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SR #0: What’s so Special?
Okay, if you’ll all take your seats and quiet down we can begin. I’ll keep this very short today because I know it’s Spring and many of you are eager to get out there and walk Frisbees and throw dogs… I mean — well you know what I mean.
The point is, that in keeping with spring, I’m aiming to keep these posts light and breezy. Unfortunately, I have terrible aim, so we’ll see how that goes. I never met a paragraph I couldn’t make longer!
Today begins a series of posts discussing Special Relativity. I’m going to start off by explaining what makes it “special” as well as what we mean by “relativity.” (And note that, from now on, I’ll usually just write “SR” — “Special Relativity” is a lot to type!) I’ll also introduce you to a few other important basic concepts.
By the time we finish this series of articles, this diagram should make complete sense to you!
Last Saturday I gave you an overview of some of the consequences of SR. By the end of the series, I hope to have given you a good explanation of how those things occur. It will take us a while to get there, but every journey starts with a single step, so let’s take those first steps now.
Basically, this is about motion and, in particular, about relative motion. That’s the “relativity” part of the name right there.
If Al is “standing still” and Em is “moving past” then Al sees Em moving relative to himself. But how can we be sure Al actually is the still one while Em is the moving one?
If Al is right next to us — say we’re sitting on a bench — we can obviously tell he’s not moving closer or further away from us or the bench. We can prove this by reaching out and putting a hand on his shoulder at any time to reassure ourselves he hasn’t moved.
As we see Em pass by, we observe her distance decrease as she gets closer and then increase as she gets further. If she passes us closely enough, we might be able to “high-five” as she passes. So, clearly she’s moving.
But what if that bench we’re sitting on with Al is in a train car and Em is standing on the platform. We see her (and the platform) get closer, we high-five as we pass, and then she and the platform recede behind us.
Meanwhile, Em sees that she’s standing still (relative to the station platform), and from her perspective we and Al have zipped past in the train car.
Both versions (with certain caveats) are correct versions of the event!
A key caveat here — the key caveat for the moment — is that the motion must be constant. It cannot involve any slowing down or speeding up. That is what makes the kind of motion we’re discussing here “special” (more about that next time).
So long as the train is moving at constant speed — and in a straight line — it is just as correct to say Em is moving as it is to say Al is moving.
The only thing we can say about not moving is that Al is not moving relative to the train car, and Em is not moving relative to the train platform.
But from Al’s point of view this is exactly the case! We’re sitting next to Al, and we can see he isn’t moving. Neither is the bench inside the train car. Everything inside the car is just sitting there (while Em equally obviously is moving past us).
In fact — and this is a really important point — there is no experiment we can perform that proves otherwise. Within the train car, it is absolutely true that we are not in motion relative to the train car. If you’ve ever been riding in a car and felt like the world was zipping past, that is a completely valid way to view it.
The ‘F’ train — as in Fake!
A minor caveat is that the sound and vibration of the train running along the tracks provides a clue that we’re moving.
But if you watched the old Mission: Impossible TV show, you may have seen that episode where they trick their target into believing he’s on a moving train using sound and mechanical effects.
For that matter, some amusement park rides do a pretty good job of tricking you into thinking that you’re moving using the same kinds of effects.
Conversely, if the train car is sound proof and has a smooth suspension, you may feel no sense of motion. Consider what it feels like to ride on a commercial aircraft. You can walk down the aisle with no sense that you’re really hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour!
An important term here is frame of reference. It’s a technical term for “point of view” but it includes the idea that — for example — you, Al, the bench you’re sitting on, and the entire train car, are part of one thing: a frame of reference.
Em also has a frame of reference: the platform and the train station and — in her case — the entire Earth.
But having that larger frame of reference — even one as big as the Earth — doesn’t make hers “better” or preferred. It only means there are a lot more people who share her view that Al and the train are moving.
Special Relativity is about motion of one observer relative to another.
It’s special because that motion must be constant; no slowing down or speeding up.
In this situation, both observers can make equally valid claims they are standing still while the other is moving.
Both can also make the equally valid claim that they are moving and the other party is standing still.
Every observer has their own frame of reference.
There is no preferred frame of reference; all are equal.
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You weren’t kidding when you said bite sized chunks. But I’m sure the complexity will come soon enough.
I think his book is freely available at Gutenberg [Emphasis again his]. My copy is a 15th edition released in 1952 and copyrighted 1961.
Thanks for the reference! It looks like it is available on Gutenberg, but without the images, which I suspect is pretty crucial in a book like this.
It’s also available on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents, with images, so I just picked up a copy, just in case I decide to read it.
On “special”, maybe we’re saying the same thing but from different angles. It seems like I remember reading some time ago about this breakdown.
1. Galilean relativity: all motion is relative.
2. Special relativity: 1 + the speed of light is always constant, which effectively makes time, length, and mass relative.
But I may be showing my own misconceptions.
The only actual image is a drawing of Einstein, but if they also didn’t include the formulas and a couple tables, that would make it pretty useless. But for 99 cents, you can’t go wrong, so good choice, I’d say.
Incidentally, my edition has a typo. The first formula in chapter 13 should be x’ = wt’ (not x = wt’). The paragraph that follows references x’ (which will confuse you until you realize the typo), plus it’s repeated as the fourth formula in that chapter, so it’s clearly a typo.
Your , ,  works fine. (A quibble: I believe the mass is more tied to the energy involved, though. The famous E = MC^2 is a reduction of the full mass-energy equivalence formula when velocity is zero. (This is different from time and length changes which follow the Lorentz equation.) But I think it’s still true that what makes SR “special” is that it is restricted to inertial frames of reference — that is, frames moving with constant velocity.
As I’ll mention tomorrow, supposedly (or, at least, I’ve heard that) Einstein wanted to call his theories “equivalence” theories. SR is based on the equivalence of light speed (to all observers). GR is based on the equivalence of gravity and acceleration.
Thanks for the info. While I do understand the basics (particularly why it makes FTL likely not feasible), I’m not confident I have as good of sense of SR as you may be thinking, not the extent that I’d skip Einstein’s description of it, or yours, and I’ve never been able to get the twin paradox straight in my head.
I can relate, actually. I spent a lot of time going over the Twins Paradox — lots of diagrams on graph paper, lots of calculations (even a small Python program). The traveling twin isn’t that hard; it’s the stay at home twin that was so twisty to figure out when trying to nail down exactly what happens.
The biggest hangup I currently have is understanding what happens when the traveling twin decelerates and arrives at the remote destination. Every diagram I saw assumed the twin immediately returned, and exactly where the simultaneity is when they’re stopped at the destination isn’t really addressed. I keep thinking, what happens if the twin stays at the destination? Certainly there is a delay in messaging between the twins, but it should be a known quantity and therefor reconcilable, and so at what point in their timelines will they now be simultaneous?
I don’t expect you to answer that now. I’ll wait until you get to that point. But that’s my current hang up. I fully understand it’s a hang up since SR has far too much experimental evidence behind it for it not to be reality, or at least an extremely close approximation of it.
The trip back is really just a repeat of the trip out and doubles the time difference.
That must mean, from the traveling twin’s perspective, as they are decelerating, the at home twin’s aging speeds up dramatically, to a rate that is faster than the traveling twin’s rate. It’s the opposite of what the traveling twin has observed on the trip up to that point. Why that happens is what I’ve struggled to understand.
I’ll make you wait for the detailed answer, but if you’ve encountered the idea of a “surface of simultaneity” with regard to SR, what happens is that the traveling twin’s perception of what is simultaneous lags further into the Earth twin’s past as the trip progresses (although ahead of what light signals would indicate). Upon stopping and re-entering the same frame of reference, that surface catches up. So in a sense, yes, the Earth twin ages rapidly as that surface moves from the past to the present.
I didn’t realize you were a secret physicist, Lady Di! 🙂 You’re absolutely right, and for certain things that needs to be taken into account. The key is that, for Em standing on the platform, the actual curvature of her motion around the Earth’s axis is very close to a straight line (and the orbit around the sun even more so). Think how flat the Earth looks — so much so we used to think it was flat!
But what’s really cool is how you’re paying attention and thinking about the topic! A+ m’lady! A+!
That sounds better than ‘dead-eye catatonia’ so I’ll take it as a compliment!
It is given as such!
Nice job! I appreciate your breaking this down for people like me.
As with Tina, I appreciate the way you’re assuming nothing on behalf of the reader Wyrd, which in my case is always wise.
The goal is just one new idea per post. That means those with good familiarity may find the series slow, which is unfortunate, but it’s mainly oriented at opening doors for those with no familiarity with it (but a willingness to be fascinated by it).
This blog appears to be special. I just discovered that a lot of people are relating to it quite well! Thank you…on the curve!

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SR # 0 : What ’s so Special ?
 Okay , if you ’ll all take your seats and quiet down we can begin . I ’ll keep this very short today because I know it ’s Spring and many of you are eager to get out there and walk Frisbees and throw dogs … I mean — well you know what I mean .
 The point is , that in keeping with spring , I ’m aiming to keep these posts light and breezy . Unfortunately , I have terrible aim , so we ’ll see how that goes . I never met a paragraph I could n’t make longer !
 Today begins a series of posts discussing Special Relativity . I ’m going to start off by explaining what makes it “ special ” as well as what we mean by “ relativity . ” ( And note that , from now on , I ’ll usually just write “ SR ” — “ Special Relativity ” is a lot to type ! ) I ’ll also introduce you to a few other important basic concepts .
 By the time we finish this series of articles , this diagram should make complete sense to you !
 Last Saturday I gave you an overview of some of the consequences of SR . By the end of the series , I hope to have given you a good explanation of how those things occur . It will take us a while to get there , but every journey starts with a single step , so let ’s take those first steps now .
 Basically , this is about motion and , in particular , about relative motion . That ’s the “ relativity ” part of the name right there .
 If Al is “ standing still ” and Em is “ moving past ” then Al sees Em moving relative to himself . But how can we be sure Al actually is the still one while Em is the moving one ?
 If Al is right next to us — say we ’re sitting on a bench — we can obviously tell he ’s not moving closer or further away from us or the bench . We can prove this by reaching out and putting a hand on his shoulder at any time to reassure ourselves he has n’t moved .
 As we see Em pass by , we observe her distance decrease as she gets closer and then increase as she gets further . If she passes us closely enough , we might be able to “ high - five ” as she passes . So , clearly she ’s moving .
 But what if that bench we ’re sitting on with Al is in a train car and Em is standing on the platform . We see her ( and the platform ) get closer , we high - five as we pass , and then she and the platform recede behind us .
 Meanwhile , Em sees that she ’s standing still ( relative to the station platform ) , and from her perspective we and Al have zipped past in the train car .
 Both versions ( with certain caveats ) are correct versions of the event !
 A key caveat here — the key caveat for the moment — is that the motion must be constant . It can not involve any slowing down or speeding up . That is what makes the kind of motion we ’re discussing here “ special ” ( more about that next time ) .
 So long as the train is moving at constant speed — and in a straight line — it is just as correct to say Em is moving as it is to say Al is moving .
 The only thing we can say about not moving is that Al is not moving relative to the train car , and Em is not moving relative to the train platform .
 But from Al ’s point of view this is exactly the case ! We ’re sitting next to Al , and we can see he is n’t moving . Neither is the bench inside the train car . Everything inside the car is just sitting there ( while Em equally obviously is moving past us ) .
 In fact — and this is a really important point — there is no experiment we can perform that proves otherwise . Within the train car , it is absolutely true that we are not in motion relative to the train car . If you ’ve ever been riding in a car and felt like the world was zipping past , that is a completely valid way to view it .
 The ‘ F ’ train — as in Fake !
 A minor caveat is that the sound and vibration of the train running along the tracks provides a clue that we ’re moving .
 But if you watched the old Mission : Impossible TV show , you may have seen that episode where they trick their target into believing he ’s on a moving train using sound and mechanical effects .
 For that matter , some amusement park rides do a pretty good job of tricking you into thinking that you ’re moving using the same kinds of effects .
 Conversely , if the train car is sound proof and has a smooth suspension , you may feel no sense of motion . Consider what it feels like to ride on a commercial aircraft . You can walk down the aisle with no sense that you ’re really hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour !
 An important term here is frame of reference . It ’s a technical term for “ point of view ” but it includes the idea that — for example — you , Al , the bench you ’re sitting on , and the entire train car , are part of one thing : a frame of reference .
 Em also has a frame of reference : the platform and the train station and — in her case — the entire Earth .
 But having that larger frame of reference — even one as big as the Earth — does n’t make hers “ better ” or preferred . It only means there are a lot more people who share her view that Al and the train are moving .
 Special Relativity is about motion of one observer relative to another .
 It ’s special because that motion must be constant ; no slowing down or speeding up .
 In this situation , both observers can make equally valid claims they are standing still while the other is moving .
 Both can also make the equally valid claim that they are moving and the other party is standing still .
 Every observer has their own frame of reference .
 There is no preferred frame of reference ; all are equal .
 Just keep in mind that some dogs have injured themselves doing this !
 This entry was posted on Monday , March 16th , 2015 at 5:05 pm 	 and tagged with Albert Einstein , constant motion , frame of reference , motion , Special Relativity and posted in Physics . 	 You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed .
 You were n’t kidding when you said bite sized chunks . But I ’m sure the complexity will come soon enough .
 I think his book is freely available at Gutenberg [ Emphasis again his ] . My copy is a 15th edition released in 1952 and copyrighted 1961 .
 Thanks for the reference ! It looks like it is available on Gutenberg , but without the images , which I suspect is pretty crucial in a book like this .
 It ’s also available on Amazon Kindle for 99 cents , with images , so I just picked up a copy , just in case I decide to read it .
 On “ special ” , maybe we ’re saying the same thing but from different angles . It seems like I remember reading some time ago about this breakdown .
 1 . Galilean relativity : all motion is relative .
 2 . Special relativity : 1 + the speed of light is always constant , which effectively makes time , length , and mass relative .
 But I may be showing my own misconceptions .
 The only actual image is a drawing of Einstein , but if they also did n’t include the formulas and a couple tables , that would make it pretty useless . But for 99 cents , you ca n’t go wrong , so good choice , I ’d say .
 Incidentally , my edition has a typo . The first formula in chapter 13 should be x ’ = wt ’ ( not x = wt ’ ) . The paragraph that follows references x ’ ( which will confuse you until you realize the typo ) , plus it ’s repeated as the fourth formula in that chapter , so it ’s clearly a typo .
 Your , ,   works fine . ( A quibble : I believe the mass is more tied to the energy involved , though . The famous E = MC^2 is a reduction of the full mass - energy equivalence formula when velocity is zero . ( This is different from time and length changes which follow the Lorentz equation . ) But I think it ’s still true that what makes SR “ special ” is that it is restricted to inertial frames of reference — that is , frames moving with constant velocity .
 As I ’ll mention tomorrow , supposedly ( or , at least , I ’ve heard that ) Einstein wanted to call his theories “ equivalence ” theories . SR is based on the equivalence of light speed ( to all observers ) . GR is based on the equivalence of gravity and acceleration .
 Thanks for the info . While I do understand the basics ( particularly why it makes FTL likely not feasible ) , I ’m not confident I have as good of sense of SR as you may be thinking , not the extent that I ’d skip Einstein ’s description of it , or yours , and I ’ve never been able to get the twin paradox straight in my head .
 I can relate , actually . I spent a lot of time going over the Twins Paradox — lots of diagrams on graph paper , lots of calculations ( even a small Python program ) . The traveling twin is n’t that hard ; it ’s the stay at home twin that was so twisty to figure out when trying to nail down exactly what happens .
 The biggest hangup I currently have is understanding what happens when the traveling twin decelerates and arrives at the remote destination . Every diagram I saw assumed the twin immediately returned , and exactly where the simultaneity is when they ’re stopped at the destination is n’t really addressed . I keep thinking , what happens if the twin stays at the destination ? Certainly there is a delay in messaging between the twins , but it should be a known quantity and therefor reconcilable , and so at what point in their timelines will they now be simultaneous ?
 I do n’t expect you to answer that now . I ’ll wait until you get to that point . But that ’s my current hang up . I fully understand it ’s a hang up since SR has far too much experimental evidence behind it for it not to be reality , or at least an extremely close approximation of it .
 The trip back is really just a repeat of the trip out and doubles the time difference .
 That must mean , from the traveling twin ’s perspective , as they are decelerating , the at home twin ’s aging speeds up dramatically , to a rate that is faster than the traveling twin ’s rate . It ’s the opposite of what the traveling twin has observed on the trip up to that point . Why that happens is what I ’ve struggled to understand .
 I ’ll make you wait for the detailed answer , but if you ’ve encountered the idea of a “ surface of simultaneity ” with regard to SR , what happens is that the traveling twin ’s perception of what is simultaneous lags further into the Earth twin ’s past as the trip progresses ( although ahead of what light signals would indicate ) . Upon stopping and re - entering the same frame of reference , that surface catches up . So in a sense , yes , the Earth twin ages rapidly as that surface moves from the past to the present .
 I did n’t realize you were a secret physicist , Lady Di ! 🙂 You ’re absolutely right , and for certain things that needs to be taken into account . The key is that , for Em standing on the platform , the actual curvature of her motion around the Earth ’s axis is very close to a straight line ( and the orbit around the sun even more so ) . Think how flat the Earth looks — so much so we used to think it was flat !
 But what ’s really cool is how you ’re paying attention and thinking about the topic ! A+ m’lady ! A+ !
 That sounds better than ‘ dead - eye catatonia ’ so I ’ll take it as a compliment !
 It is given as such !
 Nice job ! I appreciate your breaking this down for people like me .
 As with Tina , I appreciate the way you ’re assuming nothing on behalf of the reader Wyrd , which in my case is always wise .
 The goal is just one new idea per post . That means those with good familiarity may find the series slow , which is unfortunate , but it ’s mainly oriented at opening doors for those with no familiarity with it ( but a willingness to be fascinated by it ) .
 This blog appears to be special . I just discovered that a lot of people are relating to it quite well ! Thank you … on the curve !


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In the past, we have partnered with Georgetown Law’s International Refugee Assistance Project, Georgetown Law’s Muslim Students Association, No Lost Generation at Georgetown, No Lost Generation at George Washington University, and George Washington University’s Freshman Day of Service.

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ASAP offers semester - long internships for undergraduate students who can commit a minimum of 20 hours per week . Internships are unpaid , but we can work with students seeking course credit . All internships are based out of ASAP ’s headquarters located near Dupont Circle in Northwest D.C. All internships include a direct service component .
 ASAP seeks a creative , skilled and enthusiastic individuals to support ASAP 's Executive Director . This intern will work closely with leadership on a range of projects spanning program development to fundraising . This is an excellent opportunity to learn about nonprofit management in a fast - paced , start - up environment .
 This internship provides programmatic support to ASAP ’s employment and social work programs . This intern will work closely with both Program Managers to develop resources for clients and expand the reach and scope of the core services that ASAP provides . This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in immigration law , policy , or the human services field .
 ASAP regularly works with university student groups to provide a range of hands - on student learning activities . Past activities have included group resume writing , comfort item collection drive , mock interviews , and other activities .
 In the past , we have partnered with Georgetown Law ’s International Refugee Assistance Project , Georgetown Law ’s Muslim Students Association , No Lost Generation at Georgetown , No Lost Generation at George Washington University , and George Washington University ’s Freshman Day of Service .


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This is the first post in a new series on the blog, providing a quick recap of recent political-law news and developments.
What role will non-profits have on the 2016 presidential election? According to a report in the New York Times, 501(c)(4) political activity is expected to be an important factor in the upcoming race.
Proposed federal legislation may require New York State, or some portions of it, to receive pre-clearance under the Voting Rights Act before implementing changes to voting laws.
In Wagner v. FEC, the DC Circuit Court upheld the prohibition on political contributions by federal contractors. You can see our full analysis of this important case here.
Challenges in defining coordination and enforcing restrictions means that Super PACs will continue to play an important role in federal elections, including the 2016 presidential race.
The New York City Campaign Finance Board is holding a hearing on Monday, July 13, 2015 to solicit comments on proposed amendments to Board rules on public-funds eligibility and disclosure-statement documentation. More information is available here.
The Brennan Center for Justice, the New York City Campaign Finance Board, and the Committee for Economic Development will be hosting a conference titled American Elections at the Crossroads, on Wednesday, July 22. Ann Ravel, chair of the FEC, will deliver remarks.
Our analysis of what New Jersey government contractors need to know about Governor Christie's presidential run.

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This is the first post in a new series on the blog , providing a quick recap of recent political - law news and developments .
 What role will non - profits have on the 2016 presidential election ? According to a report in the New York Times , 501(c)(4 ) political activity is expected to be an important factor in the upcoming race .
 Proposed federal legislation may require New York State , or some portions of it , to receive pre - clearance under the Voting Rights Act before implementing changes to voting laws .
 In Wagner v. FEC , the DC Circuit Court upheld the prohibition on political contributions by federal contractors . You can see our full analysis of this important case here .
 Challenges in defining coordination and enforcing restrictions means that Super PACs will continue to play an important role in federal elections , including the 2016 presidential race .
 The New York City Campaign Finance Board is holding a hearing on Monday , July 13 , 2015 to solicit comments on proposed amendments to Board rules on public - funds eligibility and disclosure - statement documentation . More information is available here .
 The Brennan Center for Justice , the New York City Campaign Finance Board , and the Committee for Economic Development will be hosting a conference titled American Elections at the Crossroads , on Wednesday , July 22 . Ann Ravel , chair of the FEC , will deliver remarks .
 Our analysis of what New Jersey government contractors need to know about Governor Christie 's presidential run .


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 6278602S Exhaust Muffler Kit Starter Side Outlet ( Discharges to the right if facing the front of engine ) .
 6278603S Exhaust Muffler Kit Opposite Starter Side ( Discharges to the left if facing the front of engine ) .


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Hello all, is it best practice to enable AG mode on blade switches all of the time (obviously understanding that the fabric to which you're connected needs to support and be configured as such for NPIV). Are there times where it's not advantageous to do so? In addition to this if VMWare is running on the blade chassis do you normally have that also configured to use NPIV as a best practice?
I am running all my blades in AG mode. This way there is no domain management required. There is however a known DEFECT where it logs into the DCX with a phantom WWN that starts with 2500. Sometimes blocking the ports on the gateway will resolve it but it still shows up grey in EFCM 9.7.2. When blocking the ports on gateway fail you will need to do a reboot of the gateway. The fix is coming in the 6.3 FOS in September.

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Hello all , is it best practice to enable AG mode on blade switches all of the time ( obviously understanding that the fabric to which you 're connected needs to support and be configured as such for NPIV ) . Are there times where it 's not advantageous to do so ? In addition to this if VMWare is running on the blade chassis do you normally have that also configured to use NPIV as a best practice ?
 I am running all my blades in AG mode . This way there is no domain management required . There is however a known DEFECT where it logs into the DCX with a phantom WWN that starts with 2500 . Sometimes blocking the ports on the gateway will resolve it but it still shows up grey in EFCM 9.7.2 . When blocking the ports on gateway fail you will need to do a reboot of the gateway . The fix is coming in the 6.3 FOS in September .


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Dual use garden tool that allows any gardener to quickly and easily aerate, loosen roots, and prepare soil for planting.
Small pointed blade for making seed drills and the twin prongs break up heavy soil.
Lightweight and is part of the multi-change system, attaching it to a handle of the required height will prevent over straining.

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Dual use garden tool that allows any gardener to quickly and easily aerate , loosen roots , and prepare soil for planting .
 Small pointed blade for making seed drills and the twin prongs break up heavy soil .
 Lightweight and is part of the multi - change system , attaching it to a handle of the required height will prevent over straining .


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The word optimization was used more times than I could count. One slide in particular from the presentation, entitled “Rapid Manufacturing Scenario,” caught my eye. The speaker described a series of two improvements (noted in the bar charts at the bottom of the slide) using “machining process optimization software tools.” “Hmm,” I thought “interesting stuff: virtual verification of NC code, 3D part scanning and digitization, optimal tool paths, automatic program correction”. But I couldn’t help noticing that as operational times were being slashed, the orange bar – Setup on Machine – stayed the same. In fact, nowhere in the presentation, was there a mention of machine setup improvement.
I wondered, ‘Would this ‘improved ratio’ of setup to runtime cause a machine shop to run fewer parts or more parts?” For a site grounded in Lean, I think the answer would be ‘always work on setup reduction in order to run exactly what is needed for the next process.” In the absence of that grounding however, I worry that the ratio would create more over-production to “optimize’ part cost.
After the presentation, I jumped onto the CCAT website and did find a one-day course on set-up reduction (none scheduled however) and an article on Lean simulation software, not a favorite approach with me. I think the real floor is where the action is, not the virtual floor. Call me old-fashioned.
In June 2011 our national government announced it would spend $500 million to support advanced manufacturing. I hope they understand what it means. I’m still confused. I worry that Advanced Manufacturing sounds an awful (and I mean awful) lot like Lee Iacocca’s “agile manufacturing” strategy (vintage 1990) to leapfrog Toyota’s system. History did not validate this approach; I hope it has not been repackaged for 2012.
I recall a complaint offered by Shigeo Shingo in 1989 that while at that time nobody was paying attention to SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies), there were a swarm of doctoral dissertations on algorithms for optimizing economical order quantity (advanced manufacturing?) Have we grown beyond that thinking today, or are we still squirming in quicksand?
BTW: Mark your calendar. The Northeast Shingo Prize Conference is coming up September 25-26, 2012. Hope we’ll see you there.
This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged change over, GBMP, hoshin kanri, inventory, kaizen, lean assessment, lean development, lean government, lean in healthcare, lean manufacturing, lean summit, lean thinking, lean tools, made in america, muda, mura, Muri, Northeast Shingo Prize, optimization, poka-yoke, process improvement, searching, set-up reduction, shigeo shingo, six sigma, SMED, standardized work, Toast Kaizen, toyota production system, TPM, TPS, true north, value stream mapping on June 4, 2012 by GBMP.
“I am one with the weeds,” Menrika commented jokingly while we were working together on an improvement project. She was referring to the nitty-gritty realities that present themselves to us when we are that close to the ground. The expression typically refers to getting too tangled up in details. But while it can be argued that a broad perspective may not be achievable from the ‘weeds,’ I think there are too few kaizen leaders who spend enough time there. Menrika’s comment reminded me of a few lessons I learned from my Dad when I was a tot – maybe 7.
“Funny,” I thought, “the lawn looks so much different at knee level.” There were stones and mold and bare spots and insects — all sorts of different problems that were only visible when, as Menrika would say, I was one with the weeds.
“But why do you use the frame for weeding?” I asked.
“So when do you think we’ll be done with this job?” I asked.
This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP, hoshin kanri, inventory, kaizen, lean assessment, lean development, lean government, lean in healthcare, lean manufacturing, lean summit, lean thinking, lean tools, made in america, muda, mura, Muri, Northeast Shingo Prize, optimization, poka-yoke, process improvement, searching, set-up reduction, shigeo shingo, six sigma, standardized work, Toast Kaizen, toyota production system, TPM, TPS, true north, value stream mapping on April 24, 2012 by GBMP.
3P, “Production Preparation Process,” is a method introduced to the US in the mid-80’s by Chihiro Nakao, a contemporary of Mr. Ohno, and founder of Shingijutsu consulting. I recall the method was called “New Production Preparation” (NPP) early along, but apparently succumbed to a marketing intervention, hence 3P. The basic idea of 3P is to achieve, in Mr. Nakao’s words, “breakthrough or transformational changes in production process” through rapid, integrated prototyping of both product and process.
I had a 3P experience recently that reminded me how much I learn from customers. My inspiration occurred during a “mini-event” to develop a build-out addition to a surgery center. The decision to use a 3P approach to develop a better floor layout was made pretty late in the process. We had one week to investigate the current condition and understand design requirements. Then, we began, a team of eight clinicians – docs, nurses, techs and housekeepers — to “trystorm”, a term connoting brainstorming activity combined with actual doing. The first of Mr. Nakao’s “16 Catch Phrases” advocates minimal pre-planning and “lightning fast” prototyping, a criteria we closely followed: the event lasted 1½ days.
Most of the 3P team had minimal previous exposure to Lean concepts. But all were very passionate about patient care and “constructively dissatisfied” (a theme I take up in GBMP’s DVD Moments of Truth) with the status quo at the surgery center: Bed shortages in the recovery area, ORs waiting for available beds in recovery, surgeons waiting for ORs and, of course, patients waiting for everything.
When I introduced the concept of “patient-centered” healthcare from a Lean perspective, a connection between passion and principle occurred – not a perfect understanding, more a fuzzy idea that focusing on the care from the patient’s point of view might yield a breakthrough. By the end of the first day (actually half-day), there was consensus regarding the status quo and a first pass concept for improvement. We agreed to “sleep on it.” This, I have found is a very important, if not scheduled, part of the 3P process.
On day two we jumped into trystorming with a vengeance. One participant advised that she’d awakened at 2:00 a.m. with a thought. “What was it?” I asked. “That we might not come up with a better layout.” she replied. Nervous laughter. We trudged on with a concept that was based upon “adjacencies,” a word that connotes relative locations of departments to facilitate workflow. I reminded the team to focus on patient flow, and placed a couple Lego people on the prototype layout to signify the patient and his family. As we broke for lunch, there was a feeling within the team that the trystorm layout created so far would not be a breakthrough. We were facing a 4:00 p.m. deadline for a solution, and CHI-E was kicking in.
Do you have a 3P experience you can share? Please send it along.
BTW: Speaking of principle-based transformation, there’s still time to register for the fast-approaching International Shingo Conference in Jacksonville, April 30 – May 4. I’ll be there, and hope to see you too.
This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP, hoshin kanri, inventory, kaizen, lean assessment, lean development, lean government, lean in healthcare, lean manufacturing, lean summit, lean thinking, lean tools, made in america, muda, mura, Muri, Northeast Shingo Prize, optimization, poka-yoke, process improvement, searching, set-up reduction, shigeo shingo, six sigma, standardized work, Toast Kaizen, toyota production system, TPM, TPS, true north, value stream mapping on April 19, 2012 by GBMP.
I take my work very seriously, but sometimes when I have excess idle time (like on the red-eye from Phoenix to Boston), I’ll have a whimsical idea. Here’s one I’d like to share, to demonstrate the universality of a good idea. My stream of thought begins with recent participation in the Boy Scouts Merit Badge University. As a counselor for music merit badge, I attended a course for their “new” training method, referred as the EDGE method. I noticed that it bore a striking resemblance to the methods used during World War II to backfill and rapidly train workers in US plants. The same method subsequently was used to help the Japanese manufacturing economy rebound after the war. And today it is experiencing resurgence on US shores, helping to standardize and improve operations in many industries. Most recently, it appears to have made it into the latest edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook. Hurrah for the Scouts, an organization from whom I think I learned more that I did from college. I suppose there is a TWI’er in Scouting today who had the foresight to pass this thinking along. I can only hope that as scouts grow into business people, that EDGE will eventually become their means for training employees.
Explain how it is done – Tell them.
Guide learners as they practice – Watch them do it.
Enable them to succeed on their own – Use memory aids, practice it, they teach it.
(4) Follows up to provide feedback and help.
Could it be that that the creators of TWI were Stooges fans?
This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP, hoshin kanri, inventory, kaizen, lean assessment, lean development, lean government, lean in healthcare, lean manufacturing, lean summit, lean thinking, lean tools, made in america, muda, mura, Muri, Northeast Shingo Prize, optimization, poka-yoke, process improvement, searching, set-up reduction, shigeo shingo, six sigma, standardized work, Toast Kaizen, toyota production system, TPM, TPS, true north, value stream mapping on April 6, 2012 by GBMP.
With the International Shingo Prize Conference just a month away, I thought a short post about Shigeo Shingo and the Prize named in his honor would be worthwhile. At the time of Prize’s founding in 1988, Shingo was nearly an unknown in the U.S. His first book translated into English (1969, Japanese Management Association) was hard to understand, reading like a 1960’s instruction manual for a Japan-manufactured product. This was my introduction to Set-up reduction and source inspection (or “prevent-type mistake-proofing) techniques. Shingo’s amazing technical discoveries are credited with making just-in-time possible. Today while Shingo’s original book, the Green Book, is out of print, replaced by a slicker, more readable version, the techniques he first described in English forty years ago, SMED and Poka-Yoke, have become part of our manufacturing lexicon.
But one of Shingo’s most important contributions from the green book is often overlooked or even refuted: The concept of production as a network of process and operation. In this network, process is visualized as the flow of objects of change on one axis, and agents of change on another axis. The agents are the operators and machines that add value. The objects are the various parts that are converted from raw materials to finished goods. For those in healthcare, note that “parts” can be replaced conceptually by “patients’, and “operators” can be replaced by “providers” (e.g. docs, nurses, etc.) In Shigeo Shingo’s world, production does not refer only to manufacturing, but to any process-operation network. The concept of waste is the same, in his words, whether you are “making rice cakes or automobiles.” And where do we find nearly all of this waste? On the process axis — from the view of the part (or patient.) When we speak of “process improvement” we are referring to the process axis of Dr. Shingo’s network.
This conventional definition spills over into cost accounting implying that if all operations for a particular process are improved by say 50%, then there will be a 50% process improvement. Consider for example that standard costs are based on roll-ups of operational cost (value-added) plus a large fudge factor based upon average allocation of overhead costs (non-value-added) which, in a circular way, are stated as a multiplier of the value-added time. This is nonsense. Operational times are scrutinized and measured often to four decimal places, while process is essentially invisible in this conventional model. Make versus buy decisions are made by evaluating only a small fraction of total cost. System Efficiency is viewed as a sum over local efficiencies. More nonsense.
The English language can be confounding. Those who prefer Meriam-Webster’s definition of process to Dr. Shingo’s will never gain the benefits of Lean. How important is Shingo’s Network? What do you think? Share a story.
BTW: Looking for another kind of Shingo Network? Come join me and GBMP at the International Shingo Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, April 30-May 4. Hope to see you there.
This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP, hoshin kanri, inventory, kaizen, lean assessment, lean development, lean government, lean in healthcare, lean manufacturing, lean summit, lean thinking, lean tools, made in america, muda, mura, Muri, Northeast Shingo Prize, optimization, poka-yoke, process improvement, searching, set-up reduction, shigeo shingo, six sigma, standardized work, Toast Kaizen, toyota production system, TPM, TPS, true north, value stream mapping on March 30, 2012 by GBMP.

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The word optimization was used more times than I could count . One slide in particular from the presentation , entitled “ Rapid Manufacturing Scenario , ” caught my eye . The speaker described a series of two improvements ( noted in the bar charts at the bottom of the slide ) using “ machining process optimization software tools . ” “ Hmm , ” I thought “ interesting stuff : virtual verification of NC code , 3D part scanning and digitization , optimal tool paths , automatic program correction ” . But I could n’t help noticing that as operational times were being slashed , the orange bar – Setup on Machine – stayed the same . In fact , nowhere in the presentation , was there a mention of machine setup improvement .
 I wondered , ‘ Would this ‘ improved ratio ’ of setup to runtime cause a machine shop to run fewer parts or more parts ? ” For a site grounded in Lean , I think the answer would be ‘ always work on setup reduction in order to run exactly what is needed for the next process . ” In the absence of that grounding however , I worry that the ratio would create more over - production to “ optimize ’ part cost .
 After the presentation , I jumped onto the CCAT website and did find a one - day course on set - up reduction ( none scheduled however ) and an article on Lean simulation software , not a favorite approach with me . I think the real floor is where the action is , not the virtual floor . Call me old - fashioned .
 In June 2011 our national government announced it would spend $ 500 million to support advanced manufacturing . I hope they understand what it means . I ’m still confused . I worry that Advanced Manufacturing sounds an awful ( and I mean awful ) lot like Lee Iacocca ’s “ agile manufacturing ” strategy ( vintage 1990 ) to leapfrog Toyota ’s system . History did not validate this approach ; I hope it has not been repackaged for 2012 .
 I recall a complaint offered by Shigeo Shingo in 1989 that while at that time nobody was paying attention to SMED ( Single Minute Exchange of Dies ) , there were a swarm of doctoral dissertations on algorithms for optimizing economical order quantity ( advanced manufacturing ? ) Have we grown beyond that thinking today , or are we still squirming in quicksand ?
 BTW : Mark your calendar . The Northeast Shingo Prize Conference is coming up September 25 - 26 , 2012 . Hope we ’ll see you there .
 This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged change over , GBMP , hoshin kanri , inventory , kaizen , lean assessment , lean development , lean government , lean in healthcare , lean manufacturing , lean summit , lean thinking , lean tools , made in america , muda , mura , Muri , Northeast Shingo Prize , optimization , poka - yoke , process improvement , searching , set - up reduction , shigeo shingo , six sigma , SMED , standardized work , Toast Kaizen , toyota production system , TPM , TPS , true north , value stream mapping on June 4 , 2012 by GBMP .
 “ I am one with the weeds , ” Menrika commented jokingly while we were working together on an improvement project . She was referring to the nitty - gritty realities that present themselves to us when we are that close to the ground . The expression typically refers to getting too tangled up in details . But while it can be argued that a broad perspective may not be achievable from the ‘ weeds , ’ I think there are too few kaizen leaders who spend enough time there . Menrika ’s comment reminded me of a few lessons I learned from my Dad when I was a tot – maybe 7 .
 “ Funny , ” I thought , “ the lawn looks so much different at knee level . ” There were stones and mold and bare spots and insects — all sorts of different problems that were only visible when , as Menrika would say , I was one with the weeds .
 “ But why do you use the frame for weeding ? ” I asked .
 “ So when do you think we ’ll be done with this job ? ” I asked .
 This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP , hoshin kanri , inventory , kaizen , lean assessment , lean development , lean government , lean in healthcare , lean manufacturing , lean summit , lean thinking , lean tools , made in america , muda , mura , Muri , Northeast Shingo Prize , optimization , poka - yoke , process improvement , searching , set - up reduction , shigeo shingo , six sigma , standardized work , Toast Kaizen , toyota production system , TPM , TPS , true north , value stream mapping on April 24 , 2012 by GBMP .
 3P , “ Production Preparation Process , ” is a method introduced to the US in the mid-80 ’s by Chihiro Nakao , a contemporary of Mr. Ohno , and founder of Shingijutsu consulting . I recall the method was called “ New Production Preparation ” ( NPP ) early along , but apparently succumbed to a marketing intervention , hence 3P. The basic idea of 3P is to achieve , in Mr. Nakao ’s words , “ breakthrough or transformational changes in production process ” through rapid , integrated prototyping of both product and process .
 I had a 3P experience recently that reminded me how much I learn from customers . My inspiration occurred during a “ mini - event ” to develop a build - out addition to a surgery center . The decision to use a 3P approach to develop a better floor layout was made pretty late in the process . We had one week to investigate the current condition and understand design requirements . Then , we began , a team of eight clinicians – docs , nurses , techs and housekeepers — to “ trystorm ” , a term connoting brainstorming activity combined with actual doing . The first of Mr. Nakao ’s “ 16 Catch Phrases ” advocates minimal pre - planning and “ lightning fast ” prototyping , a criteria we closely followed : the event lasted 1½ days .
 Most of the 3P team had minimal previous exposure to Lean concepts . But all were very passionate about patient care and “ constructively dissatisfied ” ( a theme I take up in GBMP ’s DVD Moments of Truth ) with the status quo at the surgery center : Bed shortages in the recovery area , ORs waiting for available beds in recovery , surgeons waiting for ORs and , of course , patients waiting for everything .
 When I introduced the concept of “ patient - centered ” healthcare from a Lean perspective , a connection between passion and principle occurred – not a perfect understanding , more a fuzzy idea that focusing on the care from the patient ’s point of view might yield a breakthrough . By the end of the first day ( actually half - day ) , there was consensus regarding the status quo and a first pass concept for improvement . We agreed to “ sleep on it . ” This , I have found is a very important , if not scheduled , part of the 3P process .
 On day two we jumped into trystorming with a vengeance . One participant advised that she ’d awakened at 2:00 a.m. with a thought . “ What was it ? ” I asked . “ That we might not come up with a better layout . ” she replied . Nervous laughter . We trudged on with a concept that was based upon “ adjacencies , ” a word that connotes relative locations of departments to facilitate workflow . I reminded the team to focus on patient flow , and placed a couple Lego people on the prototype layout to signify the patient and his family . As we broke for lunch , there was a feeling within the team that the trystorm layout created so far would not be a breakthrough . We were facing a 4:00 p.m. deadline for a solution , and CHI - E was kicking in .
 Do you have a 3P experience you can share ? Please send it along .
 BTW : Speaking of principle - based transformation , there ’s still time to register for the fast - approaching International Shingo Conference in Jacksonville , April 30 – May 4 . I ’ll be there , and hope to see you too .
 This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP , hoshin kanri , inventory , kaizen , lean assessment , lean development , lean government , lean in healthcare , lean manufacturing , lean summit , lean thinking , lean tools , made in america , muda , mura , Muri , Northeast Shingo Prize , optimization , poka - yoke , process improvement , searching , set - up reduction , shigeo shingo , six sigma , standardized work , Toast Kaizen , toyota production system , TPM , TPS , true north , value stream mapping on April 19 , 2012 by GBMP .
 I take my work very seriously , but sometimes when I have excess idle time ( like on the red - eye from Phoenix to Boston ) , I ’ll have a whimsical idea . Here ’s one I ’d like to share , to demonstrate the universality of a good idea . My stream of thought begins with recent participation in the Boy Scouts Merit Badge University . As a counselor for music merit badge , I attended a course for their “ new ” training method , referred as the EDGE method . I noticed that it bore a striking resemblance to the methods used during World War II to backfill and rapidly train workers in US plants . The same method subsequently was used to help the Japanese manufacturing economy rebound after the war . And today it is experiencing resurgence on US shores , helping to standardize and improve operations in many industries . Most recently , it appears to have made it into the latest edition of the Boy Scouts Handbook . Hurrah for the Scouts , an organization from whom I think I learned more that I did from college . I suppose there is a TWI’er in Scouting today who had the foresight to pass this thinking along . I can only hope that as scouts grow into business people , that EDGE will eventually become their means for training employees .
 Explain how it is done – Tell them .
 Guide learners as they practice – Watch them do it .
 Enable them to succeed on their own – Use memory aids , practice it , they teach it .
 ( 4 ) Follows up to provide feedback and help .
 Could it be that that the creators of TWI were Stooges fans ?
 This entry was posted in Old Lean Dude and tagged GBMP , hoshin kanri , inventory , kaizen , lean assessment , lean development , lean government , lean in healthcare , lean manufacturing , lean summit , lean thinking , lean tools , made in america , muda , mura , Muri , Northeast Shingo Prize , optimization , poka - yoke , process improvement , searching , set - up reduction , shigeo shingo , six sigma , standardized work , Toast Kaizen , toyota production system , TPM , TPS , true north , value stream mapping on April 6 , 2012 by GBMP .
 With the International Shingo Prize Conference just a month away , I thought a short post about Shigeo Shingo and the Prize named in his honor would be worthwhile . At the time of Prize ’s founding in 1988 , Shingo was nearly an unknown in the U.S. His first book translated into English ( 1969 , Japanese Management Association ) was hard to understand , reading like a 1960 ’s instruction manual for a Japan - manufactured product . This was my introduction to Set - up reduction and source inspection ( or “ prevent - type mistake - proofing ) techniques . Shingo ’s amazing technical discoveries are credited with making just - in - time possible . Today while Shingo ’s original book , the Green Book , is out of print , replaced by a slicker , more readable version , the techniques he first described in English forty years ago , SMED and Poka - Yoke , have become part of our manufacturing lexicon .
 But one of Shingo ’s most important contributions from the green book is often overlooked or even refuted : The concept of production as a network of process and operation . In this network , process is visualized as the flow of objects of change on one axis , and agents of change on another axis . The agents are the operators and machines that add value . The objects are the various parts that are converted from raw materials to finished goods . For those in healthcare , note that “ parts ” can be replaced conceptually by “ patients ’ , and “ operators ” can be replaced by “ providers ” ( e.g. docs , nurses , etc . ) In Shigeo Shingo ’s world , production does not refer only to manufacturing , but to any process - operation network . The concept of waste is the same , in his words , whether you are “ making rice cakes or automobiles . ” And where do we find nearly all of this waste ? On the process axis — from the view of the part ( or patient . ) When we speak of “ process improvement ” we are referring to the process axis of Dr. Shingo ’s network .
 This conventional definition spills over into cost accounting implying that if all operations for a particular process are improved by say 50 % , then there will be a 50 % process improvement . Consider for example that standard costs are based on roll - ups of operational cost ( value - added ) plus a large fudge factor based upon average allocation of overhead costs ( non - value - added ) which , in a circular way , are stated as a multiplier of the value - added time . This is nonsense . Operational times are scrutinized and measured often to four decimal places , while process is essentially invisible in this conventional model . Make versus buy decisions are made by evaluating only a small fraction of total cost . System Efficiency is viewed as a sum over local efficiencies . More nonsense .
 The English language can be confounding . Those who prefer Meriam - Webster ’s definition of process to Dr. Shingo ’s will never gain the benefits of Lean . How important is Shingo ’s Network ? What do you think ? Share a story .
 BTW : Looking for another kind of Shingo Network ? Come join me and GBMP at the International Shingo Conference in Jacksonville , Florida , April 30 - May 4 . Hope to see you there .
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You are held in queue . What is your Question , please mention ? Please email if it is personal and we will reply over email .
 will my son come back to me his DOB 24 nov 1983 kolkata time 1.52am my DOB 4dec 1967 kolkata time between 5 to 6 am .
 14/12/1986 , New Delhi , B / w 04:30 - 04:45 AM .
 I have always challenged the science of prediction and have secretly wished to be proven wrong . Can you predict a few things about me and make me believe in this science .
 I am Sandip from Goa . My brother left home after arguments with father on 1st Oct.2014 at 08:45 AM . no one have Idea that where is he went ? Will he return home ? when will he return ? His Birth date:19 Jan.1986 . birth place : Shevgaon , Maharashtra . Birth time 03:45 AM . Please help me to search him .
 Question : When will i get good job ?
 plz.suggst simple astrological remedy to get relief from my present health problems .
 Date of Birth 06/11/1969 at AGRA ( UP ) , Time 17:05hrs . what About my business and receipt of wealth , as facing tuf time . Irritation , Anger and lack of Money keeping frustration . Advice the future situation .
 WANT TO KNOW MY FUTURE ALONG WITH MY SON FUTURE .
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We cordially invite you to visit the restaurant " Aristokrat " in Poltava , which combines excellent cuisine and traditional Ukrainian hospitality , impeccable service and an individual approach to each guest , classical interior and comfort . The restaurant will delight your guests with the best dishes of Slavic and European cuisine with a nice feed .
 Under a magnificent dishes - great selection of fine wines from the best manufacturers .
 The restaurant will serve as a calling card for a business event premium and for the status of a corporate party , a family celebration , a birthday or wedding .
 Special offer : If you are celebrating a wedding at the restaurant " Aristokrat " - Honeymoon Room available in a gift .
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text: Dapper and strong-willed electrical engineer and physicist at MIT. The iconic New England Yankee, Bush graduated from Tufts University in 1913. At MIT he developed the Differential Analyzer, an analog computer that could solve differential equations and was used during World War II to decipher code. In 1922 he cofounded the company that would become the high-tech giant Raytheon. From 1941 to 1945 he was director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), where he allocated funds to develop military technology, including the first atomic bomb and the radar. After the war he conceived the idea of the memex, an information storage device that would create associative links. His memex idea directly inspired Doug Engelbart, J. C. R. Licklider, and Ted Nelson.

tokenized: Dapper and strong - willed electrical engineer and physicist at MIT . The iconic New England Yankee , Bush graduated from Tufts University in 1913 . At MIT he developed the Differential Analyzer , an analog computer that could solve differential equations and was used during World War II to decipher code . In 1922 he cofounded the company that would become the high - tech giant Raytheon . From 1941 to 1945 he was director of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development ( OSRD ) , where he allocated funds to develop military technology , including the first atomic bomb and the radar . After the war he conceived the idea of the memex , an information storage device that would create associative links . His memex idea directly inspired Doug Engelbart , J. C. R. Licklider , and Ted Nelson .


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KAHULUI – As federal energy officials wrap up a statewide listening tour of sorts this week on potential environmental impacts of achieving Hawaii’s ambitious clean-energy goals, Maui County residents are hopeful their staunch opposition to “Big Wind” has been made clear.
Some Lanai and Molokai residents have attended all six meetings held so far.
Representatives with the U.S. Department of Energy, the federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management and the state’s Energy Office held public scoping meetings this week on Maui, Lanai and Molokai, following meetings on Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island.
The goal of the meetings was to gain public input on potential impacts of a range of technologies that will be considered to help the state reach a goal of 70 percent clean energy by the year 2030 as spelled out in the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. Of that 70 percent, 40 percent will come from renewable energy production, and 30 percent from energy efficiency.
The U.S. Energy Department will be preparing a so-called “programmatic” environmental impact statement for the initiative to help guide future federal funding decisions.
The department in 2010 started the process, but focused only on plans to develop wind farms on Molokai and Lanai, and to lay an undersea cable to send the power to Oahu.
Based in part on feedback from scoping meetings on that plan, the department has revised and expanded the scope of the so-called PEIS to include additional clean energy categories. The review will now look at five broad areas: energy efficiency, distributed renewables, utility-scale renewables, alternative transportation fuels and modes, and electrical transmission and distribution.
No specific projects or sites are being proposed at this stage, said Jane Summerson, who is spearheading the review for the U.S. Department of Energy.
“We need to describe the potential affected environments on an island-by-island basis” in the PEIS, Summerson said.
She cited such examples as recreational areas, hunting, fishing or subsistence areas, and traditional cultural sites that could be affected.
“Anything that helps to characterize your island, your community, the affected environment in a way that could potentially be impacted by one of these technologies,” she said.
Summerson said that information will then be used to analyze impacts and to identify potential mitigation measures that she said could be required during construction, operation or decommissioning of projects.
A court reporter attended the meetings to log oral comments for the PEIS.
She said she does believe renewable energy is important for Hawaii’s future, but that less invasive technologies should be considered.
“The land can’t speak for itself,” Pellegrino said.
Kaye with Friends of Lanai said many of those who spoke on Lanai gave comments in Hawaiian. He said one person sang a song in Hawaiian about the uniqueness of the area where the massive windmills have been proposed, while another shared legends of sites that could be impacted.
Lester Wong, with the group Kupaa no Lanai, said the Lanai wind farm would cut off access to areas that residents regularly use for hunting, fishing and recreation.
He said the area currently is open for hunting 24 weeks out of the year.
“If these windmills are to be built on that side, I can’t see that happening anymore,” said Wong, who retired from the Maui Police Department as commander for the Lanai patrol district.
Doug McLeod, energy administrator for Maui County, said he sees the revised scope of the review as a move in the right direction because it moves away from the “narrow solution” of developing wind farms on Molokai and Lanai.
But, McLeod questioned why community opposition has not been a factor in reviewing projects under the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. He cited concerns on behalf of Mayor Alan Arakawa about a failure to consider community acceptance and benefits in the PEIS approach.
Kanohowailuku Helm – founder of the community group I Aloha Molokai, which was formed to oppose a proposed wind farm for Molokai – said three surveys of island residents have been done.
Glick, the state’s energy administrator, said at the Lanai meeting that if there were “overwhelming opposition” by a community toward a specific energy project, the state would not want to see it happen.
The U.S. Department of Energy will accept public comments until Oct. 9 to be used in completing the draft PEIS. Summerson said the department expects to issue a draft PEIS in 2013 and a final document in 2014.
* Mail: Jim Spaeth, U.S. Department of Energy, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., P.O. Box 50247, Honolulu 96850-0247.

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KAHULUI – As federal energy officials wrap up a statewide listening tour of sorts this week on potential environmental impacts of achieving Hawaii ’s ambitious clean - energy goals , Maui County residents are hopeful their staunch opposition to “ Big Wind ” has been made clear .
 Some Lanai and Molokai residents have attended all six meetings held so far .
 Representatives with the U.S. Department of Energy , the federal Bureau of Offshore Energy Management and the state ’s Energy Office held public scoping meetings this week on Maui , Lanai and Molokai , following meetings on Oahu , Kauai and the Big Island .
 The goal of the meetings was to gain public input on potential impacts of a range of technologies that will be considered to help the state reach a goal of 70 percent clean energy by the year 2030 as spelled out in the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative . Of that 70 percent , 40 percent will come from renewable energy production , and 30 percent from energy efficiency .
 The U.S. Energy Department will be preparing a so - called “ programmatic ” environmental impact statement for the initiative to help guide future federal funding decisions .
 The department in 2010 started the process , but focused only on plans to develop wind farms on Molokai and Lanai , and to lay an undersea cable to send the power to Oahu .
 Based in part on feedback from scoping meetings on that plan , the department has revised and expanded the scope of the so - called PEIS to include additional clean energy categories . The review will now look at five broad areas : energy efficiency , distributed renewables , utility - scale renewables , alternative transportation fuels and modes , and electrical transmission and distribution .
 No specific projects or sites are being proposed at this stage , said Jane Summerson , who is spearheading the review for the U.S. Department of Energy .
 “ We need to describe the potential affected environments on an island - by - island basis ” in the PEIS , Summerson said .
 She cited such examples as recreational areas , hunting , fishing or subsistence areas , and traditional cultural sites that could be affected .
 “ Anything that helps to characterize your island , your community , the affected environment in a way that could potentially be impacted by one of these technologies , ” she said .
 Summerson said that information will then be used to analyze impacts and to identify potential mitigation measures that she said could be required during construction , operation or decommissioning of projects .
 A court reporter attended the meetings to log oral comments for the PEIS .
 She said she does believe renewable energy is important for Hawaii ’s future , but that less invasive technologies should be considered .
 “ The land ca n’t speak for itself , ” Pellegrino said .
 Kaye with Friends of Lanai said many of those who spoke on Lanai gave comments in Hawaiian . He said one person sang a song in Hawaiian about the uniqueness of the area where the massive windmills have been proposed , while another shared legends of sites that could be impacted .
 Lester Wong , with the group Kupaa no Lanai , said the Lanai wind farm would cut off access to areas that residents regularly use for hunting , fishing and recreation .
 He said the area currently is open for hunting 24 weeks out of the year .
 “ If these windmills are to be built on that side , I ca n’t see that happening anymore , ” said Wong , who retired from the Maui Police Department as commander for the Lanai patrol district .
 Doug McLeod , energy administrator for Maui County , said he sees the revised scope of the review as a move in the right direction because it moves away from the “ narrow solution ” of developing wind farms on Molokai and Lanai .
 But , McLeod questioned why community opposition has not been a factor in reviewing projects under the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative . He cited concerns on behalf of Mayor Alan Arakawa about a failure to consider community acceptance and benefits in the PEIS approach .
 Kanohowailuku Helm – founder of the community group I Aloha Molokai , which was formed to oppose a proposed wind farm for Molokai – said three surveys of island residents have been done .
 Glick , the state ’s energy administrator , said at the Lanai meeting that if there were “ overwhelming opposition ” by a community toward a specific energy project , the state would not want to see it happen .
 The U.S. Department of Energy will accept public comments until Oct. 9 to be used in completing the draft PEIS . Summerson said the department expects to issue a draft PEIS in 2013 and a final document in 2014 .
 * Mail : Jim Spaeth , U.S. Department of Energy , 300 Ala Moana Blvd . , P.O. Box 50247 , Honolulu 96850 - 0247 .


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"I know the Book of Mormon is true. You just have to read it. You only have to read it, prayerfully, and you'll know it it true. It speaks for itself. It is its own greatest testimony of its truth. And the marvelous thing is, every time you read it you see things you never saw before. Read it. I know it's true."
-President Gordon B. Hinckley, Birmingham, England, fireside, Aug. 29, 1995.

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" I know the Book of Mormon is true . You just have to read it . You only have to read it , prayerfully , and you 'll know it it true . It speaks for itself . It is its own greatest testimony of its truth . And the marvelous thing is , every time you read it you see things you never saw before . Read it . I know it 's true . "
 -President Gordon B. Hinckley , Birmingham , England , fireside , Aug. 29 , 1995 .