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Experts say increasing numbers of children are showing up in doctors offices insisting they were born into the body of the wrong sex. "We're seeing it all across the state," said Dr Daniel Reirden, a Colorado Children's Hospital physician, who said his referrals "went up 200-fold" after he spoke on the issue of children and gender-identity disorder at a recent conference.
Described as "gender-variant," these children typically begin to demonstrate.
Coy Mathis, a six-year-old child, was banned from using the girls' bathroom at her Fountain school because she is biologically male. Coy was banned from using the girls' bathroom at her school because she is biologically male.
Sometimes, it's typical preschool curiosity. But for other kids, it's the beginning of a life out of the ordinary, challenging societal expectations of what defines their gender.
"In many rural communities, or places with less metropolitan areas, a lot of times kids will know something is different about them, and they identify this way, but there is social pressure to be your birth gender," Reirden said.
Some adults who grew up in the '50s and '60s felt this way but never talked about it, said Karen Scarpella, programme director for the Gender Identity Center of Colorado.
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"There are all these adults who say, 'I knew when I was three or four, but I couldn't tell anyone. That was made very clear to me.' But now we're in a society that allows more gender-bending, and we can express ourselves more," Scarpella said.
Sex is assigned at birth according to biological status, but gender deals with the roles, behaviours, activities and expressions that society deems appropriate for males and females.
Children who are gender nonconforming are not considered to have mental disorders unless they experience great distress and discomfort at being unable to express who they believe they are.
As the general public becomes more aware of the issue through stories about kids such as Coy, the scientific community is also starting to expand its research into life cycles of transgender people to include children.
In 2009, the Endocrine Society released evidence-based medical guidelines for endocrine treatment of people with gender-identity disorder, including children.
In 2010, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health released its standards of care that for the first time included children.
Because the field is so new, especially regarding children, "It's not without controversy," said Reirden. "Even within the psychological community, there are people on both sides of the camp."
There are two basic models of treatment. One advocates allowing the child to express cross-gender identity, which is what medical doctors and therapists recommended for Coy Mathis, the other advises conditioning the child to fit the gender norm.
There are only a few clinics in the U.S. that specialize in gender-identity disorder in children, and the leader is the Gender Management Service Clinic at Boston Children's Hospital, founded by pediatric endocrinologist Norman Spack.
Last year the medical journal Pediatrics published the first U.S. study of children and teens with gender-identity disorder, based on 97 patients of the clinic.
More than 44 per cent described experiencing gender dysphoria — the feeling of a mismatch between biological sex and gender identity — or cross-gender behaviour in preschool years.
The study found that gender-dysphoric children who did not receive counseling are at higher risk for behavioural and emotional problems.
In Denver, parents of gender- dysphoric children usually find their way to Reirden or clinical psychologist Sarah Burgamy, who specialises in working with gender-variant children and their families.
"It's important for people like us to collaborate because this is a medical issue and an emotional-psychological issue," Reirden said. "I don't view it as psychopathology. That generally comes about because families refuse to offer support, or society doesn't allow the child to express as the preferred gender."
When a parent shows up in Burgamy's office with a gender-dysphoric child, she usually advises a wait-and-see approach, because research shows that young children can be gender-fluid. In most children, gender dysphoria will disappear around the age of puberty or before.
"I tell the parents, let's give the child some room to tell us who they are," she said. "But that can be a tricky thing, because in practical life, it's a gendered society — sports, bathrooms, changing rooms, even boys' and girls' birthday parties."
Reirden knows of families who work with their children to transition in steps. They go to school as their biological sex, he said, "but come home to a safe and supportive environment where they can express their perceived gender."
Children who are insistent about being cross-gender for a sustained period of time, he said, "are probably not likely to change by the time of late childhood and pre-adolescence."
Coy Mathis seems to be one of those children.
Her mother, Kathryn Mathis, recalls that as early as 18 months, Coy loved dresses and tutus. By age two, she refused to leave the house dressed as a boy.
"Ever since she was able to talk, she expressed to us that she was a girl, not a boy," said Kathryn Mathis.
As a triplet, Coy has a brother and a sister, so the Mathis parents were able to watch one boy develop a male gender identity, while the other became ever more insistent about being female.
Coy started kindergarten as a boy but soon became unhappy when classmates treated her like a boy. Being made to stand in the boys' line made her cry.
Doctors diagnosed her with gender-identity disorder. After a few months in kindergarten, Coy's parents consulted with therapists and began to help her make the social transition from boy to girl.
"When the transition happened, some kids asked what happened, that Coy was a boy and is now a girl," said Kathryn Mathis. "The teacher said, 'Coy is a girl, and that's it.' Kids at that age are very accepting."
Officials in Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 ruled Coy would have to use the boys' bathroom at Eagleside Elementary, or the staff or health-room restrooms. Her parents filed a complaint with the state Civil Rights Division.
The Mathises have no second thoughts about their decision to allow Coy to express herself.
"When she was able to be a girl," said Kathryn Mathis, "she blossomed."
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The honors follow having received multiple awards during each of the past several years, including being named the top chapter during the national conference in 2010. There's a five-year wait before the chapter will be eligible to be considered for the top award again.
The awards program recognized activities during the 2011-12 school year. Hope received a "Golden Torch Award" and 17 "Project Excellence" awards. The conference was held on Friday-Sunday, July 20-22, in Chicago, Ill.
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The Hope chapter had 35 members during the 2011-12 school year, and the president was Marc Tori, a 2012 graduate from Pinckney. The chapter pursued more than 28 service and fund-raising projects during the 2011-12 school year.
The Alcor chapter was co-advised during 2011-12 by Martie Bultman, who is the wife of Hope College President James E. Bultman, and Dr. Dianne Portfleet, who is an associate professor of English. Portfleet, who received a national "Excellence in Advising" award during the 2007 event, made two presentations during this year's conference.
Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service, and provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to college and universities, and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community. Since its founding in 1918, the organization has grown from the four founding chapters to 229 collegiate chapters with nearly 250,000 initiated members across the nation.
The Alcor chapter has existed at Hope since the 1936-37 academic year, although it did not become part of the national Mortar Board organization until 1961.
Portfleet is co-advising the chapter during the 2012-13 school year with Robert Pocock, adjunct associate professor of communication. Portfleet and Pocock both attended the conference on behalf of Hope along with senior Elizabeth Bilquist of St. Charles, Ill., who is the chapter's treasurer this year; and senior Katherine Genzink of Holland, who is the chapter's president this year.


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While jacarandas are a popular street tree in many cities and towns here in Australia and also overseas (eg, Pretoria in South Africa), tibouchinas are not used so often in this way, but about two suburbs away from me there is one street lined with tibouchinas, and this is how it looked this morning. It's no wonder Pammy likes these plants, but we just don't have space for even one extra 4 metre tall tree. And then I worked on an article in our magazine about the new dwarf tibouchinas, and when Pam saw little 'Groovy Baby', that was it. We were getting one.
This is such a new release that it's only coming out in limited numbers this autumn, and more are scheduled to be produced in time for next spring. In fact, none of our local nurseries had even heard of it, but I tracked down the supplier, spoke to the sales guy, gave his details to our local nursery, waited two weeks, paid $10.95 for it on Thursday, and I planted it today.
'Groovy Baby' promises to grow just 60cm (two feet) tall and 80cm wide, but I don't trust or believe plant labels, and so I am hoping it might even stretch to 80cm tall and 1m wide if I look after it very well. There are other dwarf tibouchinas around here in Australia, such as 'Jules' which reaches about 1 metre tall (but often exceeds that) and the new Jazzie and Carol Lyn, both of which are a bit larger than Jules (about 1.5 to 2m). All of them would be too big for the spot I have available.
Planting was easy, but I do have one or two little planting tips for shrubs which might be useful to someone about to plant a shrub or tree.
Having managed all that, I watered the plant in well with a watering can mixture of a seaweed solution (in this case, Seasol), then I mulched the whole area. I won't be feeding the plant at all until it shows some signs of growth. At that point I'll give it some slow-release fertiliser. It has a few flower buds on it, so we're hoping for a early splotch or two of purple from our little 'Groovy Baby'.
And right now, when I say 'little' I mean teeny weeny. When it grows up it's going to fill that space, and so my job will be to regularly trim back the ever-encroaching grevillea on the left, and the thyme motherlode that's just barely visible on the right, to give Groovy Baby the space to get going.


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Recently, the Economist highlighted the shift from government funded models to private funded models for R & D. As we know, R&D serves as the font of new ideas and leads to mass transformation of industries. Concepts such as the internet and satellite communications resulted in part from publicly funded R&D.
This is a real change for leading corporations. This puts more pressure on manufacturing companies to find and leverage key technologies to deliver new products and compete. Most manufacturing companies focus on core capabilities. They typically licensed or purchased technologies that enabled continued operation. But these were not partnerships. This could be very effective for a 'fast follower' company. Innovative companies have typically used a range of R & D funding sources, especially internal, to fuel innovation.
But the rules are changing! New industries are emerging that require a new strategic approach to R&D and innovation. Companies that do not adapt will be disrupted.
Unmanned transport is great example of a rapidly emerging market requiring new R&D and innovation. As an example, unmanned aircraft will be deployed for a wide range of new purposes related to safety and communications in the near future. There are key requirements for success such as connecting with augmented reality, connecting outside with other aircraft, connecting to the cloud for a range of service needs, and connecting to a range of mobile devices.
When you look at the companies participating, you realize the requirements for a wide range of technologies and providers. These include augmented reality, guidance technology, low latency networking and service provider and many others. So, no single company can do this alone. Finding partners is critical to success.
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The aviation industry is using IPAD's to augment pilots, as well as Wi-Fi for passengers, hence BYOD. That is only the surface changes for aviation. As the aviation industry continues a large scale overhaul of fleet and ground equipment, there will be a new range of applications that augment aircraft control, communications and services. These in turn will require new capabilities for low latency networks, cellular, Wi-Fi and other communications technology. So we see the need to add partners from the networking equipment and service provider space.
In future blogs, I will discuss applications in other industries such as agriculture, mining and transportation.
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Stratigraphy is the scientific study of geological history. It originated about 200 years ago with the work of an English engineer named William Smith. Smith saw the same layers of fossil-bearing rock as he surveyed different parts of England. He drafted stratigraphic maps from which he could predict accurately the location of undiscovered coal beds, because he knew which rocks overlay known coal beds elsewhere in England.
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In North Rhine-Westphalia, Übach-Palenberg the police after an unknown youth was on Tuesday afternoon, compared to a nine-year-old girl sexually grip. Accordingly, the child was playing on a Playground, when a young man approached and led to a mound of dirt. There, the young people should have stripped the girl.
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Munich: police stops driving school – driving instructor on drugs
During a routine control, the police in Munich have pulled a driving instructor. The officers found the 40-Year-old initially glassy and red eyes, and assumed, therefore, that the man navigated his driving students under the influence of a drug through the streets of the Bavarian capital Navi. The locally made drug-test confirmed this suspicion. The police announced, has been canceled, then the hour's drive. The rider was allowed to go home. The due blood test should confirm the results of the quick tests that threaten his driving instructor, a driving ban, two points in Flensburg and a fine of 500 euros. Maybe the man loses even his driving instructor permission.
Pulheim: Drunk driver falls asleep in front of traffic light, a
In North Rhine-Westphalia, Pulheim is asleep, a motorist in front of a traffic light. As the police reported on Wednesday, the 49-Year-old three per thousand in the blood. A witness stopped around 8.30 am on Tuesday morning behind the vehicle of the man. But when the light turned Green, drove off the car in front of him. When he got out, and ran to the car, he noted that the driver sat asleep behind the wheel. An ambulance took him to a hospital, where a blood sample. The police secured the license and launched a criminal case.
Rostock: Baby skeleton in the flower pot found
In Rostock (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) has found the police in the case of a 27-year-old woman is the skeleton of a newborn baby in a flower pot. When the Baby died and what was the exact cause of death is yet determined, said the spokesman for the Rostock office of the public Prosecutor, Harald Nowack, on Wednesday. So far there is no evidence of a homicide.
The investigators had received a note from a loved one that the woman kept a dead-born child in her apartment. The apartment in a multi family home was at 16. February searches. In an earth filled flower pot, officials found a small skeleton. Forensic scientists have found out that it is the bone of a newborn baby.
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Such discussions have also likely cropped up between the respective communities of the sister-cities Buffalo and Dortmund, situated in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia – especially as the poems final lines refer to a gravestone in which cut in the marble in letters of gold; The citys debt of thanks is told. Over the decades, many Germans have scoured Buffalo in vain search of the monument. That is, until authorities in the two cities agreed to mark the 20th anniversary of their partnership with a special gesture. In 1997, at the Erie Basin Marina, right at the waters edge, a bronze plaque was unveiled with an English translation of the poem and explanations of its historical context.
In all of Fontanes works, the John Maynard ballad is the sole prominent reference to the United States – then still a faraway land. In German literature, Fontane primarily remains associated with Prussian history and his love of Brandenburg, which he preserved for posterity in Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Walks through Brandenburg), a literary travelogue of his local excursions. Hardly any town in todays Brandenburg, no matter how insignificant, has an identity that omits at least a passing mention to Fontanes travels. This anniversary year is a rare opportunity for even the tiniest hamlets to draw outside attention by citing its reference in Fontanes Wanderungen.
Not unlike Buffalo, one Brandenburg village has become identified with a Fontane ballad that, if anything, is even more famous in German than John Maynard. In 1889s The Squire von Ribbeck at Ribbeck in Havelland, Fontane tells the story of a generous lord of a manor who orders that he be buried holding a pear, which would then grow into a magnificent pear tree. Throughout his life, the good squire had enjoyed handing out ripe pears to the children in his village, and thus the tradition could continue after his passing. Over the years, as in Buffalo, readers flocked to the village of Ribbeck in search of the poems traces, and the legendary pear tree in particular. But only a stump was left of the 19th-century original. In the year 2000, a new pear tree was then planted in front of the village church. Fontane lovers can now find – in Ribbeck and in Buffalo – a tangible link to the literary locations that once sent their imaginations soaring.
Who is John Maynard?John Maynard, he was our helmsman whoHeld out 'till he brought us safely through,Saved us and wears a heros crown above,For us he died, and his reward our love,John Maynard.
Across Lake Erie the Swallow wings,Foam like snow the ships bow rings.Detroit to Buffalo she makes her wayAll hearts aboard feel free and gayAnd passengers with kith and kinCan see the shore in the twilight dimAnd chattering to John Maynard sayHelmsman, how much further away?He looks ahead, then around and explains,
Still thirty minutes… half an hour remains.
Every heart is cheerful and every heart feels freeWhen from below a cry suddenly:Fire! was the awful shoutAs smoke from cabin and hatch poured out,First smoke, then flames, a blazing glow,
And still twenty minutes to Buffalo.
And passengers crowd around the bow,The colorful mass pressed together now;At the bowsprit theres still air and lightBut at the helm the smokes grip is tight;A moan is heard, Where are we? Do you know?
And still fifteen minutes to Buffalo.
The wind increases but the smoke cloud stays.Towards the helm the captain turns his gazeHe can discern his helmsman no moreBut through the speaking tube implores:Still there, John Maynard? Yes, sir. I am.Head to the beach! Into the surf!Yes, sir. Ill ram.And the people cheer on: Please dont let go!
And still ten minutes to Buffalo.
Still there, John Maynard? Then this replyWith a dying mans voice. Yes, sir. Ill try.And into the surf, amid rocks and stone,He guides the Swallow steering alone.Should rescue come it will only come so,Rescue: the beach of Buffalo.
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These regions — in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony — should also get federal subsidies totaling 40 billion euros (45.6 billion dollars) in the next twenty years.
"New jobs will be created through structural measures in the coal mining regions," Pofalla said. "We will keep up secure and affordable energy supply and the agreement will lead to sustainable climate protection in Germany."
Germany is committed to an "energy transition" that involves replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources such as solar and wind power. While the country has made great strides in that direction — renewables beat coal for the first time last year — removing coal from the power equation entirely is a major challenge.
The reduction in coal will have to be compensated by an increase in renewable power sources and — at least in the interim — from burning more natural gas, which emits about half the amount of greenhouse gases as coal.
Greenpeace, which wants all coal plants shut down by 2030, welcomed that "Germany finally has a timetable how the country can become coal-free" but said the measures were not ambitious and fast enough.
"The speed is wrong," said Martin Kaiser, the head of Greenpeace. "Exiting coal by the year 2038 only is inacceptable."
The country's environmental groups welcomed the commission's recommendation that Hambach Forest in western Germany, an ancient woodland that became a flashpoint of anti-coal protests last year, should be saved.
Energy company RWE's plans to cut down half of the Hambach Forest to expand a lignite strip mine had seen protesters camping out in the trees for months to block workers from cutting them.
An opinion poll released by public broadcaster ZDF found that 73 percent of Germans agree a quick exit from coal is very important. The telephone poll of 1,285 people, conducted Jan. 22-24, had a margin of error of about three percentage points.
This version corrects the commission's suggested subsidy for affected regions to 40 billion euros, not 40 million euros.
Frank Jordans contributed reporting.
The Conversation
Trump's push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground in California
Updated January 27, 2019
Author: Charles Lester, Researcher, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
Disclosure statement: Charles Lester served as the executive director of the California Coastal Commission from 2011 to 2016.
Partners: University of California provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US.
Fifty years ago, on January 28, 1969, a blowout from Union Oil's Platform A spilled more than 3.2 million gallons of oil into the Santa Barbara Channel. The disaster was a seminal event that helped create the modern environmental movement, and it forever changed the political and legal landscape for offshore oil development in California. No new oil leases have been approved off the California coast since 1984.
Today a large majority of Californians believe that offshore oil development is not worth the risk. Opposition stands at 69 percent, including a majority of coastal Republicans.
The Trump administration is pushing to dramatically expand federal offshore oil and gas production, reigniting a battle 50-year battle with California over this issue. But based on my research and years of experience working with passionate Californians as the executive d...https://www.sunburynews.com/opinion/25027/germany-may-end-coal-use


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Biological Sciences
Research Highlights
July 2012
Unique Protein Fold Flags Potentially Unique Function
Crystal structure of a cyanobacterial protein associated with nitrogen fixation
Crystal structure of DUF269 (3NJ2). The β-sheets at the dimer interface, highlighted in red, form the framework for a solvent-accessible cleft. Enlarge Image
Results: The crystal structure of a protein in a bacterium being studied for its renewable energy potential suggests that the protein's biological function may be unique to a process leading to hydrogen gas production, according to researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. They determined the structure for a protein that falls into a family of proteins with a "Domain of Unknown Function," annotated DUF269, from Cyanothece 51142, a photosynthetic bacterium with a completely different lifestyle in the day and the night.
They found that a solvent-accessible cleft with conserved charged residues at the interface of the asymmetric unit of the crystal (see figure) could be an active site or ligand-binding surface for the protein's biological function. The protein fold observed for the Cyanothece appears to be unique to the DUF269 family of proteins.
Why It Matters: By day Cyanothece 51142 uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into molecular oxygen and glucose, a process called photosynthesis. At night it uses the glucose to convert atmospheric N2 into biologically available ammonia, a process called nitrogen fixation.
Understanding how this single-celled organism regulates photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation may have big dividends for multi-celled organisms such as man because a byproduct of the nitrogen fixation process is hydrogen gas (H2), an appealing source of renewable and green energy. Clues to understanding the process of regulating nitrogen fixation may rest in the 34 genes present in the nitrogen fixation gene collection of Cyanothece. DUF269 is one of these genes, and to date, belongs to a subset of 16 of the 34 gene products in the nitrogen fixation operon whose function is unknown.
Methods: Crystals of cce_0566 were grown at PNNL, harvested, and sent to BNL for X-ray diffraction data collection at the National Synchrotron Light Source. NMR and other biophysical data collected at EMSL confirmed that the biological unit of DUF269 in solution was the same as observed in the asymmetric unit of the crystal, a dimer.
What's Next? Further biochemical experiments are in progress to determine the biological function of this protein with a fold unique to the DUF269 family of proteins.
Acknowledgments: This research was funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research primarily through the EMSL Membrane Biology Grand Challenge. Major portions of the work were performed in EMSL, a national scientific user facility located at PNNL. The research team included Garry Buchko, PNNL, and Howard Robinson, BNL.
Reference: Buchko GW and H Robinson. 2012. "Crystal Structure of cce_0566 from Cyanothece 51142, a Protein Associated with Nitrogen Fixation in the DUF269 Family." FEBS Letters 586(4):350-355. DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.037.


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Debt Adjustment Companies: Should You Trust Their Promises?
The tough economic conditions in our country are putting a strain on numerous Georgia households. Many consumers are weighed down by enormous amounts of debt and are struggling just to keep their heads above water. As a result, companies that promise to help you pay off your debt seem to be sprouting up left and right. These "debt adjustment" companies often make grandiose claims about how they will significantly cut your credit card debt and resolve your money problems. Yet many of these companies are not reputable, and trusting them with your money could end up putting you in even worse financial straits. How do you decide if working with a debt adjustment company is the best course for you to take, and whether a particular company is legitimate or not?
Credit Counseling
Before pursuing debt adjustment, you may want to seek credit counseling. These services, which are often provided by non-profit companies, help consumers to prepare and maintain workable budgets. Credit counseling organizations offer advice on managing money and debt, and may provide free educational materials and seminars. However, their services are not necessarily free, so make sure you understand up front if you are required to pay any fees. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling can help you locate a reputable credit counseling service in your area. You can contact them at 1-800-388-2227 or www.nfcc.org. It's also advisable to check the reputation of the business by seeing whether any complaints have been filed against it with the Better Business Bureau.
Debt Adjustment
Many credit counseling companies also offer debt adjustment services. Debt adjustment is when a company negotiates directly with your creditors to help reduce your monthly payments by lowering your interest rate and reducing or eliminating certain fees and finance charges. You make payments directly to the debt adjustment company, who in turn distributes the money to your creditors.
But beware: Fraudulent debt adjustment companies are popping up overnight. They try to collect as many fees as they can, but never distribute any funds to the consumers' creditors. Then they leave the state and set up shop somewhere else, saddling their unfortunate customers with greater debt and a bad credit rating.
Debt Settlement
Still other companies offer debt settlement services, whereby the company negotiates with your creditors to reduce the amount of debt you owe. These companies often advise consumers to stop making payments to their creditors until a negotiated settlement has been reached, and to instead make payments to the debt settlement company. This scenario is not only illegal in the state of Georgia, it can often worsen a consumer's money problems. First of all, credit card companies are under no obligation to reduce the amount of debt owed. So if you have stopped sending them your monthly minimum payments, and no negotiation is reached, your balance will be greater than it was before – thanks to interest and late fees – and your credit rating could be negatively affected. Again, there are many fraudulent companies who happily accept money from consumers without ever intending to negotiate with creditors. Consumers should also be aware that if a reduced balance is agreed upon, they may owe taxes on the amount the creditor has forgiven. If a company charges exorbitant fees for their services or makes promises that sound too good to be true – such as reducing your debt by 50% – run, don't walk, in the other direction.
Consumers can avoid being scammed by an unscrupulous debt adjustment company by being aware of two significant laws that debt adjustment companies must follow when operating in the state of Georgia:
- All funds that debt adjustment companies accept from consumers (minus authorized fees as described below) must be provided to the consumer's creditors within 30 days of receipt from the consumer. This statutory protection is designed to keep money flowing to creditors, so that consumers will not be assessed late fees and interest, and to protect already vulnerable consumers' credit scores from plummeting further.
- In exchange for their services, debt adjustment companies cannot charge a consumer more than 7.5 percent of the amount the consumer pays for distribution to his or her creditors. That means, no up-front fees or any other additional fees whatsoever. This provision is aimed at protecting already financially-burdened consumers from getting into more debt by outlawing exorbitant fees to companies who are supposed to be getting consumers out of debt.
If a debt adjustment company does not comply with the above requirements then it is in violation of Georgia law. Any company that violates the above provisions will not only be liable for significant civil monetary fines, but the individuals involved in these companies may be personally charged with a criminal misdemeanor. Consumers also have the right to file private legal actions against debt adjustment companies that have violated the above provisions, which can result in a company refunding all fees paid by consumers plus $5,000. A private attorney can assist in filing such an action on your behalf.
If you learn of a debt adjustment company that is in violation of Georgia law, please contact the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs at 404-651-8600 or 800-869-1123.
Finding a reputable debt adjustment company
To help you determine whether or not a debt adjustment company is reputable:
- contact the National Foundation for Credit Counseling at 1-800-388-2227 / www.nfcc.org;
- check with the Better Business Bureau – www.bbb.org – to see if there are any unresolved complaints against the company;
- contact the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs at 404-651-8600 or 800-869-1123 to ensure that the company has filed the necessary audit and insurance documents, as required by Georgia law;
- and make sure the debt adjust company provides all promises, terms and agreements in writing.


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Samsung Core Prime Duos SM-G3608 Full Repair (4 files) Rom Firmware
Download Samsung Origianl (4Files) ficial firmware Stock Rom.Download All samsung Origianl Stock Rom Free & Without Password.Direct Download Link in Google Drive.Download This firmware with flash Tools,Instruction,Manual Guideline
Company Name: Samsung
Firmware Type: Official
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How To flash (update) Original (4Files) firmware (flash file) ?
*Download Samsung Galaxy Original firmware & Extract firmware your Computer
*Download samsung update usb cable Driver
*Extract usb Driver Your Computer
*Install usb Driver Properly
*Open Odin flash tool Update Or Supported Version
*Power Off Your Mobile Phone
*Press Vol-Home key & Power Key,Bring to download mode
*Insert usb cable your phone
*Load your Rom firmware in Odin flash tool from your Computer
*Press Start Button & wait for finish update/flash your mobile
*Disconnect usb cable & Reconnect your Mobile Battery
*Your Mobile Phone Update/flash Complete
Flash your Android phone more easily.
Before flash your Android phone let's have a little discussion about what is flash or what is flashing a custom ROM. Then we will process for how to flash an android phone.
After completing flashing your device, you may need to flash the IMEI. Flashing IMEI can be done by using IMEI tool. Flash the original IMEI when you flash the Android which comes with your phone.
In conclusion, your new shiny new ROM is ready for action. But it's totally empty, no browser or Play Store is in there. Don't bemused seeing the empty ROM. You can download your necessary flash apps or just transfer the necessary files from PC. So, this is all about how to flash your Android phone in an easier way. Hope this will help. For know more about customizing ROM, flash apps both open sourced and closed sourced stay tuned.
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I now use Picasa 3.9 with Google+. Over time, meaning from January 20, 2012 when I wrote this article, I have learned how to send my albums to family and friends using the Google+ program.
I believe what we all wish to do is move forward as technology not only changes, but improves the way we accomplish anything. That is why I am posting this note and sharing how I have moved forward with what I have learned and can share with others.
What I have done is to keep my Google+ subscription because as Google+ stated, at least at one time, that if someone totally unsubscribed to their program, that person would not be able to recreate their subscription using their original information. In Google+ I make al of my settings "To Me" and nothing goes out to the circles I created at first. I then work my way through the options for my albums in Google+ until I come to the option that I can send my photos or album via email addresses. I can send the photos or albums as attachments to an email, or I can email the Google+ link for others to open the photos or albums.
The information below should also still work if you do not wish to see your photos in Picasa upload to Google+ albums.
I have had to work through several problems and processes to possess, retain, and use the best options for my needs to send my online Google Picasa Web Albums to families and friends since upgrading to Picasa Version 3.9 with Google+.
Downgrade from Google+ - Google+ Help
One fundamental principle of Picasa is that it never overwrites original images. This means that any changes applied to images using Picasa are stored only as differences relative to the original file, and only appear within Picasa. To see any changes in other software, the user must Export the images."
At some point, I will probably look for Download Picasa 3.8 Build 117.43 as it was the latest Picasa 3.8 Version that included:
- Fixed importing from scanners.
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Impact Vp: My First Hand Experience
Fund: Impact Venture Partners
Posted by lloydlap on 2007-11-06
After founding Bag Borrow, or Steal, the challenge for us was not so much in getting capitalization, but rather finding the right capital partner. With Impact Venture Partners, led by Adam Dell, we not only found the right partner for our business, but more importantly a capital partner that shared our corporate vision. The added credibility that Impact brought to the table was instrumental in attracting top tier management. A team that we would have otherwise never been able to attract as a capitalized start up alone. Impact remains a critical part of perpetuating our business model, as the company continues to evolve. I would not only recommend them, but would look forward to working with them again if the opportunity presented itself.
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Use only in accordance with instructions on the label. Read the entire label before use, including the LIMITED WARRANTY, TERMS OF SALE, AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY section. If the terms in this section are not acceptable, immediately return unopened product.
Glyphosate 4 is a water soluble liquid that readily mixes with water for application as a foliar spray to control or destroy most herbaceous plants. This product can be applied by using most standard industrial or field-type sprayers after it is diluted and thoroughly mixed with water.
Glyphosate 4 works by moving through the plant from where it contacts the foliage to and into the root system. Within 2 to 4 days, visible effects on most annual weeds are apparent; however, effects may not be visible on most perennial weeds for 7 days or more. Effectiveness and visual effects of this product may be slower if very cool or cloudy weather follows treatment. A gradual wilting and yellowing of the plant will be visible, which then advances to total browning of all aboveground growth and deterioration of underground plant parts.
Unless stated otherwise within the label, application should be delayed until vegetation has emerged and has reached the specific stages described for control of vegetation under the WEEDS CONTROLLED sections of the label. Unemerged plants that arise from unattached underground rhizomes or root stocks of perennials are not affected by Glyphosate 4, and will keep growing. Because of this, treatment should be made at late growth stages (approaching maturity) for best control of the majority of perennial weeds.
Always apply the higher rate of this product per acre within recommended ranges when weed growth is heavy or dense, or, when weeds are growing in a noncultivated, nondisturbed area.
Reduced weed control may result if weeds are treated when drought stress, insect damage, or disease is present. Additionally, if weeds are heavily covered with dust, reduced weed control will result.
Effectiveness may be reduced if applications are made to annual or perennial weeds that have been grazed, mowed or otherwise cut, unless they have been permitted to regrow to their recommended stages for treatment.
If rainfall or irrigation occurs within 6 hours of application, reduced effectiveness may result. Heavy irrigation or rainfall within 2 hours of application may wash off the chemical from foliage. In this case, a repeat treatment may be required.
Glyphosate 4 does not provide residual weed control. Use a label-approved herbicide program if subsequent residual weed control is desired. Users must read and carefully observe all cautionary statements and all other information on labels of all herbicides used.
NOTE: Buyer and users are responsible for all losses or damage resulting from the use and/or handling of mixtures of Glyphosate 4 with herbicides or other materials that are not specifically recommended on this product label. Reduced performance may result if users mix Glyphosate 4 with other herbicides or other products not recommended on the label.
Best results are obtained with uniform and complete spray coverage. However, do not spray weed foliage to the extent of runoff.
DOMESTIC ANIMALS: Glyphosate 4 is considered to be relatively nontoxic to dogs and other domestic animals. Note, however, that ingestion of this product, or of large amounts of vegetation that has been freshly sprayed with this product, may cause temporary gastrointestinal irritation, such as diarrhea, colic, vomiting, etc. If these symptoms are observed, the animal should be given plenty of fluids in order to prevent dehydration. A veterinarian should be contacted in the event symptoms persist for more than 24 hours.
NOTE: Using this product in a manner not consistent with the product label may result in personal injury, injury to animals or crops, or in other unintended consequences.
Do not apply this product through any type of irrigation system.
The following application equipment may be used when applying this product.
By Air: Helicopter and Fixed Wing.
By Broadcast Spray:
Controlled Droplet Applicator (CDA)—Boom mounted or hand held applicators that produce spray with a narrow range of droplet sizes.
Hand-Held and High-Volume Spray Equipment—Pump up pressure sprayers, handguns, mistblowers, handwands, knapsack and backpack sprayers, lances and other hand held and motorized spray equipment used to direct the spray directly onto the weed foliage.
Ground Broadcast Spray—Boom or boomless systems, pull-type sprayer, pick-up sprayers, floaters, spray coupes and other ground broadcast equipment.
Injection Systems—Aerial or ground injection sprayers.
This product is not registered in Arizona or California for application with mistblowers.
Selective Equipment—Wiper applicators, shielded sprayers, and recirculating sprayers (See the label for the specific instructions).
Unless otherwise specified on the label, use Glyphosate 4 in 3 to 15 gallons of water per acre.
For specific Glyphosate 4 rates, review the WEEDS CONTROLLED sections of the label. Do not exceed 1 quart Glyphosate 4 per acre unless otherwise specified. Aerial applications of Glyphosate 4 may be made in preharvest applications, fallow and reduced tillage systems, and annual cropping conventional tillage systems. For recommended volumes and application rates, review the individual use area sections of the label. FOR AERIAL APPLICATION IN ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, OR FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, REFER TO THE "SUPPLEMENTAL USES" SECTION AT THE END OF THE LABEL FOR SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS.
Glyphosate 4 plus dicamba tank mixtures may not be applied by air in California.
For control of those perennial or annual weeds listed on the label, using broadcast equipment. Unless otherwise specified on the label, use the recommended rates of Glyphosate 4 in 3 to 40 gallons of water per acre. Review the WEEDS CONTROLLED sections of the label for specific rate information. As weed density increases, spray volume should increase (within the recommended range) to ensure adequate coverage. Avoid spraying a fine mist by carefully selecting the proper nozzle. Use flat fan nozzles for best results when using ground application equipment. Apply with an even distribution of spray droplets.
This product may be used in aerial or ground injection spray systems. It may be used as a liquid concentrate or diluted prior to injecting into the spray stream. Do not mix this product with the undiluted concentrate of other products when using injection systems unless specifically recommended.
When applying Glyphosate 4 by vehicle mounted CDA equipment, the rate of this product per acre must not be less than the amount recommended on the label when applied by conventional broadcast equipment. For vehicle mounted CDA equipment, use 3 to 15 gallons of water per acre.
To control labeled annual weeds with hand held CDA equipment, apply a 20 percent solution of Glyphosate 4 at a flow rate of 2 fluid ounces per minute and a walking speed of 2.2 feet/second (equivalent to 1 quart per acre). To control labeled perennial weeds, apply a 20 to 40 percent solution of Glyphosate 4 at a flow rate of 2 fluid ounces per minute with a walking speed of 1.1 feet/second (equivalent to 2 to 4 quarts per acre).
The spray pattern of CDA equipment is not easily visible. Exercise extreme care to avoid spray or drift contacting any foliage or green tissue of desirable vegetation. Severe damage or destruction may result.
HAND-HELD and HIGH-VOLUME EQUIPMENT
Use coarse sprays only.
Clean water should be used when mixing this product; then apply to the foliage of vegetation to be controlled. For those applications that are to be made on a spray-to-wet basis, ensure uniform and complete spray coverage. Do not spray product to the point of runoff.
To control annual weeds that are listed on the label, spray a 0.5 percent solution of Glyphosate 4 plus nonionic surfactant to weeds that are smaller than 6 inches in height or runner length. This product should be applied before seedhead formation in grass, or before bud formation in broadleaf weeds. Do not till or mow for at least three days after application, unless otherwise specified.
Unless otherwise specified, for annual weeds over 6 inches tall, or if additional surfactant is not to be used, use a 1 percent solution. On harder to control perennials (such as dock, field bindweed, hemp dogbane, bermudagrass, milkweed and Canada thistle), best results are obtained by using a 2 percent solution.
If using application methods that result in less than total coverage, a 5 percent solution should be used for perennial and annual weeds, and use a 5 to 10 percent solution for trees and woody brush.
To prepare the desired volume of spray solution, mix the proper amount of Glyphosate 4 in water in accordance with the table in the label.
Glyphosate 4 may be applied through a recirculating spray system, a hooded sprayer, a sponge bar, a wiper applicator, or a shielded applicator after dilution and thorough mixing with water. It may be applied to the weeds listed on the label that are growing in any non-crop site specified on the label, but only when specifically recommended in cropping systems.
A recirculating spray system works by directing the spray solution onto those weeds growing above desirable vegetation. Any spray solution not intercepted by the weeds is then collected and returned to the sprayer for reuse.
A shielded applicator works by directing the herbicide solution onto weeds, while at the same time shielding desirable vegetation from the herbicide.
A wiper applicator works by rubbing weeds with an absorbent material that contains the herbicide solution.
If this product comes into contact with desirable vegetation, severe damage or destruction may result. Adjust applicators that are used above desired vegetation to ensure the lowest spray stream or wiper contact point is a minimum of 2 inches above desirable vegetation. Discoloration, stunting or plant destruction may result if mist, foam, droplets, or splatter of the herbicide solution settles on desirable vegetation.
Applications made above the crops should be made when the weeds are a minimum of 6 inches above the desirable vegetation. Better results may be obtained when more of the weed is exposed to the herbicide solution. Weeds not contacted by the herbicide solution will not be affected. This may occur in dense clumps, severe infestations or when the height of the weeds varies so that not all weeds are contacted. In these instances, repeat treatment may be necessary.
When applied as directed herein, Glyphosate 4 suppresses growth and seedhead development of the listed turf species in industrial sites.
Glyphosate 4 may be used for management of coarse turf on roadside rights-of-way or other industrial areas. Do not apply on high-quality turf or other areas where some turf color changes are not acceptable. Slight turf discoloration may result but turf will regreen and regrow under moist conditions as the effects of Glyphosate 4 dissipate.
Mix and apply 4 to 6 fluid ounces of Glyphosate 4 per acre alone or in a recommended tank mixture. Use spray volumes of 10 to 40 gallons per acre.
When using Glyphosate 4, mix and apply 2 quarts of a nonionic surfactant per 100 gallons of spray solution.
Glyphosate 4 can be used for growth and seedhead suppression.
For best results, apply treatment after perennial weeds reach the reproductive stage of growth (seedhead initiation in grasses and bud formation in broadleaves). For use on non-flowering plants, best results are obtained when plants reach a mature stage of growth. In many situations, treatments must be made prior to these growth stages. Under these conditions, use the higher application rate within the recommended range.
When using spray-to-wet treatments by hand-held equipment, thorough coverage is essential.
When using hand-held equipment for low volume directed spot treatments, apply a 5 to 10 percent solution of Glyphosate 4.
Allow a minimum of 7 days after application before tillage, unless otherwise specified.
Alfalfa; Alligatorweed; Bentgrass; Phragmites; Redvine; Spurge, leafy; Sweet potato, wild; Torpedograss; Trumpetcreeper: Partial Control
Refer in the WEEDS CONTROLLED—INDUSTRIAL, TURF, ORNAMENTAL USES section for specific rates to control PERENNIAL WEEDS.


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Roy Smith – Minor Leagues
Dodgertown is now up to full capacity as our minor league camp started its third day of full squad workouts. Farm Director Terry Collins addressed the entire camp on Friday morning and outlined our objectives as an organization. Terry pointed out that not only did our minor league players receive national notice over the winter, six members of our minor league staff are now members of big league staffs. We replaced the coaches with such notable ex-major leaguers as Danny Darwin, Lance Parish, Bill Robinson, Richie Lewis and Mike Easler. Following Terry, Tommy Lasorda spoke for about 20 minutes. It was a fiery speech in which Tommy reminded the players of the Dodger tradition and the importance of giving it your all as only Tommy can. Owner Frank McCourt spoke yesterday and Ned Colletti talked to the players today. As I said, the activity here in Vero is at full blast and it is an exciting time.


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New trends and old friends in network choices
Wireless and Ethernet technologies are taking over today's trendy solutions, but dont count out the classics like the fieldbuses, which remain old favorites that still are in high demand.
HOW DO YOU take yours? Straight up with a twist or with syrup and berries? As we've reported frequently in this magazine, industrial Ethernet and wireless technologies are all the rage. Virtually every new product now comes with an Ethernet port, and enough wireless attachments are available to make any control or instrumentation product a wireless device. It would seem we are heading for a wireless, Ethernet world.
But don't count out other technologies just yet. Established fieldbuses are making giant strides; one of the oldest networks of all—Modbus—is gaining new life; and not everybody is sold on the newest technologies.
As trends emerge more clearly, we usually can find a few early adopters to help define accompanying benefits. Ian Drazin is electrical and instrumentation supervisor at Potlach Corp., which produces coated printing papers, bleached paperboard and private-label tissue products in North Las Vegas, Nev. Drazin says Potlach went wireless four years ago in its warehouse and production area, primarily to control fork trucks, but he couldn't leave well enough alone.
"I began redesigning our DH+ and Ethernet networks, connecting them to a field-mounted Allen-Bradley gateway," says Drazin. "Once complete, I connected the company LAN to the gateway. Now, from my office, I can route communications through the gateway and gain access to my PLC processors. To make it better, I then coerced my IT department to install 802.11b wireless PCMCIA cards in our maintenance laptops. Armed with such a tool, I could connect to the PLC via my laptop's wireless connection and walk up to the equipment I was working on and see input/outputs in real time."
Drazin enjoys many benefits from this system, including wireless Internet access. "Many equipment manufacturers finally are making comprehensive product information available on their websites," he notes. "Maintenance personnel save time if they have immediate access to product drawings, specifications, user manuals, set-up procedures, etc."
Joe Markham, control engineer at biopharmaceutical manufacturer Protein Design Labs, Brooklyn Park, Minn., uses industrial Ethernet in his process development group. "We have a number of PLCs, operator interfaces and PCs connected via Ethernet," he reports. "Ethernet is fast, especially compared to going via serial port out to a KF2 box, and onto DH+. Also, with Ethernet we can leverage the business infrastructure. We have our switches configured, so only selected engineering people can access the control system Ethernet LAN via the business LAN. This lets the engineers connect to the control system components from anywhere, while keeping the LANs isolated."
Engineers with laptops especially benefit. "Laptops all come with Ethernet these days, but none of them come with DH+, Profibus, or any other control LAN technology," he notes. While Drazin enjoys the benefits of wireless, he won't use it for control. "The downsides to wireless networks are security, dead spots, unexplained loss of connection and slower data transfer," he laments. However, he'll continue to use it for the purposes noted above. "Personally, the benefits are so great that I'm willing to put up with the negatives. I also want to mention that wireless technology works surprisingly well even in high RF industrial manufacturing environments."
But that's the limit for him, adds Drazin. "I haven't installed, nor do I plan to install, wireless instrumentation," he states. "Believe me, I have thought about it. The current technology is just not there yet. I relate 802.11b/g to Windows 95. It works but it is unstable and quirky. Perhaps 802.11z will be the ticket."
Markham also has tried wireless. "At a previous job, we used wireless data terminals extensively," he says. "These were basically wireless VT100 terminals with a barcode scanner built in. They interfaced with a custom inventory control app. Very nice for the warehouse people. The only downside was the several thousand-dollar-per-terminal cost for units certified for use in flammable environments, and the fact that they had an average lifetime of about 12 months."
While Markham is willing to try wireless again, he has some reservations. "I don't want anything that's just been introduced," he says. "At that point, nobody knows all the interoperability tricks. The vendor's support people might not even have heard of it yet, firmware problems are notoriously difficult to track down, and promised software updates nearly always ship late—sometimes years late."
A paper mill in Canada recently installed a process control system on a new paper machine. "We wanted to use proven technology," says plant manager [[NAME???]], "so we didn't want to use wireless or Internet technologies for control." His paper machine uses seven different networks, including Ethernet/IP, Foundation fieldbus, Profibus, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Bailey Ring and HART.
The integration of these networks seems to have gone off without a hitch. "We invited the vendors of eight major systems representing five different countries to a customer acceptance test," he says. "We used OPC to connect the PC-based systems and RS-485 to connect the PLC systems."
Traditional networks go together easily because everyone understands them. If you're considering installing a modern network, you may want to consider this: Who will maintain it?
"I have a network with 58 workstations and four servers," reports [[NAME???]] a control engineer at a chemical manufacturer [[NAME??]] in N.J. "The workstations are located in the various control rooms. Because of downsizing, I've been waiting for corporate support for more than six months, since we identified some significant networking problems. Prior to this, I waited for almost a year for the technical support to identify the problems."
If you too rely on your IT department, you may run into the same situation. "Our technical experts, who've spent most of their careers installing office networks, assume that an occasional re-boot to clear an error is acceptable," he says.
While keeping in mind that emerging technological edges can be sharp, maybe even dangerous, let's look at trends in industrial networks (See Figure 1 below).
One way to gauge the success of a technology is to note how many new products use it. While every product now comes with an Ethernet port, many also come with a Modbus port. Similar to the legendary phoenix, Modbus is rising from the ashes of the destruction that killed off many other networks that first saw light in the 1970s.
Why would a clunky network from the Dark Ages of control remain so popular? Bryan Moore, product manager at ABB, says Modbus probably will be around forever. "It doesn't require special electronics, any PC or PLC can run it at the serial port, it's very low cost, and it supports 256 stations," says Moore. "That's a lot, compared to a DeviceNet or Profibus network."
Yes, it's slow. "But that means it can cover long distances," Moore explains.
Yes, it's rudimentary. But it has become a "least common denominator," adds Moore, like the RS-232/serial ASCII connections of the past. "You can always interface to it. Chances are, if you have any old control equipment or instrumentation in the plant, it probably has a Modbus interface."
Jumping from one of the oldest network technologies to the newest, let's look at wireless. Although some users are wary of wireless, it has taken center stage in the industrial networking theater. Sales are still at entry levels for a new technology (about $75 million in 2003), but market researchers predict good times ahead.
Venture Development says the market will grow about 35% annually, reaching $183 million in 2006. Frost & Sullivan projects that wireless sales will quadruple by 2006. A recent IDG. World Expo report goes even further, predicting that the wireless sensing technologies market (including sensors) will be greater than $10 billion by 2010.
Many big vendors are jumping on the wireless wagon. The HART Communication Foundation is adding wireless capability to its HART devices, and all the major control vendors are keeping an eye on what wireless is going to mean to process control and automation.
Gene Chen, product manager at Honeywell says that Honeywell is an executive sponsor of the three main bodies trying to define a wireless industrial standard. These include the Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA), ISA SP100, and ZigBee, a consortium of component-level OEMs. Gene Sierra, wireless marketing manager at Emerson Process Management, says that Emerson is working with HART and ISA.
Hesh Kagan, director of new technology marketing at Invensys Process Systems, says motes (wireless nodes) and mesh networks are coming. "At the low end, wireless sensors use mesh networking with auto-adaptive, self-healing capabilities," says Kagan. "Companies such as Millennial Net and Ember are driving standards-based end nodes, radios on a chip, mesh-networking software, gateways and development environments."
Venture Development says its data agrees. It reports that mesh networks will grow from a miniscule $6 million in 2004 to $25 million in 2007, a growth rate of 60%.
Kagan sees tremendous opportunities for wireless sensors in process applications. "Most process plants today take measurements at only about 10% of the possible points. But if the attachment and sensor costs were low enough, as mote technology promises, you could measure at many more points, giving you a much richer process model with which to work."
The biggest issue in wireless appears to be the lack of a universal standard. Three groups are working on it: WINA, ISA and ZigBee. "Not having a single backbone slows down adoption," says Honeywell's Chen. "Several cases exist where customers spent resources to deploy wireless networks to support tablet PCs for operators, but found the network wouldn't support wireless sensors. Other customers had the opposite problem when they installed wireless sensors."
According to Venture Development analyst Jake Millete, ZigBee looks promising, but vendors are sticking to their proprietary methods. "Many vendors feel ZigBee is an excellent solution for a variety of applications," notes Millete, "but for industrial applications where a robust network is essential, some develop their own mesh networks. We'll see many more ZigBee-based solutions in the industrial market as the standard matures."
This trend will have to solve another problem first. Power is a big issue. "Wireless device-level network and sensors have yet to take off due to limitations of battery technology and lack of standardization," says Jonas Berge, marketing manager at Smar. "Unlike wireless consumer devices such as mobile phones or PDAs, sensors can't have their batteries charged or changed every week. Conserving battery power is therefore very important." Because of the power problem, wireless sensors often transmit less often than wired sensors, and at slower speeds. "As a result, wireless sensors are not suitable for control or functional safety," says Berge.
Slow response also happens when too much wireless traffic occurs nearby, so the sensor has to wait for the frequency to clear to transmit. No one wants to base a real-time control decision on inputs from a wireless sensor. For the immediate future, it appears that wireless will be limited to monitoring. (See this article's sidebar for a solution to both problems.
The October 2005 issue of CONTROL includes an account of a mammoth Foundation fieldbus project in SECCO's ethylene cracker complex in China. The DeltaV system from Emerson Process Management involves 10,000 fieldbus devices in 10 plants with 48,000 loops and 166,000 I/O tags. All PID control is performed in fieldbus instrumentation, and overall control and supervision comes from a central control room, where workstations run asset management, loop tuning and maintenance diagnostic software. The installation demonstrates the control capabilities of fieldbus, its ability to handle giant systems, and shows that it actually works.
Meanwhile, standards organizations are working hard to make fieldbus easier to use. "Of greatest interest are Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL) extensions," says John Yingst, fieldbus systems product manager at Honeywell. "This enhancement will provide a common means for device vendors to specify and interact with complex data such as valve signatures." EDDL has the support of the Fieldbus Foundation, HART, OPC and Profibus organizations, and EDDL is expected to make it easier for vendors and end users to implement all kinds of fieldbus instrumentation.
Fieldbus systems have been way ahead of the current trend toward remote diagnostics. "On-line diagnostics available with Profibus include a status byte incorporated in the transmission of process variable data," explains Fabian Monino, senior applications engineer at Siemens Energy & Automation. "This permits a control system to evaluate data and perform alarming if necessary."
Fieldbus also can be used in hazardous areas, but it is not considered a "safety system," says Yingst. "Significant changes would be required to adapt the FF protocol to the requirements of a safety standard. There is an ongoing effort to define a workable Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) specification." Berge agrees. "There are plenty of safety buses for the machinery/factory automation world, but nothing for process," he notes. "FF-SIS is under development and already has TÜV concept approval."
In addition, Pilz has successfully integrated its PSS safety network with EtherNet/IP, ControlNet, Profibus and Interbus, and it developed a safe fieldbus technology of its own, called SafetyBus p. Lee Burk, training and consulting manager at Pilz, says the Ethernet protocol can be used, but Pilz believes a separate fieldbus should be implemented for communication of safety related signals.
"Supported by the Fieldbus Foundation, HART, OPC and Profibus organizations, EDDL is expected to make it easier to implement all kinds of fieldbus instrumentation."
One problem with fieldbus in hazardous areas is the power requirement. "At the introduction stage of fieldbus technology, cabinet-mounted barriers and power supplies were the standard solution," explains Bernd Schuessler, business development manager at Pepperl+Fuchs. "This solution barely supplied enough power for three or four instruments." Users complained, so standards organizations and manufacturers developed the FISCO (Fieldbus Intrinsically Safe Concept) and FNICO (Fieldbus Nonincendive Concept), which can power up to eight devices on a segment.
P+F also developed the High-Power Trunk concept, which allows up to 16 instruments in a segment. "This allows end users to get the maximum number of devices on a segment, while also being able to achieve maximum cable lengths," says Schuessler.
Foundation fieldbus and Profibus-PA are the two most successful fieldbuses in process control, while Profibus-DP and DeviceNet appear to be the most successful in discrete automation.
"We're seeing a very strong trend towards the use of Ethernet as a fieldbus," says Graham Harris, president, Beckhoff Automation. "This is reflected in current I/O sales and in the emergence of technical organizations such as the EtherCat Technology Group. Over time, we'll see that the most successful Ethernet fieldbus technologies will be truly real-time, deterministic, offer a variety of wiring topologies, and push minimum cycle times below the millisecond mark. In addition, the cost of implementing these fieldbuses will continue to go down when standard cabling is used and off-the-shelf Ethernet cards continue to replace unnecessarily expensive fieldbus cards."
Sergei Furduy, a control engineer at Concept Systems (), a system integrator in Albany, Ore., sees the same trend unfolding. "We still use DeviceNet in some applications, but more often we see DeviceNet being replaced by Ethernet," he says. "One reason for this is that Ethernet interfaces typically cost less to install than DeviceNet."
Though he says DeviceNet still is used in applications requiring highly deterministic real-time control, the trend is toward localization of control tasks in small PLCs, such as ControLogix PLCs, which connect via Ethernet to existing networks.
Furduy adds that, "There are fieldbuses that will continue to be used for factory networking. For example, we occasionally use Profibus, but this is when Siemens PLCs are being used." But it all winds up on Ethernet. "No matter what control bus is being used, factory data base connectivity typically drives the need to provide connections via Ethernet," he concludes.
Ethernet is probably the most popular network in the world, thanks to its long life and use by all WinTel (Windows/Intel) systems. Just about every industrial network has an Ethernet version, including Foundation fieldbus (HSE), Profibus (Profinet) and our old friend, Modbus (Modbus TCP/IP). Various Ethernet hardware is used by big vendors such as Emerson, Rockwell and Omron. All the various protocols can run on the same Ethernet cable at the same time, and OPC Data eXchange software lets various Ethernet devices read the other protocols.
Without OPC, connecting various Ethernets is a problem, because there are so many. "It's important that users understand the differences between standards-compliant networks and standards-based networks," says Doug McEldowney, Netlinx strategic marketing manager, Rockwell Automation. "Standards-compliant networks, like Ethernet/IP, HSE, and Modbus TCP/IP use existing, unmodified networking components and networking standards to define their solution."
Berge puts it more bluntly: "If the product specification just says 'Ethernet' or 'TCP/IP' without specifying the application protocol, you can be certain it is proprietary." Every vendor is jumping aboard the Ethernet train, and for good reason: it is dominating the industry.
A major factor pushing Ethernet lower in the factory is the increasing use of remote diagnostics and remote monitoring. As a recent Control Design web poll indicates, 47% of machine builders are incorporating web-based diagnostics.
"At a minimum, products connected to Ethernet provide some level of diagnostics about the product and/or system via Web servers today," adds McEldowney. "Also, the ability to leverage web services, in general, opens opportunities to connect dissimilar speaking devices within the enterprise. This area will continue to expand over time with more functionality being embedded deeper in the control systems."
OPC is working in that area, too. "We expect to release the new OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) spec by the end of the year," says Lee Neitzel, Emerson Process Management's senior technologist and editor of the new OPC UA spec. "The new OPC UA will permit OPC to be used across the Internet. By early next year, OPC applications will begin to communicate seamlessly using Internet communications wherever they are in the world. This will be a significant advance in automation system communications."
For users and OEMs, this will be another feature to add to the Ethernet steamroller. For competing networks, it may be another nail in their coffin.
With Wireless, Who Needs Networks?
HERE'S ONE SOLUTION to the power and speed problems with wireless proximity sensors that requires no batteries, operates as many times and as fast as needed, and suffers no delays or interference from other transmitters. Chris Jeffrey, business development area manager at ABB explains that several customers, including robotics, powertrain and stamping companies in the automobile industry asked his firm to help reduce their huge, ongoing costs associated with broken wires and worn/loose connections.
Jeffrey says sensor cables are one of the most frequent sources of failure in factory automation. "One automaker was spending about $40,000 per month just fixing wires on one machine," he says. "Wires and connections on robot arms, portable assembly pallets, platforms and anything else that moves will flex and break connections on a regular basis." It sounded like a battery-powered sensor was just the ticket.
Alas, replacing batteries, which never wear out on schedule, is just as much trouble as fixing wires. "If you have a machine with 50 battery-operated sensors, they all wear out at different times, depending on how often they are actuated," he says. Perpetually replacing batteries introduces a new maintenance nightmare. "Our wireless proximity switch design target was 10 years of maintenance-free operation, which ultimately means no batteries."
ABB developed a system that uses an electromagnetic field inside or around the machine (see Figure 2 below) to power all these wireless sensors. Because power is no longer a problem, the sensors (see photo) can operate continuously at high rates. Each sensor has a wireless transmitter that sends on/off signals to a base station. "ABB uses standard 2.4-GHz radio transceivers in its sensors, such as those used in Bluetooth, but employs a tailor-made real-time communication protocol."
Wireless proximity switches have a ferrite cube, rectifier and voltage regulator which supply power regardless of the sensor's orientation in the magnetic field.
BLUETOOTH is a general-purpose radio, originally developed for computer peripheral communication in offices. It is not usually considered for industrial real-time use in control systems. Likewise, Jeffrey says, ZigBee will be suitable only for data collection and non-time-critical devices, like in building automation.
"ABB's wireless technology WISA (Wireless Interface to Sensors and Actuators) is designed specifically for on-line sensor/actuator communication in factory automation control applications," adds Jeffrey. "This means hundreds of nodes have to communicate in the 10 msec range. This requires a previously unheard-of level of timing and high reliability, especially in the presence of a wide variety of industrial disturbances."
Jeffrey says work is ongoing to add position encoders, other machine sensors and field I/O devices to the product list. He also says it may be possible in the near future to power actuators and even motors via the electromagnetic field. The implications of this technology are interesting, if not staggering. Jeffrey is talking about the possibility of a completely wireless machine; that is, no power wires, no I/O wiring, and no hardwired machine network. The only contact the machine would have to the outside world would be from its base station and PLC.
Extend the concept to hazardous areas, unit process controllers, skid-mounted systems, distillation columns, machine tools, and anything else that can be enclosed in an electromagnetic field, and it could spell the end to all the standard fieldbuses, device buses and I/O networks. This is definitely a development to watch.
Publish-Subscribe in Real Time
ANOTHER POTENTIAL network trend involves the newest real-time networking system for the WinTel platform: the OMG Data-Distribution Service (DDS). This is a publish-subscribe scheme that works with Windows operating systems. It hasn't exactly caught fire, but it shows promise in its ability to make WinTel systems more suitable for networking in an industrial environment.
"Many real-time applications must model some of their communication patterns as a pure data-centric exchange where applications publish, supply or stream data, which is then available to any interested application," explains Gerardo Pardo-Castellote, Ph.D., chairman of the DDS Standards Committee and chief technology officer of Real-Time Innovations. These applications include industrial automation and distributed control. The lack of standards in this area forced application developers to use proprietary solutions or develop the infrastructure themselves. With the recent introduction of the OMG Data-Distribution Service for Real Time Systems, there are now COTS products that provide this infrastructure."
In a nutshell, this means the classic way of accessing data remotely in a standard WinTel system, using simple read and write instructions, doesn't work well in real time. An instantaneous response can't be guaranteed in an Ethernet LAN or WAN where computers enter and leave, and links have sporadic faults. The data-centric scheme in DDS, however, provides the performance, predictability and resource control required by embedded and real-time systems.
Kuka Controls recently announced the successful integration of RTI's version of DDS (NDDS) into its VxWin operating system. The combination allows Wind River VxWorks and Windows XP Embedded to run on the same host processor and share data with a publish-subscribe scheme. Operations are unaffected by Windows "events," ensuring failsafe real-time operations.
RTI intends to market its DDS product into the industrial space. "We will combine our NDDS with new tools for distributed system visualization, analysis and real-time debugging," says Stan Schneider, CEO of RTI. "This platform will simplify design, ease development, and improve the quality and performance of real-time embedded systems in industrial automation applications."


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News | April 21, 2014
JPL Cargo Launched to Space Station
When the SpaceX-3 cargo resupply mission launched to the International Space Station April 18, an experiment designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was among the cargo headed to space.
The experiment, Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS), will test the potential for using a laser to transmit data to Earth from space. Instead of being broadcast on radio waves, data is packaged onto beams of laser light and pointed to a receiver station on the ground. Radio wave transmissions are limited by the speed they can transfer data, but beaming information packages with lasers can greatly increase the amount of information transmitted over the same period of time.
SpaceX-3 is NASA's third contracted resupply mission to the space station by U.S. company SpaceX of Hawthorne, Calif. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft launched atop the company's Falcon rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:25 p.m. EDT.
SpaceX developed its Dragon capsule, the only cargo spacecraft currently servicing the space station with the capability to return cargo back to Earth, with NASA and now successfully has completed three missions to the orbiting outpost. Expedition 39 crew members captured the SpaceX-3 Dragon using the station's robotic arm at 7:06 a.m. Sunday, April 20. The capsule is scheduled to remain attached to the station until May 18. It then will return to Earth and splash down in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. It will return samples from scientific investigations currently underway aboard the space station.
The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station has had continuous human occupation since November 2000. In that time, it has been visited by more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.
For more information about the SpaceX-3 mission and the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
News Media ContactStephanie L. Smith
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
Joshua Buck
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Susan Anderson
Johnson Space Center, Houston


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The next regular, second-Saturday-of-the-month meeting of the Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group - UVTAGG will be on Saturday, 12 Apr 2014, from 9 am to noon in the LDS "Red Chapel", 4050 North Timpview Drive (650 East), Provo.
The main presentation this month at UVTAGG will be by Luana Darby on USING STATE ARCHIVES AND LOCAL LIBRARIES ONLINE. With many state archives and local libraries posting one-of-a-kind information that many times has never been seen outside of that institution, the wealth of information now available to genealogists and family historians is astounding. Vital records, journals, obituaries, city directories, maps, photographs and more are accessible, if you know where to look. Learn how to search and where to find these elusive, but vital resources. These digital collections will enrich your genealogical experience and may offer that family breakthrough you are looking for!
Luana Darby is a professional genealogist and lecturer. She graduated from BYU with a degree in Family History and received her master's degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She is the owner of Lineages by Luana, a genealogical research company which focuses on US/Canada and Western European research and consultations and is co-owner of American Patriots and Pioneers Research Services, lineage application specialists. She has lectured at various regional and national genealogical conferences including NGS. FGS, RootsTech, UGA, BYU and ICAPGen. She has served as treasurer, vice president and president of the Utah Genealogical Association and is working on her accreditation in Midwest research. Her love for genealogy came from listening to her grandmother tell her stories of growing up on the Kansas prairies at the turn of the century. These stories created a desire to learn more about her ancestors and their stories. She has spent the last 35 years reconstructing these accounts and looks for every opportunity to connect with "cousins," some of the most recent coming from genealogical DNA breakthroughs. It is her goal to instill this passion and desire in everyone that she meets.
After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled. Check the meetings page at http://uvtagg.org/ for last minute changes or additions.
After the main presentation the following classes are scheduled. Check the meetings page at http://uvtagg.org/ for last minute changes or additions.
(1) Can You Hear Me Now? Voice Recognition, by Luana Darby;
(2) FamilySearch Subscription Site Access Preview, by Beth Ann Wiseman;
(3) Software and Genealogy Ask An Expert (Personal Help), by Don Engstrom and Finn Hansen;
(4) Video of last month's main presentation: Family History with Heart: Digging Info Out of Distant Relatives, by Suzanne Hansen;
(5) Help With The MAC Software "Reunion", by Ron Snowden;
(6) Ancestral Quest, by Gaylon Findlay;
(7) RootsMagic, by Sue Maxwell; and
(8) Legacy, by Dean Bennett.
All meetings of UVTAGG are open to the public whether members of the Group or not. The Group has the goal of helping individuals use technology to further their family history and there are usually about 100 attending the monthly meetings on the second Saturdays