned and left, and one of the other associates attempted to block my way with her hands. I promptly pointed at her and said calmly, "you are not allowed to touch me, and if you prevent me from leaving, I will have a talk with your manager that I was falsely detained, and my attorney will be following up." Indignantly, the first girls sputtered, "well, don't ever come back here!" I said, "I haven't signed anything stating that I am trespassing nor banned from this location, so I'm free to come back and shop if I want to, not that I will after this episode."
I think the stores poorly train their associates and while I understand and respect their rights to prevent theft, they could use a little more judgment when it comes to who they accuse, and the methods they take when confronting a suspected shoplifter. I will be sharing this story across many internet consumer complaint boards, as I feel they are a company that could use a little change, especially in the pushy sales associates.
I understand they only make a very low wage, and their salary is based on the volume of sales, regardless of the amount of customers willing to purchase or the economic environment, hence the pushy sales and nearly ripping items out of your hands as soon as you touch it. I hope they change something, because their products are nice, but I can find comparable items elsewhere.
Imagine yourself walking around in your local Dillard's just browsing and taking in the sights of Fall and Christmas. Everything looks great! You find your item and walk down the aisle to find a clerk. There is one on the isle, looking at you... you see two more... making long strides to reach you from the back of the department. OK... You're greeted and asked if you needed help. Yes, you reply so you can check out. The other employees look frazzled, even tired. Little did you know, the current under the surface.
Hi. For obvious reasons I will keep myself anonymous. This is a complaint letter and a warning to all consumers/potential hires who enter Dillard's Department stores. Dillard's about 10-25 years ago, was the cream of the crop in a host of department stores in the US. Today it's a shell of its former glory.
I am a researcher by nature and training with skills used from other agencies to enhance whatever aims I seek to work on. I currently work at Dillard's because I wanted to train up into management and become what they call an AMIT (Assistant Manager in Training). So, if you're a customer coming in this is for you. Here is some insight into what we have to deal within 2008.
In 2008, Dillard's outlook and business practices put us in great economic peril. After talking with many employees of various lengths of employment at Dillard's only one thing can be said of its owners and financiers. "GET OUT!" Why? They would say... and they would be right. They hold all the cards and your pocketbook in their hands. The owners at this point are the Dillard children. Mind you, Senior passed one some years ago, and he will be missed.
Years ago Dillard's stock was not almost worthless to employees it had some pride in it. Now, our stock portfolios are nothing but dust in the wind. It would have been more fitting and profitable to have buried your money in a jar than to invest in this company. Don't believe me? Look up DDS the ticker symbol for Dillard's. I'm lucky. I can move on, but those who invested whole carriers in this store are decimated. Thus you see ghostly forms moving among the Dillard's isles.
Next comes Credit. Oh No! Not that, you say! Yes credit. We have to ask for it; Dillard's rewards etc. whatever. Here is the deal. We get penalized if we don't get any credit. I don't care if you're approved or not it's the applying process that counts. We still get a check mark for your trying.
Beware of upgrades, it's like any card company they send you another one. Then you might have two accounts. Bad! GE owns your card not Dillard's. They squeeze Dillard's for more cash, then Dillard's squeezes us. You might as well go to the blood bank. Now. There are good things about the card once you have it, especially if you have an elite. They are offering more incentives with this economy so watch for sales. Like most department stores, you can find great deals right now. (Plug) I still hate the card thought, and so do all employees.
If you're looking to hire into Dillard's, Don't. There is not an HR department, period. Open door policy will get you canned. You're totally at the mercy of the OPS Manager and the Store Manager. If you're lucky you work for a great ASM that watches out for you. You are very, very lucky if you have a great OPS manager, one that can slow down the revolving door of Dillard's.
This company goes through a lot of people. Some are immature, some are thieves, but by and large most come to work. Then they learn the truth about how the long term policies of this company will affect them. Right now I get to work all of December with no weekend off. Merry Christmas. Right! Thanksgiving - that was a blip on the radar. See you on Black Friday.
That pile of white dust on the ground is my soul. All else has been drained. Thus more ghost on the isles. Where is management you say? What can they do to help? Well a lot is in their hands. Most managers do manage business but do not however manage employees very well. Those who have great HR skills or training are what I call cream of the crop. They see what's happening to the company and to the moral of the employees. If you are an ops manager or asm get some HR training. Please. It really does work.
FYI. Corporate does not have one. Why? Well we have had some management problems - some which bend the rules quite a bit. So, people called. No HR please leave a name and number with your complaint. Uh?! What? What happens there is called trickle down. Same thing for those who know it has ** rolls downhill. Usually it ends up in your lap again, and now you have eye boring into your head. Seen it, heard it in the store. We have no recourse, where are the checks and balances of this company. The court system apparently just look up Dillard's DDS for any news and it brings up the lawsuits. What a waste.
Last, Dillard's return policy is 30 days except for registered brides. If you wore it, slept in it, smoked around it, it will not be returned. Washing does change the fabric, so I'm warning you here again, i.e. The notes on the back of the receipt and on the stands state the 30 day policy about returns. Please, I may be tired of Dillard's but I'm not stupid.
FYI returns are allowed before thirty days, please don't forget to keep your receipts and the pop (yellow labels) and bags. Make it easy on yourself and for me. OK. Little know thing about returns. Returns for employee sucks. Even if it's not from our store. Returns mean forced inventory. We have to sell that much more for the day to counter that returns effects.
If I have to sell $1000 today to meet budget for my area and you return $200 dollars' worth of stuff, then I have to sell $1200. Yes it does count against the department. If you return an item, it also counts against the person that sold it to you. That's why I ask a lot of questions about colors, matching etc. to lessen that chance of a return, so how can you help us? Bring in a sample of what you're trying to match within a room or with a dress. The less guessing the better. Don't tell me its avocado green, when that may have 10 different shades of color.
So, what does returns do besides make us sink into the ground? Well that affects our SPH. What is that? All Dillard's sales people have SPH (Sales per hour). They must sell between $85 to $200 an hour. A lot depends on your area of assignment. With the current state of the economy lots of us are not making it. When you don't make it your pay is cut. Yes cut, and if its cut enough you lose your job. Speaking of losing the job did you take a look at the Dillard's stock yet? Give me a note and I'll sing ya a dirge. Anyone for a slightly used beat-up old company (remodeling encouraged)?
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY -- I am assuming this lady is a manager because she was very obnoxious, loud, way overbearing, PUSHY, and very annoying. Her description was a white female, big fully figured, kind of tall, long brown straight hair down her back, approx. 21-30 in age, bright red lipstick, dark thick black liquid eyeliner on top, and was working during the day.
Soon as me and my children walked in the Michael Kors handbag area, I looked down to look at a price tag on 1 handbag and she yelled while walking fast towards me, "oh that's a great bag, I love that bag, I'll take it off the rack so you can try it on." All while grabbing the bag I was looking at trying to take it off the rack, and talking very loud, and acting like a desperate pest. I said "no thank you I am just looking." She then said "OK, well I'm going to unhook it so you can try it on." I said "no, cause I'm just looking, thank you."
Then she preceded to follow me to each handbag, and I told her "ma'am I'm just looking today thank you." So then I went and picked up one of the green Michael Kors bags, I had my back turned towards the purse, and as soon as I went to reach for it, here comes her loud, obnoxious, annoying, rude, not listening, trying to make a sales ass, comes from behind me and snatches the handbags out of my hand and try to hurry real quick and unlock it. I was like "no thank you I am just looking around today with my children and I am not buying anything today."
So then she looked pissed, walked away then few minutes later I told her "I think I found a colorful purse I like in Fossil," which is all I usually carry, and she looked at me and turned her head and kept walking. I guess what kind of commission can she make on a $79.00 handbag versus a $398 handbag.
Well I just ignored it cause I was with my kids so then I found a brahmin handbag liked and I handed it to another girl to ring me up like 15 -30 minutes later, and she runs out from nowhere like a wilder beast and snatches the handbag out of her hand and starts to rung it up. I told her "no thank you," I do not want it because she would get the commission and the way she treated me I wasn't buying nothing from her.
Then when I was leaving I was watching her and she went and snatched some else out of another Co-worker's hand like they were a dummy and the Co-worker's wasn't saying nothing, that's what makes me think she was a manager, cause she was walking all over customers and employees. And then 2 more sets of customers was looking and she started acting like that with them. And they was looking at her like she was crazy and I was just staring like I cannot believe this. Trust me, this is so much far worse than what I am making it. If I had a video camera I would have recorded her and she would be on the TV show called ridiculous.
Hardly no one be in there when I go and the people who are in there don't want to buy nothing cause she's too rowdy and nerve racking. If they do buy something it is because they felt obligated against their free will to look and not buy. She must be desperate for commission. I don't want to go back in there because she harasses you.
They all try to sell you something. I understand that but she goes past her means and personal space to try to make a sale which actually makes a customer not want to buy something and uncomfortable to come back. I know she acts like that all the time cause I was in there a long time ago and she was doing the same thing. But this was it for me.
And I'd put $ on it that's why hardly nobody's in their shopping or LOOKING because of her and I'd put $ on it that she does everybody like this. I love Dillard's but I will bypass Michael Kors and go to fragrances and watches where the nice black lady works or to shoes where the nice older gentlemen work.
Now there's a little gay guy that works in there and a few blondes, their sweethearts and approach you in a pleasant way and ask you, "would you like to try that handbag on?" And if I say no, they say 'OK, well it's a very nice bag in our new collection and if you would like to look at it, my name is so in so.' Then they get off your ass, after doing their job. Now thy make me want to buy something. But that other lady needs to work at a prison or go to the army or something. Oh, I bet that's why those sweet non-pushy but helpful like ole' ladies down at Coach stay on that end only.
TEMPLE, TEXAS -- Initially, my mother went into Dillard's Temple TX to return a t-shirt that had been previously purchased for me, while I was shopping in another store. She met me in the parking lot and told me that the manager she spoke with had denied the return because it was beyond 90 days. She further stated how arrogant and rude that person had been towards her. She told me his demeanor was not commensurate with him having been a supervisor. She also said he did not have on a name tag when she spoke with him. I decided to go in myself and try to speak with someone about the return.
I spoke with a lady who told me that because the sale was older than 90 days that I needed to speak with her supervisor. The person that was the supervisor, ** (I believe **) came out and looked briefly at the item and told the lady "I already said no to that." He then decided to acknowledge me standing there and said "I'm not going to do it." I tried to ask him why he couldn't be more reasonable and he waved his arms at me and said "I said no, I've decided." He was in fact very sarcastic and arrogant.
I asked to speak to his superior and he said "there is no one above me." I questioned that there was no one above him and he told me I would have to speak with someone at corporate. He said "my name is ** go to Dillards.com." I asked him to write down his name and contact information for corporate. He then became very belligerent and said "I'm done arguing with you." He then walked off and had a police officer that was working security escort me to the door. I was basically treated like a criminal for trying to return a brand new item with the tags on it, a black pocket t-shirt.
I discovered later on that the subject ** was not the store manager but rather the assistant manager. I returned to the store 2 days later and spoke with ** the store manager. I complained about how arrogant her assistant had been. She had a very arrogant tone as well and kept saying "are you going to let me finish," while I was trying to carry on a conversation with her. Finally she said "I'll handle it." I tried to tell her more about how poorly I was treated as a customer and she raised her voice and said "I said I'd handle it," like she didn't want to hear anything else I had to say.
It was clear to me based on the way she was acting that she didn't really intend to do anything. I left the store and do not intend to shop at Dillards ever again. They're willing to try to humiliate and lose a customer of over twenty years over a 10 dollar return. I'll shop at JC Penney. At least they care about customer service and treat customers with dignity and respect.
I understand that stores have policies. I would not have asked to go above the assistant supervisor if he had not been so arrogant and disrespectful toward me. It wasn't about the return at the point I asked to speak with the assistant supervisor's superior, it was about respect for the customer. When I initially sought the return I believed that they might accept it for customer service reasons and not be so dogmatic about the policy.


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I am just trying to write someone's name and gender to a file, and then once the user closes and reopens the program, the program will still know the name and gender of said person, kind of like 'saving' user data.
I've been trying to figure out how to save data for a while and so far my only solution is just to write it to a file, and then have the program access that file.
I am able to get java to create and write a file, but I have no clue on how to return the users data.
Would this method even work? or is there and easier/better/different way of saving user data?
Any feedback or advice will be greatly appreciated! thanks!!:-)
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rpm -q fetch-crl, which prints out the name and version of the
fetch-crl package.
If you are using an Enterprise Linux 6 system, or Fetch-CRL 2 is not installed,
then this procedure is unnecessary.
fetch-crl3. This will be done on an update to OSG-Software 3.1.15 or higher. If are not updating from an earlier version of OSG-Software and thus have no Fetch-CRL 2 configuration to migrate, you may skip to the section marked "Validate operation of Fetch-CRL 3."
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/etc/fetch-crl3.conf as desired, see the translation table below on how to migrate customizations made in
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fetch-crl3.conf silences a few warnings, mostly about not being able to execute openssl commands.
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# Configuration file for fetch-crl 3.0.x # Directory containing .crl_url files and output directory info_dir = /etc/grid-security/certificates verbosity = 0 nowarnings # The time in hours for which CRL download failures are accepted # without printing an error (instead, a warning is generated) # Default=24hours (used to be 0 for versions <= 2.6.6). #agingtolerance = 24 # What do we set the path to? Uses $PATH in environment by default. #path = /bin:/usr/bin # Write messages also to syslog using logger(1) if and only if the facility # name is set. When empty, no syslog messages are generated. Default is # empty. For valid facility values see logger(1) #syslogfacility = # Path to an explicit OpenSSL version to use. Default will look through # the path. #openssl = <path> # Path of a download cache directory, *exclusively writable by the user # running fetch-crl*, where the original downloads are stored. The # cache is used unless "nocache" or "stateless" are set. Default is a cache # in "/var/cache/fetch-crl3" if that exists. # You will need to manually create this directory first with proper permissions #statedir=/var/cache/fetch-crl3 # What http proxy to use. By default, no proxy is used. If set to "ENV", then # the value of the HTTP_PROXY environment variable (in the environment # fetch-crl3 is run) is used. This environment variable is often set in # "/etc/sysconfig/fetch-crl3", which does not exist by default. #http_proxy = ENV #http_proxy = http://myproxy.domain.com:8080
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Cutting Air is Slow. Is there a better way to diagnose my G-Code Programs?
Cutting Air can be extremely slow, and it uses valuable machine time that might otherwise be employed doing something productive like making chips. Once you're facile cutting air, and you know how to set up your machine with the proper part zero and deal with tool length offsets, you're going to get tired of cutting air and be wishing for a faster way to check your programs. The answer to this problem is that you'll want to use a G-Code Simulator, such as CNCCookbook's own G-Wizard Editor.
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A backplot of a program to engrave a CNC connector panel...
The red and green lines are showing you the motion of the tip of the cutter on this mill program. Red lines are for rapids: G0 movement. Green lines are for feed motion: G01 for straightlines and G02/03 for arcs. It's pretty easy to tell from the backplot whether there is some errant motion that will slam the tool tip down too far, for example.
Doesn't my CAM Program already have a Backplot for this purpose?
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A good simulator can do a lot more than just display a backplot; it can run through the program step by step and show you a great deal of information about what's going on. With GWE, a set of buttons similar to what is found on your CNC is used to control the simulation:
Simulator Controls...
To start a simulation, press the "Rewind" followed by "Cycle Start". You can control playback speed as a percentage of maximum with the Playback Speed controls. The Tortoise makes it run slow, the Hare makes it run fast and you can change the percentage as well. If you want to step through block by block, turn on the "Single Block" button. It will turn red to signify it is active. To exit the simulator and show only the finished Backplot, just press "Feed Hold".
Using these controls you can go through your program block by block. The "Special Stepping Controls" give you the ability to move ahead to points of interest more quickly:
- "5-Step" causes 5 blocks at a time to execute in Single Block mode instead of just one at a time. You can change the number of blocks this button will execute via the Simulator Options menu.
- "Next G00" moves the simulation ahead to the next G00. Often a g-code program will alternate between cutting moves and G00 moves to position for the next cut, so this is a convenient way to move forward.
- "Next G04" moves the simulator ahead to the next Dwell (G04). Why is that helpful? Dwells can be inserted almost anywhere in a program without causing a problem, so insert a Dwell in a place you want to be able to go to easily while debugging your program and use this button to get there quickly.
- "Next M06" moves the simulator ahead to the next Toolchange.
- "Next GOTO" moves the simulator ahead to the next place where the program jumps to a subroutine or block number. It's handy if you're trying to debug macros.
Simulator Screen Areas
When the Simulator is running, GWE displays quite a lot of additional information in a variety of screen areas:
Simulator screen areas labeled in red...
Each screen area is called out in the illustration above in red. Here is the function of each:
This area shows you the g-code. The line being executed is highlighted. The illustration shows the very top line highlighted. If you click on this pane, GWE will offer to stop the simulation so you can edit the code.
This shows you the backplot of the moves made up to the currently executing line.
Position is like the position display on your machine controller. It's showing you the X, Y, and Z coordinates, the Spindle RPM, the Feedrate, the current Tool, the Coolant status, and the time the program has run.
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Minimal offshore interests for All Blacks
July 22, 2009
Newcastle's Carl Hayman is thought to be one of the overseas-based Kiwis the All Blacks management are tracking © Getty Images
All Blacks assistant coach Wayne Smith has revealed that just two overseas-based New Zealanders are on the selectors' radar as preparations for the 2011 Rugby World Cup rumble into life.
Coach Graham Henry has signalled that planning for New Zealand's assault on the sport's biggest prize, that will be played out on home soil, will begin when the current Tri-Nations series ends. The debate as to who will make the final 30-man squad is set to intensify over the coming months but Smith has indicated that nearly all offshore-based players are out of the equation.
Of the 86 players to have featured in tests during the Henry regime, 35 now ply their trade at overseas clubs. However, Smith said only "a couple in the UK" were in line to feature.
While Smith refsued to confirm their identity it is obvious that Newcastle's tighthead prop and captain Carl Hayman will be a target, the 29-year-old having departed to England following the failed 2007 tournament.
The identity of the other may be Harlequins fly-half Nick Evans, 28, who was frustrated at his lack of opportunity behind Daniel Carter so sought greener pastures last year. Other possibilities on the hit list are Munster winger and New Zealand's most prolific Test tryscorer Doug Howlett, Leicester centre Aaron Mauger or Ospreys flanker Jerry Collins.
Smith said the ball is now in the court of the players concerned. They must return to New Zealand next year to become eligible.
"Anyone that wants to have a crack at the World Cup has to play in the Air NZ Cup and Super 14 and play their way back into the All Blacks," he said. "Of course there is nothing guaranteed. While guys have been overseas, there has been a lot of development and a lot of great young players that have won world championships at age-group level.
"There is going to be some real heat on over the next couple of years and that is great."
Luke McAlister is one prominent player to return from overseas this year and was fast-tracked straight into the black jersey. Veteran test lock Chris Jack is on his way home to the Crusaders via Western Province in South Africa's domestic competition. Jack opened his Currie Cup stint with a try in the opening minute of their first game and was named man of the match.
"He has been a great All Black, he's not that old," Smith said of 30-year-old Jack. "We have got a lot of depth in many positions now and lock is one of them. So it will be a contest for that position for sure."
Smith visited numerous players on a visit to Europe in March, including former rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams, but most of the meetings were on a casual basis.
"Some of them will be finishing playing but you want them to start learning about coaching and being able to contribute to the country so there are all sorts of reasons why you stay in touch to make them feel part of New Zealand rugby."
The vast majority of the 2011 squad will come from the current group, with Smith happy the New Zealand Rugby Union had convinced key players to fend off the lure of overseas riches.
"We have got all our players signed up through to the World Cup and even past the World Cup as well. We have worked hard at that over the last 12-18 months probably and targeting who are the must-haves."
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I mentioned that we have two dogs in my "about" section. (We have two cats too, but that's a different story.) We didn't set out to have two dogs, it just sort of happened.
MERIT (April 2001) (Merit was born sometime in September 1999, so she's currently 6.)
I started w/Merit. I worked at an ad company at the time and they had a dog policy. I know, most companies have a dog policy, which is "don't bring them to work". Our policy was to bring them on in. I had bought a condo w/a small yard the year before and felt that if I could bring the animal to work with me then it wasn't irresponsible to get a medium sized dog. Merit is a border collie/beagle mix (at least that's the info we got on her). She's super socialized and we dubbed her "The Princess". She's smart enough to understand her boundaries and just how close she can get to crossing them. She's spoiled and knows it. And in most respects she's really my first baby. I adopted her about a month before DS and I got engaged. I asked him to go with me when I went to the shelter, but he declined and a good friend from work (who is a dog person) went with me. I remember my friend was like, "How can you just go pick a dog out like that?" He felt you needed to research the breed, etc…I agree to a point. But I also remember telling him, "If my dog is there, she'll pick me." (I knew I wanted a female.) He thought I was so weird. But I was right. We saw Merit and took her into the greeting yard. My friend & I sat on this bench they had there. She came over to me and stood there wagging her tail, like asking permission to greet me. I patted my chest, like come on up and she promptly put both paws on my shoulders and nuzzled my neck. Basically she gave me a doggie hug. I know now that that she's actually pretty stingy w/the dog hugs, so I was right. She let me know I was hers. A family who said she was too hyper had brought her to the shelter, but really she just had puppy energy issues. She loved coming to work with me and it was a very rude awakening for her and I when I had to change jobs and no longer got to bring her.
MOWRY (October 2002) (Mowry was born sometime in March 2002. He is currently 3.)
So a year and a half later, my brother's family gets a dog. His wife (who really hasn't owned a dog before) wants a "puppy that will be a big dog." Having had a Lab growing up we (my family) all told her she was loony, but she insisted. They got a Lab/Border Collie mix and named him Mowry. He was about 6 months old. He promptly dug up their yard and chewed up bunch of lawn furniture. My SIL freaked out. A lot of Mowry's issue at that time was puppy stuff and being a Lab mix meant he had a lot of energy to do it with. Merit and he had had a couple of play dates and got along pretty well. So when it became apparent that they were not going to keep this dog we told them to bring him over. We figured we'd foster him and contact a local rescue group to help find him a home. (We would now be his fourth home in his first year of life.) We immediately enrolled him in obedience school and thought, if we can get him trained like Merit it would be a great for them to have each other (since we both have to work during the day). And Mowry has made great progress. But he has issues.
He's a chronic barker. We finally had to get him an electronic bark collar. Not the basic kind you get at Petco or something either. We had to graduate to hunting one (which is serious, trust me). I don't need to hear the debate on this one. I'm not a huge proponent of them, but we had literally tried everything else leading up to this. We were down to either this, debarking (which I think less of) or getting rid of him. There are a handful of animals that these are appropriate for and he is one of them. He will literally stand in the middle of the yard and bark at nothing for HOURS. He did it two weeks ago when the battery died on his collar. I thought I was going to have nervous breakdown. Our old neighbors had us cited over this, so we had to do something.
He used to be a chewer, and digger, but (knock on wood) he seems to have outgrown these behaviors. His other big issue is that he won't be confined. (Something they tell you to do with chronic barkers.) First, he broke out the front of an airplane crate (he was crate trained at one time). He broke the lock on it and then bent the wiring. My husband fixed it with rebar. So the dog chewed out the plastic in the back of it. (Have you seen the plastic on these things—this was no small feat. I would not have believed an animal could've done this if I hadn't seen it.) His mouth was a bloody mess. I felt so bad that he felt so panicked that way. That was the end of crating him. We've build "dog-runs" in both of our yards (we just moved to a new house in November). But it turns out Mowry can jump the gates on these. He seems content to stay in the main yard for now (but based on past experience I'm not counting on that lasting). Needless, we are feeling very at the end of our rope on this one. There are a bunch of other smaller issues. This post is already so long I'm not going to go through them, but they're notable in the fact that make us realize that Mowry's real issue is severe separation anxiety. We had a discussion last night about finally calling that rescue group to have him placed with another family. I pulled up info on it today and turned into a basket case over it. I just feel like no one else will put this kind of effort into him and he's going to end up being put down. He's only 3 and he's not a bad dog, he just needs a lot of attention. I don't think we're really the right family for him, we work and can't exercise him enough. We're about to have another kid and he doesn't deal well with these types of transitions. But if we're willing to put in the money and effort does that make us the right family? We understand our limitations, and the reality is that we have them—are we the right family for him? Is it fair to us (as a family) to constantly be dealing with this stuff? (The neighbors, fixing fences, etc…) I know we took him on and I'm not complaining, but it does create an additional level of stress on our family and it's not far to the family either.
It's so hard to know what to do. I really think he belongs with a family who has a significant yard, (like out in the country,) a SAHM and preferably has a couple of boys ages 8-12 who will help keep him occupied and tire him out regularly. But this family would have to be really committed to him. Moving him to another family will make his anxiety worse for some time. That's what scares me. I just don't know what do to about it anymore.
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Talking About the Tea Party
July 21, 2010 by staff
Talking About the Tea Party, (CNN) – Tea Party activist Mark Williams said he did discuss the controversy surrounding his attack on the NAACP, accusing a leading stock movement to transform the debate into a "personality conflict World Wrestling Style."
The National Federation of the Tea Party, an organization that seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement in the country has forced Williams and his Tea Party Express organization because of the blog post inflammatory Williams wrote last week, the federation is Speaker David Webb said Sunday. In response, Williams said in another statement on his blog that "I refused all media requests on this" and canceled a scheduled interview on CNN to discuss the controversy Sunday evening, citing a last minute change in travel plans.
"It partiea tea reckless person who took the mantle of leadership is long enough for converting a critical and serious and delicate peace with groups skeptical of a personality conflict with World Wrestling style me at the center, Mr. Williams said. "There are internal political dramas in various self-appointed tea party leaders, and some minor players on the fringes see the Tea Party Express and Mark Williams as tickets to a booking on" memory [sic ] nation. " "
Webb appeared on the CBS program Sunday morning to announce that Williams and the Tea Party Express – who has held a series of demonstrations across the country to generate support for the movement – were not part of the National Federation Tea Party.
"We in the past 24 hours, expelled Tea Party Express and Mark Williams of the National Federation Tea Party because of the letter he wrote," Webb said Williams, who is the blog of a satire fictitious letter what he called "Colored People" for President Abraham Lincoln.
NAACP President Ben Jealous met Williams statement saying CNN, "Good riddance, Mark Williams." But he praised Tea Party activists like Webb, who is African-American to stand up and "self-control" of their movement.
"As the movement grows, you must act responsibly and should continue to do what they just did to Mark Williams and make it clear there is no room for bigots here, period, "Jealous said.
Williams wrote the blog inflammatory response to a resolution that called NAACP leaders Tea Party to take action against racist elements in the movement. The 101 years of civil rights group cited signs carried in demonstrations Tea Party and racial slurs shouted at black members of Congress during the debate on health care as examples of racism in the movement.
"Mr. Lincoln," began the letter of fiction published by Williams. "We have mixed a vote and decided we did not cotton to that thing any empowerment. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take the consequences with the rewards. It's just too much to ask of us people of color and we demand that the stop! "
Williams went on to write that the movement Tea Party could not be racist because it opposed the government bailout for Wall Street banks and large corporations.
"Bonds welfare money just is not that great and we want all people of color to achieve?" The announcement said. "What kind of racist, trying to end well be a lot of money? What they should do is start the delivery rescues directly to us people of color! "
Williams, a conservative talk radio host, said the message was intended as a satire. He took the criticism mounted.
Some politicians questioned the Sunday Talk shows also said the movement Tea Party itself was not racist, but needed to stand out from all the elements that bring the prejudices and bigotry of its events.
"There are members who have used the Tea Party – from the Tea Party itself, there are some people who tried to exacerbate racial tensions in this country," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, said on CNN's "State of the Union. "" I saw virulent leaflets have been sent to our members, obviously referencing race, race and the President of the breed in general. "
On the same show, however, minority leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell R-Kentucky, kept out of the question, saying: "I am not interested in getting into this debate."
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