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Representational state transfer
Representational State Transfer (REST) is a software architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating web services. Web services that conform to the REST architectural style, termed RESTful web services, provide interoperability between computer systems on the Internet. RESTful web services allow the requesting systems to access and manipulate textual representations of web resources by using a uniform and predefined set of stateless operations. Other kinds of web services, such as SOAP web services, expose their own arbitrary sets of operations.[1]
"Web resources" were first defined on the World Wide Web as documents or files identified by their URLs. However, today they have a much more generic and abstract definition that encompasses every thing or entity that can be identified, named, addressed, or handled, in any way whatsoever, on the web. In a RESTful web service, requests made to a resource's URI will elicit a response with a payload formatted in HTML, XML, JSON, or some other format. The response can confirm that some alteration has been made to the stored resource, and the response can provide hypertext links to other related resources or collections of resources. When HTTP is used, as is most common, the operations available are GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and other predefined CRUD HTTP methods.
By using a stateless protocol and standard operations, RESTful systems aim for fast performance, reliability, and the ability to grow, by re-using components that can be managed and updated without affecting the system as a whole, even while it is running.
The term representational state transfer was introduced and defined in 2000 by Roy Fielding in his doctoral dissertation.[2][3] Fielding's dissertation explained the REST principles that were known as the "HTTP object model" beginning in 1994, and were used in designing the HTTP 1.1 and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) standards.[4][5][6] The term is intended to evoke an image of how a well-designed Web application behaves: it is a network of Web resources (a virtual state-machine) where the user progresses through the application by selecting links, such as
/user/tom, and operations such as GET or DELETE (state transitions), resulting in the next resource (representing the next state of the application) being transferred to the end user for their use.
- 1 History
- 2 Architectural properties
- 3 Architectural constraints
- 4 Applied to Web services
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 Further reading
Roy Fielding defined REST in his 2000 PhD dissertation "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures" at UC Irvine.[2] He developed the REST architectural style in parallel with HTTP 1.1 of 1996–1999, based on the existing design of HTTP 1.0[7] of 1996.
In a retrospective look at the development of REST, Fielding said:
|Throughout the HTTP standardization process, I was called on to defend the design choices of the Web. That is an extremely difficult thing to do within a process that accepts proposals from anyone on a topic that was rapidly becoming the center of an entire industry. I had comments from well over 500 developers, many of whom were distinguished engineers with decades of experience, and I had to explain everything from the most abstract notions of Web interaction to the finest details of HTTP syntax. That process honed my model down to a core set of principles, properties, and constraints that are now called REST.[7]
Architectural properties[edit]
The constraints of the REST architectural style affect the following architectural properties:[2][8]
- performance in component interactions, which can be the dominant factor in user-perceived performance and network efficiency;[9]
- scalability allowing the support of large numbers of components and interactions among components. Roy Fielding describes REST's effect on scalability as follows:
|REST's client–server separation of concerns simplifies component implementation, reduces the complexity of connector semantics, improves the effectiveness of performance tuning, and increases the scalability of pure server components. Layered system constraints allow intermediaries—proxies, gateways, and firewalls—to be introduced at various points in the communication without changing the interfaces between components, thus allowing them to assist in communication translation or improve performance via large-scale, shared caching. REST enables intermediate processing by constraining messages to be self-descriptive: interaction is stateless between requests, standard methods and media types are used to indicate semantics and exchange information, and responses explicitly indicate cacheability.[2]
- simplicity of a uniform interface;
- modifiability of components to meet changing needs (even while the application is running);
- visibility of communication between components by service agents;
- portability of components by moving program code with the data;
- reliability in the resistance to failure at the system level in the presence of failures within components, connectors, or data.[9]
Architectural constraints[edit]
Six guiding constraints define a RESTful system.[8][10] These constraints restrict the ways that the server can process and respond to client requests so that, by operating within these constraints, the system gains desirable non-functional properties, such as performance, scalability, simplicity, modifiability, visibility, portability, and reliability.[2] If a system violates any of the required constraints, it cannot be considered RESTful.
The formal REST constraints are as follows:
Client–server architecture[edit]
The principle behind the client–server constraints is the separation of concerns. Separating the user interface concerns from the data storage concerns improves the portability of the user interface across multiple platforms. It also improves scalability by simplifying the server components. Perhaps most significant to the Web, however, is that the separation allows the components to evolve independently, thus supporting the Internet-scale requirement of multiple organizational domains.[2]
The client–server communication is constrained by no client context being stored on the server between requests. Each request from any client contains all the information necessary to service the request, and session state is held in the client. The session state can be transferred by the server to another service such as a database to maintain a persistent state for a period and allow authentication. The client begins sending requests when it is ready to make the transition to a new state. While one or more requests are outstanding, the client is considered to be in transition. The representation of each application state contains links that can be used the next time the client chooses to initiate a new state-transition.[11]
As on the World Wide Web, clients and intermediaries can cache responses. Responses must therefore, implicitly or explicitly, define themselves as cacheable or not to prevent clients from getting stale or inappropriate data in response to further requests. Well-managed caching partially or completely eliminates some client–server interactions, further improving scalability and performance.
Layered system[edit]
A client cannot ordinarily tell whether it is connected directly to the end server, or to an intermediary along the way. Intermediary servers can improve system scalability by enabling load balancing and by providing shared caches. They can also enforce security policies.
Code on demand (optional)[edit]
Servers can temporarily extend or customize the functionality of a client by transferring executable code: for example, compiled components such as Java applets, or client-side scripts such as JavaScript.
Uniform interface[edit]
The uniform interface constraint is fundamental to the design of any RESTful system.[2] It simplifies and decouples the architecture, which enables each part to evolve independently. The four constraints for this uniform interface are:
- Resource identification in requests
- Individual resources are identified in requests, for example using URIs in RESTful Web services. The resources themselves are conceptually separate from the representations that are returned to the client. For example, the server could send data from its database as HTML, XML or as JSON—none of which are the server's internal representation.
- Resource manipulation through representations
- When a client holds a representation of a resource, including any metadata attached, it has enough information to modify or delete the resource.
- Self-descriptive messages
- Each message includes enough information to describe how to process the message. For example, which parser to invoke can be specified by a media type.[2]
- Hypermedia as the engine of application state (HATEOAS)
- Having accessed an initial URI for the REST application—analogous to a human Web user accessing the home page of a website—a REST client should then be able to use server-provided links dynamically to discover all the available actions and resources it needs. As access proceeds, the server responds with text that includes hyperlinks to other actions that are currently available. There is no need for the client to be hard-coded with information regarding the structure or dynamics of the application.[12]
Applied to Web services[edit]
Web service APIs that adhere to the REST architectural constraints are called RESTful APIs.[13] HTTP-based RESTful APIs are defined with the following aspects:[14]
- a base URI, such as
- a media type that defines state transition data elements (e.g., Atom, microformats, application/vnd.collection+json,[14]:91–99 etc.). The current representation tells the client how to compose requests for transitions to all the next available application states. This could be as simple as a URI or as complex as a Java applet;[15]
- standard HTTP methods (e.g., GET, HEAD, PUT, PATCH, POST and DELETE).[16]
Relationship between URI and HTTP methods[edit]
The following table shows how HTTP methods are typically used in a RESTful API:
|Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
|Collection, such as
|List the URIs and perhaps other details of the collection's members.
|Replace the entire collection with another collection.
|Not generally used
|Create a new entry in the collection. The new entry's URI is assigned automatically and is usually returned by the operation.[17]
|Delete the entire collection.
|Element, such as
|Retrieve a representation of the addressed member of the collection, expressed in an appropriate Internet media type.
|Replace the addressed member of the collection, or if it does not exist, create it.
|Update the addressed member of the collection.
|Not generally used. Treat the addressed member as a collection in its own right and create a new entry within it.[17]
|Delete the addressed member of the collection.
The GET method is a safe method (or nullipotent), meaning that calling it produces no side-effects: retrieving or accessing a record does not change it. The PUT and DELETE methods are idempotent, meaning that the state of the system exposed by the API is unchanged no matter how many times more than once the same request is repeated.
Unlike SOAP-based Web services, there is no "official" standard for RESTful Web APIs. This is because REST is an architectural style, while SOAP is a protocol. REST is not a standard in itself, but RESTful implementations make use of standards, such as HTTP, URI, JSON, and XML. Many developers also describe their APIs as being RESTful, even though these APIs actually don't fulfill all of the architectural constraints described above (especially the uniform interface constraint).[15]
See also[edit]
- Atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability (ACID)
- Clean URLs
- Create, read, update and delete (CRUD)
- Domain Application Protocol (DAP)
- Microservices
- Overview of RESTful API Description Languages
- OpenAPI Specification (formerly Swagger) – specification for defining interfaces
- OData – Protocol for REST APIs
- RSDL (RESTful Service Description Language)
- Resource-oriented architecture (ROA)
- Resource-oriented computing (ROC)
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Web-oriented architecture (WOA)
- ^ "Web Services Architecture". World Wide Web Consortium. 11 February 2004. 3.1.3 Relationship to the World Wide Web and REST Architectures. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fielding, Roy Thomas (2000). "Chapter 5: Representational State Transfer (REST)". Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures (Ph.D.). University of California, Irvine.
This chapter introduced the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems. REST provides a set of architectural constraints that, when applied as a whole, emphasizes scalability of component interactions, generality of interfaces, independent deployment of components, and intermediary components to reduce interaction latency, enforce security, and encapsulate legacy systems.
- ^ "Fielding discussing the definition of the REST term". groups.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ^ Fielding, Roy Thomas (2000). "Chapter 6: Experience and Evaluation". Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures (Ph.D.). University of California, Irvine.
Since 1994, the REST architectural style has been used to guide the design and development of the architecture for the modern Web. This chapter describes the experience and lessons learned from applying REST while authoring the Internet standards for the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI), the two specifications that define the generic interface used by all component interactions on the Web, as well as from the deployment of these technologies in the form of the libwww-perl client library, the Apache HTTP Server Project, and other implementations of the protocol standards.
- ^ a b "Fielding discusses the development of the REST style". Tech.groups.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
- ^ a b Erl, Thomas; Carlyle, Benjamin; Pautasso, Cesare; Balasubramanian, Raj (2012). "5.1". SOA with REST: Principles, Patterns & Constraints for Building Enterprise Solutions with REST. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-701251-0.
- ^ a b Fielding, Roy Thomas (2000). "Chapter 2: Network-based Application Architectures". Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures (Ph.D.). University of California, Irvine.
- ^ Richardson, Leonard; Ruby, Sam (2007). RESTful Web Services. Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-52926-0.
- ^ "Fielding talks about application states". Tech.groups.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
- ^ "REST HATEOAS". RESTfulAPI.net.
- ^ "What is REST API". RESTful API Tutorial. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b Richardson, Leonard; Amundsen, Mike (2013), RESTful Web APIs, O'Reilly Media, ISBN 978-1-449-35806-8, retrieved 15 September 2015
- ^ a b Roy T. Fielding (2008-10-20). "REST APIs must be hypertext driven". roy.gbiv.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
- ^ Berners-Lee, Tim; Fielding, Roy T.; Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk. "Method Definitions". Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.0. IETF. pp. 30–32. sec. 8. doi:10.17487/RFC1945. RFC 1945. https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1945#section-8.
- ^ a b H, Jeremy (16 May 2012). "API Example Using REST". There Is No Right Way. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
Further reading[edit]
- Pautasso, Cesare; Wilde, Erik; Alarcon, Rosa (2014), REST: Advanced Research Topics and Practical Applications
- Pautasso, Cesare; Zimmermann, Olaf; Leymann, Frank (April 2008), "RESTful Web Services vs. Big Web Services: Making the Right Architectural Decision", 17th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2008), Beijing, China
- Ferreira, Otavio (Nov 2009), Semantic Web Services: A RESTful Approach, IADIS, ISBN 978-972-8924-93-5
- Fowler, Martin (2010-03-18). "Richardson Maturity Model: steps towards the glory of REST". martinfowler.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.


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So, Christmas is over for another year and now we head full on into a new year. I have been reflecting on what I have achieved, despite the odds, this year. It may not seem like much, but I never imagined that I would accomplish some of the things I have in the last twelve months. I wish for you to reflect on your year. You may feel at this point in time you haven't achieved anything but when you look closely you may find you have done a lot more than you thought.
This year started off miserably for me. Adjusting to life back at home with my family and feeling I had lost my independence, coming to terms with a relationship breakdown, feeling lost and isolated and most of all in complete and utter pain all the time. I spent the first six months trying to build my strength up, receiving knocks and getting back up again. But I fought hard and finally realised I needed to beat this disease. My family and friends have given me the upmost support and I couldn't have possibly got through those dark times without them.
My admission to hospital in June gave me a new lease of life. I was determined that after things were so bad for so long, they could only get better. And they did. I went on to regain my confidence, resolve the problems in my relationship and settle in at home with my family being a massive help with my condition. I am still battling, but I am pleased at what I have achieved in my campaign to create awareness. With a TV appearance, several press interviews and a magazine article written about me under my belt I couldn't be happier that I have reached so many people with a story of hope.
The New Year is welcomed with open arms. There are so many things that I know I can achieve now, with a little help. I intend to go back into work this year, even if it's just part time. I intend to raise lots of money for charity with my fundraiser in February and I intend to be happy and healthy for the duration of 2011... Just try and stop me.
Even though Christmas has taken its toll on me and I am suffering with aches and pains right now (and exhausted from all the festivities!) I had a wonderful time and look forward to what the next year will bring. I am in a good place right now, full of hope and determination (which isn't a bad place to be). I never thought I'd feel like myself again, but now I feel like a better version of me. I am so thankful for everyone's support its hard not to feel a bit teary and overwhelmed as a tough year comes to an end.
The New Year brings promises of resolutions, I have a few myself. The main one for me is completely giving up my disgusting habit of smoking. I have tried and failed before but realise its importance to my health now and I don't want to risk doing anything that isn't beneficial. I know it's an utterly stupid thing to be doing even for a person of good health but in the past I have felt hard done by. I mean, I can't drink (much anyway), I can't stay out all night and dance till dawn (id give it a go though) so I've often thought why should I give up the one thing I enjoy? But it doesn't make me feel good so cigarettes will no longer be part of my life as of January 1st. I also aim to do more exercise (our new wii fit will come in handy for this) and eat healthily (blah, blah)... I am sure everyone's resolutions are pretty much the same but for me, living a healthier lifestyle is more important than ever to stay well. I do not want to spend any more days than I need to in agony because of poor diet and lack of exercise.
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Priests could forced to break the "inviolable" Catholic seal of the confessional, after calls for the royal commission into the handling of child sex abuse to examine the controversial church rule.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says using the seal of the confessional to cover up child abuse is a "sin of omission" because all adults have a duty of care towards children.
"It's not good enough for people to engage in sin of omission and not act when a child is at risk," she said.
Australia's most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, insisted on Tuesday the seal of confession was inviolable, even if a fellow priest confessed to child sex abuse.
Priests should avoid hearing confession from colleagues suspected of committing child sex abuse to avoid being bound by secrecy of the confession box, he said.
But politicians of all stripes disagreed on Wednesday.
Independent senator Nick Xenophon labelled the seal of the confessional an anachronism.
"This is a medieval law that needs to change in the 21st century," he told reporters in Canberra.
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It is an issue he wants the royal commission to deal with sooner rather than later.
"Right now there is a real issue in that it (the confessional) is specifically exempt from mandatory reporting requirements around the country.
"It appears that in every state and territory there is a specific exemption for the confessional," he said.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says all Australians should report knowledge of child abuse.
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Asked if that applied to priests, the high-profile Catholic replied, "Indeed."
Federal Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne and NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell also said priests had a responsibility to report crimes to police, no matter how they learned about them.
Senator Xenophon said he had tried in 2003, as a member of the South Australian parliament, to introduce legislation to remove the seal of confessional but it had been "shot down in flames".
He recounted being stopped in the street recently by a man who told him he had been abused from the age of six to 13.
"As a 10-year-old he finally went to the confessional," the senator said.
"The priest effectively told him that he had sinned and he needed to repent. I find that sickening."
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Cardinal Pell was "out of touch with the common-day, commonsense thinking of Australians".
"It staggers me that there are still people in influential positions in this country who still believe that protecting a priest is more important that protecting a child," she said.
"I think that is something that does not fit with modern-day Australia."
Federal Attorney-General Nicola Roxon said the community found the idea of a priest not reporting child abuse if told about it in a confession to be "really abhorrent".
She is working with her state counterparts to outline the scale and scope of the royal commission, which will investigate how Australia can improve the way it prevents child abuse.
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This past April, a 100,000 pound (45,360 kg) meteorite exploded above the skies of Sutter's Mill, California. Streaking in at a speed of 64,000 miles per hour (103,000 km/hr or 28.6 km/s) — about twice the speed of typical meteorite falls — it hit with the energy of a quarter of a Hiroshima bomb, making it the biggest impact over land since a four meter-sized asteroid broke-up over Sudan four years ago. And now, after recovering and analyzing the ensuing meteorite fragments, scientists have realized that it's an incredibly ancient form of rock — one that may have brought compounds crucial for life to Earth.
After disintegrating over California in a 4-kiloton explosion, a team of scientists (including NASA researchers from Ames) scrambled to recover the fragments.
They managed to find a paltry 205 grams worth in the form of 77 pieces, but it was enough to conduct an analysis. They located the exact region where the fragments fell by using doppler weather radar — the first time this technique was used for such a purpose.
Based on photographs of the fireball, the object entered into Earth's atmosphere at an unusually low-inclined comet-like orbit that at one point reached the orbit of Mercury. Consequently, it passed closer to the sun than other recovered meteorites. But at the same time, it experienced an unusually short exposure to cosmic rays. The scientists suspect that it circled the sun three times during a single orbit of Jupiter, an important piece of insight into the object's point of origin.
The ensuing study, which was conducted by Peter Brown and colleagues at Western University and Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute, reveals that it was a rare carbonaceous chondrite meteorite — a so-called C-class asteroid that likely came from the Eulalia asteroid family. This is a very primitive class of asteroids that are very rarely discovered. Specifically, it's a regolith breccia that originated from near the surface of an ancient asteroid, possibly in the vicinity of Jupiter.
And importantly, the debris contained carbon. It's rocks like these, say the scientists, that contributed to the early organic chemistry on Earth — the same carbon atoms that can be found in biological matter.
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Ingredients 1 loaf unseeded and unsliced Jewish Rye bread 2 pounds corned beef, sliced (see Cook's Note) 12 ounces Russian dressing, recipe follows 12 ounces sauerkraut 12 slices Swiss cheese 4 tablespoons butter, melted Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sprinkle the corned beef with a little water, wrap it tightly in aluminum foil and steam it in the oven.
Meanwhile, put the whole loaf of rye bread (unwrapped) into the oven. Bake the bread until the crust is very crunchy, about 15 minutes. Set the bread on the counter and let it cool for about 5 minutes.
When the rye bread is cool enough to handle place it on a cutting board. Hold the bread knife at a 45-degree angle and cut 12 slices.
Take the corned beef out of the oven and unwrap it. Spread each slice of bread with Russian dressing. Layer half of the slices with corned beef, sauerkraut and slices of Swiss cheese, then top the sandwiches with the remaining slices of bread (dressing-side down).
Heat 2 large heavy skillets over medium heat. Brush the bread with butter. Put the sandwiches in the pans and weight them with a lid or heat proof bowl topped with something heavy. Cook until the first sides are crisp and golden about 7 minutes then flip the sandwiches. Cook until the second sides are also well toasted and the cheese is melted. Lift the sandwiches onto a cutting board. Cut each in half diagonally and serve.
Cook's Note: Buy high quality corned beef for this recipe. Avoid corned beef that is very lean.
Russian Dressing: 3/4 cups mayonnaise 1/4 cup plus 2 to 3 tablespoons chili sauce 2 tablespoons sour cream 2 teaspoons chopped curly parsley leaves 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon minced Spanish onion 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon minced dill pickle 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon grated horseradish 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Combine the mayonnaise, chili sauce, sour cream, parsley, onion, pickle, lemon juice, horseradish and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl and mix well. Yield: 2 cups
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Maggie Elbag scored off of a penalty corner with 15:48 left to lift WPI to a 3-2 win over MIT in a soggy afternoon of NEWMAC field hockey action on Jack Barry Field Saturday. WPI raised its record to 5-3 while MIT falls to 4-6. The game was the conference opener for both teams.
The teams battled at midfield for much of the first half until Anna Teruya finally broke through, scoring on a penalty stroke 26 minutes into the game. It was the eighth goal of the season for the MIT freshman. Tech's slim lead would hold up for the remainder of the half, as they outshot WPI 9-3 and held a 6-0 advantage on penalty corners in the opening stanza.
Sasha Markhovsky put WPI on the board just over a minute into the second half, scoring on a feed from Meghan Linskey. MIT would regain the lead when Danielle Smith deflected in a shot by Nirupama Yechoor in the 48th minute. Nicole Maglione scored for WPI just over a minute later to tie the game at two, setting up Elbag's game winner.
MIT goalkeeper Keri Dixon had five saves in the losing effort. Betsy Ray picked up the win in net for WPI, stopping six shots.
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Virginia Republican Dave Rexrode ('01) and Democrat David Mills ('02) — who graduated from JMU within a year of each other — hold mirror positions as executive directors of the two primary Virginia political parties. Madison magazine recently caught up with the alums to get their take on the pulse of their respective parties, as well as issues facing the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Madison: What are the top three challenges facing Virginia today?
Virginia Democrats Executive Director David Mills ('02): The economic recession affects everything in the state and the country. It's global and has slowed growth everywhere. The challenges this creates for the commonwealth are: No. 1 transportation, No. 2 education and No. 3 our economic identity. In other words, we must figure out how to establish ourselves as a 21st-century business destination.
Madison: What is the top challenge facing Virginia Republicans?
Virginia Republican Party Executive Director Dave Rexrode ('01): At the state level, achieving a balanced budget is always a challenge, but a good one to have. The governor started with a $1.6 billion deficit and has just announced a $400 million surplus. He did that without raising taxes and working with Democrats and Republicans to balance the budget. It's a good message of how he turned around the budget challenge without picking the pockets of hard working Virginians.
Madison: What is your primary job as executive director of the Virginia Republican Party?
Rexrode: My job is to help elect Republicans at all levels, from school boards to president of the United States. I also advocate our core principles and build grassroots efforts to help candidates get elected.
Madison: You didn't mention fundraising.
Rexrode: Fundraising is a big part of it. You have to have funds to get your message out. You need volunteers to take the message out and to make that personal door-to-door contact and make those phone calls. By June of last year, we made more personal contact than John McCain did in all of 2008.
Madison: How did you get this position?
Mills: I was involved in Gov. Tim Kaine's election in 2005 and gained a lot of experience from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, I left the state to work on other governors' races. Our staff was divided into three races, but 2009 didn't go well for us. I was done for a time and was looking forward to the time off, but then was told that my leadership was needed at the state level. I started as the financial director first, and then after a long interview process, I became executive director.
Madison: What's the best and worst part of this job?
Mills: The worst part is also the best. Managing people is both rewarding and difficult. When you work on a campaign, you feel like you have a lot of control. You are part of a team, and if you work hard enough good things will happen. But the truth is that there are some things you can't control. The most challenging thing is figuring out what you can control and focusing on it.
Madison: You're both married and have young children. How do you make it all work?
Mills: My wife Jennifer McClellan [Virginia House of Delegates, 71st District] and I had our first child, Jack, in August 2010, so it's going to be interesting. Most people live a kind of moat lifestyle. When you leave work, you cross the bridge to your home life and leave that other world separated. But when both spouses are involved in politics, there is little or no separation between work and home. It's great to have a spouse who understands the sacrifices that politics and public service demand. I have an aggressive schedule. But, when Jenn is on the ballot for re-election, I come home after a week of traveling, and we spend our weekends out shaking hands.
Rexrode: My wife, Kathryn Scott Rexrode ('00), is the communications director for Congressman Bob Goodlatte. It really helps that she's in politics, too, and she gets it. She commutes to D.C. every day while I commute to Richmond. She takes our daughters to the House of Representatives Day Care Center, which is a phenomenal facility. That helps tremendously.
Madison: You drive your own car every day? No Amtrak?
Rexrode: My schedule is too unpredictable to take the train. I drink a Red Bull in the morning and I'm dressed and out the door. Plus, my car has multiple JMU stickers, so I give the Dukes free advertising up and down the interstate. I like getting thumbs up for that.
Madison: How unlikely do you think it is that Virginia has two Daves in mirror positions as executive directors of Virginia's two primary political parties?
Mills: If you had told me in 2000 during Dr. David A. Jones' political science course on Elections that 10 years later I would be in this position — and married to someone in the Virginia legislature and have kids — I would not have believed it. Crazy things happen in politics.
Madison: What's been the biggest triumph for you in the job?
Rexrode: President George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. I was working in his national headquarters, but was sent to Ohio for the last eight weeks of the campaign. On Election Day 2004, the president flew in and spent about 15 minutes in our office. That's the best campaign I've ever worked on at the national level.
Madison: What's been the biggest thrill so far?
Mills: Jack being born was pretty awesome. But the biggest thrill on the job has been meeting other state's Democratic Party executive directors. It's a little bit like a club. They are going through the same things you are experiencing, so it's nice knowing you are not alone. That and JMU beating Va. Tech this year!
Rexrode: Election night for Gov. Bob McDonnell. I was in a suite in the Marriott in Richmond watching the election results with people I have worked with for a decade. All of us grew up in politics together. It was just thrilling when they called the race and he won Virginia — especially in such a spectacular fashion.
Madison: How did JMU prepare you for your present position?
Rexrode: JMU political science department is phenomenal. We have a great group of professors. The unique thing about JMU is that professors encourage people to find opportunities to lead and to do things outside the classroom.
Madison: How well do you know David Rexrode?
Mills: Dave and I have a good relationship and a healthy respect for each other. When issues come up on the trail, or when a staff person or volunteer is out of line, we tend to pick up the phone and talk to each other. We get it resolved because of our relationship as opposed to this anonymous adversary.
Madison: What challenge would you like to issue to David Mills?
Rexrode: Come up with as strong of a pro-JMU family ticket as we have for your next gubernatorial race. Gov. McDonnell's daughter was a cheerleader at JMU and she graduated in May. Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling's son was a Marching Royal Duke and he graduated in May. Attorney Gen. Ken Cuccinelli's wife is a JMU grad and Sen. George Allen's daughter also graduated from JMU in May. We had the most pro-JMU ticket in Virginia history.
Mills: I accept that challenge.
Madison: What do you do in your spare time other than sharing with family?
Rexrode: I love golf and being outside, and I'm a diehard Dukes fan. My favorite color is purple. My grandmother was Class of 1941 and I met my wife at JMU. I chair the JMU Alumni Association Marketing Committee, and I'm a member of the Duke Club.
Mills: Before Jack, it was golf. Jenn and I like to travel a lot as well. Now, because the job has me traveling so much, we just find something fun to do wherever we are. At home, we like to see old movies at the Byrd, walk our two big dogs around Maymont Park or go to museums.
Madison: What's one thing most people don't know about you?
Rexrode: I was president of Theta Chi fraternity at JMU for two years. One of the things I'm most proud of is that I started the "12 Days Project," where our fraternity would sleep on The Commons and collect money and toys for Harrisonburg children. The first time we did it, it felt like it was 20 degrees below zero, and all we had was a tiny camper. It snowed halfway through the event, so I wasn't real popular. But we raised $5,000 and collected 3,000 toys. My brothers are still doing this project today.
Mills: I'm allergic to salmon. It's my kryptonite. Next time Dave and I have dinner, watch it be salmon.
Learn more about the JMU Department of Political Science at www.jmu.edu/polisci.
About the political leaders
Virginia Republican Party Executive Director Dave Rexrode, who was the deputy campaign manager to Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell, became executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia in January 2010. A Waynesboro-area native, Rexrode has worked on several Republican campaigns in Virginia during the past decade, including President George W. Bush's re-election in 2004. Rexrode chairs the marketing committee of the JMU Alumni Association Board of Directors and is also a member of the JMU Duke Club. The public policy and administration major is a JMU legacy (grandmother was Class of 1941), and he was involved in University Unions and Theta Chi as an undergraduate. He lives in Stafford with his wife Kathryn Scott Rexrode ('00) and their children. She is communications director for Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R).
Virginia Democrats Executive Director David Mills ('02) took the helm as executive director of the Virginia Democrats in March 2010. He has served as deputy finance director for Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (2004-05), DPVA finance director (2006-08), finance director for Del. Brian Moran's campaign for Virginia Governor (2008-09), Northern Virginia finance director for Senator Creigh Deeds (2009), and as the manager of campaigns for the Virginia state legislature and Congress. The political science major lives in Richmond with his wife, Jennifer McClellan, who serves the in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 71st district. They have one son, Jack.
Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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For trivia buffs, the original hair helmet was sported by Lily Tomlin during an appearance on Laugh In in the 70s, but that was her real hair.
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PETE CABRINHA WINS THE BILLABONG XXL AWARDS WITH A 70 FOOT WAVE, The Veteran Maui Surfer Earns $70,000 for his World Record Ride
ANAHEIM, CA -- (April 16, 2004) -- The world record for biggest wave ever ridden was officially shattered this evening at the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy when Pete Cabrinha of Hawaii picked up a check for $70,000 to match his amazing ride on a 70-footer.
Cabrinha, 43, rode the wave on January 10 of this year at the break known as Jaws on the North Shore of Maui, near his home in Haiku.
Before an overflow crowd of 1500 at the gala awards presentation at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, CA, Cabrinha's victory was announced to a standing ovation.
Cabrinha was one of the original pioneers of the Jaws break (also known as Peahi) and is a world-renown master of big wave tow surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing.
"It was the first time I surfed Jaws this winter and it was on a brand-new board, so I asked my partner Rush [Randle] to tow me into a little warm-up wave," Cabrinha recounted of the epic day of surf.
"But when we took the jet ski outside of the break this set came in and we basically claimed it as ours. Most people go right at Jaws, but on this day some of the lefts looked bigger and cleaner so that's the way I went.
The board ended up working pretty well and when I kicked out, Rush looked at me and went, "Holy crap, Pete...that was a bomb!'"
Cabrinha beat out three other Jaws waves ridden by Brazilian Danilo Couto and Hawaiians Archie Kalepa and Ian Walsh, along with a wave ridden by California's Greg Long at the Cortes Bank, 100 miles off San Diego. Maui photographer Erik Aeder won $5000 for his "definitive image" of Cabrinha's giant wave.
The previous Guinness World Record holder for biggest wave ever ridden was Brazilian Carlos Burle, whose 68-footer at Maverick's won the XXL Award in 2002.
The Monster Tube of the Year Award and its $5000 bounty went to Malik Joyeaux of French Polynesia for an amazing, death-defying barrell at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, last April. Photographer Sean Davey received $1000.
Also receiving honors this evening was Zach Wormhoudt for the Monster Biggest Paddle-In Award. Wormhoudt, of Santa Cruz, CA, caught his wave at Maverick's in Northern California on December 17 of last year. The winning image was by Frank Quirarte.
California's Greg Long was the first surfer ever nominated in both the XXL and Paddle-In categories, and although he did not win in either, the versatility of that feat earned him the Surfline/Jay Moriarity Best Overall Performance Award.
The 20-year-old San Clemente surfer received a check for $5000 presented by Kim Moriarity to commemorate his achievement. The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are presented by Monster Energy Drinks. Surfline.com is the official surf forecast of the XXL.
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Another day, another injury for the New York Mets, and not surprisingly, one involving a pitcher. Jenrry Mejia didn't make it out of the fourth Saturday night in San Diego because of pain caused by a bone spur in is right elbow. His season is in jeopardy as he likely will be placed on the disabled list today.
This is not new for Mejia – he left a game in Miami, July 31 – and he is supposed to have off-season surgery.
What has been reported is pitching coach Dan Warthen said, "Mejia did not warm up well,'' which should make anybody wonder why he started in the first place.
If somebody is known to be hurt, is scheduled for surgery, and has difficulty warming up, one would think caution would be exercised. One would think.
Yes, I am more cautious when it comes to injuries than the Mets. I also know that after covering baseball for two-and-a-half decades, one should bet the over. It rarely breaks the other way.
A roster move will be made today, so figure Mejia going on the disabled list. Of course, that doesn't take away what further injury might have been sustained Saturday.
General manager Sandy Alderson spoke like the lawyer in defending starting Mejia.
"We all know that he's had some issues with his elbow," Alderson said. "He was pitching to [pain] tolerance. That tolerance was exceeded tonight apparently and he had to come out. The doctor here took a look at him, but at this point it's about his symptoms. They were obviously severe tonight, and we'll see where this takes us.''
Sometimes, you just want to scream listening to Alderson.
If the Mets knew he had issues, he shouldn't have started following a bad warm-up. He should have been given an MRI. And, what in the hell is pitching to pain tolerance? Is it pitching just before serious damage is done?
The Mets, predictably, said there was no chance of further injury. Care to guarantee that assessment?
If surgery is to happen, it is to remove a pain-producing problem. Yes, bone spurs can cause damage, and yes, it can cause a pitcher to overcompensate in his delivery and produce a residual injury.
Alderson has been around long enough to know both possibilities.
Mejia was pitching well since returning to the Mets, but after the Miami incident, considering the team already determined he'd have surgery, it should have been done immediately.
The Mets are going out of their way to protect Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler with innings limits, but they saw no reason to protect Mejia, who already had one Tommy John surgery.
The Mets mishandled Mejia in juggling his roles several times under Jerry Manuel, and it appears they are doing it again.
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Cutler Grabs Two Bullets And The Lead In Melges 32 Class At Key West
20 January 2014
Key West, Fla. - With two races complete, Alec Cutler's hedgehog stands tall in the overall lead at 2014 Quantum Key West Race Week. Only three points behind in second, is Dalton DeVos on Delta, and Deneen Demourkas' Groovederci sits third.
After a prolonged on-land postponement, the first race of the day got underway just past one o'clock under gorgeous sunny, blue skies and mild temperatures. Calm seas greeted the fleet for the first two heats of the event. With the breeze barely above class minimum, Cutler's hedgehog returned to the Melges 32 class in amazing form. Although the breeze was light and tricky, tactician Richard Clarke and the hedgehog crew found their way across the finish line first.
Race Two, the last and final heat of the day, saw more intense racing as Demourkas was first to the top mark, chased by Richard Goransson's Helly Hanson Inga From Sweden, then DeVos' Delta. DeVos gained big downwind to take the gate in first just ahead of Goransson, followed by Demourkas in third. Another lead change at the top mark gave way to Goransson taking full command, and hot on his heels were DeVos and Demourkas. Cutler moved up a space to round fourth, but saved his best move for the final downwind run. With less than 100 yards to go, Cutler came in strong from the left side to beat out DeVos, who successfully gained again on the run. Goransson on the far right, slid in to steal second place only moments before DeVos. Demourkas was fourth and new boat owner Dieter Schoen on Momo from Germany finished fifth.
Racing continues on Tuesday, where rain is predicted, winds still light and variable.
The Melges 32 fleet in Key West is by far one of the most diversified. With teams from five countries, the fleet could not be prouder to welcome them from all over the world, but in particular new teams — Dieter Shoen from Germany, Eduardo Souza-Ramos from Brazil and Chris Wientjes from New Orleans, La. The IM32CA is thrilled to have them racing and can count on seeing more of them at the forthcoming Miami Winter Regatta and the Spring Challenge.
This past Saturday and Sunday, the hedgehog team hosted the fleet at Charlie Mac's for food beer, football and some debriefing with Andreas Josenhans. The IM32CA would like to extend a very special thank you to Alec & Laura Cutler for embracing the Melges 32 Class.
Each day, the IM32CA will bring the the latest news, results, pictures and more from the course as the action is happening. Please visit the class Facebook page for constant updates.
FULL RESULTS (After two races)
1. Alec Cutler/Richard Clarke, hedgehog; 1-1 = 2
2. Dalton DeVos/Jonathan McKee, Delta; 2-3 = 5
3. Deneen Demourkas/Cameron Appleton, Groovederci; 3-4 = 7
4. Richard Goransson/Morgan Larson, Helly Hanson Inga From Sweden; 6-2 = 8
5. Dieter Schoen/Markus Wiesser, Momo; 4-5 = 9
6. Eduardo Souza-Ramos/Andrea Fonseca, Phoenix; 5-6 = 11
7. Chris Wientjes/Benz Faget, Stormvogel; 7-7 = 14
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Oliver Strecker is an enthusiastic student of numbers on a ledger page, but he is equally as enthused about helping guide people to the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ and adding them to the only ledger page that really counts.
This academic year Strecker, a former member of the Lipscomb tennis team, will be working to complete his Master's in Accountancy (MAcc) as well as working as a graduate assistant for Brent High, associate athletic director for spiritual formation.
"I feel like this is my calling right now," Strecker said. "I am very, very blessed that I still can work in ministry which I love. I have a big heart for ministry."
This past spring Strecker joined with Farron Sutherland and Jonathan LaDoge from campus ministry to conduct "house" church gatherings in Sewell Hall, a men's dormitory.
"We wanted to connect with people who are disconnected," Strecker said. "We wanted to bring them in and connect them with other people who can help them."
Strecker, a native of Gemmingen, Germany, started his tennis career at Auburn University. He transferred to Lipscomb for the 2010-2011 season.
"I played on a Sweet 16 team at Auburn," Strecker said. "We played against a high level of competition every weekend."
Strecker enjoyed playing at Auburn and thought he grew in many ways there, but he couldn't afford the difference between his scholarship money and the costs he had to pay out of pocket.
One of Strecker's roommates at Auburn knew then Bisons tennis coach Andrew Harris.
"I never visited the campus," Strecker said. "I had no idea where Nashville was. I had never heard of Lipscomb, but I saw pictures of it on the website."
Strecker can't explain why he was drawn to the school.
"The Christian environment here is very nice," Strecker said. "After coming here it took a while to realize that people actually are that nice and people actually care about you and want the best for you."
Strecker has always called himself a Christian, but he realized after spending time at Lipscomb he wasn't living that kind of life.
"I despise some of the things I did," Strecker said. "I know where those things came from.
"Looking back it was a process of God catching me and drawing me in. I was always interested. I just never had the opportunity or the drive then to study because I had other things set in front of me. That is not an excuse. I don't want to sugar coat it."
Lipscomb was there for Strecker when he needed to confirm a new direction in his life.
"God gave me great Bible teachers, great Bible classes and great friends," Strecker said. "My friends surrounded me and protected me.
"I have learned a lot about the Bible, God and Jesus. If you phrase the right things in the right way this school can do great things for you. It is a matter of God giving you wisdom to embrace that."
Strecker will work with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, fundraising and connecting with people on a spiritual level.
"I want to create an environment where people can grow towards God and be accepted the way they are," Strecker said. "I want people to find comfort.
"As an athlete you can wear out in season. School may not be going the way you want. We want to be there to help. It is not going to be easy."
Strecker wants to create small groups which may include one sport or a mixture of sports. He wants a mixture of all classes as well.
"I want three or four small groups who catch people…who are caring and who love God and want to do these things," Strecker said. "I want them to look out for other people. I want there to be three or four people that others can trust and be able to talk about their lives.
"When we started the house church each person went out and brought back one more person. We grew from seven people to more than 20."
Strecker stressed that he is willing to put himself in a situation where he might be rejected. He knows that there is also the possibility that he will have a positive influence on many student-athletes who are looking for answers.
"I'm not going to pretend I am perfect, because I am absolutely not," Strecker. "I have never been and never will be.
"I am going out with that attitude and going out with grace…loving people because we are loved and we can love well. I believe in this. I know it can work."
Strecker admits he never envisioned being active in ministry work. He constantly studies the Bible and related books.
"I would have never seen myself doing this," Strecker said. "I have become alienated to the environment to which I once belonged.
"God stepped in and told me, `I have something better for you'. There is a peace you have about these things. It is just going to get better."
Strecker was baptized in the fall of 2012 at Granny White Church of Christ in response to a message in Athletes' Chapel. High, who performed the baptism, thinks that Strecker's involvement in outreach events on campus will help him make a great impact on his fellow students.
"Oliver has a passion for involving, encouraging and discipling his fellow students," High said. "He listens well and thrives in small group settings. Having him involved in a leadership role will greatly enhance our ability to connect with our student-athletes on a personal and spiritual level."
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Oliver Strecker is an enthusiastic student of numbers on a ledger page, but he is equally as enthused about helping guide people to the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ and adding them to the only ledger page that really counts.


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WOOOOOOOOOOOW. The NFL is a joke. I get the rule, but I feel like they failed to realize that refs are going to throw flags whenever THEY feel like someone is leading with the head. Can't wait for hundreds of flags to be thrown because someone is ducking into a pile, or trying to split two defenders.
Can't help but feel bad for the ball carriers going into this season. Chances are none of them change a damn thing they do, HOPEFULLY.
Kind of excited to see this blow up in Roger's face. WHAT A MORON.
ALSO. Can't wait to watch the Pro-bowl 16 weeks out of the year. Cause, we all know how exciting that can be!


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text: Celu Qui Doit Mourir (He Who Must Die) represented director Jules Dassin's first professional collaboration with his future wife, Greek actress Melina Mercouri. Filmed on the island of Crete, the story concerns the efforts by the townspeople to stage their annual Passion Play. The priest in charge of the play, anxious not to rock the boat with the occupying Turks, refuses aid and comfort to a rebellious priest from a battle-scarred village. But three townspeople do their best to help the visiting cleric, an act that splits the town right down the middle and forces the previously benevolent Turkish overlord to take decisive action. Melina Mercouri offers a dry run of her Never on Sunday character as the town trollop.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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Theatre & Dance
Muhlenberg Community Dance Center — Youth
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Articles of Interest
"Questions to Ask Yourself While in Ballet Class"
By Sheena Jeffers, Answers.com
It is important you are asking yourself the correct questions while in class. You do not want to practice wrong, as famous Jazz dancer Luigi warned against. Practicing incorrectly or sending yourself the incorrect messages will only hurt your dancing and potentially open you up to injuries. What questions should you be asking yourself while you're at the barre and center? Read more.
"6 Reasons Why Dancers Make Great Employees"
By Sarah Jukes, Health Professional and Ballet student
With the job market becoming increasingly competitive, applicants need to maximize their job market potential. Learn to articulate how the attributes that make a strong dancer also make a strong employee. Read more.
"15 Truths About Being a Professional Dancer"
By Melanie Doskocil, The Portland Ballet
What drives a dancer? There are many lessons about life that can be learned from dance. Find out how truths about dance parallel some general facts of life. Read more.
"Top 10 skills children learn from the arts"
By Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
You don't find school reformers talking much about how we need to train more teachers in the arts, given the current obsession with science, math, technology and engineering (STEM), but here's a list of skills that young people learn from studying the arts. Read more.
A Source of Dance and Health Integration. Read more.
"Top Four Health Benefits of Dance"
By Treva Bedinghaus, About.com Guide
Dancing is a great way for people of all ages to get and stay in shape. Besides being fun, dancing has many positive health benefits. Following are the top 4 health benefits of dance. Read more.
"Your First Year of College Dance"
By Emily Yewell Volin, Dance Informa Digital Dance Magazine
August is back to school time and, for many dancers, that means starting your first year of college dance study. Dance Informa spoke with three university professors for advice on preparing for this transition. Read more.
"Nutrition for Great Performances"
The Centre for Dance Nutrition
Dancers are performing athletes much like gymnasts, ice skaters, and other aesthetic athletes. Nutrition can make a tremendous difference in performance, muscle strength, balance, fatigue, and injury rates. Read more.
"The Taming of the Tutu: A Call for Restraint in Today's Ballet Stars"
By Risa Gary Kaplowitz, The Huffington Post Arts & Culture
Although it's been nearly four decades, I remember like it was yesterday: standing in line with my friends at Lincoln Center by 7:30 AM to get standing room tickets to see Cynthia Gregory dance. She was an American Ballet Theatre superstar at the time, and no matter what she performed (but especially when partnered by Fernando Bujones), we were ravenous to dwell with her in the magical world she created onstage. Read more.
"Dance vs. Powerpoint, a Modest Proposal"
By John Bohannon, TED Talks
Use dancers instead of powerpoint. That's science writer John Bohannon's "modest proposal." In this spellbinding choreographed talk he makes his case by example, aided by dancers from Black Label Movement. Watch.


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MCADCafe Editorial
Jeff Rowe
Jeffrey Rowe has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of industrial design, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing. On the publishing side, he has written well over 1,000 articles for CAD, CAM, CAE, and other technical publications, as well as consulting in many capacities in the … More »
HP Introduces Wearable Commercial VR System – The HP Z VR Backpack
August 3rd, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
This week at SIGGRAPH, HP today announced a unified approach and commercial solutions for virtual reality (VR), positioning itself as a provider for businesses looking to reduce concept to production cycle times, improve training procedures, and deliver fully immersive customer experiences using VR. As part of this strategy, the company unveiled what it claims is the world's first professional-grade wearable VR PC – the new HP Z VR Backpack. Designed to realize a fuller potential of VR, it is, as the company claims, a secure and manageable wearable VR PC.
"Virtual reality is changing the way people learn, communicate and create," said Xavier Garcia, vice president and general manager, Z Workstations, HP Inc. "Making the most of this technology requires a collaborative relationship between customers and partners. As a leader in technology, HP is uniting powerful commercial VR solutions, including new products like the HP Z VR Backpack, with customer needs to empower VR experiences our customers can use today to reinvent the future."
HP Z VR Backpack Docked
Well beyond gaming, the opportunities for commercial VR are virtually (sorry for the pun) limitless for businesses in product design, architecture, healthcare, first responder training, automotive, and entertainment. Technologies like VR can provide unique experiences, ranging from reinventing the buying experience in automotive showrooms to changing the way fire departments train their staff.
HP Z VR Backpack
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SME and Stratasys Announce Winners of the 2017 SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition
July 27th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), a nonprofit organization that supports the manufacturing industry, and Stratasys Ltd. announced the winners of a student additive manufacturing competition held during the 53rd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.
The SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition is a student contest co-sponsored by the organizations to attract the future workforce to this growing field and allow contestants to get hands-on experience using the latest 3D printing software and technology, such as the new Stratasys F123 Series. The competition was held at the 53rd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, and six teams took home gold, silver and bronze medals for fulfilling all of the contest requirements.
Now in its third year, the 2017 Additive Manufacturing Competition consisted of 34 high school and post-secondary student teams competing for a chance to take home gold, silver, or bronze medals – as well as scholarships from the SME Education Foundation, and a MakerBot Mini printer. The Additive Manufacturing Competition was created to stimulate student learning of additive manufacturing and 3D printing techniques.
"Each year, we attract more students to participate in the SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition and we couldn't be more thrilled with the growth," said Jeff Krause, executive director and CEO of SME. "This is an exciting time for additive manufacturing and 3D printing and we are proud to be at the forefront of its evolution and making sure our future manufacturing leaders will be prepared for what lies ahead as the industry progresses."
The 2017 Additive Manufacturing Competition involved designing and printing a track piece (fixture) capable of moving a marble to a designated location after the ball rolls down a ramp. The fixture was required to connect with the ramp at specific points and remain stable for the test's duration. Each team was provided time to design the fixture, build the 3D printed prototype on a Stratasys 3D printer, and make any necessary design modifications the next day. Read the rest of SME and Stratasys Announce Winners of the 2017 SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition
ANSYS Acquiring CEI For Visualizing Simulation Data
July 13th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
ANSYS, known for its engineering simulation software, announced this week that it has acquired Computational Engineering International Inc. (CEI), the developer of a suite of products for analyzing, visualizing, and communicating simulation data. Terms of the deal, which closed earlier this month, were not disclosed.
The merger of the physical and digital worlds is resulting in products that with an overwhelming number of design decisions compared to previous product generations. That is something only engineering simulation can feasibly provide in a timely and cost-effective fashion. Users need to quickly analyze the huge amount of data that simulation generates to make the best engineering and business decisions.
Headquartered in Apex, North Carolina, CEI has 28 employees and more than 750 customers around the world. Its flagship product, EnSight, is used for analyzing, visualizing, and communicating simulation data in terms that mere mortals can comprehend.
"CEI has a long track record of success thanks to fantastic technology built by a world-class team," said Mark Hindsbo, ANSYS vice president and general manager. "By bringing CEI's leading visualization tools into the ANSYS portfolio, customers will be able to make better engineering and business decisions, leading to even more amazing products in the future."
Making the Impossible Possible
July 6th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
An impossible object is a type of optical illusion. It consists of a two-dimensional figure that is instantly and subconsciously interpreted by the visual system as representing a projection of a three-dimensional object.
In most cases the impossibility becomes apparent after viewing the figure for a few seconds. However, the initial impression of a 3D object remains even after it has been contradicted. There are also more subtle examples of impossible objects where the impossibility does not become apparent spontaneously and it is necessary to consciously examine the geometry of the implied object to determine that it is impossible.
The unsettling nature of impossible objects occurs because of our natural tendency to interpret 2D drawings as 3D objects. With an impossible object, looking at different parts of the object makes one reassess the 3D nature of the object, which confuses the mind.
Although possible to represent in two dimensions, it is not geometrically possible for such an object to exist in the physical world. However, some models of impossible objects have been constructed, such that when they are viewed from a very specific point, the illusion is maintained. Rotating the object or changing the viewpoint breaks the illusion, and therefore many of these models rely on forced perspective or having parts of the model appearing to be further or closer than they actually are.
Below is the Penrose triangle (an impossible object) that was first created by the Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934. The mathematician Roger Penrose independently devised and popularized it in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form."
A 3D-printed version of the Reutersvärd Triangle illusion, its appearance created by a forced perspective.
So what does all this have to do with MCADCafe?
Xometry Growth Continues With New Customers, Funding, And Optimism
June 29th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
At SOLIDWORKS World 2017 we got introduced to Xometry, a company committed to bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. with its software platform for building a reliable and scalable manufacturing source program. It employs a unique machine-learning approach that provides customers with optimized manufacturing capabilities at the best price based on parameters input by customers.
Founded in 2014, Xometry is hoping to transform American manufacturing through its proprietary software platform that provides on-demand manufacturing to a diverse customer base that ranges from startups to Fortune 100 companies. The platform provides an efficient way to source high-quality custom parts, with 24/7 access to instant quote pricing, expected lead time, and manufacturability feedback that recommends best processes and practices. With more than 100 manufacturing partners, the manufacturing capabilities include CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal forming and fabrication, and urethane casting with over 200 materials. Xometry's 5,000+ customers include General Electric, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NASA, and the United States Army.
Below is a video interview we conducted at SOLIDWORKS World 2017 with Randy Altschuler, CEO and co-founder of Xometry.
Randy Altschuler, CEO, Xometry at SOLIDWORKS World 2017
GE Additive's Big Plans For Metal AM
June 22nd, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
Last month at the RAPID + TCT event, many new things were presented and among those was GE Additive's setting a target of growing its new additive manufacturing business to $1 billion by 2020, and selling 10,000 metal 3D printing machines in 10 years, building upon acquisitions it announced last year.
"It's a big number," said Tim Warden, senior sales director of GE Additive. "That's why they're investing heavily," he said, referring to GE.
GE last year announced the acquisitions of Concept Laser (Germany) and Arcam AB (Sweden).
GE controls Concept after agreeing last October to buy an initial 75% stake in the German company, with plans to acquire the rest over an undisclosed number of years. The GE Additive turned to Concept Laser after a previously announced deal with SLM Solutions fell through.
The company estimates that it ultimately can expand additive manufacturing into a $10 billion business. GE owns more than 70% of Arcam but doesn't have full control of the Swedish company.
The following video shows GE Power's advanced manufacturing facility in Greenville, SC to learn about GE Additive's metal 3D printing process for creating a gas turbine component that is used to power homes.
GE Additive and the Power of Additive Manufacturing
For now, "We're concentrating on Concept where we can do what we want to do," Warden said. "We're going to support Concept in every way possible."
Hexagon's Smart Decisions Culminate In Building Smart Factory
June 15th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
Las Vegas in June . . . Good idea or bad idea? I'll try and stay neutral on this one, but this town is not exactly my favorite, regardless of time of year. However, it's always worth the trip when a company like Hexagon invites me for its annual international conference, HxGN LIVE 2017.
That's A Wrap: Divergence and Convergence
June 8th, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
The spring season seems to be the time of year when many companies and professional organizations hold their annual conferences, and this spring was no exception. I've attended several events in the past few weeks and noted striking differences of two of them — divergence at RAPID + TCT 2017 and convergence at LiveWorx 17 — and that's how I want to wrap up our spring 2017 trade event tour (although I have one more next week).
Divergence at RAPID + TCT 2017
Diverge (dih-vurj, dahy-): To move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off. To turn aside or deviate, as from a path, practice,or plan.
3D printing/additive manufacturing (AM) are about making something digital into something analog. Although the technologies are 30+ years old, many things are still being done as they were in the beginning, such as building 3D models, exporting STL data, etc. However, several aspects of AM are diverging from its historical roots.
For example, the first AM materials were polymers, and they still account for ~85% of all materials used, but metals are coming on strong and now account for about 14% of the materials used. The range of materials being used, though, is constantly increasing — everything from ceramics to composites to food to living tissue.
Panel Discussion at RAPID + TCT 2017
Volume quantities are also diverging from one-offs or small quantities for rapid prototyping to real production quantities where the costs can be justified when costs go down and production speed goes up.
Thingworx 8 Takes Center Stage At LiveWorx17
June 1st, 2017 by Jeff Rowe
PTC's user conference in Boston last week (LiveWorx17 ) covered a lot of ground — everything from Creo to Windchill to augmented reality (AR), but the focus of the event was PTC announcing the launch of its newest version of ThingWorx Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform – ThingWorx 8. According to the company, with this update, ThingWorx evolves into a more robust, comprehensive industrial IoT (IIoT) technology offering. PTC also announced a new lineup of ThingWorx-powered apps for the manufacturing environment, as well as ThingWorx Studio support for native authoring and publishing of AR experiences for Microsoft HoloLens.
Interestingly, PTC's VP of Corporate Communications, Jack McAvoy said that two of this year's three main messages for LiveWorx17 revolved around ThingWorx as more than a platform and the evolving ThingWorx ecosystem through physical/digital convergence.
PTC's foray into IoT got a big boost about four years ago when it acquired ThingWorx, creators of a platform for building and running applications for the Internet of Things (IoT), for about $112 million. The acquisition of ThingWorx immediately positioned PTC as a major player in the emerging Internet of Things era.
According to a research report, Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy from the McKinsey Global Institute, the Internet of Things has the potential to create economic impact of $2.7 trillion to $6.2 trillion annually by 2025. The firm believes perhaps 80 to 100 percent of all manufacturing could be using Internet of Things applications by then, leading to potential economic impact of $900 billion to $2.3 trillion, largely from productivity gains. For example, with increasingly sophisticated Internet of Things technologies becoming available, companies can not only track the flow of products or keep track of physical assets, but they can also manage the performance of individual machines and systems.
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DETROIT — Maybe it wasn't a drought just yet, but the Sharks' top two goal-scorers were definitely in a dry spell.
Luckily for San Jose, both Patrick Marleau and Logan Couture picked the same night to find the back of the net once again — both in regulation and the shootout that followed — to give the Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.
The shootout win Thursday night was exactly the kind of bounce-back effort the team was looking for after an embarrassing 4-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets just 48 hours earlier. San Jose remained fifth in the Western Conference playoff race.
"Our road game has been lacking a little bit," said Marleau, who scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season after notching just one goal in the previous 11 games. "Especially coming off a bad game in Columbus, you wanted to come out with a strong performance."
While Marleau and Couture were providing the offense, goalie Antti Niemi had another strong effort. Forward Justin Abdelkader and defenseman Jakob Kindl did score for Detroit, but Niemi made 27 saves — several of them spectacular — and two more in the shootout to improve San Jose's record against the Red Wings to 8-1-1 in their past 10 meetings.
The Red Wings entered the game in unfamiliar territory — eighth seed in the Western Conference and at risk of missing the playoffs after 21 consecutive appearances, the longest streak of any pro sports franchise.
But it was the Sharks, whose streak of nine straight postseason showings is second best in the NHL, who took the early lead while short-handed at 2:35 of the first period. First, Joe Pavelski intercepted a pass deep in his own zone, then led the 2-on-1 rush capped by Marleau's shot that eluded Red Wing netminder Jimmy Howard.
For a while, Niemi was looking invincible, especially early in the second period when he robbed Cory Emmerton with a glove save as the Sharks goalie was tumbling to the ice.
"There was a crowd in front of the net and I fell on my back and I didn't see the puck," Niemi said. "Luckily I was able to look that way at that time."
But Detroit broke through at 9:51 of the second period when Abdelkader took a feed Johan Franzen behind the net and one-timed it under Niemi's pads to make it 1-1. And the Red Wings grabbed the lead at 2:29 of the third on a power play when Henrik Zetterberg found Kindl all alone in the slot.
Ninety-one seconds later, however, the Sharks had a power-play goal of their own as Couture used his backhand to roof the rebound of a shot by Joe Thornton over the Detroit goalie.
"I know Howard's going to be on his stomach there, pads on the ice, so I was able to get it upstairs," said Couture, who had only one goal in his past 10 games before scoring his 16th of the season.
Both teams had good scoring chances in overtime, but nothing was resolved.
Detroit standout Pavel Datsyuk opened the shootout by beating Niemi, but Couture came right back by sliding the puck through Howard's five-hole. Neither Red Wings rookie Damien Brunner nor Pavelski scored in the second round, setting the stage for the decisive finish.
First Niemi stopped a spinorama move by Gustav Nyquist, then Marleau made sure it was the Sharks who would leave with two points, not one.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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This campaign is over! In case you missed it, here's what happened.
Students tackled projects to recycle, save energy, and otherwise greenify their schools. Then all the projects were judged by a panel of experts and celebs.
Thanks to all the lean, mean green machines, especially schools like Bentley University, which implemented single stream recycling on campus, promoted organic eating, and installed dual-handled toilets to save water!
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Judged on their project's creativity, effort to create long-term behavior change, and effort to involve the entire school, Golden Valley High School won the $5,000 grant! Here's what they said:
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Just caught the rerun where Rick goes missing on the way to his wedding in the Hampton's. The following season going thru excruciating does/doesn't he really know what's going on, did/didn't he leave Kate at the altar bumbling around to find out the CIA "recruited" him for a mission then scrubbed his memory?!?!?! That's when I knew the show was heading downhill
Why not just have aliens abduct & probe him? It would be more believable than the whole CIA BS. And alas once these stupid things start creeping into shows it's best to end them. The mentalist should have ended after season 6 with Red John's death/murder. And this should have ended with them getting married & living happily ever after or at least until divorce.


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How did you celebrate July 4th? On a rooftop BBQ listening to our summer mix? Maybe you stayed in and watched old episodes of Hoarders on Roku? Maybe I stayed in and did that. There is no way to know. But all across this great country we do know there were fireworks to be seen and Beyonce to be heard singing "God Bless America" live on TV.
Via the magic of Twitter we also know some of our favorite musicians spent the day overeating, overdrinking, watching Independence Day, and in two cases, recklessly planking. I've posted the best tweets below chronologically, and collected any attached photos in a gallery above. Click through for pics of Bethany Cosentino's boob coozie, the National and Beirut sharing a meal, Mrs. Wayne Coyne topless with Cheetos, and a photo of outdoor fireworks from Ducktails intended to rub it in to those of us you who spent the night inside watching Hoarders. Whoever they may be.
Oh, and FlyLo dropped a free 2hr24min MP3 mix of his favorite songs for summer, so don't miss the DL link in his tweet.
But seriously, we had a planking incident go horribly wrong today. Hope the bone isn't broken. In waiting room for diagnosis
I can't find firecrackers anywhere here in Manchester. #4thOfJuly
I Still Have To Take A Shit Since Yesterday Fuck
Oh hey Twitter, sorry I haven't had time to check in. I was busy DJing ON A YACHT. http://twitpic.com/5l3jsk
Happy 4th! If u need me I'll be shooting fireworks from a swimming pool filled w/hardboiled eggs into another swimming pool filled w/air.
the wrens wish you a happy Independents Day. Pun intended but so are the well wishes.
4th of July in the south is awesome. #southernstereotypesaretrue
I don't remember much from the flight home last night. I DID find a pic of me planking and being fed a burrito. Fly. http://t.co/rbzVk9G
h a p p y b i r t h d a y u s a
Happy 4th of July!
Its Not Over: 2nite on the parkway: @TheRoots backing up Michael Mcdonald, Earth Wind & Fire, @SaraBareilles & @EstelleDarlings..& MUCH MORE
Can we add an amendment to always drop a beat on the National Anthem? MARVIN GAYE :: http://t.co/Wl9r6VZ
I slept with a wiener dog named Fritz cradled in my arm like a football. Now my back feels weird. Happy Birthday, America!
4th of July… Brooklyn's on Fire!!!
USA baby http://lockerz.com/s/116979879
Independence Dog: http://t.co/HTA4T0P
Happy 4th of July, guys. #sorrybritsthismuststillbeprettybittersweetforyou #coolwhip #frenchbikini #stoppayingtaxes http://t.co/Xl7DBsX
happy 4th of july. . .n. http://twitpic.com/5l6bvd
RT @ConanOBrien: July 4, 1776: the day that we "unfollowed" King George.
america: that's what i'm talkin' 'bout: http://t.co/Nm52WUV
july 4, the world has many different viewpoints. I see 3 firework displays at once in San Diego- most see only 1. In the U.K they see none.
Happy July 4th! Just ate eggs benedict AND florentine for freedom breakfast. #iaintnobenedictarnold #fatkidsinamerica
someone tell this cat to get off the playstation
That Shit Was One Of My Greatest Accomplishments
Celebrating america
As we celebrate our independence from a constitutional monarchy, it seems appropriate to announce that nobody in this group is a Prince fan.
Just read 1 in 4 Americans don't know what country we broke off from? Can this possibly be true? Do we even deserve fireworks & hotdogs?
Dinner for thirty. Beirut + The National + 4th of July and mb2 birthday http://instagr.am/p/G9aRe/
happy 4th, america. really pumped to see Toots & The Maytals (!) at Hempstead (!!) tonight with this guy (!!!) http://t.co/flGq9R3
Happy 4th of July you freaky weirdos
Eating Cheetos in bed for 4th of July in Ottawa!!! http://t.co/gBLzFcX
happy america day
it's your day america u do u
Happy 4th of July. Not cool what you did to the native americans but fireworks are cool looking!
whipped up a batch of my famous wurstsalat 4 my cousin Kenneth's BBQ http://t.co/agkhjOa
Way to go Amerigo Vespucci! Celebrate in style http://t.co/ew4uvVn
"I picked a hell of a day to quit drinkin'"
That was a deep quote from Independence Day. 4th of July just hasn't been the same since 1996. Where are you Will Smith?
tweet me yr american flag budz #proudtobeanamerican
July 4th cautionary tweet: @TweetsofOld: 4 men died from drinking beer from a keg into which a copperhead snake had crawled and died. KY1907
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. HAPPY 4TH! http://twitpic.com/5l9u4r
Who out there has shot fireworks out of their vagina in honor of Independence Day? #FlamingLip
Mix for your summer! http://t.co/VBfZicA
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lntsc05ACy1qf3l25o1_500.jpg Happy 5th Of July
On this 4th I dedicate this song to all the hot girls out there NOW PLAYING : CHERRYBOMB: THE RUNAWAYS
Watching fireworks on tv.
Happy 4th of July from OUTKAST ! #weoutchea http://lockerz.com/s/117141294
American inventions: spandex, the pill, bubble gum, bubble wrap, buffalo wings, electric guitar, strobe light, the Laser! Happy 4th! -s
uh…were they just spelling out WWJD in fireworks? #catonsville
happy 4th USA! hope yr blowing a lot of shit up! we are eating cheeseburgers and ice cream and listening to Metallica
Fireworks http://lockerz.com/s/117146425
My favorite of the fireworks were those little microbe duders that would scatter into random directions after apexing to a certain size. O_o
How much do these firework displays cost?? Its funny where our priorities are.
who needs fancy fireworks. not us. #LOTNOFOJOTC http://twitpic.com/5legil
Did you see that woman on Hoarders with all the dolls? She has way too many dolls.


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Hi everyone, been a while since I posted and Charlie is turning into a
Strapping young man hehe I need to post some recent pics but my laptop to camera lead was chewed.. all is forgiven now though!
I have been feeding Charlie on wainwrights dry food and nature diet as a topper but he doesn't seem keen on the wainwrights at all really. I was thinking about changing him over gradually to either James Wellbeloved, Burns or Arden Grange. He seems to have a sensitive tummy and wondered which was recommended?