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To automate its manufacturing process for shredding rollers, HSM GmbH & Co. KG has installed Blum-Novotest's TC63-30 radio touch probe on a turning and milling centre from Gildemeister. New BRC radio technology ensures reliable data transmission, permitting a reduction not merely in set-up and machining times.
Even secret services such as the CIA or the FBI put their trust in HSM Level 6 document shredders, which convert one page of A4 paper into 15,000 individual particles only 1 x 5 millimetres in size. They therefore far exceed standardised security levels, which at level 5 permit particles of 0.8 x 12 millimetres. Now HSM is making document shredders which cut paper into 0.65 millimetre-wide strips. HSM also has the right equipment for high throughputs – conveyor belt document shredders can swallow complete files and shred them as required.
In addition to the document shredders, HSM's range includes two other product groups: baling presses are used to compress paper, sheeting, board or other materials into compact bales, for example in supermarkets, where the method is used to prepare packaging material for disposal. Smaller presses are designed in the form of vertical presses, in which the pressure ram presses onto the material from above and forms the bale; here the pressing force ranges from 5 to 60 tonnes. For larger volumes, channel baling presses are offered into which the material is thrown from above, following which the horizontally placed ram compresses the material to be pressed horizontally. This produces a virtually continuous bale which, depending on the customer's requirements, is tied off to a specific length. Hydraulic pressures between 8 and 120 tonnes are used.
Every supermarket now has a PET bottle reverse vending machine which immediately compresses the bottles collected. HSM supplies the appropriate PET crushers to the vending machine manufacturers and is thus de facto the market leader. The crusher perforates the bottle and compresses it in such a way that the perforations hook inside one another and the bottle remains flat.
In the spotlessly clean workshops of HSM's Production Department in Salem the first thing that strikes you is the volume of bar stock ready for machining. Whether document shredders or crushers, a large proportion of the products manufactured here have rollers which draw in and shred the material. A complete range of machining centres is available for manufacturing these rollers, some of which are deeply grooved and mesh with each other when fitted or are equipped with knife edges. The machining centres are fitted with bar stock and then run their program more or less automatically.
"The demands on the quality of the rollers are very high: if two rollers with 0.65-millimetre wide grooves are meshing with each other to cut up paper into the finest strips, the smallest tolerances are required – after all, the rollers are not designed to touch each other when rotating. To achieve these accuracies, the rollers are first rough-machined, then this initial cut is measured and the adjustment parameters for final machining calculated", says Marcus Winter, foreman in the Mechanical Production Department and Divisional Head of Turnery. This is carried out for every individual roller – previously, the machine had to be stopped in the middle of machining as well and the door opened, only then was machining continued. One alternative would have been to finish machining completely with no measuring and re-adjustment, but then scrap would have been higher. Last but not least, the enforced stoppage of the machine disrupted the workflow and costs time, because at HSM one worker operates two, and in the case of large-run production, even three machines.
Today, the TC63-30 touch probe from measuring technology specialists Blum-Novotest of Ravensburg is kept in the tool shop. If a measurement has to be performed on an automated basis before or between machining stages the touch probe is simply exchanged like a tool and the relevant measuring points collected. "Data is transmitted not, as is otherwise the norm, by infrared but via radio. The Blum probe is supplied with power via two lithium batteries which, at a normal capacity utilisation of 5%, provide power for approximately four months. The readings are relayed via infrared or – as is the case at HSM – via radio to a receiver in the workroom", explains Winfried Weiland, Marketing Director of Blum-Novotest.
HSM had also been working for many years with Blum laser measurement systems, for example for checking tool cutting edges in unmanned production or for the length and radius measurement of tools. For almost three years now, probes have also been used in the machining centres – at the start with infrared transmission. These are reliable but, especially in the machining centres on which the rollers are produced, placing the infrared receiver is very difficult. As the turning and milling centres have swivel heads, it is virtually impossible to guarantee free line of sight in every position between the touch probe and the receiver. This is why the specialists ordered the first radio probes a few months ago.
Instead of transmission via the channel hopping method or channel allocation, which is the market norm, the TC63-30 transmits its data using the BRC technology promoted by Blum. The advantage of this technique lies in the fact that every bit of a radio signal is transmitted over a large frequency range, making the transmission particularly immune to parasitic inductions. Otherwise, the Blum technology scores thanks to its very short transmission time. "Radio touch probe systems usually require ten milliseconds and more to transmit the switch signal. In practice, however, what happens is that users measure with a different measuring speed than the one with which the system was calibrated, as a result, significant measuring errors can occur. The reason for this can either be the user's fear of a collision with the workpiece or the mistaken belief that a lower measuring speed means a more precise measurement. As BRC technology only requires 2.5 ms for the transmission, this error can be virtually eliminated", explains Erhard Strobel from Blum-Novotest's Technical Sales Department.
This is confirmed by HSM's experts, who enjoy absolutely interference-free transmission using the radio probes. It also has a direct payoff, because if the data transmission fails to work the system comes to a halt and the operator would then have to intervene manually. HSM aims to generate the complete test record while machining is being carried out and to file it in SAP so the rollers would not have to be taken first to the Quality Assurance Department to check for machining errors but could continue to be machined directly.
For HSM, geographical proximity to Blum-Novotest is a big advantage. When they accidentally dropped a probe on the floor at their factory they received a replacement extremely quickly and, as a result, only suffered a very brief downtime. This happened despite the fact that in their experience Blum probes withstand considerable wear and tear and are more robust than other probes they had already used. This is especially the case since Blum probes are resilient not only to mechanical stress but also during the measurement process. Because the saying 'First clean, then measure' is actually true. However it does not matter for a Blum probe, it will not be affected by cooling lubricant. In addition, the probes can be used flexibly thanks to their modular construction and can be used with very light extensions made of carbon even at measuring points which are very difficult to access.
"Our entire collaboration with Blum-Novotest is very positive. Set-up times have fallen considerably due to the Blum probes, in some cases by over 50 per cent. Previously, for zero point recording and measurement of the initial cut, the machine had to stop and the operator had to measure by hand and enter the values into the machine control, a process which was also prone to error. Now measurement is integrated into machining and we can manufacture extremely efficiently in three shifts with multi-machine operation", sums up Marcus Winter.
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Patriots head coach Bill Belicick doesn't expect the same type of game from the Houston Texans this time. The rematch is Sunday at 4:30pm at Gillette Stadium.
Belichick expects changes from Pats rout of Texans
A regular-season rout can be a poor predictor of the postseason rematch.
Bill Belichick
has another chance to remind his
New England Patriots
of that less than a month after their 42-14 romp that shoved the
Houston Texans
into their late-season plunge.
The stakes will be much higher when the Texans return next Sunday to the field where they flopped. The winner of the divisional-round matchup goes to the AFC championship game.
''The game that we play now doesn't have much to do with the game we played before,'' Belichick said Sunday, one day after the Texans advanced with a 19-13 wild-card win over the
Cincinnati Bengals
Two years ago, the Patriots beat the
New York Jets
45-3 in the 12th game of the season. Just six weeks later, the Patriots had the NFL's best record but lost to the Jets 28-21 in a divisional game.
It's a history lesson Belichick is sure to review this week.
''I don't think it's anything that wasn't mentioned until that situation occurred, but it's an example we can point out,'' he said in a conference call during a break from preparing for the Texans. ''We talked about that many times before, how other games don't have anything to do with this game. It stands on its own.
''That is and always will be the case, but it's an example to point out of how little relevance the previous game with the same team really does have.''
The Texans had the league's top mark when the ball was kicked off to start their game at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 10. But less than six minutes into the second quarter, they trailed 28-0 after Tom Brady's fourth touchdown pass.
That gap grew to 42-7 midway through the fourth quarter, with
Arian Foster
's 1-yard run the only touchdown until backup quarterback T.J. Yates ran in from 1 yard with two minutes left.
That began a stretch of three losses in four games before the Texans did just enough to beat the Bengals.
The Patriots held Foster to 46 yards rushing, his fourth-lowest output in a season in which he averaged 89 yards per game.
The real Foster is more like the one who ran a season-high 32 times for 140 yards and the game's only offensive touchdown against the Bengals. That made him the first NFL player to rush for at least 100 yards in each of his first three playoff games.
''There's no question that he's the key guy for Houston and their offense, but his production also complements the other players as well and the other parts of the game,'' Belichick said. ''Yesterday I thought he made a decent amount of yardage breaking tackles and making the defender miss a tackle in the hole or that kind of thing.''
Starting tackle
Derek Newton
, tight end
Garrett Graham
and linebacker
Brooks Reed
played against the Bengals after missing the first game against the Patriots.
''We were pretty sure that Reed wasn't going to get in the game, but all the rest of them we prepared for,'' Belichick said, ''the ones that were able to play played and the others (who) didn't. It's kind of the same thing this time. They have a couple guys that are out, but they added a couple of new players as well so we have to be ready for all of them.''
One of the Patriots' most important players missed that opening meeting. But tight end
Rob Gronkowski
returned from a five-game absence after breaking his left forearm and had a touchdown catch in the 28-0 win over the
Miami Dolphins
in the regular-season finale.
Belichick expects many more changes than just the personnel.
''When you play a team twice during the season, the games are totally different. They never go the same way,'' he said. ''We'll be able to certainly look at some of the matchups individually, guys that faced each (other) in the game. As far as plays and calls and things like that matching up, I'm sure they'll have some new wrinkles. I'm sure we'll have some, too. It will be totally different.''
The coaching staff prepared last week for all three potential opponents.
But when Houston won on Saturday, Belichick and his staff didn't have to wait for the Baltimore Ravens to beat the
Indianapolis Colts
24-9 on Sunday to determine the opponent.
The Texans were coming back.
''We spent a significant amount of time on them last week,'' Belichick said.
Now they have more to analyze from Saturday's victory.
''They had a couple pieces that were specific for Cincinnati, not revolutionary,'' he said. ''There are some good examples of things we can learn (from) that game, but, ultimately, our game, our matchups are different (from) theirs and will be different from the first game.''
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TechPowerUp used to be called something else before. I think must be pre 2005 or something. I can't remember what it was though. Anyone?
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Jean Dougal began diving at the age of 68. She regularly attends pool sessions and dives off the North East Coast during the summer months.
Jean was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 6 March 2005. The interview took place at Fenham swimming baths and lasted 10 minutes and 15 seconds.
Most memorable dive
"I think the one where I saw the rays"
I think the one where I saw the rays, because we were about fourteen metres down and youve no idea how clear the water is, and the dive leader pointed up, you know, and there were these two rays, and they were so beautiful. Because you were looking at their faces, you know, because you were looking up at them. They were snow white and of course when I came out I said to my husband, you know, they were that big, and he said, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, and when I went to get my dive, because you have to get your books signed to say youve been down, and when I went to get my book signed, he said, I hear you were very lucky yesterday, and I said, he said, you saw the rays, and I said, they were big, and he said, they were ten foot.
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Happy Birthday Graham
11 comments:
- Donna Boucher said...
Happy Birthday to your wonderful son, Graham!
- December 9, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- pve design said...
Happy Birthday to Graham! What a wonderful young man. I find with my one son home - I see him enjoying all the memories here in our home and anxious to celebrate new memories here and beyond. He is looking forward to going back to school too as he is happy and has made many friends. As a parent, the reward I have is having raised a kind person. I can see that reflected in your sons eyes too.
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- Val's alentejo blog said...
Happy birthday to Graham! He looks a happy young fellow. I have no doubt, that he will give you lots of happy times.. enjoy all the time you have with him , while young.. they grow so quickly..
I send you kind regards..stay well
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- Sandy, Sisters of Season said...
Happy B-Day Graham! Cheryl, you have some good looking kids. Hope you are enjoying this Christmas holiday as best as you can. Gratitude always cheers our hearts. Blessings, Sandy:O)
- December 10, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- The enchanted home said...
What a handsome some you have Cheryl! Happy birthday to him..wishing him a year filled with much love, happiness, peace and hope. Enjoy your time together, I find myself treasuring every minute with my sons still not believing how fast they are growing up, definitely bittersweet!!
All the best. - December 10, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
I am crying at this very moment. I have no children, but I am a teacher. Why I always wanted a son, I don't know, and why I tend to gravitate towards the little men in my class, I again do not know. But this poem, this prayer says it all for me. What STUNNING pictures of your little boy, your SON....oh dearest, THANK YOU for coming to visit me with such kindness. I wish you and your lovely family a blessed holiday celebration!!!!! Anita
- December 10, 2011 at 6:52 AM
- kerrie of sea cottage said...
cheryl, I have just been catching up on your blog. Your family is so beautiful. Your love and honor of your husband is beautiful. I'm so sorry for your loss but thankful the suffering has ended and the peace has come.
- December 10, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Melissah from Coastal Style said...
Lovely words.
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Pd I just signed up as your latest follower & look forward to popping back soon
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- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
WOW. Now I am tearing up, remembering this beautiful post that I saw last week. Ahhhh, a son, or a daughter for that matter, that will follow the path of righteousness....dearest, your life IS EXTRAORDINARY, and remember that. ThANK YOU for sharing your sweet words to me on your comments, and may GOD'S GLORY be revealed in our humble acknowledgement of His grace. Peace FOREVER!!!! Anita
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- Sandy, Sisters of Season said...
Hi Cheryl, Hope all is well, God Bless You. Blessings, Sandy:O)
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As tell -- -- -- what inspired this because I read that it -- is a phone book a voice now Alice Cooper yeah.
Yeah -- -- overnight we're exchanging voice mails kept missing each other and I think -- sang his message to -- Broadway Show it to them.
So then it became an exchange of Broadway Show tunes you know pay analysts please call me please that the way finally connect -- -- do visual record.
-- He gave up on it and then after doing -- rages on Broadway decided to revisit and do an entire album.
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Well you know I -- for three months and it was amazing amazing experience.
Move one of most challenging things I've done in my life besides winning the heart of my wife.
Almost is that 36 years ago that was the toughest but I'll put you to read about my book -- to give it -- I -- you're talking about Iraq -- Broadway -- it was awesome and you know I'll -- good chance to do it again some time people have been.
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Now in the Broadway songs that you -- -- do you cover on the net how did you kiss somebody's your Broadway favorites.
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They had to speak and at some level so I grew up and household where they're playing Broadway musical -- taken shows citizens -- -- always loved.
Then other things -- have to speak to me like razzle dazzle cabaret.
Those whose songs like lyrically I get.
Life -- a cabaret and already the idea of razzle dazzle my career has been -- that had a so while I think the other rule was -- could be rock songs to Begin with.
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Crazy guest stars and I still can't believe that Patti LuPone was in the studio -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Not a title apology tonight -- -- -- Lola with me Cyndi Lauper did big spender.
The cast of -- Priscilla queen of the desert -- -- like a dame.
Appropriately enough get a Clay Aiken from Celebrity Apprentice he joined me a -- be a lady so there's really cool guest yes I.
My son Jesse -- -- -- this duet with him during -- really cool -- you know I mean when he had the chance and -- video footage showing that's.
Directed by one of my other sons Cody -- was.
Film director and is pretty awesome actually.
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I'm just surprised that I was able to get my wife to stay around.
As -- she did and with 36 years later she's and I still together and I'd feel better now but I was pretty.
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Lock cracking experts have shown hackers that opening small gun safes widely sold in the United States is child's play.
The demonstration by Security Labs came Friday as the country grappled anew with the hot-button issue of gun ownership in the aftermath of a deadly shooting rampage in a Colorado movie theater.
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A high-end gun safe with a fingerprint scan activated lock can be opened using a pair of paper clips thanks to a hole under the scan pad that allows access to the latching mechanism inside, Security Labs' Toby Bluzmanis showed.
The demonstration at Def Con included video of a three-year-old child opening a gun safe by lifting it part way and letting go. Tobias also uploaded video of gun safe cracking to YouTube.
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Sharing ways to crack gun safes with the thousands of hackers at Def Con was intended to call attention to the situation, according to the researchers.
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The New York Times was quick to spin Obama's speech in 'historic' terms
"Obama Endorses 1967 Borders for Israel" as part of a "Broad Speech Rejecting Status Quo in the Middle East" – that was the instant spin on the front of The New York Times website within minutes of the president speaking.
But while President Barack Obama laid out in a little bit more detail a US "vision" of what "peace" would look like in his much anticipated speech on US policy in the Middle East and North Africa, there was precious little new.
Moreover, the speech affirmed that the United States will not take any effective action to advance its vision of a two-state solution.
The president covered broadly the uprisings in the Arab world and the American response to them, but I will look at the sections on Palestine – not necessarily in the order of delivery, but by theme.
The 1967 lines
What the president actually said was:
We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.
There is a world of difference between "the 1967 lines" and "based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps." It is sort of like the difference between "a true story" and a Hollywood movie "based on a true story."
As the Palestine Papers showed, US-brokered negotiations for years were predicated on trying to reach such a result, and despite unprecedented Palestinian concessions agreeing to allow Israel to annex most of its settlements, no agreement could be reached.
Although it is true that the Obama administration previously adamantly refused to mention the term "1967 lines," its doing so now is couched in such a vague formula that it does not contradict President George W. Bush's April 2004 pledge on behalf of the United States to support Israel's annexation of its West Bank settlements.
Moreover, as Palestinian Authority (PA) "chief negotiator" Saeb Erekat recently told The Electronic Intifada, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas remains fully committed to "land swaps" to allow Israel to keep its settlements even if the UN recognizes a Palestinian state "on the 1967 line."
Shortly after Obama's speech, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a grand-standing statement rejecting the 1967 borders as "indefensible." He needn't worry. There were enough loopholes in Obama's speech to drive several large settlement blocs and perhaps even the entire Jordan Valley through.
Israel as a "Jewish state"
Obama has done it before, but once again he explicitly endorsed Israel's demand to be recognized as a "Jewish state":
a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples: Israel as a Jewish state and the homeland for the Jewish people, and the state of Palestine as the homeland for the Palestinian people, each state enjoying self-determination, mutual recognition, and peace.
It is shocking that a president who constantly boasts that he is only in the White House because of the victories of the US Civil Rights movement against vile Jim Crow racism would endorse Israel's demand to be allowed to discriminate against Palestinians. I explained in detail why Israel's demand to be recognized as a "Jewish state" is totally incompatible with democratic principles and human rights in a 2009 article in The Nation:
If Israel has a "right to exist as a Jewish state," then what can it legitimately do if Palestinians living under its control "violate" this right by having "too many" non-Jewish babies? Can Israel expel non-Jews, fine them, strip them of citizenship or limit the number of children they can have? It is impossible to think of a "remedy" that does not do outrageous violence to universal human rights principles.
And indeed, recognizing Israel's "right" consigns not only Palestinian refugees to the trash heap, but Israel's own 1.4 million Palestinian citizens whom leading Israeli politicians like Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni and foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman view as a fifth column and hope to expel or denationalize.
Obama made a nod to this kind of racism when he warned that "The fact is, a growing number of Palestinians live west of the Jordan River." This was a coded reference to what Israelis openly term the "demographic threat" to a Jewish majority posed by the reality that Palestinians are once again becoming the majority population throughout historic Palestine. This is due to natural growth of Palestinians, a lower Israeli Jewish birthrate and the dearth of Jews around the world who wish to settle in historic Palestine.
In my 2009 article, I explained in American terms why this is unacceptable and racist:
What if we apply Israel's claim to the United States? Because of the rapid growth of the Latino population in the past decade, Texas and California no longer have white majorities. Could either state declare that it has "a right to exist as a white-majority state" and take steps to limit the rights of non-whites? Could the United States declare itself officially a Christian nation and force Jews, Muslims or Hindus to pledge allegiance to a flag that bears a cross? While such measures may appeal to a tiny number of extremists, they would be unthinkable to anyone upholding twenty-first-century constitutional principles.
Yet this is precisely the nightmare vision Obama is endorsing for Israel which has become increasingly bold in its passage of new laws discriminating against non-Jews, and is in the grip of state-funded rabbis calling for Jews to shun and boycott non-Jews and refuse to rent or sell homes to them.
The president said:
the recent announcement of an agreement between Fatah and Hamas raises profound and legitimate questions for Israel: How can one negotiate with a party that has shown itself unwilling to recognize your right to exist? And in the weeks and months to come, Palestinian leaders will have to provide a credible answer to that question. Meanwhile, the United States, our Quartet partners, and the Arab states will need to continue every effort to get beyond the current impasse.
On its face this might appear to be a softening of Obama's long-standing rejectionism of any dealings with Hamas in that he's not calling for an immediate aid cut-off to the Palestinian Authority. He appears to be giving the Palestinians time. But it still looks certain that the ultimate US response will depend on whether Hamas submits – as Fatah has done – to Quartet conditions.
Always more sensitive to Israelis
If this was a speech intended to woo an Arab audience, then it is notable that Obama displayed the typical bias characteristic of American officials. He was very graphic and vivid about Israeli suffering and victimhood, while vague and evasive about the vastly greater terror Palestinians have experienced under Israeli rule. Reflecting on decades of conflict, Obama said:
For Israelis, it has meant living with the fear that their children could be blown up on a bus or by rockets fired at their homes, as well as the pain of knowing that other children in the region are taught to hate them.
Aside from its visceral language, this formulation feeds the myth that hostility to Israel is primarily a result of Arabs being "taught to hate," when in fact if Arabs do hate Israel it is a result of Israeli actions. Israel teaches Arabs to hate Israel. Contrast the president's words on the other side:
For Palestinians, it has meant suffering the humiliation of occupation, and never living in a nation of their own.
That's it? Toward the end of the speech, the president did mention "the Israeli father whose son was killed by Hamas" and "a Palestinian who lost three daughters to Israeli shells in Gaza" – but this was only to offer an example of a Palestinian who decided to let bygones be bygones despite Israel's ongoing actions.
The president would never dream of actually supporting efforts to hold Israel accountable. Indeed, he vowed:
Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable. And we will stand against attempts to single it out for criticism in international forums.
Clearly the president cannot risk offering sympathy to Palestinians proportionate to their actual suffering. As he has learned before, this would risk offending the Israel lobby which demands that American politicians always portray Israel as the principal victim. Recall that during the 2008 campaign Obama once accidentally let slip that "Nobody is suffering more than Palestinians" but later "clarified" that he meant they were suffering at the hands of their own leaders, not Israel.
Obama vows to continue US inaction
Putting the merits of Obama's "vision" aside, what will the president actually do to advance it? Before he laid out the details, Obama said:
Now, ultimately, it is up to the Israelis and Palestinians to take action. No peace can be imposed upon them – not by the United States; not by anybody else.
What this means in translation is that the United States will not put any pressure on Israel to change its behavior – such as forcing it to stop building settlements. But Obama will continue to support lop-sided "negotiations" between local superpower Israel and a Palestinian Authority that is actually dependent on Israel for its mere survival (as Israel's recent withholding of PA tax funds shows). No peace, let alone a just one, can emerge from such "negotiations."
Palestinians must sit on their hands
During his speech, the president also warned:
For the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won't create an independent state. Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.
The reference to "delegitimization" appears to be a coded condemnation of the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, a growing nonviolent campaign to pressure Israel to respect Palestinian human rights. That's out.
The bid to get Palestine recognized as a state is a desperate effort by the PA to seek international support in the face of intransigent US bias toward Israel. That's out too.
Next the president tells Palestinians to reject "terror." Ok, fair enough. And indeed elsewhere in his speech Obama was fulsome in his praise for "nonviolence."
But what happened when tens of thousands of Palestinians peacefully marched for their human rights, including their right to return to Palestine even if they are not Jewish, last Sunday on Nakba Day? Israel gunned down more than a dozen people and the White House endorsed its actions.
So as far as Obama is concerned Palestinians have no options but to turn to negotiations that have proven utterly fruitless as even he acknowledged.
Soon after Obama was elected in 2008, I predicted that his tenure – despite high expectations everywhere else – would not produce any progress toward the mythical "two-state solution." I see no reason to change that assessment.
But I concluded then, as I do now, that "This does not however mean that the situation will remain static or that those pursuing a just peace have no recourse for action."
Indeed as recent months have shown throughout the region, the fates of nations are in the hands of their own citizens, not those of the American president.


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1. NatureFind, the National Wildlife Federation's map-based tool, includes a wealth of data to help you search for places or events by nearly 40 criteria, from arboretum to zoo. That makes this tool a great starting point for finding a suitable experience for you and your family; contact information and driving directions are provided so you can explore more deeply on your own. Helpfully, it includes not only many national and state parks, but also Audubon Centers and many Nature Conservancy preserves. (But not all: Where's Stissing Mountain?) That said, I found it misses parks preserved by some private land trusts, which in the Hudson Valley means missing extraordinary destinations like the Mohonk Preserve's 70-miles of trails on the Shawangunk Ridge, and Scenic Hudson's network of more than 50 parks and preserves along the Hudson River. And the Catskill Mountains, a world-renowned haven for hikers, birdwatchers, fishers and other nature lovers, wasn't even on the map!
2. LocalHikes.com, provides solid information about specific trails so you can plan for a day outdoors. Whereas you'll find out that The Nature Conservancy operates the Sam's Point Preserve on the Shawangunk Ridge from NatureFind, LocalHikes.com will detail a moderate 10-mile loop featuring a stunning waterfall, dramatic white cliffs, blueberry bushes ripe for the picking and ice caves that stay cool even through the dog days of summer. The site allows you to search by a small set of criteria, including difficulty, so you can find a suitable hike for yourself or your family. LocalHikes.com isn't comprehensive, but it has a great level of detail about some extraordinary hikes selected by a network of "reporters" who seem to know what they are talking about. (If you find yourself scoffing at the choices, then you can become a reporter yourself, and help others discover the hikes you love a theme that recurs in this article.)
3. Trails.com is a similar, more glossy, tool that allows you to browse and sort a good number of hiking, biking and kayaking trails. Unfortunately, you have to pay for the slick presentation and database of hikes. While I found its level of detail impressive in some areas, it still misses some stand-out hikes (Esopus Meadows Preserve, Vanderbilt Mansion and all of Minnewaska State Park, for instance) that should be included, particularly if you're paying $50 a year for the service (there is a free 14-day trial, but you can't enjoy it without first divulging your credit card info). Even without registering or paying a dime, though, you can access the site's interactive map, which could easily turn you on to a new trail.
4. The Nature Conservancy has hundreds of preserves in the U.S. and around the world, many of them offering unparalleled nature experiences (they pride themselves on protecting the "World's Last Great Places"). Of course, you won't find parks and preserves affiliated with any other group or government, but it's a valuable map, particularly since TNC properties don't all reliably show up with the search tools above.
5. The American Public Gardens Association has a searchable database of public gardens that isn't exhaustive, but reveals destinations not included in the other databases in this list, including, in my area, the Bard College Arboretum. It doesn't, however, include gems like the Innisfree Garden in Millbrook, or the gardens tucked away at the Wethersfield Estate.
6. The Sierra Club's new(ish) Trails site is a user-generated database of hikes and outdoor experiences. Unfortunately, it's still of little use to novice hikers because it has very few listings (15 for all of New York State, for instance). If you're an avid hiker, though, consider submitting your favorite hikes and outings so that others can benefit.
7. Land Trust Alliance has a database of local land trusts. You can search in your area to connect to land trusts that may have preserved parks nearby. The process is more convoluted here than on the other sites because the purpose of the Land Trust Alliance's interactive map is to identify land trusts, not parks or trails. You'll have to first identify a land trust, then link to get more information about its preserves. Without using this site, though, you won't find some parks and preserves that the tools above miss, like in my neck of the woods, the beautiful little Esopus Bend Nature Preserve, preserved by the Esopus Creek Conservancy.
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There will always be gems hidden from view. For instance, none of the searches I detail above would reveal Opus 40, a one-of-a-kind sculpture park that is an affordable and memorable spot for a walk or picnic. Books devoted to trails and history of the region can help you identify them. Outdoors writers for local publications may be able to help. Hiking clubs and their members are usually more than willing to share expertise. One good way to discover a new trail is to start with what you know: You're bound to run into someone out there who's been somewhere you haven't!
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