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Phase separation due to quantum mechanical correlations
James K. Freericks, Elliott H. Lieb, Daniel Ueltschi
Phase separation in the ground state of Falicov-Kimball (FK) model due to quantum mechanical correlations was discussed. It was found that in the ground state the itinerant electrons were spatially separated from the classical particles. The ground state energy level was roughly proportional to the boundary between occupied and empty sites.
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Freericks, J. K., Lieb, E. H., & Ueltschi, D. (2002). Phase separation due to quantum mechanical correlations. Physical review letters, 88(10), 1064011-1064014. [106401].
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Welcoming Jordan Landes, Curator of the Friends Historical Library
March 22, 2019 Lee Smithey
Jordan Landes joined our community on March 11, 2019. Jordan joins us from the Senate House Library, the central library of the University of London where she was a Research Librarian for History. A true exemplar of the value of a liberal arts education, Jordan has worked in libraries whose foci are literature and theater (Shakespeare's Globe), contemporary dance (the Laban Library) and computer science (University of Maryland, College Park).
Jordan is an alumna of Haverford and in addition to her Master of Library Science from the University of Maryland; she has degrees in History from the University of Maryland (M.A.) and from the School of Advanced Study at the University of London (PhD). Jordan has focused her studies in Quaker history. Her doctoral thesis on the role of London in the creation of the trans-Atlantic Quaker community in the late 17th and early 18th centuries served as the basis for her book, London Quakers in the Trans-Atlantic World: The Creation of an Early Modern Community; it was published by Palgrave in 2015.
Jordan thinks a great deal about community and its value in the context of libraries and scholarship. Jordan is also an innovator. As co-convener of History Day, she developed an event that brings several hundred historians, undergraduates, and post-graduate researchers together with information professionals from over sixty libraries, archives and research organizations. She has also worked with Wikimedia UK to host editithons in collaboration with the University of Birmingham over Twitter to address the dearth of information on women's history. She recently curated several recent exhibits – one on dissent in WWI and another on protest movements, entitled "Radical Voices." She is particularly interested in the way that libraries and archives preserve evidence of peace – when so much of the historical documents has focused on the opposite.
As both librarian and historian, Jordan has built trans-Atlantic networks like the Quakers she has studied. We are excited to see how she might expand our own networks, not only to England but beyond.
We would like to thank the search committee chaired by Sarah Willie-LeBreton with members, David Harrison, Ellen Ross, Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Susanna Morikawa, Pat O'Donnell and Peggy Seiden. We would also like to recognize the phenomenal leadership of Pat O'Donnell since Chris Densmore's retirement over a year ago and the support of Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Susanna Morikawa in not only sustaining the day-to-day work of FHL, but also managing a major grant project, In her own Right.
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Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice
February 22, 2018 Lee Smithey	Leave a comment
Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice
Please join us for a lecture by Vanessa Julye
Monday, February 26th at 4:15 pm
Black Cultural Center
Ms. Julye is a member of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and she is Friends General Conference's Coordinator for the Committee for Nurturing Ministries focusing on Racism and Youth Ministries.
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Department of Religion, Program in Black Studies, Program in Peace and Conflict Studies, Program in Islamic Studies and the Black Cultural Center
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All of Us or None: Responses & Resistance to Militarism
October 1, 2015 Lee Smithey	1 Comment
Across the globe, militarism directly impacts all of our lives. The American Friends Service Committee's new traveling exhibition, All of Us or None, examines the effects of militarism at both the foreign and domestic policy levels. It also highlights alternatives and positive nonviolent solutions.
Exhibition: October 7–November 17, 2015
McCabe Libary Atrium, Swarthmore College
Panel Discussion and Opening Reception
October 8, 4:30 p.m.
McCabe Libary Atrium, Swarthmore College (directions)
Panelists: Sa'ed Atshan (Moderator), Nanci Buiza, Sharon Friedler, Keith Reeves, and Lee Smithey
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Sponsored by Peace & Conflict Studies and Swarthmore College Libraries.
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Big Oak Flat Road In Yosemite Remains Closed
By Tori James Published Mar 17, 2017 06:00 am Updated Mar 17, 2017 06:27 am
Yosemite National Park, along with the Federal Highway Administration and contractors, are working to repair the Big Oak Flat Road in Yosemite National Park. There is no estimated reopening date for the road, one of the major routes to Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite National Park, CA — Park officials share some bright bits of news along with the bad, regarding current access to Yosemite Valley.
Jamie Richards, Yosemite National Park Ranger and Spokesperson was Friday's KVML "Newsmaker of the Day".
Leading with the bad, extensive needed repairs on the Highway 120 extension Big Oak Flat Road into Yosemite Valley — where travel has been difficult to impossible since late February — are continuing to provide some serious challenges to park and Federal Highway Administration (FHA) officials.
As of today, the latest word is they are still working with contractors to completely assess the situation and implement a repair plan; so there is not yet any estimated date for the road to reopen.
Due to this winter's significant rains and snow, park officials say saturated undersoils sliding downhill are growing a large fissure in over 200 feet of the roadway that has yielded unsafe driving conditions across both lanes.
Richards stated, "This road closure places a burden on the surrounding communities and we are working as quickly as we can to get the road reopened safely. Although I would love to give a projected opening date, we really can not. This is an extensive project."
She added that the park appreciates FHA's assistance in expediting the project as well as the patience and support of communities along the Highway 120 corridor.
On the bright side, visitors are still able to get into Yosemite National Park using the Big Oak Flat entrance, just not the affected part of the roadway. Crane Flat and the Merced and Tuolumne Groves of Giant Sequoias, all popular attractions, are also accessible. For those who are able to get to the Big Oak Flat entrance, the entrance fee is temporarily being waived. The fee at the Hetch Hetchy entrance is also being waived.
Fees still apply to all entering via Arch Rock and South Entrance stations.
Too, Wawona Road/Highway 41 is currently open although under one-lane controlled traffic. El Portal Road/Highway 140 remains open, although travelers should remain cautiously aware of potential rocks and roadway debris.
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One of the prettiest towns in the Caribbean, Christiansted has a perfect harbour setting and is the capital of St Croix. Dominating the waterfront is the large yellow building, Fort Christiansvaern, built in the late 1700s to protect the town's harbour against pirates during its days as capital of the Danish colony. It served as an important trading centre for sugar and rum.
Much of the original Danish colonial architecture remains, including the Old Custom House, government buildings, and the atmospheric wharf area lined with pastel-coloured warehouses. Original Danish streets signs survive among modern enterprises like tourist shops, courtyard restaurants, and a spirited bar scene on the waterfront. There are plenty of beach activities nearby and a popular excursion is a trip to Buck Island, which offers superb beaches and coral reefs.


The extreme ultraviolet radiation (EUV) for wafer exposure is undoubtedly the topic of the future in the chip industry. No wonder, then, that not only the specialized journals, but also the general press regularly devote themselves to this topic and closely follow the development of the technology. You will find a compilation of some national and international highlight articles on this page.
The TRUMPF annual report for 2017/2018 highlights how the control of light – including lasers and EUV lithography – provides the basis for future technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and networked factories.
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A Way Forward Toward Professionalizing Teacher Education
A Way Forward Toward Professionalizing Teacher Education: A Response to the AASCU Teacher Education Task Force Survey
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Eastern Connecticut State University
Easley II, J. (2019). A Way Forward Toward Professionalizing Teacher Education. Educational Renaissance, 7(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.33499/edren.v7i1.108
Amid countless challenges faced by teacher education, public universities, preparing a large share of the nations' teachers, are called upon to a lead the charge of moving the field forward. The American Association of State Colleges and University's Teacher Education Task Force sought to examine current conditions among member institutions. Presidents, provosts and deans of education responded to a survey with their assessment of the current status of teacher education. The results yielded six recommendations for quality teacher education programs. The latter of which stresses professionalizing the field. Further examination of the recommendations reveals gaps between the current landscape and the recommendations. It is through these gaps that a strategic means to advance the professionalization of teacher education is put forth. Advancing the professionalization of teacher education is a collaborative effort of leadership. The process demonstrates and builds momentum from positive impact on communities and the profession itself. It is undergirded by an ethical imperative.
AASCU. (n.d.). Preparing teaches in today's challenging context: Key issues, policy direction and implication for leaders of AAASCU universities. Retrieved from https://www.aascu.org/AcademicAffairs/TeacherEdReport.pdf
Ballantyne, K. G., Sanderman, A. R., & Levy J. (2008). Educating English Language Learners: Building teacher capacity. Washington, DC: National clearinghouse for English Language acquisition. Retrieved from https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED521360.pdf
Berdecía, A. I., & Kosec, C. (2011). Cultural and linguistic connections: Linking what matters to families to what matters for school success. Trenton, NJ: Thomas Edison State College.
CAPPS. (2018). Public policy agenda. West Hartford, CT. Author. Retrieved from http://www.capss.org/page.cfm?p=582&newsid=159
Commission on Higher Education and Employability. (2017). Proposed recommendations. New England Board of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.nebhe.org/info/pdf/events/conference/december2017/Commission_Proposed_Recommendations.pdf
Easley, J., II. (2011). The audacity to teach: The impact of leadership, school reform, and urban context on educational innovation. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Easley, J., II., Ankrum, J., McConnell, B., & Girard, N. (2017). Professional learning through P-16 partnership design: Emergent lessons learned toward improving and sustaining partnership development. School-University Partnership Journal, 10(1), 46-56.
Easley, J., II., & Tulowitzki, P. (2017). Educational accountability: A response to critique, furthering the international point of view. NSW, Australia: International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.
McFarland, J., Hussar, B., de Brey, C., Snyder, T., Wang, X., Wilkinson-Flicker, S., Gebrekristos, S., Zhang, J., Rathbun, A., Barmer, A., Bullock Mann, F., & Hinz, S. (2017). Condition of Education 2017 (NCES 2017- 144). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2017144.
Martin, G. L., & Osberg, S. R. (2015). Getting beyond better: How social entrepreneurship works. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
Pasquarella, L. (2016). Higher Education should be a public good, not a private commodity. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/10/20/higher-education-should-be-a-public-good-not-a-private-commodity/?utm_term=.b1f19112dd00
Sawchuk, S. (2015). States slow to shut down weak teacher education programs. Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/31/teacher-education-school-closures_n_6401316.html
Sawchuck, S. (2016). Teacher-prep accreditation group seeks to regain traction: CAEP standards in force this fall. Education Week. Retrieved from https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/08/24/teacher-prep-accreditation-group-seeks-to-regain-traction.html
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Is Twitter Joining Tesla And Investing In Bitcoin?
Twitter Inc, the social media giant with over $54 billion in market cap, hinted at following Tesla's lead and holding Bitcoin in their balance sheet.
Ned Segal, Twitter's Chief Financial Officer, said in an interview:
"We've done a lot of the upfront thinking to consider how we might pay employees should they ask to be paid in bitcoin, how we might pay a vendor if they asked to be paid in bitcoin and whether we need to have bitcoin on our balance sheet should that happen. We want to be thoughtful about it over time, but we haven't made any changes yet."
Twitter vs Tesla: How Much Are They Going To Invest
As of 2019, Twitter held around $2B in cash with $4.8B locked in short term investments. In contrast, Tesla had $6.5 billion in cash in 2019 and nothing in short-term investments, giving them the freedom required to buy $1.5B worth of Bitcoin. As such, Twitter's investment is going to be a lot lesser than Tesla's. However, this is another tick mark in the Bitcoin column to add further credibility to its rise as a legit diversifier.
Jack Dorsey and Bitcoin
Square, which Jack Dorsey also founded, invested $50 million in bitcoin, which is about 5% of their $1 billion cash holdings and has around half a billion in short-term investments. Following their Bitcoin investment, Square's Chief Financial Officer, Amrita Ahuja, said:
"We believe that bitcoin has the potential to be a more ubiquitous currency in the future. As it grows in adoption, we intend to learn and participate in a disciplined way. For a company that is building products based on a more inclusive future, this investment is a step on that journey."
Dorsey believes that Bitcoin will one day become the world's "single currency" and aims to make it easily accessible via Square's Cash App. Plus, it seems like he has recently launched his own Bitcoin node to help validate transactions and blocks on the network. Last Friday, he shared an image on Twitter to show his node in action and synchronizing with the bitcoin blockchain.


J. Pennoyer Jones was a well-known attorney in Desha County, Arkansas. He also had a reputation as a successful businessman, in railroad speculation and land development.
Jones was born in Virginia in 1842 and arrived in Arkansas City (Desha County), Arkansas in 1870. He became known in state politics and was elected as representative from Desha County to the 1874 Arkansas Constitutional Convention, at which time he was known as an attorney.
After the Constitutional Convention, Pennoyer Jones was elected sheriff of Desha County for a two-year term. Thereafter, he was Desha County Clerk for ten years. Toward the end of this time, Jones became the first Black attorney known to have mentored a younger man into the practice of law (see Nelson Nichols). In 1890, he was elected county judge, serving one term. Jones continued his involvement in party politics. In 1895, he was reported to be a leader of the Black and Tans, Black Republicans fighting the Lily-whites within the party for equal power.
In the 1880 Census, Pennoyer Jones is listed as being married to Mamie, with one son, Leon Pascal. A marriage license for Concordia Parish, Louisiana, indicates that he married a second time, on November 15, 1881, to Addie A. Ball. Jones died around 1898.


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Persecution List: N. Korea, Iran Top Oppressors of Christians
CP World | Wednesday, January 06, 2010
By Michelle A. Vu, Christian Post Reporter
North Korea is for the eighth straight year the world's top persecutor of Christians, according to Open Doors' 2010 World Watch List.
The notoriously restrictive regime bans all religions other than a semi-personality cult centered around the current leader, Kim Jong-Il, and his father, Kim Il-Sung. It is illegal to be a Christian in North Korea and authorities have executed people found to possess a Bible.
An estimated 40,000 to 60,000 Christians are currently in prison labor camps because of their faith.
"Christians are the target of fierce government action, and once caught, are not regarded as human," said a veteran North Korean watcher, who is not identified for security reasons, to Open Doors. "Last year we had evidence that some were used as guinea pigs to test chemical and biological weapons."
Carl Moeller, president/CEO of Open Doors USA, commented that it is "certainly not a shock" that North Korea is ranked No. 1 on the list.
"There is no other country in the world where Christians are persecuted in such a horrible and systematic manner," Moeller said. "Three generations of a family are often thrown into prison when one member is incarcerated."
But Moeller noted that despite the intense persecution, the group of Christians in North Korea is "strong" and actually growing in number.
Following North Korea on the World Watch List is Iran, which jumped to the No. 2 spot from No. 3.
Open Doors explained that Iran moved up because of the increased number of arrests of Christians beginning in 2008 and continuing into 2009. At least 85 Christians were arrested in Iran during this time period, the watchdog reported.
Among those arrested were two young women who converted from Islam to Christianity. The case of Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirzadeh, who were released two months ago, attracted international attention. Open Doors was among the groups that advocated for the release of the two women who were arrested simply for being Christian.
While in prison the converts were pressured to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ but they refused, resulting in them suffering from various forms of psychological torture and health deterioration.
It is suspected, Open Doors noted, that the increase in the number of arrests of Christians by the Iranian government is meant to be a form of distraction from the country's internal problems, such as the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the high rate of unemployment.
In the No. 3 spot this year is Saudi Arabia, which was formerly No. 2. Saudi Arabia dropped a spot not because of improved treatment of Christians but because the situation remained unchanged while Iran's treatment of Christians worsened.
New to this year's top 10 list is the North African country of Mauritania, which holds the No. 8 position. Mauritania jumped ten spots, the biggest increase of any country in this year's list. The situation there deteriorated with the murder of a Christian aid worker in June 2009, the torture of 35 Mauritanian Christians in July, and the arrest of a group of 150 sub-Saharan Christians in August.
The tiny, East African country of Eritrea dropped out of the top 10 list this year, falling from No. 9 to No. 11.
Overall, eight of the top ten countries on the list have Islam as the dominant religion. Among the top 50 countries, 35 of them have Islamic governments.
"Many are coming to Christ in the Muslim world," Moeller commented. "But we need to continue to embrace them in prayer in 2010."
Open Doors recorded fewer reports of persecution of Christians in Algeria, India, Cuba, Jordan, Sri Lanka and Indonesia in 2009. The biggest improvement among the 50 countries on the list was Indonesia, which fell from No. 41 to No. 48.
Since 1991, Open Doors Research Department has released the annual World Watch List to understand the unique persecution of Christians in different countries and to ensure effective intervention on the ministry's part.
The data is derived from a questionnaire containing 53 questions sent to Open Doors co-workers, key church leaders and recognized experts in 70 countries. The questionnaire examines every aspect of persecution, including the degree of legal restriction, state attitudes, how free the church is to organize itself, as well as incidents of persecution, such as church burnings, anti-Christian riots and even martyrdom.
Open Doors works in 46 of the 50 countries on the World Watch List.
Top 10 on World Watch List 2010:
4. Somalia
6. Afghanistan
7. Yemen
8. Mauritania
9. Laos
10. Uzbekistan
On the Web: http://www.opendoorsusa.org
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Québec is not only a city in Canada any more, it is now also a game about that city. But where games with city names are often variants of other games with some new pictures, Québec introduces new mechanics and really invents a new game, not just renames it.
Age of Thieves
Age of Thieves is not a game about collecting victory points or anything mundane like that. It is about nothing less but fleeing a city under a full-fledged state of alarm – with guards roaming the streets and alleys – while casually carrying the most valuable jewels you can out of the city.
Secret Hitler
Some might find a game where one player is literally Hitler offensive. I'm not one of them, and I'm glad, because that would keep me from a great hidden identity game that has tiny bit more structure than other games in that genre. At least for me it makes a huge difference.
We find ourselves in a not-so-far future. The whole world is controlled by a totalitarian government. Only a small resistance group is desperately trying to free the people, but their time is running out: they have already been infiltrated.


I've been doing a heap of reading on XPath, and ElementTree, but I am still not sure where to start actually query this. Looking for examples... I can't find any that reference a parent node as a result.
Still new to python.. any suggestions would be appreciated.
Unfortunately, when using the ElementTree API, each Element object has no reference back to its parent, so you cannot go up the tree from a known point. Instead, you have to find the possible parent objects and filter the ones you want.
This is commonly done with XPath expressions. However, ElementTree only supports a subset of XPath (see the docs), the most useful parts of which were only added in ElementTree 1.3, which only comes with Python 2.7+ or 3.2+.
And even, ElementTree's XPath it cannot work with your file as is - there is no way to select based on the text of a node, only its attributes (or attribute values).
# Filter matching nodes and put them in the nodes variable.
Neither of these solutions is what I would call ideal, but they're the only ones I have been able to make work with the ElementTree library (since that is what you mentioned using). You might be better off using a third-party library rather than using the built-in ones; see the Python wiki entry on XML for a list of options. lxml is the Python bindings for the widely-used libxml2 library, and would be the one I would suggest looking at first. It has XPath support so you should be able to use the queries from the other answers.
The following function has helped me in similar cases. As the docstring explains, it doesn't work in the general case, but if your nodes are unique, it should help.
'''Return a list of ancestor Elements for the given element.
and ending with element. Otherwise, return an empty list.
tree or is satisfied with the first branch to reference the given element.
will return a potiner to the parent node (when using a DOM parser).
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Flagship Healthcare Properties Expands Footprint in Little Rock, Arkansas
Commercial healthcare real estate firm adds Chenal Medical Pavilion to its portfolio as second acquisition in Little Rock this year
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 30, 2019) – Flagship Healthcare Properties (Flagship) announces its acquisition of Chenal Medical Pavilion, a 42,636-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Little Rock, Arkansas. The building is located at 16115 St. Vincent Way, in the growing West Little Rock area, approximately twenty minutes from downtown. Built in 2014, the building is well-positioned adjacent to CHI St. Vincent – West Pavilion One and the Promenade at Chenal, an upscale mixed-use development.
The MOB is occupied by leading healthcare tenants including CHI St. Vincent Imaging, CHI St. Vincent Breast Center, Pinnacle Dermatology, Arkansas Pediatric Clinic, Cornerstone Pharmacy and Edwards Family Dentistry.
"We are excited to expand our presence in the flourishing West Little Rock submarket, which is enjoying strong growth," said Gerald Quattlebaum, senior vice president of acquisitions at Flagship. "This asset is perfectly positioned to fill the needs and growing demand for medical services in the area."
The largest tenant, CHI St. Vincent, is part of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). CHI St. Vincent has served Arkansas since 1888, and its network includes primary care, specialty clinics, urgent care, hospitals, home health, rehabilitation and surgery centers. CHI St. Vincent Imaging offers detailed, high-quality images to diagnose and determine treatment for virtually every part of the human anatomy including cardiac, gastrointestinal, vascular, soft tissue and bone. The CHI St. Vincent Breast Center is operated by Radiology Associates, PA, in partnership with the network, and offers the best diagnostic imaging tools available, including 3D Mammography (tomosynthesis) to better visualize breast tissue, digital screening mammography, dedicated breast ultrasound, breast MRI and computer-aided detection.
Flagship Healthcare Trust (Flagship REIT), Flagship's private healthcare real estate investment trust, purchased the MOB. The transaction was brokered by JLL and was led by Brian Bacharach, managing director for healthcare in the Capital Markets Group. Flagship will provide property management, asset management and lease administration services.
Financing for the transaction was provided by First Horizon Bank.
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Status Of Junior Cycle History Won't Be Changed, According To Leaked Report
The Minister for Education Joe McHugh has sought to temper expectations around a draft report concerning the place of History in the Junior Cycle in secondary school, by reiterating its draft status.
There had been outrage over the decision to have history downgraded to being a non-mandatory subject for students in the Junior Cert cycle. As a result of the backlash, Minister Joe McHugh ordered a review to be carried out by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.
A copy of the draft report - obtained by RTÉ News - has not advised for any change to be made to the subject's current status as 'optional'. Without making any particular recommendation for changing the status of history, the report finished by stating that "changes to any single component or subject, such as History, has implications for the framework as a whole." This seems to be an implicit suggestion to not change its status.
However, in the wake of the leak, Minister McHugh, while speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, sought to buy the report breathing room by clarifying that it was still "just a draft". With this draft version of the report to be discussed by members of the NCCA in early May, he said that we would need to wait until after these deliberations before we could expect to see a full report.
He stated that History is still a popular subject, even as an optional one, with it being taken by some 90% of Junior Cycle students. However, the evident fear is that this number could, and almost certainly will, drop over time as we move further away from a time when it was mandatory and its perception as being central to the curriculum diminishes.
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About Steve Haining.
Steve Haining is an internationally award winning Photographer and Film Director. Born and raised in Hamilton Ontario, Steve took to 35mm film photography at a young age. He spent his teens touring the country as a band photographer while shooting for a local ad agency whenever he found himself at home. His work was being published around the world, North American record labels began contacting him directly and he quickly became a "go to" photographer for Much Music. In a competitive industry Haining kept finding himself one of the only independent photographers along side dozens of agent represented shooters working for the big clients, and he was always getting the work!
By 2014 Steve was travelling the world shooting portraits for top music artists, athletes and actors, He was also creating content for some of the biggest brands in Canada. His work was being published in The USA, Canada, Asia Europe & the UK, he was on over 100 flights per year and continued to grow. When the boom of DSLR video made film making more accessible Haining began taking on DOP and directing jobs for TV commercials, short films and web ads and unexpectedly fell in love with a whole new side of content creation. By 2019 Haining began Directing and DOP-ing feature films, TV shows and everything in between, taking the attention to detail, creative visions, and story telling qualities he had mastered his entire life as a photographer and adapting them into motion. This set him apart as a film maker immediately.
The untold side of Steve Haining is that he has always spent any free time he has giving back. For well over a decade he has filled any free time he has teaching photography and film making as a form of self expression and a way to support mental health. His areas of focus are always the people society seems to forget about, maximum security youth prisons, remote First Nations & Inuit communities, Urban schools across Canada. In 2020 He was approached by some First Nations communities he taught in to produce and direct a documentary series telling their ongoing history and issues with the youth he had been teaching. Initially this film set was to be shown within Treaty 4 & 6 communities in Canada as an education piece but the documentaries were so successful that not only are they streaming around the world on services like AMAZON Prime, but they are also being actively used ini several universities as an educational tool for indigenous studies!
The success of that series allowed Haining to receive two Las Vegas Movie Awards (Best Documentary Feature / Best Social Awareness Film) and it picked a half dozen more awards from major festivals around the world! In that time he has also worked on a drama series pilot for major broadcast and this year is working on two new TV series in Canada as well as a documentary in the USA.
Today Haining works as a Director, Producer and Cinematographer in the film industry for everything from TV shows, feature films and commercials, all while still travelling the world as a commercial, editorial and portrait photographer. He is the owner of CreateOf. inc, a Canada based production company and he still somehow manages to find time to volunteer and give back!


Two years, 500 portraits and 6000 kilometers later, and the Bicycle Portraits Project has finally reached its completion. Photographers Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have published their two-year journey in a three-part book – officially launching at this year's Design Indaba in March. And it's been worth the wait. The book is a beautiful compilation of the 165 best portraits and stories taken from their cycles across South Africa – a documentation of South Africans and their bicycles.
The books are designed by Gabrielle Guy and features the most beautiful hand-painted Google maps (below) by South African artist Gabrielle Raaff, each providing the exact location of the portraits and cyclists.
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BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO), the main banking arm of the SM Group, has improved its ranking in the world's top 1,000 banks list, according to a report by UK-based banking and finance magazine The Banker.
Based on the report, BDO now occupies the 251st spot from 396th place in 2012, or 145 notches higher. For the Philippine country listing, BDO secured the number one spot, the publication said.


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Toronto: Can Oliver Stone's 'Snowden' Hack the Box Office?
4:00 AM PDT 9/10/2016 by Tatiana Siegel
Following such high-profile cyber-thriller flops as 2013 TIFF entry 'The Fifth Estate,' the stakes are high as the director's drama attempts to connect with fest audiences.
Oliver Stone has said that every studio passed on Snowden before Open Road Films took a chance. After all, the film's protagonist, Edward Snowden, is seen by some as a whistleblower and by others as a traitor. But will audiences pass?
As the film made its long-awaited bow Friday night at the Toronto International Film Festival, the question is whether Stone's take on the country's most famous fugitive will find traction at the box office.
"Every movie has its assets and challenges, and Snowden is no exception," says Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg, who overcame hurdles with last year's church abuse drama Spotlight and won the best picture Oscar. "Spotlight was a movie about a very sensitive and controversial subject, but it was embraced by audiences and critics and ultimately by Oscar voters. Regardless of where you sit politically, the movie is entertaining, and the subject matter in this case really adds to the 'must see' urgency."
But Snowden — which chronicles the story of the CIA contractor who made public classified information in an effort to expose U.S. government surveillance programs — could suffer from its subject being in the news all the time. And an Oscar-winning documentary, Citizenfour, already covered the topic.
Plus, it isn't the first film to bow at Toronto and tackle a digital-age hero/villain. In 2013, The Fifth Estate, about controversial leaker Julian Assange, opened the fest and went on to earn just $3 million domestically, despite a $28 million budget.
But Fifth Estate's woes don't necessarily mean that audiences aren't game for subjects about one of the most hot-button issues of the day: digital vigilantism. First Look Media, a financier of Spotlight, has its own hacktivism project in the works with We Do Not Forget, a drama that chronicles Anonymous' online battle with the Mexican drug cartels. That film will star Daniel Radcliffe and Zachary Quinto and is being shopped by CAA (Zach Helm wrote the script and is directing).
"It's a provocative current issue, regardless of how you feel about Anonymous," says First Look president Michael Bloom. "But what really drew us to the project was Zach's script and its emotional core — someone who discovers an injustice and feels compelled to do something about it, even if it's at great personal cost. That's a powerful universal idea."
After a string of box-office failures that depicted the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, studios became skittish of so-called hard-news dramas. But that trend was reversed with the success of Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty and its $133 million worldwide haul. That film took hits from both the right and left. Snowden, too, will likely be billed as partisan, with early reviews pointing out Stone's overt sympathies with the film's protagonist.
The biopic is tracking for a $10 million opening weekend upon its Sept. 16 debut, which would be a solid start for the film that cost a reported $50 million. However, its playability will be impacted by reviews (The Hollywood Reporter called it "dull").
For Ortenberg, Stone simply created compelling filmmaking that happens to be about a compelling character. "With Snowden," he says, "Oliver has masterfully crafted a gripping, ticking-clock thriller."
Pamela McClintock contributed to this report.
Tatiana Siegel
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Books · Directors
Book Review: Fucking Innocent: The Early Films of Wes Anderson, by John Andrew Fredrick
John McIntyre
Wes Anderson during the filming of Rushmore (1998). Credit: Touchstone Pictures/Photofest
Fucking Innocent: The Early Films of Wes Anderson, by John Andrew Fredrick. $15.95, 288 pp. Rare Bird Books, 2017.
The first thing to note about John Andrew Fredrick's book is the way it unceremoniously announces that Anderson's career now extends far enough to mark out an "early" phase in his catalog. For Fredrick's purposes, "early" refers to Anderson's first three films, Bottle Rocket, (1996), Rushmore (1998), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). There's a case to be made for the films comprising a distinct period in Anderson's development – the increasing formal sophistication across the three, as well as the origins and development of so many Andersonian trademarks – but Fredrick, unfortunately, forgoes an introductory chapter that might've put such a framework in place. There's also no connective tissue joining the three chapters (each on one of the three films).
What he does offer, though, is a trio of spirited essays. It quickly becomes apparent that Fucking Innocent is criticism-as-grinning-jaunt. Fredrick's attitude toward the value and success of Anderson's larger project is unclear, but he's a clear admirer of the first three films. He classes Anderson as an "auteur whose scripts are word-driven." Fredrick's layout is unadorned. He forgoes the scholarly trappings – no footnotes, no introductory essay – and examines the films head on, charting Anderson's development as a filmmaker. The good news is that this leads to a lean, focused book, one that remains attentive to the three films. It also leaves open the question of what justifies treating Anderson's first three films as distinct from his later output, and what shortcomings (if any) mark the later work. He responds to the looseness of Bottle Rocket, calling it Anderson's masterpiece, and the emerging formal conceits that anchor Rushmore. By comparison, The Royal Tenenbaums gets something of a short sell (the last 21 of 140 pages), but Fredrick does pronounce it "a very great and very sentimental film – therefore good and bad."
There's such ease here, though, that the oversight is easy to forgive. Fredrick's critical eye floats from, say, a scene in Bottle Rocket in which Anthony and Ines make love while Love's "Alone Again Or" plays, to the observation that the song is "brilliant mood music. I could be in love with almost everyone, Arthur Lee sings. Which," Fredrick concludes, "is the lovely effect Love and love has on one." A round of practice shooting takes place at "a bucolic, impromptu, Rube Goldberged-up shooting place near a North Texas ranch or farm house." He contemplates the question of whether the Tenenbaum kids' genius is a credible plot point and cites Margot's reading Chekhov and Shaw, "two artists that'd be way over the head of any kid, even a geniusy one," as part of the case against any type of child-geniuses in any field other than music or mathematics. Fredrick doesn't refrain from passing judgment, but he also has a far longer leash in this regard than writers whose books arrive via academic presses. He takes full advantage of the leeway, and the resulting freedom finds him sizing up Rushmore's Miss Cross as "any artist/dreamer/nerd's dreamy dream girl," and Cormac McCarthy "one of the greatest (of) American pretenders." There are also moments when he threatens to abuse the privilege, as when he writes, "I remember Anderson saying somewhere" that the kids who played Ronny and Donny in Rushmore were in fact similar to the characters.
Anderson and James Caan on the set of Bottle Rocket. Credit: Columbia Pictures/Photofest
Fredrick, a novelist and musician himself (he's fronted LA indie rockers The Black Watch for nearly three decades), is especially good on Anderson's use of music in the films. "In a way, it's good that [Anderson's] team couldn't get the original of the opening number 'Hey Jude,'" Fredrick writes, "a, to say the least, transcendental/fucking amazing song about a lost kid who needs consoling for an absent parent; it's good that it's a cover, a fake or 'fugazi' in the slang sense, in that were this family and their story of 'failure, betrayal and disaster' 'real' and/or realistically portrayed, it's be way too much for us to take, an act that'd overwhelm us, and not necessarily in a good way." And he's in on the jokes, even the ones Anderson may not have intended: "Wes Anderson, did you have the crew rob a cold storage place just so that you can have the cops say 'freeze!' when Dignan gets deservedly nabbed?"
Fucking Innocent is the kind of book I'll have dog-eared and at the ready the next time I watch one of Anderson's early films, and not just because it could pass for a prop from one of them. There will be moments to grin and nod along with Fredrick, like his account of when Anthony asks Ines where she's from. "'Paraguay,' she says, lilting it with her beautiful little half-lisp." But really, fair enough: critic, viewer, reader (this viewer-reader, at least) are no more immune to her pull than Anderson's doomed Anthony. There will of course be others to fling it aside and say, "No, I don't see that at all," but the fact the book inspires such animated reactions is where its real value lies.
— John McIntyre
John McIntyre is the editor of Memorable Days: The Selected Letters of James Salter and Robert Phelps. He writes about books at Good Reading Copy. He lives in New Jersey.
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Govt: to bear all expenses of treatment of Shikarpur bomb blast injured. Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar.
Jam Mehtab assured that there was sufficient stock of medicines and blood in government hospitals and all private hospitals were also taken on board. "To save the lives of seriously injured of bomb blast, 14 injured were flew to Karachi' s best hospitals like Aga Khan and others by C-130 aero plane. ' He told.
He said that on the directives of Chief Minister Sindh all expenses of treatment of those who are injured in Shikarpur bomb blast incident would be borne by Sindh Government. "Presently 11 injured of Shikarpur bomb blast are in Sukkur, 4 in CMH Panu Aqil, 2 in Shikarpur and 4 are in Larkana being treated and mostly are in stable condition." He concluded.
KARACHI: Pasban e Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor here Saturday said the biased policies of the United States of America would further isolate it in the Asia-Pacific region and create a new power shift in this most important region of the world.
In a statement, he said the growing economic prowess of China has baffled the US and it is taking imprudent steps in Asia, which would surely backfire. He said the US want to contain China through India and this flawed foreign policy would not only further erode the US power and influence in this region but also endanger the world peace. He said it would harm the US interests if she places all her eggs in one basket. He reminded that India had ditched the former USSR when Afghans defeated it and resultantly it went disintegrated.
Pasban leader advised the Pakistani government and establishment to rethink its foreign policy with the USA by keeping the national interests supreme to any other consideration. He said the government of Pakistan has taken the right decision not to invite US President Barrack Hussein Obama to visit Pakistan. He said the proud nations always take such bold decisions.
He said at the time when the US economy is nose-diving and the US dollar is being humiliated in international currency markets, and when the US diplomatic staffers are considered spies, only India is the nation that could summon courage to go for the flattery of America. He said saving a few nations like India no country anywhere in the world can fully rely on the USA.
Altaf Shakoor advised the US administration to review its policies realistically and in the interest of global peace and prosperity renew its relations with the Muslim countries of Asia and Africa for mutual benefit of the region and the world.
KARACHI: All ingredients of Sindhi culture were there. In an exquisite traditional crafts display at the Ocean Mall, a wide mixture of Sindh's handicrafts made by rural women were exhibited, including home textiles, basketry, jewellery, dresses, dupattas and shawls, embellished with traditional embroidery and cutwork.
The event is part of Sindh Rural Support Organization's, (SRSO) efforts to provide market linkages to rural women and artisans. The Festival attracted large numbers of women residents of Clifton and nearby areas on first day.
Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani, Sindh Minister for Works & Services inaugurated the 3-day event. Talking to media, Bijarani told reporters that the there are more than a dozen stalls, exhibiting a mixture of variety of traditional arts and crafts. Rukhsana Sarki, a stallholder from Jacobabad was seen busy with women customers. When asked about the prices, he replied that various varieties have different prices. "Variety of Cap (Sindhi Topi) is displayed at my stand. It starts from Rs 300 and ends at Rs 2,00," said Minister.
"Prices are very reasonable," said a visitor, a lady social worker. "I bought a traditional bag for Rs 700 only. Elsewhere it's hard to find in Karachi," lady told.
The ones who showed interest, a reporter from a private TV channel. "We should show our support for these women and their beautiful handmade textiles, clothes and handicrafts by attending these types of events," she said.
According to Regional Manager SRSO Jamal Mustafa Shoro, "We operate in the most backward areas of the country," he informed. "These women have previously been trained by SRSO but had no source of income. We're trying to change that by bringing their products to the city." This is second SRSO`s Sartyoun Sang Craft festival in Karachi.
SRSO is an NGO that operates in ten districts of upper Sindh, including Khairpur, Shikarpur, Kandhkot, Jaccababd, Shikarpur, Larkana and Sukkur, and aims to provide women with a platform through which they can earn a living.


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New council-approved developments set to change student life in Tempe
Growth continues around the ASU Tempe campus with a luxury hotel and conference center on university property
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Tempe City Council discusses tax rebates at a meeting in Tempe, Arizona on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.
By Mia Armstrong | 01/19/18 3:32am
Growth around the ASU Tempe campus is likely to continue after the Tempe City Council's approval of a $21 million dollar tax rebate for a luxury hotel company to build a hotel and conference center on university property last week.
The newest plans to add a hotel and conference center reflect a growing trend of luxury developments around ASU that will change the way ASU students live, work and pass time in the area surrounding campus.
The council voted 6-1 to approve the resolution in a special meeting on Jan. 11. Opponents of the resolution mostly included residents who said the deal was unnecessary, but its supporters made a business case for the development and its opportunities for tourism and growth.
Rep. Athena Salman (D-Tempe), who testified at last week's council meeting, described the agreement between Tempe, Omni and ASU as "another tax giveaway to a corporation that could afford to build otherwise" in an interview after the vote.
Salman said ASU could better use the land to develop research facilities, such as the new Biodesign Institute building under construction on the east side of campus, or as a site for student residences.
Under the resolution, ASU will lease 2.25 acres on the southeast corner of University Drive and Mill Avenue to Omni Tempe, LLC, which will develop a 330-room hotel and 30,000-square-foot conference center.
Picture yourself here. Rates starting at $109 but hurry these prices will only last until April 6th! https://t.co/WaqXB23PmB pic.twitter.com/cgo2PTpg0l
— Omni Montelucia (@OmniMontelucia) April 5, 2017
The city expects the revenue from the project to exceed the value of the tax incentives, according to the resolution. The agreement caps the tax breaks Omni will receive at $21 million.
Omni is a luxury hotel group with facilities in domestic and international cities including locations in Scottsdale and Tucson, according to its website.
Beyond the recent deal, construction began at the intersection of University Drive and Forest Avenue in early 2017 on a mixed-use development operated by the Opus Group, a Minneapolis-based commercial real estate development company that specializes in luxury apartments.
Community members pass by a new residential development near ASU's Tempe campus on Jan. 18, 2018.
Students in the market for luxury residences now have several options, including Sterling 920 Terrace, which describes itself as "the ultimate luxury student housing" and West 6th Tempe, where rents range from $1,309 to $8,249.
In February of 2017, The New York Times cited Rise on Apache, a development near the ASU Tempe campus, in an article on rising expectations for amenities in student housing.
The growth of luxury developments makes it more challenging for students looking to find affordable housing options around campus. According to RENTCafé, an online apartment listing service, the average monthly rent for an apartment in Tempe is $1,097. That number has increased steadily since January 2015, when the average was $919, representing an almost 20 percent climb.
The Omni development also raises concerns for on-campus student housing and parking. The lot is currently an ASU parking lot, and the loss of parking spaces will affect parking on and near campus, where space is already limited and many yearly parking permits cost students more than $700.
The Arizona Republic reported that ASU is seeking to enroll 125,000 students by 2025, 90,000 of whom would be on-campus students. This growth will increase demand for on or near-campus residences.
ASU did not respond to requests for an interview at the time of publishing.
During the Jan. 11 meeting on the resolution, councilmembers also highlighted that if the property was not developed by Omni, there is a good chance it would be developed into on-campus residences, which would not generate any revenue for the city.
Members in support of the Omni resolution pointed to the project's projected boost to tourism, as well as the fact that the company will be required to contribute $400,000 per year to promote tourism in Tempe.
"We don't have a ballroom in Tempe that can hold a conference with more than 1,000 people," Mayor Mark Mitchell said at the meeting. "This is a game-changer for the tourism industry."
Brian McCartin, president and CEO of the Tempe Tourism Office, said at the meeting that the tourism industry sustains one in 13 jobs in Tempe and that the conference center would allow local organizations such as ASU to host large events in the city.
However, several Tempe residents spoke in opposition to the resolution, saying that businesses should come to Tempe to truly invest in the community rather than in search of tax breaks.
Councilman Kolby Granville was the only councilmember to oppose the resolution.
"It's understandable why ASU doesn't pay property taxes," Granville wrote in a statement released on his Facebook page the day before the vote. "However, we did not, as a society, decide that a hotel should be off the hook. And yet, that's what's happening here."
The hotel is set to open in 2020, according to a city press release.
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One network recently gained important attention. At the Hannover Fair, GM Powertrain Group and GM Europe announced to suppliers that they will standardize on the Sercos network. About a month after the GM announcement, Kollmorgen and Delta Tau announced their motion control network, Macro. Recently, Allen-Bradley announced a new network that the company claims will compete with Sercos. And Fieldbus, Profibus, and Interbus-S also claim motion control ability.
Suddenly, motion-control networks are hot.
Despite market positioning, these networks are not necessarily competitive with each other. Profibus and Sercos, for example, can co-exist within a manufacturing application, even though each controls motion tasks. Many manufacturing applications will require several networks, for example, Profibus, Sercos, a device-level bus, and TCP/IP can all function together in an application. The difference is that of those networks that claim to control motion, each controls a different level of motion.
Influences contributing to the recent emphasis on digital networks include a need to reduce wiring and system setup time and a need to accommodate the increasing use of digital drives and digital feedback and control systems.
As more functions are executed digitally — including closing velocity loops — it's desirable not to convert these functions to analog. But it wasn't until technology produced ASIC chips, digital signal processors (DSPs), and more efficient, capable network architectures, that vendors could create digital networks that functionally compete with the analog standard, and reduce the amount of wiring by more than 50%.
Going digital not only helps reduce voltage offset and noise problems, it can also improve diagnostics. Digital operation gives users the ability to analyze and evaluate system performance. Some systems can even automatically diagnose system problems from a central control.
• Synchronized motion control vs. asynchronous control.
• Peer-to-peer network communications vs. master-slave.
• Open vs. closed network.
Analog vs. digital. Analog ± 10-V velocity command interface between a motion controller and a drive is the international standard. It connects drives and controls from different manufacturers without problems. However, digital-toanalog conversion needs are limited to the resolution of a converter — often 16 bits — which restricts how fast a motor or drive can position a load. Digital networks generally offer resolutions to 32 bits.
In the dynamics of drive control, a network must be able to deliver data samplings at least every 125 to 250 microseconds. For analog drives, this is not a problem with a ± 10 V interface. The analog system continuously acts upon the velocity command. Now, with the development of DSP chips, digital networks are available that offer transmission speed comparable with the analog network.
Synchronized motion control vs. asynchronous control. Robotics, multiaxes CNC machining, and high-speed applications function best with synchronous control. Synchronization establishes the network heart beat. The network provides cyclical, precise timing between the motion controller and the drives. All commanded and actual values are passed between the control and the drives simultaneously, at defined times within the cycle, with microsecond accuracy. All drives act upon the commanded values simultaneously, at a precise time within the update cycle.
One particular benefit of synchronization is the ability to reconstruct the state of a machine for diagnosis. Another is the reduction or elimination of harmonics in drives.
One caution about synchronization, though, not all digital networks have it. This feature must be built-in to a network, it is a function of a network's message format.
But not every motion application requires this ability. If your application does not, there are asynchronous digital network choices. These choices include vendor proprietary networks, a few PLC vendor networks, and manufacturing automation networks such as Profibus.
Peer-to-peer vs. master slave. Depending on your application, you may need a peer-to-peer or a master-slave configuration. Several vendors debate the benefits and drawbacks of each, with some saying that only with master-slave arrangements will you get the transmission speeds you need, others saying no, peer-to-peer works best. Some say synchronization functions best in a masterslave network configuration. Others say only peer-to-peer arrangements allow independent device action on a network.
The networks discussed later have these features in various combinations. It will be up to the user to decide if a feature is exclusive to one network configuration or another.
Open vs. proprietary. Open networks include these standard ones: the ± 10-V analog network, Sercos, Fieldbus, Interbus- S, and Profibus. Many other networks are proprietary, which means either you are locked into that vendor's products or you must handle the integration work.
Some of these networks are available immediately. Some are still being developed. Here's a look at several of the recent news makers.
Sercos. The Serial Real-time Communications System (Sercos) has several features and capabilities typical of available high-performance networks. Differences are noted in subsequent network descriptions. Sercos is an open, digital alternative to the ±10-V analog system. An accepted standard offering 32-bit precision, it transmits data over a fiber-optic cable set up in a ring arrangement. With plastic fiber-optic cable, the network can be 60-m long, with glass fiber cable, it can be 250 m. It can transmit data at a rate of 4 Mbit/sec.
Capable of synchronization, it operates with one master and several slaves — up to 254 devices total. A slave can be one drive or a group of drives. The master handles all system functions for tightly coupled, high performance, variable-load motion control.
Communication occurs cyclically, at a time chosen during initialization. The options are 0.062, 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, or 1 ms, or any integral multiple of 1 ms. Each drive synchronizes its clock off the master message. It uses the timing to calculate its strobe-rate reply timing. Data are sent in a format called telegrams. Each telegram includes timing and synchronization pulses; torque, velocity, and position control; and real-time data.
Many parameters are set during initial startup. Drives receive an operating mode, either velocity, torque, or position, and the exact configuration of their cycle data. From the control's initial position commands, the drives close their own loops and set their trajectories from parameters stored in memory.
Nontime-critical data include: torque limits, travel limits, time constants, and gains. Drives return data on speed, torque, and position measurement to the master. Such tight coupling improves noise immunity, position resolution, and permits high path velocities with high path accuracy.
According to vendors, the cost to make a drive and control compatible with Sercos is equivalent to the cost of an analog interface. This network can also be used to send I/O data through the same fiber cable.
Macro. The recently announced "Motion And Control Ring Optical," from Kollmorgen and Delta Tau, is a nonproprietary digital interface that connects multiaxis motion controllers, amplifiers, and I/O. It offers transmission speeds to 100 Mbaud. It will update each amplifier and controller in less than 25 msec intervals. This protocol is on an ASIC chip that embeds into drives, sensors on the motors, and other devices.
Data from a controller are written into a receiving node's memory location, with the network hardware handling transmission details. Data transmit serially, in packets. Each packet equals 96 bits.
One fiber optic cable provides a controller with position feedback; flag status such as limits, home flag, registration; plus amplifier and machine input status. It accommodates several controllers, or master-slave configurations, in one ring.
IPCA. From Advanced Concepts and Technology, Pitney Bowes Inc., this is a network for coordinated, high-performance motion control applications. The company is currently seeking standards acceptance.
It supports peer-to-peer and masterslave schemes in ring or multidrop cable arrangements. Its architecture is compatible with any processor or wiring method. The company also plans for this network to support other networks in a hierarchical or peer arrangement.
This network is modular. Off-the-shelf modules are available to create a specific solution.
It offers three types of communication. In Central control node, one processor functions as the central processor and handles all application monitoring and control functions. Peripheral control node uses intelligent I/O modules as an interface to motors, solenoids, and sensors, with the Central control controlling the modules. In Distributed control node, processor- based devices share system control with no central control.
The network uses a repeating communication Tic Period that is user configurable. This timing establishes coordinated control. At power up, the network data rate is set to 625 Kbaud. The data rate can go as high as 10 Mbaud. A network with 31 devices, peer-to-peer, will have a data rate of less than 5 msec.
The Socapel PAM Ring network is a multitasking system for axis coordination applications. From Atlas Copco Controls Inc., it handles control needs with 32-bit floating point accuracy. It uses fiber optic cabling, in a ring configuration, supporting up to 254 devices.
It offers synchronized transmission of all time-critical set-points, with a cycle time of 1 msec if necessary. It offers event-driven transmission of data that are noncritical. The user selects the appropriate cycle time. Axis movements can be programmed and reconfigured on the fly.
It integrates with VME-based PLCs and can communicate with full-duplex serial RS 422 ports.
Other networks available for motion control offer the needed speed, but may not offer synchronization. Read through network specifications carefully to ensure a network meets your application needs.
ControlNet is a real-time network that will handle coordinated motion control. Introduced at IPC 1995, it is a proprietary network from Allen-Bradley. Positioned at the mid-level of plant network needs, future products will include adjustable speed drives interfaces. Present compatible products are Allen-Bradley's PLC-5 family.
The network sends time-critical digital and analog I/O data deterministically and repeatedly over RG6 coax cable. It has a data transmission rate of 5 Mbits/sec. Up to 99 nodes can be attached in bus, tree, or star topology. Connected devices can use peer-to-peer or master-slave communication.
Positioned as a complementary solution to Fieldbus, it is similar in architecture to Profibus. The company claims it works in high-speed material handling, assembly, labeling, closed-loop flow control, press web, and turbine control applications. Plans are to keep it a proprietary network to meet user requirements for single vendor responsibility for systems maintenance and repairs.
Interbus-S has been available for several years, primarily in Europe. It is an open network, connecting automation products from sensors and actuators to motors and drives to PLCs, PCs, and larger host computer systems. It supports 256 devices, over a distance of 7 miles. It can update 1,000 I/O points in 3 msec, 4,096 I/O points in 15 msec.
With one cable to connect all devices, it uses two communication channels within that cable. One channel handles the real-time critical information, the other channel handles data from simple devices with no need for real-time data transfer.
A group of European drive manufacturers, Drivecom, have standardized on this protocol for communications with PLCs and PCs. Two chips are embedded into products. All input and output data are updated simultaneously.
Profibus is a European standard, originally developed for process control. It can handle various communication needs, however. This open network comes in several versions. In its full-featured version, it can work with all types of I/O from discrete devices to drives, robots, and smart instruments. It can pass a range of data formats, from bits to full packets, in peer-to-peer or multimaster configurations.
The full-feature version has a transmission rate of 12 Mbaud over copper wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transmit over distances to 5 miles.
It has been available in the U.S. for several years, but has not achieved the critical mass of users needed to make it a de facto standard. The Profibus Trade Organization initially worked for official standards acceptance. Now, it is taking the specification directly to the marketplace.
Information for this article was supplied by Advanced Concepts and Technology, Pitney Bowes Inc.; Allen- Bradley Co.; Atlas Copco Controls Inc., Automation Intelligence Inc., Pacific Scientific Co.; Delta Tau Inc.; Kollmorgen Corp.; Phoenix Contact Inc.; Predictive Technology Inc.; Sercos N.A.; Western Michigan University.


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Regulation of the Legal Professions
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New Part-time Sheriffs and Part-time Summary Sheriffs appointed
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Three judges appointed to the Inner House
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