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v1.07 (25th August 2017)
IncludeManager is now free to use.
Various bug fixes.
v1.06 (10th July 2014)
Added support for full release build of Visual Studio 2013.
Various bug fixes.
v1.05 (21st August 2013)
Added support for Visual Studio 2012.
Added support for preview build of Visual Studio 2013.
Various bug fixes.
Improvements to graph rendering quality.
Added support for passing additional macros to the preprocessor (available in full preprocessor mode).
Removed legacy support for VS2003.
v1.04 (31st August 2011)
Added support for Visual Studio 2010.
Updated vcredist with latest security patch.
Fixed issue failing to uninstall correctly on VS2008.
Improved handling of inherited property sheets for include paths and macros on makefile projects.
v1.03 (22nd September 2008)
Added support for Visual Studio 2008.
Improved handling of macros and include paths:
Added support for VS2005 and VS2008 inherited property sheets.
Improved handling of build settings for multi-platform project configurations.
Altered token analysis statistics to account for precompiled header benefits. PCH-based includes are marked as "filename.h (pch)", and are treated as a zero-token-cost include for the purposes of build impact measurement.
Added support for manual control of graph cutoff points. In the options window, the "Stop at paths" option will take a list of wildcard paths, and any matches to these paths will halt the graph renderer at these points.
Fixed bug with incorrect update of project graphs when live-editing files.
Fixed issue with large graphs not being saved as separate pages properly.
v1.02 (6th December 2007)
Major new feature, 'File / Project Detail View':
View all dependency information as a tabulated list.
Sort the list by project, number of includers / includees per file, token counts, and build impact.
Total build impact shows the percentage build time that can be attributed to that file. This helps find build hotspots even for very large projects where the graph would be too big to manage.
Butterfly view below the main list shows includers and includees for individually selected files. This is traversable by double-clicking the include files in the two lists.
Added configuration-specific detection of build settings for graph generation, including:
Include paths
Macro definitions
Per-configuration build exclusion rules
Added automatic importing of include paths for Xbox 360 and other non-Win32 projects.
Added ability to view graphs from groups of source files, as well as groups of projects. Accessed by selecting several files in the solution browser and clicking the 'project graph' option.
Added option to ignore the IDE's idea of which files are compiled source files (only use the source file filter).
Added option to disable auto-refreshing on the graph.
Fixed problems with installations on Windows Vista:
Administrator rights are no longer necessary to run IncludeManager on Windows Vista.
All user data files are now stored in Documents and Settings/Application Data.
Existing user data is automatically imported from the old installation directory.
Fixed problems with trials expiring early.
Fixed problem saving very large graphs to a bitmap. Images are automatically split over several files where necessary.
Fixed several graphing problems related to including boost header files.
Fixed problem with #pragma once taking effect in #if 0 blocks.
Fixed graphing problems related to include paths with trailing backslashes.
Fixed problem with IncludeManager clashing with some other Visual Studio Addins.
v1.01 (25th October 2006)
Several new features added:
New 'build impact' graph. The new toolbar icon will bring up this view, showing a tree of the current file's dependencies. The estimated compiler impact of each file based on token counts is shown by the size of each file block in the graph.
Estimated build impact for each file is now overlaid on the include graph in the form of a 'percentage' bar. The larger the bar, the greater portion of the build each file is estimated to take. The bar also shows a secondary amount, which is the build impact that a file's dependees introduce into the build.
'Fast mode' preprocessor. Enabled by default, this is many times faster than the full preprocessor. This mode is not as accurate as the full preprocessor, and may not always produce accurate build impact estimates for project graphs.
Cross-project include view. Select multiple projects, or the whole solution, and click the project include graph. The view will then show interdependencies between the selected projects, and will allow the view to be expanded in detail by clicking on the projects or their dependency arrows.
Fixed problem detecting paths to certain system includes.
Improved the internal file cache so graphs do not have to be recalculated so frequently.
Fixed a problem with the parsing of certain #if statements.
Fixed problem where the preprocessor could be confused by path changes in the IDE mid-process.
v1.00 (18th September 2006)
First public release.
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I have been told that I am very rational. There are times in which I'm uncertain whether this is a compliment or a polite way of saying, "You should be crying, yelling, having a nervous breakdown; instead you're just…standing there. What is your deal!"
Okay, in a couple of situations people pointed out the latter as well.
My reasoning may be faulty, but I feel there has to be some logical reason for every action and reaction in life. The person who talks to everyone as if they're idiots from some unknown galaxy? Well, maybe that's the way they've been taught to communicate. Perhaps their parents conversed with one another that way. Maybe the rude person in question is having a rough day. That lady who threw a worn garment in your face and demanded a refund, even though the sweater was 80% cat hair and 20% sweater? (And, yes, that happened years ago when I was pregnant with my first child, hormonal, and working customer service) It is possible that poor lady was…crazy!
Yet, here I am, trying to find a logical reason why this month has been so challenging. And attempting to find a way to deal–rationally. And because I can't, I simply avoid. (See the post: Access & Avoid)
This month: I lost a person I grew up with to lupus, and it hit home harder than usual because…I too have lupus and we were a team, a support group. When this person was diagnosed twelve years ago, she had a family and army of friends who stood by and willed her on. And to go to her funeral was very hard.
This month: Carpal tunnel wrecked havoc. Had to halt nano, make a couple of trips to the doctor, pray and recite my daily mantra. (See, the post: The Walk-through Daily Mantra)
To process what nerve damage in both hands means would only make me frustrated, so I search for positive things to do which require minimal movement.
Mind you, holding a book isn't an easy task. But reading Poems that Save your Life, a book of inspirational poetry, has lifted my spirits some.
What is my favorite so far? It's Fine Today, by Douglass Malloch. The lines which resonate most? These:
It's today that I am livin'
Not a month ago.
Havin'; losin'; takin'; given';
As time wills it so.
Yesterday a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way,
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In a previous article [Astron. Astrophys. 561, A118 (2014)], we suggested a method to overcome the diffraction limit behind a telescope. We discuss and extend recent numerical simulations and test whether it is indeed possible to use photon amplification to enhance the angular resolution of a telescope or a microscope beyond the diffraction limit. An essential addition is the proposal to select events with an above-average ratio of stimulated to spontaneous photons. The analysis shows that the diffraction limit of a telescope is surpassed by a factor of 10 for an amplifier gain of 200, if the analysis is restricted to a tenth of the incoming astronomical photons. A gain of 70 is sufficient with a hundredth of the photons. More simulations must be performed to account for the bunching of spontaneous photons.
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Tickets for the Saturday evening event start at $75 for the Butler County dinner in the north Cincinnati suburb of Fairfield, with tickets that include other benefits such as a private reception running up to $750.
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Local musicians and artists told Business Daily that more promotion of copyright information by the Macau Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers (MACA) and cooperation on the issue, could help to improve the local music and arts industry and incentivise more industry participants.
During its general assembly meeting held on February 10, MACA announced that it had collected MOP200,000 (US$25,026) in royalties in 2015 from different affiliated societies, to be distributed to local members, with the association retaining 30 per cent of royalties for administration expenses.
The association currently represents 81 local members and six local publishers, and collects royalties from international associations in locations such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan. When questioned by Business Daily, the association said values for 2016 were "still being calculated" and would be presented next year, but that the total amount of royalties "was believed to have increased last year (2016)".
The group also stated that last year, music performance license agreements had been reached with six entertainment groups, and that activities to raise public awareness of copyright issues in 2017 would be held.
In statements to Business Daily, Vincent Cheang, musician and owner of concert venue Live Music Association (LMA), said that royalties have improved as more companies gain better awareness of copyright issues, something that can "motivate" local artists to see music as a viable professional career and "not just a hobby".
The total amount of royalties collected by MACA in years prior (2014 and before) was also requested, but no results had been provided when this newspaper went to print.
A balancing act
For singer and composer Josephine Ho Chiu-yi, also known as Josie Ho, it takes a lot of work for a "small association like MACA" to record and mark the total amount of royalties earned by songs played in specific shows, and more cooperation between the industry members is needed to improve this situation.
"It takes a lot of coordination, event organisers have to be very disciplined and submit the full set lists of songs in advance and report it afterwards. The record label afterwards has to submit their info. Our record label is very small, but we do try to record the song lists of all our performers and then submit them to MACA regularly. If we really want to make it a better scene, everyone has to play their part," Ms. Ho told Business Daily.
The singer and actress believes that awareness of copyright issues is still something new in Macau "as residents and large companies have only realised the importance of respecting copyright" in the last two years.
"In Macau, it is really hard to be a full-time artist and composer. It doesn't necessarily give you a good living, and – considering the popularity of Macau music – copyright is not a large sum, but it's a part of it. So by creating more awareness about copyright, having more associations or companies willing to pay for it, it helps the income of all artists," Ms. Ho told Business Daily.
The singer considers that although there's been a trend for residents to listen to more local artists, instead of just "Hong Kong, South Korean and Taiwan" artists, the ready accessibility of music online is still a great "challenge".
"Music can be downloaded online, it's too accessible and people don't realise that it has a price. Accessibility is needed and Macau composers need exposure, but we can't sacrifice our chance to make our music valuable. The industry is still building up, and after building some exposure and fame you have some bargaining power, which is what we're trying to do by promoting the Macau image and artists outside," Ms. Ho told Business Daily.
Free for all
For Fortes Pakeong Sequeira, founder and lead vocalist of local rock band Blademark, it's important for the local music industry to have someone to "curate and sell" the local artists' material, but he believes that due to the size of the local scene, it is more important to "create the base and a strong platform first" by promoting local artists outside Macau and then focusing on copyright.
"I personally prefer someone copies my music or uses my songs, even if they don't pay me anything, because it shows me someone likes my product. If someone is singing my song on another stage, I just don't care, because I'm not a superstar," Sequeira told Business Daily.


text: Little bit off-topic but for the past year I've been battling with kidney failure and I've been on dialysis. It's been pretty damn rubbish as I've felt like my whole life has been on hold and I wasn't able to work. Even though being a freelance graphic designer is quite flexible in terms of having free reign over how you spend your time and hours you devote to your work. It was really tough going not earning much money. :icon_frown: Well last Tuesday I got the call telling me to come into hospital as there was a kidney donor waiting for me. I finally had a kidney transplant! :icon_biggrin: I'm still in shock about the whole thing to be honest and I'm home already and doing pretty well. Just thought I'd share for anyone who cares. I'm now planning my future and what I want to do. It's all rather exciting!


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Extending the linear model with R. Generalized linear, mixed effects and nonparametric regression models. Linear models are central to the practice of statistics and form the foundation of a vast range of statistical methodologies. Julian J. Faraway's critically acclaimed Linear Models with R examined regression and analysis of variance, demonstrated the different methods available, and showed in which situations each one applies.par Following in those footsteps, Extending the Linear Model with R surveys the techniques that grow from the regression model, presenting three extensions to that framework: generalized linear models (GLMs), mixed effect models, and nonparametric regression models. The author's treatment is thoroughly modern and covers topics that include GLM diagnostics, generalized linear mixed models, trees, and even the use of neural networks in statistics. To demonstrate the interplay of theory and practice, throughout the book the author weaves the use of the R software environment to analyze the data of real examples, providing all of the R commands necessary to reproduce the analyses. A supporting Web site at www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/ faraway/ELM holds all of the data described in the book.par Statisticians need to be familiar with a broad range of ideas and techniques. This book provides a well-stocked toolbox of methodologies, and with its unique presentation of these very modern statistical techniques, holds the potential to break new ground in the way graduate-level courses in this area are taught. (Source: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages)
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Apr 25, 2006
|Filing date
|Oct 25, 2005
|Priority date
|May 6, 2003
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|Thomas P. Low, C. Bruce Clark, Ronald E. Pelrine, Joseph S. Eckerle, Chris Smith
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|Sri International
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|Patent Citations (95), Non-Patent Citations (99), Referenced by (39), Classifications (20), Legal Events (2)
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This application is a divisional application claiming the benefit of the filing date of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/840,781, filed May 6, 2004, titled "Systems and Methods of Recording Piston Rod Position Information in a Magnetic Layer on a Piston Rod," the entirety of which U.S. patent application is hereby incorporated by reference.
The invention relates generally to methods and systems for measuring the absolute position of a piston rod moving relative to a cylinder. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods of determining position, speed, and direction of motion of a piston rod from position information encoded in a magnetic film formed on the piston rod.
Various industrial and mobile applications use hydraulic cylinders to control the movement and position of machinery. In general, these cylinders include a cylinder barrel within which a piston is arranged for reciprocating motion along an axis. A piston rod is secured at one end to the piston. The piston rod extends out of one end of the cylinder barrel along the axis of motion. The end of the piston rod that is external to the cylinder barrel is coupled directly or indirectly to a machine component. The piston divides the cylinder barrel into separate chambers. Fluid entering one of the chambers causes the piston and, thus, the piston rod to move relative to the housing. This movement of the piston rod drives the movement of the machine component.
Precise control of the position of the piston is generally fundamental to controlling the operation of the machinery. Measuring the absolute position or velocity of the piston relative to the cylinder is often needed to achieve such control using conventional feedback control techniques. Accordingly, industry has produced various mechanical, magnetic, acoustic, and optical techniques for detecting the instantaneous position of the moving piston or piston rod.
Many position detection systems are expensive, cumbersome, or difficult to mount on the cylinder. Further, position detection systems for hydraulic cylinders often operate in harsh environments caused by internal conditions, such as pressurized fluid that drives the motion of the piston, and external conditions, such as dust and debris. Some types of position detection systems, such as Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDTs) and linear scales, can be unreliable or easily damaged in a harsh environment.
Some techniques entail encoding piston rod positions on the position rod itself, and reading the encoded positions as the piston rod moves past a reference point, using a reading technique, e.g., optical, magnetic, mechanical, suited to the particular type of encoding. Some known techniques cut grooves, etch recesses, or marks in the rod. Such modifications, however, can adversely affect the rod's strength. Another known technique, described in the UK Patent Application No. GB 2 096 421, is to encode the position information magnetically in the rod material of the piston rod. Here, the piston rod is constructed of steel and can be magnetized. However, this rod material is magnetically "soft." Magnetically soft material has low coercivity, which is a measure of difficulty for magnetically encoding and erasing information in that material. Thus, the position information encoded in rod material with low coercivity is subject to accidental erasure or alteration.
In one aspect, the invention features a piston rod position sensing system having a cylinder and a piston rod arranged in the cylinder for movement with respect thereto. A magnetically hard layer is formed on the piston rod to provide a recording medium. A magnetic pattern is recorded in the magnetically hard layer. A magnetic field sensor is located in the cylinder to sense the recorded magnetic pattern while the piston rod is moving with respect to the cylinder and to generate signals in response to the magnetic pattern for use in determining an instantaneous position of the piston rod.
In another aspect, the invention features a cylinder having a piston and a rod extending axially from the piston. A magnetically hard layer is formed on the piston rod to provide a recording medium for magnetically storing bits of information along a length of the rod.
The above and further advantages of this invention may be better understood by referring to the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals indicate like structural elements and features in various figures. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention.
The present invention features methods and systems for detecting an absolute position, velocity, and direction of motion of a piston rod (or cylinder rod) while the piston rod moves relative to an actuating cylinder. In accordance with the principles of the invention, a physically and magnetically hard material coats the piston rod. Using standard magnetic recording techniques, a magnetic pattern or code is recorded in this coating layer or film of magnetically hard material. As used herein, magnetically "hard" material is material with high coercivity. Magnetic material of high coercivity requires considerable energy to magnetize, i.e., record information, but also to demagnetize recorded information. One or more flux-sensitive magnetic read heads mounted on an end cap of the cylinder read the magnetic pattern. Circuitry in communication with the read heads can process the information obtained from the magnetic pattern to determine the instantaneous incremental position of the piston rod, its velocity, and direction of motion relative to the cylinder.
Various techniques can be used to encode absolute positions of the piston rod in the magnetically hard layer that coats the piston rod. Some techniques record binary codes. Each binary code is uniquely associated with a particular piston rod position. Another technique measures the lateral, spatial distance between two diverging magnetized lines extending along a length of the piston rod. Yet another technique magnetizes an area bounded on two sides by two such diverging lines, extends a sensor (or sensor array) across this bounded area, and correlates the extent of the magnetized area detected by the sensor to a piston rod position. These techniques are illustrative of the many, diverse ways in which position information can be recorded on the piston rod. Other magnetic patterns or encodings can be recorded without departing from the principles of the invention.
One end of a piston rod 12 is secured to the piston 8 and extends along the axis of motion. The other end of piston rod 12 extends out of the housing 6 through the end cap 4, and may be coupled directly or indirectly to a machine component. Typically, the piston 8 and piston rod 12 are constructed of steel (i.e., a ferromagnetic material). In the embodiment shown, the piston rod 12 is cylindrical; other piston rod shapes can be employed without departing from the principles of the invention. In accordance with the invention, a magnetically hard film or layer 14 coats the piston rod 12 to provide a recording medium. This coating can be continuous or discontinuous on the piston rod 12 and cover a portion or all of the piston rod 12. For example, typically the magnetically hard layer 14 is not formed on the end of the piston rod 12. A pattern or code is magnetically recorded in the magnetically hard layer 14 along a length of the piston rod 12, as described in more detail below.
The end cap 4 has a channel 16 for the passage of fluid (e.g., oil, water, steam, gas) into and out of the chamber 10 b, for moving the piston 8. A fluid passageway to the other chamber 10 a is not shown. Seals 18 within the end cap 4 are arranged to lie flush with a surface of the piston rod 12 and thus prevent fluid from leaving the chamber 10 b.
The housing 6 encloses a plurality of flux-sensitive magnetic read heads 20 and read-head electronics 22. Only one read head is shown in
In brief overview, fluid within the chambers 10 a, 10 b at time-varying, differential pressures causes the piston 8 and thus the piston rod 12 to move in and out relative to the read heads 20. The read heads 20 read the recorded magnetic pattern on the piston rod 12 and produce a corresponding analog or digital signal. From the combined instantaneous readings of the read heads 20, the read-head electronics 22 can determine the actual piston rod position, velocity, and direction, or any combination thereof.
In longitudinal media, the magnetization lies in the plane of the magnetically hard layer 14, which is shown in
Longitudinal and perpendicular recording media can both be produced by electrochemical methods (e.g., electroless, electroplating, chemical vapor deposition, and electrochemical deposition (sputtering)). For longitudinal and perpendicular recording media, the materials used are often cobalt-based alloys. Pure cobalt (Co) can be used to produce a magnetic film of high coercivity, but alloying elements are typically used to tailor the magnetic properties of the recording media and to increase its coercivity. Examples of alloying elements capable to include group VA (P, As, Sb, Bi) and VIB (Cr, Mo, W) elements and the noble elements Pt and Pd. For longitudinal media, example alloys include Co—P, Co—Ni—P, Co—W, and Co—Mo. For perpendicular media, example alloys include Co—P based, Co—W, and Co—Cr. Approximate high coercivity values obtained from using such Co-based alloys range from 1–2 kOe.
Embodiments of the magnetically hard layer 14 can be synthesized with such materials to produce a magnetic layer with high coercivity. Magnetic layers or films of high coercivity, such as the magnetically hard layer 14, can maintain recorded information under external stray fields and under the demagnetization fields deriving from the imposed magnetic transitions. This magnetically hard layer 14 may also provide good mechanical and corrosion resistance. However, considering the harsh operational environment of the cylinder 2, the magnetically hard layer 14 can be coated to insure sufficient resistance to mechanical wear and corrosion. One example of such a protective layer can be hard chrome, i.e., a Cr layer.
The composition of the intermediate layer 52 depends upon the type of the recording media and of the substrate material. For longitudinal media, for instance, a ferromagnetic substrate can pose a problem for information retention. Being magnetically permeable, the ferromagnetic substrate provides a low reluctance path for the flux, which, in effect, shunts and reduces the flux available to be sensed. For embodiments in which the magnetically hard layer 14 is produced as longitudinal media, the intermediate layer 52 can be a non-magnetic amorphous layer, such as Ni—P, to obstruct the low reluctance path. Because non-magnetic substrates lack the permeability of ferromagnetic substrates, use of such an intermediate layer 52 is optional for non-magnetic substrates.
For perpendicular media, the permeability of a ferromagnetic substrate serves an advantage. The return path in a ferromagnetic substrate between adjacent oppositely magnetized regions does not affect the stray flux in the region above the magnetically hard layer 14, and assists in the write process and in the retention of the written information. Lacking such permeability, non-magnetic substrates lack such beneficial properties for information retention. To improve the information retention of perpendicular media on non-magnetic substrates, the intermediate layer 52 can be as a magnetically soft layer (e.g., permalloy or Ni—Fe). The permeability of a ferromagnetic substrate 50, however, makes use of the magnetically soft intermediate layer 52 optional; although use of the magnetically soft intermediate layer 52 can mask unreliable or non-uniform permeability of the ferromagnetic substrate 50, and therefore its presence can be beneficial.
Piston rod position information can be recorded in the magnetically hard layer 14 of the piston rod 12 in a multitude of ways. Some techniques explicitly record the identities of the absolute piston rod positions on the piston rod 12 (e.g., using binary code), other techniques magnetize shapes in, or regions of, the magnetically hard layer 14 from which piston rod positions can be computed. Herein, a magnetic pattern means generally any type of magnetic recording that directly or indirectly identifies a piston rod position.
Binary code representing the particular absolute positions can appear on the piston rod 12 in at least two general directions: 1) around the circumference of the piston rod 12 (or laterally); and 2) along a length of the piston rod 12. In the first instance, the binary code representing a particular piston rod position is read concurrently by multiple read heads. The combined concurrent readings of the read heads produce that particular position. In the second instance, a single read head reads the binary code representing a particular piston rod position.
Returning to
The desired spatial resolution between identifiable magnetically recorded bits and the length of the piston rod 12 are factors in determining the number of unique binary codes needed to identify each piston rod position uniquely. For example, consider a 55-inch piston rod for which 0.04 inch resolution is desired. Such a position detection system requires 1375 unique binary codes to identify uniquely each of the 1375 positions on the piston rod 12 (55/0.04). Accordingly, at least eleven bits are needed to represent each piston rod position. Eleven tracks 80 and eleven read heads 20 are used to read the eleven bits. Additional bits, tracks and read heads may be used in this example for purposes other than uniquely identifying piston rod position, such as for detecting piston rod rotation and for performing error code correction.
A position sensing system of the invention determines the absolute position of the piston rod 12 whenever the read heads 20 read the present encoding. The read head electronics 22 can compute the velocity of the piston rod 12 from multiple readings of the instantaneous absolute position. From the multiple absolute position readings, the electronics 22 can compute the distance traveled by the piston rod 12 and divide that distance by the time between readings. A comparison of absolute positions also enables a determination of the direction in which the piston rod 12 is moving.
Magnetically written onto each of these tracks 80′ are words 82′. Each word 82′ includes a magnetic pattern of binary information that uniquely identifies a particular piston rod position. For example, 12 bits of information can uniquely identify, with 0.04-inch resolution, the 1375 piston rod positions in the exemplary 55-inch piston rod 12 described above. In an embodiment in which the magnetically hard layer 14 is protected by a hard chrome or Cr-layer having 0.001-inch thickness, a 12-bit word can be magnetically recorded in a linear space of approximately 0.012 inches.
In one of the tracks 80 a′, the words 82′ identifying the absolute piston rod positions are incrementally recorded along the length of the piston rod 12. This track 80 a′ includes a word 82′ for each desired absolute position (e.g., 1375 words in 0.04-in increments for the exemplary 55-inch piston rod described above).
The other two tracks 80 b′ and 80 c′ are partitioned into regions 90. The regions 90 within the track 80 c′ are staggered with respect to the regions 90 in the track 80 b′. The identities of positions represented by the words 82′ are also staggered: even-numbered positions are coded in track 80 b′ and odd-numbered positions are coded in track 80 c′. Staggering the words 82′ in this fashion uses less length of the piston rod 12 to represent 1375 unique positions than the incremental technique employed in track 80 a′.
One implication of lengthwise words is that in the event of a loss of power, the piston rod 12 needs to move a certain distance before the position sensing system can know its current position. In this respect, this embodiment of a position-sensing system is pseudo-absolute. This distance corresponds to the absolute resolution of a word (i.e., the physical word length). In the example described above having 12-bit words, this distance is 0.012 inches. To eliminate any need for initial movement before being able to detect a piston rod position, a battery backup can be included in the system to maintain the last known piston position and movement direction when the power was lost.
The embodiment shown in
An array of sensors 20′ (diagonal-shaded box) mounted in the housing 6 (
Signals generated by the array of sensors 20′ enable the read head electronics 22 (
Consider, for example, a piston rod having a 3.5-inch diameter and a 55-inch length and a specified resolution of 0.04 inches: a 0.04-inch lengthwise movement of the piston rod 12 corresponds to a 0.08-in increase in the distance between the two lines 120, 122. This lengthwise movement of 0.08 inch, when spread over the circumference of the piston rod 12, corresponds to 1375 unique piston rod positions. An array of 1375 sensors can be used to sense the two lines 120, 122. The use of shorter piston rods (than 55 inches) enables the use of fewer sensors. Alternatively, another magnetized line in parallel with one of the other lines 120, 122, enables doubling the length of the piston rod without increasing the number of sensors. Also, if the length of the piston rod 12 is such that a single helical revolution of the line 122 does not provide sufficient positional sensitivity, a second helical revolution about the piston rod 12 can be made. In another embodiment, the magnetized lines 120, 122 both extend helically around the circumference of the piston rod 12, but in opposite rotational directions of each other.
From multiple readings of the absolute position of the piston rod 12, the read head electronics 22 can compute the velocity of the piston rod 12. For example, the read head electronics 22 can compute the distance traveled by the piston rod 12 from a first absolute position to a second absolute position, and divide that distance by the time between position readings. A comparison of absolute positions also enables a determination of the direction in which the piston rod 12 is moving. For example, an increase or decrease in the measured distance from one position reading to a subsequent position reading can be used to identify the movement direction.
A sensor 20″ (diagonal-shaded box) is mounted in the housing 6 (
Although the invention has been shown and described with reference to specific preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the following claims. For example, although the embodiments described above relate primarily to sensing piston rod position for linear movement, the principles of the invention can be used to determine position, velocity, and movement direction for objects that rotate with respect to each other.
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The Compensation Committee (the "Committee") is appointed by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of PositiveID Corporation (the "Company") for the purposes of, among other things, (a) discharging the Board's responsibilities relating to the compensation of the Company's chief executive officer (the "CEO") and other executive officers of the Company, (b) administering the Company's equity-based compensation plans and (c) if necessary, issuing a "Compensation Committee Report" to be included in the Company's annual report on Form 10- K or proxy statement, as applicable.
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- Establish, review and approve the overall executive compensation philosophy and policies of the Company, including the establishment, if deemed appropriate, of performance-based incentives that support and reinforce the Company's long-term strategic goals, organizational objectives and shareholder interests.
- Review and approve the Company's goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the CEO, annually evaluate the CEO's performance in light of those goals and objectives and based on this evaluation determine the CEO's compensation level, including, but not limited to, salary, bonus or bonus target levels, long and short-term incentive and equity compensation, retirement plans, and deferred compensation plans as the Committee deems appropriate. In determining the long-term incentive component of the CEO's compensation, the Committee shall consider, among other factors, the Company's performance and relative shareholder return, the value of similar incentive awards to CEO's at comparable companies, and the awards given to the Company's CEO in past years. The CEO shall not be present during voting and deliberations relating to CEO compensation.
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- Review and approve any annual or long-term cash bonus or incentive plans in which the executive officers of the Company participate.
- Review and discuss with the Company's management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K, Item 402, if required. Based on such review and discussion, determine whether to recommend to the Board of Directors of the Company that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in the Company's annual report or proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders. Provide, over the names of the members of the Committee, the Compensation Committee Report for the Company's annual report or proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders, if required.
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- Administer the Company's equity-based compensation plans, including the grant of stock options and other equity awards under such plans.
The Committee shall be comprised of two or more members (including a Chairperson), all of whom shall be "independent directors," as such term is defined in the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Company is a "controlled company" as such term is defined in Nasdaq Rule 5615(c)(1), the Committee may have as one of its members a "non-independent director" pursuant to the exemption under Rule 5615(c)(2) of the Nasdaq Stock Market for controlled companies. In addition, the Committee may have as one one of its members a "non-independent director" under exceptional and limited circumstances pursuant to the exemption under Rule 5605(d)(3) of the Nasdaq Stock Market. At least two of the Committee members shall be "non-employee directors" as defined by Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and "outside directors" as defined by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The members of the Committee and the Chairperson shall be selected not less frequently than annually by the Board and serve at the pleasure of the Board. A Committee member (including the Chairperson) may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board.
The Committee shall meet as often as necessary, but at least two times each year, to enable it to fulfill its responsibilities. The Committee shall meet at the call of its Chairperson or a majority of its members. The Committee may meet by telephone conference call or by any other means permitted by law or the Company's Bylaws. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall act on the affirmative vote of a majority of members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Subject to the Company's Bylaws, the Committee may act by unanimous written consent of all members in lieu of a meeting. The Committee shall determine its own rules and procedures, including designation of a chairperson pro tempore in the absence of the Chairperson, and designation of a secretary. The secretary need not be a member of the Committee and shall attend Committee meetings and prepare minutes. The Secretary of the Company shall be the Secretary of the Compensation Committee unless the Committee designates otherwise. The Committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings, which shall be recorded or filed with the books and records of the Company. Any member of the Board shall be provided with copies of such Committee minutes if requested.
The Committee may ask members of management, employees, outside counsel, or others whose advice and counsel are relevant to the issues then being considered by the Committee to attend any meetings (or a portion thereof) and to provide such pertinent information as the Committee may request. The Committee shall have authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to one or more subcommittees as the Committee may from time to time deem appropriate.
The Chairperson of the Committee shall be responsible for leadership of the Committee, including preparing the agenda which shall be circulated to the members prior to the meeting date, presiding over Committee meetings, making Committee assignments and reporting the Committee's actions to the Board. Following each of its meetings, the Committee shall deliver a report on the meeting to the Board, including a description of all actions taken by the Committee at the meeting.
If at any time during the exercise of his or her duties on behalf of the Committee, a Committee member has a direct conflict of interest with respect to an issue subject to determination or recommendation by the Committee, such Committee member shall abstain from participation, discussion and resolution of the instant issue, and the remaining members of the Committee shall advise the Board of their recommendation on such issue. The Committee shall be able to make determinations and recommendations even if only one (1) Committee member is free from conflicts of interest on a particular issue.
The Committee has the authority, to the extent it deems appropriate, to conduct or authorize investigations into or studies of matters within the Committee's scope of responsibilities and to retain one or more compensation consultants to assist in the evaluation of CEO or executive compensation or other matters. The Committee shall have the sole authority to retain and terminate any such consulting firm, and to approve the firm's fees and other retention terms. The Committee shall also have the authority, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, to retain legal counsel or other advisors. The Company will provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee, for payment of any such investigations or studies and the compensation to any consulting firm, legal counsel or other advisors retained by the Committee.
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Lerida Estate has been awarded the Top Gold and a Trophy at the 2012 ActewAGL Canberra Regional Wine Show, and also "Best in Class" at the NSW Small Winemakers Wine Show, for its 2012 Lerida Estate Pinot Grigio.
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Manny Wilkins loved the coaching staff, the campus, the broadcasting school.
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Wilkins, who shined at the Oakland Elite 11 workout last spring and looked good again in recent months at the NLA 7on7 in Las Vegas, had other offers from Arizona, Colorado State, Utah State and Wyoming but he found everything he was looking for with the Sun Devils.
Arizona State seemed to be waiting on four-star local quarterback Kyle Allen before offering Wilkins and after Allen made it clear the Sun Devils were not in his top five, they quickly moved on the Northern California quarterback.
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The year was 1986 and Bud Ballos was an eighth-grader, a proud owner of a brand-new computer with what was to him "a weird thing" called a mouse.
Remember the Apple II? It was a fixture — in the library, next to the card-catalog filing cabinet — in many a middle school beginning in the 1980s.
"This was the start of the new computer, and at the time, I didn't really know what it was," Ballos says of his very first desktop, its screen no bigger than 7 inches by 5 inches, its color off-white, the kind of plastic that starts to yellow after a while. In the early years, not too many families actually had a computer at home. "I thought it was cool. My friends thought it was cool. We'd look at it and go, 'Wow, all right.' "
Ballos is 33 now and goes by Thomas rather than Bud. He's a novice collector and a random one at that: coins from the U.S. and Canada, belt plates from the Civil War, Native American spearheads and arrowheads, some of them 1,300 to 3,000 years old. They're all kept in the garage of his Ashburn, Va., home, where the showpiece — "I did my homework on it; I played Donkey Kong on it; I brought it with me to college" — is his Apple IIc.
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You'd think Ballos would have trashed or recycled his childhood Apple, but these days people are holding on to their first (and second, and third) desktops and laptops. Some keep them for nostalgia's sake, others for the kitsch value. Whatever the motivation, the urge to hang on has turned yesteryear's outmoded computers into today's artifacts — giving them a growing value in the ever-so-hungry collectibles market.
From an early 1975 Altair 8800, named after a planet in a "Star Trek" episode, to a 1981 IBM Personal Computer that a young Bill Gates helped develop, what's on the collectibles menu covers a broadening taste. Some of these computers are rare. Some are quite common and may be in people's basements right now.
Pepe Tozzo, author of the upcoming book "Retro Electro: Collecting Technology From Atari to Walkman," puts the price of the Altair, depending on its condition, between $930 and $2,785. But that's chump change compared with the $72,000 that Lot 238 — the eight-page typed "Outline of Plans for Development of Electronic Computers," written in 1946 and regarded as the "founding document of the computer industry" — brought at Christie's in New York in February.
Ten years ago, the mantra was that old computers were worthless — smushed, forgotten in roadside yard sales. Today, the chances of scoring undiscovered gems at Sunday flea markets, thrift shops or computer recycling centers are still pretty good, but even casual collectors spend a great deal of time shopping and researching online.
There's Classic Tech (www.classictechpub.com) and the Obsolete Technology Web site (www.oldcomputers.net), to name just two sites, and of course there's eBay, where on any given day dozens of vintage IBMs, Ataris, Amigas, Apples, Commodores, you name it, are up for bidding.
Recently, with 4 days 7 hours left on a listing, the top bid for an IMSAI 8080 microcomputer circa 1977 — Matthew Broderick, in the 1983 film "War Games," almost started global thermonuclear war with one — is $1,025. "I built it from kit and used for several years," writes the eBay seller. The bid started at $450.
Tony Romando, editor in chief of Sync, the magazine for the gadget-obsessed, says there's a one-word reason why people collect old hard- and software: cool.
Romando keeps his circa-1999 iBook — the one that looks like a toilet seat — in the basement. "Nobody's buying these old computers for the technology," he says. "They're buying it for style. For a lot of people, it's artwork."
Sync runs a column in which a resident expert prices readers' electronic treasures. To Ritesh Dulal of Lexington, Ky., who wrote in asking about "a box full of Bell & Howell Apple II dinosaurs," Sync suggested that instead of cashing in for an estimated $300 ("with appropriate manuals"), he should hang on: "You never know when that Mac-crazed hottie from work is going to drop by for drinks. You'll score with this super-hip antique on your desk."
Apart from the hipness factor, Michael Nadeau, author of "Collectible Microcomputers, says holding on to a vintage computer is about taking a stroll down memory-chip lane.
"If you grew up in the late '70s, for example, and you used this computer, the computer meant something to you," says Nadeau, who founded the Classic Tech site. He has a soft spot for Radio Shack TRS-80s, affectionately known as Trash 80s.
"I think cars make for a good analogy: If you grew up in the '70s, the Corvettes, the Mustangs, the Camaros meant something to you," he says. "Maybe you didn't own one of those cars, but you wish you had."
For uber-collector Sellam Ismail, storing his more than 2,000 computers locked in a 4,500-square-foot warehouse in Livermore, Calif., is akin to storing history. He owns Commodore 64s, one of the most popular computers of the 1980s; every member of the Apple II family; and a PDP-8, a rare creation from Digital Equipment.
"It's worth at least $20,000," he says of his PDP-8, considered by many to be the first "minicomputer" — meaning it didn't fill an entire small room — of the 1960s.
"Everything is happening so fast — computers that are only 20 years old are completely outmoded, and even today computers that are only 5 years old are considered outdated, " says Ismail, a self-described "computer archivist" who seems to keep every detail of every computer ever built in memory.
How they looked
For Ismail, another reason for collecting vintage computers is that computers back in the '60s, '70s and '80s — the way they looked, the way they were built — were much more interesting.
"Most of the PCs that have come up in the past 15 years, there's nothing special or interesting about them. It's the same box, no matter from what manufacturer," says Ismail. "What computer collectors tend to focus on are computers that are unique — you get to play with architecture that's completely foreign from what you're used to."
For this reason and others, the Holy Grail of any serious collector is the first in the Apple line, the Apple I, designed by the Steves — Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak — and sold in 1976 for the superstitious price tag of $666.66. It even has its own fan club; the Apple I Owners Club was born in 1977, the same year production of the Apple I was discontinued.
"There were 200 made in total," says Ismail. "I've tracked down 35 so far."
In the past five years, during a computer festival in Mountain View, Calif., Apple I's have been up for bidding three times. One sold for $16,000 in 2003, Ismail says, and to his chagrin, he doesn't own one.
The Apple IIc (the "c" stood for "compact") is not as scarce as the Apple I — some 400,000 were produced the first year. If Ballos sold it, he'd include the original manuals and give away the games on 5 1/4-inch floppies, from when a floppy was still floppy.
How much would his Apple sell for? Ismail estimates no more than $300, if Ballos has all the original materials; author Nadeau puts it at a modest $200.


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Konaktepe, Konakli
Based on 227 Reviews
Konaktepe Overview
Featuring 2 outdoor pools, waterslides and a private beach area with free sun loungers, Konaktepe Hotel is only 450 metres from the coast of Mediterranean Sea. There is an indoor pool and a Turkish bath on site. Guests can work out in the fitness centre and relax in sauna or massage room. Beach volleyball, tennis table and a children's playground are available. Free Wi-Fi is accessible in all areas. Rooms include air conditioning, a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a private bathroom. Some rooms have a balcony. The hotel's main restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in buffet style. There are 4 bars, located on the beach, by the pool, at the lobby and disco. Different types of snack are offered throughout the day and the à la carte restaurant is also available for dinner. Antalya Airport is 115 km from Konaktepe Hotel. A shuttle service can be arranged on request at an additional fee.
Hotel facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (Surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Children's playground
- Currency exchange
- Darts
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fax machine
- Fitness facilities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Garden
- Internet access - wireless
- Massage
- Photocopy machines
- Private beach
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Sauna
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Table Tennis
- Terrace
- Tours/ticket assistance
Room facilities
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Bathtub or shower
- Free Wi-Fi
- Hair dryer
- Internet access - wireless
- LCD television
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Satellite television service
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I started my working life in a family electrical business approximately 30 years ago. I have had experience in all types of electrical work, both domestic and commercial.
I have been running an electrical contracting business for the past 20 years. I run Symons and Son Electrical Ltd alongside my son, we are reliable, punctual and take pride in the standard of work that we produce. We are happy to undertake all types of electrical work, and welcome any electrical problems.
We are based in New Milton, Hampshire but also have a base in Egham, London so can also cover work in the surrounding areas.
If you are enquiring for work to be completed in the London area, please call 07932 551809 and ask for David.
We look forward to working with you.
New Milton, Lymington, Christchurch, Egham, Chertsey, Dorset, Hampshire, London