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Employment Law Questions? Ask an Employment Lawyer.
Hello I am a licensed attorney here to help you with your question, please review my response and do not hesitate to ask for clarification
Are you paid a salary?
Are you paid as a 1099 or w2?
Do they treat all nurses this way?
do you feel they treat you this way due to your race, gender, age or national origin?
Do they pay you hourly?
Do they have a central office?
Do you go from home to the worksite?
The employer may be violating the FLSA, which is the Federal wage laws
Under the wage laws, an employer is not required to pay for commuting time,
but must pay for time you spend travelling from the office to a worksite,
mileage is not required, however you can deduct it from your taxes,
You are also required to be paid for mandatory meetings,
and for anytime spent in the office doing paperwork,
if you are not an exempt salary employee,
they have to pay you for all the time spent in the office doing work,
In terms of vacation TX, does not have any laws regarding vacation days, the law only states an employer has to pay overtime for employees who work over 40 hours per week
mandatory meetings have to be paid,
travel time is hours worked, if from the office to worksite,
not from your home to worksite,
that is commuting time,
All time an employee spends traveling as part of his or her principal work activity, such as travel from job site to job site during the workday, must be paid as hours worked. For example, if an employee is required to report at your office first to receive instructions or pick up certain materials for work, the travel from the office to the assigned work site also counts as hours worked.
This is from the Federal law,
The employer can threaten you, as TX is an at will state,
If you travel from the office to a worksite, that needs to be paid,
The link above is the TX law on travel time as well,
if you were a salary exempt employee,
they can require you to work hours without overtime, and not have to pay any travel time,
if they are paying you by the hour, they have to pay you for all work time
a salary exempt employee is an employee paid a set weekly salary,
and the employees duties are considered professional,
such as a Doctor, or President,
since you are an hourly employee, it would not apply to you
If you are given a w2, then you are an employee,
if they are only paying you for a visit, they should be paying you a 1099 as a contractor,
if you are a w2 employee, they have to pay you as an employee,
If they want to pay you a w2, they have to treat you as an employee,
and they have to pay you for travel time, and mandatory meetings,
They also have to abide by overtime and minimum wage laws,
A staffing company should be paying you a 1099 if you are only paid for visits,
You need to file a complaint with the Texas DOL,
I see many violations of the law by the employer,
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My review of Pleanty of Fish –
As the premier free dating site online, I expected something a little different on Pleantyoffish. Functionally everything is in working order and I know it's been user tested. I just wish they would have used a little different design so as to not look so amateur-like. While I am not totally in love with the sites' organization, I will say that they are the real deal in terms of finding a date. It seems like you can find just as many women on Pleantyoffish as anyone could find on match or one of the bigger sites. I wanted to get a sense from others why they joined in the first place. Here's what I've found…
Fred from Anchorage, AK –
There are virtually no girls up where I'm from and I first went to Pleantyoffish because I was heading down to California for a summer and wanted to see if I could land some dates before getting there. The problem was that other sites were charging anywhere from thirty to a hundred bucks a month! I needed something cheaper or free. At the time I typed "free dating online" into my browser and it was the first to show up. The site looked like a cheap rip off when I first went there but like so many others (I think), I was compelled to sign up since there were a ton of singles in the area I was looking for and it's free.
Kathryn from Dubuque, IA –
I liked Pleantyoffish because of the searches I could do. A lot of the other sites don't allow me to search things like height or whether or not a guy has a car. While those shouldn't be very important, they turn out to be. If a guy is taller, he's more confident and if he doesn't have a car then he probably can't support both me and him. I'm not saying that I need some tall rich guy, but I do have limits on what I'm willing to accept.
Anonymous from Carson City, CA –
It is filled with girls. It's that simple. There are more girls on Pleantyoffish than any of the major pay sites. The thing I like about the girls I meet from the site is that I can actually get a date and some action all within a week. All the other sites offer real relationships and you can find yourself committed real quick, but not on this site. There is something special here and I like it. I'm trying to stay single but have some fun on the side. Actually, truth be told I'm not totally single right now but don't my girlfriend that.
Bea from Cape Canaveral, FL –
The guys on here are all jerks. It's like there is a special brand of jerk that goes to this site… the cheap one. I did not have a great experience and will not be going back. My advice to the girls out there is to stay aware from it, and if you do have the urge to check it out then keep your guard up for at least three dates.
Carrie from Springfield, IL –
I liked Pleantyoffish a couple years ago when I first tried it, but haven't been particularly happy with the new people signing up as of late. It seems like there are a lot more people (guys and girls) going here to get some instead of trying to meet someone. I'm not sure why that's shifted so dramatically but it has, so you've got to be weary of the people you're talking with here.
Kevin from Sacramento, CA –
I was on chemistry for about a year before I decided to give this a shot. I had no luck there, in fact not even one date. It seemed like every girl I'd start talking to would just vanish into thin air after a couple conversations. While I am no Don Juan, I'm also no Steve Urkel so my confidence wasn't hit too hard. If I wasn't a socially confident guy and spent time on that site, I would have felt pretty inadequate. The other issue was just a lack of girls to talk to. They would pick the girls to talk with me and I hardly ever saw anyone I was interested in. A friend told me about Pleantyoffish so I gave it a shot. I didn't change my game or anything and I'm getting about a date per week. I attribute it all to this great web page.
So there it is, most people love the site because of the quality (and quantity) of the opposite sex you can meet. The other thing I will mention is the accessibility of meeting new people. They make the searches really easy and you can email or wink at anyone, you don't have to go through all of the red tape like I've seen with other dating sites. Overall it's a good site and I recommend it to anyone who's single in their 20's or even early 30's. There are improvements they can make (ie: site organization, graphics, user ease) but those are all things that the primary clientele doesn't seem to care about.

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Found this on C-list and I always regard the seller's stories as suspect (until I buy it, of course). He says it's rare and I'd like some supporting evidence if anyone can help.
A Raleigh Lion trike. I don't see any missing parts but the overall length makes me think my five year old would be pedaling this, not me (6'1" Clydesdale). Any ideas if this is a worthy resto candidate?


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Texas State hosts 7th Annual La Feria del Mariachi
Texas State hosts 7th Annual La Feria del Mariachi
Date of Release: 04/19/2006
SAN MARCOS—The 7th Annual La Feria del Mariachi Concert will be held 8 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in Evans Auditorium at Texas State University-San Marcos.
This year's concert presents three top mariachi performers: Trio San Antonio de Chepe Solis; Mariachi Mariachi Campanas de America; and of course, Texas State's own award-winning mariachi ensemble Nueva Generación.
More than 250 middle school and high school student participants will be on campus during the weekend for two days of instructional seminars focusing on various aspects of the mariachi musical art form. Everything from personalized instruction on the various instruments used in mariachi music and vocal technique to stage presence, arrangement and the traditions of mariachi are included in the two-day event. Participants come from high schools, middle schools and community colleges around the state.
The mariachi competition begins at 11 a.m. Sunday and is free and open to the public.
The weekend is organized by John Lopez, a professor in the School of Music as well as Director of Multicultural Music Ensembles. Additional help was provided by the members of Mariachi Nueva Generación.
Texas State students may purchase tickets at the door for $5 with a university ID the night of the concert. Tickets ($15 for preferred seating, $10 regular seating) for all others may be purchased in advance at two locations in San Marcos, Taqueria El Charro and Los Cucos Mexican Restaurant as well as the music office.
For additional information, visit the Texas State Multi-Cultural Music Home Page at www.txstate.edu/mcmusic.
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"Focused on disruptive technologies, the advisory firm's office–called the Hangar–lets clients learn about and experiment with new technologies. Experts in leadership and management, customer strategy, enterprise strategy, and innovation and design, Altimeter helps companies navigate changes brought on by the disruptive nature of social media, all the while taking advantage of the new technology."
–Fast Company names Altimeter Group one of The 10 Most Creative Small Businesses, June 2010
The Rise of Social Commerce
- Date: October 6th and 7th
- Location: Four Seasons, Palo Alto, CA
- Theme: The push for customer advocacy. Reinvent your brand through the Rise of Social Commerce
Shoppers want to belong. They want to be heard. They crave a better buying experience. Power is shifting from the retailer to the shopper. Social commerce is filling the void between clicks and bricks to deliver this personalized experience.
Technologies are emerging answer the challenge. Point of Presence (POP) is combining with Point of Sale (POS) to influence, persuade, and guide shopping. Artificial reality and virtualization is enhancing interaction. Social media is evolving to social commerce to improve the in-store experience. Attend this event to understand how companies are capitalizing on these trends to influence shopping on mobile devices, automate check-out and link the voice of the customer to the value chain.
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- Network with leaders that are making it happen. Learn from people who are doing it: in different industries and segments of the value chain.
- Learn the latest on enabling technology – Augmented Reality, Gaming, Sentiment Analysis, POP, POS, social media, etc. in hands-on sessions.


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* 1" string of small plastic beads
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* 4" gold cord
* hot glue gun
* brooch pin or satin ribbon
* gold paint
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1. Cut the stem off of the flower bud.
2. Glue the wooden bead to the bottom of the bud. This will be the angel's head.
3. Glue two leaves to the back of the angel (close to the head bead) to form wings.
4. Paint the bead string gold with acrylic paint. Dry. Glue one end of the string to the back of the wooden bead head. Form a loop with the string and glue the other end next to the first end. (See picture).
5. Draw eyes using black felt and a round mouth using the red felt pen.
6. Tie a bow with the gold cord and glue to the angel just under the chin.
7. If you want to hang the angel as an ornament, glue on a loop of satin ribbon. If you want to wear the angel as a brooch, glue on a brooch pin.
Try making the angel in different sizes suing different types of flower bud. You can try different colors, too. Optional: paint the angel's head bead solid gold or white.
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Black car, thumping beat, and a resurgent Chrysler rides through town. Eminem's "Lose Yourself" carries the narrative, as I find myself believing in Detroit. It was a brilliant composition of artist, music, and brand. Interesting, made the point, and it fit the brand.
From the jingle to the endorsement, the marriage of artist and marketing has always been about the right match. When that marriage works, it can become difficult to tell the brand from the art. When it doesn't, artist and brand both lose.
At times the music itself is all the endorsement you need. That said, the presence of the artist speaks volumes. The artist in the ad is good. The artist with music in the ad is better. The artist as creative director.
Getting it right is easier said than done. Sometimes it's an obvious choice. Sometimes it's a leap of faith. The ideal approach is a mix of both imagination and doing your homework. Those who are the best at this feel for a fit, but they also sprinkle in a touch of data to help advance the matchmaking process. For example according to The NPD Group's "BrandLink℠ Study," Barbra Streisand fans are twice as likely to shop at Bed Bath and Beyond. How many Streisand fans are there? The survey, literally, says: "a lot."
Do you want to grow? Partnering with a music artist includes taking a risk. A measured risk, of course. The "BrandLink℠ Study" tells us that Swedish House Mafia enthusiasts are major Bloomingdales shoppers. Consider the possibilities: Alabama Shakes aligned with Ikea; Diddy and Dove, Ben & Jerry's partnering with Fun. Fans of these musicians are considerably more likely to shop there, use this, and eat that. Some choices may be "out there," but the possibility of grabbing breakthrough and making the emotional connection is worth it. Don't be too safe.
Now hold on a moment. You've been introduced. If you're going to work with an artist, you should also get to know his or her friends. When we say Drake fans are a lot more likely to work out at Bally Total Fitness, we're also saying that 60 percent of his fans are women. Surprise, thirty-six percent of "Beliebers" are over age 35. Are you curious about the 54 percent of female Eminem fans? They tend to shop at Forever 21 and Clare's Boutique.
The bottom line is that partnering with a music artist can be a huge boon for a brand. It can help you expand or too often contract. There are a lot of combinations to consider, but before you develop the creative, get to know each other better.


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Aug 9, 2001 - Tamara Shimashvili, 8, of Jerusalem, was one of 15 people killed in a suicide bombing in the heart of Jerusalem, inside a crowded pizza restaurant.
Carrying the explosives in a guitar case, the terrorist entered the Sbarro pizzeria at the corner of King George Avenue and Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem just before 2 p.m. The 5 kg.-10 kg. bomb, which was packed with nails, screws, and bolts, completely gutted the restaurant, which was full of lunchtime diners.
Among the other victims of the attack was Tamara's mother, Lily. Her father, Yura, was in Moscow at the time of the bombing.
Lily and Tamara arrived in Israel only eight months ago from Moscow, following the rest of their family, who are originally Georgian. Tamara had successfully completed first grade in Pisgat Ze'ev.
Tamara Shimashvili was buried in Jerusalem alongside her mother, Lily.


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So I understand that an a track hub allows you to thread on a sprocket one way and the lock ring the other way. (Why) does this require a whole new hub, or can a double-threaded axle be installed on an existing hub?
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The Ideal Sisterhood is a unique Women's Business and Social Networking Group. A Sorority comprised of homemakers, business women, volunteers, executives and retirees, uniting to create relationships that last a lifetime. We believe in the value that all women bring to the lives of others. The fluidity of the Sisterhood allows you to evolve in your life and maintain your purpose within the Sisterhood. We come together to share knowledge, develop friendships, create memories, and build a support systems.
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The zebra represents individuality, grace, beauty, honesty and freedom. It is a power animal. The spiritual meaning behind the stripes has to do with integration of opposites, thus enabling us to see the deeper truth. This power animal helps us both maintain our individuality within group settings and helps us to be supportive members of our communities. We incorporate Zoe throughout the Sisterhood to symbolize our strength and individuality.
Within the IDEAL Sisterhood one of our core beliefs is if nothing is given nothing is gained. It doesn't take a great deal to change the life of another person with just a small amount of time and effort. Therefore each Chapter of our organization adopts one or more charitable cause(s) to support throughout each year. Options are nominated and voted on within each chapter. Through fundraising, donations, or volunteering our members use their talents and creativity to give back to the communities in which we live and work.
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Posted by Brian Robb on Dec 23, 2013 18 comments
While the rumor mill has died down since Omer Asik (reportedly) went off the market for the time being late last week, it appears there is some more smoke surrounding the wheeling and dealing that Danny Ainge was considering. According to long-time Cavs reporter Bob Finnan of the News Herald, Ainge made an offer of Jeff Green to the Cavs, as part of a potential 3-way deal for Houston for either Anderson Varejao (who I assume would have been sent to Houston) or a first round pick:
If the Cavs had been willing to sacrifice either backup center Anderson Varejao or their 2014 first-round pick, they probably could have been involved in a three-way deal that headlined disgruntled Rockets center Omer Asik this week. They weren't, so they didn't.
It doesn't appear as if the Cavs had any interest in Asik. They did talk about being the third team to help facilitate a possible deal. In that scenario, the Cavs would have had to give up Varejao or a first-rounder and reportedly get back Celtics small forward Jeff Green.
The 6-9 Green would be a major upgrade at small forward for the Cavs. However, he is overpaid — not to the extent of Kings small forward Rudy Gay — at $8.7 million this season, $9.1 million next year and $9.1 million the following year. He's 27 years old and has a history of heart problems. Would he push the Cavs over the top? Probably not.
Those Celtics trade talks for Omer Asik? They might not be over yet either, according to former Celtics' beat reporter Marc Spears
Here's the report from within today's power rankings from Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports:
The Rockets let their self-imposed deadline to trade center Omer Asik pass, but Boston is still having trade discussions in hopes of landing him, a source said.
CH's Take: It's no surprise that Danny is still trying to pry Asik away, likely still using a 2015 first rounder from the Clippers as a bait with perhaps some other pieces (Jordan Crawford before his stock falls too much?) along with the original bait in Brandon Bass or Jeff Green. That's still a good price for Ainge if he can get Morey to bite with a lack of other appealing offers around the NBA thus far. He'll keep pushing the former C's front office member while he can, in hopes Morey eventually has to pull the trigger.
The Cavs rumor is a fun little twist on this though and although Green makes little sense in Houston right now, he'd be a good fit on the wing in Cleveland. That Danny is willing to give him up for a first round pick (probably in the middle of the first round from Cleveland) shows that Green's not necessarily part of the team's long-term plans at this point. Green is under contract through next season, and he has a player option after that, but would likely opt out then in order to secure a long-term deal after the 2014-15 season.
Either way, this is just another reminder that anything and everything is on the table for this team right now. The rumor mill will continue to be active for the next couple months, so stay tuned. We'll try to make sense of it all here at CelticsHub for you to separate the fact and fiction of it.


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Japan's ambassador to Israel hosts members of Jewish rescue organization, thanks them for their help following tsunami disaster
Published: 05.22.11, 09:21 / Israel Activism
On behalf of the people of Japan, the ambassador expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the ZAKA delegation for their humanitarian efforts in the rescue and recovery work following the earthquake and tsunami.
The ambassador added that he was aware of the sacred work of the ZAKA Rescue and Recovery Organization at terror attacks and mass casualty incidents in Israel and overseas.
The Ambassador added that the Japanese people were particularly moved by the friendship and assistance offered by people from around the world.
During the recovery mission in Japan in early April, the ZAKA delegation worked together with the Japanese army and emergency personnel from around the world in recovering and identifying bodies trapped in the rubble; shared information on handling mass casualty incidents, assisted in humanitarian relief efforts (including working alongside an Iranian delegation in food distribution and worked in the IDF field hospital.


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Hey Ben.
THanks for the script ... I am certian it will be useful to many. I just wanted to throw out as a reminder that an offline file itself does not actualy imply that the items is a placeholder. There are other qualities that are needed for it to be considered an acutal placeholder and FSA is not the only application to use the Offline attribute.
I just through it worth mentioning as this script will report acturately for the 85% of implementations out there but a return of items in this list does not necessaarily imply that the bulk restore did not complete successfully. .... but rather should warrent further investigation as to if they are actually placeholders or just offline files.
Thanks again for sharing this awesome script.


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One of the many pressures on brides today is to come up with a totally unique wedding style. Something no one has seen before. A wedding in which every last detail is a reflection of the bride's and groom's personalities, from the personalized vows to the napkins. I certainly have felt this pressure, and when it starts to drive me utterly bananas, I try to remind myself that what makes a wedding truly unique and personalized and yours, is that it is a ceremony and celebration for you and your partner. It's a wedding that, presumably, hasn't been seen before.
All of that is to say, you do not have to reinvent the wheel. Stick with classic elements that will never look dated, and do them well: beautiful engraved invitations with traditional wording, pearl jewelry and a blusher veil, white flowers, champagne toasts, a white buttercream cake. A lovely wedding that is perfectly simple and timeless.
Mood: simply classic, timeless
Palette: wedding white, touches of green foliage
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Top row from left: clematis centerpieces from Martha Stewart Weddings, dress with butterfly sleeves from J.Crew's Spring 2010 collection, classic buttercream cake from Martha Stewart Weddings
Row 2: champagne flute photo by Marla Christina, pearl earrings from Martha Stewart Weddings
Row 3: traditional engraved wedding invitation and white flower girl dresses both from Martha Stewart Weddings, clematis and rose bouquet photo by Meg Smith, tulle blusher from Martha Stewart Weddings
Erin /
Very, very well said! This is the type of wedding I'm going for.. and everytime I see a new, trendy idea that I want to incorporate but can't find a way, I will remind myself of exactly what you have said!
Camille @ STYLE NOTES /
Couldn't agree more!! Sometimes in the quest to be uber-creative and unique, a couple's personal style actually gets lost. Keeping the elements classically elegant allows the decor to be a backdrop for the beautiful meaning of the day. Gorgeous inspiration!!
somewhereinthyme /
I totally agree. When you are at a loss as to what to do…stick to the classic all white. I think it is timeless and beautiful. An all white cake is my favorite (i pass on all the quite colorful cakes of the recent past.)And a elegant all white bouquet can't be beat.
Emily @ Southern Weddings /
Absolutely beautiful. I am really loving this board.
Meg /
Agreed! you can't go wrong with simple, classic, elegance. Lovely board!
Jena /
I completely agree with you Kathryn. And when the time comes for me to get married, this inspiration board is what I have always envisioned. Thanks for even more inspiration!
D.C. Belle /
Thank you for this post! I'm such a classic/traditionalist in every way, but I've felt so much pressure to plan a unique/trendy wedding. I'm glad to know that sticking to my traditional side is ok. Love the inspiration board too!
Susan Terese /
so lovely and so classic! Appropriate for any season :)
Laurel /
This just saved me… I can not tell you how overwhelmed I was getting. we dont have to be original … just good. (Love that quote)
Tessa, Utah Bride and Groom /
Pure white perfection!
Amber /
i have definitely, definitely been feeling the pressure to be unique. Every time I think I've come up with something, I see it in a magazine or on a blog. But I keep telling my fiance, even if our wedding ends up being cliche in the wedding blog world, it will be new to us and most of our guests.
wedded twist /
Love this board. Nothing beats a white wedding :)
miss fancy pants (the bride) /
Amazing! I especially love the centerpieces!
ami @ elizabeth anne designs /
amen! i love classic and timeless and really get tired of seeing the same trends over and over again. :)
Leila Khalil |Wedding Publicist| Be Inspired PR /
K!thank god someone feels the same way (wink wink) im so happy you did a board/post on just doing something simple and classic which can be just as beautiful as some crazy new and different theme- going to share it lots of people!
Alex Davies /
Beautiful, classic ideas.
Rosanna /
As a bride, I'm struggling with exactly the opposite problem… ie I have a lot of unique ideas and the vendors I contact aren't willing to challenge their confort zone. For example, I really don't like all of these "Pantone wedding" with two arbitrary colors used as color palettes, so I chose a tone-on-tone wedding. Well, everybody pushes me to the bright contrasting colors I don't want to have in my wedding.Another problem I encounter is the veil, because I want silk tulle and everybody and their grandmother tries to push bridal illusion down my throat. When they heard I want colored Swarovski on the veil they just about fainted then proceeded to inform me that "every bride has AB crystals".I'm not "playing original", I am this way and I don't want anything different from who I am. But somehow the industry is set to make me feel "bad" because I don't conform.
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Rosanna said "But somehow the industry is set to make me feel "bad" because I don't conform."You are the customer. If the vendor doesn't want to make a tone on tone bouquet or add colored jewels to a veil, then that isn't the vendor for you! I can't imagine that there isn't a single florist near you who has never, ever been paid to create a monochromatic bouquet. Maybe to support your "unique" ideas in your area you need to look for a "unique" vendor. Like a nursery with a great designer in-house who can create the florals instead of the same old florist that "everyone" uses.Look at Etsy for your veil – I'm sure you'll find plenty of artisans willing to create your vision for you.
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i LOVE that jcrew dress — so beautiful!
Michael and Anna Costa /
Less is more – and a classical white wedding proves it!
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Ah, what a breath of fresh air. Deepest thank yous! Definitely time to start letting brides know there are other ways to proceed. I tasted my first wedding cake at age 7 and fell in love instantly with white cake with white frosting. Speaking with a cake designer the other day, he immediately bagan to suggest fillings. Next! Moving on to someone who gets our preferences… : )
Lily /
Wow,this is exactly the kind of wedding i am planning for!!I do have one question though – If the boys are wearing black suits and black ties,is this going to throw away the whole simple,classic,clean kind of look?Thanks so much for this!
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Curiosity used its precision drill, the first instrument of its type sent to another planet, to core two small holes in a particularly interesting looking rock named John Klein. The first drilling was a test run, but the second produced a tablespoon of powder that was fed into the rover's Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) and Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments for analysis.
Four results were radioed back to ground controllers before a computer glitch suspended science operations last week.
The John Klein rock appears to be shot through with veins of minerals that are deposited by flowing water.
"There's definitely evidence that water has been at work here," said geochemist and Mars exploration planning group chairman David Des Marais, with NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
"The geochemical consequences are yet to be determined," he added.
"One of the of the nice things about this landing site is the low elevation. If there ever was a crater lake on Mars, it should have been in Gale, so I think in that sense we're on to something here," Des Marais said.
With ample evidence of past surface water on Mars, scientists hope to answer a far more taxing questions about organics.
"Organics on Mars should be there even if there is no life from meteorites," geochemist Samuel Kounaves with Tufts University in Medford, Mass., told Discovery News.
Like most scientists Kounaves suspects the surface of Mars is devoid of organics due to radiation and perchlorates, but the question of what lies beyond is only beginning to be answered.
"If you dig inside a rock, or if you dig down far enough, or back in time far enough, there may not have been enough perchlorates or exposure to ultraviolet light to cause these reactions (that destroy organics) so going deep in rocks or deep underground there's a good chance that organics may have survived there," Kounaves said.
"The big puzzle has been are we not finding organics because the instruments can't detect them, or we not finding them because they really aren't there?" he said.
"It's possible Mars 2 billion years ago had less oxidizing properties and organics were surviving and they got buried and they're inside the rock right there waiting for us," Kounaves said.
A press conference to discuss Curiosity's first drill sample results begins at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday.


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1. Why you were looking forward to going to the ground (or not as the case may be):
I'd never been to the Globe Arena but did attempt to go last season but the match was postponed due to a frozen pitch. It's always good to go to a new stadium, especially one I'd not been to before.
2. How easy was your journey/finding the ground/car parking?
Straight down the M6 and off at Junction 34. Managed to park the car just beyond the stadium, it was over a railway bridge and by a housing estate. Plenty of parking and well lit and just a 10 minute walk from the ground!
3. What you did before the game pub/chippy.... home fans friendly?
I arrived early so decided to have a wander down to the seafront. As Morecambe is a coastal town it wouldn't be right to not have a look at the sea even on a cold Tuesday night! All home fans I came across seemed Ok and there was no trouble between either set of supporters.
4. What you thought on seeing the ground, first impressions of away end then other sides of the ground?
For a new stadium it looks really good but unfinished. Only the Main Stand is seated and the rest of the stadium looks like it is waiting to be expanded if the club move up the divisions. Macc took about 150 or so fans so we were put into the seated area of the Main Stand.
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Morecambe won a dull game 1-0 despite Macc hitting the post 3 times in stoppage time; that's what happens when you haven't scored a point yet in 2012! The stewards were fine and we were allowed to stand all game without any problems. Morecambe's pie's are well known for being good so I treated myself to one before the game - I wasn't disappointed!
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We believe that human beings influence and are influenced by the changing world in which they live. The unique experiences of life influence persons to develop as individuals equipped with the capacity to love, value, care, nurture, learn, and creatively respond to situations. Individuals exercise choices, adapt to the environment, and have the capacity for self-actualization. A dynamic relationship exists between the processes of development and adaptation. We faculty further believe that a dynamic, reciprocal relationship exists between persons and the environment. Persons are viewed as human beings who are actual or potential recipients of nursing care, including individuals, families, aggregates, or populations. The environment includes external conditions that affect the lives and development of individuals, families, aggregates, and populations.
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Sick and tired of married people getting all the attention and the gifts while the brokenhearted are left with nothing but that hideous bridesmaid dress or, worse, that hideous bridesmaid? This indispensable guide to the modern breakup is for you! Engagements and weddings have their own elaborate etiquette, even lavish gift-giving rituals, but married people already have the thing they need more than that fondue set and trip to Aruba: They have each other. And what do people going through the breakup have at the moment when they're most lacking attention, not to mention gifts and trips? Nada. Enter the anti-Cupids, Anna Jane Grossman and Flint Wainess, here to lend the breakup its ceremonial due, here to break down the breakup. Whether you're thinking about dumping someone, suspect you're about to be dumped yourself, or have recently been shown the proverbial door, Grossman and Wainess offer clear-eyed, commonsense advice to get you through this confusing period. Do you have a plan of attack (or defense) in mind? If you've just been sent packing, do you know the best way to get your stuff back? Do you understand the full range of options at your disposal for exorcising your ex from memory? Do you have the right vocabulary to make a clean breakup, or to explain your lust for revenge to your friends? Yes,It's Not Me, It's Youtells you everything you need to know about the breakup: how to do it . . . where to do it . . . when to do it . . . whether to do it . . . whether you can have a friend do it for you. And perhaps most important: what to do after it's over (hint-it's never really over). Laugh-out-loud funny,It's Not Me, It's Youreminds us all that just because your relationship was an unmitigated disaster, it doesn't mean your breakup can't be a smashing success.
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Anna Jane Grossman is a journalist who has written wedding and engagement announcements for the New York Post, New York Observer, and New York Times. She lives in New York City. Flint Wainess is a television and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. Together Grossman and Wainess founded the website breakupnews.com.
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|A Note from Flint and Anna Jane
|p. 11
|A Brief History of Modern Heartbreak: A Rich Past of Pain
|p. 17
|A Timeline of Divorce, Heartbreak, and Infidelity
|p. 24
|Getting Ready for Good-bye (a.k.a. the Relationship)
|Do You Know This Couple? Common Types of Relationships and Why They Won't Last
|p. 36
|Stages of Relationship Death
|p. 45
|Is Your Relationship Kaput? Take This Quiz and Find Out
|p. 53
|He's Not Cheating, He just Works a Lot: The Cheaty McCheats a Lot Chart
|p. 56
|The Relationship Survey Results
|p. 58
|From the Trenches: I Knew It Was Over When...
|p. 64
|Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know about Relationships (but Were Afraid to Ask Dr. Phil)
|p. 70
|The Breakup
|The Breakup Glossary
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|Breaking Down Breakup Styles
|p. 92
|Fifty Ways to Get Your Lover to Leave You
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|Lost in Translation: What Men and Women Really Mean When They're Breaking Up with You
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|The Perfect Breakup Medium for You
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|The Breakup Pocket Guide
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|It's Mine! It's All Mine! A Guide to Splitting Up the Postbreakup Booty
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|Breakup Survey Results
|p. 135
|From the Trenches: Best Breakup Lines
|p. 140
|Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know about Breakups (but Were Afraid to Ask Dr. Phil)
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|Get Over It
|Facts and Fictions about Your Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Breakup
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|The Grossman-Wainess Guide to Rock Bottom...It's Cheaper than Frommer's!
|p. 158
|Stages of (Good) Grief, Charlie Brown
|p. 161
|Web Stalking for Beginners
|p. 169
|The Single Guy: Flint's Guide for the Newly Single Male
|p. 178
|The Single Girl: Anna Jane's Guide for the Newly Single Lady
|p. 185
|Breakup Trees
|p. 191
|Get Over It Survey Results
|p. 202
|From the Trenches: What's the Best Thing about Being Single Again?
|p. 204
|Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know about Getting Over It (but Were Afraid to Ask Dr. Phil)
|p. 209
|P.S.: A Final Note from Flint and Anna Jane
|p. 219
|The Breakup Songbook
|p. 222
|The Burn Book
|p. 228
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The scene seemed familiar to the one that took place the last time Sacramento and Minnesota met two weeks ago. The Lynx trailing by one and needing a bucket to pull out the win.
This time there was no Seimone Augustus to save them. Augustus hit a driving runner with a little more than a minute to go to help Minnesota escape with a win in Sacramento.
Candice Wiggins could not run the same play and score despite her stellar performance in Augustus stead.
Wiggins drive was rejected by Rebekkah Brunson with 26.9 seconds to play and a desperation 3-point shot from Nicky Anosike to tie the game ended any hopes for the Lynx to gut out a victory on a night when their coach admitted they were outplayed.
The Monarchs erased a five-point lead with four minutes to play and snapped the Lynxs three-game winning streak with a 74-68 win at the Target Center on Thursday.
We just couldnt rebound, Nicky Anosike said. They beat us on the boards by a lot. We just couldnt rebound all night and thats what won them the game.
Minnesota (7-4) struggled on the glass as Sacramento scored 22 second-chance points off of 15 offensive rebounds. The Lynx only managed four and had one offensive rebound in the second half. The rebounding discrepancy helped Sacramento (2-8) make up for a 36 percent shooting performance.
When the Monarchs were not converting on put backs, they were getting stops on defense. The Lynx shot just 41 percent from the floor and hit only five of their 25 3-point attempts. Minnesota took 14 fewer shots than Sacramento, a product of the teams nine-rebound deficit.
All five starters scored in double figures for the Lynx, led by Roneeka Hodges 15 points. But only Nicky Anosike (12 points) and Kelly Miller (10 points) shot better than 50 percent. Anosike also added seven assists and Charde Houston had 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Monarchs took the Lynx out of their transition game and forced them to play a half-court game for much of the night. Minnesota did not respond well to the pressure, committing 16 turnovers that led to 21 Sacramento points.
On the other end, the Monarchs committed 15 turnovers, but only gave up 11 points off of them. They effectively killed the Lynxs potent fast break attack, limiting them to 11 fast break points.
When you have a pressure defense like that, you have got to find the open holes. And we did not do that at all, coach Jen Gillom said. We kept playing our same game versus when they pressure you, look for the open man because there is always going to be someone open when you are pressured by two or more players. We did not do that tonight.
It was the fast break points that helped the Lynx keep the game close.
Renee Montgomery helped kick start a 10-2 run to erase a seven-point deficit in the third quarter. Still the team struggled mightily in the period, shooting 35.7 percent on 5-of-14 shooting.
The Lynx did not score more than 20 points in any quarter of the game, topping off with a 20-point first half.
Minnesotas struggles started in the first half, but the team still maintained the early lead. The Lynx had an eight-point lead late in the first quarter.
But when it looked like they would extend it, Nicole Powell showed them it would be a tight game as she scored six points to end the quarter. The Monarchs leading scorer finished with 21 point and seven rebounds.
The Monarchs never went away and were the ones that came up with the stops when they needed it.
Gillom said she was afraid of this game because she feared the team would be overconfident coming into the game, being the first place team facing the last place team.
It just didnt happen for us tonight, Hodges said. Weve just got to stay focused, keep a positive mindset and try to get the win against Washington.
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Now, I would be lying if I said the date flavor was totally un-noticeable. After all, I don't want a super-date taster coming after me, and it may have contributed to that "off" taste I noted. But, overall, the flavor really did work with these cookies, and the dates were far less obvious than in a Larabar or Clif Nectar bar, for example. These were REAL cookies.
Alas, the Snickerdoodles did not meet with such a wonderful packaging fate. Lodged in a plastic enclosure that allowed the cookies to commingle, several of the cookies smooshed tightly together. Looking on the positive side, I took this as a sign of their soft and chewy nature. As luck would have it, my optimism was rewarded. Each cookie pulled apart with an almost bread-like appearance, which I found that much more alluring. The texture was seriously soft and chewy, up a notch from the chocolate chip variety.
In terms of taste, I could definitely taste the snickerdoodle vibe, but these almost seemed better! I have never been a big fan of the cream of tartar like taste/texture that most snickerdoodles seem to have. The Enjoy Life version was more like a Snickerdoodle crossed with a soft and chewy sugar cookie. A good jolt of cinnamon and sugar coated each cookie in entirety, a big plus for this sugar and spice fan.
The alternative flours offered a heartier taste and texture to this Enjoy Life Cookie, which I quite enjoyed. While the dates were actually more prevalent in this cookie, they seemed to meld better for a very uniform flavor that possessed no oddities. I could realistically develop a serious addiction to these little gems. Those who like fluffy white cookies and dry shortbread should be warned, each delicious bite is all-nature, with a hearty flair to match.
My Extra Notes & Tips:
- All natural and vegan add to the "everybody-friendly" quality of these cookies. Anyone short of a rice or chocolate allergy would likely be able to indulge in some Enjoy Life Cookies.
- They were kind enough to note a serving size as two, rather than one to try to look "healthier." Nonetheless, the sugars and fat are relatively low, and the vegan nature means no cholesterol!
- I trialed some crumbled atop my "ice cream." While it wasn't bad, the texture of these cookies does not seem to benefit from the chill.
Where to Buy: Enjoy Life products are available in many natural food grocers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Distribution has also begun in Dillon, Fry's, King Soopers, Kroger, Smith's and Wegmans stores. See their website for a store locator or to purchase online.


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Domestic partners
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK: Marriage is also an economic union, and the divorce of work and home has had a devastating effect on the family. A look at the economic history of marriage, and some proposals that might restore the balance
It's a powerful union. The secular foundation of marriage has always been the pairing of the sexual and the economic. In becoming "one flesh," a man and a woman gained a social license to procreate and also create new wealth; their new household was a fresh productive enterprise. Each brought certain skills and strengths to their economic union, a division of labor that lifted their marriage into something greater than the sum of its parts. But that union has been severed-and until the breach is healed, families will continue to suffer, and the institution of marriage will remain barren. For centuries, the peasant's cottage and the craftsman's shop were the normal ways of living for over 90 percent of the world's people-until relatively recently. Children found a natural welcome in these places. By age 3 or 4, they could perform simple tasks around the farmstead or in the shop or garden. By age 12, they were ready for full home-centered apprenticeships: the boys looking toward husbandry and the girls focused on the complex skills of housewifery. But the rise of modern industrial ways, first evident in England around 1800 and in America by 1850, upended this family-centered life. In what Karl Polanyi calls "The Great Transformation," the new factories using massive power sources and the new offices using "marketing" shattered the household economy. The workplace was severed from the home. Wives, with their nimble figures, competed against husbands for employment as servants to the machines. They abandoned the old skills of household self-sufficiency-spinning, weaving, candle-making, food preservation, woodworking, subsistence gardening, and animal husbandry, in favor of earning money to spend on factory-made products. In short, the new order showed the incompatibility of traditional marriage with industrial-consumer society. One of the first Americans fully to understand the problem was Catharine Beecher, elder sister of the better-known Harriet Beecher Stowe. Miss Beecher concluded by 1850 that virtue, true religion, and children could now survive only through the complete segregation of the home from the office and factory. Men, she reasoned, were irretrievably drawn into the new world of outside work: Most of the time, they would be gone. Women, however, must renounce the factory and other outside employment and return home to build small Christian commonwealths focused on the teaching and protection of children. Laboring in love
In the 20th century, economists such as Nobel laureate Gary Becker elaborated on the essential problem. Marriage delivers no "gain" if both man and woman are fully and equally engaged in the outside labor market. The natural economy of marriage takes hold only if the partners specialize: either within a productive household such as a small family farm; or by using the strict form of gender segregation proposed by Catherine Beecher. The breach of home and work also created an altogether new problem regarding children. As their rich and varied involvement in household production gave way to a declining list of simple chores, children became economic burdens on their parents, additional mouths to feed rather than little producers. The factory managers also concluded that home education and family apprenticeships were out of sync with the new order of things. At first, they often employed the children directly: Little fingers had their uses. But exposés about abuses of children at work led to partial and eventually complete bans on child labor. Reformers urged instead the adoption of mandatory school attendance laws and "common schools," which applied the industrial model to learning. This added further to the net burden of children on their parents. One result was falling fertility, as the average number of children born into each household tumbled from about seven in 1830 to two a century later. This created, in turn, a crisis of old-age security: Many parents now had too few children to ensure support in their declining years. The response was tax-funded pensions, or Social Security, which again reduced the rationale for marriage and childbearing. As industrial technology swept into ever newer areas, even core family functions passed into the new sphere. Childbirth left the homestead for the maternity factories in urban hospitals. Mother's milk lost out to factory-made infant formula. After the Baby Boom: Lonely women and gridlocked men
For an extraordinary-if brief-time, 1945 to 1965, Americans did manage to put family life back together in a limited way. Tax reforms-including the use of "income splitting" on joint returns, large per capita exemptions for children, and generous home mortgage deductions-artificially restored some of the old economic logic to marriage and childbearing. In addition, working men increasingly crowded into jobs paying a "family wage," while married women either stayed home in the burgeoning suburbs (as urged by Beecher) or were content to work in lower-paying posts. For the first time in a hundred years, three things happened at once: The marriage rate rose, the divorce rate declined, and marital fertility nearly doubled. This was the social miracle we call the "Baby Boom." But the new American model did not (and perhaps could not) last. Women complained about their isolation in suburbia and their separation from the challenges of productive work. Men complained of long hours, weary commutes, and infrequent contact with their own children. The old pressures derived from the radical separation of home and work came storming back in the latter 1960s, with a kind of vengeance. Married women poured into the labor market; marriages unraveled at record rates; cohabitation grew in popularity; and the marital birthrate tumbled. "Who will care for the children?" once again became a crying issue, and the U.S. Congress crafted ever more generous subsidies for substitute child care. Advocates swept aside the overwhelming evidence that mother-care-at-home was, typically, the superior form of child rearing-whether measured by educational results or child health (the medical journal Pediatrics ran a special issue on virulent diseases in day-care centers under the theme "Mayday! Mayday!"). The modern economy wanted women-all women-in full-time employment and would no longer be denied. The children-the few who were born-would just have to adjust, regardless of the impact on long-term human capital formation. Industrial-strength family
As we enter the 21st century, we still wrestle with the social consequences of industrialization: the great divorce of home and work. As long as the industrial principle dominates the production of goods and services, the tension will remain. The family cannot be reconstructed to accommodate the corporations, despite the best efforts of paid "work/family" consultants around the globe, because the family system is part of human nature, rooted in our instincts, hormones, brain patterns, and biology. This system can weaken or decay, or it can grow stronger, but it refuses to be reordered. Nor can industrial capitalism surrender its quests for efficiency, cheap labor, and the displacement of home-made by factory-made goods. These goals represent the very essence of its nature. So in the near run, at least, we must learn to live with imperfect resolutions to the great divorce of work and home. Happily, as we see from the Baby Boom episode, it is possible to put a workable balance into place. One compatible with conditions in the 21st century might include: 0A return to pro-family tax policy. This form of policy tinkering, if ambitious enough, can produce positive results. In the 1950s, the incentives pushed married women toward a focus on residual "home production" (cooking, cleaning, canning, sewing, and child rearing) rather than toward market labor. Similar measures could work again in our own time, with computers providing new options for work-at-home moms. Tax changes could include reintroducing pure "income splitting" on joint tax returns, which would treat marriage as a true partnership and encourage specialization by the partners; a tripling of the existing child tax credit to $1,500; and a near tripling of the per capita exemption to $7,500. The latter two changes would sharply expand the economic value of children, now recast as cute tax shelters rather than as tiny workers. If Congress ever adopted a real flat tax, an indexed personal exemption of $12,000 per family member would probably be sufficient to protect (and encourage) the child-rich family. 0True fairness in child-care policy. Existing policy grants up to $5,000 in tax credits to "working families" that place their small children in non-parental care. Corporate and feminist advocates for working mothers hold ferociously to this measure, for it meaningfully reduces the economic irrationality of substitute care, at the indirect expense of those with children at home. A fair reform would be to turn the existing child-care credit into a fixed credit of $2,500 per child, under age 6. All families would gain greater flexibility in child-care choices, including currently working mothers, and more would undoubtedly choose at-home care. And the indefensible federal preference for institutional care would come to an end. 0Abolition of preferences given to the industrial model. Countless governmental policies covering labor hours, environmental regulations, work rules, accounting practices, zoning restrictions, and much more now give an artificial advantage to the giant institutions descended from the early industrial age. New technologies such as the home computer and the Internet, and myriad new forms of communication, are making home-scale enterprises more efficient than the behemoths in many areas of market work, for both men and women. To encourage these possible first steps toward true de-industrialization, those rules protecting giant institutions from new competition should be scrapped. For example, most residential zoning restrictions should go, allowing for creative new mixes of home and market labor. 0Family reclamation of some core functions. Some couples may start with home births, moving this critical action out of the birthing factories and back into the homestead. They can continue with a commitment to maternal nursing, privately de-industrializing this primal form of home production. And they can also move into homeschooling, thereby reclaiming a central purpose of the natural family. The option of home education is not only good academically and morally for the children, the evidence suggests that it also strengthens the family by focusing all of its members on a critical common task. Home gardens and even a chicken coop could follow as well, as families rediscover the liberating power of self-sufficiency. 0Family control of career-training. Existing child labor laws mostly chase phantom problems unseen since the early 1900s. The environment is different now. For example, the young people in the nation's worst neighborhoods would commonly gain more, intellectually and materially, from a steady paying job than from the pseudo-education given by a poor inner-city junior or senior high school. Vocational and professional apprenticeships in place of formal schooling should also be favored and state restraints on entry into professions such as law and health care loosened. With these changes, we can imagine even the lonely American suburbs reborn, with small shops where empty living rooms once stood; with lawyers and doctors again working out of home offices, assisted by able young apprentices; with productive gardens and modest animal husbandry; and with the midday laughter of homeschooled children where only silence had prevailed. Some will prefer other models, but this is an environment where the breach between home and work might actually start healing, and where marriage and family might flourish again.
-Allan Carlson is president of the Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society in Rockford, Ill.


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Sensor Transmitters Information
Sensor transmitters provide standard, calibrated outputs from a corresponding sensor or transducer.
Basic Information
All sensors convert a measurand (a variable to be measured) into a signal. Sensor output may take many forms depending on the sensor and measurand types, including force, displacement, voltage, or electrical resistance. Because most controllers and displays use input types which differ from sensor outputs, transmitters are used to convert the raw output to a compatible signal. This signal may be analog or digital in nature; the term "sensor transmitter" usually infers the transmission of an analog signal, while purely digital outputs are typically produced by an analog-to-digital converter.
The role of a transmitter in a basic control circuit.
Image credit: Maxim Integrated
Sensor transmitters are primarily used to produce an output with a higher transmission range than the sensor itself can provide. For example, a sensor which outputs a small voltage or resistance value has a short range due to losses inherent in transmission wires.
Calibration and Compatibility
Most transmitter output signals share a linear, proportional relationship with the process variable (or sensor input). There are three terms related to the sensor's process variable and this relationship:
Range is the difference between the low and high values to be measured. This is always dependent on the physical sensor's range or calibrated range.
Span is the difference between the range values.
Zero is the low value of the range. The value itself does not have to be the numeral zero in order to be assigned this label.
For example, a temperature sensor with 5-10 V output may be calibrated to measure values between 800° C and 1200° C. Its range, therefore, would be 800°-1200° C, its span would be 400° C, and its zero would be 800° C. In an example application, this sensor needs to be compatible with control equipment which accepts a 4-20 mA current loop output. In this case a transmitter is required to convert the voltage output to a current loop.
Sensors produce an output proportional to the sensed value. If the sensor detects a temperature value of 1000° C, the midpoint of the sensor range, it will output the corresponding midpoint of its voltage range, or 7.5 V in this case. In order to maintain compatibility with the process variable, the transmitter would then output the midpoint of its current range, or 12 mA.
This process can be described using the formula for the sensor/transmitter pair's transfer function:
H(s) = transfer function
Cm(s) = transmitter output
C(s) = process variable (or sensor) output
The transfer function is simply the ratio between the input and output signals. Transmitters ultimately affect two aspects of the input signal through a transfer function: the size and timing of the signal. The size relationship is measured by gain, while the timing relationship is measured by phase difference. Along these lines, the transfer function can be rewritten as:
Kt = transmitter gain
τt = transmitter time constant
s = sensed value
Inputs and Outputs
The most important variable when matching sensors to transmitters is basic compatibility: the sensor's output must be acceptable as an input to the transmitter. Transmitters most commonly accept voltage, current, frequency, or resistance inputs; many devices are configurable to accept two different types.
Transmitters are typically designed for compatibility with a certain sensor type, such as accelerometers, thermistors, flow sensors, thermocouples, and strain gauges.
Device Information
Most sensor transmitters operate as signal converters, accepting an input and transmitting a proportional signal in a differing output. The schematic below shows a typical reference design for a sensor transmitter which converts a voltage input to a 4-20 mA current loop.
This design is common in that it can be broken into three stages, from left to right, on the schematic: an input excitation stage, an input amplification stage, and a signal conversion stage. As shown in the image, signal amplification and conversion is accomplished using a series of resistors, capacitors, operational amplifiers, and transistors.
A typical voltage-to-current sensor transmitter.
Image credit: Analog Devices
Transmitter design varies based on desired inputs and outputs. For example, a device which accepts digital inputs and transmits analog current requires a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) within close proximity to its first stage. The block diagram below illustrates a more complex transmitter design. This device features multiple signal conversions, resulting in the transmission of both an analog current loop signal as well as a concurrent digital diagnostic/control signal.
A "smart" transmitter.
Image credit: Maxim Integrated
Form Factor
Common transmitter form factors are described in the table below.
Form Factor
DIN rail
Conforms to Deutsche Institut für Normung (DIN) standard for rail-mounted control equipment.
Takes the form of a printed circuit board (PCB).
Standard 19" telecommunications rack device.
Benchtop unit with integral interface.
Table image credits: FLEX-CORE | Measurement Specialties | AGI Ltd | Cole Parmer
Sensor transmitters may be produced, used, or calibrated according to published standards and specifications. Some relevant standards include:
BS 6174 Specification for differential pressure transmitters with electrical outputs
MIL-DTL-7990 Temperature transmitter (electrical resistance)
MIL-PRF-38230 Pressure transmitter (oil; variable reluctance)
Texas A&M University - Sensor Characteristics
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Analog-to-Digital Converters
Analog-to-digital converters (ADC) sample an analog signal and convert it to a series of digital values to represent the signal to a computer processor.
Bridge Conditioners
Bridge conditioners are instruments that provide excitation and support for strain gages, Wheatstone bridges, load cells, and sensors. They also include circuitry for signal conditioning, amplification, and processing.
Data Acquisition
Data acquisition is the digitizing and processing of multiple sensor or signal inputs for the purpose of monitoring, analyzing and/or controlling systems and processes. Signal conditioning includes the amplification, filtering, converting, and other processes required to make sensor output suitable for rereading by computer boards.
Frequency-to-Voltage Converters
Frequency-to-voltage converters accept a signal and convert its frequency to a corresponding analog voltage level.
Signal Filters
Signal filters block or decrease (attenuate) unwanted frequencies or signal wave characteristics.
Temperature Signal Conditioners
Temperature signal conditioners accept outputs from temperature measurement devices such as resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), thermocouples, and thermistors. They then filter, amplify, and/or convert these outputs to digital signals, or to levels suitable for digitization.
Voltage-to-Frequency Converters
Voltage-to-frequency converters accept a voltage signal and convert its analog level to a signal with a corresponding frequency.


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The sendMail and Snort security bugs exposed last week brought front and center the unique challenges inherent in producing and applying patches to open source software.
The sendmail and Snort security bugs exposed last week brought front and center the unique challenges inherent in producing and applying patches to open source software.
The bottom line, experts say, is that corporate users should be aware that open source patches can be produced quickly but won't necessarily come from a trusted source. Also, it is difficult to track software that might need a patch.
"With open source you really have a double-edged sword," says Dan Ingevaldson, the team leader of X-Force Research and Development at Internet Security Systems, which discovered the sendmail bug. "It's very open but there is no single point of contact where there is a list of enterprise customers using the code."
That could foster a disconnect between code developers and users not plugged into mailing lists.
The issue was raised last week with Sendmail, Inc., and SourceFire, which employ creators of popular open source software but also sell commercial versions of the code.
In the sendmail case, code creator Eric Allman was notified of the bug and then he informed companies such as HP, IBM and Sun that he knew had the 15-year-old open source code in their commercial products. Those vendors then developed patches for their own customers.
But Allman says, "on the open source side, you don't always know who picked up the software. You can get the big companies, but for all the others you just announce the problem in the appropriate places."
The open source world includes mailing lists and Web sites such as sendmail.org and SecurityFocus Bugtraq.
On the closed source side, a central point of contact, say Microsoft, becomes the flash point for OEMs and other known licensees of products. But the criticism against closed source vendors is that often they don't respond quickly or at all until hackers release exploit code.
On the commercial side, Sendmail talked to every customer via direct contact or e-mail, Allman says.
The same scenario was true for SourceFire CTO Martin Roesch, the creator of Snort, who pulled no punches in laying out the severity of the security flaw in his code last week.
But Roesch says on the open source side at times it can be difficult to know who is running your code and where.
"It's an interesting perspective," Roesch says. "It reminds me of the SNMP bug last year that had people scrambling to find out what systems had the software and were vulnerable."
In that February 2002 incident, a bug some called the biggest security threat in the history of the Internet was found in SNMP, which runs on everything from switches and routers to workstations and servers.
Historically, the open source community has been quick to respond to problems. Which was evident with open source sendmail, as a patch took less than 24 hours to develop. The commercial version took a week because it had to be tested on every platform, Allman says.
But was everyone using open source sendmail, or products that incorporate the software, aware of the issue? In this case, the answer is likely yes, given that sendmail moves about 75% of the e-mail on the Internet.
But what about lesser-known software and code?
"There is tons of open source code being embedded in all sorts of places, and awareness is an issue," says Roesch, who adds that closed source and open source patching have their differences.
"We have 8,500 downloads a week of the open source code and Snort is all over the place. It's in places that I never imagined."
Roesch says he found out the FBI was using Snort while watching a television news program that showed an FBI computer running an application. Roesch recognized it as Snort.
Experts say it's imperative that open source software users keep up with community development efforts or with their vendors that supply open source software.
"That is why most commercial customers will get open source from a known vendor that supports the software," says Dan Frye, the director of IBM's Linux Technology Center and a former member of President Clinton's technology advisory committee on open source. "That's why most enterprise shops don't develop their own Linux distributions or modify the source code."
Companies that change the binary files of source code and recompile it change the "signature" of a file and can make patching a nightmare. Once source code is modified or extended, the software becomes a unique application that must be maintained by its creator, which could be a single developer.
"Our tools check software based on a binary signature," says Mark Shavlik, CEO of Shavlik Technologies, which develops patch management tools for Microsoft products and is working on a Linux version. "If someone extends an open source product and recompiles the code with a few tweaks it becomes almost impossible to track."
It's a key issue, experts say, because patching software is becoming a process that requires automated tools and explicit corporate policy.
In the sendmail case, the patch updated three files, but if any of those files had been previously modified in a particular user's version of the software, the patch might not have worked right, Sendmail's Allman says.
For instance, Sun has extensions to the sendmail code that are specific to its implementation.
"None of the extensions touched the files that were affected, but they did have to look at this a bit more carefully," he says.
The issue is not lost on corporate users who have adopted open source software.
The CTO of a well-known online e-commerce site says his site rarely makes any modification to open source code beyond configuration files.
"If we do make changes we do it for the long term and we don't touch that code again," says the CTO. The company uses two open source tools to help with changes. One is called Patch, which helps incorporate source code changes into patches; the other is CVF, which provides a revision history. "But we try to stay away from modifications and extensions because the support of those can become a real headache, a real nightmare."
Despite the differences, the real corporate problems today with patching vulnerable software is that it often doesn't get done.
That was evidenced in the recent Slammer attack on a hole in Microsoft's SQL Server for which there was a known patch.
The open source world isn't any better - a study last year by consulting firm RTFM after the OpenSSL bug hit showed that more than three weeks after the vulnerability was discovered 60% of servers in a test group probed randomly on the Internet still had not been patched. In addition, three weeks after the Slapper worm exploited the OpenSSL remote buffer overflow the pattern of unpatched servers was similar.
"It really comes down to your processes [for remediation]," says Dan Agronow, vice president of technology for Weather.com, which has converted to nearly a complete open source infrastructure over the past two years.
"If you have the processes in place to get patches and get them installed you can be successful in both environments, he says."
Learn more about this topicISS reports Snort vulnerability
A software vulnerability in the widely used Snort open-source intrusion detection system (IDS) software could allow an attacker to crash the Snort sensor or gain control of the host device on which the sensor runs. IDG News Service, 03/04/03.E-mail server flaw could spawn next Slammer
A security vulnerability in one of the most commonly used e-mail server software packages could have a wide ranging impact, akin to the Microsoft SQL Server vulnerability that spawned the recent Slammer worm, according to an advisory published Monday by Internet Security Systems (ISS). IDG News Service, 03/03/03.


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"Gov. Crist looks forward to debating all of his primary opponents at the appropriate time, but he still has an important job to do, as the Governor of Florida. After preparing for the legislative session and a possible special session on SunRail, he hopes for an agreement on a suitable amount and possible dates to debate."
Note that Rubio isn't mentioned by name, but lumped in with the rest of the GOP field. While there's no telling who will actually qualify for the ballot next year, the Florida Division of Elections lists eight Republicans currently running for the Senate seat: Crist, Rubio, Shawn Teeters, Belinda Noah, Bob Coggins, Gwyn McClellan, Marion Thorpe and former New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith.


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Summer Research Fellowship Campaign
The summer fellowship program provides School of Dentistry students opportunities to conduct research under faculty guidance.
Student Summer Research Campaign
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