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The Five Pillars of Islam: Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
The fifth pillar of the Islamic faith is the Hajj or pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. This ritual is incumbent upon all able-bodied men and women with the economic means to safely travel to Mecca. If they meet this standard, then they have to perform the Pilgrimage at least once in their lifetimes.
The origins of this ritual date back to the time of the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him). He and his son, Ismail (Ishmael) built the Ka'bah in the city of Mecca over 4000 years ago although there are reports that the Ka'bah's original foundations as a center of worship of one God date back much further.
According to the Qur'an, Abraham was instructed to take his wife (Hagar) and their son, Ismail, and leave them in the middle of the desert as an act of faith that Allah would provide for them. He did this without question and his wife obeyed him after she confirmed that it was God that was instructing his Prophet to do this.
When Abraham (pbuh) left his wife, she ran between two small hills looking for water when she and her baby became thirsty. At this time, an angel revealed himself and through a miracle of God, water began flowing from the earth. This is the origin of the well of Zam-Zam that, over 4000 years later, is still providing fresh water to the citizens and visitors of Mecca. The water is said to have healing properties and is often brought back to share with family and friends after the successful completion of the Hajj.
To this day, as a part of the ritual of Hajj, Musilm men and women commemorate Hagar's running between these two hills called Safa and Marwa. In the modern era, the Saudi government has to accommodate massive numbers of people (nearly 3 million a year) so these hills have been enclosed in a three-story structure to allow for this sea of humanity to go back and forth in a timely fashion to complete the ritual.
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The story continues that a passing Bedouin tribe discovered Hagar with this source of fresh water that she claimed as her own. They negotiated with her to stay and dwell in the valley marking the origin of the city of Mecca. Later, Abraham returned on his travels to maintain contact with his wife and son in this new city. He later built the Ka'bah with Ismail as a site for pilgrimage and the worship of the One God that Abraham had been preaching about all of his life.
The Ka'bah literally means "cube" as it is a square shaped building. In and of itself, it is just a structure of brick and mortar. However, what it stands for is far more spiritually and philosophically important. It represents the focal point of unified worship in the one and only God, Allah ("The God") … monotheism, pure and simple. Everything revolves around that one concept for Muslims. For the mathematically inclined, it is a singularity … the infinity in the equation of this world that connects us all; that we all owe our existence to; and, that we will all return to one day.
As a part of the ritual of Hajj, Muslims circle the Ka'bah in acknowledgement of this reality and we all bow down and pray in this direction from all around the world. Mecca is the only city in the world where Muslims stand in circles as they pray surrounding the Ka'bah … but, like ripples radiating across a pond from a dropped pebble, the rows of prayer lines radiate outwards around the world until the curve, from the perception of the human mind, becomes lines to the physical eye. The spiritual eye, however, sees past this illusion and connects us with the divine and with each other wherever we are.
The most commonly performed sequence of Hajj is for Muslims to purify themselves with water and then put on the white garments of Hajj. By putting off all outer garments except these, Muslims make a statement to each other that they are all brothers and sisters and that money, wealth, status and the trappings of this world that separate us are put aside at this time.
The next step is to circle the Ka'bah seven times and then go back and forth between the two hills seven times. This is called "Thawaf" and "Sa'y" respectively.
Muslims then travel to a campground-like area outside of Mecca called Mina. The next day they will travel to Arafat. This is the main event if you will. It is here that Muslims will spend the day in intense prayer to Allah repenting of sins and asking for forgiveness. Those who cannot join the pilgrims are encouraged to fast in solidarity with them on the Day of Arafat wherever they are in the world.
At sunset, the pilgrims then depart for a valley called Muzdalifah where they will offer the evening prayer and stay the night. They then travel back to the Mina site.
It is here then that Muslims will complete the final stages of the Hajj by symbolically casting stones at the devil, circling the Ka'bah again and performing the Thawaf and Sa'y and, for men, shaving their heads. Women typically cut off some strands of hair. Muslims are also required to humanely sacrifice an animal at this time and share the meat with the poor and needy and relatives. This is why the celebration at the end of the Hajj is called Eid-ul-Adha, The Festival of the Sacrifice.
It is called this because of another significant event and that was the command from God for Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismail … a significant difference from the Jewish and Christian literature that reports the son as being Isaac. Both father and son humbly submitted their wills to God (the definition of Muslim) and were prepared to carry out this order when God revealed that they both had fulfilled the commandment and that they should instead sacrifice a ram.
The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, stated that a Hajj that is accepted by God means that a Muslim returns cleansed of all sins. A tabula rasa, or clean slate like the day he or she was born. The return of the pilgrims or Hajjis is greeted by family and community with well wishes and prayers to Allah to "accept their Hajj" and is a cause of celebration for everyone.
The Prophet (pbuh), in his farewell Hajj, gave a poignant speech that has been preserved for posterity because of it's timeless reminder to humanity. He spoke to a crowd of over 100,000 which was the largest gathering of Muslims at that time and gave them what is now known as his "Farewell Sermon."
"O People, lend me an attentive ear, for I know not whether after this year I shall ever be amongst you again. Therefore listen to what I am saying to you very carefully and TAKE THESE WORDS TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE PRESENT HERE TODAY.
O People, just as you regard this month, this day, this city as Sacred, so regard the life and property of every Muslim as a sacred trust. Return the goods entrusted to you to their rightful owners. Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. Remember that you will indeed meet your Lord, and that He will indeed reckon your deeds. Allah has forbidden you to take usury, therefore all usuryious obligation shall henceforth be waived. Your capital, however, is yours to keep. You will neither inflict nor suffer any inequity. Allah has Judged that there shall be no usury …
Beware of Satan, for he has lost all hope that he will ever be able to lead you astray in big things, so beware of following him in small things.
O People, it is true that you have certain rights with regards to your women, but they also have rights over you. Remember that you have taken them as your wives only under Allah's trust and with His permission. If they abide by your right then to them belongs the right to be fed and clothed in kindness. Do treat your women well and be kind to them for they are your partners and committed helpers. And it is your right that they do not make friends with any one of whom you do not approve, as well as never to be unchaste.
O People, listen to me in earnest, worship ALLAH, say your five daily prayers, fast during the month of Ramadan, and give your wealth in charity. Perform Hajj if you can afford to.
All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab; also a white person has no superiority over a black person nor does a black person have any superiority over white person except in piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood. Nothing shall be legitimate to a Muslim which belongs to a fellow Muslim unless it was given freely and willingly. Do not, therefore, do injustice to yourselves.
Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not stray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.
O People, NO PROPHET OR APOSTLE WILL COME AFTER ME AND NO NEW FAITH WILL BE BORN. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand words which I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Qur'an and my example and if you follow these you will never go astray.
All those who listen to me shall pass on my words to others and those to others again; and may the last ones understand my words better than those who listen to me directly. Be my witness, O Allah, that I have conveyed your message to your people."


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Trip Report: Illy Espressamente – Lisbon
Posted by TheShot on 13 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew
Back in July we reported on Illy's strategy for opening licensed Illy Espressamente cafés across Europe. During my travels in Portugal last month, I had the pleasure of encountering my first one in the unlikeliest of places.
In the perimeter wall of the recently remodelled Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno bullfighting arena, this fully owned & operated Illy shop actually serves one of the best espresso shots in Lisbon. Not that I have anything against Illy — they do a great many things right and well. But in America, I am so used to Illy beans that have travelled thousands of miles from Trieste, leeching out freshness and flavor in their air-tight cans. So by the time they reach San Francisco, they remain beans of the highest quality — just a bit on the stale side. This, as it turns out, marks the difference between Illy in America versus Illy in Europe.
As you would expect, the café has a newly designed, modern interior — spread out on two floors. The walls and aisles are decked with magazines, artwork, and Illy coffee cans on display. At the bar they offer a wide variety of espresso-based drinks, plus the usual European café options of hard liquor. Here the ristretto is listed separately from the standard café, and the café menu image of the café corretto shows a bottle of Nonino grappa — so you know you're in good hands.
Using a modern, three-group La Spaziale (one of the nicer models you almost never find in San Francisco), they pull an espresso with a great aroma — better than you get from Illy beans in the U.S. It has a thin layer of dark brown crema — surprisingly thin considering all other indications of quality. (It's the one thing they didn't get quite right.) The cup is flavorful, has a full body, and tastes of an herbal pungency and smoke. Served in Illy logo IPA cups with some coffee grit at the bottom, it still beats the pants off any Illy offerings in the U.S. And all for a mere 0,75€.
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Published: 01st March 2013 08:52 AM | Last Updated: 01st March 2013 08:52 AM | A+A A-
If there is one positive to come out of this it is that young players realise the dangers associated with taking drugs and systems are put in place in county dressing rooms to nip this kind of thing in the bud because we have seen with Maynard how something which seems harmless and a bit of fun can spiral out of control.
There are around 400 professional cricketers in England. It would be naive to think Tom's is an isolated case. There are bound to be more who have taken drugs in the past or are still doing it now.
We are never going to have a clean game because of the stresses the players live under. They are young men and need a release but you have to hope Maynard's death has acted as a wake-up call.
The England and Wales Cricket Board is going to introduce more testing for recreational drugs and that will frighten a few to clean up their act.
The Professional Cricketers' Association will also work on educating players and this week is holding a seminar with academy players which will address lifestyle choices. But testing and education can only go so far. County dressing rooms need their own form of self-regulation led by senior players.
You need mature personalities in dressing rooms. Players who can spot the night owls and keep them out of trouble. It worries me that this did not happen at Surrey. There will be a few people at the club close to Tom who will now have regrets. They may have seen him in situations when he was not behaving the way you expect and a few will be wishing they had spoken out.
This is where role models are important. They do not have to be experienced players. Alastair Cook was behaving like a role model at 22.
Joe Root is similar now. But the experienced players are the ones who can spot something before it starts. A dressing room needs mature players who do the right things, play hard and know the boundaries you do not cross.
There was a lack of those players at Surrey 12 months ago but next summer they will have Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith. Two men who are exactly the right kind of role models for young kids making their way in cricket.
I was brought up in county cricket in the 1990s. At Yorkshire we trained hard but there was a drinking culture. Seven pints the night before a Sunday League match was not uncommon. But I never once heard cocaine mentioned. I do not know of it ever being offered.
But cricket reflects society and times have changed. The drinking culture has largely gone. Power and speed is everything these days and you cannot drink seven pints and stay sharp.
But young county players now have a lot more money and if we are going to put 22-year-olds on six-figure salaries, which is happening in county cricket now, we have to be aware it comes with new dangers.
There are plenty of distractions and opportunities to take on a different lifestyle, particularly for those playing in London. Tom got himself mixed up with the wrong world.
I feel for his family. Tom was a great kid. Not one person I have spoken to has a bad word to say about him. We heard in court yesterday how he was described as a warm, fun personality always looking out for others.
He lost his life in the most tragic circumstances and I fear Tom's memory will always be linked to drugs. I hope people realise he was a good kid who lost a bright future.
I do not believe there is a big drug culture in cricket. And the drinking of my early days has largely gone now. The game is more professional. Fitness, power and speed are everything.
Most dressing rooms manage to police themselves but we have had an awful reminder of what can happen when these barriers are not in place.
You do not want to stop young players having fun and make them live like nuns but lessons have to be learnt from what happened to Tom.


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"The court decision in the proxy access case set an unreasonably high bar that the SEC is struggling to deal with as it implements Dodd-Frank," Roper says, and "the CFTC has already seen two of its rules challenged on these grounds."
Roper went on to say that "increasingly, commissioners who don't like rule proposals frame their dissent in ways that are designed to provide support for just such a legal challenge. The legislation would make the problem worse by increasing the requirements for the agencies with regard to the analysis—requiring, for example, that they analyze every possible alternative regulatory approach—and increasing the avenues for legal challenge on these grounds."
The same people who favor this approach, "also want to starve the two agencies of the funding they need to carry out their rulemaking obligations," she says. "If they really cared about improving the agencies' economic analysis—as opposed to just throwing additional sand in the wheels of the regulatory process—you'd think they be willing to fund it accordingly."
Dale Brown, president of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), says FSI supports the Red Tape Reduction Act, as the small businesses operated by FSI members "need relief from costly regulations. In addition, they want to see the SEC and CFTC succeed in their mission of protecting the financial markets and the public from fraud while fostering open, competitive and financially sound securities, futures and option markets."


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I have started to use an enterprise specific class for LaTeX, but have got a problem with usage system fonts in Ubuntu. The class uses the fontspec package, I have therefore been instructed to use XeTeX (i.e. the command xelatex instead of latex or pdflatex). However, the command
xelatex testfile.tex results in the following message:
! Package xkeyval Error: `TeX' undefined in families `Ligatures'.
See the xkeyval package documentation for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
l.61 \newfontfamily\headfont{Arial}
The class has previously been used on Mac and Windows and the font setup is as follows:
\newcommand\texthead[1]{\headfont #1}
It has been suggested that since XeTeX makes use of system fonts and the class file has worked flawlessly on Mac and Windows, the problem might be that Arial is not a name used in Ubuntu. I have tried to exchange
Arial with
Ubuntu Light in the setup code above, but that have not been any improvement.
Any suggestions please on how to move forward?
Due to the comment from Joseph Wright, I started investigate the class file in more detail. I managed to get the command
xelatex quickstart.tex to result in a PDF-file after having commented the line
and having replaced Helvetica with Arial in the following line
(The parameter enterprisetitlefont is used in a re-definition of the maketitle command.)
After having seen the comment by egreg, I removed
Ligatures=TeX from the
defaultfonfeatures line and it worked fine.
I am using the latest TeX Live distribution available in the Ubuntu Software Center and the version is called "texlive 2009-15".
New questions:
- Has
Mapping=tex-textin the very latest TeX distribution?
- Is there a better way to modify the original
defaultfonfeaturesline instead of simply removing
- How to get the
newfontfamilycommand to work with Helvetica instead of Arial? What should be added to the class file?


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How to Write an Informative Speech
Often students will need to learn how to write an informative speech sometime in the last couple of years of high school or first couple of years in college. Writing an informative speech has two primary considerations – length of the speech and flow. When first learning how to write an informative speech, students make the following two errors – length of speech is too short/too long or the wording selected is difficult to give due to the words being unnatural to the speaker.


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Rounders / Baseball (Part 3)
In this lesson we practice our skills and play a Baseball match.
Click on the play button to start the video. If your teacher asks you to pause the video and look at the worksheet you should:
- Click "Close Video"
- Click "Next" to view the activity
Your video will re-appear on the next page, and will stay paused in the right place.
Lesson Complete
You've now completed today's lesson - well done!
If you would like to complete other lessons from your schedule, click 'Schedule' below. If you would like to see more lessons from this subject, click 'Subject' below.


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A while ago I stumbled upon the concept of using spreadsheets (I mean cells and formulas not Macro code) as a way to specify programming logic. The idea is:
create a spreadsheet with a cleanly defined flow of calculations (which sometimes are better suited to the "dataflow" paradigm of spreadsheets instead of procedural or object oriented programming styles)
define input cells
define output cells
compile the whole thing into a stand-alone executable class (or function, procedure, ...)
use it in normal code within a broader software project
use the spreadsheet as source code to be maintained over time
The idea is to use this technique for problems the really fit into the model and that this would lead to naturally well-documented and easy maintainable code. I am interested in knowing whether you have experienced using the technique and what for. An example application that came to my mind are insurance tariff calculators, that are typically drafted, created and validated by actuaries on Excel sheets and only later coded (it's a painful process) in some hard-to-maintain programming logic.


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An obscure state agency is blocking the implementation of new restrictions on mercury pollution by refusing to print the rule in a record of administrative actions.
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- An obscure state agency is blocking the implementation of new restrictions on mercury pollution by refusing to print the rule in a record of administrative actions.
The Legislative Reference Bureau has sided with opponents of Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed rule and says it will not publish the text in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Publication puts an administrative rule into effect.
Rendell has sought to force the state's coal-fired power plants to cut mercury pollution by 90 percent by 2015. If it becomes official, Pennsylvania would become the nation's largest coal-mining and coal-burning state to approve a tougher-than-federal rule.
Once fully enforced, the rule could transform Pennsylvania from one of the biggest sources of mercury pollution into one of the cleaner coal-burning states. The state's 36 coal-fired plants send roughly five tons of mercury into the air each year.
Attorney General Tom Corbett's office certified the rule Dec. 29, after which the Rendell administration sought to publish it in the bulletin.
The state Senate voted last June to adopt the federal government's less strict mercury rule, and insists that it still has time to review the governor's proposal. But the governor's administration says that review period expired Nov. 30.
"We believe the regulations should be posted and that the Legislative Reference Bureau has overstepped ... the scope of its authority by not posting them," press secretary Kate Philips said Monday.
The bureau's director, Robert W. Zech Jr., would say only that his agency is drafting a response to a request Thursday by a Rendell lawyer that it publish the rule.
Opponents of the tougher rule say it could force some older coal-fired power plants out of business, costing jobs and pushing up electricity bills.
Smokestack mercury accumulates near power plants, working its way up through the food chain, accumulating in plants, fish and humans, state officials say. Children and fetuses are particularly vulnerable to effects of the toxic metal, which can damage the development of the nervous system, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Like the magicians in his movie The Prestige, Christopher Nolan uses clever tricks to put on amazing shows.
But, unlike displays of magic, Nolan's films lose none of their power when their creator describes just how they are put together.
"You try and get the audience to invest in cinematic reality," the London-born Nolan said about his Dark Knight trilogy in New York this week. "When I talk about reality in these films, it's often misconstrued as a direct reality, but it's really about a cinematic reality."
Notice that he said that he was trying to get the audience to "invest" in his cinematic reality – this storytelling strategy is a hallmark of Nolan's directing style. Don't just tell your story: get your audience pulled into it so deeply that they're invested in it. You might even say we're pulled in so deeply that we're like the characters in Inception who are taken on directed dreams.
How does Nolan do it? Speaking to a sold-out crowd at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, he offered some thoughts on cinematic realism as he practiced it in the Dark Knight movies.
Think Bond, James Bond.
Nolan told the Film Society's Scott Foundas that as an inspiration he looked to Agent 007.
"At a certain point the Bond films fixed in my head as great examples of scope and scale," Nolan said, adding that he was especially taken by the "globetrotting" aspect of the series and by the "idea of trying to get you along for the ride."
But as fantasy-driven as the 007 movies are, their plots were expressions of real anxieties.
"They were very specifically about Cold War fears," said Nolan of the Bond films of the 1960s. "They introduced the threat of nuclear terrorism very specifically for the first time in movies."
"If you look at Thunderball," he said, "it's actually pretty edgy."
Have Batman fight 21st century evils.
In the Dark Knight films, Gotham is facing threats that certainly call to mind contemporary terrorism.
"Taking on an action film set in a great American city post 9/11, if we were going to be honest in our fears, then we would come up against the idea of terrorism," says Nolan.
Introducing the terrorism subtext undoubtedly gives the Batman films more visceral impact.
"I felt a responsibility as a filmmaker to create first and foremost an entertainment, something that people could feel a distance from and enjoy, but I also felt a responsibility, even as an entertainer, to be honest about my fears," Nolan said.
Make the Batman movies action movies – not comic book movies.
Tim Burton, Nolan said, created a world "that Batman fits into – this great gothic vision that's consistent with the character of Batman. What I felt I hadn't seen – and I got from reading the comics – was an ordinary world in which we could be Gotham, so when Gotham sees Batman, he would be as extraordinary as we would see him in our world – he's an extraordinary character against the background of an ordinary world."
Invent something new that helps to reinvent something old.
Treating Batman Begins as an action movie also freed Nolan to look at it as a reboot, which he says was itself a new thing in movies in 2005.
"No one had done an origins story," he said. "It was this terrific gap in the pop culture history that we got to contribute to and explore."
And in writing a new story for Batman, there was lots to explain – for example, why did he wear his costume, what did it mean, how was it made?
"We started to enjoy coming up with those answers," Nolan said, and those answers helped to make Batman appear more cinematically real.
Get your audience to do the work.
Audiences are more easily pulled in when they can see how and why characters develop the way they do.
"I enjoy seeing the process of things coming together," Nolan said. "I think that's a great pleasure in movies."
But there's an ulterior artistic motive as well.
"It's also a way of, frankly, circumventing a lot of the suspicion an audience might have of something," he says.
In Inception, for example, Nolan thought that he might risk alienating audiences with a movie that was all about dreams. He was scared some viewers might take the attitude "it's just a dream, and it doesn't matter."
"The solution," Nolan said, "was to allow the audience in on the process of the creation of the dream – so the dream is not fooling the audience; they're complicit in fooling another third party."
The director applied the same idea to the Dark Knight movies: appear to show the audience how everything's done.
"With Batman, if he just arrived fully formed into an ordinary world, not a Tim Burton world, but a regular world, with the ears and the cape, it would have been laughable," said Nolan. "The way around it is to understand why he's doing that and to try and involve the audience in the mental process."
Think about all the time Nolan spends showing us the genesis of the Dark Knight, especially in Batman Begins. Then fast forward to the climax of The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman is stuck in a prison, literally in a hole in the ground, half the world away from Gotham City.
Once Batman makes his prison break, he still has to travel thousands of miles to get back home in time to thwart plans to destroy Gotham. Yet we never see how he makes the trip. The simple fact is that, by then, we don't need to. It just doesn't matter. Nolan has put so much time and effort in painstakingly laying out Batman's personal history, coupled with the difficult feat Batman's just pulled off, that we'll buy this plot development because it fits in with and furthers the telling of the story. We accept it because we want to.
Do your research.
A lot of preparation and research also goes into creating a verisimilitude that audiences will accept. Much of Nolan's research was into movies themselves. For example, he and his colleagues went through "every action movie ever made" to understand why and how genre formulas work.
Not surprisingly, Nolan is fascinated with timing. For example, he asks, how long do car chases in movies last?
"They're much shorter than you'd expect, and it's very useful to know that," he says. "They'll time out to four or five minutes, and you'd think they were ten minutes."
"If you actually put a stopwatch to these things, it's surprising," he explains.
It's not only about pacing, either. His interest in audience perceptions and expectations go to the thematic centers of the movies themselves.
"It's what I've been playing with in all my films," Nolan says. "The audience absorbs the film in a linear fashion; then it lives in a non-linear space in the brain." (Again, it sounds a little bit like Inception, doesn't it?)
Think photo-chemically, not digitally.
When Nolan shot the grand entrance of his villain Bane (Tom Hardy) into Gotham City in a football stadium in The Dark Knight Rises, the director didn't want computer-generated people in the stands. Instead, he brought in some 11,000 extras. And when Bane starts exploding the playing field itself, Nolan wanted to see the actual ground drop and extras falling into real holes.
"I've always pushed my team to try to do as much in camera, to try and get as much for real as possible so that whatever CG enhancements are going to happen are based on something that's in camera."
Of course, he uses digital effects, but he still shoots and edits on film. When you see projected film that was printed from an actual negative, with "no digital interference in the middle," he says, "it's a stunning image – it just looks spectacular."
Think BIG.
Roughly half of The Dark Knight Rises is shot in IMAX.
"It's the most immersive film format ever created," says Nolan. "When you project it onto one of those eight-storey high screens, it is the sharpest image imaginable."
Pick actors who ooze credibility.
Speaking about Irish actor Liam Neeson, who plays Bruce Wayne's original mentor in the first film, Nolan says, "The great thing about Liam is that he can sell you anything."
Nolan spoke about a moment when the two characters are talking, after Wayne (Christian Bale) has fallen through ice into freezing water. Nolan wrote a line of dialogue in which Neeson's character, watching Wayne rub his arms in front of a fire to keep warm, offers completely made-up advice.
"He says, 'Rub your chest and the arms will take care of themselves.'" Nolan said. "I pictured boy scouts all over the world freezing to death because I'd just made up this bit. I never went camping. I have no idea. But he says it, and you believe it."
Christopher Nolan also sat down for a Film Comment interview with the Film Society's Scott Foundas. In it, the two covered, and expanded upon, many of the same areas they discussed on Wednesday evening. For a transcript, click here.
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The Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a nonpartisan independent watchdog, told House Financial Services Chairman Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., and the ranking Democrat, Barney Frank of Massachusetts, in a letter on Tuesday that it opposes Bachus' bill to create a self-regulatory organization (SRO) to oversee advisors, H.R. 4624.
POGO, which investigates corruption, misconduct and conflicts of interest, told Bachus and Frank that it has joined others in "raising serious concerns" about the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which is said to be the lead SRO candidate. The SRO's "regulatory effectiveness is undermined by its inherent conflicts of interest, its lack of transparency and accountability, its lobbying expenditures, and its executive compensation packages, among other issues," Angela Canterbury, POGO's Director of Public Policy and Michael Smallberg, a POGO investigator, told the lawmakers.
The POGO officials said that "there is no substitute for governmental regulation of the investment advisor industry. Therefore, we urge the Committee to reject H.R. 4624."
In its letter, POGO then cites FINRA's "conflicted mission," which leads to "cozy ties with industry." FINRA, the watchdog says, "collects fees from its member firms and invests in the securities industry, while also assuming responsibility for regulating and disciplining these firms, raising concerns about an inherent conflict of mission."
POGO said it believes that FINRA's "inherently conflicted self-funding model has contributed to an incestuous relationship between FINRA and the industry it is tasked with regulating."
The watchdog also cited FINRA's "lack of transparency and accountability" and urged the House Financial Services Committee to "probe these issues before delegating any additional governmental authority to FINRA or another SRO." POGO cited a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which noted that one of the potential drawbacks of creating an SRO for private funds is that it would "limit transparency and accountability, as the SRO would be accountable primarily to its members rather than to Congress or the public."
In the case of FINRA, POGO says, "even industry groups have expressed frustration with the organization's lack of transparency and accountability. The Chamber of Commerce, for instance, has noted that FINRA is not bound by the system of checks and balances that applies to government agencies."
Yet another reason FINRA should not be an SRO candidate, POGO argues, is because FINRA spends an "excessive" amount on lobbying and executive compensation. "FINRA spent nearly $4 million on lobbying between 2008 and 2011, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, not to mention its significant expenditures on advertising and 'public interest' spots in national media outlets," POGO says. "These figures do not include the significant lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions made by FINRA's member firms."
POGO also cited various sources that have attested to the cost of an SRO for advisors.
"There is no question that the SEC—which is already working with limited resources to implement a wide range of requirements under the Dodd-Frank Act—would have to set aside significant budgetary and staffing resources to oversee an investment advisor SRO," the POGO letter states.
"In some cases, these oversight duties may even result in a duplication of efforts between the SEC and the SRO. POGO agrees with SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar's statement that creating an investment adviser SRO would be an 'illusory way of dealing with the problem of resources.'"
Read FINRA Hits Back in Battle Over Advisor SRO on AdvisorOne.


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CFO Moves this week include:
|Moody's Corporation
|Danaher Corporation
|GoDaddy Inc.
|Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
|Sonic Corp.
|Motif Bio plc
|True Temper Sports
|Fred's Inc.
|Automation Anywhere
|Connance Inc
|Fidelis Cybersecurity
|SOLE Financial
|DropCar, Inc.
|Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
|Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.,
|The Mosaic Company
|Quorum Health Corporation
|Super Micro Computer, Inc.
|Civitas Capital Group
|Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Lucas Group
|Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
|Superior Energy Services, Inc.
|Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC
|Next Group Holdings, Inc.
|Inspira Financial Inc.
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Moody's Corporation [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MCO) announced that Linda S. Huber is leaving to pursue other opportunities after more than 12 years of service as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Huber joined Moody's in May 2005 from U.S. Trust Company, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She previously worked in increasingly senior roles at Freeman & Co., PepsiCo, Bankers Trust Company and First Boston Corporation. She also held the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army, where she served from 1980 to 1984.
Airbnb [SAN FRANCISCO] announced that Chief Financial Officer Laurence Tosi will be leaving Airbnb.
Danaher Corporation [WASHINGTON] (NYSE: DHR) announced that Matthew R. McGrew, Group CFO of the Company's Diagnostics and Dental platforms, will succeed Daniel L. Comas as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. McGrew has served as a Danaher Group CFO since 2012. He served as Vice President, Investor Relations from 2009 to 2014 and started at Danaher in 2004 as Director, M&A Finance. Prior to joining Danaher, Mr. McGrew was a Director in the Transaction Services Group at KPMG.
GoDaddy Inc. [SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.] (NYSE: GDDY) announced that Mark Garrett has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Garrett, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Adobe, brings deep financial technology leadership to the board. Mr. Garrett, who will retire later this year, joined Adobe as Executive Vice President and CFO in 2007. He was named "Public Company CFO of the Year" by the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2015 and, Institutional Investor Magazine ranked him No. 1 in the Best Software CFO category by sell-side analysts in 2017. Prior to Adobe, Mr. Garrett was EVP and CFO at Documentum. Mr. Garrett was also Senior Vice President and CFO of EMC's software group.
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. [CLEARWATER, Fla.] (NYSE: HRTG) announced that it has appointed Kirk H. Lusk as its Chief Financial Officer. Until April 28, 2018, Mr. Lusk will serve as co-Chief Financial Officer with Steven Martindale, the Company's current Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Martindale's contract expires on April 28, 2018, and he intends to pursue financial consulting opportunities. Mr. Lusk joined the Heritage team on November 30, 2017, when the Company acquired NBIC Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (collectively, "NBIC"). Mr. Lusk served as Chief Financial Officer for NBIC since January 2013. Prior to NBIC, Mr. Lusk served as International Chief Financial Officer of Aetna, Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Alea Group Holdings Bermuda Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation Global Casualty and GE Capital Auto Warranty Services.
Sonic Corp. [OKLAHOMA CITY] (NASDAQ: SONC) announced the promotion of Corey R. Horsch to chief financial officer. He replaces Claudia S. San Pedro, who most recently served the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and was just promoted to President of the company. Mr. Horsch joined Sonic as vice president of investor relations and treasurer in 2015.
Motif Bio plc [NEW YORK] (AIM: MTFB) (NASDAQ: MTFB) announced that Robert Dickey IV has informed the Company of his intention to resign from his role as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Jonathan E. Gold, currently a Non-executive Director of the Company, has agreed to serve as interim CFO. Mr. Gold has a background of senior financial positions and is currently Managing Director of JEG Capital Partners LLC. He previously was a portfolio manager for the Federated Kaufmann Funds. Prior to that, Mr. Gold was a partner in Amphion Capital and Wolfensohn Partners.
True Temper Sports [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] announced the hiring of Jason Jenne as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenne recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fred's Inc. Mr. Jenne previously served in several senior leadership roles within True Temper Sports during his 18 year career at the company prior to departing in 2016 to pursue other professional leadership opportunities.
Fred's Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FRED) announced the appointment of Joseph Anto as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anto succeeds Jason Jenne, who is leaving the Company. Previously, Mr. Anto served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A at MediaNews Group, Inc., where he has served in various capacities since 2013. Additionally, he has been working with Fred's in a consulting capacity over the past seven months.
Automation Anywhere [SAN JOSE, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Clyde Hosein as Chief Financial Officer. most recently he was Chief Financial Officer at RingCentral. He also served as CFO at Marvell Technology Group, as well as IDTI and Candescent. Prior to this, Hosein spent fourteen years at IBM in various finance, engineering and operational roles.
Connance Inc. [WALTHAM, MASS.] announced that D. Tyler Drolet has been named chief financial officer. Drolet joins Connance from Qvidian, where he served as chief financial officer. Prior to Qvidian, he was CFO for Active Endpoints. Drolet began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP.
Fidelis Cybersecurity [BETHESDA, Md.] announced Kurt Abkemeier as chief financial officer of the company. Abkemeier joined the company in July 2017. Prior to joining Fidelis, Abkemeier served as the CFO for Progress Software. Before Progress, Abkemeier was the CFO of Inteliquent. In addition to these two roles, during his career, Abkemeier also held senior executive positions at Cbeyond Inc. and AirGate PCS.
LendingPoint [KENNESAW, Ga.] announced that Antonio Martino has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Most recently Antonio was Director, Citi Corporate Treasury. Previously, Martino served as CFO of Citibank in Turkey and across Central Europe, with roles in Istanbul and Budapest, Hungary. In addition, Martino was Finance Director of Citibank Poland's consumer banking division in Poland and Vice President of Finance within Citibank credit card business in Canada. Martino started his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young.
SOLE Financial [PORTLAND, Ore.] promoted Dawn Koenninger to Chief Financial Officer.
DropCar, Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: DCAR) announced the appointment of Paul Commons as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Commons served as Chief Financial Officer for Zipz Inc. He previously worked at WPC Worldwide. He has also held executive positions at Voxware Inc., VPIsystems and RCN Corporation.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced that Dennis Olis has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Since May of 2017, Olis has been serving as Allscripts interim Chief Financial Officer. Olis joined Allscripts in November 2012 as the Company's Senior Vice President, Operations. From November 2016 to May 2017, he served as Allscripts Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. [WESTERLY, R.I.] (NASDAQ: WASH) announced that Ronald S. Ohsberg has assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation and the Bank, having previously announced retirement of David V. Devault, who served as Washington Trust's Vice Chair, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.
The Mosaic Company [PLYMOUTH, Minn.] (NYSE: MOS) announced that Rich Mack will step down from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and leave the company in May of 2018. Anthony T. "Tony" Brausen will serve as Senior Vice President – Finance and interim CFO, until the position is filled permanently. He will also serve as the Company's designated principal accounting officer. Tony has led Mosaic's accounting, financial analysis and reporting, treasury, tax, information technology and business unit finance teams.
Quorum Health Corporation [BRENTWOOD, Tenn.] (NYSE: QHC) announced that Michael J. Culotta will resign as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Culotta has served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since the Company's spin-off from Community Health Systems, Inc. in April 2016. In connection with Mr. Culotta's planned departure, Alfred Lumsdaine will be appointed to serve as Executive Vice President of Finance. Mr. Lumsdaine will then succeed Mr. Culotta in the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer immediately following Mr. Culotta's resignation. Mr. Lumsdaine most recently served as President of Population Health for Sharecare, a position he has held since 2016. Prior to joining Sharecare, Mr. Lumsdaine served as chief financial officer of Tivity Health, Inc. since 2011. Previously, Mr. Lumsdaine was controller and chief accounting officer at Tivity Health, Inc., a role he assumed in 2002 when he first joined the company. Prior to joining Tivity Health, Inc., Mr. Lumsdaine held the position of Treasurer and Controller for Logisco, Inc., which followed senior level financial positions with Aegis Therapies and Theraphysics. Mr. Lumsdaine started his career with the Nashville office of Ernst & Young.
Super Micro Computer, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif](NASDAQ: SMCI) announced that Kevin Bauer has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Bauer joined Supermicro in January 2017 and has previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy. Prior to joining Supermicro, Mr. Bauer was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation from February 2014 until its sale to Diodes Inc. in November 2015 and, thereafter, assisted Diodes with the integration of Pericom until November 2016. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Exar Corporation from June 2009 through December 2012 and Corporate Controller from August 2004 to June 2009.
Civitas Capital Group [DALLAS] announced Eugene "Gene" Fullam as Chief Financial Officer and a Managing Director. Most recently, Fullam was appointed executive director of economic development and commerce at the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center. Fullam has high-level experience across an array of investment firms, including Citigroup, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, and Standard & Poor's. He later served as COO and CFO at International Bond & Marine.
Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [DURHAM, N.C.] (NASDAQ: DOVA) announced the appointment of Mark W. Hahn as the company's Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Doug Blankenship, who is retiring. Mr. Hahn previously served as the Chief Financial officer of Cempra, Inc. from 2010 until it was acquired by Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. in November 2017. Prior to joining Cempra, from 2008 to 2009, Mark was the Chief Financial Officer for Athenix. Before taking on operating roles at corporations, Mark spent twelve years at Ernst and Young.
Lucas Group [ATLANTA] announced the promotion of Mark Hinshaw to the organization's Chief Financial Officer. Hinshaw previously served as Vice President of Finance, joining Lucas Group in 2016. Throughout his career, Hinshaw has served in various financial roles from Controller to Senior Vice President of Portfolio Analytics.
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation [JERSEY CITY, N.J.] (NYSE: CLI) announced the appointment of David J. Smetana as chief financial officer. Mr. Smetana will begin to perform his duties as chief financial officer upon the departure of Anthony Krug, who will be leaving Mack-Cali to pursue other opportunities. Most recently, David was a managing director and REIT securities analyst on Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Global REIT Securities Team from 2001 to 2017. Previously, Mr. Smetana was a REIT investment banker at Morgan Stanley and was part of Morgan Stanley's Real Estate Special Situations Fund from 1997 to 2001.
Superior Energy Services, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: SPN) announced that it has appointed Westervelt "Westy" T. Ballard, Jr. as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ballard will succeed Robert S. Taylor, who is retiring after 22 years of service to the Company. Since 2012, Mr. Ballard has served as Executive Vice President. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Corporate Development after joining the Company in 2007. Before joining the Company, he spent eight years as a private equity and M&A professional. Mr. Ballard began his professional career in the United States Marine Corps as an infantry officer.
UniBank [LYNNWOOD, Wash.] announced the appointment of Simon Bai as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He joins the Bank from Puget Sound Bank where he served as the VP of Financial Reporting and Analytics.
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC [WILMINGTON, N.C.] announced that Maria Teresa Hilado, chief financial officer of Allergan, has been named to PPD's board of directors. Hilado has served as CFO of Allergan since December 2014, and she plans to retire from the company in the first quarter of 2018. Prior to joining Allergan, Hilado served as senior vice president, finance and treasurer of PepsiCo Inc. from 2009 to 2014. She previously served as vice president and treasurer for Schering-Plough Corp. from 2008 to 2009 and had spent more than 17 years with General Motors Co. in leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including assistant treasurer from 2006 to 2008 and CFO, GMAC Commercial Finance LLC from 2001 to 2005. She began her career with Far East Bank and Trust Co. in Manila, Philippines.
DocuTAP [SIOUX FALLS, S.D.] announced the appointment of Robert Rueckl as Chief Financial Officer. Rueckl's extensive experience goes well beyond the realm of finance management, having navigated ever-changing market conditions in public, private-equity and multi-national companies. He has also led acquisitions at software-as-a-service companies in both the CFO and CEO roles.
Next Group Holdings, Inc. [MIAMI] (OTCQB: NXGH) announced that Michael Naparstek has joined Next Group Holdings, Inc. as its global Chief Financial Officer after serving as the Lead Engagement Partner if its Independent Registered Accounting Firm the last two years. Michael also served as CFO of a dot.com which went public, and as Director of Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting for a New York Stock Exchange air cargo company. Michael is a former Vice-Chair of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee. Prior to joining the Firm, Michael spent 7 years at a Top 20 New York City-based national accounting firm as Partner in the National Office, as well as a Director in a Big 4 accounting firm's National Risk and Assurance Office.
BLKBOX [NEW YORK] announced that the Company has appointed Brent Dial as Chief Financial Officer. Dial was the former CFO of Anheuser-Busch InBev North America's $1bn High-End Business Unit.
Inspira Financial Inc. [BOCA RATON, FLORIDA] (TSX VENTURE: LND) announced that it has appointed Peder Sahlin as the Chief Financial Officer. Peder was previously the CFO for Regulus Alliance, and previously held the CFO position at Avalanche Group and Premier Capital Investors.


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The "factory of the future" is looking a lot like the Internet: Pockets of data creators and data users all linked together by a wire. Sounds like computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), yes? But this time, information technologists and their suppliers may have gotten it right.
The Internet offers a backbone for low-cost, frequent communication between manufacturing enterprises and their suppliers. Secure internal networks using the same Internet technology promote communication within the enterprise, especially the factory floor itself. These "intranets" can also be made available to both supplier partners and customers through secure Web sites.
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What's making this all possible is Java. "Java is the principal language that links and brings a lot of the pieces together," said Reed Hornberger, director of Manufacturing Market Development for Sun Microsystems at Sun's Open Manufacturing seminar in Boston three months ago (which is, admittedly, a veritable lifetime in computer technology). Added Mark Tolliver, vice president of Market Development for Sun Microsystems, "Java's Web-based Internet and intranet computing is what client/server was supposed to be."
Talking about Java and its relation to making things is not some vendor's pipe dream. Java's credentials are gaining acceptance by both users and application developers. According to Forrester Research, 84% of the Fortune 1000 are already working with Java, or have plans to do so within the year. In the future, small programs written in Java, "applets," will let your customers down the supply chain order products and services over the Internet. Other applets will automatically generate new manufacturing orders that will travel back through the supply chain to all concerned suppliers—and to your factory floor.
In this way, future Java-based communications will go beyond E-mail and simple requests for information. They will involve manufacturing execution, resource planning and scheduling, and supply chain management.
Listening for the "webtone"
Once upon a time, having computers as power tools was dominant. Now communications and content dominate. "It's not that the phone company was right all along, but that the underlying model from the phone industry has proven more durable than we might have realized," said Jim Herriot, Senior Java Technologist for Sun Microsystems. This model is not just about getting information. It's about getting valuable, timely information, and that information is all out "there" on the Internet.
The model for information technology has also changed. In the "first era of computing," continued Herriot, terminals were connected to mainframes. All the complexity associated with computerization was on the backend; however, users had limited compute power at their fingertips.
The second era of computing put a personal computer (PC) on every desktop. Users had a virtual mainframe at their fingertips, but the cost of ownership was high. Gartner Group and others estimate PC and related system administration costs are about $8,000 to $12,000 per year per desktop.
These two eras of computing have shown that simplicity and power on the desktop is a good idea. Take your telephone, for instance. Here's a simple device connected by a dial tone and wire to a complex system that lets you talk to anyone in the world with a similar phone. Extra features, such as call waiting and automated callback, are added to your phone from the phone company's mainframe and at your request.
Hence the third era of computing. This is where a thin-client desktop computer replaces the telephone, and where a "webtone" replaces the dial tone. Networked computers are connected together by servers. "Now there's power on my side of the webtone and complexity on the backside of the dial tone," said Herriot.
Unfortunately, the telephone model goes just so far. The twelve buttons on the telephone are simply not enough. Said Herriot, mimicking the automated voice we've all come to know and hate, "Press one for frustration." Herriot pointed out that we want our desktop computers to change personality at will. To do that requires changing software and distributing several orders of magnitude more software.
But software distribution ain't easy. The combinations of hardware and operating systems are huge. The capacity of the distribution channel—the Internet—is not infinite. And distributing code over the Internet raises security issues.
Java aims to solve those problems.
Java Explained
Developed by Sun Microsystems, Java is an interpretive programming language with its own programming environment. It's a smaller, simpler form of C++, an object-based program language. Entire applications can be broken up into smaller Java applications, called applets on the client side and servlets on the server side.
Applets and servlets run in a virtual computer called the Java platform. This platform consists of two main components. A Java Virtual Machine (JVM) sits between Java code and a computer's native operating system. JVMs translate the Java code into executables that the computer can run. Then Java Classes or a set of Java application programming interfaces provide the interface between the JVM and the applets and servlets.
JVMs can run on all derivatives of Windows, OS/2, Macintosh, and Unix machines, as well as networked computers. JVMs run on top of these operating systems either directly or within larger applications. For instance, the latest Web browsers from Microsoft and Netscape contain JVMs. These JVMs run animations and interactive applets downloaded from various Web sites. Theoretically, the same Java applets appearing on a Web page anywhere on the Internet can run on any computer running those Web browsers.
Microsoft claims that Java is essentially an Internet operating system (OS). A Java OS can exist as a minimal OS to run with a JVM. Together, Java OS and the JVMs could work on any computing device, from servers to desktops, from network computers to factory sensors, from intelligent credit cards to microprocessor-enhanced jewelry.
As an OS, Java essentially makes the computer platform irrelevant because it can run on all platforms. This is why Java is such a threat to Microsoft. However, there's one major qualifier: Java applets can run anywhere only if they are based on "100% Pure Java." According to a lawsuit initiated by Sun against Microsoft in early October, Microsoft is supposedly creating applications that are not "100% Pure Java."
In operation, Java applets contained in a server somewhere on the Internet are "squirted" across the Internet to your desktop when you click on the appropriate link on the Web page you're viewing. This software-on-demand reduces the bloatware so common in today's office suite applications.
Once in your computer, the applets run in the JVM—that computer within your computer—that came with the Web browser you use. The Java code that comes over the network will only run on that inner computer. Before this code runs, a verifier mathematically ensures against bad things from happening, such as the "worm" that brought part of the Internet to a standstill a few years ago. This helps clear some of the security issues in distributing software and accessing proprietary information over the Internet.
As an interpretive language, Java requires no compiling process. So users can change application components on-line and on-the-fly, components that can immediately be put to use. "Dynamic configurability" gives you far more time—more freedom—to make changes to your business and production processes, and the applications that monitor and execute those processes.
But what does Java do?
Java applets are being used today and more are coming. Cummins Engine Company, Inc. (Columbus, IN) needed a way to distribute service information about its engines worldwide. "Producing torques is not enough," said George Brunemann, Manager of Total System Architecture. "Now users want to get information." This information includes repair procedures, product bulletins, and assembly drawings that are contained in service manuals distributed quarterly, monthly bulletins, and release updates emailed daily. Rather than force its users to search for information in three places, Cummins put all of this information on a CD-ROM.
Now through any Java-based browser, users can access the information pertinent to the specific product being serviced. Regardless of whether the information is on the CD-ROM, an intranet, or across the Internet, Java components running on any platform manage the presentation of that information. For Cummins, Java's promise of "write once, run anywhere" is a "business necessity" according to Brunemann. "Cummins is an engine company, not a software company. For us, Java is not just a language, it's a reusability environment."
Accessing and working on information from any compute platform is critical for the operating resource management (ORM) system from Ariba Technologies (Mountain View, CA). Unlike manufacturing resource planning, financial, and human resource solutions, an ORM solution really has to go out to everybody in a company, according to Paul Touw, Ariba's Director of Business Development. Given that, Ariba's ORM is a networked application with Java applications running on thin-client workstations throughout the enterprise and Java adapters to embrace, that is integrate, existing enterprise resource planning and human resource applications, databases, messaging systems, and so on. "We have a subarchitecture that uses the network as a virtual database rather than have individual applications write to a database by itself," explained Touw.
Another vendor, Parametric Technology Corp. (PTC; Waltham, MA), is rewriting its applications in Java. PTC expects this to minimize development, software testing, and support costs. Better, Java and Netscape's JavaScript will make PTC's product modeling solutions a "dynamic content environment." "Java gives us the ability to create an application that can go out, get information, filter it, and return the pertinent information to the user, regardless of the platforms involved," said Jim Baum, PTC's Senior Vice President of Information Technology Applications.
From PTC's perspective, a Java-based client/server architecture can serve massive amounts of data in a secure fashion to large numbers of geographically dispersed users. To everyone involved, the Java-based system looks like an easy-to-use, hardware-independent platform. Asserted Baum, "That's imperative in the hardware design community because supporting electronic design automation solutions from one platform to another is extremely cumbersome for the industry. And it's proven to be a productivity loser for us, as well."
The control vendors are basically in the same boat. The Process Control Div. of Westinghouse Software Products (Pittsburgh, PA) is using a suite of Java applets for its Ovation industrial process control system. These applets show dynamic, real-time process data in web pages displayed on PCs that are on a local or wide area network, or linked through a dial-up connection. No process applications reside permanently on the PC. The only necessity is a Java-based browser on the thin-client desktop; Westinghouse's WSP WAVE, an acronym for Web Access View Enabler, does all the rest. Computer hardware costs and maintenance, as well as software development, is minimized; code is reused; platform independence is maintained; and existing applications and IT infrastructure remain usable.
These same benefits—and more—apply to Web-enabled process control. "We have half a billion dollars of installed base. Nobody is going to rip this out overnight," said Paul Bennison, Director of Market Development for Groupe Schneider (North Andover, MA). This installed base consists of instrumentation, electrical relays, and controllers, as well as computer networks and other information technologies. Now throw in client/server components, Java, browsers, and commercial technology like Ethernet. The resulting mix, explained Bennison:
- Eliminates database duplication
- Makes data universally accessible over a variety of OSs
- Moves data closer to the consumer
- Exposes data in a way that is meaningful to a browser/thin client.
"Java will enable a homogeneous view of a heterogeneous environment. We really can do what basically everybody has been trying to do," noted Bennison.
Like CIM.
Manufacturing's brave new day
Sun's Hornberger is "convinced" that the Web-based capabilities from Java are going "to further empower the worker down on the factory floor. That person will now be able to produce, publish, and access information. That's what will help us deal with the velocity of change. A lot of times we're struggling just trying to communicate to all the parties that need to see and get to information.
"Java provides architectures and technologies that will move manufacturing companies above the noise level of day-to-day change and turmoil. We can now get to information faster—deal with the real difficult problems rather than the communications and infrastructure problems."
Brewing Up Java Applications
Several software vendors are moving their manufacturing and business applications to the Java platform. Implementing these applications should let users reduce the costs in developing, deploying, and maintaining the manufacturing enterprise's information systems. Here is a partial list of independent software vendors currently developing Java-based manufacturing applications:
•Ariba—operating resource management
•Baan—enterprise resource planning
•CAE Systems—design automation
•Computervision—product data management
•Documentum—document management
•Foxboro—process control
•Groupe Schneider—process control
•i2—supply chain management
•Industrial Computer Corporation—manufacturing execution systems
•Mentor Graphics—design automation
•Metaphase—product data management
•Parametric Technology Corporation—design automation
•Peoplesoft—enterprise resource planning
•QAD—supply chain management
•SAP—enterprise resource planning
•Synchronicity—electronic design automation project management
•Trilogy—supply chain management
•Westinghouse—process control
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|Step 6: Why use weights?
Weight training doesn't just make your muscles stronger; it also works on your tendons, ligaments, and bones. It has a variety of benefits, including:
- Making your joints stronger -- allowing the joints to withstand more weight or stress when, for example, you exercise more vigorously
- Helping prevent osteoporosis by increasing bone mass
- Promoting weight loss by adding muscle mass and losing fat
Weight training makes your muscles stronger through a series of breakdown and rebuilding cycles. When you force your muscles to lift more weight than usual, your muscle fibers literally tear. During the 1 - 3 days afterwards, your body repairs these microscopic tears, in part by adding more muscle tissue to the fibers. This process increases muscle mass and strength; it also strengthens tendons, ligaments, and bone.
Many people (especially women) fear that lifting weights will make them "bulky" or look like a body-builder. In general, using lighter weights and doing more repetitions ensures strength and toning without building bulk.
Because it takes a few days for your muscles to "recover" from weight training, wait at least 2 days before you attempt to use weights to train the same muscles. Fitness professionals often recommend training the upper body (arms, shoulders, and chest) and lower body (back, legs, abdomen) on alternate days.
Exercise both your upper and lower body with weights to get the maximum benefit
Who should lift weights?
Just about everyone can benefit from moderate weight training, especially people who are at risk for osteoporosis. Women who do not regularly do weight-bearing exercise against the resistance of gravity may benefit in particular. (Non-exercisers, swimmers, and cyclists: This means you!)
Since your individual circumstances dictate what you need from a weight-training program, consult a fitness professional, along with your primary care provider, to help you develop a specific set of exercises.
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