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Many details come into play when designing a vacuum handling system. On one hand, designers must contend with the size, weight, and type of material to be handled, and how fast and precisely it must be moved. On the other, there's the size and type of vacuum generator, system operating pressure, components — such as valves, hoses, and connectors — as well as up-front and operating costs. (For more information on complete system design, see "Getting a grip on vacuum-handling systems," Hydraulics & Pneumatics, May, 2010)
But a key component in any vacuum handling system is the vacuum cup or pad. This seemingly simple device must firmly and safely support the load, resist gravitational and acceleration forces, minimize air consumption, and not mar or damage the workpiece. And, of course, it must resist fatigue and abrasion, withstand dirt, contaminants, temperature extremes, and provide long, economical life with little or no maintenance.
Basic considerations
Obviously, a lot should go into selecting a suction pad. Leading manufacturers offer extensive data on various types of pads and the advantages of each, along with load capacity, temperature limits, chemical compatibility, and so on. Designers should select vacuum pads based on the following criteria:
Operating conditions — Cycle rates, expected life, aggressive surroundings, temperature, and other environmental factors are all considerations when selecting vacuum pads.
Material — Vacuum pads come in a wide range of materials to meet specific application requirements. Common materials include nitrile, silicone, natural rubbers, fluoroelastomers, and polyurethanes. Some materials are particularly suited to smooth, rough, or oily surfaces, or easily damaged workpieces. Special antistatic vacuum pads are designed to handle electronic components, while others won't leave marks on plastic parts. Environmental conditions can affect the material choice when the pads must resist ozone, chemicals, extreme temperatures, or be silicone-free.
Surface — The workpiece surface may make certain types of vacuum pads more suitable than others. The wide range of available products includes flat and bellows suction pads in many sizes and shapes with various types of sealing lips and sealing edges.
Selection factors
Designers should determine certain physical parameters as part of the selection process.
Coefficient of friction — It is usually not wise to assign a ballpark value for the coefficient of friction, μ, between the suction pad and workpiece. This means designers must determine μ beforehand through testing. However, as a general guide, approximate values for various workpiece surfaces include:
- oily surfaces: μ = 0.1,
- moist, wet surfaces: μ = 0.2 to 0.4,
- glass, stone, plastic (dry), wood, and metal: μ = 0.5,
- rough surfaces: μ = 0.6, and
- sand paper (dry): μ = 1.1.
Holding forces — Many factors, such as the size and shape of the vacuum pad, its surface finish, plus rigidity (deformation) of the workpiece, are important when calculating holding forces. For this reason, we recommend that engineers include a safety factor of at least two. German accident-prevention regulations demand a minimum safety factor of 1.5. Operations that swivel or turn over the workpiece use a safety factor of 2.5 or higher to cope with the resulting forces.
Vacuum pad diameter — Absolute holding force depends on the vacuum pad diameter and the workpiece surface finish. Determine the required diameter with the following equations.
For forces applied horizontally:
d = 1.12 [(m S) (PU n)]½
For forces applied vertically:
d = 1.12 [(m S) (PU n μ)]½
where, d = internal diameter of the sealing lip, cm, m = mass of the workpiece, kg, PU = vacuum, bar, n = number of suction pads, S = safety factor, and μ = coefficient of friction.
Vacuum capacity — The level of vacuum required and circuit volume are critical for calculating the necessary vacuum capacity. However, keep in mind that the workpiece material is the decisive factor that determines vacuum capacity. For porous parts, always carry out vacuum tests to ascertain actual capacity requirements.
Additional factors — In addition to the factors mentioned here, vacuum system manufacturers often list other data for individual vacuum pads to aid in the selection process. For example, data for Schmalz suction pads include:
- Theoretical suction force of a vacuum pad is calculated from the pressure differential and the surface area: F = ΔpA. Schmaltz bases this value on a –0.6 bar vacuum (at sea level) with a smooth, dry workpiece surface. Depending on operating conditions, this value may have to be reduced to account for the safety factor, friction losses, or a lower vacuum level — for example, due to a porous workpiece.
- Internal volume is used when calculating the total volume of the gripper system and, thus, total evacuation time and equipment cycle rate.
- Minimum radius of curvature specifies the minimum radius that a suction pad can securely grip, which is important for curved workpieces.
- Vacuum pad stroke is the lifting effect during evacuation of a vacuum pad. It typically applies to bellows-type pads. It also allows for height compensation and gentle cup placement.
Universal pads
Manufacturers generally classify suction pads as universal or special purpose. Universal pads cover a wide range of requirements, while specific-duty pads are designed to meet special requirements, such as handling thin automobile body parts or porous workpieces in the woodworking industry. The two most-common types of universal products are flat and bellows vacuum pads.
Flat vacuum pads are particularly suited for handling objects with flat or slightly curved surfaces. They come in a wide range of materials, sizes, and shapes, including round and oval, with steep or flat sealing lips. Low overall height and small internal volume produces short evacuation times, letting them grip workpieces quickly. The flat shape ensures good stability when attached to a load, and they withstand high lateral forces during fast movements.
Flat vacuum pads also are typically used for handling smooth or slightly rough workpieces, such as metal, glass, and wood sheets, cardboard boxes, and plastic parts. Wear-resistant versions can handle higher loads and give up to 10 times the life of standard NBR (nitrile-rubber) units. Flat, oval suction pads produce high forces despite relatively small dimensions. They're best suited for thin and curved objects, such as extrusions, pipes, and sections of door and window frames.
Bellows suction pads compensate for varying workpiece heights and can handle parts with curved or uneven surfaces or those that are easily damaged. Like flat pads, they come in many shapes, sizes, and materials. Bellows suction pads can lift products when vacuum is applied. Typical versions have bellows with 1½, 2½, or 3½ folds. More folds are generally better for handling workpieces with extremely uneven surfaces, or when a longer vacuum pad lifting stroke is necessary.
Upper portions of a bellows often are stiffer for stability during horizontal acceleration, while the lower portions and sealing lips are softer and more flexible to conform and give good sealing, even on non-rigid workpieces. The bellows also provides damping when it contacts the workpiece, beneficial when handling fragile parts. Bellows pads are typically used on parts such as car-body components and pipes; cardboard boxes and blister-packs; and easily damaged items such as electronic components and injection-molded plastic parts.
Special-purpose pads
Manufacturers also offer many suction pads designed for specific applications. These include flat and bellows pads for handling sheet metal, tubing, wood, cardboard, packages, paper, and CDs and DVDs. Here's a look at some recent innovations from Schmalz.
Sheet metal — Metal stamping and automobile assembly operations are growing more complex as automation processes deal with quicker cycle times and a wider variety of part shapes and sizes. A new type of round, bell-shaped suction pad (called the SAXM), with a flexible sealing lip, a reinforced structure, and special oil grooves, is built for high-speed operations handling sheet metal and car-body parts, loading CNC and laser-cutting machines, and handling blanks at destackers. A long vacuum pad stroke lets it adjust to contoured workpieces, and it's made of wear-resistant material that gives triple the life of standard NBR pads.
Structural shapes —SAOK suction pads grip structural sheet metal components with round edges and small radii, including pipes, stiffening plates, and frame parts. A soft sealing lip ensures secure holding in fast-cycling machines. The pads are available in NBR and a high-temperature material for handling parts at up to 250° C.
Chocolates —The SPG suction pad has an extremely thin and supple sealing lip that seals against smooth, glazed chocolates. It is manufactured from FDA-approved silicone for direct contact with food. It can also be steam sterilized and washed using standard cleaning agents.
Soft packaging —Automated handling of flexible-form packaging is one of the biggest challenges in handling technology. This is due to the broad spectrum of different bag designs and materials, and to the non-rigid nature of the packaging and loose contents. A bellows suction pad with 4½ corrugations, the new SPB4 Series reliably handles such packages at process speeds up to 100 cycles/min. The long, stable bellows has a thin and flexible sealing lip with integrated flow vanes. This lets the pad adjust to the bag and hold it with maximum surface coverage. Large nominal diameters ensure high-volume flows and accommodate any air leakage between the pads and product. The series uses food-safe silicone and conforms to FDA guidelines.
Package handling — A new series of vacuum pads has adaptable lips for sealing on porous surfaces like cardboard and plastic boxes and high-gloss printed packages. Made of proprietary Elastodur material, the wear-resistant pads give triple the life of NBR. They include flat (SPF), round (SPB1), and oval (SPOB1) bellows vacuum pads with 1½ corrugations.
High temperature — Pads made with fluorocarbon-based materials resist temperatures up to 400°C for short periods, with little marking of workpieces — making them well suited for the glass industry. The vacuum pad attaches to a large metal base for good heat dissipation and quick cooling. A special version (SPL-HT), with a stainless steel body and textile seal, withstands temperatures to 600°C.
Modular end effectors — A new modular system lets machine builders quickly configure vacuum end effectors. VEE elements include a wide selection of vacuum feeds, connection elements, and vacuum pads. CAD models of all the modular elements can be downloaded from the company's website and quickly combined into the required configuration. Users can construct a system with up to 12 vacuum pads that handles loads to 2 kg and process accelerations to 10 G. All VEE elements are made of FDA-approved polysulfone.
For more information on Schmalz suction pads and vacuum-handling systems, visit http://us.schmalz.com.


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A small number of "idea scouts" and "idea connectors" are disproportionately influential in producing successful open innovation outcomes. Smart companies make sure they are linked.
Companies such as Procter & Gamble, Cisco Systems, Genzyme, General Electric and Intel are often credited with having attained market leadership through open innovation strategies. That is, by tapping into and exploiting technological knowledge that resided beyond their own research and development structures, these companies outmaneuvered rivals that relied largely on in-house approaches to innovation. But while other organizations try to follow the example set by these trailblazers, our research shows that many are failing because they neglect to ensure that the outside ideas reach the people best equipped to exploit them. (See "About the Research.")
There is a way to change this path for the better. By understanding the roles of two types of innovation brokers — "idea scouts" and "idea connectors" — in the open innovation process, and by utilizing their talents effectively, managers can preside over major improvements in the conversion of external knowledge into innovative outcomes.
Consider the case of a software company that specialized in developing solutions for multimedia customer-contact centers. Because the pace of technological change in this particular field is extremely rapid, competitors need to continuously identify and integrate emerging advances in communication technologies from the outside world. This particular company lost a major client contract to a rival primarily because the rival's product featured more advanced voice-recognition capabilities. During the course of our work with the company, we discovered that the very voice-recognition technology displayed in the rival's product was actually identified by one of the company's software engineers almost a year earlier. The engineer in question had learned of the new technology from a working paper published on a university lab's website. Realizing its potential, she immediately brought the new development to the attention of her team leader. However, this opportunity developed no further.
To determine why this idea came to naught within the company's internal R&D network, we used organizational network analysis, or ONA, which revealed the team leader to be a peripheral player in the network structure. (See "ONA: A Tool Adapted From the Social Sciences.�

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QPR returned to the top of the Championship with former Blackpool winger Matt Phillips among the scorers in their 2-0 victory at Bloomfield Road.
Phillips, who moved to Rangers in the summer for a reported B#5million, paid some of his fee back with a second-half strike before Charlie Austin sealed the points on 73 minutes.
The hosts dominated the first 45 minutes, though, and ought to have taken the lead before the break after creating four good goalscoring opportunities.
In the 16th minute Jack Robinson's left-wing cross found the head of Steven Davies and his effort was well saved by Rob Green in the QPR goal.
Barry Ferguson's inswinging free-kick moments later caused havoc in the visitors' 18-yard box and after Kirk Broadfoot's header was half cleared by Richard Dunne, a follow-up header from Craig Cathcart was tipped over the crossbar by Green.
From the resulting corner another high, lofted delivery worked its way through to Cathcart at the back post - but he could only find the fans behind the goal rather than the back of the net.
It was one-way traffic, with the visitors pinned back in their own half for long periods and with the opening period drawing to a close, Dan Gosling fired narrowly wide of the left hand post from the edge of the box, as the Seasiders failed to find the goal their efforts deserved.
An injury to QPR defender Clint Hill saw boss Harry Redknapp forced into making a change at half-time, with Nedum Onuoha on in his place.
In an entertaining start to the second half, Phillips tested Matt Gilks with a 35-yard shot, before Tom Ince's half-volley from the edge of the box was superbly saved by Green at the other end.
The home side then went close again on 51 minutes, with Ince again involved, as his dinked cross from the right side of the area was wastefully headed over by Gosling at the back post.
There was a sense that a goal was in the offing and the deadlock was eventually broken just past the hour mark as Phillips' 25-yard shot, on his weaker left foot, sent Gilks the wrong way before nestling in back of the net.
Buoyed by his strike, the 22-year-old then went close to doubling his tally afternoon minutes later, as he surged into the area and fired goalwards, with Gilks doing brilliantly to tip the ball wide, one-on-one.
Redknapp's side were looking increasingly dangerous and more good play from Phillips down the right saw the Scotland international find the head of Austin, six yards out, and the striker made no mistake with his header to secure top spot for his side.
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Hey, Dwight: Nets Defeat Defending NBA Champs As Team Bolsters Marketing
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February 29, 2012: Dwight Howard may or may not be moving from Orlando to New York, but the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets has boosted its marketing department in preparation for their major move from New Jersey to the soon-to-be completed Barclays Center.
Among the changes:
• Fred Mangione is being promoted from svp and and CMO to evp and CMO for Nets Basketball and Barclays Center.
• Mike Zavodsky is moving from vp-new corporate marketing ventures to svp-corporate sponsorships for Barclays Center.
• Andrew Newman is being promoted from manager to senior manager for corporate sponsorship development.
• Elisa Padilla is moving from director of marketing for the Nets to vp-marketing for the team and Barclays Center.
• Jeff Gamble is being promoted from senior director of Interactive and Creative Marketing to senior director of marketing for the Nets and Barclays Center.
• Kris Elvgren is advancing from director to senior director of Partnership Marketing, overseeing companies doing business with the Nets and Barclays Center.
The changes were unveiled just before what might have been the Nets' biggest win of the season to date, a 93-92 win on the road over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks. Center Brook Lopez, who missed the first two months of this shortened season with a broken right ankle and who might be involved in a deal for Howard, scored 38 points.
"With [these moves and] the opening of Barclays Center in September, it's an exciting time to be part of the Nets and Barclays Center." — Brett Yormark
"I am thrilled to recognize these individuals for their excellent work," Brett Yormark, Nets and Barclays Center CEO, said in a statement of the marketing department moves. "I am proud of our outstanding employees and appreciate their continued commitment."
And possibly in a shout-out to D-Howard, Yormark stated, "With the move next month to our new corporate headquarters at MetroTech in Brooklyn, and with the opening of Barclays Center in September, it's an exciting time to be part of the Nets and Barclays Center."
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If an iPhone app doesn't work properly, crashes, freezes, or otherwise messes up your iPhone, you should definitely report the problem so that Apple and the developer know of it and (hopefully) can fix it. You can report an app problem using iTunes (on your computer).
Launch iTunes, choose Store→Sign In, type your account name and password, and then click the Sign In button.
Choose Store→View My Account.
Click the Purchase History button (even if the app was free).
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A Route for all Seasons: Strassman Memorial Route
The Sierra season is short, we are told. July through September, then the snows come. True, but in the Range of Light, the sun comes out again after the storm and warms the rock faces. So Asa and I headed up this December for a chilly late season (or early Winter season?) ascent of the Strassman Route on Lone Pine Peak.
To renew your annual membership in the Winter Club, i.e. to do your yearly Winter ascent, the climb must be at least grade III and must be done in calendar Winter, between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. But Asa and I feel that this distinction discourages climbing during the equally good months sandwiching Winter proper.
So it was a little cold and snowy and we wouldn't get the "credit" for a Winter ascent. A forecasted overnight low of 20 in the town of Lone Pine, and a forecasted high of 32 on Lone Pine Peak could have been nicer. But Honey Badger don't care about those things; we just wanted to climb the newest classic line in the range. The sun would be our warmth. After all, it was a face route, so our fingers wouldn't have to dig deep into the cold Sierra granite cracks. And this December weekend was the time that worked best for our schedules.
The Strassman route was not put up by Strassman, but rather a Pullharder team. And you don't need to pull that hard; it's thin technical climbing on the Superdike. Which is not really a super dike. If it were super, like Snake Dike, it would be huge and go at 5.4. Superdike is thinner and sometimes disappears. Which makes it trickier, and better.
Enough confusion, Michael Strassman Memorial Route aka MSMR aka Superdike (6 pitches, 5.10c, grade III) is perhaps the most highly regarded of the Pullharder first ascents. The route has been done homage by everyone who has climbed it. It's currently the featured route on the Mountain Project Sierra page. And with good justification. The story of the route's name is a good one, a tribute to prolific Sierra first ascensionist Mike Strassman. SP Parker, Andrew Soloman and Doug Robinson even shot a video of their climb to scatter Strassman's ashes on an early ascent of the route.
The route's essence is about 200 meters of climbing up a discontinuous but persistent dike on the South Face of Lone Pine Peak. Not only were the first ascensionsts visionary to find the beautiful way up the otherwise blank granite face, but they bolted it perfectly. Not overly runout in any of the hard sections, but not sport-bolted either. You often have to pull the hard moves well above your last clip. Not to mention it was bolted ground-up.
So how good is the climbing on the route? Asa and I concluded that it was as good as the hyped unanimous 4-star rating it receives. Many times we would call down to each other "man you're gonna love this part." Or "those guys were right. This route is incredible." Pitches 3 and 4 in particular are two of the very best alpine pitches I've ever climbed (in the Sierra I think the combination of quality and position compare to the last pitch of 3rd Pillar of Dana or the hand crack on Star Trekkin').
MSMR's best and creative moves make use of the dike, but I'll say that for me the cruxes were slab and they did feel hard. And the rating? A bit of banter has been had that it feels hard for 5.10c, maybe as hard as 5.11-. Certainly as an Owens River Gorge sport route it would go at 5.11. I'll stick with 5.10+, broken down by pitch: 5.7, 10b, 10c, 10c, 10d, 5.4x. Those middle dike pitches are hard and sustained indeed, but you seldom need to pull harder. You just need to think harder and use good footwork. No pumping out, at least physically. But mental fatigue from the many successive creative moves started to creep in.
Amongst an incredible, classic set of pitches, the most memorable few moves for me was stemming the dike with my right foot and a backstepping stem on a bulge with my left foot, both smears, as I inched my way up to get to a part of the dike with a positive foothold. Oddly enough, it felt completely secure, even well above my last bolt. Maybe it was that cool December weather, giving good friction to the rubber!
No crowds but beautiful scenery: granite walls rising from white snow covered rocks, soaring into a hazeless blue sky. Wintertime is the most beautiful time in the Sierra. But we were the only car at the trailhead, and we only saw one other set of (human) footprints in the snow past the stone hut, which we quickly lost. We too often lost the snow-buried cairns and the ostensible trail (if it even exists in Summer). Our toes got very cold in the snow on the dawn approach, but the sun soon rose and warmed them. And more importantly, the scenery was incredible. Why weren't more people out there climbing?
When I moved to California I was told the Sierra season is very short-- an opinion that I have since come to confront. Sure, approaches are snow-choked before June and again starting in late September. But on good weather days, most routes are still climbable. It just might take a little more slogging to get there. Ok, there is notably less daylight in Winter, and yes it's very cold except the very middle of the day. But during that time, you're on the warm(ish) rock face. The weather is generally good in the Sierra with long stretches of sun and no clouds. So it's actually pretty comfortable out there.
The first ascensionists list Spring, Summer, and Fall as the seasons for MSMR. I guess by that they mean it's not appropriate for dry-tooling. Certainly it's climbable in winter proper though. A Sierra Winter ascent is very different than in the Alps, where the idea of "Winter ascent" really came into being. In the Alps, approaches are often by gondola, so it's about a route itself in more gnar conditions, less light and unstable weather. And mixed climbing—crampons not rock shoes.
Most hard Sierra routes done in winter are climbed in rock shoes after a snowy approach. And the weather is actually usually stable in Winter in addition to sunny. The steep, sun-drenched south face of Lone Pine Peak is perfect for a Sierra Winter ascent—a quick snow approach and then time to put on the rock shoes--followed by rapping the route. MSMR starts high on the wall as well, assuring it maximum sunlight and snowmelt.
So what is implied by the designation "Winter" ascent? The range matters a lot, and the Sierra weather is pretty mild by comparison, allowing for more technical climbing. In the Alaska Range this summer, it rarely got above zero at high elevations, often as cold as -15F in June. Seemingly Wintery conditions. Perhaps the coldest climb of my life was in late March one year, just after Spring Equinox. It was on Peak Uchitil in the Tien Shan and featured -30F temps and instant nose frostbite (kind of amazing to watch your partner's nose turn white and back again as he takes his scarf off and on).
The first (and only) Winter ascent of Everest was done in December before the Solstice. So technically this was not a Winter ascent, and indeed armchair mountaineers did tell Krzysztof Wielicki he needed to wait a week or two longer to make it "count." Shipshapangma was likewise saddled with the same absurd controversy after its first December climb—it was not technically a First Winter Ascent.
In December there is notably less light than February and March, and temps aren't really any warmer in December either. There is probably less snow on the approach. But that might not really make it easier, as slick snow on rocks can be a problem in early Winter season. The weather on the day you climb means a lot more than the season. On our climb, temps were 5 degrees below average, but there was a bright sun and not a whole lot of wind. When it did blow, it felt like icy cutting though.
All this said, we are not claiming a winter ascent of MSMR, nor are we opening the Winter Club for the year. It's just to say that the binary 1/0"Winter/ not Winter" designation is somewhat arbitrary. Climbing can be just as fun and challenging in the surrounding time frame and it's worth going out there in the pre/post season. MSMR is in the Sierra, not the Alaska range, and it gets enough sun and has a short enough approach that climbing it slightly out of prime season was a joy, not a pain. Cold fingers offset by the cold weather sticky rubber friction bonus!
Asa Firestone and Ben Horne
Dec 4, 2011
MSMR. 4 hours on route. 11h 15 min car-to-car


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When I was 10 or so, my father won an all-expense paid trip to Senegal. "We're going to Africa!" my mother gleefully exclaimed. So we took the Amtrak train to New York to fly out of JFK and ignored the warnings of a pending Nor'easter, thinking the sheer and desperate determination of three Black Americans to make it to Africa would hold off the worst of the snow until we were airborne. It didn't. New York City was shut down for three days, and by the time the airports opened, it didn't make sense to fly out. We pushed the trip back indefinitely, and never made it. And so began my obsession with Africa, the place my even-tempered mother spoke of like it was some sort of Disneyland for Black people.
Some Black Americans, and I'm referring mostly to those that call Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina their "Old Country," tend to be awe-struck at the idea Africa, like Nas at the end of Belly. Once we get a full picture beyond what we're taught in school, where the largest continent and birthplace of all mankind is reduced to being the starting point for the Atlantic Slave Trade, there becomes an eagerness to migrate back across the Atlantic. The yearning is not unlike some immigrants who seek entrance to American shores. Except we're not seeking the opportunities and streets of gold that Fievel and his family expected; we're seeking the "home" that the Middle Passage erased.
I get why. For many American Blacks, the overall American experience has never really felt like a place where you can kick up your feet and recline all the way back. You get moments where that happens, of course, but then you also get a startling awakening— like when people are surprised you don't have any children out of wedlock, or you happen to be "so articulate," or despite carrying a purse while you shop, you find yourself explaining "No, no, actually I don't work here." Those things remind you not to get too comfy. America is home in the sense of being the devil you know, a bit like a stereotypical step-child, the one you tolerate but don't really love like your own.
In recent weeks those feelings have surfaced again for many who struggle to make sense of the injustice of Trayvon Martin's killer walking around freely, the ignorance displayed in conservative columnist John Derbyshire's piece for The National Review where he wrote of advising his children to avoid Black folk, and the obnoxiousness of those Twitter-racists who found outrage in a sympathetic book character being Black or Awkward Black Girl landing the Shorty Award for best web-series. I find, similar to Cinderella, we dream of an escape to a place where we fit, like a glass slipper on the correct foot. For me, that place was Africa, any country, any part.
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The following are common scams used to gain access to personal and financial data.
Skimming is the act of obtaining information from a debit or credit card. Most of this data is obtained with a card reader device when the card is used. The PIN is often obtained separately, usually by someone who is watching or by hidden cameras or sophisticated devices that may be attached to the machine used. Once the magnetic strip data and PIN are obtained, a counterfeit card is produced and then used.
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Always shield the keypad when you enter your PIN at an ATM or point-of-sale terminal. Do not use an ATM that you suspect may have been tampered with. Keep track of your account balance and debits, and report any fraudulent or missing activity immediately. Beware of unauthorized persons asking for your PIN. No law-abiding employee, police officer, financial advisor or lawyer will ever ask you for your PIN. This is strictly confidential information that provides access to the funds in your account. If you are contacted and asked for your PIN, do not respond, either by phone or email. Check that all your cards are in your possession and report any loss immediately. Even if your cards are in your possession, contact the institution the caller is claiming to be from and report the incident.
If you receive an unsolicited call, asking you to donate to a charitable cause, don't give your credit card number over the phone or agree to have someone collect a cheque in person.
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Ask the caller to mail a pledge form to you or take their telephone number, to call them back. Do not return the phone call until you independently verify that the phone number is legitimate.
While at an ATM, be aware of anyone who tells you that you've dropped something or offers to help you enter your PIN. As you stoop to retrieve a dropped item, they may exchange your Client Card for another card. Then, working together, another person standing nearby will attempt to observe you as you enter your PIN so that both your card and your PIN are in their possession.
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Never let anyone help you enter your PIN. Before you put your card back in your wallet, check the name to ensure it is your card. If it is not, report the incident immediately. Do not use an ATM that looks like it has been tampered with.
These scams are when you are contacted by a supposed telemarketing firm, claiming that you have won a prize or a trip, but asking for your credit card number, requesting that you purchase a promotional item, or that you pay the taxes for that prize or trip, in order to collect your winnings.
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Be highly suspicious when receiving voicemail messages directing you to call and provide credit card or bank numbers. These types of scams are called "Vishing". Rather than provide any information, we advise you to discontinue the call and contact your bank or credit card company directly to verify the validity of the message or the prize.
If you think that you may be involved in a telemarketing scam, contact the authorities:
Be suspicious if you are contacted by phone, mail, email or fax and told that you've won, inherited or been included in a business venture involving large sums of money.
Also be alerted to another scam, if you are selling personal property (e.g. a car or other goods). A fraudulent person may pose as an interested buyer, pay for the goods with a cheque that's substantially greater than the asking price, and then call you to request that you return the overpayment. In many cases, the original cheque is stolen, counterfeit or altered and is not returned to RBC until a much later date. You won't discover there is a problem with the cheque until you have returned the so-called "overpayment."
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Be careful about sending any funds back by cheque or wire transfer. If you are sending a payment via wire, ensure that you are comfortable with your transaction and that you are fully aware of to whom you are sending the funds. If an individual or third party asks you to make a deposit or open an account on their behalf, ensure you are confident of their identity and the validity of their reasons for the request before you do so. Be extremely wary of this kind of request.
Advertising of opportunities to make extra money, earn money from home or make a career move have never been greater. Unfortunately not all employment advertisements are legitimate. Avoid a type of job scam known as a payment-forwarding or payment-transfer scam. Be wary of jobs where you are asked to accept and transfer money from one bank account to another. Often the receiving bank account will be in a different country, and you will be requested to have an account at a specific bank in Canada or in the U.S. You may be instructed to keep a small percentage of the money being transferred as payment.
The details of this type of scam varies and can be quite clever.
Fraudsters may request a job applicant's bank account information in order to set up a direct-deposit payment schedule, or they may transfer the funds themselves without the applicant's knowledge. Fraudsters may steal company names and corporate logos to make their ad or email more convincing. They may also scan for resumes that job seekers have posted online and then contact them directly.
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Always ensure any potential employers and requests are legitimate. Be aware of this type of scam. If you transfer money that has been stolen or is being laundered you could be an accomplice to the crime, under the law.
Posing as a reputable financial institution by copying its brand and logo, fraudsters promote supposed pre-approved loans and mortgages or unusually high interest rates for investment products. Business is solicited on the strength of the reputation of the financial institution, and money is requested up front to secure the approved credit or high-return investment product.
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Always ensure that the institution and offer is legitimate. If you are uncertain, call the institution to verify the offer using the institution's legitimate phone number that you have independently obtained, not the phone number printed on the suspicious offer.
Learn what phishing is and how to protect yourself. Visit our Phishing Resource Centre.


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BEARTek: Bluetooth Control Gloves For Your Smartphone.
Leave that inaccessible smartphone in your pocket. Control your music by using fingertip touches with BEARTek gloves.
BEARTek: Bluetooth Control Gloves For Your Smartphone.
Leave that inaccessible smartphone in your pocket. Control your music by using fingertip touches with BEARTek gloves.
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Finally! Real Control!
How many times have you fumbled with managing your music or incoming calls while wearing gloves?
We wear gloves to protect us. We listen to music to entertain us. If we want to do both, then we have a problem. Your phone is tucked neatly away, and the gloves make it difficult to quickly retrieve it. Now, you don't have to.
Using Bluetooth and our patent-pending glove technologies, you can easily control your music and phone calls by simply touching your fingers together. Answer that call, and leave the phone in your pocket!
We believe gloves shouldn't limit you while protecting you - they should empower you.
How It Works
In the simplest explanation, you "Pair it and Wear it".
- Pair with your smartphone
- Wear the glove like any other glove
- To control the music and calls, just touch the thumb to the appropriate touchpoint on your finger.
What Can I Control?
- Music
- Pandora
- Spotify
- iHeartRadio
- Slacker Radio
- Phone Functions
- Voice Command
- iPhones 3G and newer
- Androids
- Your Bluetooth sound delivery system (headset/helmet)
Professional gloves
Our gloves have the features you would expect in high-end off the shelf gloves. We insisted on exceptional construction, high tensile strength nylon thread stitching, soft brushed fleece interior lining and all of the other features you see listed under the specifications
We've designed BEARTek gloves to be affordable and interchangeable. Our goal is to give the wearer control, quality, and accessibility without breaking their bank. Own one BEARTek Bluetooth module and you can use it in all of your BEARTek gloves, regardless of sport or activity.
While we choose not to 'claim' that we make you safer, we do believe that if you're going to listen to music during intense (or not-so-intense) activities, instant control over that music is critical. There are times when you NEED to take/make that call right away. We're proud to be able to offer you that control.
Bluetooth Technology
We chose this technology primarily due to it's widespread acceptance and ability to control the functions necessary for a fantastic experience.
The Blue Infusion Story
Blue Infusion Technologies was founded in 2010 based on an idea the founder (Willie Blount) came up with years before. As a motorcycle rider, he had challenges controlling his music and knew how he would solve them - by infusing control into his hand... no, glove.
Willie built his very first prototype by hand, from gloves he retrofitted and Bluetooth kits he bought online. It worked - he showed it around, received positive responses, then established the company.
Tarik Rodgers (partner) came on board after learning of the product. As a skier, he has experienced the exact same problems as Willie and was excited to be a part of this solution.
Since then, the company has assembled a fantastic team of professional glove designers (with previous clients such as Yamaha, Gorgonz, Harley Davidson, Burton, and Olympia - just to name a few) , electronic engineers, and even a University of Maryland graduate student to help create the best possible product.
Blue Infusion Technologies has since become a member of the SIA (Snowsports Industries Association), the Bluetooth SIG, and Startup America. We've also won a grant from the MIPS (Maryland Industrial Partnerships) program in conjunction with the University of Maryland. Assistance in developing our technologies has also been provided by SATOP (Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program) which is funded by NASA.
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Battery - Lithium Ion (80 hours)
Winter Glove
- Bluetooth integrated controls allows user to control smartphone while riding
- 6 Signal Touchpoints
- Lock/Unlock feature
- 1 Activation Touchpoint
- Leather palm and fingertips
- Nylon wrist strap
- Elastic wrist closure with slide lock
- Waterproof pockets for Bluetooth Module and storage
Motorcycle Glove
- Bluetooth integrated controls allows user to control smartphone while riding
- 6 Signal Touchpoints
- Lock/Unlock feature
- 1 Activation Touchpoint
- Carbon Fiber Knuckles
- Pre-Curved Fingers
- High tensile strength nylon thread stitching used throughout
- High impact or use areas are all double stitched
Where We Are Now
Development work is near complete
We have fantastic working prototypes, great designs, factories (who have already made our prototypes and currently make gloves for VERY well-known companies) on standby, and a whole lotta excitement and drive.
Your contribution will help us fund
- Final tooling
- Minimum required order quantities
- Finalizing software tweaks
- Assembly and delivery
The Reward System
Reward Details?:
We are already in the process of ordering the EARLY BIRD rewards. Sure, it costs us a little more, but you're our first backers and you deserve it. The limitation of the Early Bird is we had to order early to get these gloves to you as fast as possible. Because of that the only sizes available to Early Birds are large and small and the left hand glove active. At the conclusion of the campaign, we will deliver the completed product and prototype (working) Bluetooth modules to our backers. We're hoping you'll have them before December 24th, but we've committed to January just in case something odd happens. If for some wacky reason the gloves aren't ready, we'll send you a fun little card with lots of detailed information about the gloves which you can deliver if this is indeed a holiday gift.
All other rewards will be ordered at the conclusion of the campaign with product continually made in the USA as long as the factory can keep up with the demand. We have already lined up manufacturing resources for all scenarios.
What's in a Kit?
A standard kit contains 1 PAIR of BEARTek gloves and 1 Bluetooth Module. The backer will choose which hand he wants to be 'active'. The other glove will be a BEARTek 'passive' glove. The active glove is the one outfitted with all of the capabilities to control devices. The passive glove has a pocket for storage in the gauntlet, but does not control external devices.
For those backers who would like an active/active configuration, just add $30 to your pledge so we can outfit the other glove with the technology. This means you can use the Bluetooth module in either glove at any time... not both at the same time (unless you have two modules).
A kit will retail from $175 - $200.
Signature Series:
For our Signature Level backers, we will go through a process of developing gloves with as many as your own design elements as we can. This would require meetings on skype and other methods of collaboration. The gloves would be available for sale on www.beartekgloves.com and potentially in retail stores. Just imagine "The Your Name Signature Series".
Many thanks goes out to
Our backers and these teams
Risks and challenges
The risks and challenges are great, as with any project, and we're equipped to mitigate and overcome them. For a series of reasons, we opted to have as much manufacturing completed here in the USA, not the least of which is that it should reduce the risks and challenges of manufacturing a product. One of the by-products of this decision is a slightly more expensive product.
Building products overseas (as many are) carries a plethora of risks and challenges. We have relations with several really fantastic manufacturers overseas, but the winter gloves delivered in this campaign will all be made in the USA. Due to the locality of assembly, management of the factory will be more hands-on and thus pro-active and more effective. Additionally, there will be no need to wait for the gloves to travel from China to the USA.
The electronic modules will be assembled in the USA as well, although we have to source some parts from overseas. The suppliers are aware and ready for our orders and know exactly what we need when we order. A distinct possibility is a shortage of parts from one or more suppliers. In that case, we'll certainly let our backers know immediately the expected time frame for delivery.
Even when you know what you want, and the manufacturers know what you need, sometimes things go wrong. To mitigate the risks of poor communication, misunderstandings, and timing issues, we have ensured that our team includes highly experienced engineers (total over 40 years) who have very successfully managed supply chains, manufacturing, and distribution in both the apparel and electronics industries. The manufacturers we have partnered with have long relationships with our team and we are capitalizing on those relationships to bring our product to life. Our manufacturers know exactly what to build for us and have made all of our latest prototypes. We've tested other manufacturers and they haven't passed our tests. These specifically selected manufacturers also build products for well known American and other companies.
Quality control is always a key challenge when it comes to larger quantities of distribution. We will be physically testing each and every glove delivered in this campaign for stitching, assembly, and accuracy. Our Bluetooth module testing process will follow rigorous testing procedures established by our team and our local electronics contract manufacturer.
Finally, going over budget is risk. Tarik is a wizard with financials and our accountant is brilliant - this team knows how to make it happen on or under budget. Still, we've set our funding goal to include unexpected financial strains and we are funded enough to handle any given problems. Finally, the principals of our team really believe in this product and are fully prepared to fill the void if we end up with a surprise which needs to be managed.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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New Jersey's famously tough-talking governor finally got a hug from his longest-running unrequited love -- Bruce Springsteen. And he said The Boss told him "it's official, we're friends."
Speaking Monday at a briefing on storm recovery, Gov. Chris Christie revealed he unexpectedly spoke with Springsteen earlier in the day and had met him at NBC's Sandy benefit on Friday night.
Christie was discussing storm-related matters with President Barack Obama when Obama handed the phone to Springsteen, he said.
"(Obama) told me in times of difficulty that the only thing better than one Jersey guy is two Jersey guys," Christie said.
The Boss was traveling with Obama as part of a campaign trip to swing states.
"Bruce said to me how proud he was of his state and how proud he was of the people in his state and how tough they are and he will be back to the Jersey Shore soon," Christie said.
Christie also said he got a hug from Springsteen at Friday's benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy.
"Bruce and I had an opportunity to chat for a while Friday night… we hugged and he told me, 'it's official, we're friends.'"
The prominent Obama supporter had never previously acknowledged the Republican governor. Christie considers himself among The Boss' biggest fans and has attended hundreds of his concerts -- even singing Springsteen's "Thunder Road" on a recent visit to "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon."
Christie has praised Obama's handling of the storm, while continuing to back former Massachsuetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the tightly-contested presidential race.
Christie says he wept at home after getting a hug from his idol, calling it a major highlight during a tough week.
He also said Springsteen is dedicated to helping Sandy Relief.
"Bruce has said he's going to be here to help this community of New Jersey," Christie said.


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HASP Key Drivers Reinstallation Instructions
Are you still using TEKLYNX software with hardware key options? Now is the time to make the switch to keyless versions of TEKLYNX software!
All editions of TEKLYNX software now use a software activation method which replaces the conventional hardware protection key (dongle) that was previously required to run the software.
TEKLYNX now offers a new automated wizard that will perform the HASP driver upgrade for you. Download the latest HASP drivers and follow the directions below to perform the upgrade.
Note: The update will fail without error when running via remote desktop. Be sure to run the upgrade locally on your machine.
1. If you have not already done so, download the latest HASP drivers. Be sure to select the Save option when your browser prompts you to save or run the file from its current location.
Save the file to a location you will easily be able to find (for example, the desktop). Once the file is downloaded, unzip the .zip archive to a location on your PC you can easily find (such as the desktop).
2. Remove the parallel or USB HASP key from your PC and close the software to ensure all services using the driver have been stopped.
Although the driver update program can terminate applications accessing the driver, it cannot terminate services running on the PC. For example, if the License Manager is running as a service, you must stop the service before upgrading the driver.
3. Disable any antivirus software you have running on your PC. You can either consult the directions for your antivirus software or contact your IT department for assistance.
4. Double-click the HASPUserSetup.exe file. If an Open File – Security Warning appears, click Run. The introduction screen of the wizard will appear. Click Next to begin the HASP driver upgrade.
5. The license agreement screen will appear. Select the I accept the agreement option and click Next.
6. Click Next to begin the installation.
7. The wizard will show the file copy status and also notify you when the new HASP drivers are being installed.
8. The final screen of the wizard will open, confirming that your HASP driver has been successfully updated. Click Finish to close the wizard.
9. Re-enable your antivirus software and reattach the HASP key to your PC. Click OK to close the wizard. If you are using a parallel HASP key, reboot your PC to ensure that the key is recognized.
If your software is still running in demo mode after following the above instructions, reboot your PC and run the wizard again. If the software still runs in demo mode after rebooting and running the wizard a second time, please contact TEKLYNX Technical Support in your region.
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Local Online Advertising For Dummies Cheat Sheet
As more consumers look online for local products and services (particularly using search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing), local businesses are realizing that advertising online is a necessity. Of course, local online advertising can be complicated and downright intimidating. Start thinking about local online advertising by reviewing commonly used terms and tips for creating a great Web site, as well as resources where you can get more information.
Glossary of Local Online Advertising Terms
To be successful at local online advertising, you have to understand how it works, and for that, you need to understand online advertising jargon. The following list defines some of the more commonly used terms for local online advertising:
Bounce rate: The percentage of visitors to your Web site who exit your site after viewing only a single page.
Call to action: A statement in an advertisement or Web page that instructs the reader to take some kind of action.
Click-through rate (CTR): The percentage of paid search or banner ad impressions that are ultimately clicked.
Content network: The large network of sites associated with the Google AdWords platform where advertisers can advertise based on contextual relevance as opposed to an actual search query that's made.
Conversion rate: The percentage of people within a group that take a desired action in regards to your advertising.
Cost-per-acquisition (CPA): The total advertising expenditure necessary to acquire a new customer.
Cost-per-click (CPC): The amount charged to an advertiser for a single click. These types of charges are usually most common with paid search advertising on search engines and with some types of banner advertising.
Cost-per-lead (CPL): The total advertising expenditure necessary to acquire a new customer lead.
Google AdWords: The platform through which businesses can advertise in Google's sponsored search results as well as Google's Search and Content Networks.
Impression: Represents one display of an ad on a Web site.
Internet Yellow Pages (IYP): Any of several Internet properties that contain business listings across multiple industries organized by geography and industry.
Landing page: The Web page that someone is directed to after clicking a corresponding ad.
Lead: A prospective customer.
Lead aggregator: A business that generates leads for various industries and then sells those leads to one or more businesses in those industries.
Local listings: A special section on search engine result pages reserved for local businesses that match a particular search criteria. These listings are often accompanied by a map.
Organic listings: The area of the search engine results page below and to the left of paid search listings; the results are generated automatically by the search engines based on their determination of a Web page's relevance to the search query.
Paid search listings: The area of the search engine results page above and to the right of the organic listings. These listings are paid advertisements that are usually charged on a pay-per-click basis.
Pay-per-click (PPC): An advertising model that charges advertisers when their specific ads are clicked. This model is used for a variety of online advertising channels, most notably paid search.
Quality Score: A score determined by various factors that is assigned by Google to AdWords advertisers. This score, combined with the amount an advertiser is willing to pay per click determines an advertiser's position in the paid search section of the search engine results page.
Search engine marketing (SEM): The process of utilizing the search engines to promote one's business, which includes search engine optimization, paid search advertising, and local listings.
Search engine optimization (SEO): The process of manipulating a Web site, as well as that Web site's relationship to other Web sites, in order to improve its position on the search engine results page.
Search network: A network of search engines that advertisers can opt in to advertise on through the Google AdWords platform.
Tips for Building a Website for Your Local Business
Regardless of what local online advertising channels you ultimately choose to employ for your business, it's safe to say that if you don't have a strong Web site, achieving local online advertising success is going to be incredibly difficult. Here are a few handy tips to make sure that your Web site is set up for success:
Start with a good URL. A memorable Web site address can help ensure that your customers don't forget how to reach you. Additionally, a Web address that contains your business's geography and product or service can help your search engine optimization (SEO).
Keep your site professional. Many of your potential customers will come to your Web site without ever visiting your actual place of business. Make sure to put your best foot forward by maintaining a cleanly designed, uncluttered site free of errors and typos.
Avoid overusing Flash. Fancy Flash intros can slow down the load time of your site and increase your bounce rate. Additionally, any text captured in Flash is invisible to the search engines.
Provide a clear call to action on every page. Want your potential customers to call to receive a free quote? Tell them. Want them to fill out a form to opt in to your e-newsletter? Tell them. Telling prospects what to do early and often is a surefire way to increase the chances that they'll do it.
Make it easy for your potential customers to contact you. Make sure to include your phone number and physical address on every page of your site. Every time prospects have to click to another page to access the information they're looking for increases the probability they'll exit your site and go to your competitor's site.
Keep SEO in mind. Research what keywords your potential customers are likely using on the search engines and make sure that these keywords are present on the appropriate pages of your Web site.
Create landing pages for your different services or product lines. This allows Web site visitors to easily find the information they need and allows you to send traffic from your pay-per-click (PPC) campaign directly to the most relevant page.
Clearly tell potential customers what differentiates you from the competition. This may just sound like Business 101, but it's especially important online where your competitors are all just a click away.
Great Local Online Advertising Resources
Seeking guidance about how to advertise on the Internet in your area? The following list provides some free resources to help you get additional information on a variety of local online advertising topics:
AdWords home page: Sign up for an AdWords account and log in.
Facebook home page: Sign up for a Facebook account.
Google Analytics home page: Gain access to the most popular Web analytics tool for free.
Google Keyword Tool: Get keyword ideas for your pay-per-click (PPC) and search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns.
Google Local Business Center: Claim your Google Maps listing for free.
Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide: Download for tips on how to help your organic search rankings.
Local SEO Guide: Read industry expert Andrew Shotland's blog, which includes regular local SEO tips.
Microsoft Search Advertising: Sign up for an account to advertise across Bing's paid search listings.
Screenwerk: Read industry expert Greg Sterling's blog.
Word Tracker Keyword Tool: Visit for keyword ideas.
Yahoo! Advertising Small Business Solutions: Sign up for an account to advertise on Yahoo!'s paid search listings.


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The most important steps in diagnosing
juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are the medical
history and physical exam. Your child's doctor may ask some
of the following questions:
The physical exam generally is not painful and
A history and physical exam are a routine part of the
evaluation of joint pain and stiffness. JIA is diagnosed only after a careful
physical exam and medical history.
During the physical exam, the doctor will
Using the above information, your doctor may be able
to clarify the diagnosis and the type of JIA. In many cases, your
child may have symptoms for up to 6 months before the type of arthritis is
The diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) requires
ruling out other conditions. Information from the medical history and physical
exam is very important to evaluate possible causes of symptoms and to
select the best tests to rule out other conditions.
Complete the medical test information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this test.
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June 5, 2012
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Susan C. Kim, MD - Pediatrics & John Pope, MD - Pediatrics
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Posted by ESC on March 15, 2002
In Reply to: Found phrase - tipping point posted by nita on March 15, 2002
: : TIPPING POINT -- ".major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he (Malcolm Gladwell) argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the empty tables of a new restaurant. These are social epidemics, and the moment when they take off, when they reach their critical mass, is the Tipping Point." Summary from the dustjacket of "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 2000.
: The tipping point of a cow is her back haunch.
I've heard that cow-tipping is a "sport." But it isn't one that I ever tried.


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Further proof that every generation of kids has it better than the last, Air Hogs new Hover Assault means youngsters no longer have to choose between an RC car or an RC helicopter. Because this is both, and manages to somehow up the awesome even further with a set of remotely fired missiles.
Transformers and G.I. Joe? You finally have some serious competition for the best toy ever. The Hover Assault won't be hitting stores until later this year, but at $50 it's sure to be ideal under-the-tree fodder this Christmas.
On the ground it drives like your typical off-road RC vehicle, but it can handle even the biggest of obstacles thanks to a hop function that makes it briefly take off and leap over things in its way.
And at any point it can instantly transition to full flight mode, putting four plastic projectiles at the pilot's disposal for mischief making. It's just too bad the tires don't float, making this the perfect toy for land, air, and sea assaults. But beggers and annoying siblings can't be choosers, right? [Air Hogs via DadDoes]


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Tools to fine-tune your backups
Backup and recovery applications typically include reporting capabilities, but they're often rudimentary and provide only basic information on the success or failure of data protection operations. Data protection and recovery management (DPRM) products, an emerging class of monitoring and planning tools, fill in the gaps where traditional backup apps fall short. DPRM tools provide advanced capacity reporting, predict usage patterns and allow performance tuning, troubleshooting and cost management. Here's how to pick the best product for your shop.
Reports from specialized tools that work alongside major backup apps help you predict usage patterns and troubleshoot issues.
Backup and recovery (B/R) applications do a good job of managing tasks such as job scheduling, tape management, library support, tracking backup data in catalogs and supporting a variety of backup media, including disks. But B/R applications fall short when it comes to advanced capacity reporting, predicting usage patterns, performance tuning, troubleshooting and cost management.
Because backup applications deliver some of these advanced features, especially reporting, storage managers often find it difficult to justify bringing in another product to overcome the limitations of their backup apps. Product choice is highly subjective and dependent on the storage and backup environment in place. Storage managers deploy data protection and recovery management (DPRM) products that best address the needs of their unique requirements and environments, such as increased visibility about backups, compliance requirements, reporting consolidation and a need to cover the entire backup cycle, including snapshots and replicas.
Douglas Bovie is head of infrastructure management at Orange Business Services, a global provider of business and communications services in Eschborn, Germany. Bovie chose WysDM for Backups from WysDM Software Inc. for its cross-domain reporting and predictive analysis capabilities. It gave him reporting data for all elements involved in the backup process, including EMC Corp.'s NetWorker, his ADIC libraries, filers from Network Appliance (NetApp) Inc. and switch ports from Brocade Communications Systems Inc.
A lack of visibility into backups for information technology and business process owners caused Mike Bollman, manager of server and storage operations at Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Houston-based energy service provider, to use Aptare Inc.'s Aptare StorageConsole.
"We selected Aptare StorageConsole for its early support of [Symantec Corp.'s Veritas] NetBackup 6 and Aptare's apparent close relationship with Symantec/ Veritas," says Bollman.
Key features of DPRM tools
When considering a DPRM tool for your environment, keep in mind the following product capabilities:
Support for heterogeneous products. DPRM tools vary in the number of backup apps and disk arrays they support (see "DPRM products matrix"). While Bocada Inc., Tek-Tools Inc. and WysDM have the largest backup application support, Illuminator Inc. currently supports only Symantec Veritas NetBackup, mostly as a result of Illuminator's reporting focus on replication and snapshots.
|DPRM vs. SRM
Storage resource management (SRM) applications haven't lived up to their promise from the late 1990s, namely to be a single tool that manages all storage and backup assets. There are several reasons for this: SRM applications are expensive, complex and a lack of standards limits their capabilities. Element managers and specialized programs, such as data protection and recovery management (DPRM) tools that are good in one area, have done well because they're simpler, less expensive and typically outperform comparable features of SRM applications.
Cross-domain reporting. Being able to report beyond the backup app and include all of the elements the B/R process depends on, including servers, network, switches and libraries, is crucial for performance analysis and troubleshooting. "When backups run slow or fail, it's essential to be able to look beyond the tape drive and backup software," says Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at StorageIO Group, a technology analyst and consulting firm in Stillwater, MN.
Vendors have taken two approaches to reach beyond the backup app. Products from Aptare, Bocada, Servergraph Inc. and WysDM report on the full data path within a single application. Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co. (with its HP Storage Essentials Backup Manager) and Tek-Tools (BackupProfiler) defer to other modules or products to get to related information. As a component of a larger storage resource management (SRM) application, HP Storage Essentials Backup Manager may require the licensing of additional SRM modules to get all of the relevant information. Tek-Tools defers to other tools within the Tek-Tools Profiler family, such as AppProfiler, ServerProfiler and StorageProfiler, to report on infrastructure components not directly related to the backup application.
Predictive analysis. DPRM tools are changing from backward-looking instruments that help users understand past backups into forward-looking tools that foresee backup needs and problems, such as storage consumption, media storage availability and anomaly detection. All of the DPRM tools we looked at have some predictive analysis capabilities in the form of trending reports. "StorageConsole uses its predictive analysis engine to determine the 'backup heartbeat' for any given environment, and reports and alerts on abnormalities or early hot spots," says Rick Clark, Aptare's CEO. Similarly, WysDM for Backups' Predictive Analysis Engine runs 24/7 to check the backup environment and identify anomalies.
Policy enforcement and real-time alerting. Similar to predictive analysis, alerts are triggered if a policy violation is detected. For instance, you may have a policy to be notified if a server doesn't back up within its backup window for two nights in a row. WysDM leverages its Predictive Analysis Engine to define and enforce policies. "You can configure rules to enforce policies required for compliance," says Alan Atkinson, WysDM's CEO. In a similar manner, Servergraph Data Protection Expert provides a rules engine through its prediction module, while Aptare StorageConsole supports policy-based, real-time monitoring based on exception thresholds across backup domains. "Over time, we will see more focus on real-time behavior and event correlation," predicts StorageIO Group's Schulz.
Support for replicas, snapshots and clones. Triggered by snapshot and replication features in storage arrays, disk-based data protection adoption has proliferated and DPRM tools are playing catch up. In many environments, snapshots and replicas are eventually backed up to tape, but "what good is a backup report that shows a successful backup to tape of a replica if the replica itself has problems?" asks Yishay Yovel, VP of marketing and product management at Illuminator. Today, Illuminator Virtual Recovery Engine has the broadest and deepest data protection reporting support for EMC Symmetrix arrays and NetApp filers, abstracting physical copy information from all data protection systems to report on available recovery points for hosts, apps, file systems and their state. Both WysDM for Backups and Tek-Tools' BackupProfiler report on NetApp snapshots and mirrors, although they lack the reporting depth of the Illuminator product.
Exposure analysis and recoverability. Proving recoverability and having provisions in place to detect unprotected data assets has been the focus of compliance audits, especially Sarbanes-Oxley. Backups need to be complete and consistent to be recoverable; a simple "job succeeded" doesn't suffice unless it implies completeness and consistency. To take this a step further, estimating recovery time helps storage managers live up to their advertised recovery time objectives (RTOs).
Service-level compliance and risk and gap analysis are the focus of Symantec's Veritas Backup Reporter. "The backup of an app like SAP may consist of different backup policies for the application, database and files; for the backup to be successful, all related jobs must succeed to claim success," says Erica Antony, principal product manager at Symantec. "Veritas Backup Reporter correlates related backup policies and takes a holistic approach when assessing the success of backups."
Aptare, Illuminator and Tek-Tools also concentrate on exposure analysis and recoverability. "We're comparing hosts in the backup policies with the actual backup and discovering clients that aren't backed up, as well as unprotected volumes and mount points of partially protected clients," says Aptare's Clark.
Business-centric reporting. Aligning storage with business objectives is part of all DPRM tools. Topping the list are compliance reports, triggered mainly by audit requirements of public companies. "Data protection in audits is all about proving that you follow defined policies and that you take [the] best effort to be recoverable," says Nancy Hurley, Bocada's VP of marketing and business development. "Bocada Enterprise 4 maintains all relevant information and delivers the evidence required during audits," she says. Besides compliance, reports on service-level management, cost-management, chargeback and billing are finding their way into DPRM tools.
Product assessment
DPRM tools are constantly evolving, with some products overlapping others in features and functionality. However, each product listed below has carved out its unique niche.
Aptare StorageConsole has a compelling list of next-generation DPRM features beyond backup reporting. Functions include a sophisticated predictive analysis engine, policy enforcement, cross-domain reporting, file-level reporting (currently, no other product does file-level reporting), and a three-tier architecture tailored for distributed and hosted environments. Aptare is working on increasing the backup apps it supports and its lack of disk-based data protection reporting.
Bocada Enterprise 4. Strong backup app support, a highly scalable architecture, an extensive list of historical and trending reports, and an impressive list of Fortune 500 accounts distinguish Enterprise 4. However, it trails Aptare and WysDM when it comes to next-generation DPRM features like predictive analysis, policy enforcement and real-time reporting. Bocada plans to add reporting for replicas and snapshots later this year, and a Web services API that supports service-oriented architectures.
|Which backup reporting tool is the best fit?
The ability to verify the success of backup and recovery (B/R) applications is the top priority of any IT organization. Backup reporting comes in three flavors:
HP Storage Essentials Backup Manager. One of the many modules in the HP Storage Essentials SRM suite. Although it can be licensed separately for backup reporting, it depends on other Storage Essentials modules for cross-domain reporting. A limited number of backup products are supported and there's a lack of next-generation DPRM features. "Typically, you look at Storage Essentials Backup Manager if you're looking for an SRM tool that also does backup reporting," says StorageIO Group's Schulz. "But if you're only looking for a DPRM tool, you probably would look somewhere else."
Illuminator Virtual Recovery Engine 4.1. Illuminator approaches data protection management with a focus on disk-based data protection reporting and recoverability reporting. Virtual Recovery Engine is a leading-edge product when it comes to reporting on replicas, clones and snapshots. Although it currently supports only EMC Symmetrix and NetApp filers, its open architecture should enable Illuminator to grow the number of replication products it supports. Illuminator's current shortcoming is the limited number of replication products and backup apps it supports.
Servergraph Data Protection Expert is a comprehensive tool focusing on real-time reporting and flexible report presentation through easily configurable reporting dashboards and custom message boards. Servergraph, a division of Rocket Software, is able to leverage other Rocket Software products, making it a viable DPRM player with a product that has evolved beyond historical reporting.
Symantec Veritas Backup Reporter. This product's focus is on trending and analyzing historical backup data to ensure backups occur in line with defined policies. For real-time activities like monitoring the backup environment, Symantec defers to Operations Manager in Veritas NetBackup 6 or equivalent modules in other supported backup apps. Although Veritas Backup Reporter was designed for NetBackup, it supports other backup apps.
Tek-Tools BackupProfiler. A part of the Profiler family, it addresses storage reporting and management needs beyond backup. Extensive backup app support, the ability to report on NetApp filer snapshots, and a comprehensive list of historical and real-time reports make BackupProfiler a competitive reporting offering. "Tek-Tools is very broad when it comes to backup and infrastructure reporting and management, but the tools don't go as deep on data protection reporting as some of the other tools," says StorageIO Group's Schulz.
WysDM for Backups. This product has cross-domain reporting capabilities, and a predictive analysis engine capable of carrying out complex logical and mathematical operations on data to spot trends and proactively alert on future error conditions. "WysDM goes very deep when it comes to backups, but they need to expand to replication," says Schulz. WysDM for Backups and Aptare StorageConsole are the two products in this roundup that have expanded the furthest beyond backup reporting.
Backup application reporting features
DPRM tools supply some of the reports and features that major backup vendors can add fairly easily to their apps. For example: BakBone Software Inc. offers the NetVault:Report Manager family of reporting tools, but they report only on products within the BakBone NetVault family.
EMC opted against developing its own DPRM tool and instead licenses and resells WysDM for Backups as EMC Backup Advisor (EBA), a heterogeneous, highly customizable enterprise reporting tool. With EMC NetWorker Dashboard, EMC offers an optional scaled-down version of EBA for EMC NetWorker customers. Unlike EBA, EMC NetWorker Dashboard isn't customizable, comes with approximately 150 reports and works only with EMC NetWorker.
IBM Corp. depends on the reporting capabilities in Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), which is limited to mostly operational reporting. For more advanced reporting, IBM defers to third-party tools like Bocada and WysDM. "We're actively looking at features of other DPRM tools to get more trending reports," says Tricia Jiang, technical evangelist for TSM products at IBM.
Symantec has developed its own DPRM tool with Veritas Backup Reporter, which has its roots in the Veritas CommandCentral Service.
DPRM is evolving from passive reporting tools to proactive instruments that help storage managers better manage their backup environments with features like predictive analysis, cross-domain reporting, real-time monitoring and alerting, and reporting on the complete backup cycle. Although all of the tools are works in process to some degree, Aptare StorageConsole and WysDM for Backups appear to have the edge when it comes to next-generation DPRM features beyond reporting; the Illuminator Virtual Recovery Engine has the lead in disk-based data protection reporting.


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What is this page?
This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
reading room. None of the original documents in this collection are digitally available online at this time.
The earlier part of the memoir, covering approximately the years of 1850 through 1860, is a valuable source of information concerning the plantation life of that era. Of particular interest are Ferebee's detailed descriptions of the life and work of the Negro slaves (pp. 3-11), including accounts of slave morals and customs (pp. 4, 7). Also relative to this period are Ferebee's accounts of the value and status of the slaves in the 1850s (p. 7) and problems with runaways (pp. 1-2), as well as the role of the "nigger buyers" (pp. 3-4), "nigger catchers," and night patrollers in society (pp. 7, 10). The role of the mistress of the plantation, her obligations to the slaves (p. 5), and her work at harvest time (p. 11) also are discussed.
In January 1858, the Ferebee family moved to Norfolk, Virginia. Of significance during this period are Ferebee's accounts of his schooling (pp. 13-14) and living conditions in pre-war Norfolk (pp. 14-16).
During the Civil War, the Ferebee family lived both in Norfolk, and Oxford, N.C. Of interest during these years (1861-1865), are Ferebee's accounts of the economic hardships caused by the war (p. 19). Also of significance are the accounts of his mother smuggling goods through Union lines situated around South Mills, N.C., and Norfolk (p. 18), as well as references to his father's cavalry career, including his pay scale and the conditions at winter camp near Garysburg, N.C. (pp. 18, 20).
Of importance during the post-war years are Ferebee's accounts of the cruel punishment inflicted upon freed slaves by officers of the Freedmen's Bureau in Oxford,N.C. (p. 22). Also of interest during this era are the descriptions of civil unrest, his opinion of the carpetbag government, and his brief mention of Ku Klux Klan activities (pp. 23-24).
In October, 1867, Nelson Ferebee entered the University of Maryland medical school. After graduating in 1871, and finding the practice of a country doctor intolerable, he enlisted in the Navy in September, 1872, as an assistant surgeon (p. 26). His first assignment worth of note was on the USS
PORTSMOUTH in 1872 and 1873. As the
PORTSMOUTH was a ship of the old line, Ferebee's descriptions of the vessel enables the researcher to visualize the living conditions of the nineteenth century sailor (pp. 26-34). Also of significance during the Portsmouth cruise are Ferebee's accounts of the Neptune ceremony performed while crossing the equator (pp. 35-37). Ferebee also describes the social life and customs of Hawaiians encountered during an 1875 cruise on the
PORTSMOUTH (pp. 58-61).
Other cruises of research value include Ferebee's duty on the USS
PENSACOLA in 1873, during which time he traveled the Peruvian countryside and observed Peruvian bullfights (pp. 38-51).
From the
PENSACOLA, Ferebee was transferred to the
JAMESTOWN at Sitka, Alaska (pp. 65-78). Topics of interest include Ferebee's descriptions of the native villages, the customs and social life of the Alaskan Indians, and his impressions of the Alaskan countryside (pp. 65-78). Ferebee also includes an amusing poem concerning Thanksgiving, "The Jamestown's Proclamation."
From the
JAMESTOWN, Ferebee was ordered to the USS
TRENTON and was stationed in the Asiatic Squadron at Chemulpo, Korea. Ferebee relates his impressions of the Korean natives and their reaction to U.S. Naval personnel (pp. 83-88).
Ferebee's last major duty was on the USS
INDIANA during the Spanish-American War. Comments concerning this period give an excellent day-to-day account of the war, including the destruction of the
MAINE in Havana Harbor (pp. 157-158). Also of interest are Ferebee's impressions of the performance of the Army (pp. 192-193), the Navy (pp. 157-231), and the Marines (pp. 192-195, 207). Also worthy of mention is his brief statement concerning the rescue of the Rough Riders by the Negro troops of the 10th Cavalry (p. 193). Of particular significance are the accounts of the U.S. blockade, the ships captured by American vessels (pp. 158-217), and captured communiqués of the Spanish fleet (pp. 189-191). Important battles discussed include the Battle of Santiago Bay in which the Spanish fleet was destroyed (pp. 199-217) and the fall of the town of Santiago (pp. 199-217).
At the end of the Spanish-American War, Ferebee was transferred to Washington Naval Yard where he remained until his retirement in 1904.
This collection also includes copies of letters (1822-1884) from several members of the MacPherson, Gregory, and Ferebee families. Of particular interest is Nelson Ferebee's letter (June, 1884) describing the clothing and poor housing of Koreans at Chemulpo. Also included are a sketch of Ferebee's room aboard the
JAMESTOWN (1879-1881); his grade reports from Oxford Classical, Mathematical, and Scientific School (1865, undated); the grade report of Miss Mary Ferebee at Oxford Female Seminary (December, 1887); and Bible records for the Ferebee and MacPherson families.
Nelson Ferebee was born on April 16, 1849, into a well-established Camden Co., North Carolina, family. His father, a lawyer, maintained a substantial plantation with a large slave population.
April 3, 1980, 232 pp. typescript, 18 items (copies); Memoir (1849-1898) of Naval physician. Gift of Miss Mary Howard, 506 St. Patrick Street, Tarboro, N.C.
July 30, 1981 (unprocessed addition 1), 25 pp.; Bible records for Ferebee and McPherson families.
Gift of Miss Mary Howard
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A Hamburger Tuesday: Breakfast Burger, Ramen Burger, Pad Thai Sliders, and More
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When I first learnt that Aldehydes were a key ingredient in our Elisabethan Rose fragrance I assumed it was a flower – it certainly didn't occur to me that it might be a synthetic note, produced through the refraction of oil! Although perfumers have been using Aldehydes for over a century, it wasn't until 1921 when Ernest Beaux created the infamous Chanel No 5 that this ingredient became widely known, and it is now used extensively across the industry on account of the sparkling effect it adds to a scent.
Any mention of gold, frankincense and myrhh will probably make most of us think about wearing a tea-towel on our heads in a nativity play. At that age we probably didn't appreciate that frankincense was worth more in its weight than gold and was the cornerstone of a major commercial empire. Inscriptions dating to 1500BC in the Deir el Bahri temple in modern day Luxor, describe how Queen Hatsheput personally ordered expeditions to find 'sweet smelling resin and frankincense' for the gardens outside the temple. Although frankincense is not as valuable as it once was, it has had a diverse range of uses throughout the years varying from medicine, incense, kohl and of course perfume!
Hyraceum (Africa Stone)
One of our two new Anthology Collection launches later this year (Esprit Du Roi) contains Hyraceum, also known as 'Africa Stone.' Hyraceum is the fossilised urine of the Cape Hyrax or Dassie – certainly not an ingredient you would expect to find in a perfume! These animals live in Southern Africa and resemble large guinea pigs! Hyraceum is harvested without disturbing the animals (simply by digging it up!) and produces a complex animalistic scent similar to a heady mix of Musk, Civet, Castoreum and Tobacco. It is a wonderful alternative to synthetic musks and we thank the Dassies for their hard work creating it!
Heliotrope is the floral gourmand note which adds to the sweetness of our Cornubia fragrance. A purple flower native to Peru, a heliotrope will turn and follow the sun during the course of the day, hence the derivation of its name from the Greek words 'helios' and 'tropos,' which mean 'sun' and 'turn' respectively . The Roman poet Ovid attributes the origins of the heliotrope to the story of the nymph Clytie, who was turned into the flower by the gods on account of her unrequited love for the sun god Helios: moved by pity for the girl as she pined fruitlessly for Helios, the gods transformed her into a 'bloodless plant,' destined to gaze forever at her love.
Ambergris (Grey Amber)
Ambergris is a highly prized ingredient though it is rarely used in its natural form in modern perfumery. Often mistaken for the fossilised tree resin Amber, Ambergris is formed in the intestine of the sperm whale and although it is not exactly known why this secretion occurs, it is thought to facilitate the digestion of sharp objects such as squid. The secretion can be found floating in the sea or washed up on beaches and, although it does not sound like a particularly appealing substance, once collected it is a valuable commodity. It is primarily used as a fixative in the base of fragrances but imparts a beautifully soft, earthy and slightly antiseptic scent.


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