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If you think Minnesota's state government may be somewhat dysfunctional, I may have stumbled upon a contributing factor.
On March 16, I joined 10 other members of the ECM Publishers Editorial Board for a day at the Capitol. We spent 45 minutes of quality time each with DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Dave Senjem and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk individually, and Republican Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers and House Majority Leader Matt Dean together. The only leader we missed was House Minority Leader Paul Thissen.
Dayton mentioned that it may be unprecedented that, after the 2010 election, the governor and all of the top legislative leadership positions changed personnel simultaneously.
In a stunning change of direction, the governor's seat went from Republican to DFL, and both houses of the Legislature went from DFL to Republican.
After the governor said that may never have happened before, I did some digging, and I think he may be right. The Legislature's Web site has complete records on the top positions only back to 1933, but those revealed that no matter which party was in charge, not all of the seats changed hands simultaneously.
Much of that has to do with the state Senate. The Senate has had only 11 majority leaders in all that time. The Legislature was ostensibly non-partisan until 1972. From 1933 to 1972, the Conservatives held the majority, but only four different senators served as majority leader: Sens. Charles Orr, Archie Miller, John Zwach and Stanley Holmquist.
The DFL then took control with the 1972 election, but only two senators, Nick Coleman and Roger Moe, served as majority leader from 1973 to 2003.
Since then, five people have held the post, a sign of the growing political instability in the state: DFLers John Hottinger, Dean Johnson and Lawrence Pogemiller and Republicans Amy Koch and Senjem.
Bakk thought the Republicans were surprised when they gained the Senate majority for the first time in any of its caucus members' careers. He said, "In 38 years, they never had a majority and didn't have a clue what to do."
Asked what he considered his biggest surprise since becoming minority leader, Bakk said, "The degree of their ineptness."
Strong words. Dayton used only slightly less so. Asked what has surprised him the most since becoming governor, he said, "The intransigence of the Legislature. I have never before seen the inability to compromise."
The Republicans, of course, see things differently. Dean said when he first came to the Legislature he was told to vote his conscience first, to vote his constituents' wishes second and to vote his caucus' position third. "You pull closest together when you're getting shot at," he said, "which we've been getting a lot of."
Senjem noted that of the 37 senators of the Republican caucus, 21 are freshmen. He served as Minority Leader from 2007-2010, and stepped aside when the party gained the majority. However, Koch then resigned after having an affair with a Senate staffer, and the GOP again turned to Senjem.
He said his biggest surprise has been, "How important people think this position (majority leader) is. All of a sudden, people seemed to care what I said and what I thought. … I came out of the fabric of (the Mayo Clinic) where one leader doesn't decide everything."
Zellers said his biggest surprise as speaker has been "The ebbs and flows of every day."
When the GOP took control, it had a $5 billion budget deficit to fix. Today, the state's financial analysts say Minnesota has a $1.3 billion budget surplus. Zellers said they have a good record to run on because they closed the gap without increasing state taxes.
DFLers have charged that local property taxes have gone up significantly, at least in outstate Minnesota, because the Republicans changed the formula regarding the homestead credit.
Dean countered that, saying, "(The DFL's) only response is to raise taxes and grow government."
"It isn't about us," said Zellers. "It's about small business owners."
Bakk said that he has never seen a caucus vote with more unity than the Republicans do now. While acknowledging, "They (the Republicans) are very principled," Bakk characterized the GOP position as, "This is what we promised on the campaign trail, and we aren't going to change, even if we learned something down here."
Zellers said he was proud of progress made by the 33 freshmen GOP legislators. He joked, "If you're not careful, you can learn a heck of a lot down here every day."
If there's one thing I've learned over the years covering politicians is that when you get to speak with them face-to-face, generally you will find most of them are decent people trying to do the job for which they were elected. With every one of the legislative leaders and the governor in new positions last year, it is less surprising that they all miscalculated about what it would take to pass a budget, thus leading to the summer shutdown.
You can decide for yourself from the statements above who is being most partisan, but I came away thinking neither side is comfortable in their new roles. Nor should they be. The voters have them on a short leash and that won't change any time soon.
Tom West is the editor and general manager of the Peach. Reach him at (320) 352-6569 or by e-mail at email@example.com.


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SAN JOSE — Under intense questioning by defense attorney Allen Ruby on Friday, the wife of a Silicon Valley real estate mogul who claims her husband chained her to a bed for two days and sexually assaulted her with a golf putter fled the courtroom for the second time this week, jeopardizing the prosecution's case.
Ellena Berg, 37, was being queried about how she occupied herself during her purported ordeal last fall, which she says came at the hands of 74-year-old Clyde Berg while she was nine months pregnant. Earlier this week, she told the prosecutor she lay in a fetal position for much of the time in dire fear.
"Did you use any electrical appliances?" Ruby asked.
"No," she said.
"You didn't watch TV?" he inquired incredulously.
"I don't remember," she said.
"You don't remember whether you watched TV?" he rejoined.
Moments later, she requested a break, saying that she had drawn a complete blank about the incident.
She never returned to the courtroom. Half an hour later, prosecutor Alison Filo informed the court that Ellena Berg could not go on.
"She believes she is sort of breaking with reality to the point where she needs medical help," Filo said. "She cannot continue."
Sources familiar with the case say it is possible Ellena Berg broke down because she feared being caught in a lie. The defense is trying to obtain Comcast and PG&E records that it has reason to believe show that electrical appliances, including the TV, were used extensively on Sept. 5, the first day of the alleged incident. Ellena Berg testified that her husband left for work after chaining her up, and no one else was home at the time.
Citing Ellena Berg's "illness," Judge Ron M. Del Pozzo postponed the rest of the preliminary hearing until Monday morning. Filo declined to comment.
Ellena Berg had refused to answer most of Filo's questions during preparation for the preliminary hearing, forcing the highly regarded veteran prosecutor to conduct the proceeding without knowing what her star witness would actually say. All along, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has said the preliminary hearing would be a chance to test Ellena Berg's credibility.
The case, including politically explosive allegations of domestic abuse, presents yet another challenge for the District Attorney's Office, which just grappled with a suspected crime involving another rich and powerful man, 49ers star linebacker Ahmad Brooks.
Ellena Berg also fled the witness stand Wednesday, the second day of the hearing, in tears without asking the judge's permission. Both moves surprised veteran lawyers and the judge.
It will be up to Del Pozzo to decide after the hearing if there is sufficient evidence to hold Clyde Berg over for trial. The standard of proof is if there is probable cause to believe a crime occurred and that he did it, a much lower standard than at trial.
If Ellena Berg is too ill to keep testifying, it is likely the judge will have to dismiss the charges because it is largely a he-said-she-said case. The prosecution also can drop the case at any point.
Clyde Berg is charged with two felony counts — corporal punishment of a spouse and penetration by a foreign object while the victim is tied and bound — that carry a sentence of more than 15 years to life.
In a lawsuit seeking punitive damages from Clyde Berg's fortune of more than $200 million, Ellena Berg claims her husband abused her physically and sexually throughout their 10-year marriage, culminating in the bizarre incident at the couple's home overlooking the San Jose Country Club. The two met when she was working as an au pair for a family in Monte Sereno.
Clyde Berg is the brother and business partner of billionaire Carl Berg, one of the richest people in the United States. The brothers developed campuses for many of the valley's signature companies and recently sold their firm for $1.3 billion.
The tycoon said Friday outside court that he believes his wife is truly mentally ill and he cannot fathom why prosecutors are proceeding. He has had her committed twice in the past. She claims he engineered the commitments as part of his abuse; he says he acted because she constantly threatened to commit suicide, including in an email introduced in court.
"They know they have no case," Clyde Berg said. "The DA is torturing a mentally ill person. They're the ones putting her through this."
Even if the case does proceed, it is far from clear whether prosecutors can win. Defense attorneys already have begun poking holes in Ellena Berg's credibility.
Ruby and co-counsel Kurt Seibert insinuated Friday that she has a history of accusing her husband of crimes, including murder.
For instance, she testified she has had three failed pregnancies, including an ectopic pregnancy that involved twins. However, she refused to answer even prosecutor Filo's sympathetic questions about the pregnancies.
Sources familiar with the case say records indicate she miscarried. Yet, in an email introduced in court, she blames her husband for the loss of the unborn children, saying his desire not to have kids and his abusive behavior put her under enormous stress.
In one email that she acknowledged in court she had written, she told him, "I don't want to live in a world where 60-year-old men make 20-year-old women murder their children."
Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Twitter.com/tkaplanreport.

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Category: new baby names 2013
The just-released Social Security list includes over 1400 brand-new names, given for the very first time to five or more babies in the US.
As you might imagine, most of these names are pretty far out on the ledge. There are lots of kree8tiv spellings of more conventional names: Finlea and Massyn, Londonn and Karsan. There are names from around the world freshly introduced to America: Junhao and Mokshith and Motoki. There are original combo names — Charlotterose and Marcusjames — and there are new word names and place-names and surname-names — Revelation and Tokyo and Thoreau — and there are even a couple of wonderful old names revived for the modern world: Hypatia and Thisbe, Romilly and Calisto.
But all these newborn names look downright sedate compared to a handful of choices it's hard to believe were given to even one baby, much less five….or ten….or 63.
They're the Most Outrageous New Baby Names of 2013. Here are our picks for the wackiest of the newest, along with the number of babies who received each in the US last year:
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Events: Canadian Water Summit, Value of Water
Now that we've got a short break between big shows, seminars and conferences, here's a quick rundown of what happened at two recent events.
Canadian Water Summit
"Everyone is part of this conversation," said Molson Coors' Michael Glade, director of water resources and real estate, as Innovolve Group's inaugural Canadian Water Summit opened. Glade's words couldn't have been more true, and the Summit couldn't have been better timed. Held just a few short weeks after the tabling of Ontario's Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, the Summit also provided a great chance for the National Roundtable on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) to release Changing Currents, a new report on water sustainability and the future of the country's natural resource sectors.
From global corporate social responsibility strategies to Canadian water venture investments (of which there were zero in 2009, reported Cleantech Group's Nicholas Parker) to the role of water in natural resources to climate change adaptation, this well-attended day of sessions and conversation packed a real punch.
Some highlights:
The Value of Water: Mutual Benefits for Public and Private Sector
Wrapping up a seminar series on the Value of Water, this third event tied together many of the topics previously discussed, and featured a lively discussion on public and private involvement in water's management.
In his talk, Ian McPherson, president of Criterion Investments, recalled issues of governance and public-private partnerships (P3s) discussed during the first and second sessions (April 22 and May 26, respectively). "How do you hold accountable a utility that belongs to the municipality?" he asked, reminding me of an argument in an article on water myths that we published in 2009.
McPherson added further arguments for private involvement in water services, such as the need for long-term planning in municipal environments with rapid political turnover. He also mentioned that where the civil service culture is risk-averse and it limits technology adoption that may make operations more efficient, private companies may be more willing to update and try new solutions.
He also claimed that there is more than enough public AND private money to solve our infrastructure woes—even with an estimated infrastructure deficit of $35 billion. "There is no shortage of capital for building infrastructure," he said. "It's a drop in the bucket, no problem. The system is not broken in Canada."
Rounding out the discussion, panellist Kevin Mercer of Hampton Consulting Group discussed how low-impact development (LID) applications work with industrial and commercial entities in addition to municipalities and communities, while Cleantech Group's Nicholas Parker tackled the question of whether or not new models for governance be created that protect the public interest but open the door to new sources of finance.
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LAKEPORT -- A Sacramento man faces the potential of life in prison after being convicted Thursday of charges related to a shooting in Clearlake more than a year ago.
A Lake County jury found Jerry Lee King Jr., 20, guilty of three felonies related to the May 7, 2011 incident and three misdemeanors for brandishing a gun at another location in the city hours later.
Evidence showed King was in a vehicle when he fired shots at Clearlake resident Marvin Turl, senior deputy district attorney John DeChaine said. The incident began as an argument but escalated when King discharged a handgun.
King told investigators after his arrest that he fired his weapon to scare the people outside the vehicle, DeChaine said.
The jury acquitted King of attempted murder, which required specific intent, but convicted him of the rest of the charges -- all gun-related.
The guilty counts included one for discharging a firearm from inside a car at someone who was outside the vehicle. Associated with that felony was a special allegation of using a gun to cause great bodily injury, which carries 25 years to life, DeChaine said.
The defense argued the shooting was self-defense, as King attempted to protect himself and others in the vehicle because someone on the street had a knife, the prosecutor added.
An email to King's attorney, Barry Melton, was not returned Friday afternoon.
The trial took place during the course of six weeks, counting jury selection and motion hearings. Jurors returned their verdict late Thursday after deliberating for two days.
King was also convicted of assault with a firearm and negligent discharge of a gun in a manner that could result in injury or death.
For reportedly pulling the gun at an apartment complex hours after the shooting, jurors found King guilty of carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, unlawfully carrying a loaded weapon in a vehicle and brandishing a firearm.
DeChaine credited Clearlake Police and Det. Ryan Peterson for developing evidence to connect the two incidents and show King was the shooter. "It was a difficult investigation in that no one from the scene of the shooting was able to positively identify the defendant," the prosecutor added.
King, who remains in custody at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility, is set to be sentenced Jan. 15.
Jeremy Walsh is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. Reach him at 263-5636, ext. 37 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter, @JeremyDWalsh.


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'"When you get in that situation and you can't buy a break and you've missed a lot of great opportunities, it weighs on you," Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. "It almost looked to me like it really bogged him down. He wasn't skating well. He seemed tight. He has really skated well in camp. I think he's been our best forward up front. He looks fresh and he looks quick."'
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The public has been reciting a ridiculous litany of late. The words have been written by "Food, Inc. Foodopoly. Fast Food Nation. The Omnivore's Dilemma. Meatrix. Super Size Me." The message is consistent; food is generally bad for you and agriculture is the enabler. Farm animals are almost always abused and the food we grow is merely processed to make us fat.
Books and movies that harangue the way we grow our food and the way we eat are hot properties. The press promotes them and the public seems to (forgive me) eat them up. They are the modern creators of pop culture and they're responsible for the way millions of people perceive what farmers and ranchers do.
So, who's talking back? Who is trying to sit the record straight by speaking rationally and encouraging dialogue instead of the all too insane monologues we've witnessed in to many books and movies?
Michele Payn-Knoper is taking that first step with her book No More Food Fights! She's been a leader in introducing the ag community to the power of social media. One of North America's leading farm and food advocates and a resource for people interested in agriculture and food, she speaks around the country about community building programs.
The book doesn't take an antagonistic approach, instead it encourages people on both sides of American culture – rural and urban – to connect with each other by developing an understanding of "hot buttons," those things that are important to each group and might lead to a meaningful dialogue.
Could this book reach the critical mass of something written bythe likes of Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser? It should but she bypasses the usual sensationalism which helped propel their books to best seller lists. Let's hope there is room and an audience for quiet discourse.
Q. Michele, let's talk about the difference between talking with others as opposed to talking at others. The discussion about where our food comes from and how it should be prepared/processed/cooked/delivered to the consumer seems to be disintegrating into the same kind of name-calling and recriminations we witnessed during the recent presidential election. What has caused this very wide division between producer and consumer?
A. The name-calling and blatant divide in the food plate motivated me to finally write No More Food Fights! after 11 years of working in farm and food advocacy. The lack of trust and decorum around today's hot issues reminds me of people throwing rotten vegetables, so the title seemed like a natural. Food is quickly becoming the new religion or politics—a topic not to be discussed, for fear of offending someone. We all eat. I believe food should be celebrated.
The division in the food plate is the result of several familiar forces, such as generations being removed from the farm, the 24/7 availability of food, the constant drum of activists berating some facet of agriculture and social pressures. However, the disconnect is also caused by farmers and ranchers not standing up to tell their story until they're mad enough to be in defense mode.
The book's design lends itself to exploring both sides of the issue. One side of No More Food Fights! offers six senses for those who primarily consume food—chefs, healthcare professionals, foodies, dietitians and retailers. Flipping the book reveals the other side, which features 6 ½ steps geared toward those who produce food—farmers, agribusinesses and ranchers.
Q. Two of the most controversial issues are animal welfare and biotechnology. We're witnessing an almost monthly stream of videos of horrible abuse taken 'under cover' by groups like PETA, HSUS and Mercy for Animals. What's been the effect on the public's perception of agricultural practices and how can it be countered?
A. No More Food Fights! gets into these issues—as well as other hot topics—on the food side of the book, where farmers and animal care experts share their own perspective. The videos aren't going to stop, as activists are determined to shock the public. I have found that the response to those videos is mitigated when a viewer knows a farmer and can reference what that farmer has told them about animal care. A relationship with a farmer or rancher, whether in real life or virtual, causes the viewer to stop and question the validity of the video.
The book cites research by USFRA and others that show people still trust farmers, but don't trust the act of farming. We need to do a better job helping people understand the practices of farming and ranching. Working with animals involves dirt, sweat and blood; I included a couple of my personal stories about the struggles of working with cattle to try to demonstrate how to connect in a way that positions a farmer to be seen as a human, not a profit-driven thug.
Q. Biotechnology is being attacked on several levels. There is a continuous drumbeat against 'big' agribusinesses that promote biotech, and an even louder drumbeat calling the food products that contain biotech produced ingredients as bad for your health. Does biotechnology serve a real purpose?
A. It boils down to choice. I believe farmers deserve choice, just as food buyers deserve choice. No More Food Fights! includes examples of from a farmer choosing to use biotechnology to reduce environmental impact and increase production, a chef who doesn't believe in biotech and a scientist explaining the background of biotech. I also attempt to explain why labeling biotechnology food would be so difficult and costly. Interestingly, I found very few explanations of why many in agriculture are against biotech labeling and even fewer details about the complexity of labeling.
I do believe in the value of biotechnology—and would point to the yield results from the drought of 2012 as an example of why—yet I also know we must do a better job of explaining this tool to our friends and neighbors. Consider the fear put into suburban mom who has never met a farmer when she hears "genetically modified organism." Words matter, but our ability to stand up and explain why we choose to use different practices is also critical -only after we try to genuinely listen to the concerns of mainstream.
Q. So many foodies seem to have a fondness for the stereotypical and non-existent farms that are found only on Hallmark cards – the nicely painted red barn, the white picket fence around the old farm house with a few chickens pecking around the front yard. Your new book describes something far different; we might call it high tech farming. You talk about "farmers who don't wear overalls." Is there an unbridgeable disconnect between urbanites who want to hang on to that romantic notion and the reality of modern farming?
A. Frankly, I think we need to take some responsibility for the romanticized view that some have of farming. If we reflect back over the last few decades, we haven't done our jobs. Sure, we've improved animal care, reduced environmental impact and improved efficiency—but we have not talked about how or why with the 98.5% of people not on a farm. Today's agriculture requires each of us to take the time on a daily basis to have a conversation with people around the food plate. I recommend 15 minutes/day to connect with others, whether it's having a conversation in your church parking lot, posting a photo on Instagram/Facebook with a descriptive caption, responding to a couple of blog posts, talking about how you're working cattle with your friends, or tweeting as a part of #FoodChat.
No More Food Fights! cites Center for Food Integrity studies that point out the importance of connecting on values. If agriculture connects on values and hot buttons—we bridge the divide. If we lead with science and technical farm talk, the disconnect becomes unbridgeable. I believe agriculture and anyone interested in food deserves better than that, don't you?
Q. Talking with one another means conducting a two way, respectful conversation – urban dwellers respecting the agricultural community and vice versa. I've seen some very disrespectful comments coming from both sides. How do you convince these combatants to shake hands and come out NOT fighting?
A. Respectful conversation starts with a relationship and finding commonalities, and is often enriched by leveraging the power of a community. Focus your energy on the 70-80% in the middle, not the zealots or entrenched on either end of the spectrum. An example is a recent #AgChat on animal welfare. HSUS had sent out a message to encourage their followers to participate and even suggested some tweets. The ag community turned out with great energy, was able to have a positive conversation, and not be distracted by naysayers. This very visible type of conversation illustrated the type of hard-working, trustworthy people engaged in farming.
It's not realistic to expect that people around the food plate will agree on every issue, but shaking hands is about having enough respect to agree to disagree on some points. I also remind people that agriculture is incredibly diverse; it takes more than just a farmer to get food to the plate. Connecting with the person beside you, such as farmer who chooses a different farming practice or a food scientist in the lab, can be just as valuable as reaching food buyers.
Q. Talking directly to people in animal agriculture – give us a half dozen ways we can engage our friends who are several generations away from the land? And maybe a half dozen ways not to go about it, too.
A. No More Food Fights! gives 6.5 steps to sharing the farm story: who, what, why, where, when, how and you. Each step is a chapter to provide a common sense plan that help readers figure out who they'd really like to focus on beyond the ag choir. Some will be more comfortable with school kids or media, while others will focus on elected officials. Answering the "what?" involves looking for your selected influencer group's hot button, which is a critical and often-missed step when ag is too worried about spewing science and research. I suggest the farm side of the plate back up and get to know what excites their influencer group - and understand not everyone's hot buttons revolve around farm or cattle.
The third step is "why?" and relating to those hot buttons through shared values to speak the same language. In my opinion, this is where agriculture has failed in the past. We try to talk farming with people who can't relate, rather than approaching them as humans. The "where", "when" and "how" chapters are simply about putting an action plan in place and determining where your community is. "You" is a chapter focusing on thought leadership for agriculture and putting individual passion for agriculture to work.
My goal is to move people toward connecting at the center of the plate, which is the closing chapter - and the only one that is identical on the both sides of the book. Farmers and ranchers, along with chefs and dietitians, offer examples to give dimension to the 6.5 steps. I'd point to these 35+ contributors as case studies of ways to connect with those not on a farm or ranch. A half dozen from the "do not" list, which are positioned as rotten vegetables in the book, are: don't assume you need to educate (you may be the one who needs to be educated), don't wait to react to the next issue, don't go on the defensive when asked a questions about agriculture, don't dump science and data, don't forget to ask questions & listen, and don't pretend agriculture is perfect.
Q. Thousands of people read Cattlenetwork. What would you like to say to them?
A. Please know that your voice is needed. This isn't about winning a battle; it's about protecting your future. Agriculture's ability to connect with others around the food plate will directly determine if you can choose to farm the way you see fit. Don't wait until the next nasty video, 'pink slime' case or claims about antibiotics. Today is your opportunity to lead the discussion - tomorrow is your opportunity to respond.
Take 15 minutes to proactively reach out to people with questions about their food. Figure out who it makes sense for you to personally focus on. Ask them questions. Demonstrate how much you care and why. Reaching across the plate does not mean we will agree on every issue, but it does mean that we care enough to make a connection. Hopefully No More Food Fights! will help you do that while growing a more productive conversation around farm and food.
Chuck Jolley is a free lance writer, based in Kansas City, who covers a wide range of ag industry topics for Vance Publishing.


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Reborn skin project goal. Update & expand the functionality of Robby's Original BMW E36 skin, so it could be use by other user's other than just BMW user's.
Reborn skin project goal. Update & expand the functionality of Robby's Original BMW E36 skin, so it could be use by other user's other than just BMW user's.
I like to thank:
- Robby BMW for his excellent skin and PSD's which made it possible to edit his skins and create new ones.
- Carputer1 for makeing my ideas work and ExecTBL code and scripts.
- Flash clock/calendar is from Mauri's skin, credits goes to him or who made it.
- El Camino for TaskManager script.
- JohnWPB for MediaCopy script.
- Audio
- Radio
- Video
- Skin config and browser
- Weather
- Web
- CD Rip
- Launch
What's new:
- Dynamic menu buttons. Press and hold to change function of button.
- Changeable car logo. In config click LOGO button, select logo from list and click SET.
- Changeable color theme. In config click COLOR button, select color from list and click SET.
- PC Info. Need Speedfan runing be able to show temps, currents and fan speeds.
- Games.
- Calendar.
- Plugin manager.
- Draw.
- Pictures.
- Google Traffic.
- TaskManager.
- MediaCopy.
- MediaLaunch.
- Skins to plugins below
Plugin's Supported (not apart of skin download,extra setting up maybe required, check plugin readme for further setting up)
Skype. Lambosprit's Skype plugin. Link
Phone. Lambosprit's .net Bluetooth Mobilephone Plugin. Link
Google Earth. Guino's plugin. Link
RRTMS. Robby's tire monitoring system extension plugin. Link
RRPDC. Robby's park distance control extension plugin. Link
RRTubeEx. El Camino's Youtube Plugin. Link
RRMail. Sonicxtacy02's Email plugin. Link
New Wifi Manager. El Camino's Wifi Plugin. Link
DVB viewer RR plugin. Written by Mitch. Link
RRTrafficCams 2.0. Enforcer's Traffic flow cameras plugin. Link
RRFuelPrices 2.0. Enforcer's Lowest local fuel prices plugin. Link
WebRadio plugin - Written by Mitch. Link
DFXVoice � A Voice Control Plugin. Link
Version history:
- V1.13 New RideRunner Dynamic Menus, this new feature needs RideRunner version Mar-8-2012 or newer to work!!!
Youtube plugin support dropped because plugin seems to be unsupported.
Google Traffic script dropped as it's old.
Weather screen update for WunderGround.
MediaLaunch script removed.
DVB TV screen updated. Now view goes automatically to full screen if nothing happen in 6 seconds. Click top right corner to exit from full screen.
- V1.12 PC info screen updated (works only with SpeedFan software). Unfortunately, thermometers only show Celsius degrees.
Buttons click sound changed. Sygic and Garmin screens slightly changed.
iGO 8.3.X added to GPS selector, iGO 8.3.x screen is made for 800x450 size iGO what I've done.
I can arrange a link where you can download it, IF someone is interested
New Medialist added to Audio Player and Audio Browser.
Small changes in Camera screen.
Characters ; and : added to OSK.
Contact detail button added to Skype screen.
New theme color bluish-green.
New option "OPT_NOFOCUS" added to areas to prevent embedded application flickering when click RR buttons.
DFXVoice plugin support, as it's still in beta state, changes may come in future.
- v1.11 Small changes in weather screen. Click the date in the menu to change GPS speed, press and hold to get date back.
Click the satellite indicator in the menu to launch gauges. Some updates in installer.
- v1.1 Added screen for Mitch's NEW awesome WebRadio plugin. RRTube screens updated for new plugin.
ALBUMART and COVERART indicators added to music, video etc. skins and browser skins.
- v1.09 Radio screen for DAB Venice 7.
Screens for Enforcer's RRTrafficCams 2.0 plugin.
As well as for Enforcer's RRFuelPrices 2.0 plugin.
WiFi screen updated for new .NET Wifi Manager plugin.
MediaLaunch removable device (USB) indicator added to the audio and video screens.
Valid GPS position indicator added to menu.
Sygic FLEET, iGuidance and FreeDrive added to GPS selector.
DVD screen fixed in April 2011 RideRunner so DVD screen is back.
Camera screen changed to work with MiniCam. Download MiniCam from Curious Tech
and set path to MiniCam.exe in ExecTBL.
Minor tweaks and fixes.
- v1.08 Google Earth screen updated for GE6. Sliders fixed.
Radio signal strength appears at the main menu when the radio is on.
Indicator changes.
- v1.07 Small updates in Pluginmgr and weather. New startup volume option in config. New transition in popup menus.
Player buttons in menu, play button change status by state and source.
PC skin's texts changed to labels for used editable.
RideRunner minimum version check.
- v1.06 Added GPS selection skin in config and DVB skin (need also DVBViewer program and plugin to work).
ElcosMenu script updated to not leaking version.
- v1.05 GoogleTraffic skin and script updated. Added load playlist skin. Skype icon script hangs issue fixed.
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January 3, 2012
Future Shock
Miami Marlins Top 11 Prospects
Previous Rankings: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008
System In 20 Words Or Less: The system finds some depth and star power in Yelich, but there is still an overall lack of elite-level talent.
Five-Star Prospects
Nine More:
1. Christian Yelich, OF
Year in Review: 2010 first-round pick improved throughout the season, and was among the most dangerous hitters in the minors in the second half, batting .354/.423/.568 after the All-Star break.
2. Jose Fernandez, RHP
Year in Review: Cuban émigré pitched his way to becoming the third high-school pitcher in the draft, where he signed for a $2 million bonus.
3. Marcell Ozuna, OF
Year in Review: Streaky outfielder had more ups than down, finishing in the Sally League top five in runs, home runs and total bases.
4. J.T. Realmuto, C
Year in Review: 2010 third-round pick was converted from shortstop to catcher, and the results were more than encouraging.
5. Chad James, LHP
Year in Review: 2009 first-round pick isn't a high-upside pitcher anymore, but he sure looks like a big leaguer.
6. Matt Dominguez, 3B
Year in Review: The Marlins hoped Dominguez would earn a big league job in 2011, but his bat didn't get going until the second half.
7. Jesus Solorzano, OF
Year in Review: Speed-based outfielder impressed in his stateside debut.
8. Jose Ceda, RHP
Year in Review: Once a top closer prospect, Ceda returned from shoulder issues to dominate Triple-A and missed plenty of bats in his first extended big league look.
9. Jose Urena, RHP
Year in Review: Teenage Dominican showed some of the best upside among pitchers in the New York-Penn League.
10. Rob Rasmussen, LHP
Year in Review: 2010 second-round pick had up-and-down year in the Florida State League.
11. Noah Perio, 2B
Year in Review: Was a solid all-around contributor in his full-season debut.
The Sleeper: Scouts aren't completely ready to write off outfielder Ike Galloway, who had 16 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 110 games but still has one of the game's worst approaches.
Top 10 Talents 25 And Under (born 4/1/86 or later)
Stanton is an absolutely terrifying talent who has as much raw power as anyone in the game, made significant improvements in 2011 in his pure hitting, and is still years from his prime. Morrison proved he can hit for average in 2010, proved he can hit for power in 2011, and now needs to prove he can do both. He has the talent to do it, but his Twitter ability is highly over-rated. Volstad is a fantastic sleeper selection for 2012 as he learns how to be a groundball pitcher. His ERA was up in 2011, but his walks were down, his strikeouts were up, and there is still a ceiling there.
Summary: Along with their name change, the Marlins have transformed from a prospect-dependent team to big spenders in the free agent market, making some of their prospects expendable in future deals. While the last two drafts and their international work could pay dividends, this is still a middle-of-the-road organization that could improve dramatically with the addition of one of the big name Cuban imports once Yoenis Cespedes and Jorge Soler are eligible to sign.
Kevin Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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"Yelich can flat out hit. He has a smooth, downright pretty swing from the left side, has plenty of bat speed, and is learning how to extend his arms for power, projecting for 20-25 home runs annually. He works the count well and should hit for average with a high on-base percentage as well."
Jan 03, 2012 02:23 AM
Hermida and Ben Grieve in the AL, right?
Jan 03, 2012 08:59 AM
Nice comp. My first thought reading the Yelich write up was "this sounds like Jeremey Hermida."
Jan 03, 2012 09:13 AM
And Travis Lee.
Jan 03, 2012 11:34 AM
How much farther down on the Top 10 age 25 and younger until we'd hit Brad Hand? Does he have more room to grow (other than the fact that LHPs will always get more chances)?
Jan 03, 2012 05:19 AM
What separates a guy like Yelich from a guy like Marisnick?
Jan 03, 2012 05:47 AM
Apropos of nothing...
Jan 03, 2012 06:15 AM
Jan 03, 2012 07:09 AM
Ian Miller
"Pedro Feliz had an 11-year career."
Jan 03, 2012 09:26 AM
Jan 03, 2012 14:48 PM
I think Mason Hope is ranked too low, i've heard the curveball is a potential whipout pitch and the fastball is solid. Get him a changeup and who does that sound like, Clay Buchholtz.
Jan 03, 2012 15:31 PM
Is there going to be a Top 101 prospects in the Annual?
Jan 03, 2012 16:16 PM
Jan 03, 2012 17:34 PM
Kevin, do you think Dominguez has a good enough glove that he could be passable at shortstop? His bat would certainly profile better there.
Jan 03, 2012 17:36 PM
No. 3B and SS are very VERY different skill sets. SS is a range and athleticism position. 3B is a read and react position. Brooks Robinson would have been a horrible shortstop.
Jan 03, 2012 19:03 PM
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Does Arquimedes Caminero still have a prospecty pulse? I know he missed almost all of 2011, but I can't give up on his fastball (or his name).
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A grower's court challenge to the change of the Vidalia onion start date should be thrown out because he failed to serve the Georgia attorney general with the complaint, according to the state agriculture commissioner's response.
The grower, Delbert Bland, owner of Bland Farms in Glennville, Ga., is represented in the case by Georgia's former attorney general Michael Bowers.
In addition to the alleged failed service, the state contends Bland is wrong in his assertion that commissioner Gary Black does not have the authority to change the start date — now set on the Monday of the last full week in April every year.
"The statute speaks for itself," is repeated five times in the state's response, which makes two similar statements regarding state regulations.
Bland, who owned and contracted for about a fourth of the 12,600 Vidalia onion acres planted for the 2013 season, says Black is harming Vidalia growers whose onions are ready for market before the official start date.
Many other growers and members of the Vidalia Onion Business Council say the exact opposite is true.
Bob Stafford, manager of the council, said the vast majority of growers are in favor of the later date. He said they asked the commissioner to take action to stop the flow of immature Vidalia onions that has caused consumer and retailer complaints in recent years.
"We knew we had a serious problem this season when we couldn't get the price back up," Stafford said recently, referring to the pricing curve the trademarked sweet onions usually follow.
Vidalias opened in April for $20 per 40-pound box, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. By late May jumbos and colossal hit $22, but in June, when prices should have reflected the height of the season, prices were $14-18 per box. Prices bottomed in mid-August at $12-14 and ended with the final report Sept. 9 at $14-16.
The new start date does not include an early ship clause, which Bland also doesn't like. In his complaint he said he "customarily" shipped early via a clause in the previous rule.
Previously the start date was set each year by the commissioner after the Vidalia Onion Advisory Panel made a recommendation.
Growers could send their Vidalias to market earlier if they paid for special inspections by the USDA and the onions met No. 1 grade standards.
Stafford said the new start date won't stop anyone from shipping onions early, but they will have to be appropriately labeled.
"He's not saying you can't sell your onions. You just can't use the Vidalia trademark on them before the start date," Stafford said.


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- Top-seeded Villanova was bounced from the NCAA Tournament by eighth-seeded Wisconsin, which overcame foul trouble for two of its stars in the second half Saturday to upset the defending champions 65-62 in the East region.
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- MADISON, Wis. (AP) Senior guard Bronson Koenig scored 17 points in his final home game, combining with D'Mitrik Trice to give No. 22 Wisconsin's offense a second-half boost in a 66-49 victory over Minnesota on Sunday.
The Badgers (23-8, 12-6 Big Ten) secured the second seed in the conference tournament and got a sorely needed confidence boost to end the regular season after having lost five of their previous six games.
Nate Mason had 17 points for Minnesota (23-8, 11-7). The Golden Gophers had won eight straight.
Koenig hit five 3s in the second half, including baskets on three straight possessions with less than 3 minutes left. Trice had a four-point play after getting fouled on a 3-pointer with 12:24 left, before hitting a layup about 20 seconds later.
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Submitted: 02/19/2017
- MADISON, Wis. (AP) �" Nigel Hayes scored 14 of his 21 points in the second half, Ethan Happ had 20 points and No. 11 Wisconsin beat No. 23 Maryland 71-60 in a choppy, foul-filled game on Sunday.
The Badgers (22-5, 11-3) overcame 27 points from Terrapins guard Melo Trimble to snap a two-game losing streak and stay in a tie atop the Big Ten with Purdue.
Bronson Koenig scored all nine of his points in the second half, giving the Badgers a lift with his jump shot after the senior missed a game with a left calf injury. Wisconsin shot 51 percent in the second half.
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- Bryant McIntosh scored 25 points, and defensive-minded Northwestern beat No. 7 Wisconsin 66-59 on Sunday, securing an important win for the school's bid to make its first-ever NCAA Tournament.
Dererk Pardon added 11 for the Wildcats (19-6, 8-4), who confounded the Big Ten-leading Badgers by doubling dominant big man Ethan Happ.
Nigel Hayes scored nine of his 13 points in the second half for the Badgers (21-4, 10-2), who had their eight-game winning streak snapped.
The Badgers didn't let up despite falling behind by 10 with 1 minute left, closing to 60-55 with less than 15 seconds after Zak Showalter hit two foul shots.
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Matt Ryan threw for four touchdowns, including a 73-yard catch and run for a highlight-reel score by star receiver Julio Jones. The defense played just as crucial a role in containing quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' offense.
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Submitted: 04/30/2016
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Round one: Kenny Clark, DT, UCLA
Round two: Jason Spriggs, OT, Indiana
Round three: Kyler Fackrell, LB Utah St.
Round four: Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford; Dean Lowry, DE, Northwestern
Round five: Trevor Davis, WR, California
Round six: Kyle Murphy, OT, Stanford
The smallest player out of the group stands at 6'1"
Thompson says adding bulk was one of their goals.
"There are things you'd like to add to your team," says General Manager Ted Thompson. "Athletic ability, size, that sort of thing. We do think we were able to do that [Saturday]. You don't have to be big to play in the NFL, but it helps, and we were able to get some bigs on both sides of the ball."
It takes a lot of planning and focus to draft well, but Ted says the process is still far from over.
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One chapter closed on the Padres on Wednesday night.
And another opened.
Officially, it's over. The Padres were eliminated from the National League West race in a 4-2 loss to the Phillies before 30,351 at Citizens Bank Park — a loss that also ended a four-game Padres winning streak.
But the silver lining was the major league debut of Tommy Medica, who drove a 406-foot home run off Phillies ace Cliff Lee to give the Padres a brief 1-0 lead in the fifth inning.
Later, first baseman Medica, originally a catcher, got outs — though not the outs he wanted — on two decisive plays as the Phillies broke a 2-2 tie by scoring on a seventh-inning grounder to first base and an eighth-inning safety squeeze bunt that was also fielded by Medica.
"There was a calmness I liked," Padres manager Bud Black said of Medica, who was promoted from Double-A San Antonio on Tuesday.
"There is a poise to him. Time will tell. I thought he handled himself well. He swung the bat with some conviction."
As for Medica's homer, Black said: "Wasn't that great? Good for him. That ball was hit high and carried far. To get your first hit and have it be a homer off Cliff Lee …"
"Definitely that was a cool thing," said Medica, adding that he was at first concerned that Phillies center fielder Cesar Hernandez might have a play, then became worried about tripping over a base as he rounded the infield.
Medica hit 20 homers in 80 minor-league games — mostly at San Antonio — this season. But he spent more than a third of his time as a designated hitter.
Later in his major league debut, he found himself fielding a ball as Phillies runners raced home from third.
In the seventh, Freddy Galvis, who earlier answered Medica's homer with the first of two solo shots off Eric Stults, sprinted home from third with the tiebreaking run on a soft, one-out grounder to Medica off the bat of Hernandez.
An inning later, Carlos Ruiz scored on Galvis' push bunt, which was also fielded by Medica.
"Galvis was running on contact," Black said. "He's a good runner. And the ball wasn't hit very hard. It would have been a bang-bang play at the plate with a good throw."
In the eighth, the Galvis bunt put Medica in the same position.
"The first was a soft hit ball," Medica said. "The bunt, if I could have got to it a little faster …"
But Medica did show the presence of mind to get outs on both plays.
Medica became the second Padre to homer for his first major league hit this season. Outfielder Jaff Decker did it on Aug. 12 in Colorado.
Jedd Gyorko hit another noteworthy homer in Padres history to put the visitors up 2-1 in the top of the sixth.
Gyorko's 355-foot drive to left off a 0-2 Lee pitch was the second baseman's 18th of the season, tying him for the second-highest total by a rookie in Padres history. Nate Colbert holds the franchise rookie record with 24 in 1969. Benito Santiago (1987) and Kevin Kouzmanoff (2007) also had 18 as rookies.


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The Pali word, upekkhā, which is generally translated in English as equanimity does not quite capture the full meaning of this ancient and important word.
Upekkhā is encountered throughout the Pali canon being associated with the four immeasurables or divine abodes of Brahma and as an important element of the fourth jhana which is considered in the scriptures to be the jumping point to Nirvana.
By examining the word's construction, we can get a better idea of its meaning.
Upekkhā is formed from the prefix upa and the root ikh meaning, "to see." The prefix upa generally means unto, to, towards, near, with; it has the notion of bringing towards or with.
Putting these two elements together the meaning of upekkhā can be understood as bringing towards what is one seeing, or a type of seeing which is characterized as bringing into one's vision or bringing with one's vision. In short, an inclusive sort of seeing that takes in things.
When we contrast this idea with apekkha the meaning of upekkhā becomes a lot clearer. Apekkha which is translated as longing for or desire has the same root as upekkhā (ikh) but with a different prefix, apa. The prefix apa is in some senses opposed to the prefix upa in that the prefix signifies away from, forth, down or on. Apekkha can thus be understood as looking away or a type of seeing that is characterized by looking forth towards something. This can be interpreted as a form of seeing which goes away from what is one currently seeing to the thing looked upon; a form of vision which leaves or excludes all except the thing desired.
Upekkhā being in a sense the opposite of apekkha, can now be undetstood as a form of seeing that gracefully includes whatever comes into the field of vision.
Unlike apekkha that is characterized by the exclusive movement of the mind away to something, upekkhā is characterized by the inclusive movement of the mind that brings in something. While the desire expressed in apekkha is discriminatory in that it distinguishes and focuses on one aspect of reality, upekkhā is nondiscriminatory in that it does not break up reality but includes all in it.
It is important to not get confused at this point and understand upekkhā as indifference. Indifference is not upekkhā because indifference is discriminatory while upekkhā is not. Unlike apekkha that focuses on one thing at the expense of other things, indifference excludes by focusing away from some things (generally things not considered important). As such indifference always involves value judgments unlike upekkhā that does not.
Hopefully at this point, upekkhā can be seen as a far richer word than the English word of equanimity. From this analysis, upekkhā can be better understood as a noncritical quality that embraces reality and the totality of existence.
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If you think safety requirements are difficult to sort out in North America, pity the machine builders and automation providers who are trying to sell systems in the global economy. Pity the users, too. In the U.S., where safety is concerned, all we have to deal with are OSHA, NFPA, and UL. In Europe, users and vendors deal with literally dozens of safety organizations, from continent-wide agencies such as the European Economic Union (EU), IEC, and CENELEC, to regulatory agencies in each country. Now, the growing interest in safety networks itself is entangled by this web of European and North American safety standards. Without a concerted effort by the standards and regulatory groups to provide a comprehensive, non-conflicting set of actionables, deploying digital safety systems will remain a murky task.
Ditch Hard Wiring and Relays? Not So Fast
A digital safety network meets safety requirements via a programmable controller and a digital network instead of relying on hard wiring from the safety sensors to conventional relay-based shutdown systems. This is a new approach toward safety system architecture that few people understand and many regulatory agencies can't seem to entirely agree upon.
Users and machine builders have, thus far, largely shunned this relatively new technology while they collectively wait for the various vendors and regulatory agencies to agree on common standards that would make digital safety networks a common accepted alternative, and not the bleeding-edge technology, product-safety lawsuit bonanza it has the current potential to be for tort lawyers.
"There is a small, but emerging market for safety buses/networks," says a recent Venture Development (www.vdc.com) study. "While there are some existing safety buses in use, this market is still nascent with several safety buses still in development."
How nascent? VDC says safety networks accounted for $7.1 million in sales worldwide, or 0.28% of the distributed/remote I/O market in 2002. It forecasts that safety networks will grow to $56.5 million, or 2% of the market by 2005.
The VDC report says Profisafe is presently the number one safety network, with 70.2% of sales in 2002. However, the report predicts its share will slip to 48.3% of the market by 2005. AS-Interface Safety at Work (AS-i) ran a distant second in 2002 at 18.7%, but climbs to 25.5% market share in 2005.
A 2001 study by ARC Advisory Group (www.arcweb.com), written by Richard Piggin, chairman of SafetyBus P Club (www.safetybus.com), identified 12 safety networks. Of those, only six showed up on the VDC radar as still being viable in 2005 (Table I): Profisafe, ASI, DNS, Ethernet Safety, SafetyBus P, and Interbus. Foundation Fieldbus Safety, which doesn't even exist yet, showed up on the VDC study in 6th place for 2005.
Table I: Safety Network Market
2002 2005
Share Share
Profisafe 70.2% 48.3%
AS-i Safety 18.7% 25.5%
DeviceNet Safety -0- 13.1%
Ethernet Safety -0- 3.7%
SafetyBus P 10.1% 3.2%
Foundation Fieldbus -0- 2.8%
Interbus Safety -0- 2.2%
2002 market = $7.1 million
2005 market = $56.5 million
Source: Venture Development Corp.
It is interesting to note that SafetyBus P from Pilz and a group of primarily European partners ran a strong third with 10% of the market in 2002, but was projected to slip to 3.2% of the market in 2005. "SafetyBus P was released in 1998, but has maintained fairly limited market share," says VDC. "A major reason is that products for this bus are not being developed or offered by the major controller suppliers."
Indeed, most of the various safety networks are large-vendor driven, and the more the support, the more popular the safety network. The ARC study says Profisafe was developed in Germany with funding from the German government and cooperation among three major automation vendors: Klockener-Moeller, Robert Bosch, and Siemens.
Meanwhile, AS-i has the support of a dozen vendors, including Festo, Omron, Pepperl+Fuchs, and Schneider Electric.
DeviceNet Safety, predicted to be third in 2005, was originally developed by Rockwell Automation, which passed the intellectual property rights to the Open DeviceNet Vendor Assn., where it enjoys the support of ODVA's 250+ members.
Which Came First? Safety Chicken or Safety Egg?
End users, especially those in North America, face something of a Catch 22 when it comes to safety networks. "End users face a conflict when wanting to apply safety networks," says Ian Verhappen, engineering associate at Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, Alberta. "The various standards, such as NFPA, UL, FM, ISA, IEC, are not all in harmony. And, of course, with today's litigious society, the risk of contravening a standard industry practice is one that most companies are unwilling to take." And while ISA-S84 and IEC 61511 allow facilities to self-certify, provided they have done the statistical analysis that says they meet the SIL (Safety Instrument Level) requirements, "this is a chicken-and-egg situation, says Verhappen. "You cannot gather the data you require unless you have it installed, but you can't install it to get the data." So, he adds, facilities rely on their equipment suppliers to submit their equipment for analysis and certification from groups such as T "V, exida, HIMA, etc., to get the data required for the SIL calculation/analysis."
That seems clear enough. All an end user, or industrial machine builder has to do is buy an approved safety network that meets all the regulations, right? Sorry, that may not work either, says Paul Wiancko, Professional Engineer with P.R.T. Wiancko & Associates of London, Ontario. "Many equipment safety standards do not yet address safety networks and, until this happens, there will be some reluctance to use and approve them," he explains.
Standards groups are still wrestling with safety networks, says Bud Adler, director of business development for process safety solutions at AE Solutions (www.aseolns.com). Adler sits on the ISA SP84 Safety Committee and on the working group that is addressing the use of buses in safety-related applications.
"The present safety standards (ANSI/ISA 84 and IEC 61508/ IEC 61511) do not endorse the use of digital bus communication for safety-related applications," says Adler. "There are several bus protocols with specialized application capability that have T "V approval for safety applications. But T "V approval typically is predicated on following the requirements for installation, operation, testing, documentation of change, and maintenance as described in the vendor's safety manual. Some of these manuals are quite intensive." As Adler understands it, most of the applications have been in machinery control applications.
What this means is that machine builders are among the lucky ones who can find an approved safety bus protocol. "One of our concerns as a company was the approval of this type [AS-i] of system for use in the U.S. by NEC committees," says Bill Elrod, engineer at Hartness Intl., manufacturer of packaging machinery in Greenville, S.C. "Now, with the recent acceptance of this method in the latest release of NFPA 79, which will allow the use of Control Systems Incorporating Software and Firmware Based Controllers,' we OEMs have options in designing integral systems."
Dan Stirpe, electrical engineer at Dauphin Graphic Machines, Millersburg, Pa., is another machine builder who is giving it a go. "We are working on a safety network for our next-generation control system, which will be deployed in 2004," says Stirpe. "We manufacture web printing machinery, or newspaper presses. Our current hardwired safety circuits became very complicated due to clutching, selectability of print units and folders, and flexible configurations. We are implementing a system that uses Profisafe in conjunction with failsafe CPUs and I/O."
Why Profisafe? "Primarily because we use Siemens hardware, and they have a very good selection of failsafe I/O, as well as CPUs," explains Stirpe. "This also allowed us to use a single network for safety and most of our lower-level control functions. We are just hardwiring the E-stop and guard circuits into failsafe I/O on a local failsafe PLC, and communicating over Profisafe to a master configuration PLC (also failsafe) to handle all of the selection and steering. This eliminates literally hundreds of force-guided relays as well as numerous safety monitoring relays."
Stirpe's actions highlight some of the advantages of safety networks: lower cost, fewer hardwired components, and flexibility. Now, add the ability to set up safety zones around equipment so that one safety infraction doesn't shut the entire machine or process down, and you begin to see the value of installing a network instead of hard-wired controls.
Who's Driving This Bus?
So what's holding up the technology? Standards organizations, of course. Piggin, author of the ARC study, says the international standards all center on IEC 61508, Functional Safety Of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety Related Systems. "IEC 61508 has been criticized for being too generic and therefore difficult to implement," says Piggin. "Technical committees within the IEC must then make use of 61508 in preparation of their own standards. Hence, the developments of IEC 62061 (for machine builders), IEC 61511 (for process control), and other sector standards."
Process control people don't seem to like the standard either. "IEC 61508 has been regarded by some in the process industry as too prescriptive and vague, where ISA's S84 is performance based and sector specific," Piggin adds.
Piggin says some safety network manufacturers may claim compatibility with EN954-1, but this may not be enough. "EN954-1 is a generic safety standard that describes categories, requirements, functional characteristics, principles for the design of safety related control systems, and associated risk assessment," he explains. Risk assessment in this standard is a function of the severity of injury, the frequency of exposure, and the possibility of avoiding the hazard, and has little to do with how to set up a safety network. "Detailed guidance on specific data communication issues is not given,"Piggin warns.
There's simply more chaos than there should be, vendors are in a position to manipulate the standardization process, and everything related to safety networks is moving at a glacial pace. As Adler points out, ISA is a year away from making a decision. So, as far as the standards business goes, it's business as usual.
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The lack of standards have never stopped aggressive vendors from offering products, so there are several perfectly workable safety networks on the market, all of which conform to one safety standard or another.
Some vendors have safety networks, but nobody knows about them, including their own customers. "Our preferred safety system vendor , Triconex , doesn't support safety networks," says an instrument engineer at Marathon Ashland Petroleum in Detroit. "Introducing new technology in refining takes time. I think it will happen, but I don't know when."
Another system integrator writes, "I am currently working with a major refiner, upgrading their safety systems as capital allows. They are employing Triconex controllers, which are all hardwired. No bus or comm system is even being considered."
All this comes as a surprise to Invenys-Triconex, which has had a safety network for years. "Triconex Peer-to-Peer (P2P) has been certified by T "V to meet IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 standards," says Mark Hammer, director of industry marketing. "Triconex has offered this certified network since 1995."
Talk to your favorite system supplier to find out what's up. You may be thinking fieldbus-based networks, while your vendor has something else that will work. Meanwhile, here's a rundown of recent developments, based on the rankings from VDC.
Profisafe--The most popular safety network worldwide, Profisafe is based on the Profibus fieldbus system (Figure 1). According to Wolfgang Stripf of Siemens AG (www.siemens.de), and head of the Profibus Application Profiles technical committee, it can be used for factory and process automation tasks. Stripf says Profisafe's big breakthrough came at the 2002 Hanover Fair, when dozens of products were demonstrated, ranging from safe mini PLCs to light arrays, laser scanners, and remote I/O. "In other words, there is a complete selection for performing safe automation tasks, from the simplest to the most complex," says Stripf.
Profisafe is also writing its own specs. "As most security standards do not take a bus mode into account, the boundary conditions for safe communication had to be defined in a separate specification," Stripf says. "To keep the expense of certification as low as possible, an almost fully automatic Profisafe layer test was developed."
Siemens Energy & Automation in the U.S. (www.siemens.com) recently launched Safety Integrated USA, a new organization for applying safety technology, including networks, across all its product lines. Siemens sees two distinct markets for safety automation , process and discrete , so its process safety will be lead from Spring House, Pa., while discrete industry safety initiatives will be managed out of Norcross, Ga.
Figure 1: Profisafe Rules
Profisafe, the most popular safety bus, is based on the Profibus fieldbus. It allows
control and safety devices to share the same network.
Source: Profibus Nutzerorganisation e.V.
AS-Interface Safety at Work--Ranked number 2, AS-i is a two-wire master-slave system that has gateways to CAN, DeviceNet, Interbus, and Profibus, among others. Master controllers can be industrial PCs, PLCs, and process controllers. It has been around since 1991, and has become a European standard (EN 50295 and IEC 62026-2). AS-i boasts many successful installations, particularly in the automotive industry.
Helge Hornis, Ph.D., intelligent systems manager for Pepperl+Fuchs (www.us.pepperl-fuchs.com), says AS-i is a much simpler system than some of the others, which tends to keep costs down. "No safety PLC is required with AS-i and normal and safe data can be transmitted over the same wire," he adds. According to tests at a German manufacturer, AS-i costs about 85% of what it would cost for a standard hardwired safety system.
DeviceNet Safety/CIP--Ranked third, this DNS achieved T "V approval in July 2003 for its system specifications. Richard Galera, marketing manager, safety controls, for Rockwell Automation (www.ra.rockwell.com) says products will be submitted for T "V approval in 2004, and products will arrive on the market in 2005. "DeviceNet Safety will meet the requirements of IEC 61508 up to SIL 3," says Galera.
DNS is based on the Control and Information Protocol (CIP) found in DeviceNet, ControlNet, and Ethernet/IP, says Galera. ODVA received concept approval from T "V for the CIP safety protocol in 2002. "In the second phase of CIP Safety Development, companies will be able to link distributed DeviceNet Safety segments to standard CIP-based networks, such as Ethernet/IP," says Galera.
Which means current DeviceNet users can use existing wiring, and implement a safety system by adding DNS devices to an existing network (Figure 2).
Figure 2: DeviceNet Framework
Multiple DeviceNet Safety segments can be interconnected
using a high-speed EtherNet/IP Safety backbone, with all the
nodes communicating as if on the same segment.
Source: Rockwell Automation
Safety Ethernet--"Peer-to-peer networks are alive and well," argues Lawrence Beckman, president of SafePlex Systems, Houston, and member of the ISA S84 Safety Committee. Safety Ethernet, ranked fourth by VDC, is a modified version of Ethernet that is both safe and deterministic, and Beckman is using it in offshore platform applications (Figure 3). "We have employed them in many projects over the past five years, and most recently in several exploration and production safety applications in the Gulf of Mexico."
Figure 3: Offshore Safety Net
It's easier and less expensive to use
a safety network than to run wires
all over an offshore drilling platform.
Source: Safetyplex
Safety Ethernet was originally developed by HIMA (www.hima.com). It allows safety-related data to be integrated in a standard Ethernet network operating at speeds up to 100 Mbps, making it one of the fastest safety networks around. Safety Ethernet has been certified by T "V and BG for use up to Category 4 and SIL 3. Triconex' P2P network is based on Ethernet.
Safety Bus P--Although the SafetyBus P Club Intl. is now the official driving force behind SafetyBus P, Pilz Automation Safety (www.pilz.com) still makes the controller hardware.
SafetyBus P is based on Controller Area Network (CAN) technology. "Conventional fieldbus networks are not suitable for safety related controls," says Piggin, "because additional error detection and avoidance mechanisms are required. An additional safety layer is necessary to detect connection or device failures and implement the required emergency shutdown action to avoid danger."
Pilz accomplishes this by adding an application layer, plus a triple-redundant safety controller. The safety controller is divided into two sections, failsafe and standard. The failsafe section processes all safety-related functions.
Although Pilz claims that conventional fieldbus networks are not suitable for safety systems, the market appears to be deciding otherwise. Single networks that can carry both control and safety components have a huge advantage in cost and simplicity. For example, Profibus, AS-i, DeviceNet Safety, and Safety Internet are all based on fieldbus systems that do not require an extra level of complexity, and all are predicted to outsell Safety Bus P. Pilz is likely to remain a strong safety market force, given the reputation of its safety relays.
Foundation Fieldbus--According to Dave Glanzer, director of technology development, Foundation Fieldbus'(FF)upcoming safety network is based on IEC 61508 for equipment design and IEC 61511 for end user application. Glanzer says ISA SP84 work is similar to IEC 61511, but ISA does not have a standard equivalent to IEC 61508 for equipment design.
"Foundation Fieldbus' Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) project is an End User Advisory Council initiative that was approved by the board of directors in October 2002," explains Glanzer. The draft preliminary technical specifications have been completed and planning is underway for laboratory validation testing during 2004. Glanzer claims safety certified devices with FF SIS technology should be available in 2005."
Bud Adler, who sits on the ISA committee, explains the problem: "Foundation Fieldbus has a strong following of those companies that support its use in safety-related applications. However, it's not that a digital network cannot be made safe enough for safety-related applications; it is the fact that there is not an approved measure of that safety availability in accordance with the safety standard."
Emerson Process Management, a big FF supporter, is probably agonizing over the delays. Emerson offers a full line of SIL and SIS equipment, and recently announced its DeltaV SIS, with redundant processors, HART networks, logic solvers, and digital communications. It has everything it needs, but Emerson can't call it a Safety Network because it doesn't fall into any of the categories listed above. "We do not conform to any of the listed safety networks," says Gary Law, DeltaV product manager.
Interbus--Phoenix Contact (www.phoenixcon.com) is the chief proponent of Interbus. It is almost a single-vendor system, but we have been assured that several German companies also make products. "An Interbus safety network is clearing significant milestones on its way to the market," says David Skelton, director of automation systems at Phoenix Contact. "Interbus safety, which is based upon the Interbus protocol standards, received T "V approval in November for its system specification. Products will be submitted for T "V approval in 2004 and should arrive in the market late next year."
Skelton claims the Interbus safety system will provide safety functions up to Category 4 according to EN 954, and SIL 3 according to IEC 61508. "Depending on the application, the user can use either a one-cable solution with integrated safety or a two-cable solution, where one bus cable is used for standard signals and the other for safety signals," he says.
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