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InHumanity's Law,renowned legal scholar Ruti Teitel offers a powerful account of one of the central transformations of the post-Cold War era: the profound normative shift in the international legal order from prioritizing state security to protecting human security. As she demonstrates, courts, tribunals, and other international bodies now rely on a humanity-based framework to assess the rights and wrongs of conflict; to determine whether and how to intervene; and to impose accountability and responsibility. Cumulatively, the norms represent a new law of humanity that spans the law of war, international human rights, and international criminal justice. Teitel explains how this framework is reshaping the discourse of international politics with a new approach to the management of violent conflict. Teitel maintains that this framework is most evidently at work in the jurisprudence of the tribunals-international, regional, and domestic-that are charged with deciding disputes that often span issues of internal and international conflict and security. The book demonstrates how the humanity law framework connects the mandates and rulings of diverse tribunals and institutions, addressing the fragmentation of global legal order. Comprehensive in approach,Humanity's Lawconsiders legal and political developments related to violent conflict in Europe, North America, South America, and Africa. This interdisciplinary work is essential reading for anyone attempting to grasp the momentous changes occurring in global affairs as the management of conflict is increasingly driven by the claims and interests of persons and peoples, and state sovereignty itself is transformed.
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It's time for the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón to head north of the border. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport International Raceway) beckons for the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, which is the lone Canada stop for the ALMS.
The Grand Prix of Mosports has a tough act to follow in Saturday's Northeast Grand Prix, which saw Muscle Milk Pickett Racing erase a four-lap deficit and catch Dyson Racing to win the LMP1 class.
"I could not have driven any quicker," said Muscle Milk driver Klaus Graf, who made the winning pass on Guy Smith with less than 30 minutes remaining. "Until I had gotten into the lead, I wasn't aware of our position. I just pushed like crazy in traffic, taking a lot of risks. Guy is a world-class driver so it was not going to be easy to get around him."
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park annually has some of the highest speeds on the ALMS schedule and best crowds, as well. Fans routinely see cars averaging more than 135 miles-per-hour a lap across the 2.459-mile, 10-turn layout – a circuit largely unchanged from when the track held its first race in 1961. The ALMS raced at the track for the first time in 1999 and has returned each season since.
This year's race is set for Sunday, July 22. Just like last year, Muscle Milk enters as defending race winner. Unlike 2011, the pairing of Graf and Lucas Luhr drive an Honda Performance Development ARX-03a prototype instead of a Lola-Aston Martin. The pairing also lead the ALMS' P1 championship and ride a three-race win streak following last weekend at Lime Rock Park.
Dyson Racing counters with two Mazda-powered Lola. The team won overall at the track in 2004 and 2005. Chris Dyson and Guy Smith will drive one Lola-Mazda with Eric Lux and Toronto's Tony Burgess sharing the other.
Corvette Racing's Jan Magnussen and Oliver Gavin won the GT class last year but are in competing cars this time around. Gavin and Tommy Milner lead the GT championship with two victories in four races this season. Magnussen and Antonio Garcia stand second with defending ALMS GT champions Joey Hand and Dirk Müller of BMW Team RLL third in their title defense. Flying Lizard Motorsports is coming off its first victory of the season with Jörg Bergmeister and Patrick Long's Porsche 911 GT3 RSR.
Level 5 Motorsports seeks its fifth straight P2 victory of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with its HPD ARX-03b. Christophe Bouchut and team owner Scott Tucker won three of the first four rounds of the season including a nail-biter over Conquest Endurance at Lime Rock.
CORE autosport also comes to Canada a perfect 4-for-4 in Prototype Challenge this season. Colin Braun and team owner Jonathan Bennett won at Lime Rock in their ORECA FLM09 for a second straight victory. Alex Popow in CORE's second entry continues to lead the championship following a second-place finish at Lime Rock with Tom Kimber-Smith. Last year, Mosport marked CORE's first 1-2 class finish in its young ALMS history.
In GT Challenge, Spencer Pumpelly seeks his second straight class victory with TRG – this year driving with Emilio di Guida. Class championship leader Cooper MacNeil won his first race of the year at Lime Rock with Leh Keen, and the pairing are together again in Canada. Their victory last weekend extended AJR's lead in the class' team championship.
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Factory machines such as CNC machine tools, co-ordinate measuring machines and industrial robots are connected in a local area network. Each machine controller is interfaced to the network via a communications adaptor which translates data, commands and programs between the Manufacturing Automation Protocal used by the network and the necessary machine-specific format. The communications adaptors are microprocessor-based and have additional input/output ports for controlling probes, other sensors such as temperature sensors and workpiece presence sensors, peripheral devices such as conveyors, and the "electronic handwheel" inputs of the machine controller. Controlling such devices from a program run in the communications adaptor rather than from the machine controller or from a computer on the network gives greater power, flexibility, convenience and potential for real-time control.
1. A factory system comprising:
a factory machine, having control means for controlling the operation of the machine, said control means accepting or transmitting data in a first data format;
a communications network for connecting a central computer to said factory machine and to one or more further factory machines, said communications network transmitting data in a second data format;
a communications adaptor connected between the control means of said machine and said network, said communications adaptor comprising data processing means for translating data between said first and second data formats, the data processing means having a plurality of means for input and/or output, said control means and said network being connected to first and second said input/output means respectively;
at least one sensing means associated with said machine, operative to produce an output relating to the state or operation of the machine, the sensing means being connected to deliver its said output to a said input/output means of the data processing means, distinct from said first and second input/output means; and
at least one means associated with said machine for performing an operation related thereto, said means for performing an operation being connected to a said input/output means of the data processing means, distinct from the first and second input/output means, the data processing means being programmable to control said means for performing an operation in accordance with the output of the sensing means.
2. A factory system according to claim 1 wherein the sensing means is a probe for measuring a workpiece placed on the machine.
3. A factory system according to claim 2 wherein the probe is a touch trigger probe.
4. A factory system according to claim 2 wherein the probe is an analogue probe.
5. A factory system according to claim 2 wherein the factory machine is a machine tool, and the data processing means of the communications adaptor is programmed to use the probe to measure the workpiece and then to cause the machine tool to machine the workpiece in dependence on the measurement.
6. A factory system according to claim 2 wherein the data processing means of the communications adaptor is programmed to use the probe to measure the workpiece and then to transmit the results of the measurement onto the network.
7. A factory system according to claim 2 wherein a further said input/output means is connected to received an input from means for indicating the position of the probe.
8. A factory system according to claim 1 wherein said sensing means comprises means for indicating the position of one part of the machine relative to another.
9. A factory system according to claim 1 wherein the sensing means is a temperature sensor.
10. A factory system according to claim 1 wherein the sensing means comprises means for detecting the presence or absence of a workpiece or of material thereof.
11. A factory system according to claim 1 wherein the sensing means comprises means for manual input of data for controlling said machine.
12. A factory system according to claim 1, wherein said means for performing an operation comprises an input on the factory machine for controlling movement of the machine independently of data passed to the control means from the first said input/output means of the data processing means.
13. A factory system according to claim 12 wherein the sensing means comprises means for manual input of data for controlling said machine.
14. A factory system according to claim 12, wherein the sensing means is a probe on the machine for measuring a workpiece placed thereon, the data processing means being programmed to measure a workpiece by controlling machine movement via said input on the machine, and by receiving the probe output.
15. A factory system according to claim 1, wherein said means for performing an operation comprises a peripheral device associated with the machine.
16. A factory system according to claim 15, wherein the peripheral device is a conveyor.
17. A factory communications adaptor for interfacing (a) a factory machine having control means for controlling the operation of the machine, said control means accepting or transmitting data in a first data format, with (b) a communications network adapted for connecting a central computer to said factory machine and to at least one other factory machine, said communication network transmitting data in a second data format, said communications adaptor comprising:
data processing means having a plurality of means for input and/or output, first and second said input/output means being connectable to said control means and said network respectively, the data processing means being operative to pass data between the first and second input/output means, and translating it between the first and second data formats;
a third said input/output means connectable to a sensing means associated with said machine, said third input/output means being operative to produce an output relating to the state or operation of the machine; and
a fourth said input/output means connectable to means associated with said machine for performing an operation related thereto said data processing means being programmable to control said means for performing an operation in accordance with the output of the sensing means.
18. A method of operating a factory system according to claim 1, in which a program is run in said data processing means to control said means for performing an operation in accordance with the output of the sensing means.
This invention relates to the field of communications between machines in a factory, such as machine tools, co-ordinate measuring machines and industrial robots.
In the modern factory, various machines such as computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools, co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), industrial robots, etc are well known for the manufacture, assembly, inspection, handling and other processing of workpieces, manufactured parts or components. Each such machine is commonly provided with a controller, which is a computer for accepting commands or programs to cause the machine to perform a desired task such as machining or inspecting a workpiece. Different machines of different manufacture, with different controllers, require commands and programs in different languages and conforming to different communications protocols. This is a significant problem if, as is increasingly the case, one wishes to connect various machines together in a network, e.g. to form a computer integrated manufacturing or flexible machining system.
In recent years, recognising this problem, moves have been made to introduce internationally recognised standards for the connection and communication protocol used to communicate between the controllers of such machines. One such standard is the Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP), which defines communications protocols. The MAP includes the Manufacturing Message Service (MMS), which is a standard for the application protocol to be used for such communications.
To connect a machine controller of existing design into such a network requires a communications adaptor to interface the machine controller to the network and to translate commands and data from the standard language such as MMS to the individual language of the controller. The communications adaptor similarly translates data to be fed back from the machine to the network, for example the results of an inspection operation performed by a CMM, or status or alarm information from the machine or relating to the function of the machine. Such matters are discussed, for example, in an article entitled "An Alternative Approach to MAP", The FMS Magazine, October 1985, pages 189-191.
Devices may be interfaced to the network which do not have their own controllers. These include a wide variety of sensors which respond to the state or operation of a machine, such as temperature sensors and detectors for the presence or absence of a workpiece, and a wide variety of other peripheral devices such as conveyors. It is known to interface such devices to the network via programmable logic controllers (PLCs) which are available as off-the-shelf items. The PLC acts to transfer data to and from the network. It is then possible to achieve some form of real-time control of the peripheral device concerned, or real-time control of a machine using data fed back from a sensor, by means of a control program running in another computer on the network. It has also been suggested to interface machines which do have their own controller to the network via a PLC, which may also have other sensors or peripheral devices connected to it. Again, the PLC simply acts to transfer commands and data to and from the network.
However, real-time control relies on the speed with which the network can transfer control data to or from the device concerned. There is usually a response time overhead involved by operation of the network, which is often prohibitive for real time operation. Moreover, providing a programmable logic controller connection for each such sensor or other peripheral device is expensive.
It is also possible to interface such a sensor or peripheral device directly to the controller of an associated machine. Software in the machine controller then controls the sensor or other device. In addition to the examples mentioned above and many other possible sensors and peripheral devices, it is known to use workpiece inspection probes in this way on machine tools, CMMs and inspection robots. The probe is held by the machine and moved relative to the workpiece. The probe may have an analogue output and be used for scanning the surface contours of the workpiece. Alternatively, the probe may be a touch trigger probe of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,153,998 (McMurtry), which generates a trigger signal upon contact with the workpiece. To facilitate so-called "in-cycle gauging" on a machine tool, for example, the machine controller holds a program which not only causes machining of a part, but also subsequently causes the machine to inspect the newly machined part with a touch trigger probe. This involves moving the probe until it touches the workpiece and generates a trigger signal, and then taking a reading from scales or resolvers of the machine which show the position of the probe in two or three dimensions. The process is repeated at different points on the surface of the part, in order to measure the desired dimensions to be inspected. The machine controller can then determine the size of a finishing cut to be performed on the part, based on the difference between the measured dimensions and the desired final dimensions as programmed into the controller.
However, present-day machine controllers are not specifically designed for controlling sensors or peripheral devices, or for such in-cycle gauging, and may lack the functionality and power to do so. Thus, if such operations can be successfully performed by the controller, they are performed relatively inefficiently. The result is that the operation takes a significant time, during which the machine is not performing machining operations. This has an appreciable effect upon the overall efficiency of the operation of the machine tool. Moreover, if a probe is interfaced directly to the machine controller, the controller may lack the functionality to "freeze" the scale or resolver readings immediately upon receipt of the probe signal. This leads to inaccurate measurement results where measurements are taken while the machine is moving the probe.
The software which is required in the controller to handle any such sensors or peripheral devices will be unique to the machine concerned and not generally compatible with other machines with different controllers. Both the software itself and any resulting data produced thereby will be in a unique data format which requires translation from or to the format used by the network, such as MMS.
The present invention resides in the provision of a communications adaptor between a factory machine and a communications network, having data processing means which not only translates data passing between the network and the machine, but also is able itself to control the machine or a peripheral device, or to interface a probe or other sensor. Software in the communications adaptor can therefore provide a controlling function independently of or in addition to the machine controller or the network, and with performance and functionality independent of the machine controller and the network, thereby reducing at least some of the problems and disadvantages discussed above.
Preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communications network incorporating an embodiment of the invention,
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communications adaptor shown in FIG. 1, and
FIGS. 3-5 are flow-charts explaining the operation of the communications adaptor.
The network 10 shown in FIG. 1 is a local area network intended for communications within a manufacturing cell in an automated factory. It comprises a token ring communications network conforming to the internationally recognised IEEE802.5 specification. Management of the network 10 is provided by a network management computer 12. The computer 12 may also serve as a gateway for the network to a MAP token bus backbone14, which conforms to the internationally recognised IEEE802.4 specification, and which may be connected to mainframe computers, other similar local area networks, computer aided design systems, etc. The network management computer 12 for the local area network 10 may be based upon an IBM personal computer. The network 10 also has a file server computer 16, with appropriate disc storage facilities, also based upon an IBM personal computer. (IBM is a trademark, and it will be appreciated that other computers could well be used instead). The network 10 may use low cost twisted pair or fibre optics connections, and it may use MAP's Manufacturing Message Service (MMS) protocol to interface production control "application" programs with the various manufacturing equipment connected to the network.
Numerous different types of factory machine may be connected to the network10. These include computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools 18,20, such as CNC lathes and CNC machining centres, for producing manufactured parts or components; co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs) 22for inspecting parts or components once manufactured; and industrial robots24 for handling the parts or components and the billets of metal from whichthey are manufactured, e.g. for positioning them on the machines or transferring them between the machines, or for performing certain manufacturing operations themselves (such as the assembly of components orpackaging). In general, each such machine will be provided with a controller by its vendor, which is in effect a special purpose computer working to protocols and programmable with commands in a language both of which may be unique to the vendor of that controller. In general the controller is not compatible with the controllers of other machines on thenetwork.
Each of these machines is therefore provided with a communications adaptor 26 to interface it with the network 10. A suitable communications adaptor is available from Renishaw Controls Limited, Old Town, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England under the trademark RC4. Each communications adaptor 26 is interfaced to the network 10 via a serial communications link 30 conforming with the IEEE802.5 specification, and communicates withmachines 18,20,22 and 24 via a communications link 31 appropriate for the machine controller (normally a serial link conforming to the RS232, RS422 or RS423 specifications).
FIG. 2 shows one of the communications adaptors 26 (namely the one connected to the machine tool 20) in more detail, by way of example. It ismicro-processor based, and more specifically it is based upon a transputer 28, of type T212 sold by Inmos Limited, Bristol, England. The other adaptors 26 are of similar construction.
The transputer 28 shown in FIG. 2 has random access memory (RAM) 42 for data space, and a media access computer 32 which provides the IEEE802.5 input and output to the network 10 via the link 30. The media access computer 32 has direct memory access to the RAM 42. The transputer is alsoprovided with a number of further input/output (I/O) ports 34,36,52,54,56. Some of these may be configured as serial ports, some as parallel ports and some as analogue ports. One serial port 34 is connected to the serial link 31 to the machine 20. A further serial port 36 is connected to a "pendant" 38, namely a user interface comprising a hand-held keypad and display, which can be used to input data manually to control the machine as will be described later. The transputer 28 is provided with a read-onlymemory (ROM) 40 in which is stored a program for translating the MAP standard commands and data from the network 10 into and from commands and data in a format specific to the particular machine to which the adaptor has been connected. The ROM 40 may be pluggable so that any of a number ofplug-in replacement ROMs 40 may be inserted to suit the various machines 18,20,22 and 24. In this way, a standard design of communications adaptor 26 can be used and can easily be made specific to any machine.
In addition to the ports 34,36, the transputer 28 is provided with one or more ports 52,54,56 intended for controlling various means for performing operations associated with the connected machine, and/or for receiving signals from one or more probes or other sensors associated with the machine. This can be seen from FIG. 1 in conjunction with FIG. 2 where thecommunications adaptor 26 associated with the CNC machine tool 20 is provided with various I/O connections to the machine tool 20 in addition to the serial link 31.
The machine tool 20 is a generally conventional CNC machining centre, and therefore has x,y and z drives for moving a rotatable spindle in three dimensions relative to a workpiece 44 to be machined, and means such as scales or resolvers with counters for measuring and holding the relative displacement. The spindle may pick up any of a number of cutting tools stored in a magazine. The tools picked up and the path over which they move in order to machine the workpiece is controlled by a part program stored in a controller 46 of the machine. The serial link 31 is connected to the machine 20 via the controller 46. All this construction is very conventional and is therefore not shown in any detail. Of course, the machine tool 20 may have more or less than three axes of movement, and need not be a machining centre. For example, it could be a CNC lathe, withvarious tools held in a turret.
As is also well known, one of the tools which can be moved by the machine tool 20 relative to the workpiece 44 is a touch trigger probe 48, for example as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,153,998 (McMurtry). Such a probe gives out a signal via a signal conditioning interface 50 when its stylus tip 49 touches the workpiece 44. Conventionally, such a probe is interfaced directly to the controller 46, and a part program stored in thecontroller includes a gauging cycle in which the machine tool picks up the probe 48 in its spindle and moves it around the workpiece, touching various points on the workpiece. Each time the trigger signal is detected by the controller 46, it freezes the counters of the machine's scales or resolvers and takes a reading from them showing the x,y,z co-ordinates representing the point of contact. Usually, it is necessary to correct each reading by subtracting "probe offsets" which compensate for factors such as the effective radius of the stylus tip 49, taking into account thetriggering characteristics of the probe. Various desired dimensions of the workpiece 44 can then be determined from the readings taken.
In the present example of the invention, however, the probe 48 is not interfaced to the controller 46, but rather to an I/O port 52 of the transputer 28 in the communications adaptor, via line 53. A further parallel I/O port 54 of the transputer 28 is interfaced via parallel lines55 to outputs of the machine controller 46 which indicate the instantaneousreadings of the machine's scales or resolvers. Finally, a parallel set of lines 57 connects a parallel I/O port 56 of the transputer 28 to inputs ofthe controller 46 which are conventionally provided to permit external manual control of the x,y,z drives of the machine tool. These inputs are commonly known as "electronic handwheel" inputs. They may of course be analogue inputs instead of parallel digital inputs.
The machine tool 20 can now be operated in the manner illustrated in FIG. 3, which shows in broad outline the operation of its communications adaptor 26. At the start of the procedure, the network management computer12 causes a CNC part program for the machine tool 20 to be downloaded from the file server 16 over the network 10 to the communications adaptor 26 ofthe machine 20. This is received by the communications adaptor in step 60, and of course the program is at this stage in the generic format of the MAP Manufacturing Message Service. In step 62, the transputer translates this part program into the necessary machine-specific format and downloadsit to the machine tool over the link 31. Next, in the same way, an associated inspection program, complementary to the CNC part program, is downloaded from the file server 16 to the communications adaptor 26 (step 64).
The network management computer 12 will also be responsible for controllingother operations in the manufacturing cell, such as causing the robot 24 toplace a billet of material to form the workpiece 44 on the machine tool 20.When all is ready, the network manager 12 issues a command through the network 10 to cause the machine tool 20 to commence machining the workpiece 44 in accordance with the part program. In step 66, this instruction is received by the communications adaptor 26 of the machine 20which thereupon instructs the machine tool to proceed.
Whereas in a conventional system, the part program stored in the controller46 of the machine tool would have included one or more inspection or gauging cycles, with the present system the part program in the controller46 is simply suspended when the time is reached for an inspection cycle, the controller 46 having first caused the machine tool to pick up the probe 48 in its spindle. The controller 46 now signals to the communications adaptor 26 that it is ready for the inspection cycle by sending a message along the serial link 31 (step 68).
Upon receipt of the message, the communications adaptor starts to run the previously stored inspection program. This program will naturally depend upon the part 44 to be inspected, and will include conventional steps suchas probe datuming to determine probe offsets for correcting subsequent readings. To cause x,y,z movement of the probe 48, the program causes the transputer to produce x,y,z demand signals on the parallel lines 57 to theelectronic handwheel inputs of the controller 46. During inspection, this is used to cause x,y,z movement of the probe 48 to touch the workpiece 44 at a desired point (step 70). This movement continues until in step 72, the transputer 28 determines that it has received a trigger signal from the probe 48 on the input line 53. The transputer immediately latches in and reads the instantaneous outputs of the machine's scales or resolvers, showing the x,y,z co-ordinate reading, from the port 54. Probe movement isalso stopped, to prevent collision damage. If the probe movement was at a high speed (to increase the overall speed of the inspection cycle) then the program may first reverse the probe out of contact with the workpiece,and then touch the point at a slower speed before taking the co-ordinate reading. This improves the accuracy of the reading. It will be appreciatedthat the communications adaptor can take the co-ordinate reading much faster than the controller 46, and can therefore do so more accurately. For example, the input 53 can generator an interrupt to the program in theadaptor, which the controller 46 might not be capable of doing.
If the inspection program contains more probing steps, the program loops back from step 75 to accomplish these. In step 76, it sends new probe movement demand signals on the lines 57 to cause the probe to touch the workpiece at a new point. Concurrently with this, the transputer corrects the reading just taken by subtracting previously determined probe offsets,and calculates a dimension of the workpiece if sufficient readings have been taken. This is all done while waiting for the probe trigger signal for the new point on line 53, and is therefore more efficiently performed than could be achieved by the controller 46. On receipt of this trigger signal, steps 73, 74 and 75 are repeated.
If, in step 75, the end of the inspection cycle has been reached, the program proceeds to step 78. Here, the transputer 28 corrects the most recent reading, calculates the remaining dimensions of the part 44, and evaluates the differences between the dimensions as measured and the desired final dimensions. It converts these measured values into tool correction offsets which it transmits down the serial link 31 to the controller 46, and then sends a message down the serial link to cause the machine tool to resume machining operations (step 79). These machining operations will of course now take account of the tool correction offsets so that the workpiece 44 is finally machined to the desired dimensions.
The result of this technique is that the part 44 is machined to the required dimensions by a process of in-cycle gauging. However, compared with conventional techniques where the in-cycle gauging is carried out entirely by the part program stored in the controller 46, it will be seen that the gauging steps are in fact carried out by the transputer 28 in thecommunications adaptor 26. One advantage is that the gauging process can becarried out much faster than previously since conventional controllers 46 are not specifically designed or suited for such gauging operations, and the transputer can carry out the necessary calculations more efficiently. Moreover, this is achieved without a great deal of extra expense (such as would be entailed in providing a more powerful controller) since computingpower is available already in the communications adaptor 26 in the case where a machine tool is to be connected to a network. Part of the increasein speed results from the fact that the controller 46 and the communications adaptor 26 can run in parallel: the transputer 28 can be calculating probing results while the controller 46 is moving the probe tothe next measurement position demanded by the signal on the lines 57. As brought out above, the results can also be more accurate.
If desired, the communications adaptor can also run the part program for machining the workpiece, in addition to or instead of the inspection program. This is a form of direct numerical control in which the controller 46 is simply obeying instructions from the communications adaptor, and does not itself follow a separate numerical control program.
In the example described above, the inspection program was simply downloaded from the file server 16 to the communications adaptor 26. However, if desired, when a new type of component is to be machined and inspected on the machine tool 20, the machine operator can use the pendant38 to teach the communications adaptor the necessary probe paths for the inspection operation. A "self-teaching" program (illustrated in FIG. 4) isdownloaded from the file server 16 to the communications adaptor 26. This prompts the user, over the hand-held pendant, to enter information to control the movement of the probe (step 80). As he does so (step 82), the transputer outputs signals on the lines 57 to cause the probe to mimic those movements (step 84). This enables the user to see precisely what results his instructions are having. As the user makes various probe movements in this manner, the communications adaptor 26 automatically generates corresponding probe movement command lines of a part program (step 86). When the user causes the probe 48 to touch the workpiece 44, the communications adaptor 26 notes the incoming signal on the line 53 (step 88) and generates a command in the part program for the inspection operation to note that a measurement is required at this point (step 89). At the end of the teaching process, the part program thus generated can berun immediately on the transputer 28, or it can be uploaded to the file server 16 and stored for future use on similar parts 44.
The advantage of this procedure is that the movement of the probe 48 can beeffected in real time from the pendant, which would not be possible or which would be more difficult to arrange if the user were entering data into one or more of the computers of the network 10, because of the lack of speed of such a network. This means that the part program can be generated without any skill on the part of the operator since he can simply see where he is is moving the probe. The pendant 38 could not normally be interfaced directly to the controller 46 since the controller 46 of a given machine is probably not capable of receiving such inputs, orwould not be powerful enough to run a self-teaching program. As previously,the computing power for the real time generation of the part program is achieved at little extra cost since the transputer is provided already forcommunication with the network. Moreover, the self-teaching program, and the part program which it generates, can be in the generic MMS format, without translation.
The above examples have related to the use of a touch trigger probe 48 on amachine tool, and have controlled the operation of the machine tool via thelines 57, overriding any program in the controller 46 which is suspended for this purpose. However, the same principle of using the I/O ports of the communications adaptor 26 can be applied to other machines.
For example, a sensor 221 can be provided on the co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) 22, interfaced to one of the I/O ports of the corresponding communications adaptor 26. The sensor 221 may be a touch trigger probe, used in a similar manner to the probe 48, except that of course no part program for machining the workpiece will be downloaded to the CMM. The inspection operation of the CMM will be controlled from the communicationsadaptor 26 rather than from the usual machine controller, in the same way as in the case of the machine tool 20. It will be appreciated that for this purpose the CMM controller (which is not shown for clarity) will havesimilar input and output lines 53,55 and 57 as shown in respect of the machine tool 20. The inspection data can then be sent directly back by thecommunications adaptor to the network manager 12 as MMS variables (e.g. forproduction of an inspection certificate) without any overhead of translation into MMS format. The self-teaching procedure shown in FIG. 4 can also be used on the adaptor 26 of the CMM 22.
Alternatively, the sensor 221 may be an analogue scanning probe rather thana touch trigger probe. A suitable type of probe is the OP2 laser scanning probe available from Renishaw Metrology Limited. Such a probe is particularly suited for scanning the surface of a complex workpiece under program control, taking readings of the distance of the surface of the workpiece from the probe at regular intervals, in order to produce a digital map of the contour of the surface which can be stored in a computer memory. The workpiece may for example be a model for a mould or die. The digital information may then be transferred over the network to acomputer, e.g. the network manager 12, which automatically generates a partprogram to machine replicas of the model, and transfers that part program to a machine tool on the network. With the arrangement shown in FIG. 1, the laser probe is interfaced to analogue input ports on the communications adaptor 26 of the CMM 22, and the scanning of the workpieceby the CMM is controlled by the communications adaptor 26 in the same manner as the machine tool 20 was controlled. It will be seen that a program for capturing data from the probe can readily be written, based upon conventional algorithms as used on CMMs but running on the communications adaptor 26. The advantage is that such a program can run faster, and can produce data in the form of MMS variables which do not require translation before being passed back to the network manager. Of course, the laser probe could be similarly interfaced to the machine tool 20 if desired.
As another alternative, the sensor 221 may be a photo-diode which normally receives light from a light source such as a laser fixed on the bed of theCMM 22, the light beam being interrupted when a component to be inspected is placed on the bed. This serves as a simple detector for the presence orabsence of a workpiece. The communications adaptor 26 can then be programmed as shown in FIG. 5. In step 90, it downloads the relevant inspection program from the file server 16 under the control of the network manager 12. In step 92, it translates it to the format required for the CMM 22 and downloads it to the CMM. In step 94, it waits until thesensor 221 indicates that a workpiece to be inspected has been placed on the bed of the CMM (e.g. by the robot 24), and then in step 96 it instructs the CMM 22 to commence the measurement cycle. This provides greater flexibility of network control, without the need to provide an expensive programmable logic controller to interface the sensor 221 to thenetwork 10. Another possibility is for the communications adaptor 26 to be programmed to detect the successful removal of a workpiece after an inspection operation, as sensed by the sensor 221, and to signal the successful removal to the network manager 12. It will be appreciated that such functions may be difficult or impossible to provide via the controller of the CMM 22, since the controller may not have the necessary inputs for such a sensor 221, or because it may be inefficient to program the controller of the CMM to deal with such inputs. Also, the communications adaptor can provide signals back to the network manager 12 in MMS format, without any translation overhead.
A similar sensor for the presence or absence of a workpiece may be providedin association with the robot 24, as shown at 241 in FIG. 1. The communications adaptor 26 associated with the robot 24 can then be programmed to perform such functions as detecting that a workpiece is present for the robot to pick up, or detecting that the robot has successfully put the workpiece down. Such a sensor 241 may for example be positioned on an associated pallet, conveyor, machine tool or CMM from which the robot is picking up and putting down workpieces. Of course, the communications adaptor 26 of the robot 24 also functions in a similar manner to that described previously to pass programs, data and messages between the network 10 and the robot 24, translating them appropriately.
A similar sensor 181 for the presence or absence of material can be provided on one of the machine tools such as the machine tool 18. Here, the sensor may be arranged to sense presence or absence of a workpiece; orit may be arranged to sense when material has been removed from a particular part of the workpiece by a machining operation. This can be fedback by the communications adaptor to indicate to the network manager 12 that a particular machining operation has been satisfactorily completed.
The sensor 181 on the machine tool or sensor 221 on the CMM may be a temperature sensor. Thus, if the machine tool or CMM is only certified as being accurate when operated within a certain temperature range, e.g. 10� C. to 60� C., the communications adaptor 26 can be programmed to interrogate the temperature sensor 181,221 and to stop the operation of the machine and send an alarm message to the network manager 12 should the temperature be outside the range. This interrogation of the temperature sensor may be made at various times during the working day, for example at the start of machining or inspecting each new workpiece.
Indeed, if the machine tool or CMM has known temperature expansion characteristics, it is possible for software in the communications adaptor26 of the machine to compensate for the inaccuracies introduced by such temperature effects. In the case of a machine tool, when the communications adaptor 26 is translating the part program for the machine (step 62, FIG. 3), it can correct all the x,y,z co-efficients contained inthe program by a factor which depends on the temperature as sensed by the temperature sensor. It then sends the corrected program to the machine. Asmachining of successive workpieces continues, the communications adaptor periodically interrogates the sensor again to see if there has been any appreciable change of temperature, and initiates the downloading of a further corrected part program to the machine if necessary. In the case ofthe CMM, or if inspection data is being fed back from a machine tool to thenetwork manager, the communications adaptor can similarly be programmed to apply a correction factor to the inspection data as it passes it in MMS format for transmission on the network, depending on the temperature sensed by the sensor 221. This can be done either with inspection data generated by the communications adaptor itself, or with data generated by the machine controller in the conventional manner, which is being translated by the adaptor.
It is also possible for the communications adaptor 26 to control other peripheral devices of the machines 18,20,22 and 24 than the sensors described so far. For example, one peripheral device which can usefully becontrolled would be a conveyor 182 shown in association with the machine tool 18, for conveying workpieces to or from the machine tool. (These workpieces may be transferred between the machine tool and the conveyor bythe robot 24, for example). The conveyor may be driven by servo drives so as to be driven by the right amount for receipt or delivery of the next workpiece, and this can be done via one of the I/O ports of the communications adaptor 26, under control of a program running in the adaptor. It will be appreciated that the conveyor could equally be controlled from the communications adaptor of the associated robot 24 if desired.
The various examples discussed above of devices which can be controlled from the communications adaptors need not be used alone. They can be combined in any desired combination on any given machine, provided only that the communications adaptor of that machine has appropriate I/O ports.
An advantage of controlling the various sensors and other peripheral devices from the communications adaptors 26 is that otherwise, in the absence of appropriate inputs and outputs on the controller of the machineconcerned, or in the absence of adequate performance or functionality of the controller, it would be necessary to provide one or more programmable logic controllers so that these peripheral devices can be interfaced to the network 10. Since the necessary computing power is already provided inthe communications adaptors for communications purposes, the present arrangements provide the necessary control of the peripheral devices without the expense of programmable logic controllers. As has been seen, they can also provide for real-time local control of these peripheral devices, without the speed penalty of passing messages to them through thenetwork 10, without the extra load on the network 10 that this would entail, and without the overhead of translation of data to and from MMS format.
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Again, no band is perfect. Not every album any band does is a total monster. Calling "HYF" so-so is an equally undeserved slam.
The reflection of Rush tunes that don't sound catchy to me is not a critique of the musicianship or drumming. It just reflects that I have yet to drive around town and have anything from S&A stick in my head like other Rush material. I have tried concentrated listening, background listening and S&A slides off me like teflon. I just can't get into it from any perspective that I try, the material just doesn't grab me.
Meanwhile, "Fly by Night" and "freewill" are songs that are cemented into memory, masterpieces that they are.
Yea, well the fact is that Rush is certainly a band of genius(not only MY opinion), and they will always be held to a VERY high standard. Their new stuff will ALWAYS be compared to what they've done in the past. And that's been the case with them as far back as I can remember.
I've gotten past comparing what they've done in the 70's/80's/90's,etc...to what they do now. and just try to listen to what the music is...TODAY. And I can appreciate the path that they've chosen to take with their specific genre.
They are NOT creatures of repetition. As a matter of fact, that's what drives them to keep recording and touring. Changing and moving on to a different direction. That's what I really respect about them.
And that's no different with what Neil tries to do. He even says that on his 2 DVDs. Always open and looking to explore something new and uncharted. Like he says, "Adding to the toolbox".
I can definitely accept your thoughts and opinions on what you like and dis-like. You have every right to feel the way you do. And, believe it or not, when someone has a difference of opinion about what Neil Peart is all about, I do process what is said/written. But it does seem to me that NP gets unwarranted critiques from some that don't really make a point to back up what they say. Comparing him to Vinnie, or Jo Jo, or Joe Schmoe. Or saying he can't play jazz. I mean, come on! That's not a point at all. Neil is a progressive rock drummer. Probably the best ever. And I don't think he's trying to be a jazz drummer, people. What? He's not allowed to get together with Cathy Rich to remember her father and get some drumming greats together to perform in memory of him? Please. :-|
I've said this before and I'll say it again...it's human nature for us to find some fault with those that are held to a higher esteem. Rush and NP have always been targets for this kind of "crosshair" critiquing.
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Wouter de Moor was born in 1984 and grew up in Soest, the Netherlands. At the age of 15 he started mixing cd's at the local hockey club and school party's. After visiting one of Holland's largest indoor parties, Impulz, Wouter was inspired to start spinning techno. Starting off as a bedroom Dj, he developed his talent to the extent that it became apparent to the people around him that he was serious about becoming a professional Dj. He later won several national Dj-contests and played at some local parties. In May 2004 Wouter was a contestant at a dj contest held in one of Amsterdam's most popular dj cafe's, TWSTD, and it was there that the management of Freshtechno.com bookings discovered his talent and decided to take him under their wing. His record choice, and technical ability stood out from the other dj's who performed at this contest. Soon after, he was given the chance to play at Technoscope, an event organized by Freshtechno.com in club Zyon, Amsterdam. He absolutely rocked the dance floor and the agency immediately gave him a weekly residency. Playing alongside artists such as the Advent, Joey Beltram, Danilo Vigorito, Rino Cerrone, Joel Mull, Green Velvet, Marco Carola, Preach, Gaetano Parisio, Oliver Ho, Pacou and many others, he proved to be a very promising upcoming talent.
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Ex-Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora Being Moved to West Virginia Prison
Former Cuyahoga County commissioner Jimmy Dimora, who was convicted in a public corruption case, will now be serving his prison sentence at a federal facility in West Virginia.
According to U.S. Marshal Pete Elliot, Dimora will soon be moved from a private federal prison in Youngstown to a correctional institution in Glenville, W.Va.
Dimora is among 40 people sentenced to prison following a lengthy federal investigation in Cuyahoga County. He was sentenced to 28 years in prison for various charges including racketeering and other crimes. Despite the conviction, Dimora denies any wrongdoing.
A federal judge had recommended that Dimora serve his prison sentence at a prison in North Carolina, however it is not clear why that recommendation wasn't followed.


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Graphic Poster Illustrations by Doe Eyedby Dirk Petzold on Nov 19, 2012 • 16:23 No Comments
Poster Design.
Some screen-printed poster illustrations by Eric Nyffeler of illustration and design studio Doe Eyed.
"Eric Nyffeler's illustration style mixes gritty geometrics with hand-drawn elements to create a sometimes whimsical, sometimes abject style that is helping to redefine the visual aesthetic of the Midwest."


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When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
by Jonathan Hilton Day 29
It seems a little empty to put so much emphasis on doing things when I spend so much time writing words and in effect saying quite a lot.
Yet when the final toll is tallied, I have high hopes that the words or actions that come from me will in the end allow me to have done more.
Actions are clear, and concise and there is a lot less opportunity to misunderstand their meaning.
Doing takes a lot more effort than saying does, yet for me I think that what I say is important.
Too Much Talk
When I used to pay attention to the main stream media it was a lot easier to be depressed.
They use so much spin and so many words that when you analyze them they really don't amount to anything at all, just empty vessels of sound that don't say anything worthwhile.
It reminds me that most talk is this way and perhaps if we were more vehicles of action rather than proponents of talk, the world would be a better place. Yet we listen as a society to each of the stories that are mass produced, largely to make you feel fear to either buy the products they are selling or to watch their program to be better "informed".
This industry is the number one cause of fear in our country and a great example of an entire industry that will never do more than they say. Stop listening to that talk and you will be much happier.
Where Do I Stand?
How often in your life have your words been empty? How many times do you talk about other people or situations that really don't have anything to do with you? I can answer that for most of us because it is often.
The easiest thing to do to make yourself feel momentarily better or to be right is to talk about the perceived mistakes of others, to make yourself feel better about your own life and choices.
There comes a time however when you will have to stop the talk and start looking inward at the things that are robbing you of your happiness. Is it a lack of money? Is it a lack of property? Is it a lack of love? Why are things this way?
Once you start asking these questions and start to look at your own inadequacies and the changes you should be making in your life, the task is so large that it is no wonder so many fall to petty gossip to just gloss over these questions.
Ignoring them won't make them go away because you will be able to have all the money in the world and live in the biggest house money can buy, and still not be happy. Taking action and leaving these words behind is the path I hope that I follow.
One Step at a Time
The only way to develop as I see it is to work on being better every day. You are only going to go one of two ways every day, either you are going to get better or you are going to get worse, nobody stays the same.
You determine your direction with your thoughts, what you say has very little impact on what type of person you actually are. It is your thoughts that will lead to your actions and those actions will determine if you are better or worse.
Talk is cheap. Thought and action speak in loud volumes that will last far longer than any words you can ever speak. The great thing is that we have a new opportunity each and every day to make choices and to take actions that lead us closer to being the kind of person we really want to be.
These actions can be small, a kind thought about another, an honest deed, or just simply treating someone else with respect. I just hope that my own life does have enough time left to achieve more significant action so that I can do more than I said.
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
Let's See Action, Let's see People, Let's be free and see who cares.


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By Christopher Rosa
The Fault in Our Stars hits theaters this weekend, and we're ready to wallow in tears as we watch two teenagers (Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort)— who meet in a cancer support group— fall in love. In fact, the thought of it is causing our eyes to swell. While we're in this crying mood, we decided to do some digging and unearth 10 of the weepiest music videos in existence. Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Rowland and even Johnny Cash will make you feel all of the feels.
The feels defies genres, people, so boo-hoo clips are aplenty across the entire music sphere. It's like Terms of Endearment set to a pop chorus. Yikes!
Here's what we came up with. Let us know your top tear-jerkers in the comments below. And grab some tissues—you'll need 'em.
10. "We Exist" by Arcade Fire
While the ending to this video—starring The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield as a youth struggling with gender identity—is pretty euphoric, the journey there is sad, sad, sad. We open with a tearful Garfield shaving her hair off, changing into female clothes and going to a bar, where she's harassed by ignorant jerks. However, Garfield gets the last laugh when she appears on stage with Arcade Fire (actually filmed at this year's Coachella festival) and declares that she, indeed, does exist. Cue goosebumps. Cue tears. This is video is everything.
9. "I Know You Care" by Ellie Goulding
Dakota Fanning stars in this touching clip about a girl struggling to cope with her cancer. It's quite subtle, but packs a powerful punch.
8. "Everytime" by Britney Spears
Perhaps Spears' most honest and vulnerable track ever, "Everytime" was first seen as a response to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" video, where a Britney look-a-like cheats on him. However, the video was something completely different: Spears gets in a fight with her on-camera man and drowns in a bathtub, only to be reincarnated in the end as a –gasp!—newborn baby. (But she emerges from the tub as a smiling Britney, so was it all a dream? The humanity!) We lose it when Spears sinks under water—a world without Britney is no world at all.


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Bath council moves toward moratorium on strip clubs
BATH — A proposal to open a strip club in the city prompted the City Council on Wednesday to support a moratorim that temporarily prohibits licenses and permits for so-called "adult-use establishments."
The council voted 6-2 for the six-month ban, which requires a second vote later this month before it can go into effect. It also raises the question of whether the city can or should regulate this type of business.
Codes Enforcement Officer Scott Davis on Wednesday said a person involved with a strip club in Bangor has expressed interest in bringing a similar business to the Riverside Sports Pub in Bath.
"We have an adult business ordinance that's geared towards retail stores," which concerns display and sale of "adult devices and materials," he explained. "It's really geared toward ... an adult bookstore or a porn shop, and I'm of the opinion it doesn't apply to nude dancing."
City Solicitor Roger Therriault said there are two competing interests at work in this issue.
"You've got a constitutional right to expression ... and you've got a state statute that says that you can call a time-out on certain types of regulations. And the question is whether or not the constitutional situation is trumping the state statute," Therriault said.
"My view of it is that if you adopt that position, then you can't have any ... moratorium at all, and we would be in a situation where we couldn't do anything to get the time necessary to take a look at this."
In an April 26 memorandum to the council, Therriault said "there is significant confusion" regarding the ordinances, rules and regulations that apply to such businesses.
He recommended the moratorium so that city staff and the Planning Board could "review this complicated area of the law to make sure that the City properly regulates and locates these types of uses, while not infringing on the constitutionally protected rights of such establishments."
"The vast majority of adult entertainment is constitutionally protected and therefore must be regulated, and not prohibited," Therriault said.
He said a municipality can regulate these businesses with zoning ordinances designed to "combat secondary effects" and to provide reasonable setbacks from schools, churches, and residences.
The conflict between the city's right to enact a moratorium and the constitutional freedom of expression was significant for some councilors.
Councilor David Sinclair, who voted with Councilor Andrew Winglass against the moratorium Wednesday, echoed Therriault's opinion that a municipality cannot completely ban such establishments.
"My concern is that the proposed moratorium does exactly that for a period of time," Sinclair said.
He said the business provides a form of expression entitled to some protection under the First Amendment, although he supports eventual regulation of such expression.
"The city has, in some respects, unfortunately been caught with its pants down, if you'll pardon the phrase, with respect to regulating this kind of business," Sinclair said. "And I understand the want to put the brakes on; I just don't think it's permissible."
Councilor Carolyn Lockwood said she had heard from several constituents that are Bath business owners who are concerned about the club. Council Chairman Bernard Wyman said he had also received a call from someone who opposes a strip club in the city.


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Liberal Democrats and Tories share the spoils in Bath and North East Somerset Council election
Posted: May 06, 2011|
Politicians will spend the weekend discussing the make up of Bath and North East Somerset council after no party managed to secure an overall majority.
The Conservatives, who had a minority administration before yesterday's vote, and the Liberal Democrats both got 29 seats - four short of the 33 needed to run the council on their own.
Overall, the Tories received 37 per cent of the vote, with the Liberal Democrat share standing at 35 per cent. Five Labour candidates won seats, with Labour securing 18 per cent of votes.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will now need to discuss the options available, including a possible coalition.
There has been little change across the political landscape in B&NES with both Lib Dems and Tories retaining key seats.
Changes include the election of Bath's first independent councillor June Player, who was the most popular candidate in Westmoreland. She will be joined by Liberal Democrat Sharon Ball, who retained her seat.
In Abbey ward Conservative Brian Webber has kept his seat, but it was Liberal Democrat Manda Rigby who polled the most votes and she will now join him representing the area. Conservative councillor Terry Gazzard had stepped down before the election.
Prominent Conservative Malcolm Hanney pulled in 74 per cent of the vote in his ward of Chew Valley North.
Council leader Francine Haeberling has also kept her Saltford seat, she will now be joined by fellow Tory Matthew Blankley in that ward.
Other Conservatives to hold their seats were Chris Watt in Midsomer Norton Redfield, Sally Davis in Farmborough and Vic Pritchard in Chew Valley South.
Conservative David Veal has been elected in Bathavon West, while Tim Warren has kept his seat in Mendip.
Conservative candidates Gabriel Batt, Martin Veal and Geoff Ward have all been re-elected in Bathavon North, with new Liberal Democrat candidate Alison Millar losing out by 52 votes.
Similarly Conservative seats have been held in Weston by councillors Colin Barrett and Malcolm Lees and in Lambridge by councillors Bryan Chalker and David Laming.
In the Lansdown ward Conservative Anthony Clarke will stay in his seat and will be joined by party colleague Patrick Anketell-Jones.
Liberal Democrat leader Paul Crossley and Dine Romero have retained their seats in Southdown, as has Andy Furse in Kingsmead. His previous fellow ward councillor Carol Paradise has not been re-elected after switching from the Lib Dems to the Tories. New candidate Douglas Nicol (Lib Dem) will instead join the council.
Also holding their seats in Newbridge are Lib Dem councillors Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst and Caroline Roberts.
In Lyncombe Katie Hall has retained the Lib Dem seat, which was previously held by party colleague Marian McNeir, and she will be joined by existing Lyncombe councillor David Bellotti.
Ian Gilchrist (Lib Dem) retains his seat in Widcombe, which was previously the only split ward in the city, and will be joined by new Lib Dem candidate Ben Stevens after Conservative councillor Brook Whelan stepped down.
The two Lib Dem seats have been retained in Bathwick with Nicholas Coombes and new candidate David Martin, who replaced Armand Edwards, topping the poll in the ward.
Similarly Tim Ball and Gerry Curran have also kept hold of Twerton, while fellow party member Neil Butters has also been re-elected in the Bathavon South ward.
Lib Dems Steve Hedges and Nigel Roberts have retained Odd Down, Will Sandry and David Dixon have been elected in Oldfield and Roger Symonds and Cherry Beath have kept Combe Down.
Lib Dems Lisa Brett and Paul Fox have both been elected in Walcot. They replace Lib Dems Colin Darracott, who stood down, and David Dixon, who moved to stand in Oldfield.
The Lib Dem duo of Sarah Bevan and Nathan Hartley retained their seats in Peasedown.
In Keynsham South Conservative Alan Hale has kept his seat, but Labour's Adrian Inker, who stood down, has been replaced by Tory Kate Simmons.
The Tories enjoyed similar success in Keynsham East, with Marie Longstaff and Bryan Organ keeping their seats.
Independent Doug Deacon has retained his seat in Timsbury with 69 per cent of the vote, doubling his support.
Although they failed to win any seats, the Green party performed relatively well, most notably in Walcot, where its candidate Nicholas Hales came third, beating both Conservatives and Labour. The party gained seven per cent of the vote.
Around 4.30am all the Bath results were in, although there were still a few undeclared seats in North East Somerset.
A full list of results will be posted on the council's website www.bathnes.gov.uk in the morning and more details will be available on this site.


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Oregon Community Foundation's Doris J.Wipper Fund Aids Willamette Academy
Willamette University is the recipient of a $15,000 grant from The Oregon Community Foundation's Doris J. Wipper Fund to support Willamette Academy, a University program that prepares and encourages ethnically diverse and economically disadvantaged 7th through 12th grade students to achieve their dream of a college education. Having completed its fifth year of operation, the Academy witnessed its first graduating class successfully earn their high school diplomas. Of the Class of 2007, 92 percent will be attending college; 60 percent are enrolled at 4 year institutions and 32 percent will begin at a 2 year college. The Oregon Community Foundation has invited Willamette University to reapply for third year grant for Willamette Academy in the amounts of $10,000.
Founded in 1842, Willamette University has one of the country's top-ranked, private liberal arts colleges as well as accredited graduate programs in law, business and education. The University's mission is to provide a lively and challenging education to diverse groups nationally and internationally, while honoring its roots in the United Methodist Church and the Pacific Northwest. Since 1975, the University has received more than $1.6 million from the Oregon Community Foundation for a variety of projects.
The Oregon Community Foundation, established in 1973, has managed charitable funds charitable funds donated by individuals, families and businesses to enhance and support the quality of life in their communities. Today, the Foundation's endowment consists of more than 1,300 funds with combined assets of $903 million.
The Foundation makes grants through an application process that
involves local citizens in the review and evaluation of requests
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|Mutifunctional Proposal Wins Adaptive Reuse Design Competition
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Amsterdam city planning councilman Maarten van Poelgeest announced the winner of the adaptive reuse design competition for the two former sewage treatment silos in Amsterdam's Zeeburg district: the Annie MG Schmidt House. Annie MG Schmidt (1911-1995) is Holland's most famous author of childrens books.
The winning plan is a mutifunctional cultural center, housing a wide range of diverse activities, including a spectacular open rooftop playground on one silo, and restaurant Praq op 't daq built on the rooftop of the other. The doors to the exhibition spaces and media center, movie theater and theater hall, tower room and shops, as well as those of the restaurant, are open seven days a week the whole year through, welcoming visitors and locals alike. The project breathes new life into the silos, transforming them into an inspiring and lively place which will help shape the character of the new Zeeburgereiland housing district.
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Two months ago, I wrote that Google's Nexus 7 was the budget tablet to beat. But two months in the tech world might as well be two years in some other business.
Now, another worthy color tablet comes along to muddy the purchase decision. It's the brand new Kindle Fire HD from Amazon.com, and it poses a serious challenge to Google.
The best thing about the original Kindle Fire was its then-$199 price, $300 below the starting price of the iPad and subsequently matched by the entry-level Nexus 7. Fire was a decent, if imperfect, portable slate for Amazon's vast ecosystem of books, movies, music and ...


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Earth Day Events on Tap
A new Earth Day event in Bremerton and the enduring EcoFest in Kingston are highlights of this year's Earth Day festivities today and Saturday.

Naval Base Kitsap kicks off activities today as various commands clean up highways, beaches, streams and Navy property. Some groups will plant trees and provide demonstrations for school children visiting the different Navy facilities.

Kitsap Earth Day in Bremerton will feature a series of discussions about protecting the natural environment, reducing energy consumption, conserving natural resources and growing natural foods. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at Norm Dicks Government Center, 345 Sixth St. For information, go to www.kitsapearthday.org.

EcoFest is a spirited celebration with displays, music, food and entertainment starting at 11 a.m. and continuing until 4 p.m. at Stillwaters Environmental Education Center, 26059 Barber Cutoff Road. For information, go to www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org.

The annual Earth Day Fair at the Bainbridge Island Town &amp; Country market will feature Earth-friendly goods and services, displays, kids activities and food. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Those who enjoy hiking, riding, biking or driving in Tahuya State Forest on the Kitsap-Mason county line have a chance to give something back Saturday when state Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland leads a cleanup effort. Volunteers are invited to join Back Country Horsemen in the cleanup effort, which begins at 8:30 a.m. From Belfair, travel west on Highway 300, turn north onto Belfair-Tahuya Road and then right onto Elfendahl Pass Road. Follow the signs to the Oak Patch meeting area about 4.2 miles up.

Today's activities in Tahuya State Forest involve the 11th annual Students in the Watershed program, in which high school students who have studied and worked in the forest share their knowledge with 200 local fourth-graders. Topics include forestry, wildlife, stewardship and cultural history.

At least one announced Earth Day event has been canceled. The Earth Day Work Party and Cookout at Gorst Creek, planned for Saturday, didn't attract a core group of workers ahead of time, according to organizers.
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