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Content Management Systems, Chapter 1: Foundations of CMS
Tools or Systems?
The term "content management system" is often used generically to refer to products that offer the basic technical infrastructure: a repository, template engine, and an asset management interface. However, it is sometimes useful to draw a distinction between the tools or products and the broader context  or system  in which those tools operate.
We'll discuss such tools, and the process of buying and building them, in Chapters 5 and 6.
You may want to think of the products that are marketed as "content management systems" as content management tools (or CMS tools). Making this distinction leaves room for a broader definition of content management systems themselves as the organizational context in which the activity of content management occurs. It has three qualities:
It Occurs in the Business Environment
The surrounding environment includes the business' goals, company culture, and the decision-making processes. Content management does, in some ways, reflect the people who undertake the activity. It does not happen in a "clean room".
This has a couple of corollaries. First, content management is a people-centric activity. In the broadest sense, as organizations and people, we use web sites to communicate. While that communication is not the same as speaking on the phone or writing a letter, it is, ultimately, person-to-person communication. Content management is about facilitating the technical aspects of this type of communication.
The second corollary is that content management is also a people-intensive activity. Although the focus is often on the technology and the products, the aim is to apply that technology to help people get their jobs done faster and more efficiently.
In this book we will examine the technology, but we also talk about our experience with applying technology to real human problems. This means that you'll need to train people, and explain what the content management product you purchase or build does. You'll need to set expectations, and you may have to do some internal evangelism.
Successful content management implementations always take account of the human aspect.
It Is a Set of Processes
The processes involved marry and merge the human and the technical. While most vendors would have you believe that their technology can solve all your content management problems, the nature of the problem is such that a product on its own cannot solve the problems you may have with your people processes.
In any organization, there are agreements about how to get work done. Content management is no different  it is an agreement between people. An agreement or contract concerning how things get done is not new to business or programming. But in content management the agreement has to be more explicit and the enforcement of the process needs to be programmed into the workflow.
This workflow enforcement can also change the nature of the agreement. In many cases this can be an improvement  a simpler process can emerge, for example. In other cases, the technical enforcement of a poorly conceived workflow serves merely to calcify it.
Business processes change all the time. Once workflow is introduced, and people rely on it, it's important that the workflow reflects the current business agreements. It follows that accurate, flexible workflow tools are a must.
It Is an Infrastructure
This infrastructure supports the many mundane tasks of content management. For instance, reminding people to submit content, approving the content, and pasting it into a template. By using tools to automate as much of that as possible, we can support the most important aspects of content management and allow people to work at a higher level.
Authors can focus on what they write, rather than on waiting for a production person to make changes for them. Designers can think about site navigation, usability, and redesigns, rather than tedious, repetitive HTML coding. Developers can tweak the system for performance and improve their code, rather than getting called in to fix a broken deployment of the site.
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One Israeli settler was killed after Palestinians fired Monday afternoon at an Israeli vehicle near the West bank settlement of Rimonim, east of Ramallah. Another Israeli was lightly wounded.
Meanwhile, Hamas said Monday that it carried out the Friday shooting attack in Hebron that killed 12 Israelis. On Friday, the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.
An official statement released by the military wing of Hamas, Ezzedin Al Qassam, described the events of the attacks, beginning with the first shots at an Israeli convoy.
The statement said that two armed Hamas members opened fire on an Israeli jeep and the on settlers that arrived to help the wounded. Hamas said that only after 15 minutes of battle did they realize that a second Palestinian group had also become involved. (Albawaba.com)
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The Mike Harvey Show lets you enjoy exclusive content and the greatest classic hits of the 70′s and 80′s with just a sprinkling of the 60′s for flavor. All the songs played are by request, so the show puts the listeners in charge of the music. This makes every show unique and incredibly fun.


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Police: Clown threats no laughing matter; false reports can result in serious charges
WASHINGTON - Police in Maryland and Virginia say the false reports of clown sightings and threats are no laughing matter. In fact, they are pointing out that there can be serious consequences for those making the threats, either online or in false reports.
Prince George's County police say it takes up their time and resources when these false reports are made. In the past couple of weeks, there have been reports all around the D.C., Virginia and Maryland areas about clown sightings, clowns following people and clown threats.
On Friday, Arlington County police responded to a report of a clown threatening people with an ax at a park . However, it turns out there was no ax and that it was possibly a skateboard. And police never even found a clown.
In the past couple of weeks, schools in Alexandria, Arlington, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the D.C. region all had heightened security and even lockdowns because of threats to schools posted on social media from clown-themed accounts. Teenagers in both Montgomery and Prince George's Counties are now facing charges because of these social media threats.
Prince George's County police has a message: several types of serious charges can result from false reports, even if people think they're just clowning around.
FOX 5 spoke to the Fairfax County Police Department and they want people to remember that it is actually against the law to wear a mask in public in Virginia. It is a felony and it could mean jail time. But exceptions include Halloween and job-related masks.


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Updated 'Sgt. Pepper's' Cover Features Artists Lost in 2017Tom Petty, Chuck Berry, Chris Cornell and Glen Campbell are among the featured artists.
Ringo Starr Confirms The Beatles are Bigger than Justin BieberNot wanting to hurt any feelings, Starr quickly followed up saying, "but we love Justin."
Lady Gaga Covers The Beatles, Neil Young at Invite-Only DNC ConcertLady Gaga performed an invite-only set for delegates by Lady Gaga.
Legendary Beatles Producer George Martin Dies At 90Considered by many as the "Fifth Beatle", Martin produced and arranged most of the band's songs.
Lady Gaga's Cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine' Is a DelightGirl can sang, but you already knew that.
Paul McCartney Was 'Flattered' Kanye West Wanted to Work With Him, But Still Isn't Sure WhyEven former Beatles feel insecure sometimes.
Kanye West, Paul McCartney Reportedly Working on Song Called 'Piss on my Grave'Whether or not the world will get to hear their music is still to be determined.
Your Perfect Astrological Song, Sung by an Artist With Your Astrological SignMaybe you can feel it in the cosmic energy surrounding us, but Mercury is no longer in retrograde and Jupiter is probably not currently aligned with Mars.
Emmys 2014: 'The Voice,' 'The Beatles: The Night That Changed America' Score NominationsIt wasn't even 6:00 a.m. PT before the Carson Daly-hosted The Voice scored a nomination for Outstanding Reality Competition Program for this year's Emmys.
The Formula Behind Every Perfect Pop Song: Surfer Stephen's Viral Video Of The Day
Q&A: GRAMMYs Exec Producer Ken Ehrlich On Big Surprises & BeatlesGRAMMYs exec producer Ken Ehrlich on how Kendrick suggested a collabo with Imagine Dragons and what goes into getting Beatles together.
Paul McCartney Invented The Selfie: Surfer Stephen's Viral Video Of The Day


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For the last week or so, the Avia Layout Builder is becoming slower and slower. When I update a page, it refreshes, but then shows empty content.
Also, I am no longer able to drag elements around on a page. Dragging the cursor turns to the drag symbol, but I can't move the elements.
I figured it out. If you add the following MixPanel javascript code into a text element, the Avia Editor doesn't work. Is there any way to get around this?
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Hi franktw,
This has been mentioned a few times recently as people are starting to use the builder for more in depth stuff. I think we need to add a on/off option for executing content within text elements since the builder attempts to render things while working within it.
For now, you can use regular shortcodes and not use the advanced layout editor on those pages you need to include scripts into.
Ok, thanks. Yes, would love to see an on/off option for executing content!
For now you can use a plugin like: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/raw-html-snippets/
Best regards,
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PHOENIX, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Rep.-elect Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was declared the winner Monday in a race in a new congressional district, becoming the first bisexual member of Congress.
Results posted on the state Secretary of State's website indicated Sinema received 100,486 votes, or 48.13 percent, to Vernon Parker's 94,697 votes, or 45.35 percent in the state's 9th Congressional District, a district created as a result of the 2010 Census.
"We've made history, and we're proud of that," Sinema told ABCNews.com Monday. "But what I am interested in is making history by making things better for the people of Arizona's 9th Congressional District."
Sinema, a former state lawmaker, joins at least five openly gay Democrats elected to the House this year. Sen.-elect Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., a former House member, became the first openly gay candidate elected to the U.S. Senate.
Sinema said she believes voters in the district, which encompasses a portion of Phoenix's suburbs, responded well to her platform that included creating jobs in Arizona.
"My own family, my own life has been the struggle of making it to the middle class," she told ABCNews.com. "This district is a very young district. We'll always be competitive. Folks will be making decisions on who has the best ideas."


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By this point you may have noticed that HTML has a characteristic way of handling spaces and line breaks in a text. Basically, any number of contiguous spaces are reduced to a single space, while line breaks are ignored entirely.
There may be times when you wish to preserve the line breaks and the exact spacing of a chunk of text. This is when you will use the preformatted text element.
Here's a chunk of text -- a few lines by the poet e. e. cummings -- displayed in two different formats:
-in the woods which stutter and sing
-in the woods which stutter and sing
Notice that only the second case reflects the author's famous typographical style. In the first example, line breaks and multiple spaces are ignored.
Now look at the HTML code to understand what's going on:
<P> -in the woods which stutter and sing </P>
<PRE> -in the woods which stutter and sing </PRE>
As you can see, the text inside the tags is the same in both cases. The only difference is the tags themselves. The first example wraps the text in our old friend, the paragraph element. The second example preserves the original formatting by use of the
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Preformatted text is a block-level element.
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Offered for purchase is a beautiful Haviland Limoges Arts & Crafts Floral Motif Plate (Signed "Besse Rynetson"/c.1894-1931). The design for this item is by Eleanor Stewart and is found in the May 1910 edition of "Keramic Studio" Magazine.
The plate is in excellent condition... no chips, cracks or repairs, although there are some surface scratches and wear from age and use. The plate is approximately 8.75 inches in diameter. The bottom is marked as indicated in the pictures.
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The Sheridan Police Department has increased officer patrols in Kendrick Park in response to a rise in behavioral problems in the area.
Patrol Officer, Dan White, explains what's been going
Increased officer patrols will be in vehicles, bicycles, and on foot. Any citizens who see suspicious activity in Kendrick Park are encouraged to notify the police.


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Stephen G. Kliegerman
President of Development Marketing
Kirkman Lofts
Halstead Property Development Marketing recently announced the launch of sales at Kirkman Lofts, a unique new residential condominium in DUMBO, Brooklyn that once housed Kirkman & Sons, one of the country's leading soap manufacturers in the 20th Century.
Located at 37 Bridge Street between Water and Plymouth Streets, Kirkman Lofts is literally awash in history with a variety of elements from the original factory incorporated into this new incarnation as a premier living space.
First constructed in 1915, the Kirkman & Sons factory was a reflection of the industrial era in which it was built- a history Kirkman Lofts pays homage to in striking fashion. When residents enter their homes, they do so through the factory's original steel silos, which form the entrance to their apartments and create hallways unlike any others to be found in New York City.
"Our goal was to preserve the unique industrial touches that give the building a personality all its own. By adding contextual finishes to the authentic historic details, we have developed a building that is one-of-a-kind and formed extraordinary spaces that are both contemporary and industrial," said Stephen G. Kliegerman, executive director of Halstead Property Development Marketing. "Buyers at Kirkman Lofts will have the chance to own something truly unique, at prices that are a value compared to neighboring buildings, and in an area where the property values are very strong."
Other design features that evoke the repurposed roots of Kirkman Lofts include the oversized, industrial-inspired custom windows and reclaimed wood accents in common areas and throughhout the homes, as well as the simple brick façade, which stands in harmony with neighboring buildings.
Kirkman Lofts features 45 condominium residences in a mix of a studio, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes randing from approximately 830 to 2,803 square feet in size, with prices starting at $555,000. The development is also characterized by many unique floor plans- including lofts with sunken living and dining rooms and studios and one-bedrooms with large home offices. The development will also include three unique four-story townhouse units which will have private entrances, internal elevators and roof decks. The on-site sales office is now open and construction is expected to be complete in late summer 2011.
All apartments include solid hardwood oak flooring and washers and dryers housed in tiled closets. Kitchens are designed with clean lines, featuring locally sourced millwork by Avalon Custom Woodworking in Brooklyn, Baltic Birchwood detailing and sleek black LG or KitchenAid refrigerators, energy-smart GE or Whirlpool microwaves, stainless steel Bertazonni ranges and Bosch dishwashers. Bathrooms will include Toto dual-flush toilets, procelain bathtubs and separate walk-in showers—all finished with penny tiles, Grohe fixtures, custom wood vanities and Kohler sinks. QuietRock soundproofing drywall was used to construct walls between apartments and at corridors, creating extra-quiet residences.
Amenities at Kirkman Lofts include a common roof terrace with sweeping Manhattan skyline and Manhattan Bridge views, bungalows available for sale, a second common terrace on the fifth floor, a virtual doorman and concierge service, fitness room, bicycle and private storage as well as package and delivery storage.
Halstead Property Development Marketing is the exclusive sales and marketing agent.
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text: A few weeks ago, I put a hold on a 1977 Fender Jazz bass, natural finish, what I thought was original parts it was only $1700 on Guitar Center's site which struck me as low after looking around a little more. But then I thought, maybe it's still a decent bass and figured I'd look into it more before paying the full amount. So I called them today to get more details on it and I'm really glad I did, because they told me that the bridge had been modded to a Bad-Ass which I was ok with but apparently the guy who did it made a real mess of it and countersunk it into the body in order to keep the action low. Which sounds like a hack job. I'm just really crushed right now. This was practically all I could talk about for weeks and I was really excited. It's my dream bass. I don't want a different year or a different finish. If it has a Bad-Ass bridge I'm okay with that, as long as it's done better than this one was. But this is what I want. And it just really sucks to now have to keep looking. I guess I'm lucky I didn't pay for it in full before discovering this, but I'm also more than irritated at Guitar Center for not being straight with me the first time I called to put the hold on it and not bothering to mention any of this. I know it's a huge corporation and they can't be held accountable for everybody knowing everything about their entire inventory, but their used website is very problematic it does not allow them to give full descriptions of the instruments and obviously it sets people up for deception. Anyway, the search continues .


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|John A. Kielb, Brian L. Westfield
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|Rosemount Inc.
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The present application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/073,093, filed Jun. 17, 2008, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The present application also notes the following related patent applications: U.S. application Ser. No. 12/125,187, filed May 22, 2008; U.S. Ser. No. 60/997,760, filed Oct. 5, 2007; U.S. Ser. No. 11/842,356, filed Aug. 21, 2007; and U.S. Ser. No. 10/878,235, filed Jun. 28, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,262,693, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The present invention relates to industrial process control or monitoring systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to field devices in such systems which are capable of Radio Frequency (RF) communication.
In industrial settings, control systems are used to monitor and control inventories of industrial and chemical processes, and the like. Typically, the control system performs these functions using field devices distributed at key locations in the industrial process and coupled to the control circuitry in the control room by a process control loop. The term "field device" refers to any device that performs a function in a distributed control or process monitoring system, including all devices currently known, or yet to be known, used in the measurement, control and monitoring of industrial processes.
Some field devices include a transducer. A transducer is understood to mean either a device that generates an output signal based on a physical input or that generates a physical output based on an input signal. Typically, a transducer transforms an input into an output having a different form. Types of transducers include various analytical equipment, pressure sensors, thermistors, thermocouples, strain gauges, flow transmitters, positioners, actuators, solenoids, indicator lights, and others.
Typically, each field device also includes communication circuitry that is used for communicating with a process control room, or other circuitry, over a process control loop. In some installations, the process control loop is also used to deliver a regulated current and/or voltage to the field device for powering the field device. The process control loop also carries data, either in an analog or digital format.
Traditionally, analog field devices have been connected to the control room by two-wire process control current loops, with each device connected to the control room by a single two-wire control loop. Typically, a voltage differential is maintained between the two-wires within a range of voltages from 12-45 volts for analog mode and 9-50 volts for digital mode. Some analog field devices transmit a signal to the control room by modulating the current running through the current loop to a current proportional to the sensed process variable. Other analog field devices can perform an action under the control of the control room by controlling the magnitude of the current through the loop. In addition to, or in the alternative, the process control loop can carry digital signals used for communication with field devices.
In some installations, wireless technologies have begun to be used to communicate with field devices. For example, completely wireless installations are used in which the field device uses a battery, solar cell, or other technique to obtain power without any sort of wired connection. However, the majority of field devices are hardwired to a process control room and do not use wireless communication techniques.
Industrial process plants often contain hundreds or even thousands of field devices. Many of these field devices contain sophisticated electronics and are able to provide more data than the traditional analog 4-20 mA measurements. For a number of reasons, cost among them, many plants do not take advantage of the extra data that may be provided by such field devices. This has created a need for a wireless adapter for such field devices that can attach to the field devices and transmit data back to a control system or other monitoring or diagnostic system or application via a wireless network.
In some configurations, an RF adapter can be connected in series with the process control loop. In such a configuration, a loop current of the process control loop flows through circuitry of the wireless adapter. Should the circuitry of the wireless adapter fail, an open circuit may cause the loop current to not have a current path and any field devices coupled to the two-wire process control loop will no longer be able to communicate using the process control loop.
A wireless adapter for use with a two-wire process control loop is configured to couple to a process field device in an industrial process control system. The wireless adapter is coupled to the two-wire process control loop and provides wireless communication to the process field device. The adapter includes first and second loop terminals configured to couple in series with the two-wire process control loop. Wireless communication circuitry is coupled to the first and second loop terminals and is adapted to provide wireless communication to the process field device. Loop current bypass circuitry is electrically connected between the first and second loop terminals and is configured to provide a loop current path therebetween in response to an open circuit in wireless communication circuitry.
The present invention provides a wireless adapter for use with a field device in an industrial process control or monitoring system. The wireless adapter couples to the field device and provides the field device with wireless communication abilities. The adapter also couples to a two-wire process control loop which is used to connect the remotely located field device to a local location such as a process control room or the like. The adapter includes loop current bypass circuitry configured to provide a current path for a loop current of the two-wire process control loop in response to an open circuit condition in a current path of the wireless communication circuitry. This allows the two-wire process control loop to continue to function in the event of a failure of the wireless communication in circuitry in the wireless adapter.
The wireless adapter 30 can communicate to other devices or components as desired and can be in communication with a remote monitoring or diagnostic system or application. The communication can be in accordance with any appropriate protocol. One example protocol such as wireless HART� includes the formation of a mesh network in which data is passed between wireless devices in order to expand and improve the reliability of the communication system
During operation, the adapter 30 operates using current from the 4-20 mA current flowing through the process control loop 22. In
As illustrated in
In the configuration of
The current through bypass transistor 252 is used to charge the capacitor 220. The voltage across the capacitor 220 is set using a voltage clamp 270. For example, the voltage clamp can be set to 2.2 volts. Another DC to DC converter 272 is configured as a step up converter and provides a regulated voltage output of 3 volts to a low dropout (LDO) regulator 274. The output of low dropout (LDO) regulator 274 is set to 2.8 volts and used to provide regulated power to radio module 244.
The microprocessor 240 is connected to a analog to digital converter 280 which is used to monitor the voltage of capacitor 220. Microprocessor 240 is also connected to a reset circuit 282. Microprocessor 240 provides data to the radio module 244 through a level shifting circuit 284.
It is preferable that the circuitry is able to support the maximum amount of wireless communication activity while dropping a minimum amount of voltage in the loop 22. Therefore, the adapter 30 is preferably configured to use power from the loop 22 in a very efficient manner. In one specific configuration, this can be achieved by using a low power microcontroller 240, for example, Atmel ATmega1281 and by using low power analog circuit components. These components can be powered by a low supply voltage to also minimize the total circuit power consumption. Further, the microcontroller 240 can be configured to enter a "sleep" mode if desired when certain functions are not needed, for example communication functions. A separate modem can also be utilized if desired.
It is also preferable to provide the radio module 244 with a large amount of power. This allows more frequent communication and increased reliability. The additional power can be used to publish information from the transmitter 12, allow the adapter 30 to be used as a router for other process transmitters, for example in a mesh network and allow higher transmit power to be used. This can result in a more reliable mesh network, as the path from another wireless device through the adapter 30 to a host may be more reliable than the path which is directly from the device to the host.
In the embodiment of
DC to DC converter 248 is configured as a low power "step up" switching regulator that operates with an input voltage of 1 volt. Regulator 248 increases the 1 volt input voltage to a sufficiently high voltage to power the remaining circuitry. In the example of
HART� analog circuit block 242 can comprise, for example, a carrier detect circuit, a receive circuit and a transmit circuit. Preferably, these circuits are configured to have low power requirements while maintaining acceptable communications integrity. The memory in microprocessor 240 can be used to store programming code and temporary variables. Timers which are internal to microprocessor 240 can optionally be used to provide a "software" modem functionality. The memory of the microprocessor 240 may include internal flash memory, RAM as well as EEPROM or other non volatile memory. The microcontroller 240 can be configured to monitor the voltage access capacitor 220 using analog to digital converter 280 which provides a digital output to microcontroller 240 representative of the capacitive voltage. If desired, the microcontroller 240 can be used to determine whether the capacitor has a sufficient voltage to support radio transmission. Reset circuit 282 can be used to ensure that microcontroller 240 does not operate when the voltage is insufficient. For example, the reset circuit 282 can be configured to reset, or turn on, the microcontroller 240 when the supply voltage from LDO regulator 260 reaches a sufficient voltage level. The circuitry can also be used to reset the microcontroller 240 if a power "glitch" occurs.
Radio module 244 operates on a stable voltage of 2.8 volts provided by LDO regulator 274. As discussed above, if the capacitor 220 is charged to 2.2 volts, the DC to DC converter regulator 272 steps up the voltage to 3 volts. During use, the voltage on the capacitor will decrease and the step up converter is needed. The LDO regulator 274 is used to provide a stable 2.8 volts to the radio module 244. Preferably, regulator 272 is configured to operate off a minimum voltage of about 1 volt up to a maximum voltage of about 2.2 volts. In some configurations, microcontroller 240 is configured to turn off circuitry of radio module 244 if the voltage on the capacitor 220 is less than 1 volt.
Microcontroller 240 can be configured to transmit information wirelessly using the radio module 244 by communicating over digital communication lines between the radio module 244 and the microcontroller 240. As the microcontroller operates from a two volt power supply while the radio operates from a 2.8 power supply, the digital communication lines between the two components must be level shifted using level shifting circuitry 284. For example, this can be performed using very low power level translator circuits such as Texas Instruments SN74LVC2T45DCU.
In one configuration, the voltage drop across the loop terminals which couple to loop 22 can be adjusted by adjusting VREF coupled to the inverting input of OPamp 254 of the shunt circuitry 250. In such a configuration, additional power may be made available to the radio by increasing the loop voltage drop under appropriate conditions. Similarly, if the impact on the process control loop of the circuitry of adapter 30 needs to be reduced, the voltage drop can be decreased. However, this will provide less power to the radio module and other circuitry of adapter 30 and may degrade performance.
Also shown in
Thus, in the configuration of
The term "field device" as used herein can be any device which is used in a process controller monitoring system and does not necessarily require placement in the "field." The device can be located anywhere in the process control system including in a control room or control circuitry. The terminals used to connect to the process control loop refer to any electrical connection and may not comprise physical or discrete terminals. Any appropriate radio frequency communication circuitry can be used as desired as can any appropriate communication protocol, frequency or communication technique. The power supply circuitry is configured as desired and is not limited to the configurations set forth herein. In some embodiments, the field device includes an address which can be included in any RF transmissions such that the device can be identified. Similarly, such an address can be used to determine if a received signal is intended for that particular device. However, in other embodiments, no address is utilized and data is simply transmitted from the wireless communication circuitry without any addressing information. In such a configuration, if receipt of data is desired, any received data may not include addressing information. In some embodiments, this may be acceptable. In others, other addressing techniques or identification techniques can be used such as assigning a particular frequency or communication protocol to a particular device, assigning a particular time slot or period to a particular device or other techniques. Any appropriate communication protocol and/or networking technique can be employed including token-based techniques in which a token is handed off between devices to thereby allow transmission or reception for the particular device.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. As used herein, Radio Frequency (RF) can comprise electromagnetic transmissions of any frequency and is not limited to a particular group of frequencies, range of frequencies or any other limitation. Any communication protocol can be used, as desired, including IEEE 802.11b, 802.15.4, or other protocols, including proprietary communication protocols. In the discussion above, the wireless adapter provides a digital signal communication connection for coupling to the two wire process control loop and, in some embodiments, communicating in accordance with the HART� communication protocol. The adapter can be configured to mount externally to a process control transmitter, for example, through a threaded coupling to NPT fittings in the transmitter housing.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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With Thanksgiving just a week away, this is a great time to be discussing and teaching the concept of gratitude with kids. Of course, any time of the year is great for that really. But around Thanksgiving time, gratitude activities are especially fitting. In fact, our blogger, Kate, just discussed the idea of turning selfishness into selflessness in a recent post. This can be a hard practice for adults, let alone kids. So, inspired by Kate's post, I decide to round up some great Thanksgiving activities to help instill gratitude in kids!
- Wall-size paper gratitude tree
- Gratitude tree centerpiece
- Thanksgiving Blessings family card
- Gratitude Turkey Craft
- Give Thanks Jar
- Gratitude Game
- Thank You Wreath
- Thanksgiving Family Art Project
- Thankful Heart Turkey
I love all these ideas! The concept behind most of them is the same – giving thanks. But, there are so many different creative ways to do this. I think the world would be a much better place if everyone had more of an attitude of gratitude, so these are good activities to start instilling that in little ones!
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Stellar winds shake distant star
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
A dramatic image taken in the infrared region of the spectrum is casting new light on the early stages of the formation of giant stars.
Captured by the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, the picture reveals remarkable details in a vast cloud of gas and dust ejected from a young star named AFGL 2591.
Astronomers say this expulsion is a common feature in the formation of stars similar in size to the Sun, but it is far less common in their more massive counterparts.
"Gemini's unparalleled sensitivity and resolution in the infrared allows us to move beyond simply detecting such structures to being able to study them in great detail," says Gemini scientist Colin Aspin.
"Almost everything in this set of infrared images would be invisible with an optical telescope, since it is occurring within a dense molecular cloud of gas and dust," he adds.
AFGL 2591 is more than 3,000 light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Cygnus. Over the last few thousand years, it has created a vast expanding nebula more than 500 times the size of our Solar System. Its main star is at least 10 times the size of the Sun, over 20,000 times as bright, but perhaps only one million years old.
Vast and expanding
The wispy white and blue structures seen in the gas cloud next to the young star are from a huge outflow of gas and dust. Gemini scientists believe that the outflow is likely to be occurring symmetrically around the star - a second giant-sized expanding nebula to the left of the star is hidden from view by a dense and extensive disk of material encircling AFGL 2591.
"We strongly suspect the outflow occurs on both sides of the star in a bipolar structure, because we detect faint traces of gas at that location which indicate interactions between the outflowing gas and the material forming the parent molecular cloud," says Aspin.
"A unique feature of this object is a series of four distinct rings of nebulosity.
"These rings suggest that the expulsion of the material is not constant with time, but rather has occurred several times over the lifetime of the object," he adds.
"Studying the structure and velocity of these rings, and their relation to the infalling material, will allow us to better understand why such features are created and what functions they serve."
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Welcome back to the spotlight, Steve Spurrier. We'd been wondering whether you'd feel its glow ever again.
With South Carolina's annual second-half swoon in mind, it's risky to type these words, but I'll do it anyway: Spurrier's Gamecocks are the favorites to win the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division.
After dispatching Georgia 17-6 Saturday in the division's first big game, the Gamecocks officially hopped into the driver's seat in the SEC East race.
Plenty of football remains to be played - as previous Spurrier clubs that went into steep nosedives after dazzling starts can attest - but for the first time, this is a South Carolina team that feels like a legitimate winner.
The Gamecocks have skill-position talent they've never enjoyed under Spurrier - a steady enough quarterback in Stephen Garcia and big, gifted receivers like Alshon Jeffery and Tori Gurley.
Most of all, however, they have a beast of a running back named Marcus Lattimore, who ran over, around and through Georgia's defense in only his second college game.
Spurrier's Florida teams seemed to be an annual fixture in the SEC title game in the 1990s, making it there seven of the first nine years of its existence.
Everyone remembers Spurrier's "Fun and Gun" passing game from that bygone era, but we conveniently forget that his most effective Gators offenses relied on outstanding runners like Errict Rhett and Fred Taylor to keep defenses honest.
With Lattimore - who rushed a whopping 37 times for 182 yards against Georgia - carrying the mail, this South Carolina offense is reminiscent of those high-scoring Gator clubs from Spurrier's glory days.
The kid is just that good, or as Georgia coach Mark Richt said after seeing Lattimore's brilliance up close, "I think history will prove he'll be one of the best in our league for years to come."
Remember, Lattimore has played all of two college games.
It's also important to note that Florida appears to be suffering from a major post-Tim Tebow hangover, as the Gators' offense has bumbled through two games without its former quarterback directing Urban Meyer's spread offense.
Georgia is also in transition mode with a freshman quarterback and a defense still adjusting to a new scheme and new coaches. And Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt won't emerge as legitimate factors in this division race.
For the first time since it joined the league in 1992, South Carolina may represent the Eastern Division in Atlanta in December - which is why there is little shame in Georgia dropping a game that remained winnable until Washaun Ealey lost a fumble at South Carolina's goal line late in the third quarter.
The Bulldogs certainly won't concede the division race after Saturday's loss - nor should they, as it's far too early for such defeatism. But they were willing to concede that this is probably the Gamecocks' best team since Spurrier took the reins in 2005.
"Those guys are good. That's a good football team," said Georgia receiver Kris Durham, now in his fifth year with the Bulldogs. "They're gonna do lots of good things this year. They're probably the best South Carolina's defense has looked - and I've played against them here three times now and I've played them at home before.
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"They looked incredible. It wasn't like they showed us something we haven't seen on film. It was what we'd seen, so you just compliment them on how well they executed and how well they played."
There are embarrassing losses and then there are those like Saturday's defeat at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Georgia's first-half tackling was certainly unimpressive, which isn't entirely surprising in only the Bulldogs' second outing under new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham. And the offense bogged down inside the red zone - perhaps evidence that offensive coordinator Mike Bobo needs to take the leash off freshman quarterback Aaron Murray and let him make things happen.
Nobody likes losing, but this one just doesn't sting as much as most defeats.
Georgia is still going to make impressive strides before this season ends - and Spurrier's Gamecocks are legit.
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Worked out the issue, and also got the fix along with some cleanup to the descriptors. Patch coming soon.
Tested compilation locally, verified the server-sests jar is included (which has PE in it).
Will commit soon unless there are objections.
Tested it locally and everything works well.
Should we include the hbase-hadoop-compat and hbase-hadoop
-compat test-jar's as well?
Heh... We were just debating that. Currently there is nothing interesting in those.
In fact, why is PE in the "test" jar anyway? It seems that should be something to be included in the HBase jar proper.
@Elliott - I don't think its worth adding them right now. We only release the server-tests jar since it has the mini-cluster which is useful for people testing stuff on hbase and need a minicluster. *-compat and -it don't actually have anything useful in them. That will probably change for -it, but lets deal with that when we get there.
I'm +1 then as long as we re-visit if a test util ever starts relying on a hadoop compat test-jar.
@Lars- agree that is probably should just be in the regular jar, but lets do it in another issue
-1 overall. Here are the results of testing the latest attachment
against trunk revision .
+1 @author. The patch does not contain any @author tags.
-1 tests included. The patch doesn't appear to include any new or modified tests.
Please justify why no new tests are needed for this patch.
Also please list what manual steps were performed to verify this patch.
+1 hadoop2.0. The patch compiles against the hadoop 2.0 profile.
+1 javadoc. The javadoc tool did not generate any warning messages.
-1 javac. The patch appears to cause mvn compile goal to fail.
-1 findbugs. The patch appears to cause Findbugs (version 1.3.9) to fail.
+1 release audit. The applied patch does not increase the total number of release audit warnings.
-1 core tests. The patch failed these unit tests:
Test results: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HBASE-Build/2852//testReport/
Console output: https://builds.apache.org/job/PreCommit-HBASE-Build/2852//console
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Committed to trunk after review. I tried the failing tests. TestReplication fails w/ or w/o this patch. Thanks Jesse.
Integrated in HBase-TRUNK #3358 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/HBase-TRUNK/3358/)
HBASE-6178 LoadTest tool no longer packaged after the modularization (Revision 1387860)
Result = FAILURE
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Files :
- /hbase/trunk/pom.xml
- /hbase/trunk/src/assembly/components.xml
- /hbase/trunk/src/assembly/hadoop-one-compat.xml
- /hbase/trunk/src/assembly/hadoop-two-compat.xml
Integrated in HBase-TRUNK-on-Hadoop-2.0.0 #183 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/HBase-TRUNK-on-Hadoop-2.0.0/183/)
HBASE-6178 LoadTest tool no longer packaged after the modularization (Revision 1387860)
Result = FAILURE
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Files :
- /hbase/trunk/pom.xml
- /hbase/trunk/src/assembly/components.xml
- /hbase/trunk/src/assembly/hadoop-one-compat.xml
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UPDATE: Police say Derren has been found and thank the public for their assistance in locating him.
LANHAM, Md. (WNEW) — A teenage boy is missing in the District and police are asking for the public's help in finding him.
D.C. Police say 13-year-old Derren Richardson was last seen Monday in the 300 block of Webster Street NW.
Authorities describe Derren as a black male, standing 5 feet tall, and weighing about 110 pounds withs black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve blue and white checkered shirt, a green camouflage jacket, blue jeans, and black tennis shoes.
Police are asking anyone with information on Derren's whereabouts to call 202-727-9099 or 911.


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Lychee, translated from Chinese as 'gift for a joyful life', surely lives up to its name.The lychee fruit contains vitamins and minerals that promote a healthy diet as well as boasts a sweet and delicious taste that has been joyfully enjoyed by natives of Southeast Asia for centuries. But luckily for us, the lychee has been shipped beyond the borders of Asia and we too can receive this gift for a joyful and healthy life.
The nutritional benefits of the lychee fruit has been tried, proven and touted in countries such as China, India and Indonesia, so much so that lychee made its way into ancient Chinese legend. It is believed that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would dispatch royal guards some 600 miles to pick lychee in an effort to woo his favorite concubine, to entice her with the sweet, fragrant flesh of the lychee fruit. Today, the lychee fruit in China as a result of such legend is now a symbol of romance and love.
Anyone who eats the lychee fruit immediately falls in love with it. But if the fact that lychee is so delicious doesn't convince you to try it, maybe hearing some of the nutritional benefits of lychee will make you give this tropical fruit a second look.
Two studies done conclude that the lychee fruit prevents the growth of cancer cells. Lychee contains flavonoids in its pulp which prove very effective against breast cancer in particular. The Zhejiang Gonshang University and the West China Hospital at Sichuan University in China conducted the studies. So this little fruit that resembles a strawberry can help to protect your body against cancer.
Another nutritional benefit of the lychee fruit is that it is a great source of vitamin C, a vitamin that the body does not produce naturally. Vitamin C helps the body to fight heart disease and cancer, Vitamin C is good for our bones, skin and tissue, and therefore is a very important vitamin to our overall good health.
Through the high content Vitamin C content of the lychee fruit, the fruit benefits those suffering from colds, fevers and sore throats. Lychee also helps the body to digest food properly for the best nutrition and an added boost of health.
Lychee, the Chinese believe, also has the ability to relieve pain and shrink swollen glands. People in China treat these symptoms with the lychee fruit using ancient Chinese medicines and they attest to its powers even though there are currently no studies out there that give scientific weight to this argument.
Along with these nutritional benefits lychee also contains phosphorous, calcium, magnesium and protein. Though the lychee fruit is native to Asia, the popularity and reputation of the fruit as a healthful fruit has contributed to the commercial growth of lychee trees in California and Florida.Lychee can be found in Asian supermarkets in cans or dried or they are found in jellies, jams, marmalades or sauces in Asian cuisine.


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Agnihotri refutes Dhumal's allegations, says BJP renamed central schemes
Industries minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Sunday ridiculed former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's statements in which the latter had alleged that the Congress government was renaming popular schemes started during the BJP regime.india Updated: Jan 27, 2013 18:23 IST
Industries minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Sunday ridiculed former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's statements in which the latter had alleged that the Congress government was renaming popular schemes started during the BJP regime.
Addressing mediapersons here, he said, "In fact, it was the BJP which had renamed some central government-funded schemes during its regime," adding that wrong precedent was started by the Dhumal-led government.
Agnihotri said Dhumal had renamed the Rajiv Awas Yojna as Atal Awas Yojna. The scheme, he said, was fully funded by the central government and therefore, changing its name on political considerations was inappropriate.
He said while the Congress party had full respect for the former prime minister, the decision of the then chief minister to name the schemes after Atal Behari Vajpayee was wrong and motivated.
Giving another example, Agnihotri, who is also in-charge of the information and public relations department, said the 108 Emergency Ambulance scheme was funded by the union government, but the BJP government had changed the name of the ambulance service to Atal Swasthya Sewa.
Agnihotri said that a delegation of officers from the industries department, led by the director, had recently visited Gujarat to study different models of the industrial setups and to interact with the local industrialists there. He said the industrialists of Gujrat had expressed keenness in setting up their ventures in Himachal Pradesh, adding that the government here would extend full support to them.
The minister said he had directed the officials of the industries department to search for a suitable place to develop a new industrial area in Una district. Already, there are four industrial areas here that include Mehatpur, Amb, Gagret and Tahliwal and that a fifth one would come up soon to give a new boost to the industrial sector here.
Talking about the Una district headquarters, he said close-circuit television cameras would be installed at busy road crossings to monitor traffic congestion and to check crimes and accidents. He said yellow lines would be put along the city roads and parking lots would be earmarked.
He said he had directed the administration to ensure that the stretch of the road between Rotary Chowk and the Old bus stand chowk remains free of traffic congestion during the day. He added that loading and unloading of trucks would be banned on this road from 8am to 8pm.
Later, office-bearers of the district handball association, led by their president Amandeep 'Moni', honoured Agnihotri. Former vice-chairman of the Agro-Packaging Corporation, Omkar Sharma, who is the chief patron of the organisation, was also honoured.


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By large numbers, I mean approximately 300,000 individuals per 1-meter square of algae, as one previous graduate student (Yusheng Huang) found out after many long months of counting. They are perfect candidates for my climate change experiment because even though they are small, there are lots of them and they can have a sizeable impact on community structure. Trust me - there are a lot of amphipods on the brown alga imaged at right.
I am interested in measuring many aspects of the lives of the Gondo in my experiment, like how growth or behavior may be affected by the increased temperature or decreased pH. For now, let's consider these different temperature/pH treatment groups as Districts. I will have four Districts for my upcoming experiment. As Maggie previously mentioned, we are fortunate to have some fish biologists currently working at Palmer. There presence has opened up an interesting opportunity for me for me to play Gamemaker. Let me explain.
Jill Zamzow, as a post-doctorate, came to Palmer station with our lab a few seasons ago and when the project focused on Antarctic chemical ecology. Jill studied some of the things that influence when and where Gondo chooses to hang out. She did a variety of studies, but the one that interests me the most is when she introduced "predator cues" and looked at the types of algae Gondo preferred to sit on. In this case the "predator cues" is water in which fish have been maintained. She found that the amphipods change the type of algae they hang out on depending on whether or not they think they might get eaten because there may be a fish nearby.
Here is where the fish biologists come in, they are going to let me take a little water out of the giant tanks that they hold their rock cod. I will set up an experiment to test if changes in temperature and pH influence how Gondo behavior. Specifically, I will track where they will hang out when they 'think' or chemically sense there is a fish around. Thank's to Jill's research I already have a good idea of what they might do. But the proof will be in the pudding or in in this case in fishy water as you can see above!
To do this, I have set up a mini-arena into which I put 16 Gondo. I have carefully weighed out equal masses of the bladed red alga , their preferred food, and the branched brown alga Desmarestia menziesii, their preferred home. I am essentially giving them the choice of escaping into the trees for safety or running to the cornucopia represented by a large section of one of their favorite foods. I will do this with regular seawater from the aquarium tanks and seawater that has held the Antarctic rock cod, so I have my "predator cue" similar to the ones Jill used.
I then sit back and see which alga they choose to hang out on after three hours. Lucky for my Gondo, they are not really fighting for their survival or supremacy over the other Districts and there is no one winner. In fact my Districts aren't competing at all, they are all winners as soon as they catch their algae.
For the last several days I have been setting up my Games in a pilot study to test out how well this experiment will work out. So far it is promising, I am looking forward to this part of my experiment. Besides, no matter what... the odds will ever be in the favor of Gondo.
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