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Giving Thanks for Community: Heroes Emerge Amid Hurricane Sandy's Wrath
" Throughout this tragedy, the response of churches, community organizations, and neighbors was inspiring. Volunteers stationed near one closed FEMA office continued to hand out supplies. While thousands of families remained without temporary housing or heat two weeks after the disaster, in even the earliest days of the tragedy, residents north of 40th Street in Manhattan who still had power took in people who had lost theirs.
Church community halls and gyms teemed with donations that had been rushed in from across the country. These included more than 2,500 boxes of coats, winter clothes, diapers, and other supplies from Mormon congregations in D.C. and surrounding areas, which hundreds of volunteers sorted and loaded into five 26-foot trucks.
The immediate responses of neighbor-to-neighbor outreach in the first hours of the disaster were nothing short of heroic. In the devastated Belle Harbor community of New York City, one man created a lifeline from twine, rope, extension cords, and lamp cords that families clung to as they escaped from a raging fire through torrential flood waters in the streets. Another man moved through chest-high waters, shepherding two women—with a toddler on his shoulders—to safety.
Another Belle Harbor resident, who was out of the state when the hurricane hit, drove for 20 hours to the devastated community in his truck, which was loaded with generators, pumps, and supplies that he had maxed out his credit card to purchase "
Related articles
- photos: Hurricane Sandy destruction in Belle Harbor & Neponsit in The Rockaways (brooklynvegan.com)
- After Sandy: Devastation and determination in Belle Harbor (cbsnews.com)
- Belle Harbor Man Who Saved Neighbors During Sandy To Launch Charitable Foundation (newyork.cbslocal.com)
- Belle Harbor, NY: 11/2/12 (ireport.cnn.com)
- Mormons Uniquely Ready To Respond To Disasters Like Sandy (wnyc.org)
- Belle Harbor Residents Tell Harrowing Stories From Sandy On '60 Minutes' (newyork.cbslocal.com)


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NorCal families connect with loved ones near Boston
Boston lockdown affects family members in Calif.
More than one million people in the greater Boston area were shutin on Friday, following a lockdown of the city of Boston.
That lockdown had repercussions 3,000 miles away in California, where people reached out to friends and family living back East.
KCRA 3 found two Carmichael families directly affected by the tragic shootings in Boston and the shutdown of the city.
Harvard medical student Kesav Raghavan received multiple phone warnings from school. He was home in Carmichael this week, studying for his medical exams.
"I've been calling some of my friends who are still back there in Boston and always going online to check," he told KCRA 3.
Fortunately, all of Raghavan's friends are safe and unharmed.
Just a few miles away, another Carmichael family used Skype and cellphones to talk to their daughter and son-in-law who live just 100 yards from the Boston city limit.
"We probably talk three times a day," said Bill Hambrick, whose daughter Melanie Laskowski lives in Milton, Mass. "I send out a couple of texts every day: 'What's going on? How are you doing? Are you at work? Are you at home?'"
Friday's lockdown in Boston prevented Hambrick's son-in-law, Craig Laskowski from getting to work downtown.
Laskowski told KCRA 3 via Skype, "I was one of the lucky ones. I got a notification early this morning from my company saying we're initiating our work-at-home policy. I was able to skip out."
Craig and Melanie Laskowski stayed home on Friday in Milton, Massachusetts, which brought great relief to Melanie's parents.
Both Bill Hambrick and Leigh Rutledge are experienced Boston Marathoners who just visited their family three weeks ago.
"We're glad they're home," Rutledge told KCRA 3. "You know we're just glad they're home and safe."
Liz Eradi, a freshman at the Boston Conservatory, was at school three blocks from the finish line of Monday's marathon, when the bombs went off.
"It was shocking," said Eradi. "We turned on the news and basically got calls from 100 people. We could hear sirens outside our room."
Eradi is one of hundreds of students who was told she could not leave her dorm.
"I woke up to sirens," Eradi told KCRA 3. "I got emails from school to stay inside and that classes were cancelled."
Eradi grew up and went to Saint Mary's High School in Stockton. She said her parents, Dennis and Patsy Eradi, were so relieved to hear she was OK.
"I think it was a scary week for them because I am 3,000 miles away and there is nothing they can do. Even the airports were closed," said Eradi.
KCRA 3 also spoke by phone with Kristen Manfield, a sophomore at Boston University.
Manfield told KCRA 3 she was on lockdown for 12 hours in her dorm room on Friday, with only a brief break that allowed her to go to the school cafeteria.
The Boston University student said she received calls and text messages constantly from family and friends.


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Pro Bowl lineman Jason Babin missed the start of Eagles OTAs because he was stuck in Alaska, shooting at bears and just being a man. He was somewhere in the Frozen North hunting brown bear when a storm rolled in, making it impossible to fly back to Pennsylvania on time.
He never actually did kill any bears (the photo is from a previous, more successful hunting trip). So what did Babin do during the extra few days he was stranded by the weather?
Feeding his primal heart of darkness is a natural hobby for a guy whose day job is to smash other humans into paste. But perhaps that testosterone tank isn't quite topped off. Since Babin will have some more time between OTAs and the formal start of training camp, of course he's going to go run with the bulls in Pamplona.
He says he's ready for it—"I broke the tape down like game film"—but are the Eagles? Statistically the Running of the Bulls is not particularly dangerous for participants, but as far as risks go, it's among the least necessary. Of course, Babin needn't go any farther than his own locker room to see that non-football injuries only put his own paycheck at risk.


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Virgil: Goode ole boy
Fifth District U.S. Congressman Virgil Goode has never forgotten his Franklin County roots. Rocky Mount may boast the Virgil H. Goode Building, but the congressman schedules his appointments himself, and it takes several rounds of telephone tag before The Hook catches up with him at the Albemarle County Fair.
The 26-year-old Goode ran for the Virginia Senate in 1973, the same year he got his law degree at UVA, and he's been in office since. Goode was elected to Congress in 1996 as a Democrat. In 2000, he broke rank with the Dems and ran as an independentand this year he's running for reelection as a Republican, much to the delight of Fifth District Republicans.
Goode credits his life in public office to the influence of his father, who was involved in Franklin County politics.
While pressing the flesh at the Albemarle County Fair, he offers this advice to would-be politicos: "If you don't like Brunswick stew, barbecue, and chicken, you better not get involved in politics."
Age: 55
What brought you here? I come to the Fair every year.
Worst the worst thing about Charlottesville? My opponent will probably carry the city.
Favorite hangout? Oregano Joe's and Goodfellas when they were still around. Now, Michie Tavern, Awful Arthur's, and Boudreau's.
What's overrated? Fatty foods. The low-fat ones taste better.
What would people be surprised to know about you? Probably nothing
If you could change one thing about you, what would it be? I'd probably be more punctual.
What accomplishments are you proudest of? Legislatively, in the General Assembly getting a concealed [gun] carry law passed that was fairer and more equitable. And passing a budget amendment that helped education and economic development.
What do people find most annoying about you? My wife, Lucy, says not paying close enough attention to what she's saying.
Whom do you admire? Two fictional baseball players: the guys in The Natural and in The Rookie. People said they were too old to achieve their dreams.
Favorite book? I like reading local histories in general. Right now I'm reading a book that hasn't been published yet about Franklin County moonshine stills.
What subject causes you to rant? Biased reporting
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? I'm hoping to see cures for cancer, ALS, and other tragic diseases.
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Too much reliance on technology and computers and not on the individual although those will be key factors in achieving the above.
What do you drive? 1993 Ford Taurus
What's in your car tape deck or CD player right now? There's no CD or tape player in the Taurus. I usually listen to a country music station, or if I'm not driving, I talk on the phone.
What's your next journey? Back to Rocky Mount tonight, 140 miles.
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? When I was a kid, I cut the rope on a trundle bed with a new knife my father gave me. I didn't cut all the way through the rope, and the bed fell when my sister got in. My father cut off some peach tree medicine.
Any regrets? Not buying Pannill Knitting Company stock when a friend said to.
Favorite comfort food? Subway subs
What's always in your refrigerator? Milk and orange juice
Must-see TV? The news
Favorite cartoon? Donald Duck
Describe a perfect day: Getting to go to the Hillsville Flea Market
Walter Mitty fantasy? I'm a baseball player.
Who'd play you in the movie? Dennis Quaid
Most embarrassing moment? I went to a political rally with my dad when I was 14 or 15. It was a huge event, and Daddy didn't have good tickets. Our seats were at the back of the room. He yelled out, "They're not honoring the seat numbers. It's every man for himself." He dragged me to the front, and I could feel the red going down the back of my neck.
Best advice you ever got? Never write a letter of recommendation for someone seeking parole.
Favorite bumper sticker? Goode for Congress
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So I told the server when we arrived that I needed a gluten-free vegetarian dining experience. She was the one who told me that two of the chefs were gluten-free and she asked me enough questions about my needs to make me feel reassured that they knew what they were talking about and how to prepare the food. A Kitchen has an open design, so if I'd wanted to go watch the food being prepared, I could have. In the end I got a plate of sauteed veggies that they had on hand for their menu items -- carrots, mushrooms, ramps, yellow beets, broccoli rabe, and maybe some asparagus -- with a side salad. For the table we got two orders of fried potatoes, one of which we asked they make gluten-free. In all the food was fresh and delicious though not earth-shattering. My colleagues reported that the gluten and non-gluten spuds were similar in flavor, though those dusted in flour were apparently a little crunchier. Despite not being an "OMG that was the best!" sort of experience, it is so nice to have a reassuring dining experience from the server to the chef, whom I thanked for a nice gluten-free experience on my way out. I liked his answer: "My pleasure! I'm gluten-free too!" Or maybe he said, "No problem! I've got celiac too!" I can't quite recall. Whatever he said, it was just the right thing.
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Can You Blame Your GPS for Your Wreck?
Your GPS can lead you to water, but it can't make you drive into it. Or can it?
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Some drivers have followed their navigation devices into lakes, against traffic onto one-way streets, and even onto railroad tracks.
Clearly such systems aren't foolproof, and as they have become ubiquitous on smartphones and in cars, more drivers blame the technology for their accidents. One survey estimated that the systems cause up to 300,000 accidents a year in England.
The legal world is still sorting out the questions of who ultimately pays for the consequences of bad directions. In the meantime, don't bother arguing that you're not at fault for a fender-bender simply because the GPS steered you wrong.
Your insurer isn't likely to be interested in any finger-pointing.
But it said to turn left …
"Your insurance company wants you to take reasonable care and use common sense," says CarInsurance.com consumer analyst Penny Gusner. "If you see there's a tree there and you turn into it, that's not common sense."
That doesn't mean your insurer won't pay. If you have the necessary coverage -- collision to repair your own car and liability to fix those of anyone you hit -- your insurance policy should pay no matter how you wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time, Gusner says.
But the record will show you as the at-fault driver, and your rates are likely to rise as a result.
"You are responsible for what you do behind the wheel of your car, and I don't see how you can transfer that duty from you to the GPS manufacturer," agrees Lynette Hoag, a Chicago insurance claims lawyer. "It's your duty to follow the rules, keep your eyes on the road and use reasonable judgment."
What do you want for free?
Back in 2010, Los Angeles native Lauren Rosenberg wanted to go for a stroll in Park City, Utah. She consulted the Google Maps application on her smartphone, which suggested she walk along Utah State Route 224.
Unfortunately, that particular road is a busy highway with no sidewalks, and she was struck by a passing car.
Rosenberg sued Google for providing dangerous walking directions, but in May 2011 a Utah district court dismissed the lawsuit. In the ruling, the judge concluded that the usual "duty" owed to a customer by a service provider did not exist in this case, as Google provides its walking directions as an unpaid service to the general public.
In theory, such a duty would indeed exist if you were a customer paying for navigation services -- which is exactly the case when it comes to GPS navigation systems.
'I agree' carries a lot of weight
Wrong-turn cases have made headlines when drivers have followed directions into bad weather or decrepit roads. Rangers at Death Valley National Park were so alarmed by a rise in what they call "death by GPS" that they contacted manufacturers to correct outdated maps that led travelers astray.
In situations where a death is caused by bad directions rather than inattentive driving, "it certainly seems like you'd have a much stronger case," says Hoag.
But Venkat Balasubramani, a lawyer specializing in technology issues, says that one immediate barrier to any product liability lawsuit is the fact that most navigation systems display a disclaimer when they're first activated.
For instance, a Garmin system warns users that "Failure to pay attention to the operation of your vehicle could result in death. … You assume total responsibility and risk for using this device." The user must click the "agree" button to move past the screen and get directions.
That's a contract, says Balasubramani, adding that an "agree" button gives the disclaimer more legal force than some fine print buried in the back of an instruction manual.
Of course, fine print has its limits, and Balasubramani notes that companies can't disclaim their responsibility to provide a safe product. A car manufacturer can't put fine print on the steering wheel insisting that it's not responsible for the performance of the airbag, for instance. But he says that a faulty navigation system probably wouldn't be viewed as a product safety issue.
"The product in question is pure information, so it would be viewed somewhat differently than, say, a lawnmower," he says. "Regardless of where you get your directions, you as a driver have some basic responsibility to avoid hazards on the road and keep your eyes open."
The original article can be found at CarInsurance.com:Can you blame your GPS?


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Lucroy has outfield, first base in mind for 2014
MILWAUKEE -- The red-hot Jonathan Lucroy was out of the Brewers' lineup Sunday in favor of Wily Peralta's personal catcher, Martin Maldonado. Next year, Lucroy plans to work the first base and outfield positions into his repertoire to avoid a similar situation during a hot streak.
Lucroy, who is 9-for-14 in his last four games, said he had talked to Brewers manager Ron Roenicke and bench coach Jerry Narron about the idea and planned to start working on the new positions in Spring Training.
"The idea has been thrown around," Lucroy said. "I think I'm athletic enough to be able to play some outfield. ... You always want to keep the sticks in the lineup to give yourself the best chance to win. If there's any way I can stay in the lineup, be in the outfield or playing first base a game or something, that's what we're going to try to do."
Roenicke said he preferred not to sit Lucroy on Sunday, but Peralta has much better numbers when Maldonado is catching him this year. Peralta holds a 6.31 ERA in seven starts caught by Lucroy this season compared with a 3.82 ERA in 13 with Maldonado.
Lucroy says it is mainly a communication gap that limits him and Peralta.
"I can't communicate with him as well as Maldonado does; that's a fact," Lucroy said. "They work well together. Maldy knows how to handle him; he knows how to talk to him. Me, if I go out there and say something to him, he might not understand what I'm saying to him."
Maldonado, a fellow Spanish speaker, caught the 24-year-old right-hander often in the Minor Leagues, but Roenicke said with time Peralta would learn to call his own game without Maldonado. No matter who is behind the dish, though, Lucroy and the Brewers will do all they can next year to keep his bat in the lineup.
Roenicke said with some work in Spring Training, Lucroy could make a good first baseman.
"The thing is, if he does it for a while, he should be good," Roenicke said. "He's got really good hands. That's why Maldy's able to do it: because they have good hands. They're used to balls in the dirt and where you have to come up and pick 'em. And it's just trying to figure out where you are on the field, how you get to the bag and turn, and make sure you're still on the bag. If he worked at it, he could do it."
Said Lucroy: "It's just athleticism more than anything. The physical stuff I'm not worried about. It's the mental, situational stuff that you've got to really learn about and practice. It's an option down the road, so as of right now I'm a catcher, and that's what I'm always going to be primarily."


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I'm using the latest version of Firefox and Windows is up to date. When I was browsing a webpage and clicked a link the browser displayed "connection has been reset" and AVAST poped-up saying "Alert!"
Infection Details
URL: http://downloadsave.info/?e
Process: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\f...
Infection: JS:MultiPlug-B [Adw]
I mean how can a JavaScript file by itself by malicious? EDIT: if malware arives at a system by exploiting a vulnerability, if a system has the patch for the vulnerability would the AV alaram still go off?


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Nearly three-quarters of Britons can't remember even 5 numbers on their mobile phones, a new survey has revealed. The research, from new mobile backup service ZYB , shows that on average we store more than 80 numbers on our phones but that 69 per cent of us can recall fewer than five of these.
ZYB's survey also revealed that 59 per cent of us fail to backup our phone contact list in any way - even by writing numbers down. With an estimated 2.5 million mobile phones stolen in the UK each year and more lost, this results in a huge amount of number-hunting headaches.
ZYB issued its findings as it launched a free over the air back up service for UK mobile users to store their phone contacts and other data. ZYB also enables users to manage and share data online, and easily transfer contacts from one phone to another.
Number back-up
Users can sign up for the ZYB service online at zyb.com. Information is backed up from a mobile phone over the air via GPRS data using SyncML synchronization technology that's embedded in most mobile phones.
"The majority of us only memorise a small fraction of the numbers we store on our phone," says Tommy Ahlers, CEO of ZYB. "With this in mind, it's no wonder people dread losing their mobile handset more than any other electronic device."


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A Primer for Working with 3D Engineering Data
Automation takes many forms in the metalworking shop and one of them is incorporating 3D engineering data into the production process.
The production machining industry has undergone a number of major changes over the past decade, including increased part complexity, shrinking lot sizes and evaporating lead times. Against this backdrop, one of the paradigms that has helped drive this change has been the advent of 3D engineering data, replacing the paper part drawings the industry traditionally used for quoting, process development and CNC programming.
While the buzzword "paperless manufacturing" has been in the lexicon for some time now, going paperless can just mean replacing paper with digital formats such as PDF that communicate the same data, but without needing to print anything out. Actual 3D engineering data, such as 3D solid models, allows us to work in a truly digital environment, not only eliminating the paper, but the part drawing itself, in many cases.
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Virtually every engineering organization world-wide is moving toward 3D modeling of its products, if it hasn't done so already. As the popularity of 3D design continues to grow, 3D engineering data is going to be pushed down the supply chain more and more, meaning that every participant in that supply chain is going to have to get more conversant and capable with dealing exclusively with 3D engineering data.
This article is meant to be a primer to help understand how to navigate and demystify 3D data exchange for manufacturing. It seeks to explain the basics of 3D design, why engineering organizations are moving to 3D design, what benefits 3D data has for manufacturing, some of the challenges of working with 3D data and how to overcome them to ensure that the organization is working efficiently.
Benefits to Working with 3D Data
The benefits to designing mechanical products in 3D versus 2D are numerous and present a number of benefits to the engineering organizations that create the products that end up being made on a shop's CNC machines. These benefits include the ability to automate engineering functions, including the creation of full 3D assembly product models as well as performing engineering analyses to ensure the part performs correctly. Additionally, creating a 3D solid model of a part can automate the creation of other engineering documents, including manufacturing drawings and bills of materials.
From a manufacturer's perspective, 3D data is beneficial because it allows visualization of exactly what the finished product being made will look like. This can be particularly helpful when dealing with complex geometries, perhaps involving a number of rotational and prismatic features that can be particularly difficult to interpret from a 2D drawing alone. Additionally, if an organization has the appropriate CAD/CAM facilities, working directly from 3D data can speed up process development and CNC programming, assuming the data is accurate and robust (more on that later).
Engineering Data Types
It's important to first understand the different types of digital engineering data that might be encountered. To help better understand the three major components of 3D design, they are explained here in the context of analogy to the human body.
2D Wire Frame. Wire frame geometry is essentially the same geometry used in the 2D drawings that have been around for years. One can think of 2D drawings like the human skeleton. They are very rigid, precise and mechanical, but not very flexible. The most common 2D wire frame format is the DXF file. DXF stands for "Data Exchange Format" and is the standard format for communicating digital 2D design information across a variety of engineering
3D Surfaces. 3D surface models show the entire 3D image and shape of an object. However, they do not have any volumetric density. As such, they are very much akin to human skin, in that they are very flexible and malleable but not particularly precise. Typical 3D surface model formats are IGES and STEP files. Unlike the DXF format, the IGES format (often jokingly pronounced "I guess") is not very standardized and comes in variety of "flavors" depending on the engineering system from which it originated. 3D surface models, particularly those in IGES format, can be particularly dangerous to production machining organizations because they are often inaccurate and provide insufficient information to manufacture a part accurately.
Solid Models. 3D solid models are 3D designs created in 3D solid modeling systems such as SolidWorks, Siemens NX (formerly known as Unigraphics), CATIA, Autodesk Inventor, Creo (formerly known as Pro/E) as well as a number of others. Solid models are akin to the human body. They combine the skeleton (2D wire frame) with the skin (3D surfaces), while providing the "guts" that give the model volumetric substance. These "guts" are typically referred to as "features" in the world of 3D modeling. Each of the 3D modeling systems listed above has its own "native" format, which include all of this feature data in the form of a "feature tree." 3D models can also be saved in "neutral" or "standard" formats such as STEP or Parasolid, which include*.X_T (Parasolid Transmit) and *.X_B (Parasolid
Binary) file formats.
Pitfalls in Working with 3D Data
Probably the biggest pitfall to working exclusively from 3D models versus 2D prints for CNC manufacturers is a potential loss in precision. While 3D models are great for visualization, they are typically designed using nominal dimensions, which can be problematic if the need is to produce a product to a unilateral tolerance such +0.005/-0. This difference will need to be accounted for when making the part.
Organizations that use 3D modeling systems to design their products will typically provide 3D data in one of the neutral formats mentioned above to their external vendors and partners. When they do this, they are providing a "dumb" model, as opposed to the much "smarter" model that exists when the file is provided in the 3D modeling system's native format. A good analogy here would be to compare a file created in Microsoft Word with a basic text (*.txt) file. While the text file will communicate all the critical information to the reader, it will lack the formatting of the original Word document.
The other major problem with "dumb" models for those downstream in the supply chain is that they typically cannot be modified because they have been stripped of their "intelligence," that is, they do not include the "features" that reside in the native 3D model created in the engineering system.
Additionally, when files are saved from their native "smart" format into a neutral "dumb" format, there is potential for data corruption or loss, all of which can render the model less useful to the recipient. Coming back to the Microsoft Word versus text file analogy, imagine a Word file was saved as a text file, but in the process, not only was the formatting lost, but the first letter of every word was dropped as well. Analogously annoying data loss can occur when solid models are translated from one format to another.
So, if dumb models can present problems such as the potential for imprecise data, data loss and the inability for partners to change them because of issues with design for manufacturability, why are they being provided to begin with? The two primary reasons are as follows:
Protecting intellectual property: Product designers invest a great deal in developing the designs for their products. Many companies that design products don't manufacture every or even any of the components that go into them,
often choosing to outsource them to second party organizations that have more expertise in actually making products. The challenge is that when an organization decides to
outsource its manufacturing, it is taking a risk—the risk of exposing its intellectual property to theft and unauthorized duplication. A great way to mitigate this risk is to provide outsiders dumb models that give you just enough information to make the part, but not enough to easily reverse engineer it and go into business developing the same product.
Getting the best price: Often, engineering data provided to outside vendors is distributed via the customer's purchasing department, not the engineering department. The goal of the purchasing agent is getting the best possible price. The best way for purchasing to get the best price is to get the most potential vendors to bid on the job. The best way to get the largest universe of potential bidders to submit quotes is to provide the data in a format that most people can read. Providing data in neutral formats such as STEP or XT allows a broader audience to read the data and thus submit a bid.
Solving the Design for Manufacture Problem
So, with all these potential pitfalls, what's a precision manufacturer to do? One solution we've seen a number of shops adopt is to purchase a 3D design system like SolidWorks or CATIA, where they've opted for the system that the majority of their customers use (or the one their biggest customer uses) or one their personnel might already know from previous experience. This approach can present a number of challenges for a machine shop, including:
Purchasing a "full blown" engineering system can be very expensive;
These systems are typically developed for mechanical engineers, not manufacturers, so they can be overly complex for manufacturing organizations;
These systems are typically aimed at designing parts from "scratch" rather than modifying existing designs to make them more conducive to manufacturing. Making something "more conducive to manufacturing" might mean eliminating unnecessary cosmetic features from the model or replacing features such as radii with chamfers that require less machining time to create. What this means is that we often see machine shops that go down this route redrawing 3D models for their own purposes to ensure their accuracy and flexibility. In doing so, these organizations are surrendering a lot of the potential time savings in using the customer provided 3D data.
As more of our customers work with 3D data, we've seen how these challenges can really slow things down. To overcome these bottlenecks, we've introduced our own 3D "modeling for manufacture" system called PartMaker Modeling to help our customer base in the production machining arena cope with these challenges more productively without trying to turn them into product design firms.
PartMaker Modeling is based on Delcam's PowerSHAPE platform, a well proven system that has been helping moldmakers overcome 3D data creation, translation and manipulation headaches for years. While the system has a number of the same, familiar 3D design tools as systems such as SolidWorks or Autodesk Inventor, it is specifically geared at production machining organizations. As such, it is priced more cost effectively than these systems. Additionally, PartMaker Modeling has some unique technology for manipulating poor quality, inaccurate or just difficult to manufacture 3D data. Specifically, two of these technologies are:
The Solid Doctor: PartMaker Modeling's Solid Doctor for data repair lets you find and fix faults in imported data automatically.The Solid Doctor works with data from all sources including standard formats like IGES, STEP and Parasolid, plus native files such as CATIA, SolidWorks, Siemens NX and Pro/Engineer. It allows automatic conversion of surface or solid models to perfect Parasolid bodies, well suited for CNC programming in our own or any other CAM system.
Direct Modeling: PartMaker Modeling's Direct Modeling technology lets you identify, add, remove and edit solid features to "dumb solids" (solid or surface models with no feature history) including adding, removing or changing the size of fillets and/or chamfers and modifying features such as cuts, bosses, pockets and protrusions. Direct modeling allows for creating solid features that can later be modified quickly without having to either rebuild a model's entire feature history or remodel it from scratch.
The idea of automation in the machine shop is to eliminate costs associated with production. This is equally true on the shop floor and in the programming function. Creating the ability to efficiently manipulate 3D engineering data is a step forward in processing work through the precision manufacturing enterprise.
Postprocessors: An Integral Part Of Machine Tools
Without a good postprocessor, many machine tools are underutilized. It takes a well-matched post to access the full potential built into a machine.
CAM For Multitasking Operations
While still running a few different CAM systems in the shop, this manufacturer of aerospace and oil and gas industry components has implemented what it sees as the ideal package for programming its multitasking work.
Winning New Jobs With Online Bidding
The digital revolution is hitting the business of the multiple-spindle automatic machining--in two distinct forms, no less. Twenty-five years after the first wave of digitization in manufacturing (numerical control) its linear descendant, computer numerical control or CNC, is changing the way screw machine shops do business.


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I realized I haven't been posting much about my cooking adventures lately. I guess that is because we have been busy with lots of stuff; kids, planning our summer vacation, planning our kitchen renovations, planning various surgeries... it's all never-ending! And in between, I am trying to squeeze in an online portrait class, which I am absolutely loving every minute of.
Anyway, after watching Julie & Julia, my loving (and food-loving) hubby decided to order me both volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I wasn't really surprised when the books arrived at the door... I have lived with Rich long enough to expect the unexpected- to know that he loves to order things online- to know that he loves to eat- and to know that he loves to make sure I have everything I need in order to deliver tasty dishes to the table! lol
They are really nice books. They just arrived last week, so I have only had a chance to glance through the first volume, but I have seen enough to know what our first dish should be (and will be on the table tonight!): Boeuf Bourguignon. It is nearly ready for the oven and it smells just heavenly in my kitchen, I have to say!
*Here is a photo- it doesn't look nearly as good as it smells or tastes, and the leftovers were even better!
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Dying woman was 'gasping', police officer tells murder trial
THE first police officer onto the scene of a suspected stabbing in Wilsonton Heights had found a heavily bleeding Caroline Widgell who had no pulse and wasn't breathing, Toowoomba Supreme Court has heard.
Senior Constable Natalie Brown told the court she had been called to 5 Seppelt St on the night of July 4, 2013, and found the 28-year-old woman slumped on the floor of the back patio.
She said there was a lot of blood coming from a wound.
"I could hear her gasping," she said, as she checked her for breathing and pulse.
After placing Ms Widgell in a better position, the police officers started CPR on the dying woman who was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Senior Constable Shannon Meibusch arrived at the scene just before 10pm.
He said he found a black handled steak knife with blood over the blade in the front yard.
Because there were so many people in the area it was not possible to keep the area clear so he bagged the knife in a clip seal bag and put it into the boot of his police car where it was photographed by a Scenes of Crime police officer.
Detective Senior Constable Alan Hartley told the court he and other police officers had door knocked the neighbourhood in search of suspected John Henry Brown.
He said they were searching Wine Drive Park when his police partner drew his attention to some movement in the dark.
"I saw a dark shadowy figure on the fence line," he said.
After calling for him to stop, John Henry Brown told police his name and he was cautioned and arrested for murder.
Brown, 33, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder arising from the death of his cousin Ms Widgell on the night of July 4, 2013.
Paul Waters told the court Brown had been living with him and his partner and others at 8 Lindeman Court not far from 5 Seppelt St.
He said he spoke with John Brown that afternoon when he arrived home from work on July 4, 2013, and Brown had appeared fine.
Later in the evening Brown had asked him for a cigarette and then said he was going for a walk.
He did not see Brown again that day, he said.
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New Mexico company: Feds may allow horse slaughter
The attorney for the southeastern New Mexico meat company that wants to resume domestic horse slaughter says federal officials have indicated they might grant the inspection needed to start processing horse meat.
Attorney A. Blair Dunn says the Department of Justice told him this week that agriculture officials hope to grant the inspection in the next 45 to 60 days.
Valley Meat Co., of Roswell, last year sued the Department of Agriculture to resume the inspections necessary to open what would be the nation's first new horse slaughterhouse in more than five years. The suit alleges that USDA inaction on its application was driven by emotional political debates and has cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Bill Cosby is going web 2.0.
The 70-year-old comedian, '80s TV star, pudding pops pitchman and educator has a new gig: hip-hop producer for the Internet age.
"Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency," a socially consciously rap album, drops online today and will be promoted on a handful of social networking sites, Billboard magazine reports.
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Later this evening, Cosby will host a performance of songs from the album on his Facebook page, BillCosby.com, Ustream and on the websites of urban radio stations nationwide.
But "Cosby Show" fans be warned: you'll be disappointed if you expect Mr. Huxtable to reprise his "hey my name is Cliff/ and I'm a doctor/ and I will sit and do the thing/ and hey bo bop hip bop" routine.
Cosby told The Associated Press he doesn't rap on the project, in part because he "wouldn't know how to fix my mouth to say some of the words."
Instead, Cosby has assembled a team of musicians led by William "Spaceman" Patterson and guest rappers and activists Jace the Great, Brother Hahz and Supa Nova Slom, according to Billboard.
"I came up with ideas and asked them to think deeper, but I didn't have to push," Cosby told the magazine. "It was like, 'Thank you, Dr. Cosby. We want to do this.'"
The album is intended as a compliment to Cosby's 2007 tome "Come On People" and a counter to those who "will say I'm a curmudgeon who doesn't like poor or young people," Cosby said, alluding to criticism he's faced for controversial comments on African-American empowerment.
"(But) these rappers are young males running down the truth about the urban side of life. It's time for a change."
Physical copies of the album hits shelves on Nov. 24.
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We know we make fun of ESPN a lot here, and much of it is justified, of course, but we are nothing if not fair. The big investigative steroid story gracing the cover of ESPN: The Magazine this week is, for lack of a better word, outstanding. Legitimately all-encompassing, it's sober, smart and full of all kinds of great info. It's the type of public service journalism that has been sorely lacking not just at the network, but in sportswriting all together. There. We said it. See? We're reasonable people.
Our personal favorite bit, however, involves everyone's favorite financial advisor Lenny Dykstra, whom the story implicates with considerable steroid abuse.
Scott "prescribed" a cocktail that blended several steroids, oral and injectable, and watched the little man explode. By season's end, he was the first player ever to lead the National League in at-bats, hits, walks and runs. The Phillies reached the World Series and Dykstra finished second to Barry Bonds in the MVP balloting. That winter, the team gave him a four-year, $24.9 million extension. The deal showed just how much money was available to players who could pump up their stats.
But it was the beginning of the end for Nails. Instead of pushing it in the gym during spring training of 1994, he lounged at a waterside spa and continued a long-running extramarital affair with the sister of his business partner's mistress.
A guy with this kind of judgment has to be anybody's first choice for investment advice. That last sentence is like an entire season of "Knots Landing."
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(Pocket-lint) - Let's get a couple of things of our chest straight away. Dishonored is a splendid, fantastic game that is worthy of awards, plaudits and it's own parade with floats and dancing girls and everything. However, every time we see or write the word it reminds us of its only significant flaw and, therefore, needs to be exorcised before we can continue.
99 per cent perfect
Pedantic it may be, but the American spelling of "Dishonored", in preference to the English spelling of "Dishonoured" with an added "u", irks us. Not in itself specifically, but because it is a stark reminder of the main and almost only issue we have with the game.
For all intents and purposes, the finely crafted setting of Dunwall, the city in which you spend a majority of your play time, is based entirely on Victorian England. The police wear British bobbies' helmets, the streets are narrow and nigh-on cobblestoned, and there's a pub – a good, old-fashioned English public house that looks like the Queen Vic from EastEnders, the Rover's Return from Coronation Street, and the Cock and Trumpet from outside of Pocket-lint Towers.
Obviously, the setting is more complex than a mere homage to Jack the Ripper movies, and it's as steam punkified as you can get, but there's no denying that it's inspired by the gaslight period of England. Indeed, London.
Therefore, to have just about every character barking out their tightly scripted lines with a strong American accent is, for us, akin to remaking Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with Rodney Dangerfield as George Smiley. Or, to turn the tables somewhat, casting Danny Dyer as Rhet Butler in Gone With the Wind: "Frankly sweetheart, I don't give a sodding monkey's."
To be honest, we know that we're perhaps overdramatising what is, to many many people, not even a problem in the first place. And, we wouldn't even mention it if the game wasn't so darn good - but this one issue sticks out like a sore thumb. But as petty as our rant may be, it serves to prove how darn great the other 99.99 per cent of Dishonored actually is.
The best of the best
If we were forced at gunpoint to compare it with other great games, Dishonored is a megamix of Bioshock, Assassin's Creed and another Bethesda title, Fallout. It is thematically and graphically similar to the first in some ways. It plays a bit like the second, albeit in first person. And it sort of borrows the open-ended nature, mission and side-mission structure, and some RPG elements of the third.
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However, it is also a creature of its own design. And we can imagine that calling future games "Dishonored-like" will come as second nature. Certainly, we think it will garner enough praise to have other publishers and development houses sitting up to take note. Maybe it'll even stop the rot the industry seems to have found itself in with sequel after sequel lining the shelves.
That said, Dishonored 2 is a shoo-in.
It's all about the gameplay, stupid
It's the gameplay, you see. Not the mechanics per se - although as first-person shooters/slashers go, it's fluid and easy to get to grips with – but the bedrock on which the game is based: freedom.
You play as eventual assassin Corvo Attano, Lord Protector to an Empress you didn't manage to, er, protect. Subsequently framed for her murder, you're thrown in jail - or should that be "gaol"? - and are awaiting execution, and it is here that you find out who the real culprits are. And where your adventure starts.
We're not big on throwing away spoilers on Pocket-lint, so we'll leave it at that. Needless to say, something is afoot and it is up to you to sort it all out. And - here's the beautiful part - you can do that in pretty much any way you choose. That's Dishonored's schtick. And it never gets tired.
Should you want to blast and maim your way through the nine grand levels, then go ahead. There'll be ramifications - the game even warns you of what could happen if you follow that path, stating that the plague-ridden streets will end up further overflowing with flesh-eating rats and the ending to the game will be much darker - but if it floats your boat, be our guest.
You could try a more stealth-oriented approach, hiding in shadows and taking out guards peacefully, using sleeper holds and tranquilliser crossbow bolts.
Or you could make great use of the magic your character has to hand after meeting a shady, otherworldly character in your dreams. And why not? The spells are cleverly thought-out and implemented, and once you've cast "Blink" - a short-hop teleport mechanic - you'll be casting it all the time. You even get to possess rats after you've earned that particular incantation.
In fact, what's most likely is that, like us, you'll combine elements from each, but to have the choice is exquisite. And none of them ever feels forced upon you.
Complete freedom
The playing styles aren't the only examples of freedom in the game; the levels themselves offer myriad routes and means to bring an assassination or goal to conclusion. We also found that it pays to wander well from the obvious and beaten path, as other characters can be found who give you both interesting side missions and well-received rewards.
In that it is like the aforementioned Assassin's Creed franchise. Plus, in further similar tone, there are collectables scattered throughout that, once found, can help you improve your character and, therefore, complete the game more effectively.
And that's the last example of freedom: customisation. The RPG element comes in the form of assigning power-ups to skills and spells. Ignore the main quest for a while and collect runes or bone charms - both found by waving around a beating magical heart - no, really - and you can beef up your main character faster than if you concentrate on the story alone.
There's also the option of improving and customising your equipment and weaponry, to aid in the battle further. In short, Dishonored allows you to play the game exactly as you wish, and there are few other titles that pull that off so effectively. It is, quite simply, an astonishing achievement.
Read: Dishonored 2 review: One of the finest stealth games ever made
Dishonored has been getting positive whispers from those in the know for a while, but to many others it will have seemingly come from nowhere. It is an object lesson in the art of games design, giving the player choice and freedom without wrecking the semblance of a cohesive storyline.
It looks gorgeous, with almost oil painting style visuals and, unlike many other high concept titles out there, the gameplay mechinics, the actual nuts and bolts of using a joypad to control your character, are a doddle to pick up.
Dishonored is a game that will stay with you long after you've finished it. Indeed, because it is technically possible to play through the game a second or third time, using a completely different style, it is likely you will. There are few other games that can boast that feat.
If this wonderful journey isn't at least nominated in every magazine and website's game of the year awards, we'll eat our rats... Sorry, hats.


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It's complicated, and I think too many people and group-thinkers try to push simple conclusions. I'd like to jump in, but need more time. Maybe by the weekend.
It seems that often, people who have been abused as children carry on being abused later on. It's like they are marked out as "people who get abused". This isn't their fault and the original abuse wasn't their fault - what child can control what happens to it?
I can't understand rape. I think it's an act of sexual domination or gratification.
I am somewhat confused. Even if the article you shared is bunk, unless you had a sign hanging around your neck asking to be raped(which kinda negates the rape part in the first place) how could it possibly be your fault? I think just the idea falsely assumes that all rapes are committed for the same reason. I would think there are very many variables involved in why someone rapes anyone and who that person is that they choose. I imagine sometimes it is just opportunity. I've read that rape isn't usually about sex but about power and control, though I imagine sex has to be some part of it and maybe even sometimes all of it. Hard to believe it would be black and white. I imagine you specifically were raped because you are the physically weaker of the species and the opportunity was there, maybe some irresistible attraction. Humans can be real shitty to each other, this is just one more manifestation of our ability to be shitty. On a related note, seen some doctor came up with what amounts to razor teeth inserts for your vagina for girls in Africa. Oh how sorry would they be then.
I don't know what causes it - my concern is how to avoid it. It cannot, of course, always be avoided. I worked at the state psychiatric hospital, to which a patient came from the Secure Psychiatric Unit at the prison. We were told we had to treat him, basically, as rehabilitated, even though he was multiple offender over many years, and had attacked female staff in at least one facility before.
I was told I should have compassion and understanding. I agree. However, I did not think I should trust that man for one minute, ever, no matter why he was a serial rapist, what he had done to rehabilitate himself, etc. I actually got in trouble for stating my concern that he could end up in the gym alone with female staff, and I wanted to know administration's plan to prevent that.
Eventually, he went after somebody, as I thought would be the case. My point is that I don't care what the cause is. necessarily. What I want is for people to not be raped. We can have increased understanding of rape and why it happens, but I'm still going to pepper spray some bastard who tries to do it to me while I'm out kayaking.
So my response is please do whatever you need to do to be and feel safe. I know you don't know what that is right now, but please allow someone to help you figure it out. You can sort out everything else later.
"Gratuitous violence is not typical of rape."
I wonder if that statement results from numerous interviews with rape victims? It's been my impression that many rapes involve violence and brutality in order to subdue the subject of the rape. Or are the researchers saying that rapists are so kind as to use just enough violence to get the job done, and no more?
Perhaps violence is a consequence/outcome of rape, but not (always) the direct intention of the rapist.
For instance, someone who slaughters animals for a living to provide meat to carnivores like myself - Their priority is to sell meat to people like myself - But violence, the act of taking the animals life or any pain associated with the killing was not an intention or desire, just a consequence.
@Unseen: "The levels of violence and force involved in rape typically stop at the level needed for the goal of sexual access. Gratuitous violence is not typical of rape." They're saying that in most cases only the violence necessary to achieve the rape is used solely, not that none occurs at all.
@Freek: I find a pervasive false dichotomy exists of rape being "either" an act of violence "or" sex. To me it's obviously both-hence the term "sexual violence", no? It's also not the case that all behavior has to be adaptive, just not so maladaptive that it stops your genes from being passed on entirely. Therefore, not all rapes (or any other behavior) need have adaptive utility, just enough to make a difference.
Wow, can of worms here. That article was fascinating and explores issues and concepts that I have been investigating for many years. Craig T. Palmer and Randy Thornhill are, to my mind, very close to the mark.
Before I start on my diatribe - RAPE CANNOT BE THE FAULT OF THE FEMALE - NEVER EVER EVER, NO MATTER WHERE SHE GOES OR WHAT SORT OF REVEALING CLOTHING SHE WEARS.
For years I have been told that MY boundaries are weak. And I am sure (I know) this is true. But I am not any more "weak" or "soft" than many women, and I am sick of racking my brain trying to figure out what I did wrong and how to "fix" myself. What if I don't need fixing? What if I am just fine? What if WE need to take a look as a society to realize our own understanding of rape is incomplete? I understand the worry that sex offenders will use this defense to their benefit, but the current judicial system here in the U.S really does no justice. Rapists are rarely prosecuted anyway. What if it REALLY is not my fault.....but furthermore.....what of there isn't a DAMN thing wrong with me?
You are spot on, there is NOTHING wrong with you, you DID NOT CAUSE THIS - the rapist is the one (are the ones) with the problem. Rape is an evolutionary adaptation - the same as infanticide practiced by (usually) step fathers - but that is a whole new post. We, humans, are totally the result of our ancestors being successful - no matter how distasteful the means they used to gain their success may have been. I would surmise that everyone on the planet is only alive today because a female in their ancestral line was raped - this is only a supposition, but from all the information I have seen, including that article, it has an extremely high probability of truth.
On the question of violence, the rape of a female, by definition, requires SOME violence to restrain her due to the fact that she is NOT WILLING to engage in the sexual act. However, if the violence goes beyond that required to complete the sexual act, then, again by definition, it is simply gratuitous and the perpetrator actually has two psychological problems.
Having said all that however, I feel the need to qualify, NOT JUSTIFY, a bit,
Women CAN'T POSSIBLY understand the power of the male sex drive, it is ALMOST all consuming. To illustrate this, I remember a TV show (sadly I don't remember the name) where a woman, a normal heterosexual woman, in a supervised experiment, took vast quantities of testosterone, she was absolutely astounded as the drug kicked in and her desire for sex went through the roof and almost beyond her control. She then had much more respect for the vast majority of men who constantly do manage to restrain themselves AND, was extremely glad to stop the testosterone and get back to being herself. Being of the male gender myself, I can vouch for the power of the male sex drive.
The closest I can get to providing women with an understanding of the male sex drive, is to equate it with the drive of the female to have a baby - I have never, and can never experience that drive, but from what I have seen and read, it has virtually the same power to dominate female thinking.
The solution to rape, apart from castration, is to educate men and encourage them to use their intellect, not their instinct. As humans, we are only too keen to deny that we are all driven by very basic and strong instincts - that denial causes SOOOOO much pain in our world, war, religion, rape, child abuse, violence in general and countless other problems that our societies are far too scared or ignorant to address.
As a species, we need to grow up. Just before I leave, I wish toI repeat, there is NO EXCUSE FOR RAPE.
Good science requires detachment, and Palmer and Thornhill certainly demonstrate their detachment.
From the article:
...a key to female reproductive success was mating with, and only with, the highest quality men available.
Are Palmer and Thornhill detached enough to study the quality of men who rape?
They owe the scientific community such a study.
About the drives, which vary at least by the amount of testosterone in males and estrogen(?) in women.
Men reveal excess T with rape. Women reveal excess E(?) by choosing low quality partners.
There is one way that women of a sexual age can be PARTLY at fault (not talking about girls pre puberty here), and that is by leading a man on by letting him believe that you are willing to have sex with him and then saying no when it is too late.
I'll explain…
I have never met a female yet who understands that leading a man on sexually IN ANY WAY and then saying 'no' is like pushing the accelerator pedal on a freight train and then trying to stop it by standing in front of it - it aint gunna work. Like the writers of the original article, I have to be careful not to be misinterpreted here, I am NOT IN ANY WAY saying that leading a man on and then saying 'no' JUSTIFIES rape, but I am saying that, after a male has reached HIS PERSONAL critical level of arousal, he has to be a very strong and exceptional man to actually stop the process and back off.
To continue the freight train analogy, the accelerator pedal can be activated by different events in different men - in Victorian times the pedal could be activated by something as innocent as a woman's ankle, today, halter top, bikini, plunging neckline, short skirt or shorts, underwear, pheromones or just a subtle nod or wink can be enough to get the freight moving, naturally there are many others.
I am fairly big, strong and ugly - but, I still would not walk down a dark alley in a seedy part of town - if I did, I am not INVITING an attack, but, knowing human nature as I do, I am definitely increasing the chances of one occurring - life is about minimising risk - you should not avoid all men, but possibly just the seedy men - yes, I know, how do you pick the seedy ones?
It is NOT your fault that men are 'wired' the way they are, it is NOT your fault that you were not educated to understand men, it is NOT your fault that you were not educated to stand up for yourself, it is NOT your fault that you become immobilised when being attacked, these things are the result of evolution and very much the fault of society and religion not taking the time to understand the true nature of being human - it is VERY complex and most people are far too scared to face it head on - now you have, your understanding is MUCH greater and hopefully, you should be able to see trouble long before it sees you.
This is a HUGE topic and also very individual.


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This is part 2 in a series of posts based on a talk I gave recently at the Chicago Information Technology Architects Group. Feel free to leave feedback.
In the previous post I discussed what reasons a company might have for creating a smartphone application. In this installment I will cover some of history and state of the different platforms as well as features that can be leveraged for building enterprise smartphone applications.
Before you start choosing a platform to develop your solutions on it is good to understand how we got here and what features you can leverage.
To my memory we owe all of this to a product called the Apple Newton that came out in 1987. It was the first PDA and back then I was much more of an Apple fan. I was very impressed with this device even though it never really went anywhere. The Palm Pilot by US Robotics was the next major advancement in PDA. It had a simple short hand window that allowed for quick stylus entry..
Later, Windows CE came out and started the broadening of the PDA market. After that it was the Palm and CE operating systems that started showing up on cell phones and for some time these were the two dominant operating systems that were distributed with devices from multiple hardware vendors.
The iPhone was the first smartphone to take away the stylus and give us a multi-touch interface. It was a revolution in usability and really changed the attractiveness of smartphones for the general public. This brought us to the beginning of the current state of the market with the concept of an online store that makes it easy for customers to get new features and functionality on demand.
With Android, Google made this more than a one horse race. Not only did they come to compete, their low cost actually made them the leading OS. Of course what made Android so attractive also is its major fault. It is so open that it has been a target for malware which leaves consumers exposed. Fortunately for Google though, most consumers aren't aware of the threat that they are under.
Although Microsoft had put out one of the first smart phone operating systems with CE it had to play catch up and finally came out with the Windows Phone. They have gone for a market approach between those of iOS and Android. They support multiple hardware vendors like Google, but they kept a certification process for applications that is similar to Apple. They also created a user interface that was different enough to give it a clear separation from the other two platforms.
The result of all this is hundreds of millions of smartphones being sold monthly across all three platforms giving us a wide range of choices and challenges when it comes to developing solutions.
So what are the features that make these devices flexible enough be considered for use in the enterprise?
The biggest advantage of today's devices is network connectivity. The ability to access information from multiple sources at a moment's notice is critical for businesses. Add to that the ability to communicate over a variety of text, voice and video modes and we have a powerful starting point.
Every smartphone has a cameras and they are not just useful for posting to Instagram. We are seeing more applications such as Bing vision that allow us to scan just about any printed code or text to find information. These capabilities have been made available to developers in the form of standard libraries for reading barcodes of just about an flavor and optical character recognition (OCR) interpretation.
Bluetooth give us the ability to communicate with multiple devices. Whether these are headsets, keyboard or printers the wireless communication capabilities are just starting to evolve. The more these wireless communication protocols grow, the more opportunities we will see to transfer data between users and a variety of devices.
Local storage of information that can be called up even when the device cannot reach the network is the other big capability. This give users the ability to work offline as well and transmit information when connections are restored.
These are the tools that we have to work with to build applications that can be leveraged to gain a competitive advantage for companies that implement them.
In the third installment I will cover key concerns that you face when building enterprise smartphone apps.
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Tim is a Senior Software Engineer at Donnelley Financial Solutions. He has been an architect and solution developer since 1995 specializing in Microsoft technologies but with a background across all platforms. He has been a community leader in the Chicago area, speaker, author and blogger.


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Are you one of the thousands you have
. Do you have that nagging back pain that now travels down your leg... making you feel tired, frustrated and grumpy?
Nerves, when irritated, exhibit definite pain patterns. The outer fibers of the nerve create what is called paraesthesia - which mean altered sensation. You may experience tingling, the gnawing feeling and a sensation of numbness. The numbness is a sensation not a reality. You can check this by pinching the area or using a pin prick. If you still feel pain with these then you have paraesthesia not true numbness.
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can be simply fixed if you know how. Removing
pain now is simple; stopping it returning is just as easy. You can actually lead a life without back pain ... just imagine all the activities you could do once again.
??? Bedrest may be necessary at times. ??? See your physician if the pain becomes unmanageable.
is unique to a pregnancy and may gradually disappear on its own. Just because you had sciatica in one pregnancy does not mean it will appear in a subsequent one.
Question 3... What caused your
? If you have had a fall or injury then sciatica needs attention.
at times is caused by disc injuries and spinal conditions that relate to joint instability. These need to be assessed and treated accordingly. Although the majority of sciatic nerve irritation comes after situations that appear completely normal. Your normal daily activity should not cause sciatica, however a build up of tension can lead to sciatic nerve problems.
To help joints move more freely is just as simple, all you need to do is to press gently but firmly on the joint that is sore. You will notice if you press in some directions the pain feels a little worse - like a bruise. If you pres in this direction while you breathe in and out, your body will actually correct the joint and ease the tension around it.
is often confused. It can be a serious condition or it may be an irritation that is easily corrected. How do you know? If know the answer to three questions, then you can decide whether you can correct your
yourself or you need to seek help from a structural specialist.
Some natural steps for back pain relief are: Lose Weight - Try to stay slim. If you have excess weight on your upper body, it will overload on your back. Practicing yoga or tai chi are natural ways of back pain treatment that can also assist with weight loss.
Back pain is caused by numerous reasons, primarily muscle imbalances from injury, diet, obesity, posture, exercise and more. Back pain treatments vary depending on the diagnosis of your pain and can vary from a passive mobilization, to drugs all the way to surgery .
So... To stop your
now you need to address the Piriformis muscle tightness and the lower joint issues. The pelvic imbalance needs correcting but this helps to stop your sciatica returning mainly, although it will also reduce your pain quickly.
??? Williams Exercises have been developed specifically for use during pregnancy. They may temporarily relieve sciatica pain as they help strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor, the back and abdomen.
There are certain other techniques like yoga, exercise, massage acupuncture and chiropractic that prove to be effective back pain treatments for some sufferers. Others prefer to take medication prescribed by their doctor to lessen the irritation of back pain but they are not good for health. Adopting the natural approach to get back pain relief is therefore considered to be the most sensible approach to take if you can find someone skilled enough to do the job.
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You do not need to rub or press hard - just like jumper cabling a battery - you are just making a connection from one point to the next. And it is as simple as that...
??? Try to avoid significant weight gain. ??? Try sleeping on a firm mattress, lying on one side. A pillow rolled up under the knees may be helpful.
The Acupressure technique is even simpler... A simple Acupressure point to reduce muscle tension is on the back of your knee. Just come in from the outside of your knee where your hamstring tendon is, the depression there is an Acupressure point for muscular tension. Simply hold this point on both knees at once and rest your hands there for at least 5 minutes. The longer you hold the point the more the tension will reduce.
Imagine the surprise a woman must feel while dealing with the physical symptoms and discomforts of pregnancy, to suddenly develop severe back pain. This is not the usual low back pain that is often experienced during pregnancy; it is
. This sharp, shooting pain usually starts in the buttocks and radiates down the back or side of the thigh to the calf and possibly the heel. There may be paralyzing numbness, in addition to the pain, which can be severe enough to limit mobility.
The second stretch is to do the same as above but hold your ankle over your opposite knee with one hand and then use the other hand to pull your knee towards that opposite shoulder. This will create a greater stretch.
In addition, these helpful habits may decrease the chances of developing sciatica: ??? Avoid hours of sitting slumped at a computer or standing with a baby on one hip. Both can contribute to lower back pain.
This is only a temporary fix for your back pain and sciatica, you still need to rebalance your pelvis (the most common cause of back pain), strengthen weak muscles, reduce muscle tension and correct all the joints not working correctly.
Are you one of the over 80% of adults suffering from back pain? Then you need simple, valuable and expert advice. Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, and has been in practice since 1991 - visit The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com for valuable and expert advice, tips and information on your back pain issues.
As the pregnancy develops, the abdominal tendons and ligaments become looser to prepare for childbirth. The backs of some women become quite unstable and prone to injury. Medical evaluation should always be sought. In some cases, sciatic pain is due to pressure on the nerve that is caused by damage to the disc between the vertebrae of the spine. This creates inflammation and pain and requires specific treatment.
Piriformis tightness is a common cause as the sciatic nerve either runs through the muscle or next to it. If the muscle tightens the
nerve becomes irritated and
??? Massage to reduce muscle tension. Some experts believe that tightness in the gluteus and psosas muscles contribute to sciatic pain. Treatment once or twice a week can help relieve stress on weight-bearing joints.
If you have not had trauma, if your general health is generally okay, your sciatica will most likely respond to some simple self help techniques you can use at home. It can ease and disappear quickly... but as the saying goes - if pain persists see your doctor.
is back pain that then travels down your leg. I can be a "pain in the butt" to pain in your feet. The biggest fear you probably have is that it will get worse and you may end up needing surgery.
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??? Moist heat alternated with ice packs ??? Chiropractic treatments may be helpful. Be sure to select a practitioner experienced in treating prenatal patients.
Lower back joint disruption also causes
as the sciatic nerve is created by the lower joints. If these joints fail to move freely then the nerve at its source becomes irritated.
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The deeper layers of the nerve then cause the sharper, definite pain. The deepest levels will cause actual numbness and loss of muscle power, strength and endurance. If you experience symptoms of the deeper layer disturbances, then professional help is essential.
The most common causes of
are: pelvic imbalance, Piriformis muscle tightness, and lower back joint disruption. Pelvic imbalance causes the Sacro-Iliac joints to tighten which then allows the muscles in the buttock to go into spasm, leading to
To simply correct this type of
, you need to know this! If your lower back pain travels down the leg to your foot or ankle, then obviously the sciatic nerve is irritated at a greater level. The further your
travels, generally speaking, the worse the condition. In these situations professional advice and treatment is indicated.
Dr Graeme Teague is an expert in the structural field, and has been in practice since 1991. His newly launched web site The Back Pain Advisor - http://www.back-pain-advisor.com - strives to give you valuable and expert advice, tips and information on your back pain issues.
Most physicians avoid prescribing medications for pregnant patients suffering from sciatica but there are several steps that can be taken to relieve or decrease the discomfort. This includes:
In fact the majority of sciatica is simply fixed. Although disc injuries cause
they are not the majority of sciatica cases. They only attribute approximately 10% of sciatica problems.
Massage - Massage a common choice for people trying to get relief from back pain. It also acts as great stress reliever. But if you have acute back pain, do consult a skilled back pain therapist before going for a massage.
??? When getting out of bed, try rolling onto your side first, letting the weight of your feet and legs dangling over the edge of the bed, pull your body into a sitting position. This puts less stress on the lower back, helping you to avoid triggering a painful muscle spasm.
Sciatica is one type of back pain affecting a large number of people these days. It is characterized by pain in the hip and buttock region and sometime includes referred pain down the leg. This can go down one or both legs into the thigh, calf, ankle and foot. Stretching is often prescribed for back pain and sciatica but rarely provides any lasting relief .
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Can you actually imagine being free of
? Do you really believe there is a cure, so you can enjoy all the activities you use to do? Wouldn't life be perfect again if that pesky sciatica disappeared once and for all!
To have this goal is admirable... but you need to know 3 very important facts first. Or your sciatica may not disappear and you may suffer for a long time yet. Something you do not want... or need.
Question 1... How far does your sciatica travel? The sciatic nerve can be irritated in the lower back, pelvis and as a result of muscular tightness in the buttock. If you have lower back pain and pain travels out to the buttock, this can still be
. It is just a lesser form and easily corrected with various lower back stretches, exercises and joint techniques.
??? Swimming and walking are excellent exercises if not contra-indicated by the physician. ??? Avoid walking on an incline as this can cause joint irritation and lead to problems.
Question 2... What type of sciatic pain to do you have? Knowing which type of pain you suffer helps to determine how severe your
is. Most people with
will experience pain, it may be a gnawing, and toothache feeling or it may throb or shoot down the leg. Others will have a numb feeling and some may experience the muscles not holding their strength. If you look at the type of pain, you can see how serious it is.
The best way to ease tension off the Piriformis muscle is to both stretch the muscle and to use Acupressure to reduce overall muscle tension. Stretching the muscle involves you lying on your back and pulling your knee towards your opposite shoulder. This stretches the Piriformis muscle; if you don't feel tightness in your buttock then you need to use a different stretch.
??? Maintain proper posture and try to stand straight. ??? Wear flat shoes or ones with a very low heel. Avoid shoes that throw your weight backwards.
If you know the right answers to the 3 important
can disappear quickly. If you fit the criteria of caution, then be cautious and seek professional intervention. Don't let
"lay you up"... learn to get rid of
once and for all.
Sciatica can occur at any time in a normal pregnancy but it is most common during the second and third trimester, when the baby is larger and carried lower in the abdomen. Known as Pregnancy-Related Sciatica, it is caused by the pressure of the baby on the sciatic nerve. This is the largest nerve in the body, about the diameter of a finger. Its fibers branch off the spinal cord at the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebra (L4, L5) and the first few segments of the sacrum.
There are various back pain relief measures both natural and pharmaceutical available. Chronic and severe back pain may require temporary medication to allow the acute back pain to settle. However if you take a natural healing approach along with the medication, you should get a better longer lasting result.
Eat Healthy - Vitamins and minerals are important for your overall health. So, try to eat as much healthy food as possible to help get rid of stress in your body and get relief from back pain.
Back pain is a major problem these days for people all over the western world. It has been estimated that at any one time 20% of the population suffer from lower back pain and that doesn't take into account all the other forms like
, upper back pain, mid back pain and neck pain. It is a huge interruption in a sufferers day to day life and costs the world billions of dollars in productivity.
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