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Speaking at a development control meeting at Lake District National Park Authority headquarters on Wednesday, David McGowan, head of planning, explained retail use was already permitted at the premises.
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"We might have reservations about the implications of a new user taking over this particular building but we may not consider them.
"We are not being asked to decide whether or not we feel it's acceptable to have a new supermarket in Windermere, but simply to decide whether to allow some minor alterations to the frontage of this building."
Members of the development control committee agreed to allow some signage and minor alterations – including sliding doors – to go ahead.
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A few years back, I was getting complacent. I was a successful entrepreneur, in the top 1% for my age. Whenever I compared myself to people similar to me, it wasn't even close. I worked more, accomplished more, produced more, did more meaningful things, was traveling the world. I read more books, did more writing, was generally healthier and more disciplined, spent my time well. I was the top 1% for my age, and even better than that if you measured me against people from similar backgrounds.
I think it's easy for people who are doing great to get complacent. You look at the general sloth and laziness and complacency of most people, you see that you're achieving greatly, and you feel like you're so far above that. You give yourself a pat on the back. "Ah, yes, I'm doing great!"
I had a shift. I don't remember the exact day, but one day I thought to myself -
"I'm not going to compare myself against people my age any more. I'm going to start comparing myself to the greatest men of all time."
Instantly, I'd gone from top 1% of my peer group (people near my age, self-made, alive today), to the bottom 1% of the greatest people of all time. I started looking at Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Tokugawa, Meiji, Augustus, Trajan, Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius, Wellington, Rockefeller, Rothschild, Medici, Zhuge, Sejong, Salah, Shah Jahan, and so on.
Suddenly I was not doing excellent; in fact, I was behind schedule. In fact, I realized entirely that the path I was on did not lead to where I was capable of going.
Similar to what I wrote in "Give Me Strife and Suffering (but in manageable doses)," this is something I do not recommend. It's neurosis-inducing. It's brutal. Mentally taking yourself off the top of a comfortable mountain and putting yourself at the bottom of a larger, more brutal, more intense mountain does not make for contentment, nor happiness.
People like to be better than those around them and better than their peers. I was, I really was. I was traveling the world and working on hard problems while most people my age were out drinking beer at parties with other kids. I was playing on a level far above my peers - but what was the difference in how much I built? Going from being top 1% to top .9% - is this working breaking your back and straining for? Is it inspiring, going to be even better than the lazy, complacent children I was comparing myself to? Most young people these days have no real dreams, no strong ethics, no strength. They stand for nothing, they want nothing, they do nothing. Just by trying, even a little bit, you wind up better than most of them.
And it's easy to stop there, have a nice life, be very well off. Not me. You see, I have friends, colleagues, acquaintances who are amazing people, who I am honored to serve and associate with. But I don't have any peers. I don't know anyone who wishes to build as much as I do, who want to do as much as I do, who want to serve as much as I do, who want to be strong as I aspire to become.
I'm calm in this right now. It's not defiance, it's not a mighty roar. If anything, it is more like a shrug of the shoulders. Yes, I will become excellent. Because, why not become excellent?
But it wasn't that way at first. The way we mentally evaluate ourselves, our identity - it has such a huge impact on how we think, how we feel, and what we do. Taking myself mentally out of the top 1% and dropping myself into the bottom 1% - do you know how sickening that feels? Maybe you can imagine it intellectually, maybe, but I doubt I could show you what the emotions feel like. One day, I am feeling good, comfortable, happy, I am achieving and I am proud of my achievements, I am doing better than anyone would have thought possible for me, and doing well by anyone's standards. The next day, I am feeling neurotic, uncomfortable, unhappy, pressed for time, having achieved nothing of what I need to do yet.
I am on the bottom of the ladder - no, worse than that, I am on the top of the wrong ladder. I need to climb down, dismantling my old way of doing things. Giving up and forsaking the easy paths, scaling down my comfort, breaking the trivial desires in myself, giving myself over to greater causes, suffering. I had a small very successful thing going, and I dismantled it, and had nothing. And I will not lie, I will not tell you that I was always confident, that I felt strong all the time. Oh, no, many times I was second guessing myself, feeling stupid about my decisions. Things were dissolving, and the way forwards was not clear. I knew that where I came from wasn't the way forwards, but what now? I was lost.
I stood still in 2009, I rested and studied. In 1000 years, one year will not seem like a long time. If you hear that a great man was doing well in the from 1600 to 1620, had a bleak year 1621, and pulled through in 1622, you barely notice it while reading the history books. But, y'know, it's different when you're living through that year. A lot of times I wondered if I'd made a mistake, and what the hell was I doing?
Things happen slowly at first, then more quickly. I'm seeing things start to move quickly, things are falling into place. I have hit some of a stride, the next steps are starting to become clear. This is good. I would be lying to you if I said I believed in myself all the time. I still doubt, sometimes, but less often each passing day.
More and more, I immerse myself in what I'm going to do. I write specs and outlines for my books, I write articles daily, I am starting to contribute to magazines and other people's sites. I walk through dangerous areas at high awareness, observing crime and criminals, and thinking about how to protect the weak from them. I walk through the slums of Saigon, through the dangerous parts of Barcelona at night. I observe. I learn how to protect people. I draw up specs and plans for improving security. I'll have to get better at presenting, but I think I can recruit civilians to work undercover and make themselves look like easy targets for street criminals, draw them out and then crush the criminals. How could we completely dismantle street crime? Perhaps I could recruit some small girls who are martial artists to look unaware, but then have a team in place to spring if a bag snatcher or pickpocket or mugger comes. What we have to do to build that? Some insurance, perhaps, against injury. Would we need to get deputized by a city? How we would keep our team safe, this is dangerous work... I work on this.
I dig through history books and strategy, I read the classics, I study the great men. I listen to audiobooks and learning while doing other things. I classify and reclassify things. I work out and try to combine different branches of social science. There's so much information available for free! How could anyone not dive into it? Neurochemistry is fascinating, maybe I could do some work in that. I study the systems of the body, I want to perfect my own. How to improve the lymph system? Digestion? Energy levels? What are the tolerance building effects of caffeine, at what rate is new adenosine produced when you have more coffee? How long do those levels take to return to normal when you stop?
I study social sciences, economics, governance. I am a strategist. I am trying to turn off emotions and sentiment and be rational when I study strategy. Yes, this particular policy is appalling to me as someone who believes in freedom, but it does help achieve XYZ goal. I must be neutral, study even successful people I don't like. My mind should not become an echo chamber.
I must train as a warrior, become better with my fists, improvised weapons, firearms. I should become a pilot, and learn how to sail and captain a ship.
I presented yesterday to the Director of Marketing for a prestigious local company with my new technology and engineering company. He was skeptical and unimpressed, I couldn't break through, and we were cut short after 15 minutes by someone more important arriving. Not good enough, Sebastian! I need to get better at communicating, showing the ideas I have in my head to people in a way that makes it meaningful to them.
I need to understand the nature of faith and religion. I have some faith, and no religion. I like religious people a lot. I need to read all the Holy Books, study the history of all the religions, and connect more with people from various faiths.
What will be the next trends in art, and how can I support them? How can we make the visual and sensory world into one that inspires people, pulls them to great heights? I think about what statues I will commission later, what artists I will patronize, what art I'll attempt to make myself.
I study charity and philanthropy. How can it be made to work? I draw and re-draw specs for a charity I might build. I publicly commit to giving a percent of my income to charity. Why not? I am strong, it would be trivially easy for me to spend some of my time helping the weak. Originally, I was not going to do so. Then, I decided I would, because why not do so? The aggressively mediocre, though, I am no friend to them.
How can I serve the strong and virtuous? Service is the way. What do great people require? How can I provide this? How can I stimulate great thinkers who have minor blocks to write more, to build more, to produce more? If I could inspire 1 out of 100 people I meet to produce at higher levels, then there will be a cascading effect through all of humanity. Everyone will be pulled up.
I have much to do. Who am I? No one in particular. But I'm working on things that matter. No losing sight, no getting comfortable nor complacent. Successful for my age? Bah! To hell with that. I keep the counsel of General Washington, President Jefferson, Shoguns Ieyasu and Yoshimune, Emperors Meiji and Augustus. My tutor in combat is Miyamoto Musashi, in economics it is Adam Smith, in strategy it is Carl von Clauswitz.
Would someone who reads this call me arrogant? Perhaps, but they are mistaken if so. There is no arrogance. I know who I am, what I am. Greatness is not something you are, it's something you do, it's something you work towards. I, me, the entity, the human, the flesh and blood, the chemicals and electricity - this is nothing of particular significance. But I'm unified, mind and body, to work on hard and difficult and great problems, to serve, to do more, to be more, to become strong and stronger, to inspire, to aid, to protect, to build, to write, to learn, to establish.
It is hard to say this publicly. I have drawn a line in the sand; if I fail, it will be known. The people who want all to be mediocre will perhaps hate me, would love to show me as an example of over-reaching and the danger of that, would love to use me as a story of why you shouldn't aim too high. I brace myself. I breathe. No defiance. Calmness, acceptance. No arrogance. I am not a great man, I simply aspire to work on great problems and great things. I'm no one in particular.
Is it too early to put myself at the bottom of the company of great men? Well, who is anyone to say but me? Someone will emerge from this era as the greatest strategist; I will work towards it, because it is a worthy goal. I will serve, build, inspire, connect, defend, protect, establish, write, experiment, teach, help. Or perhaps I will not, but I will try to. Over the next years, perhaps I can put hand over hand, slowly ascending, not as myself individually, but as the conduit for the works I do. There are problems and opportunities all over the place, the world could be much different than it is. Most people either do not see these at all, or see them and accept it as the way things are. Not me. I build. I try. Counsel me, ancients, share your strength and wisdom with me, so that I might become stronger. I will do my part of the bargain. We will see how the rest shakes out.
Again, I should say - I do not recommend this path to you. I do not recommend it to anyone. But if you take up this road, you are welcome to call on me as your counsel and strategist from time to time. I serve the strong and virtuous. I turn my focus to things that matter.
Thank you for joining me today while I shared these thoughts.
Sebastian, this is amazing. Truly. I am on the path, though you have brought some clarity and insight to what I have been feeling, but haven't expressed well. Thank you for the inspiration, and I may take you up on the offer to counsel.
> Indeed. Sometimes it's easy to forget how new the internet is – a lot of people, societies, and industries haven't adapted to it in their workflow yet.
It is. And yet it has already been so significant for humanity. This is an exciting time to be alive. If you have the time, this is an interesting talk you might enjoy on what is being called "cognitive surplus," which is on how much of an impact being so connected can have on us all. (~13 min)
> Have you read this one by Paul Graham? – http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html
Actually, yes. I've been reading his essays for quite a few years now. Even so, its still fun to go back and re-read his words every now and then.
> Great comment, great perspective. Cheers for another good comment, I hope we can have more such good discussions going forwards
Thanks :) I've only recently come across your site, but after reading just a few posts, it's quickly become one I frequently visit.
> Great quote.
Agreed, one of my favorites from Bruce Lee.
> I think this is true, but with a caveat...
Thanks for the responds, it was very insightful. Historically yes, there is a lot of rigidness when it comes to multiple disciplines. Though I believe the internet is allowing us to smooth it out by providing more hardcore information to the average, interested reader.
Its kind of like when you're out on a walk, or even in the shower, just letting your mind wonder. Your mind makes connections more easily. Casual readers seem to have the same effect. They can make connections just out of reach of the focused publisher.
Although that may not be enough to cross-reference other more complex ideas. These are the ideas like the theory of QED and some obscure theorem within the computational complexity zoo. It only takes one person, however, with a passion for both of these to make a connection. In other words, all it takes is for a group of people to have immense passion in at most two disciplines in order to create new information, as well as smooth it all out. This is because deductive inferencing is a transitive relation. Having it this way would just take longer for results.
Don't get me wrong. Its very inspiring to see people out there with real discipline still aiming to achieve greatness this way (and even more incredible to have the experience publicized). But for those overwhelmed by the idea, I believe greatness can also be achieved through hard work on a more focused route.
Comparing yourself to the great is one thing, trying to compare yourself to them all will just drive you crazy.
Even the 'Renaissance Man' had lots of things he didn't do and wasn't any good at - housework for instance.
You are not alone.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
With the amount of knowledge available today, focus seems more important than it has in the past. The top 1% has less ability for knowledge production over time, since there has been so much already discovered.
An illustration (replace ):
(Think PhD redefined as one who is great.)
You new here? 28,000 came by yesterday and today to read "We don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 per day."
28,000. God that's a big number. What a headtrip.
So, the regulars here know what's going, but if you're new... then cool, welcome. Here, let's fix you a strong coffee and I'll show you around.
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I think the majority of the world is basically hostile to ambition and wealth and achievement.
All my life I have been terrible at following through. I'm great at saying things and then doing the complete opposite; I'd agree to go to a party and then bail last minute (often knowing full well that was my plan all along); I'd go to the gym twice and not go back for 3 years; I'd start non-fiction books and abandon them three pages in; the list goes on. I stuck to things only when there was something making me, like a friend, or an angry professor, or the threat of losing my job if I didn't turn up. I never really saw this as a problem. Until now.
I realise that committing yourself to a course of action and then following up on that isn't just a good thing to do; it's the only thing to do. All my flakiness, last minute decisions, and lack of a firm answer didn't just paint me as unreliable to other people, but they made me think I was unreliable. I had no trust in myself to follow through on tasks, so I stopped starting them. I stopped trying to do things that were difficult because I knew I'd procrastinate them away until it was far too late. To not be able to trust yourself is not a place you want to be in, because there is no chance you will do anything. Ever.
This has changed recently. I've managed to stick to my no-sugar, no-carb, no-dairy, no-anything-that-will-shorten-my-life-span diet; I'm keeping up with my French practice; I'm going to keep blogging here Mondays and Thursdays, regardless of readership; I'm in the process of "Paring Down" (that's for another post); I make sure that I answer yes or no to plans made with friends, and stick to what I answered. Ultimately, I'm setting myself tasks and I'm seeing them through to the bitter end.
This might seem like rehabilitation, and that's because it is. I was (am by nature, I suppose) lazy, flaky, and generally looking for the easy way out. I've been reading about how this is a hard-wired phenomenon in our brain to take the easy route, do the immediately fun thing and not the long term fun, worthwhile thing, but I don't know how much of that I believe yet. For me, right now, it's just a case of sticking with what I'm doing to the point at which it's completed, or until something physically stops me doing it. As I build my trust in myself, I can start to set myself bigger tasks and more meaningful goals.
It's going to be an interesting few months (years).


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SUNBURY — Mary Jane Walker, 91, died July 20, 2011, at her home.
She was born March 26, 1920, in Zanesville to the late Dr. Elmer C. and Mozelle E. (James) Johnson. She lived in the Galena/Sunbury area most of her life. She helped her husband run the Walker Grocery in Galena until 1962, and retired from Otterbein and Harding Hospital.
Survived by daughters, Wanda Mantor of Sunbury, Gwendolyn Bailey of Delaware; sons, Donald Walker of Columbus, R. Dale Walker of Sunbury, 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; sister, Betty Wurm of Galena.
Preceded in death by husband, R. Gordon; one grandchild; two great-grandchildren; brothers, Paul and John Johnson; sisters, Margaret Ferguson and Louise Johnson.
Friends may call today, 6-8 p.m., at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Sunbury, where services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Sue Antolik officiating. Interment in Sunbury Memorial Park.
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A laser beam combiner housing is connected to a light pipe distribution system, and has a first beam path established for a principal lasing beam passing through an inlet aperture to an outlet aperture connected to the light distribution system. An internal mirror face transversely intercepts the first beam path and is aligned with a second laser beam path, so that the second laser beam will establish a line of incidence with the reflective mirror, and the corresponding line of reflection of said second laser beam will be collinear with the first laser beam path. The second laser beam is created by a low power visible spectrum laser generating unit, so that the light distribution pipes and corresponding reflective mirrors may be accurately aligned with the principal lasing beam path. The housing is also provided with cooling fluid to create controlled environment for the principal lasing beam.
1. A laser beam combiner, comprising:
(a) a box-like housing including
a first laser inlet aperture and
a laser outlet aperture defining a linear first beam path; and
a second laser inlet aperture located about an axis angled to said first beam path;
(b) a laser mirror mounted in said housing, including
a front reflective face obliquely intercepting said first beam path and angled with respect to said axis to define
a non-linear second beam path, said second beam path comprising a line of incidence and a line of reflection, said line of incidence collinear with said axis and said line of reflection collinear with said first beam path through said laser outlet aperture; and
(c) a tooling plug, removably located centrally within said laser outlet aperture, said plug having a central hole substantially smaller than said laser outlet aperture.
2. The laser beam combiner of claim 1, wherein said first laser inlet aperture and said laser outlet aperture are in line with one another, and said mirror has a rear face and mirror means for passing a laser beam through said mirror from said rear face to said front reflective face.
3. The laser entry box of claim 1, wherein said housing includes means for supplying a conditional environment fluid to the interior of said housing, said fluid being freely ducted from said housing through said laser outlet aperture.
4. The laser beam combiner of claim 3, wherein said fluid is a cooling gas.
5. The laser beam combiner of claim 1, further comprising first and second laser beams corresponding to said first and second laser inlet apertures, said second laser beam comprising laser light in the visible spectrum.
6. The laser beam combiner of claim 1, further comprising a second mirror mounted in said housing, said second mirror located with respect to said second laser inlet aperture and said laser mirror so that said second laser beam path is coextensive with a line of incidence and a line of reflection of said second mirror, and said line of incidence of said laser mirror is collinear with said line of reflection of said second mirror.
The invention relates to laser beam distribution systems, and in particular, the invention relates to laser systems where it is desirable to align the laser distribution tubes and mirrors by means of a low power, visible laser beam.
In a laser beam distribution system which generally originates at the outlet of a laser generator, it is necessary to align the laser distribution conduits, generally referred to as "light pipes" and reflective joint mirrors linking the light pipes. Many systems of short length can be aligned by simple measurement and placement of light pipes, but, for complicated and long distance, it is desirable to align the system by means of a lower power visible laser beam such as that provided by a helium-neon laser (HeNe).
Frequently, the HeNe laser is the heart of a system, as in certain measuring systems, but, where the principal lasing unit forms an invisible beam, such as that found in a CO2 laser, and, where certain high power (1.5 kw) lasers may have an unfocused beam diamter of 5/8 inch, for example, it is necessary to very accurately align the central, principal lasing beam with the light pipe system, by means of other than the principal lasing beam.
Applicant has devised a compact, reliable system for aligning a laser beam in a light pipe system, and, as a subset, the device provides convenient means for introducing cooling, or otherwise conditioned, fluid to establish a controlled environment for the lasing beam.
It is therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a compact system for aligning a principal lasing beam with a light distribution system by means of an auxiliary lasing beam unit.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a laser entry box having a conditioned fluid introduced therein to provide a controlled environment for a laser beam distribution system.
The invention is shown embodied in a laser beam combiner wherein a box-like housing has a principal laser beam inlet aperture aligned with a laser outlet aperture to define a first laser beam path, and a second laser beam inlet aperture is located in the housing transversely to the first laser beam path. A laser mirror is mounted in said housing, the mirror having a reflective face obliquely intercepting the first laser beam path and the face is angled with respect to the second laser beam inlet aperture to define a second nonlinear laser beam path comprising a line of instance and a line of reflection with respect to the laser mirror, the line of reflection being colinear with at least a portion of the first laser beam path through the laser outlet aperture. A principal lasing beam, for example a CO2 laser beam, is aligned with the first laser beam path through the housing, and a secondary, low power laser beam, in the visible spectrum is aligned with the second laser beam path to provide a reference for aligning the light pipe distribution system and accompaying reflective mirrors.
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a laser robotic system.
FIG. 2 is a plan section through the laser beam combiner taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the laser beam combiner, taken along the line 3--3 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 1 of the drawings illustrate a right side elevational view of a laser robot 10 having a laser generating unit 11 mounted on a floor nearly. The laser unit 11 may be any of a variety of industrial lasing units manufactured by companies such as Coherent General Company, Spectra-Physics, etc. The preferred laser unit 11 for many power applications is an invisible CO2 gas laser, emitting a laser beam 12 along a horizontal path from the exit end 13 of the unit 11. The beam 12 is directed into a beam combiner 14, exiting through a light pipe 15 which is a hollow tube connected to the beam combiner 14 and to a path-direction changing unit such as the corner mirror assembly 16 shown. The beam combiner 14 will be fully discussed in conjunction with FIGS. 2 and 3, to describe how the robot is cooled and how the beam 12 is aligned. The mirror assembly 16 directs the beam 12 downward along a vertical path through a light pipe 17 to a second mirror assembly 16 which redirects the beam 12 along a horizontal path through a light tube 18 into a base 19 of the robot 10. The light pipe 18 may be continuous in many applications, but for the preferred embodiment the pipe 18 may be replaced by two pipe sections 18a,b, with a beam switching box 20 located therebetween. The switching box 20 does not form a part of the present invention.
Referring to the plan section of FIG. 2 and the front view of FIG. 3 together, the laser beam combiner 14 of FIG. 1 is shown affixed to a mounting plate 400 mounted to the front, or exit end 13 of the laser generator unit 11. The beam combiner 14 is of welded construction, having a baseplate 401 extending past side flanges 402,403 secured by cap screws 404. The baseplate 401 has a central horizontal hole 405 with clearance around the flange 406 of a laser entry tube 407, flange-mounted with screws 408 against the baseplate 400. The tube 407 has a central bore 409 for the passage of the high power laser beam 12 emanating from the laser generator unit 11. The beam combiner 14 has a side plate 410 extending parallel to the laser beam 12, and an end plate 411 is aligned at 90� to the side plate 410. The end plate 411 has a threaded collar 412 secured thereto, sealed with an O-ring 413, and the first light pipe 15 is threadably received in the collar 412. The side plate 410 has a hole 414 and spot face 415 covered by a transparent window 416 which is gasketed and held in position with buttonhead screws 417. A relatively low-power laser generator unit 418--for example, a helium neon (HeNe) laser, which emits a red visible light beam--is mounted at 90� to the side plate 410 on a mounting bracket 419 fastened to the mounting plate 400.
The laser unit 418 is aligned so that the incoming beam 420 will form a right triangle with the axis 421 of the light pipe 15. In order to do so, a base angle alpha is selected, and the apex angle delta would then be 90� minus alpha. A reflecting mirror 422 is positioned at the base corner 423 of the triangle, normal to a line 424 bisecting angle alpha. The mirror 422 is held against the end of a positioning plug 425 by a retaining cap 426 threadably received on the plug 425. The positioning plug 425 has a pilot 427 received in a close-fitting bore 428 in a thick, angled side wall 429 of the box 14, and a flange 430 is received against a fitting washer 431 to adjustably position the mirror 423. The pilot 427 is sealed with an O-ring 432, and the plug 425 is held in position by cap screws 433 received through the flange 430. The end 434 of the laser entry tube 407 is machined flat, normal to a line 435 bisecting angle delta, and a shallow counterbore 436 in the surface 434 receives a reflecting mirror 437 which is retained by a retaining ring 438 and screws 439. The mirror 437 is made of a material such as gallium arsenide (GaAs), or zince selenide (ZnSe), which is transparent to the working (CO2) beam, but partially relfective to the alignment (HeNe) beam--due to the difference in wavelength of the two beams. In order to assure that the low power, visible laser beam 420 is centered coaxially with the axis 421 of the light pipe 15, a tooling plug 440 is inserted to a close-fitting bore 441 in the end plate 411 of the box 14. The plug 440 has a knurled outer diameter and has a small centered aperture 442 and a counter-drilled clearance hole 443. When the laser 418 is positioned correctly, the visible beam 420 will pass through the aperture 442. This beam 420 is utilized for aligning the various mirrors on the robot 10, since the higher-power main laser beam 12 is invisible to the eye. After aligning the laser components, the tooling plug 440 is removed, and the low-power laser unit 418 may, optionally, be turned off, or left on to track the larger-diameter, high-power beam 12. The entry box 14 has an additional side plate 444 enclosing the structure, having a welded circular flange 445 and a clearance hole 446 therethrough. A thin mounting plate 447 is gasketed and secured to the flange 445 by cap screws 448, and the mounting plate 447, in turn, supports a vortex tube 449 by means of a threaded end 450 passing through the plate 447 and secured with a locknut 451. The vortex tube 449 is of the type available from the Vortec Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, wherein compressed air enters through a side inlet 452 at a first reference temperature. Through a vortex/spinning action, cold air will exit one tube end 450 and hot air will exit the other end 453. The cold air flows through the box 14 and down through the light pipe 15 to cool the various laser components and to slightly pressurize the system so as to prevent the entry of airborne contaminants from the atmosphere. The laser mounting bracket 419 also carries an air filter 454 and pressure regulator 455 tubed in series with the vortex tube 449 to regulate and clean the air received from an air pressure source (not shown).
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the device may be provided with cooling fluids other than air, for example, inert, low cost, gaseous nitrogen.
While the invention has been shown in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended that the invention be so limited. Rather, the invention extends to all such designs and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.
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Buying vs. Leasing your Supply Chain: Lessons Learned From 'Brew Masters'
Evan Wolkin on Thursday, November 20, 2014
Gain An Edge with Benchmarking
Heather Grossmuller on Tuesday, November 18, 2014
How can the Internet of Things impact the health care supply chain?
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The components used to create complex medical machinery are produced by hundreds of companies distributed across the globe. Knowing whether or not these implementations were produced ethically or were transported under unfavorable conditions is a challenge for procurement officers in the health care industry.
Devices aren't the only component of the medical sector about which purchasing professionals are concerned. While the chemical processes used to make particular drugs are one consideration, another is deducing how the materials used to create these drugs were transported between facilities. Not to mention, sourcing managers want to know whether logistics partners distributed finished products appropriately.
Radio-frequency identification and Internet-connected smart devices can provide clarity in regard to these questions, but a number of challenges are preventing organizations from implementing the assets and platforms necessary to support them. Before scrutinizing these problem areas, it's important to detail how the aforementioned technology can provide health care enterprises with supply chain visibility.
RFID: The foundation of transparency
While barcodes provide warehouse managers and others with adequate information, it's not as detailed as the kind that RFID tags hold. In addition, orders can't be expedited as quickly with barcodes because personnel must physically walk up to items possessing these labels to register information. What's different about RFID?
A report conducted by Transparency Market Research noted that RFID as a whole is comprised of tags, middleware and readers. Whenever a reader passes by a package equipped with a tag, the tag's microprocessor exchanges information with the reader. Tags can hold a wide variety of data, such as where certain products were produced, which facilities the items were stored in throughout the distribution channel and so on.
Usage rates of RFID
The research firm discovered that RFID use in the health care sector can be seen in medical reporting, blood transfer surveillance, pharmaceutical monitoring, human resources identification and, of course, distribution tracking. However, Transparency maintained barcode technology has hindered RFID growth, primarily due to its pre-established use throughout the industry.
That doesn't mean it isn't feasible to use RFID technology. Smaller tags are more convenient for hospitals to attach to devices and pharmaceutical packages. Overall, RFID systems are expected to become more affordable, as instances of theft, a rise in drug counterfeiting and a universal need for more efficient supply chain practices are increasing demand for such solutions.
A notable challenge
As almost every global sourcing expert knows, it's incredibly difficult to account for every indirect and direct supplier relationship. The comprehensive visibility associated with RFID is only possible if each partner cooperates with the organization that initiates the technology's implementation.
How can this problem be resolved? Start at the very beginning of the supply chain. This will obligate companies down the line to use RFID technology, as it will be the only way they can register when products were received and transferred. Even if a company that failed to use an RFID system employed workers attempting to commit fraud, it would be incredibly difficult for them to do so because their employer would be the first partner to receive scrutiny.
Why the cloud is necessary
Health IT Analytics contributor Jennifer Bresnick acknowledged how cloud infrastructures provide organizations with the platforms necessary to aggregate, process and use data produced by Internet-connected devices. As cloud technology provides professionals with the means to access applications and data from any place possessing Web access, it makes sense to deploy RFID solutions through the cloud.
Of course, this presents a challenge in and of itself. How does a hospital get each of its partners to use the same cloud platform? Is it optimal to simply leverage RFID as a service instead? What does this mean for purchasing? These are other concerns that must be properly assessed.
Source One Provides Sustainable Sourcing Solutions; Wins S&DCE Green Supply Chain Award Third Year in a Row
Rebecca Lorden on Monday, November 17, 2014
If you are considering going green, here are some tips on managing that within your supply chain:
One of the first steps into "greening" your company is to prioritize goals. Your procurement and sourcing groups can give insight into what green strategic sourcing initiatives are quick hits and what other projects are more long-term investments that require will require change management planning.
Additionally, some environmentally friendly objectives might align with existing spend management goals. For example, companies that are looking to reduce spend in office supplies can often find substitutions that are inexpensive and made from recyclable materials.
Secondly, it is important to take the time and assess your existing supply base. Some suppliers are just not the right fit for green programs, but very often suppliers do have sustainability policies that they neglected to discuss with you previously.
For those companies who believe green suppliers tend to be more expensive, it is important to realize sustainable providers are often aligned with market prices. If you are dealing with skeptics, a benchmarking report can provide the market data regarding green supplier costs, help gain buy-in from stakeholders.
Ultimately, sustainability is not just a trend, but a growing business practice. If you company is looking to be more environmentally friendly, utilizing green sourcing methods will not only help reduce your costs, but also achieve your goals.
Source One Provides Sustainable Sourcing Solutions; Wins S&DCE Green Supply Chain Award Third Year in a Row
Need manufacturing skills? Invest in schools, in-house education
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When it comes to finding personnel with the skills needed to keep state-of-the-art manufacturing plants operating effectively, strategic sourcing specialists should direct their focus toward hiring the young.
This, of course, is easier said than done. However, industry-wide concerns about a growing labor shortage have caused many private enterprises to take their own initiatives, implementing in-house education programs. In addition, public school systems are taking note of the troubles the production economy is facing.
Gearing up for a bountiful career
It's quite possible that one of the reasons why manufacturers have failed to attract young individuals into taking up the trade is that many people entering the workforce perceive factory jobs as low-paying. However, USA Today noted that machinists and other specialists focusing on production equipment, development and maintenance earn upward of $80,000 annually.
Those are the kinds of positions Wheeling High School in Illinois are preparing its students to fill. The source noted the institution has offered production economy training to pupils for six years. Wheeling High is a member of Project Lead the Way, which designs curricula for schools providing manufacturing training to enrollees.
Changing popular impressions
Project Lead the Way was implemented in response to the hundreds of thousands of positions U.S. manufacturers are working assiduously to fill. Manufacturing Institute Vice President Gardner Carrick noted this and other programs work against the popular concept that manufacturing provides people with no career advancement, and is associated with dirty, arduous work.
In contrast to this perception, Carrick maintained that modern production jobs are of a different ilk, asserting that today's professionals are "working with computers and robots that are doing what you used to do by hand," he told USA Today.
Capitalizing on a convenient location
IndustryWeek referenced a three-year, $32 million investment by General Electric that will be put toward constructing an advanced manufacturing facility minutes outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The finished building will employ 50 positions requiring knowledge of high-tech engineering technologies. GE stated its hope that graduates of local colleges and universities will find work there.
"It is how we will compete and win in the future," said GE Vice Chairman Dan Heintzelman, as quoted by the source. "We can more efficiently invent and build products for our customers, while driving better margins for our investors."
Commitments such as GE's position the U.S. to be a viable manufacturing competitor.
How US-China accords affect global sourcing
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The technology and energy industries will likely be profoundly affected by agreements between the U.S. and China.
The manner in which enterprises participate in global sourcing is partially dictated by relationships between the nations they're based in. As China and U.S. are two of the world's largest economies, it makes sense for their leaders to collaborate for the benefit of both nations.
For the benefit of technology
Marley Jay, a business writer for The Associated Press, acknowledged a trade agreement between China and the U.S. that could abolish tariffs on $1 trillion in global purchases of semiconductors, MRI machines, GPS devices, printer ink cartridges and other high-tech goods. Jay noted that U.S. President Obama traveled to Beijing for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit, at which he and Chinese leaders discussed the expansion of the Information Technology Agreement of 1996.
The ITA prohibits tariffs on IT products, as they provide domestic items a price advantage over imported counterparts. Although the agreement wasn't finalized, it's expected the accord will officially be implemented at the World Trade Organization congregation, which will take place in Geneva later this year.
In light of this development, purchasing management professionals working at major tech companies will be able to establish relationships with manufacturers that produce higher-end, more expensive materials, because they won't have to consider the tariffs associated with procuring IT goods.
Commitment to the environment
The U.S. and Chinese economies are bound to feel the impact of emissions agreements between the two nations. The Washington Post maintained the plan states that the U.S. will double the pace of its carbon reduction initiatives before 2025, reducing levels to 28 percent below 2005 output.
In turn, China will put a cap on its carbon dioxide emissions sometime around 2030. The nation will cease its rising emissions production by increasing investment in nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar energy, which currently accounts for 20 percent of its total power usage.
What are the implications for procurement officers working in the energy sector? The prospect of carbon taxes has been discussed among both Chinese and U.S. lawmakers, requiring those concerned with spend management to deduce how these mandates will impact corporate budgets. In turn, these analysts may advice their employers to take advantage of federal subsidies provided to enterprises that make tangible investments in renewable energy.
Will Apple's supply chain be able to sustain demand for smartwatch?
Strategic Sourceror on Friday, November 14, 2014
One particular issue that recently received a lot of attention from procurement management experts is involved the setbacks Apple encountered in regard to its supply chain.
First, the hardware developer's suppliers experienced a problem in which the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus failed to emit the appropriate amount of light. Then, after the two smartphones were released, Apple customers discovered the devices were bending in their pockets.
The two primary issues
Now, according to Manufacturing Business Technology contributor Paul Noël, Apple is finding its partners aren't producing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in tandem with consumer demand, resulting in shortages across the board. With this factor considered, it can be concluded that Apple is facing two central problems:
- Quality control: Not too long ago, Apple had a reputation for producing near-flawless goods that operated on a superb level. The latest reports regarding the new iPhone seem to contradict this image, signaling that Apple's development and quality assurance teams aren't paying as much attention as they used to.
- Purchasing: One can perceive Apple's product shortages as a problem rooted in two issues. In one respect, it's possible that the company's procurement officers aren't aligning themselves with Apple's sales department, meaning they're not receiving accurate demand reports on which to construct device orders. From a different angle, it's possible that Apple's purchasing division is overlooking factors that are preventing its suppliers from producing goods at the optimal rate.
With respect to both points, it may benefit Apple to consider the benefits of business process outsourcing to conduct a thorough review of the enterprise's supply chain. Such companies can serve as quality control experts, as well as investigators that can identify which partners are unintentionally causing shortages to occur.
Ready for a new device?
Amid these concerns are tangible signs that Apple is preparing to unveil new products within the next three to four months, and the hardware developer's manufacturing partners are gearing up. Apple Insider noted the company's chip suppliers are preparing to initially turn out 30 million to 40 million Apple Watches. The source noted the following supply-related concerns:
- The Apple Watch will run on advanced system-in-package (SiP) technology that allows entire computing systems to reside on a single chip.
- The device will be equipped with a Force Touch Retina surface that is able to identify the differences between a tap and a press.
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity are expected to be a part of the final package.
- Near-field communication will assist those using Apple Pay.
Apple Insider acknowledged recent rumors that Apple Watch will debut on Feb. 14 of next year, but this estimate has largely been regarded as speculation. As one can see, a fair number of components are categorized as being the "latest and greatest," which means that Apple's supply chain may be sacrificing quality control to ensure the device functions adequately, as opposed to optimally.
Future supplier concerns
In order to avoid future shortages, Noël recommended that Apple diversify its supplier portfolio, alleviating primary partners of production demands that, in some cases, are unrealistic. According to Noël, one of the reasons why the iPhone 5S and 5C didn't encounter the deficit woes associated with the latest iPhone releases is that Apple used two different manufacturers, Foxconn and Pegatron, to handle the assembly of the 5S and 5C respectively.
Now, Foxconn is handling much of the iPhone 6's production on top of managing all of the manufacturing needs of the iPhone 6 Plus. Alleviating some of the pressure on Foxconn will mitigate the shortage issues with which Apple is currently contending. As far as quality assurance goes, it's best if Apple sends development professionals to manufacturing.
Scrutinizing the flexible side of spend management
Strategic Sourceror on Thursday, November 13, 2014
Globalization opened up the Western world to the Eastern and vice versa. With this dismantlement of borders came a whole new set of risks, concerns and opportunities.
The nature of spend management didn't necessarily change, but professionals concerned with the practice learned to take advantage of favorable circumstances when these were presented to them. Building relationships with overseas or nearshore suppliers involved deducing not how much a company would save, but how much it would gain.
Outside looking in
Arguably, globalization also gave birth to business process outsourcing. All too often, enterprise leaders who have been working at their companies for some time are emotionally invested in the decisions they make, hindering their ability to make critical decisions, a few of which may or may not "fit protocol."
SupplyChainBrain noted that, on average, spend management entities can deliver up to $6 million in savings to their clients, providing services at expenses 19 percent lower than in-house teams. While the statistics shouldn't be negated, it's important to analyze why these cost reductions are apparent. Those at procurement firms bring a number of different factors to the table when scrutinizing the sourcing concerns of their clients, such as:
- A diverse partnership portfolio: Vendors connect with hundreds of different organizations or more every year. With this networking comes a fundamental knowledge of what specific enterprises have to offer. Recommending certain suppliers based on past, thorough experience is a capability in-house teams can't necessarily offer.
- Knowing what's best: As was mentioned above, it's sometimes difficult for in-house teams to view situations without some level of emotional investment. In addition, professionals used to operating in a particular manner for an extensive period of time are typically hesitant to implement change. Outsourced procurement officers can objectively view situations, deduce which protocols are working and which are not, and then make calculated recommendations based on their conclusions.
An example of flexibility with critical assessment
One particular part of the world that is receiving an incredible amount of investment is the Middle East, especially around the Gulf region. Supply Management contributor Helen Gilbert noted that firms based in the region have many opportunities to expand portfolios, but the pace at which procurement teams must be developed isn't up to par.
Gilbert noted a survey of 100 chief procurement officers and directors throughout firms conducting business in the region, which discovered 95 percent of respondents believed strategic assessment will improve the Middle East's ability to add value.
What will procurement look like in 2015?
Strategic Sourceror on Wednesday, November 12, 2014
The current generation of procurement officers are being viewed as pseudo-investigators.
The intention isn't to write a ground-breaking dissertation on India's manufacturing economy - rather, it is to determine which partnerships and supplier relationships befit company requirements and standards. Due to the vastness of the average supply chain, purchasing experts need to scrutinize every line for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to:
- Detecting fraud and other unfavorable financial activity
- Ensuring raw materials are being acquired by suppliers through ethical means
- Deducing whether partners are treating their employees fairly
- Identifying problem areas in which distribution costs are getting out of hand
What's to expect from the future
The present character of procurement management is one that favors holistic oversight of all assets and relationships. This approach will have a profound effect on the way in which professionals working in this field will conduct themselves in the near future. Supply Chain Digital contributor Mickey Rizza named five trends that will define purchasing in 2015:
- Achieving holistic, transparent inventory management is a goal many enterprises, particularly those in the retail industry, will strive to attain. The Internet of Things and analytics tools enables supply chain experts to develop more accurate demand forecasts, quickly liquidate returns and adjust tactical strategies in the blink of an eye.
- Procurement teams will become more acquainted with other departments. Each team has its own needs, and developing an understanding of what those necessities are will help purchasing officers acquire materials and services with regard to what an organization requires as a whole.
- Real-time performance monitoring will become a regular practice. Being able to look at a vast chart displaying how each supplier and partner is contributing to the success of a business is a capability of the near future. This will enable professionals to not only identify problem areas, but figure out how and why issues are occurring in particular sectors. Acknowledging a dilemma is one thing, being able to zero in on the root cause is another.
- Trusted partners will become suppliers. As it's a "who you know" world, it makes sense that companies will be looking to build economic relationships with enterprises they have conducted transactions with in the past. This trend will be driven by pre-established connections among professionals. Furthermore, Rizza noted businesses will be more likely to plan meetings between prospective suppliers and research and development teams to collaboratively figure out ways in which operations can be improved.
- Sourcing from Latin America and Asia Pacific will increase. These two markets are home to some of the world's most esteemed burgeoning economies. As investment ramps up in these regions, organizations will look to throw support behind fledgling manufacturers with a lot of potential. In turn, this will have an impact on the supply chain. Rail transportation between Latin America and North America is due to increase if this trend persists.
What's the general message?
Each of the aforementioned trends pertains to a competitive advantage. If Supplier A can develop higher quality goods at a minimal markup while Supplier B fabricates products of average condition, then contracting the former company is more beneficial because it's worth it for organizations to pay a little more for superior materials.
Product quality is just one facet of a successful supplier relationship. Profitable connections depend on how efficiently products can be delivered and whether those goods are being produced with ethical practices in mind.
Above all, the chief reason why procurement behavior will encounter a shift in 2015 is that outsourcing is such a popular practice. Sigi Osagie, a contributor to Procurement Leaders, noted the Internet, the jet engine and decreasing telecommunications expenses have spawned a global economy that, now more than ever, favors holistic oversight and better shareholder returns. Deducing which relationships will support these goals is a responsibility that lies with purchasing departments.
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Source One Releases New Supplier Benchmarking White Paper Today
Rebecca Lorden on Tuesday, November 11, 2014
To read the white paper, visit http://sourceoneinc.com/sourcing_whitepapers.html#benchmarking_white_paper.
Could the US be at the helm of the next industrial revolution?
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Given the advent of the Internet of Things, personalization and an overall need to reduce distribution risk, procurement officers aren't necessarily crossing off reshoring as an option.
In fact, many analysts would assert that the U.S. and the global manufacturing industry as a whole is due for an industrial revolution. To some, what the new age of production will look like is somewhat of a mystery. Will factories be completely devoid of human labor? Is a new form of "raw" materials to be established? How can artificial intelligence contribute to future development?
A need for ascension
There's no doubt that globalization transformed the conventional supply chain model. Instead of purchasing materials produced at factories distributed across North America, sourcing specialists were obligated to set up logistics models that included overseas manufacturing facilities, oceanic shipping companies and hundreds of partners.
These types of operations have made spend management and other tasks associated with procurement much more complex. They inherently carry risks that can obstruct or delay shipments and even result in criminal investigations.
MAPI Director of Economic Studies Cliff Waldman wrote a piece detailing what the "new factory" will look like in the near future and beyond. He maintained the aforementioned factors, in addition to the ubiquitous need to lower the costs with which goods are produced, have incited a need for an industrial revolution. It's more convenient for a U.S. company to source items that are produced domestically for a few reasons, such as:
- It's easier to build relationships with suppliers. Just because airlines provide professionals with the ability to fly across the Pacific, doesn't mean doing so is convenient.
- Maintaining quality control isn't as arduous. Apple is one company that's known for putting a lot of effort into R&D, but needs to send personnel overseas to ensure its production partners are making devices up to pre-established standards.
- It costs less to distribute goods across a continent than it does to transport them halfway around the globe. The longer a logistics chain, the more vulnerable it is to sustaining disruptions.
Technology to be a main driver
In order for reshoring to become a reality, U.S. manufacturers will not only have integrate technology into existing processes, but make it the basis of the way in which goods are fabricated. While advanced machinery and robotics is certainly a part of this revolution, professionals such as Accenture Strategy Managing Director and IndustryWeek contributor Cv Ramachandran maintained that software is going to be essential for the success of U.S. manufacturing.
Although there are many dimensions to production's use of applications, there are two ways in which digital assets will be leveraged to further the industry's progression:
- Reliability and performance: Using data analysis software to deduce how well implementations are performing will show managers ways in which processes can be adjusted or transformed to improve their functionality. Predictive maintenance is a popular topic among industrialists, as it allows them to fix issues before they exacerbate.
- Centralized administration: Being able to control the way in which dozens of factories behave from a single location is a powerful capability. Imagine receiving a sales forecast for January 2015 and programing facilities to either scale back or increase production based on those statistics.
What's preventing the U.S. manufacturing economy from jumping feet first into this digital environment? A skills shortage. Ramachandran noted a survey conducted by The Manufacturing Institute, which found 60 percent of the 300 surveyed U.S. fabrication leaders asserted trying to find the appropriate people to fill essential positions was difficult.
To allay the severity of this situation, it's possible that U.S. production companies may find the required talent through vendors, but a need for permanent personnel will persist nonetheless. As such, industrialists should increase efforts to attract college students and recent graduates.
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