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Little Known Facts About catalytic converters.
Colloquially, a catalytic converter is known as " pet cat" or "catcon". It is a tool that is made use of to reduce the poisoning of emissions from an internal burning engine. It was first commonly introduced on series-production automobiles in the US market for the 1975 model year to follow tightening EPA policies pertaining to automobile exhaust. Car of today might have 2 or more depending on the engine setup and also maker.
It appears like closely to a muffler in look and is located in the exhaust system and also has an external shell that is made up of stainless-steel. But its resemblance with a muffler ends there as catalytic converters have a stimulant that is made from a noble metal such as platinum, palladium or rhodium. A driver is defined as anything that causes or accelerates a change.
Still commonly made use of in car exhaust systems, catalytic converters are also utilized on generator sets, forklifts, mining devices, trucks, buses, trains, and also various other engine-equipped makers. A catalytic converter returns an setting for a chain reaction wherein poisonous combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic materials, making exhausts as tidy a possible.
The objective of a catalytic converter, utilizing its internal catalyst, is to massively lessen the level of dangerous exhausts in a cars and truck's exhaust. These are carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and particulates. Every one of these discharges threaten to health and are environmental threats. Additionally, they add to the accumulate of photochemical smog.
A catalytic converter transforms these poisonous gases to safe co2, nitrogen, oxygen, and also water. In simple terms, the catalytic converter can almost be thought of as an engine of its own. The converter makes use of gas and also oxygen to quit its internal catalyst, which eats a large portion of the gases moving via the converter. However, a converter does not get rid of exhausts altogether, though it considerably minimizes exhausts.
Catalytic converters do not require upkeep of their very own. This is because their lasting source of income depends on appropriate treatment and maintenance of your lorry. For example, if your car starts to run harsh, creates smoke from the tailpipe, or the "service engine soon" or " inspect engine" light shows up, have it looked into right away by a expert technician. This is especially true if those mentioned lights blink instead of being continuously lit. Considering given these indication may create costly damages to the converter, hence, needing replacement. Signs of a damaged or falling short converter may consist of failing an exhausts examination, poor performance, progressively high engine temperature, as well as bucking or doubt.
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Logarithms celebrate their 400th birthday
Four centuries ago, John Napier provided human calculators a faster way to multiply
4:00pm, July 25, 2014
Before modern-day calculators, slide rules were used to perform calculations. John Napier's development of logarithms, published 400 years ago, provided the principle that made slide rules possible.
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You may find this hard to believe, but there are people still alive today who once did their mathematical calculations by sliding sticks back and forth. No keypads, no batteries, no LEDs. Just sticks.
Yes, it sounds like a device from the Stone Age, but as late as the 1970s scientists and engineers commonly used such a stick-sliding device, known as a slide rule, to perform multiplication and division and other tasks like extracting square roots. Working versions of these instruments still are on display in museums today.
But as primitive as they sound, slide rules could not have been invented in the Stone Age or even in ancient Greece. They owe their existence to a much later mathematical development that is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year: the invention of logarithms.
Back in those days, when the Scientific Revolution was just revving up, doing math was tedious and frustrating. Measurements of features of the Earth, navigational problems, astronomical phenomena, all demanded high-level calculational prowess from the practitioners of those disciplines. But when the numbers involved were large, manipulating them was messy. Even the best math wizards made almost as many mistakes as baseball umpires do today.
Then in 1614 John Napier, a Scottish landowner and theologian with some mathematical training, published Mirifici logarithmorum canonis descriptio, or A Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms. It introduced a new method for quickly performing complicated calculations. It was a godsend. As one logarithm user noted much later, logarithms effectively doubled a mathematician's useful lifetime.
Napier's mathematical wizardry wasn't universally appreciated, though, as rumors swirled that he was actually a dark wizard, à la Lord Voldemort. For one thing, Napier's grass seemed to be greener than other landowners. And he allegedly trained a magical black rooster to identify thieves among his workers.
From a modern perspective, though, it seems more likely that he was just clever. His scientific interests led him to take an interest in agricultural experimentation, including studies on how to make the best manure. That might explain the greener grass. As for the rooster, it seems that Napier secretly covered it with coal dust and put in it a dark room. He then told the workers one-by-one to go into the room and touch the bird, which supposedly would crow only at the guilty party. Obviously all the innocent workers went in and touched the rooster, while the true perpetrator only pretended to. Hence Napier could then identify the culprit as the only one of the workers with clean hands.
Napier's logarithmic wizardry was rooted in trigonometry. As the Middle Ages ended, many practical problems — such as mapmaking and surveying — required sophisticated methods for calculating with lines and angles. Various savants of the era had noticed that relationships among trigonometric functions — you know, sines, cosines, that stuff — could be used to simplify certain calculations. Multiplying two numbers, for instance, could be accomplished by a process called prosthaphaeresis. It involved addition of the numbers' cosines, which could be looked up in trigonometric tables.
Napier developed a method for short-cutting that process, deriving logarithms of sines. His book provided tables of logarithms that essentially reduced multiplication to addition, division to subtraction. Since logarithms are, in essence, exponents, or powers of numbers, they could also be exploited for calculating things like square and cube roots.
Napier had spent nearly two decades computing millions of logarithm values before publishing the tables in his book. Still, he published several years before the Swiss watchmaker Joost Bürgi, who also gets credit for developing the logarithm idea during roughly the same time period.
Napier's and Bürgi's systems for conceptualizing logarithms weren't quite the same, and neither matches modern versions precisely. Today's commonly used base 10 logarithms were introduced in primitive form by Henry Briggs after Napier died in 1617. (Briggs acknowledged, though, that it was Napier's idea to do so.)
It wasn't long until others figured out how to put the logarithms to use in mechanical calculations using sticks. Inscribing numbers on the sticks at intervals proportional to their logarithms made it possible to multiply numbers by proper positioning of the sticks. Edmund Gunter, a London clergyman and friend of Briggs, had the germ of the idea in 1620. But the honor of first to slide the sticks is usually accorded to William Oughtred, an Episcopal minister, who also devised a circular version of the slide rule in the 1620s. (Oughtred is also famous for suggesting the use of "x" to signify multiplication.)
Later on, other scales were added to the sticks for extracting roots or calculating trigonometric functions, plus a lot of other scales that I never learned how to use. Electronic calculators came along just in time.
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Located in Podomoro City, a 21 ha super block of office towers, premier apartments & shop houses. The only 5-star hotel in West Jakarta, close to International Airport & major universities. Winner of multiple international awards in service & design. Comes with a unique pop-art interior design concept, guarantees extraordinary culinary journey with extensive offers at Collage All Day Dining, Bunk Lobby Lounge & in-room dining and owns comprehensive venues accommodating meetings & social events.
Pullman Jakarta Central Park is located in Jakarta's western edge, Podomoro City. Adjacent to Central Park Mall (shopping center) and close to Ancol Dreamland (waterfront destination) and Monas and National Museum (historical sites).
Is an all day international dining offering a scrumptious line-up for buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Be amazed by the restaurant's live cooking shows and the freshness of its products. Popular dishes are available via a la carte.
The Bunk offers an interactive and cozy space to chill-out. Let our friendly staff pamper you with our fine range of wines, cocktails and tapas sized bites. The signature Bloody Mary is simply addictive.
We have been staying in this hotel since it was open and undeniably their standards have been maintained. Quality of service is exceptional! I would like to personally thank Fikan for the wonderful arrangement and excellent service. Also thanks to Arief housekeeping for past 6 days keeping my room clean and tidy whenever I returned. Great asset to the hotel!
Great hotel and great staff, good location, excellent breakfast.
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Everything in this hotel were nice. Room were clean, excellent Breakfast with lots of varieties, everything were working properly.
My first stay at Pullman Central Park was a great experience. I'm impressed with their warm hospitality and prompt service. It's clean and well-maintained. It's also friendly environment for a family stay.
I could have rated 9 or 10 but I guess it is difficult for anyone to do so when your lower ranked colleague was given a complimentary upgrade to executive floor but not you.
It was good, but not to an international chain 5 stars.
Great customer service from start to end. Although the room I got had a leaky sink but it was fixed promptly. One improvement I hope is the breakfast spread which was not really to my liking as I felt it was too salty for my taste. Quite dissapointed on the sashimi which I think was not really prepared well.
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The hotel is located within the centre of the city. Near shopping malls and nice food places. Hotel ambiance is great, rooms are very clean, and accommodating staff.
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Karma-formed States and Personal Freedom
by Dr. Stephen Ruppenthal, The Buddhist Channel, Aug 2, 2007
Millions of people the world over believe in karma. The law of karma states that as we sow, so shall we reap: everything we do, say, or even think has consequences, good or bad, and sooner or later, these consequences will come back to us. The question is, is karma fatalistic and set in stone, or is there something we can actually do about it?
First of all, karma isn't negative and judgmental. Traditional religions declare that some god will punish or reward us for our actions, bad or good. But in the law of karma, there is no one judging or punishing us for harmful actions, nor is there any outside God to reward us for good works. Instead, reward and punishment issue from the self-fulfilling law of karma, which operates as surely in the spiritual sphere as Newton's "what goes up, must come down" operates in space. And it leaves the future entirely up to us.
Like any physical law, karma operates everywhere and at every moment. It is totally impersonal, requiring no agency except ourselves. For any action to produce karma, it must be accompanied by a conscious will, which presupposes the capacity of free choice.
We decide whether or not to act, wisely or badly, and put the force of our will into whatever we do; it is totally up to us. If a small child hits another child, there is probably no karmic residue, because he or she is still innocent and does not fully acquiesce in the action as an adult would have to; they may be playing happily with the same child minutes later.
When an adult says angry, hurtful words to someone, the will is an accomplice, and the action will bear karmic fruit. When thinking of this power of what we will and sign onto, I always remember the words of the psychologist John Bradshaw, who calls the human will "an intensity of desire raised to the level of action" (Healing the Shame that Binds You, p. 22).
That adult who erupted in anger, then, has poured will and desire into the action. So whether it be minutes, days, or years later, they will karmically receive angry words back from someone else. The karma must return in kind, whether good or bad, even though it may take time for the right circumstances to come around.
If, then, such a large part of our experience is simply the mechanical return of the karma our previous actions have accumulated, how can we influence our own karma? Are we destined, say, to be in an accident or suffer a grievous separation from a loved one, because of a previous action, or can we do something to prevent it?
This question leads to the subject of karma-formed states, called samskara by Hindus and Buddhists. A samskara is not just one action and its karmic return, but a mental inclination to act in a certain way. The reason Buddhists caution us against falling into wrong actions—and exhort us to repeat good ones—is that such habits cut a track in consciousness upon which future actions are likely to run. The Buddhist sage Han Shan says
Anger is fire in the mind
Burning up the forest of your merits and blessings.
If you want to walk in the path of the bodhisattvas,
Endure insults and guard your mind against anger.
The message is, if you want to change your karma, change yourself at the most fundamentally deep level that is accessible. This means change at the level of samskaras, in this case, of proneness to anger. Neuroscientist Candace Pert says the same thing in the language of science: if we continue to commit a mistake—say an outburst of anger—then each repetition releases certain peptides that dock on the receptors of our cells.
With the all but automatic habitual actions, these same peptides habitually dock to our receptors, and it becomes harder for the peptides of other emotions, like compassion or love, to find place there. So anger, as well as other emotional addictions becomes part of our character, propelling us to perform karmically harmful actions. In fact, Pert's findings come very close to what Buddhists mean by a samskara: a habit of thinking which karmically locks us into patterns of behavior over which we have less and less control with every succeeding repetition.
With a samskara like anger, karma acts on the individual not just in his or her external environment, but also from within. An anger-prone individual may get anger returned to him by other individuals, but they may also suffer karmic harm within: increased anxiety, risk of heart disease, or other behavior-aggravated ailments, the turmoil of a mind not yet under control. Those who stand up to their addictions, whether to anger or other harmful emotional addictions, change themselves at the very level of the cell. And that is the level at which karma applies and operates.
In a very real way, we are what our karmic samskaras are. As the network of choice-pathways in us, they are the legacy of all our previous choices. Again using Pert's language, it's easiest to follow the worn path of stimulus and response, to react reflexively to the emotional peptides that have already hogged all the room on our cells; so the harmful samskaras, those of emotional addictions that sap our self-control, are always the easiest to form and get trapped in. Evil in Buddhism thus becomes a question not of judgment from the outside, but of how a person becomes prone to harmful, addictive action and what new course can set his or her situation right.
The wonderful thing about this teaching is, it puts our destiny in our own hands. It is possible to reroute the future course of karma by getting control over our samskaras. They are ours, no one else's. So work we do on ourselves can have profound consequences—physically, emotionally and spiritually--not just for ourselves, but for those we love and work with every day. For it is our samskaras draw and suck in the types of experiences that will feed them. That is why the most adventurous seekers say, change samskaras, and we can change, even co-create, the kinds of events that happen and the situations we encounter. As the poet Milton says, "The mind is its own place, and of itself can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven."
So do we want to be trapped in the samskaras of anger, insecurity, worry, sadness, self doubt, and continual failure? Or do we want vigor, positivity, and a life worth living every second? The choice is ours! Here is a list of behaviors to target, whether you do this work on yourself through a twelve step program, with a therapist, or in your own program of self-growth:
* anger
* fear
* victimization
* insecurity
* self doubt
* procrastination
* frustration
* infidelity
* insensitivity
* greed
* addictions to emotions or substances
I would also recommend memorizing and using in meditation selected inspirational passages that address at the deepest level those samskaras we wish to alter. It helps greatly to have such an inspiriational practice, doing the hard work to change our karma.
Dr. Stephen Ruppenthal is the author of The Path of Direct Awakening: Passages for Meditation. He is also the co-author of Eknath Easwaran's edition of The Dhammapada and the author of Keats and Zen. He has taught meditation and courses on Han Shan at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Dr. Ruppenthal is an international workshop leader in passage meditation and in courses for those looking for end of life spiritual care and for the spiritual step component of twelve step programs. Visit Stephen's work at www.directawakenings.com.


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Bantering with the Blanchards: A Tasty Q&A with Anguilla's Celebrated Culinary Couple
Widely celebrated as a culinary landmark of the Caribbean, Blanchards Restaurant has been drawing foodies to Anguilla's scenic Meads Bay for 25 years.
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Widely celebrated as a culinary landmark of the Caribbean, Blanchards Restaurant has been drawing foodies to Anguilla's scenic Meads Bay for 25 years. Beyond its flavourful fare and enviable aesthetic, Blanchards has become famous for its story: the restaurant's genesis came after lifetime entrepreneurs Bob and Melinda Blanchard fell in love with Anguilla and decided to create a new life on the island. Wielding the sort of wisdom that can only come from half a century of marriage and decades of business success, the Blanchards have expanded their restaurant with a neighbouring Beach Shack, specializing in casual but no-less-innovative cuisine. We sat down with Bob and Melinda to talk a bit more about their story, the island, and what makes Blanchards tick.
You were both experienced restaurateurs even before coming to Anguilla. What was it that first drew you to the Caribbean?
We first came to Anguilla as tourists in 1985 and it was love at first sight. We had been to many other islands in the region and everything about Anguilla felt different. Most of all, however, what we remember most is that we felt safe and that the people were genuinely warm and welcoming. They were really invested in making sure visitors loved their island, as they did.
Blanchards is a bit of an institution now, but we're assuming it wasn't always smooth sailing. What were some of the challenges you faced in the early days?
Getting food and supplies was a whole different process in the early days. As you can imagine, being on an island does come with some challenges to balance the many benefits.We remember having to go to St. Martin as often as 2-3 times/week to get simple things that we take for granted now. Anguilla was a very different place back in the 80s and early 90s.
It sounds like things on the island have changed since then. What can you say about the growth of Anguilla over the years you've lived there?
The business end of things has gotten much easier. Customs has computers instead of using carbon paper for entries – that was a huge change! Banking is easier and more professional. There are also more expats on the island and everything is busier than when we started. We can't complain about the increased business, but we do feel nostalgic for those quieter, simpler days from time to time.
How would you describe Anguilla to someone who's never been? What is the essence of Anguilla today?
So many people think that all Caribbean islands are the same. They all certainly have palm trees, sunshine and beaches. But, if you're looking for a magical place where the people are kind, the food is great and where you spend your days relaxing instead of casino hopping and fighting the crowds at duty-free shops, Anguilla is the perfect destination.
Let's talk about the famous beachside restaurant that bears your names! What would you say is the culinary or personal philosophy behind Blanchards?
We don't fuss over our food like some trained chefs. I never went to culinary school and in fact, majored in social work and minored in theatre. Our food is fresh, uncomplicated and always full of flavour. However, we tend to pay as much attention to the entire dining experience as we do to the food. Food is only part of the whole package. Our goal is to create memories for each and every guest at both the restaurant and the Beach Shack, and that takes a lot more than just creating a good menu.
What is one of your favourite menu items from either Blanchards or the Beach Shack?
It's hard to narrow it down but we both love the Red Curry Mussels at Blanchards and the Kale Salad with Warm Goat Cheese at the Beach Shack.
What do you two do on your days off? Do you ever decide to leave paradise and travel abroad?
Days off? Are you kidding? Haven't had one in years! Just because we're closed on Sundays doesn't mean there's no work to do. If we do take a trip, it's either to Santa Fe to visit our grandchildren or to France, where we source most of our wine.
If you had to do it over again, what would you change?
Here is a delicious recipe for Blanchards Coconut Curried Chicken that you can try at home!


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The Good Witch's Destiny is a 2013 Canadian-American television film and Hallmark Channel original movie written by Annie Young Frisbie and directed by Craig Pryce. The film stars Catherine Bell, Chris Potter, Hannah Endicott-Douglas, Matthew Knight, Peter MacNeill, Catherine Disher, Robin Dunne, and Elizabeth Lennie. Destiny is the sixth film in the Good Witch film series. The film premiered on Hallmark Channel October 26, 2013.

Plot
Cassie Nightingale's (Catherine Bell) birthday is drawing nearer. She tells her husband, Middleton Police Chief Jake Russell (Chris Potter), that she wants a party with all her friends and family attending. Jake's grown children, Brandon (Matthew Knight) and Lori (Hannah Endicott-Douglas), will both graduate soon, and Cassie believes this to be the last time everyone will be together.

Jake's father-in-law, George (Peter MacNeill), and George's new wife, Gwen (Elizabeth Lennie), wish to throw Cassie's birthday party at Grey House, the bed and breakfast where they live, but the property has already been reserved for that night. Later, Gwen is shocked to see her estranged son Drew (Robin Dunne), who is in town to conduct business and to plan his wedding. She loves him, but is unhappy with his inability to take responsibility for his actions.

Cassie's friend Martha Tinsdale (Catherine Disher) complains to Cassie that a recent heat wave is causing a sewage spill to stink up her new wedding planning business. Cassie tries to help, giving her special incense to clear the air, which makes the store smell even worse. Then, Drew cancels his wedding plans because he can't pay for it. A page of a contract that he was supposed to sign went missing in the satchel that Cassie gave him and he instead signed away his product. Both he and Martha blame Cassie for her "help".

Cassie asks her stepdaughter, Lori, who is a journalism student, to return a library book for her. At the library, Lori sees a book with Elizabeth Merriwick, the "Grey Lady" and Cassie's great-aunt, on the cover. It's the same image as the portrait in Cassie and Jake's living room. Intrigued, Lori reads the book to discover the Grey Lady and Cassie share the same birthday, which is also the day the Grey Lady disappeared, leading people to believe she was abducted. Lori then finds Merriwick's diary in a hidden room of the Grey House. Numerous parallels arise between the dated journal entries and current events, including the heat wave and now a mysterious fire that has broken out in Cassie's store, Bell, Book & Candle, damaging it and the surrounding buildings. Lori worries Cassie might be cursed.

Back at the Russells', Mia then discovers the Grey Lady painting has ripped and takes it home to begin restoring it, using her art major skills. Brandon and new girlfriend Tara (Ashley Leggat) decide to elope, but rush home when Cassie suddenly faints from dehydration. After making threatening remarks to Cassie, Drew is arrested on suspicion of her store's arson. Gwen doesn't believe her son set the fire and bails him out with the money they were planning to use for Cassie's now cancelled party.

The morning of Cassie's birthday arrives and Mia returns the restored painting to Cassie. Drew menacingly approaches Cassie during her walk, but she advises him on relationships and personal responsibility. Two hours later, however, she has still not returned home. A worried Jake also discovers the restored Grey Lady painting is missing.

A search for Cassie begins. It appears someone has broken into the Grey House and might still be there. Jake, Brandon, Lori, George and Gwen carefully enter the dark house, where they see Cassie dressed up. She leads the group to the backyard, which she has decorated for her birthday in a Halloween/harvest theme, complete with costumes for everyone. She planned her own party, but it was most important for her family and friends to arrive together.

Lori gives Cassie an old book written by Edward Whymark, a pseudonym for Elizabeth Merriwick, who wasn't abducted—she ran away to Texas with sweetheart Andrew Whymark and reinvented herself, living a long and fruitful life. Cassie congratulates Lori on her detective skills and knows she will do great on her journalism project. A masked Drew arrives with the stolen Grey Lady portrait, which he had appraised at the local museum. He tells Mia the museum liked her restoration work so much they want to hire her. Drew also makes peace with his mother, giving credit to Cassie for helping him realize his responsibilities. Meanwhile, it's revealed that a painter's rag, dropped in a cardboard box filled with paper, caused the fire at Cassie's store, not Drew. Brandon and Tara announce they still plan on getting married, but in two years time. Jake is thrilled and dances with Cassie, who is content among her party guests.

Cast
 Catherine Bell as Mayor Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale
 Chris Potter as Chief Jake Russell
 Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Lori Russell
 Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell
 Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan
 Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale
 Robin Dunne as Drew
 Elizabeth Lennie as Gwen
 Noah Cappe as Deputy Derek Sanders
 Dani Kind as Mia
 Ashley Leggat as Tara
 Kate Todd as Helen
 Lisa Ryder as Alicia Quince

Reception

Ratings
In its original airing, The Good Witch's Destiny was watched by 2.82 million viewers. It was Hallmark Channel's most watched original movie to date for 2013 among the network's core demographic, women aged 25–54.

Critical reception
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media, which informs parents about media choices for their children, gave Destiny a four-star rating out of five, stating, "There are a few tense moments when a character's fate is unknown, but it's quickly resolved and holds no real scares". She added, "This story's meandering pace might be a hard sell for tweens, but if you can get yours to watch with you, you'll find all kinds of talking points about relationships, overcoming challenges, and the value of strong family bonds".

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Company Gets Back Up With Help
By: eWeek Editors | October 01, 2001
Thor Technologies was about as close to the destruction that enveloped lower Manhattan on Sept. 11 as any company whose workers are all still alive to talk about it.
Suite 8707, as in the 87th floor in Tower 1 of the World Trade Center, belonged to the 45-member staff of Thor, a 10-year-old security software company. Only four employees were at their desks that morning, and they all made it out of the building safely.
"Our office was facing the northeast and when the plane hit, it was like a bomb or an earthquake," director of marketing Christine Gillies remembers. "Half the ceiling in our office came down and the fire started immediately."
Early the next morning, CEO Brian Young began deploying the companys IT disaster recovery programs, after confirming the safety of all Thor employees. "I think the only reason we were so gung ho to rebuild was no one was injured," Young said.
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The companys entire data center was in Tower 1 and its backup systems were in a nearby building. "Our off-site [backup] was in close proximity so it didnt do much good," Young said. "Obviously, we had some disaster recovery plans but they didnt encompass the total destruction of the World Trade Center."
After acquiring temporary office space in midtown Manhattan, John Aisien, Thors vice president of business development, began calling vendors to purchase servers and workstations to replace the $2 million in IT infrastructure the company lost.
Aisien and Young were overwhelmed by vendor support, especially from Compaq Computer, which offered 80 percent discounts; similar discounts came from Check Point Software Technologies, Dell Computer, IBM and Sun Microsystems.
At the time of the disaster, Young was in Tucson, Ariz., at an interoperability conference with competitors Access360, Business Layers, Novell and Waveset Technologies. Within hours, representatives from all those companies offered Thor assistance, and insurer Atlantic Mutual cut a check for expenses a few days later. Thor was up and running in a week.
"Although its a horrible tragedy, it kind of restores your faith in humanity," Young said.
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Counterfeits evolve from dangerous crap to Trojan horses.
By Paul Studebaker
As an engineer, I suppose I'm especially incensed by counterfeit engineered components. I've devoted much of my life to avoiding having to interact with and trust people, so I love the notion that you can write a specification and the object of your desire will arrive on the dock, ready to bring you joy and satisfaction. Or you can walk into an auto parts or electrical supply store, buy the brand you know, and install its inherent goodness with full confidence it will perform perfectly throughout its expected service life.
I first encountered counterfeits as nuts and bolts in the 1990s, when Chinese look-alikes invaded the market for high-spec fasteners, including those for nuclear reactors. It's one thing when crap looks like crap; it's cheap and good enough. But I was offended by people who would mark and market crap as good stuff, and casually threaten the world with nuclear disaster.
I've since been amazed by the effort some folks would go to to make fake Square D circuit breakers, and NGK and Denso spark plugs. For these, they had to fabricate sophisticated components, assemble them well enough to seem to work, put them in carefully reproduced packaging, and sneak them into the supply chain. All that has turned out to not be a challenge for counterfeiters, whose consciences are apparently not bothered by destroying engines and burning down buildings when their components work as designed.
I guess they hate the folks they dupe. To avoid being one of them, you can try to discern counterfeits by studying the small details—usually in packaging or marking or serial numbers—that distinguish them from the real thing. But the best way is to get components from well-known, trusted, local and reliable suppliers.
The traditional counterfeiter's profit comes from stealing the value of a brand, whether it's the markings on a bolt or the reputation of a trusted manufacturer, by putting it on an inferior product and passing it off as the real thing.
The latest example is Yokogawa, which recently warned users about counterfeit field instruments bearing its brand that are "nearly indistinguishable, with a semblance of functionality and interface that mimics our product. A thorough investigation has confirmed that these counterfeit instruments are being produced by unauthorized manufacturers in China who have gone to great lengths to imitate Yokogawa products.
"Performance test results show that they are severely inferior in quality and performance, and they pose a serious safety risk. It's important to note that these counterfeit instruments carry tagging that indicates they are conformant, but they are not conformant for use in ExD and other hazardous areas. They also do not meet the stringent engineering and manufacturing requirements observed by FM and other regulatory bodies."
My usual umbrage at counterfeits was piqued by a call from Joe Weiss, who recently pointed out in his "Unfettered" blog, "Counterfeit transmitters can be a common-cause failure mechanism, which is very dangerous. Moreover, they can be preprogrammed, defeating any cybersecurity program. Consequently, there is a need to have a program to identify counterfeit devices before they're installed as well as after, in case they get through the screening process."
So, along with going to significant lengths to violate the human social contract and subject unknown numbers of people to uncalculated tragedy, counterfeiters can now also be inspired by the same motivations that drive hackers and cyberterrorists. They're good at their trade, which means virtually everything you specify and buy might be produced in counterfeit versions that are at least inferior, possibly dangerous and may be Trojan horses for the darkest of dark forces.
To avoid them, you have to know who you're buying from and have confidence they know the sources of their wares, right down to the chips.
In other words, you have to get to know, deal with and trust people. Rats.
About the author: Paul Studebaker
Paul Studebaker is chief editor of Control. He earned a master's degree in metallurgical engineering and gathered 12 years experience in manufacturing before becoming an award-winning writer and editor for publications including Control and Plant Services. Paul can be contacted at pstudebaker@putman.net.
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