Pyramid Resort Group

9/3/2009 · Kategori: seyahat

Create Value Through Experience and Leadership


Pyramid Hotel Group is a privately held full-service hotel company based in Boston.

  • Pyramid provides Hotel management, Project management, Asset management and Acquisition Services
  • Over 35 years of experience in successfully acquiring, repositioning and managing hotel real estate assets
  • Pyramid Hotel Group employs over 7,600 employees
  • Over $8 billion of hotel real estate currently under management
  • As hotel owners ourselves, Pyramid is aligned with the owners' interests
  • Pyramid sources, advises and jointly invests in portfolio acquisitions with its partners
  • Pyramid consistently produces superior investment returns
  • Clients and partners include large institutional investors, corporations, universities and individual owners

With five former hospitality CEOs or Presidents on the Pyramid team, our clients and employees have access to a depth and diversity of senior executive skill, judgment and strategic thinking.

Pyramid Resort Group

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Doug Cole
Vice President, Asset Management West
A native of Findlay, OH, Doug started in the restaurant business in his teens in a family restaurant/drive-in. He is a graduate of Michigan State University's School of Hotel/Restaurant Management. Having an operational background in F&B, he held corporate F&B positions at Hilton and ITT Sheraton as well GM positions with Hilton, Starwood, Griffin Hotels, and TPG Hotels.

Harley Mayersohn
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Harley Mayersohn comes to Pyramid Advisors with a 30 year, wide-ranging set of experiences in the resort and spa industries. He has held both resort level and corporate level marketing roles for such notables as LaQuinta Resort & Club, Canyon Ranch, and Doral Hotels & Resorts. 

Brad Quayle
Vice President, Golf, Retail and Spa
Brad has been in the resort, recreation and entertainment business for over 30 years. Since 1988 he has served as both an Executive of Vail Associates in Colorado, and as an original partner of KSL Recreation in La Quinta, California. Quayle's focus areas within both companies was directed to business development, club memberships, nationally televised golf events, sales and marketing, retail and intellectual properties.

Christopher Devine
Vice President, Finance
Chris has over nine years of experience including public offerings and debt offerings for public companies as well as financial statement audits, due diligence projects and internal control reviews and implementation. Most recently he was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Real Estate
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President, La Quinta
Davis has over 25 years in the hospitality management industry, purchasing his first distressed property and reinventing it as a local restaurant in Newark, DE in 1980. His hospitality corporation continued managing restaurants with great success and then ventured into hotels and golf courses. Most recently, Davis founded Tandem Hospitality, which consults with private clubs, hotels, and resorts.

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Kobold Messring GmbH

6/3/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

 




Kobold Messring GmbH, established in 1980, is one of the leading international instrumentation engineering enterprises known for its patentable technology, high quality products and superior service. The Kobold brand name is synonymous with quality and technological advance.

The company offers battery-powered digital pressure gauges with LCD display, analogue output 1 adjustable limit contact option:  analogue output 0-2 housing; PA, glass fibre strengthened; Model. MAN-SD; pressure ranges:  -1 to 0 bar; 0 to 600 bar. Housing diameter: 74 mm; tmax: 70ºC; overload protection: x 1.5; connection: G ½ male, stainless steel; accuracy: ±0.5 per cent of full scale.

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Biomedical Sample Handling

20/2/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

Multi-axis X-Y linear motorized positioning stage

ABTech inc's Mini X-Y Linear Motor stage combines Copley Controls, Thrust Tube "Micro" series linear motors with non-contact linear encoders and precision mechanical guideway bearings to produce a unique lightweight, low mass and low profile, linear motor positioning stage.mini-xy_ball_motorized.jpg

This design incorporates the linear motors coil (forcer) as the stages workholding carriage while the linear mechanical guideway bearings provide load support, travel straightness and orthogonality for accurate positioning and repeatability.

The Thrust Tube linear motors are electrically identical to conventional brushless DC motors making them compatible to most third party brushless drives.

These mini X-Y stages are ideally suited for pick-and-place or point-to-point positioning applications such as biomedical sample handling or inspection.

ABTech's modular design approach and full engineering services can respond quickly to provide a solution to your O.E.M. needs for ultra-precision linear motion.

Features

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Free Modbus Scanner

9/2/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

Free Modbus Scanner

9/2/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji


Powered by DAQFactory, the QuickMod Modbus scanning tool allows you to quickly monitor a group of addresses from your Modbus device connected over ModbusRTU on RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485, ModbusRTU over Ethernet, or ModbusTCP. You can read Coil and Input status, and Input and Holding registers in various data forms from standard 16 bit integer words to floating point values. You can even view a graph of any one of your addresses.

Best of all its free! QuickMod was developed by AzeoTech using DAQFactory Developer and therefore runs without any license fee on any DAQFactory installation, including a DAQFactory trial. Once the trial period is over, QuickMod will still work!

Plus, if you decide to purchase a DAQFactory license, you can modify the QuickMod application for your own use, adding new screens, reading more inputs, controlling outputs, logging the data, creating automation loops, generating emails, and any other of the many features available in the various versions of DAQFactory.

To get QuickMod, click on the link below to download the DAQFactory trial. QuickMod requires DAQFactory but will continue to work even after the 25 day DAQFactory trial expires.

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DDR-150 Rotary Positioning Stage

31/1/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

Direct drive brushless DC servo motor

 

 

Low Profile Direct Drive Rotary Stage

Anorad's new DDR-150 rotary positioning stages are designed for precise position and velocity control in light to medium force applications. High performance is achieved through use of a brushless DC servomotor, high resolution optical encoder and precision bearing set all housed in a compact and precisely machined aluminum base with a rugged stainless steel top plate.

 

The direct drive servo control of the brushless DC motor has several advantages over conventional gear driven rotary stages. Backlash is eliminated, torque variation is minimized, plus gear and brush wear are no longer factors in long term usage. Added benefits include speeds up to 360 rpm, 0.2 arc second resolution and ±1 arc second repeatability. Step-and-settle time is also reduced due to increased servo bandwidth.

Available options for the DDR-150 include a variety of encoder resolutions to meet your speed and accuracy requirements. An axial through hole for use with pneumatic or optical devices; adjustable home, limit and hardstop positions; and a sheet metal cover to protect the encoder and internal components.

 

Specifications
ParameterSpecificationParameterSpecification
TravelunlimitedMaximum Velocity21273 rpm
Accuracy±20 arc secAcceleration34 rad/s2
Repeatability1 (bi-directional)±1 arc secAxial Capacity25 kg
Resolution10.214 arc secAxial Runout (TIR)5 µm
Stability±2 countsRadial Runout (TIR)5 µm
Minimum move10.5 arc secWobble3±8 µm
Peak Torque7.4 NmThru Hole diameter35 mm
Continuous Torque1.4 NmConcentricity (Thru hole)±2 µm
Inertia
0.217 kg-m2Stage Weight3.5 kg

 

DDR-150 ConstructionMechanical Features
Stationary BaseHigh strength aluminum alloy with black anodized finish (Nickel plating optional)
Rotating Table
Stainless steel with passivated finish
Bearing System
ABEC-7 precision ground 4-point contact radial bearing
Encoder
Incremental optical encoder with reflective tape scale (50 lines/mm)
Limit SwitchesHall effect home and limit switches

 

 

  1. With 0.214 arc sec resolution (256x multiplication)
  2. At lowest resolution (top speed dependent on controller and resolution)
  3. Measured at 60mm radius

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Fiber Optic Networking

18/1/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji


Networking is a wide ranging and loosely defined area in the industry. With all broadband and MSO applications using a network structure to deliver its signal, networking applications have a significant contribution in virtually every area. The defining difference is networking focused on the conduit and method of delivering a signal or content, rather than creation, switching, or termination.

With the increasing bandwidth requirements associated with broadband services, service providers and network operators are expanding and extending fiber optics further down line to accommodate present and future requirements. This network extension and expansion requires multiple fiber optic connectivity products in a myriad of forms. Trunk cables, distribution cables, high-density interconnect cables, and standard patch cords are just a few of the many types of products. Timbercon manufactures reliable fiber optic networking cables to support these networking applications.
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Robotic suit helps paralyzed walk

14/1/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new robotic suit could transform the lives of paralyzed people, giving them the ability to walk again.

The invention, known as ReWalk, acts like a kind of exoskeleton. It consists of lightweight, motorized leg supports and an assortment of intricate motion sensors.

Users wear a backpack that holds a computerized control box which helps the medical device recognize when a step needs to be taken.

"Standing changes my whole environment. I don't have to look from the bottom up. Now I am eye to eye with everybody," Radi Kaiof, who has used the device, told CNN.

Kaiof, a former Israeli soldier, was paralyzed from the waist down 20 years ago. He doesn't have feeling in his legs but is still able to move with the use of the robotic suit

With the assistance of crutches, which offer balance and support, people paralyzed from the waist down can walk, bend, sit and even climb stairs when they wear the suit.

The futuristic invention offers an alternative to using a wheelchair for those who have functioning upper bodies and are capable of standing with the use of supports.

It is the creation of Dr. Amit Goffer, an engineer and founder of Haifa, Israel-based high-tech firm Argo Medical Technologies. Goffer was inspired to create the device more than a decade ago after he became disabled in an accident.

The medical technology that could help paraplegics do what was once considered impossible isn't available for purchase yet. The device wasn't ready for testing until late 2007 and currently is in clinical trials in Tel Aviv. *                    

More trials are planned for the United States and Europe, and if the product receives the necessary approvals, it could hit the market in 2010.

The price of the device hasn't been set yet, but is expected to be comparable with the typical average yearly expense of using a wheelchair.

The robotic suit improves the quality of life of people paralyzed from the waist down, according to Goffer, who wanted to give paraplegics an alternative to using a wheelchair. It also benefits their overall health since it keeps their bodies active all day long, he says.

But when it comes down to it, the invention is all about helping people regain respect. Dignity is "the No. 1 problem" for people who use wheelchairs, says Goffer.

For Kaiof, the former soldier, the robotic suit has changed his life. Before he tried it on, his daughter had never seen him stand before.

When he stood before her for the first time, she couldn't believe just how tall he was, he recounted to CNN.

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contrAA®

13/1/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji


Analytik Jena brings an innovation on the market — the contrAA® series — which exceeds the performance of conventional AA spectrometers in all parameters.
This new technology — High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS — represents previously unattained effectiveness
and quality of measurement results. Following decades of experience in the development of spectrometers and graphite furnaces and in cooperation with partners from leading research institutes, a vision becomes reality — the start of a new generation in AAS, with the contrAA® series, which finally closes the gap between ICP OES and AAS.

High-Resolution Continuum Source AAS (HR-CS AAS) covers the complete spectral range from the near vacuum-UV to the near infrared with a single continuum source, providing innovative capabilities. For the first time, genuine sequential multi-element analysis is implemented in AAS without the need for a multitude of different light sources.


At first glance:

Maximum versatility and flexibility
Guaranteed stability
Improved accuracy
Maximum information content
Speed for higher efficiency
New level of performance
Fast sequential multi-element determination for flame AAS
Simultaneous background correction
Full post processing of measurement (FPP)


Unique Flexibility
The xenon short-arc lamp as a continuum source is ideal for any element to be analyzed. No matter how frequently or seldom you have to determine an element, the HR-CS AAS instrument is immediately ready for measurement. You have every freedom for line selection, as the source covers the entire continuous wavelength range. All absorbing atom lines are immediately available, irrespective of the emission properties of the HCL (such as windows transmissive to UV or visible radiation). In addition, several new types of lines can be used for analysis.

Immediate Readiness for Measurement
The immediate readiness for measurement provided by HR-CS AAS is due to the fact that the lamp needs no fixed warm-up time to avoid output drift. Innovative correction algorithms continuously compensate any drift or fluctuation of the spectrometer including the source.

Improved Performance
HR-CS AAS features an improved signal-to-noise ratio and markedly better detection limits. This is due to the higher radiation density of the Xe continuum source compared to HCLs, and the enormously increased quantum efficiency of a CCD semiconductor detector compared to the photomultiplier tube commonly used in line-source AAS (LS AAS). HR-CS AAS is the first technique that c an efficiently correct spectral interferences in flame AAS by structured flames or molecule structures. This provides improved simultaneous background correction, and capabilities to correct spectral interferences to increase the accuracy of analytical results
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The South Carolina Calvert Academy

12/1/2009 · Kategori: seyahat

Attend a charter school at home using the time-tested Calvert Curriculum

Introducing an exciting education opportunity for parents and students in South Carolina! The South Carolina Calvert Academy is in the process of launching a virtual charter school for the 2009-2010 school year. Through the SCCA your child will attend public school at home utilizing the time-tested Calvert curriculum. Parents serve as Learning Guides with the instructional supervision of South Carolina certified teachers, but still maintain the flexibility of an online education delivered in the home.


We are seeking your support!


The South Carolina Calvert Academy is seeking your input and support to help us launch the best possible charter school for South Carolina families. There are several ways you can help!

 

 

Your pre-enrollment will help the SCCA indicate public support to the South Carolina Charter School Advisory Board. It is not a binding commitment to enroll--final enrollment commitment will be confirmed at a later date. Your pre-enrollment will help support the founding of SCCA.

 

The South Carolina Calvert Academy (SCCA) is in the process of forming a virtual charter school through the South Carolina Public Schools for the 2008/2009 school year. The SCCA will serve students from anywhere in South Carolina in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.

 

Parents pay no tuition for students to attend South Carolina Calvert Academy. Students are considered to be enrolled in a public school. SCCA provides textbooks, lesson plans, daily activities, and other curriculum materials, along with a loaned computer, printer and subsidy for Internet service.

 

All materials, including the computer and reusable curriculum materials, must be returned if the student is no longer enrolled. Students are required to take all state mandated, standardized tests. Such tests will be coordinated by SCCA and will be taken in person at locations designated by the school.

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NetBSD Toaster with the TS-7200 ARM9 SBC

7/1/2009 · Kategori: teknoloji

It has long been regarded that the UNIX-like OS NetBSD is portable to every type of machine except perhaps your kitchen toaster. Technologic Systems, however, has conquered this last frontier. Using one of its rugged embedded TS-7200 single-board computers housed inside the empty space of a standard 2 slice toaster, Technologic Systems has designed a functional NetBSD controlled toaster.

 

The toaster on display now in the NetBSD booth at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, is as high-tech as they come. This toaster features a 4 line LCD, USB keyboard, 10/100 ethernet port and a RS232 serial port for the external console. The toaster's internal circuit boards have been bypassed and routed through the CPU board allowing NetBSD complete control over the toaster's features. A keyboard connects through a USB port on the side of the toaster and the 4x40 LCD displays a NetBSD/toaster login prompt. The burner element is also controlled by the TS-7200 via an internal relay. Unlike previous NetBSD toasters which were nothing more than a glorified PC case-mod, this toaster can actually toast bread!

NetBSD was ported to the toaster by Jesse Off (an engineer at Technologic Systems). When asked details about the week-long effort, he replied, "NetBSD is well laid out for this type of embedded application development. I was most worried about physical things such as fitting the hardware inside the case and the board being able to survive 60 seconds at a time a half centimeter away from an 800 watt burner element. A regular PC can't even survive room temperature without heatsinks and fans, and the TS-7200 has neither." The end-design has no thermal issues and will not let the user toast if things start getting close to the temperature margins of the internal components measured by the onboard temperature sensor.

When asked what he thinks of the NetBSD operating system, Off replied, "Well, I'm skewed. I have been a small-time NetBSD developer on and off the last 4 years. NetBSD's single no-frills high quality source tree is a great starting point for bringing up an embedded application. The API's have a great power-to-complexity ratio and are coded with great wisdom as well as great intellect. For NetBSD though, being wiser is definitely the greater virtue."

When asked what the point of this exercise was, company president Bob Miller chuckled and had this to say: "Well, we're definitely not planning on going into full production with this. The idea was to follow through on a process most of our customers are using everyday in their own embedded designs using our boards. Though customers are not likely using toasters in their designs, they are likely encountering many of of the same issues such as GPIO control of hardware, custom software design/modification and dealing with tight spaces and high temperatures."

So what exactly is inside this toaster for a computer to read/control? For one, there is a small magnetic latch that holds your toast down against the spring action after you press down. To engage that latch, one needs to know when the user is pressing the bread into the toaster which the TS-7200 reads with another sensor. There is a browning level knob (a potentiometer) which the TS-7200 reads with an analog converter input. The front panel also contains 4 bright red LEDs and 5 push-buttons which appear to the system as a 5-key keyboard. The NetBSD LCD driver presents a standard VT100 text mode console that both the USB keyboard and 5-key front-panel are connected.

 

Technical Details

All peripherals had NetBSD drivers written that allow their manipulation and readback. The interface to toaster hardware uses the sysctl API. sysctl allowed for the easy coding of the toasting finite state machine as a simple shell script. The 4 LED's are configured as PWM style outputs to vary brightness/blink-rate. Temperature is tracked using the TS-7200 onboard TMP124 sensor. This temperature sensor has .0625 degC precision and the kernel driver takes multiple measurements averaged over time to interpolate even higher precision. (the sysctl returns millionths of a degree C) The burnlevel knob is a potentiometer connected to channel 0 of the 12-bit MAX197 ADC which returns a number 0-4096 to the system also via sysctl. The 5 buttons are simple switches that are polled at 64Hz by NetBSD's matrix keypad driver. This driver allows for attachment into the system as a standard keyboard using NetBSD's wskbd API. The 4x40 text mode LCD is a raw HD44780 based LCD available at allelectronics.com This devices uses the bit-banged hd44780 kernel driver which allows attachment into the system as a standard NetBSD wsdisplay. The wsdisplay and wskbd drivers coallesce in the wscons framework to appear to the system as a regular VT100 system console.

A full NetBSD installation is on the 512MB compact flash attached to the TS-7200. This includes self-hosted compilers, FTP/telnet server, ssh client/server, crypto libraries, kernel/userlevel debuggers, and standard UNIX utilities. Apache with PHP is also installed on the TS-7200 and presents some CGI programs to control the LEDs, play music, etc... Since the 4x40 LCD is attached as a generic console, manipulating text files is also reasonably possible using installed text editors, though admittedly using vi on a 4 row text display is not particularly productive.

 

The toaster itself uses a single TS-7200 plus TS-DIO24 daughterboard for toaster control. Two 48mA output pins on the TS-DIO24 directly drive 2 5V relays with 250V/8A contacts. One relay is used to switch 110V to the burner element and one relay is used to switch 25VDC to the magnetic latch. 25VDC is acquired by tapping off some traces on the stock toaster circuit board after the power supply. All traces from the power supply portion of the PCB to the LEDs and buttons were cut and instead attached to the TS-DIO24 and TS-7200 GPIO pins via small jumper wires soldered directly to the components. A separate, small 5V switching power supply is also placed inside the toaster shell to power the TS-7200, TS-DIO24, and LCD off the same 110V line that comes in through the toaster shell. The TS-7200's USB port, DB9 serial console, and ethernet jack are brought out on jacks on the backside of the toaster. The USB port is then used to connect a small PC keyboard to the system which combines with the 5 key wskbd to control the 4x40 LCD display console. USB speakers are attached through the built-in USB hub on the keyboard to allow playing of MP3's while toasting occurs.

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