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A perfect fit of controllers, servo drives and mechanics – thanksto quick configuration with PositioningDrives and commissioning with just a few clicks with the Festo Automation Suite.
The benefits of the new servo drives CMMT-AS and servo motors EMMT-AS are numerous: maximum connectivity of the hardware and software, great efficiency, clever engineering and easy operation. Dynamic motion and precise positioning, whether for point to point or interpolation, are additional plus points. Last but not least, the complete system is extremely quick and easy to commission.
Joining and press-fitting are key processes in the production of goods, and an important area in factory automation. That is why we are now also offering self-contained systems in this field. We have many years of experience as a partner in the design and production of handling systems and drive solutions as well as expertise in processes. This enables us to offer exactly the right solution for your joining and press-fitting application
The EMCA is the perfect complete solution for positioning drives orfor format changes. The integrated drive comprises a maintenanceandwear-free EC motor as well as power electronics and open- andclosed-loop control electronics. It can be installed directly in thesystem thanks to the optional high protection to IP65 for the housingand connection technology.
Festo quality at attractive prices covering your standard automation tasks.
Festo quality at an attractive price covering your everyday automation tasks.
With this issue of Highlights 2020, you are holding a kind of compass
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You will see the first results in our core product range. Numerous new
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A central theme for us is connectivity at all possible levels:
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Put your trust in a partner who has been setting technological standards for decades. Whether in pneumatic or electric automation. And don't expect anything less than a complete package, from mechanical systems to integrated motion control solutions and subsystems.
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The PC-based Festo Automation Suite software combines the parameterisation, programming and maintenance of Festo components in one program. It enables the entire drive package, from the mechanical system to the controller, to be commissioned. Perfect for making industrial automation simple, efficient and seamless.
Automation solutions for the automotive
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Many of Festo's products are inherently free of copper. For example guides are made essentially of polymer. In order to be able to offer customers who manufacture lithium-ion batteries as many components as possible from our product range, we have optimised products specifically for use in this field – and we have replaced parts that contain copper with copper-free elements.
Our multi-part static system presentation comprehensively shows
• how Festo products can be connected to and integrated in various fieldbus and Ethernet protocols around the world
• how the communication hierarchies are related to one another
• and which networking and installation concepts Festo supports: for fluid and motion control for factory and process automation (FA/PA)
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text: The recently released American Dreamers book features an essay by our very own Shannon Galpin. What is American Dreamers? An initiative of Sharp Stuff, American Dreamers "is for those who believe in brighter futures. Gathering the optimists, mavericks, and mad inventors who believe we can create a better world, American Dreamers is a guidebook for optimism and an art book for inspiration."


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Inspired by classic rugs of western Anatolia, our Anjora custom rug has a unique distressed look that the weavers achieve by hand-knotting it from 100 percent wool, then hand-shearing the top of the pile for a plush feel underfoot. The muted color palette and intricate design give this rug an antique aesthetic that enriches your room.See the full Anjora collection
The company is India's leading producer and exporter of hand-knotted, hand-tufted and flat-woven rugs. Skilled weavers use their artistry to create rugs of lasting beauty and durability. Socially and environmentally, Obeetee's practices are the gold standard in the industry. In addition to providing high compensation and favorable working conditions, the company supports local school systems.
Details of Anjora Custom Rectangle/Square Rug
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- Edge Detail: self-bound with matching yarns; ends knotted with fringe
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- Consideration: each rug is unique with subtle color variations; shedding is a natural occurrence, but will decrease over time; most shedding occurs within the first 3-6 months; rug pad recommended for hard floors to protect floor surface, add cushioning and reduce movement Shop rug pads
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- Material: 100% wool
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- Material Description: Wool is an ideal rug fiber because it's resilient enough to bounce back to its original shape after being walked on, making it a smart choice for high-traffic areas. Wool contains lanolin, a natural oil that makes wool both stain resistant and flame retardant without chemical treatment. This means dirt and debris sit on the outside of the fibers, allowing it to be vacuumed up easily. Pure wool rugs will shed noticeably for the first few months and will diminish over time.
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Long before our rugs are woven, they start as a vision of color, composition and material. We design our rugs with inspiration from art and architecture to historical designs and nature. Every color, pattern and texture is carefully considered to ensure the rugs are both beautiful and easy to live with. We use the highest quality yarns for durability and longevity. Rugs set the foundation for your room and we're committed to bringing you an exclusive collection of colors, styles and textures that will last.
How It's Made
Simply put, weavers create each wool rug one tiny knot at a time. Experienced weavers can weave between one to two-and-one-half inches per day, demonstrating the meticulous care that goes into each rug. These unique skills are handed down from person to person—some of the weavers are part of the sixth generation of craftsmen. They are artists who create one-of-a-kind masterpieces.
Hand-knotted rugs generally feature intricate patterns that contain dozens of yarn colors. Before weaving begins, the naksha, or master plan, is plotted on huge graph paper in which each square represents one knot in the final rug. Each color on the naksha indicates a specific shade of yarn, which the weaver uses to guide the design.
The loom is prepared for weaving by setting columns of warps, stretched from the top of the loom to the bottom. The rug progresses as knot after knot of woolen yarn is tied on the warps. After the first weft (or row) is woven, it is tamped down with a mallet to keep it tight. A second weft interlocks the warps across each row to keep the knots in place. The weaver—or team of weavers, in the case of large rugs—repeats the process until the entire rug is completed. This labor-intense method produces rugs that are equal parts beautiful and durable.
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Hand-knotted rugs do not require backings because their construction makes them stable without one. The reverse side of the rug shows the same pattern as the front; however, the front has a pile and the back does not.
Every rug goes through a range of quality inspections, looking for consistency in size, yarn quality, pile height and shearing. An array of washing techniques are used, each of which achieves a different effect.


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As an Army cadet, Wesley met a good Christian young man who shared his faith and stole her heart. She married Larry Bauguess during her senior year. Upon graduation, they entered the Army and served together as Lieutenants and Captains. The Army life was perfect for this patriotic duo. They had a wonderful marriage for…Read More


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I don't dare to quit Safari if I want to keep the tabs opened, because this happens quite often on my MacBook, running OSX 10.8.2 and Safari 6.0.2. Is this a known problem?
It is strange because window titles are still there but I cannot reload the page. So I always have to search for the page title to get back to the page.


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In this study of the Northeast, learn basics of interpreting physical, political, and population maps. Includes discussion questions at the beginning and end of each segment.
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You can listen to Episode 149 by clicking on the flash player below, or go to our listening options page for a list of other ways to receive the show. Episode 149 is one hour and 15 minutes long.
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Your employees will use social media whether you like it or not… and our expert says fully20 percent of current business communication is done via social media. So why not take control of the situation, and create ground rules and guidelines, so you're in charge of how it's used? Our interview with Gartner Research Director Andrew Walls is 8 minutes long and starts about 24 minutes into the show. This is an excerpt. We also posted the entire 25-minute interview on our conference notes page, if you'd like to hear it.
In our interview with Ed Rowley of M86 Security, we discuss a new iPhone scam……… The interview starts 61 minutes into the show.
Tales from the Dark Web
Polymorphic attacks are making the lastest drive-by infected web sites mostly invisible to signature-based anti-virus.
Our Take on This Week's News
iPhone 4 and Motorola Droid X released in the same week. Guess which phone won the hype war? The press coverage of the iPhone release centered on the ecstatic throngs of Apple heads waiting all night on the sidewalk outside the stores. The Android roundup consisted of dry product reviews and analysis of the platform's future prospects.
Meanwhile smart phone security is a hot topic, and Ira just returned from the Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit, where there was a comprehensive session on the subject.
Speaking of phones… congress is holding hearings on cellphone tracking of citizens by government.
Employers are in denial about the sensitive information that lives on the laptops and smart phones of their employees. Listen to our interview with Kevin Beaver of Principle Logic, who found an interesting gap between perception and reality while he was conducting security audits. The interview is just over 4 minutes long, taped at the Gartner conference. Look for it on our conference notes page.
Scotland Yard cuffs teens alleged to be participants in the largest English-speaking cybercrime forum in the world.
Lawyers breach medical records during discovery. Anthem spokesperson says, not to worry, the data was only accessible for a short period of time. Thank goodness!
FBI released information about a new approach to banking attacks with a simultaneous denial of service attack on the account holdder's phone lines. Very complicated.
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This week over at TMITA/PCC Selma Stevenson brings us our challenge which is a Spring challenge and using 3-D flowers and leaves. This is the card I made for that challenge. The image is by Paper Cupcakes and is called "Mossed Topped Birdhouse". I used scrap paper for my background and my flowers I punched and kept simple like the flowers in the pattern paper. I love this orange and green together and though my card turned out pretty springy and cheery. I colored my image with my Bic Mark-its. The sentiment is computer generated.
Thought I would save some time and also post these 2 layouts I did for challenges over at Scrapbook.com that I am in a group with. It seems like since I started this digital image journey I don't seem to be scrapping as much as I would like to, I always try to get in these 2 challenges every month. Usually just under the wire, but I love both of them and I so love to scrap my pictures and memories.
This first one is pictures of all four of my children's baby pictures and pictures of how they look right now. The challenge to this lo was suppose to be something on time. This is what I came up with. Fairly simple, but I so love how it turned out.
This one is a lo of our cat Storm. We have had him just about a year now and he is just a lovely cat with a great personality and very loving. I rarely get great shots of him, because he is black for one and when ever I use a flash he always closes his eyes. These were some great ones taken of him shortly after we got him. He was a stray where my daughter worked and she snuck him in late one evening and needless to say we all fell in love with him. The challenge here was to use some masking which I used at the bottom of the lo. I used a piece of paper that was punched for my mask and also to use something that was green, which were my leaves in the flowers.
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter Sunday. The weather was just beautiful here for once and the day was just lovely. Thanks for stopping by and big thanks if you left me some lovins! Have a spring filled day!
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Magical Monday - Spring Challenge: 3-D flowers & Leaves
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Externalities are the effects a transaction has on individuals or firms not part of the transaction. They are usually considered to be a market failure. Externalities may be positive or negative. Pollution is an example of a negative externality: a factory may produce pollution at the same time as it produces goods to be sold, but if the buyer of the goods is not harmed by the pollution, the factory will have no incentive to reduce or eliminate it. The pollution then becomes a negative externality affecting other individuals, who had not conducted any business with the factory.
In mathematical economics, an externality exists when the marginal cost (or benefit) is not the same as the marginal social cost (or benefit) for some good, where the marginal social cost is the marginal cost for the private actor plus the marginal value of effects on bystanders to the transaction.
Economic analysis demonstrates that goods with negative externalities will always be over-produced, and those with positive externalities always under-produced. A situation in which externalities exist is not socially optimal, and society may wish to force its economic agents to internalize their externalities - that is, to produce as much or as little of the externality as would be efficient. The two mechanisms for internalizing external effects are government regulation (or tax-based incentives) and special markets created for trading in the former externality (for example, the market for pollution credits).
Marginal analysis holds that when all externalities have been internalized, the marginal social cost of every good (or bad) equals its marginal social benefit. Such a situation is sometimes referred to as a Kaldor-Hicks social optimum.


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Where's My Autonomous Car?
Dec 28, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The world cheered -- well, at least the nerds cheered -- when Google's autonomous cars drove 1,000 miles with no human intervention and another 140,000 miles with occasional human intervention in 2010.
Other than a few glimpses of the tests and an occasional new prototype by GM, Audi and BMW, however, there's no sign that driverless cars will soon hit dealership showrooms.
Death by Glitch
For the most part, we obviously have the technology we need to make driverless cars a reality or else we would not see them tootling down the road. So what's the hold-up with production?
"Semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles will both run primarily on electronics, which can and sometimes do fail," Davide Santo, safety and chassis business MCU operation manager at Freescale Semiconductor told TechNewsWorld. "Fail-safes must be in place to ensure that if any systems, particularly safety-critical systems, such as steering or braking, fail or malfunction, other systems are in place to ensure an accident doesn't occur."
Obviously, safety is important, but it's a bit dismaying that we've had this same obstacle to driverless cars for decades.
"The self-driving car concept is not new," John Murdoch, director of technology at Energy Tracking told TechNewsWorld. "General Motors demonstrated self-driving cars at highway speeds in the 1950s. My stepfather, a traffic engineer, studied the subject, and demonstrated its viability, for the U.S. Department of Transportation in the 1960s, and again in the 1970s."
Back then, highways had embedded guide wires that the driverless cars would follow. The cars used radio and radar to gauge and adjust distances between cars and to maintain highway speeds.
"Everything worked," says Murdoch. "The concept was proven. With just one, teensy-tiny little wrinkle: the same wrinkle that will effectively prevent Google's self-driving car from ever achieving scale."
"The whole thing works perfectly -- you can have 10,000 cars an hour going down the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, at highway speeds," he says. "Right up 'till the moment when somebody blows a tire, breaks a tie rod, or runs out of gas. Then everybody dies."
Rewriting a Happy Ending
So, while we have ditched the idea of embedded wire, radio and radar in favor of sophisticated electronics, we haven't changed the story's ending wherein "everybody dies."
But if that's the case, why are the test cars not on a killing spree like the car in Stephen King's story "Christine?" Sure, Google autonomous cars have had two reported fender-benders, but nothing deadly. Besides, Google says driverless cars are more prone to accidents when humans decide to "help" them drive. Hands off the wheel, dude, and you'll get there accident-free? No, not exactly.
"It is simple to engineer an automated solution that responds to all the normal events you can predict," says Murdoch. "It is extremely hard to engineer an automated solution that responds to all the events you failed to imagine. And when that surprise event occurs -- with automated vehicles -- it'll look just like the Sorcerer's Apprentice: automated vehicle after automated vehicle after automated vehicle, until they all figure out that they have to stop."
Technology companies are fully aware of this and are hard at work in solving the safety issues. That's why Intel CTO Justin Rattner said we'll have driverless cars "within 10 years" but didn't say they'll be in showrooms next year.
Intel is working on equipping autonomous cars with low-wattage Intel Atom chips and high-powered Core processors. But they're not the only ones working on powering the vehicles and solving the safety issues. Obviously Google is, but so is Freescale Semiconductors in its work on sensors, electronic control units, and microcontrollers. Since driverless cars are the hottest thing lately in the auto market, nearly all the players are focused on making the cars work safely.
"Safety, dependability and performance are key considerations, as is the issue of liability," explains Freescale's Santo. "Even semi-autonomous vehicles will require huge numbers of sensors with sensor fusion units to ensure the most accurate data possible. There must also be fail-safes in place."
Merry Mores and GPS Wranglers
Many of the technical issues have to do with car-to-car communications. The more cars the merrier -- with or without drivers -- because more cars communicating with others means more data can be collected in real time that can help resolve safety and rerouting issues.
"I believe that we won't see even semi-autonomous driving before 2020, if not even later," says Santo. "There will need to be a large investment in infrastructure to support the car-to-car communications."
Essentially, this means that each driverless car will not have to figure out obstacles by itself; instead, other vehicles will relay the information in advance allowing time for the car to make the necessary calculations and adjustments.
"Once we have the infrastructure, inter-car messaging will redirect the driverless car around accidents and road work," Azim Eskandarian, director of IEEE's Center for Intelligent Research Systems and professor of applied sciences at George Washington University told TechNewsWorld.
"Until then, the driverless car does much the same as a human driver," he added. "It senses the situation and calculates the appropriate reaction such as stop, go around, or reroute."
Under the Hood
Obviously driverless cars use GPS to route or reroute trips to the desired destination. And we all have tales of how GPS can go wrong. More than one sorrowful soul has found himself by a tree in the woods instead of in front of his true destination, for example. Not to mention the fiasco that is Apple Maps. Then there's the whole "no signal" thing to contend with, too. Poor driverless cars are likely to be just as confused as we humans in trying to find the way. Well, maybe not.
"If an autonomous car loses its GPS signal, say because it drives into a tunnel, the sensors understand the GPS has failed and adjusts by using local maps to follow on its general, pre-programmed route," says Eskandarian. "Once it has the GPS signal again, it re-computes and adjusts as needed."
And what will all this whiz-bang technology look like to the human passenger? Not much different than cars look today.
"The interface will look like the interface you use now with GPS. You type or tell it where you want to go, and the car plans the trip and sets off," says Eskandarian.
In other words, the technology will be pretty much hidden from view just as it is in cars now. Nevertheless, car geeks will spout off their car's specs with the same pride as they do now when speaking of their computers and gadgets. And there probably will be an "Intel Inside" sticker or something similar affixed to the glass.
What you will not see are stop signs and traffic lights when a critical mass of driverless cars is met. There'll be no need as the cars will automatically adjust to maximize traffic flow. Say good-bye to traffic jams, too.
But will the autonomous car really become anything more than geek toys? Oh, yes, indeed.
"It is not sustainable to use a 2,000- to 5,000- pound vehicle just to move a 200-pound or so human," says Eskandarian. "That's far too inefficient a use of energy."


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RSF Internet Enemies List: Few Surprises
First posted at Journalism, Journalists and the World
Reporters Without Borders has a great list of governments that are "Enemies of the Internet."
And there are no real surprises. The hostility governments in places such as Burma, China, Cuba exhibit toward freedom of speech, press and expression is well documented. What I like about the RSF Internet list is the detail it provides about those governments.
For example in China we learn more than just the Great Firewall is functioning but also that the number of Internet users in the country exceeds the population of the United States (384 million Chinese Internet users v. 308 million people in the United States.)
We also learn that the average cost of one hour of Internet cafe time is US$2/hour. To me this is interesting because the average MONTHLY wage in China is US$219-274.
And we learn that 72 "netizens" are in Chinese jails, among them Nobel Peace Prize winner Lio Xaiobo who is serving an 11-year jail term for writing his opinions on the Internet and helping launch Charter 08.
We also see more details about the censoring of information in China and its impact on a generation of Chinese:
On the eve of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square events, a dozen websites such as Twitter, YouTube, Bing, Flickr, Opera, Live, WordPress and Blogger were blocked. The information blackout has been so well-enforced for the last 20 years that the vast majority of young Chinese citizens are not even aware that the events of June 1989 ever happened.
Other countries listed as enemies of the Internet are:
- Burma: Two high-ranking government officials sentenced to death for having e-mailed documents abroad: Net censorship is a serious matter in Burma. Massive filtering of websites and extensive slowdowns during times of unrest are daily occurrences for the country's Internet users.
- Cuba: Despite a few improvements, Internet access actually remains beyond the reach of most of the population because of its high cost and low connection speeds. The regime, which maintains two parallel network, is now taking aim at a small blogger community that is becoming increasingly active.
- Egypt: Since early 2007, the government has been reinforcing Web surveillance in the name of the fight against terrorism, under the iron fist of a special department of Egypt's Ministry of Interior. Facebook is monitored, rather than blocked, so that activists can be observed or arrested. Authorities are monitoring their people's emails and telephone calls without any court order, by virtue of the Telecommunications Law, which requires Internet service providers to supply them with the necessary surveillance services and equipment.
- Iran: Censorship is a core part of Iran's state apparatus. Internet surveillance has been centralized, thereby facilitating implementation of censorship.
- North Korea: Let's start with an average charge for one hour's connection at a cybercafé at US$8.19 with an average monthly salary of US$17.74. The large majority of the population is not even aware that the Internet exists. An extremely limited Intranet has been created, but few can access it.
- Saudi Arabia: Websites that broach the subject of religion, human rights or positions taken by the opposition are rendered inaccessible. Far from denying it, the authorities maintain that their censorship decisions are justified and claim to have blocked some 400,000 websites.
- Syria: The country is reinforcing its censorship of troublesome topics on the Web and tracking netizens who dare to express themselves freely on it. As a result, social networks have been particularly targeted by omnipresent surveillance.
- Tunisia: The Internet is seen as a potential threat to the country's stability and image and is thus the target of pernicious censorship. Very strict filtering, opponent harassment and Big Brother-like surveillance enable the authorities to keep tight control over the news media.
- Turkmenistan: Very strict filtering is now focused on critical publications likely to target local users and potential dissidents. Opposition websites and regional news sites covering Central Asia are also blocked. YouTube and LiveJournal are rendered inaccessible.
- Uzbekistan: This country is deprived of independent media outlets. The authorities impose a very strict Internet censorship, while refusing to admit it publicly. Website filtering, sanctions and intimidation are used against potential critics of the regime. Netizens have learned to practice self-censorship.
- Vietnam: The government claims to filter only content that is obscene or endangers national security, but censorship also affects opposition websites or those that are in any way critical of the regime. Censorship primarily involves blocking website addresses, and particularly concerns sites in Vietnamese.
Then there are countries the RSF is keeping an eye on, such as Australia:
Under the guise of fighting child pornography, the government wants to set up a filtering system never before seen in a democracy. The State of South Australia has passed a law prohibiting online anonymity in an electoral context.
And South Korea:
The authorities are using the criminalization of defamation against their critics and do not hesitate to make examples of them. Since June 2008, a dozen Web surfers have been briefly arrested and interrogated for having posted online comments critical of the government within the context of these demonstrations.