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Theophany of Our Lord + January 6
O Jordan River, why wast thou astonished at beholding the Invisible naked? And he answereth, saying, I beheld Him and trembled; for how shall I not tremble and fear, when the angels trembled at sight of Him, heaven was astounded, earth was encompassed by trepidation, and the sea was bashful, with all things visible and invisible; for Christ hath appeared in the Jordan to bless the waters.
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He that encompasseth the heavens with clouds putteth on today the courses of the Jordan; and He that lifteth the sin of the world, cleanseth and purifieth me. Yea, the Spirit hath testified of Him from on high that He is the only Son of the Father on high. Let us, therefore, shout to Him, crying, O Thou Who didst appear and save us, glory to Thee.
St. Basil the Great & The Circumcision of the Lord + January 1
In all the earth that received thy sayings, thy melody did resound, O righteous father, through which thou didst go about and proclaim, as worthy of God, the nature of creatures, cultivating the character of mankind, O thou of kingly Priesthood, Basil. Wherefore, plead thou with Christ God to save our souls.
-Apolytikion of St. Basil, Tone 1
When the Savior condescended for the sake of mankind, He was willing to be wrapped in swaddling clothes, and He Who was eight days old on the side of His Mother, and eternal on the side of His Father did not disdain the circumcision of the flesh. Wherefore, let us cry to Him, O believers, Thou art our God; have mercy upon us.
-Doxasticon of the Feast, Tone 8
Many years to His Grace Bishop Basil of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America on his name's day!
Click here to read Fr. Thomas Hopko on today's commemorations.
Nativity Greetings from Patriarch John X
With the mercy of God Almighty
John X
Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
My brothers, pastors of the Holy Antiochian Church
And my sons and daughters wherever they are in the parts of this Apostolic See
"As Thou art God of peace and Father of mercies, Thou hast sent unto us Thine Angel of great counsel, granting us peace. So are we guided towards the light of the knowledge of God, and watching by night we glorify Thee, O Lover of mankind"
With these words, beloved, the hymnographer described the great event of Nativity. With these words, Kosmas the Melodist, son of this east, surpassed ages and times to tell about what he might chant and ask concerning the Nativity of the Lord Christ, messenger of love and spring of peace.
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Today is born of the Virgin Him Who holdest all creation in the hollow of His hand.
He Whose essence is untouchable is wrapped in swaddling clothes as a babe.
The God Who from of old established the heavens lieth in a manger.
He Who showered the people with manna in the wilderness feedeth on milk from the breasts.
And the bridegroom of the Church calleth the Magi, and the Son of the Virgin accepteth gifts from them.
We worship Thy Nativity, O Christ.
Show us also Thy divine Theophany!
The Antiochian Archdiocese wishes a holy and blessed Great Feast of the Nativity to all!
Read more about the Feast, and listen to the beautiful Byzantine Hymn of the Nativity.
Updated Online Liturgics Guide for Parish Use
Archpriest Thomas Zain writes on December 23, 2013:
Beloved in Christ: It is with great joy that we present to you our updated online liturgics guide containing the Service Texts of the weekend services for parish use. The new order for publishing Great Vespers, Litia-Artoklasia, Orthros and Divine Liturgy Variables commences January 5, 2014. Like before, the Antiochian Archdiocese will offer word-for-word compilations of these services, as well as "abbreviated rubrics." The Service Texts will be posted in Rich Text Format (RTF) that can be used in any word-processing software for making booklets, as well as the traditional Portable Document Format (PDF).
Last spring, His Eminence Metropolitan Philip appointed me to chair a new Committee on Liturgics to bring together the various people in the archdiocese who were doing this work in their respective dioceses so that we might pool our talents in order to present a unified set of liturgical notes for our one archdiocese.
Antiochian Women Celebrate 40th Anniversary
In 1972, at the Archdiocese Convention in Los Angeles, California, His Eminence Metropolitan Philip stated, "We must realize once and for all that women have a definite ministry in the life of the Church. Very often we have the tendency to confine women's role to the kitchen. Both the Old and New Testaments testify beyond doubt to the important role which women played in the history of salvation. Time does not permit me to speak in detail about Ruth, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachael, the Virgin Mary, the Ointment-Bearers, the Deaconesses and many others who ministered to the church and Christ. I propose, therefore, that a NATIONAL SISTERHOOD OF CHARITY be organized in the Archdiocese."
St. Herman of Alaska + December 13
In an obscure corner of what is now Alaska, on an Aleutian island called Spruce, a monk labored from the late 1700's until his repose in 1837. Braving subzero temperatures, plagues and storms, ill treatment from fellow Russians who resented and misunderstood him, St. Herman lived a life marked by astonishing ascetic labor that gave birth to a deep love and concern for all with whom he came in contact. Strangely, despite the miracles associated with him not only throughout his life but also, after his death, he was all but forgotten after he reposed.
"Thirty years will pass after my death, all those who live now on Spruce Island will be dead, you alone will remain alive, and you will be old and poor; then they will remember me," Father Herman said to his Aleut follower, Ignatius Aliaga. As with other prophecies of the saint, this one too was fulfilled, as in 1867, Bishop Peter of Alaska began a formal investigation into his life. It wasn't until 1894 that his story became known to the outside world, and then his glorification waited another 76 years, until August 9, 1970.
Metropolitan Philip's Letter to President Obama
December 7, 2013
The President and Mrs. Obama; The White House; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW; Washington D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President and Mrs. Obama,
Greetings and best wishes to you and to your two precious daughters in the spirit of this Holy Christmas season. I was honored to receive your invitation to attend a White House holiday reception on Friday, December 6th, 2013.
I remember fondly my attendance at the White House reception two years ago. The photograph which we took together on that auspicious occasion continues to adorn my office. Unfortunately Mr. President, I did not attend your holiday reception this year because while I do have the joy of Christmas, I do not have the peace of Christmas. This is the peace which the angels proclaimed on that Holy Night "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men" (Luke 2:14). Although I am Lebanese by birth and a proud American citizen for the past fifty-seven years, I received my secondary education in the cities of Homs and Damascus, Syria.
December 2013 Edition of The Word Now Available
The December 2013 issue includes the following articles:
St. Stephen's Course for the Residency Program, pg. 4
by Archdeacon Peter N. Boulukos
Antiochian Women Celebrate 40th Anniversary, pg. 8
by Violet K. Robbat, President
Bishop Anthony Addresses Priests at 9th Annual Synaxis, pg. 10
Metropolitan Philip Welcomes Seminarians to Dinner, pg. 12
The Missionary Character of Preaching in American Orthodoxy Today: An Interview with the Late Fr. Peter Gillquist, pg. 16
by Daniel Miles, Ph.D.
Special Olympics - Different Abilities, pg. 34
by Leilah A. Rodriguez-Anter
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The Conception of the Theotokos + December 9
Anna besought the Lord in fervent prayer for a child. The voice of the angel proclaimed to her: God has granted you the desire of your prayer. Do not weep, for you shall be a fruitful vine, bearing the wondrous branch of the Virgin who will bring forth in the flesh the blossom Christ, Who grants great mercy to the world.
Today the great mystery of all eternity, whose depths angels and men cannot perceive, appears in the barren womb of Anna. Mary, the Maiden of God, is prepared to be the dwelling place of the eternal King Who will renew human nature. Let us entreat her with a pure heart and say: Intercede for us with your Son and God that our souls may be saved.
--Vespers of the Feast
Patriarch John X Speaks on the Abducted Nuns of Maaloula, Syria
His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, issued the following remarks on December 5, 2013 at a press conference in Balamand, Lebanon:
Amidst the calamities besetting Syria and the bloodshed afflicting our people and amidst the uncertainty that still surrounds the fate of our metropolitans Boulos and Youhanna in Aleppo, it is with deep pain that the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East has received news of the abduction of her daughters, nuns and orphans of the Monastery of Saint Thekla in Maaloula on December 2, 2013 and their being transported to Yabroud. Because our initial attempts to obtain the release our abducted daughters did not achieve the desired outcome, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East calls upon the international community and all governments to intervene and make efforts to release them safely. She likewise calls upon the conscience of all humanity and upon the spark of living conscience that the Creator, may He be exalted, sowed in the souls of all those who worship God, including the kidnappers, to release our sisters the nuns and the girls of the orphanage.
Choir/Chanter Appreciation Sunday is Dec. 8
By Christopher Holwey, Department of Sacred Music Chairman
Read Metropolitan Philip's letter of support for Choir/Chanter Appreciation Sunday
On December 8th, the second Sunday of the month, our Antiochian Archdiocese will be celebrating Choir/Chanter Appreciation Sunday. While we appreciate our choir and chanters many other times throughout the year, for all the liturgical services they beautify and make possible with their singing and chanting, this is one Sunday that we especially acknowledge them particularly throughout the Archdiocese, and thank them for their ministry in the parish.
AFR Addresses Addiction and Recovery on Call-in Show
Ancient Faith Radio's live call-in show Ancient Faith Today with Kevin Allen covered the critical subject of "Addiction, Recovery, and Orthodox Christianity" on Sunday, November 24 at 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific.
Addictions and struggles with the passions are rampant in our culture. In this two-hour special, Kevin and his guests discussed addiction and ways to overcome it. Joining Kevin were Fr. George Aquaro, priest at St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church, Torrance, CA, an international speaker on the topic of addictions, and the author of the blog Orthodoxy and Recovery, and Dr. Albert Rossi, a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of New York, a teacher in pastoral theology at St. Vladimir's Seminary, an author, and the host of "Becoming a Healing Presence" on Ancient Faith Radio.
The program streamed live on Ancient Faith Radio's talk station on November 24, and can be heard via AFR's Website.
Antiochian Participation in the 10th WCC Assembly
The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) recently met in Busan, Korea, from October 30-November 8, 2013. The Assembly is the highest governing body of the WCC, convening every seven years to review the WCC's ongoing agenda, formulate public statements of concern and action, and endorse activities and outreach being undertaken by Christian ecclesial bodies around the world.
In addition to conducting its annual business meetings, which included the election of officers and Central Committee members, the Assembly issued a statement concerning the situation of Christians in Syria, Egypt, and the Middle East.
"Christ in Prison": Interview with OCPM Board Chair Kory Warr
In his professional life, Kory Warr is a commercial real estate developer. As an Antiochian Orthodox Christian, he has served terms as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Antiochian Archdiocese, and as a Board member for St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary. He is a member of St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Church in Oklahoma City, OK, and is currently the chairman of the Board of Trustees for Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry. Antiochian.org recently had the opportunity to ask him about his outreach to prisoners, and what motivates him to minister to the incarcerated.
Tell us a little bit about your background. How did you first become interested in prison ministry?
I got involved in prison ministry in 2005. Prior to that, if I had made a list of things I might have wanted to do as a layman in the Church, prison ministry would have been at the very bottom—prison ministry was literally the last thing I wanted to do. However, my bishop, Bishop Basil of Wichita, asked me to participate in a working group whose task it was to begin to shape the prison ministry of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America into the official prison ministry of SCOBA (now the Assembly of Bishops).
Archdiocese Makes Substantial Donation to Aid Russian Orthodox Cathedral
On Tuesday, November 12, His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Brooklyn, and Antiochian Archdiocese Vicar-General Archpriest Thomas Zain, visited His Eminence, Archbishop Justinian, Archbishop of Naro-Forminsk and Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA. The purpose of the visit was to present Archbishop Justinian with a letter and substantial monetary donation from His Eminence Metropolitan Philip on behalf of the clergy and laity of the Antiochian Archdiocese for St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, which had been damaged by fire the evening of October 4, 2013. While the church proper was not damaged, the electrical fire caused severe damage and destruction to the basement area that houses the refectory and offices. Archpriest Georgy Roschin was also present at the meeting and served as the translator.
The two bishops discussed many topics of interest in the Orthodox world and especially regarding the situation of Christians in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Syria.
November 2013 Edition of The Word Now Available
The November 2013 issue highlights the 51st Convention of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, held with great joy in July 2013 in Houston, Texas.
See this link to re-visit the Convention with Antiochian.org's commemorative photo gallery.
Included in the issue are texts of the reports given by Archdiocesan organizations and departments to the General Assembly;
Texts of the resolutions of the General Assembly;
The proposed budget for the fiscal year ending January 31st, 2015;
A speech given by Oratorical Contest finalist Daniella Batarseh; and more!
Report from the Holy Synod of Antioch's October Meeting
The Patriarchate of Antioch reports:
The Holy Synod of Antioch held its second session from October 15th through 17th, 2013. His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X presided over the meeting, with the participation of Their Eminences, the Metropolitans and Fathers of the Holy Synod of Antioch: Spiridon of Zahleh and its dependencies; Georges of Jbeil, Batroun and their dependencies; Yuhanna of Lattakia and its dependencies; Elias of Beirut and its dependencies; Iliya of Hama and its dependencies; Elias of Tyre, Sidon; and their dependencies, Damaskinos of Sao Paulo and Brazil, Saba of Hawran and all Jebel al-Arab; George of Homs and its dependencies; Antonio of Mexico and Venezuela and their dependencies; Sergio of Chile; Silouan of Argentina; Basilios of Akkar and its dependencies; and Ephrem of Tripoli, al-Koura, and their dependencies. His Grace Bishop Ephrem (Maalouli), Patriarchal Vicar and Secretary of the Holy Synod, and Economos Georges Dimas, Record-keeper of the Synod, also participated in the meeting.
Their Eminences Metropolitans: Philip of New York and North America; Paul of Australia and New Zealand; and Constantine of Baghdad and Kuwait and their dependencies gave their regrets for not being able to attend. Metropolitan Boulos (Yazigi) of Aleppo and Alexandretta and their dependencies was present in the prayers and invocations of the Synod Fathers, despite his absence caused by his captivity.
After prayer and calling upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude opened the meeting by hoping that the Lord God may shower His blessings upon all the participants, so that they may rightly divide the Word of God's Truth to the believers and to all those who are thirsting for hope.
Residency Program for House of Studies Hosts International Students
Each year, the Antiochian House of Studies (AHOS), which focuses on applied theology via a distance-directed reading approach, hosts two residency weeks for students who are in the Pastoral Care, Doctor of Ministry, and St. Stephen's Certificate and Masters programs. Archdeacon Peter Boukulos, registrar for the House of Studies, reports that a successful Residency Program recently concluded at the Antiochian Village in September. "After completing each year of study in the St. Stephen's Course of Studies in Applied Orthodox Theology program, students are required to attend the Residency Program for one week," explains Archdeacon Peter. The full and rigorous program begins on Monday morning with Matins, breakfast, classes, lunch, classes, Vespers, dinner, and finally more classes that continue until about ten in the evening.
"In the recent session, we hosted an international group," he explains. "Fr. Maximos Nnachette of Nigeria, Fr. Konstantin Lautillo of the Philippines, Mr. Miladin Tripic from Australia, and Pelagia Chuan of Taiwan, all joined us for the session."
St. Demetrios the Myrrhbearer + October 26
Verily, the inhabited world found thee a great succor in tribulations and a vanquisher of nations, O fight-bearing one. Wherefore, as thou didst demolish the arrogance of Lahosh, and on the battle-field didst hearten Nestor, beseech, O Saint, Christ God to grant us the Great Mercy.
-Troparion, Tone 3
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Potassium channel clustering arose later and complements sodium channel signaling. Unlike sodium channels, none of the potassium channels of very early chordates had the clustering sequence. Potassium channel clustering sequences first appeared in a vertebrate ancestral to sharks, "only" around 400 to 450 million years ago.
The clustered potassium channels serve an important supporting function, making nerve signals that are started by sodium channels more controllable. "Sudden openings by a lot of sodium channels clustered together can be jarring and unpredictable for the nerve cell, like a car hitting a bump in the road." says Cooper. "The potassium channels are like the shock absorbers on the car's suspensionthey dampen some of the oscillations caused when the sodium channels open and calm the nerve, just as shock absorbers reduce bouncing and help maintain control on a bumpy road." The fact that this combination of channels clustered together on nerves has been completely conserved for about 400 million years in all types of vertebrates underlines its importance, as does the fact that epilepsy results when the clusters are disrupted.
In related studies, the researchers tested whether a drug that causes increased openings by the axons' clustered potassium channels might be effective in preventing seizures in newborns. They found that an opener, called flupirtine, was more powerful in preventing seizures than either of two drugs now in frequent clinical use, phenobarbital and diazepam. These experiments used established models of neonatal epilepsy, performed on immature rats. Next steps include additional tests of the safety of flupirtine in immature animals, and then, consideration of possible trials in human infants.
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Topical medicines are put directly on the skin. These medicines are available in cream, solution, gel, and lotion forms. One medicine may be available in many forms. Your doctor will help you decide which form is best for you.
Lotrisone combines a topical antifungal (clotrimazole) with a topical corticosteroid (betamethasone).
Allylamines and azoles are different classes of antifungal medicine. Medicine from one class may work better for you than medicine from the other.
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All of these medicines kill fungi. See the medicine label for specific instructions. In general:
- Butenafine is used for 1 to 2 weeks.
- Other topical medicines are used for 4 weeks, except for topical ketoconazole, which is used for 6 weeks.
If you stop taking the medicines early, even after symptoms are gone, an athlete's foot infection will likely return. It is very important to use the medicine for the entire time directed.
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Prescription antifungals usually are used to treat athlete's foot when treatment with nonprescription antifungals has not been successful or the athlete's foot is severe.
The topical forms are used for mild to moderate cases of athlete's foot.
Ciclopirox and sulconazole also can treat bacterial infections that might occur along with a fungal infection.
Ketoconazole penetrates thick skin well and is a good treatment option for moccasin-type infections.
Clotrimazole-betamethasone may be used when the athlete's foot rash is itchy and burning.
For severe cases or when topical medicines do not work, oral antifungal medicines (pills) are used.
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Both topical and oral forms of prescription antifungals are effective in curing athlete's foot for most people.
Topical allylamines require a shorter course of treatment (1 week) than do topical azoles (4 to 8 weeks). Also, studies show that allylamine medicines work slightly better than azole medicines.1 Although allylamines are more expensive than azoles, you use less of this medicine to successfully treat a fungal infection.
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For primary use in a storage and retrieval subsystem in a data processing system, a robotic transfer system acts to transfer selected electronic magnetic storage cartridges between their storage and transducing positions, typically between vertically stacked concentric tape storage holders and a selected tape drive. The robotic transfer system for handling tape cartridges includes two hands, each mounted on a separate vertical axis disposed at opposite ends of a balanced rotating horizontal axis, such that no tape cartridge is ever more than 90° away from the nearest hand. The use of two hands also provides a redundant data retrieval capability without concentrating the weight of two hands at a single end of a revolving horizontal arm, thus reducing the moments generated by angular movement and providing for faster tape access time and greater long-term system reliability.
1. For use in an automated retrieval system, a balanced horizontal axis assembly, comprising:
a balanced horizontal beam having a first end and a second end;
a rotational servo connected to said beam at a central pivot point for rotating said beam about said central pivot point;
a plurality of vertical supports, one of said vertical supports attached to each of said first and second ends of said beam, such that a first portion of the vertical support resides above said beam and a second portion of said vertical support resides beneath said beam;
a plurality of gripping means for gripping data storage objects to be retrieved; and
means for movably attaching at least one of said gripping means to traverse each of said vertical supports.
2. A balanced horizontal axis assembly as in claim 1, wherein each gripping means comprises:
a hand for grasping an object; and
optical means for aligning the hand with the object.
3. A balanced horizontal axis assembly as in claim 1 further comprising:
means operable in response to a command to retrieve an object for controlling said rotational servo to rotate said horizontal member the shortest angular distance required to align one of said gripping means with the object.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/053,848, filed Apr. 27, 1993, now abandoned which itself was a continuation of a pending prior application Ser. No. 07/823,731, filed on Jan. 22, 1992, now abandoned.
This invention relates generally to electronic media storage and retrieval, and more particularly, to an improved method and apparatus for storing and retrieving large amounts of data contained within magnetic tape cartridges.
The use of standardized magnetic tape reels has been supplanted by small, rectangular cartridges such as those used in the IBM 3480 tape subsystem. An example of an automated memory cartridge system for handling tapes such as the IBM 3480 is taught by Moy et al. in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,928,245, 4,932,826 and 4,864,511, all assigned to the Storage Technology Corporation. The four-by-five inch cartridge used in the IBM 3480 tape subsystem is about one-fourth the size of a standard 10.5-inch reel of magnetic tape, yet it stores up to 20% more data, or a total of 200 million characters. Thus, memory systems that use the IBM 3480 tape subsystem can be relatively efficient with respect to space requirements.
Advances provided by the digital servo control and head technology of such tape subsystems permit low acceleration tape motion, thereby eliminating the need for vacuum columns and capstans. Tape cartridges can also improve data reliability through reduction of both contaminant and handling damage. However, the advantages gained can be nearly offset by the disadvantages accruing from the use of book shelf type storage racks, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,600,107, and the difficulties which arise in selecting and handling the cartridges.
Book shelf storage racks are used to permit the selection of multiple tapes that can be read. Hence, data from multiple cartridges is randomly accessible and available on-line. In the prior art, the storage and retrieval of such cartridges was for the most part carried out by human operators. Such human intervention not only decreased the reliability of tape selection and replacement, but also prolonged the time from which a data request is made and that data is read by loading a specific cartridge into an available tape drive. While recent improvements to systems utilizing tape cartridges that incorporate magazine type automatic loaders have reduced the time that jobs wait for cartridges to be mounted and subsequently read, many such systems still require operator assistance and are inflexible as to the mounting order once installed within the magazine. It is therefore desirable to provide a randomly accessible storage and retrieval system for magnetic tape cartridges, which are capable of storing large amounts of data, while consuming as little floor space as possible, and at the same time making the data readily available as quickly as possible by minimizing human intervention.
Two prior art attempts at solving these problems are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,938,190 and 4,527,262, in which the systems are adapted for storing information-bearing units or modules in a polygonal configuration. For example, the storage and retrieval system for magnetic tape cassettes described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,938,190 includes a fixed two-dimensional storage array, a fixed processing or play station for extracting information from the units, and a movable selection mechanism having three degrees of freedom for transporting individual modules between the storage and transducing areas. Additionally, the system includes means for automatically sequencing a series of units, as well as a preprocessing station for cuing up individual units for intra-unit accessing.
The information storer and retriever shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,527,262, on the other hand, includes a plurality of shelves disposed so as to be substantially tangent to a cylinder of reference of a given diameter defining an access corridor which is large enough to accommodate a transport apparatus in the approximate center of the corridor. The transport mechanism includes a carriage that is translatably disposed on a pair of parallel rods to effect X-axis translation of the carriage through the access corridor of the polygonal arrangement, and means for rotating the transport mechanism about the X-axis to select a particular shelf disposed within the polygonal arrangement. Once the appropriate angular position is achieved and the carriage has been translated in the appropriate distance along the X-axis, then the in and out movement or translation perpendicular to the X-axis is ready for activation by appropriate means.
Each of the aforedescribed U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,938,190 and 4,527,262 effectively stores and retrieves a plurality of information bearing media, but both are limited in the amounts of discrete media which may be contained therein. The substantially circular arrays provided increased amounts of data which may be stored per unit floor space, but neither system includes the capability for expansion of storage by interconnecting individual storage units, one with the other, to improve data handling efficiency.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,864,511, 4,928,245 and 4,932,826 to Moy et al., and assigned to the Storage Technology Corporation, herein incorporated by reference, disclose expandable automated cartridge memory systems whereby a rotating horizontal arm can be positioned to particular tape addresses. The rotating horizontal arm can move to the location of any stored tape. At the end of the rotating horizontal arm, two hands are mounted to a vertical axis to enable tape cartridges to be transported between storage and transducing positions. Two hands are mounted to the vertical axis in order to provide system redundancy. The vertical axis is mounted to the end of the horizontal arm in order to allow the hands to be positioned at any vertical tier of tape addresses. Performance limitations in such systems have been discovered, in the course of development of the present invention, to result from the use of an unbalanced horizontal arm assembly with a pair of hands and a single vertical axis mounted at one end of the horizontal arm.
The horizontal arm is unbalanced because two hands and a single vertical axis are mounted at one end. As a result, high magnitude moments are generated upon the floor of the robotic system by the unbalanced load rotating at relatively high velocities, and therefore, severe oscillatory motion can result. Because the storage tapes are optimally addressed as quickly as possible, high rotation rates are desirable, but oscillatory motion arising from an unbalanced horizontal arm can lead to difficulties.
Oscillatory motion can prevent the hands from quickly transferring tapes between storage and transducing positions. If the horizontal arm assembly is oscillating even slightly, then the vertical axis and hands at the end of the arm are moving with sufficient amplitude so that the hands are incapable of grabbing the tapes. As a result, the overall system response must be slowed sufficiently to enable the amplitude of the oscillatory movement to diminish before the hands attempt to grab the tapes. Otherwise, the tapes can be dropped and subsequently not loaded to the transducing unit. Dropped tapes must be attended to by human intervention, and therefore, the tape loading process slows down even more considerably.
The large moments exerted by the robotic structure causes the floor of the automated memory cartridge system to bend which can cause the entire automated cartridge system unit to shift over time. Such bending and spatial displacements ultimately affect system reliability. For example, a rotational servo controls the rotation of the horizontal arm. When oscillatory motion is present, the bearings in that servo can fail prematurely.
The use of a single unbalanced horizontal arm requires that two hands be mounted at the single end to achieve the desired system redundancy. Thus, the weight of two hands is concentrated at a single end of the revolving horizontal arm, thereby producing greater moments which increase the amplitude of the undesired forces exerted on the robot and its support structure, and further creates greater stress on the servo responsible for rotational motion.
Finally, with the single horizontal arm system, the arm could rotate up to 180° to locate any particular tape, thereby further reducing the tape access speed.
In systems according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, one vertical axis is mounted at each end of an extended horizontal axis. That is, horizontal arms extend out from the center axis of rotation in two directions, 180° apart, to form a single horizontal axis, to which a single vertical axis is mounted at each end. Each vertical axis has associated with it a single hand suitable for transferring tapes between storage and transducing positions. The automated memory cartridge system of the preferred embodiment can typically store, for example, about 6000 tapes arranged in vertically stacked concentric circles.
The floor of the present system is comprised of laterally tied together panels, which although rigid in a direction parallel to the ground, are susceptible to deformation away from the ground when extreme moments result from the rotating horizontal and vertical members. Thus, in order to obviate the need for extremely bulky and heavy floor mountings suitable for anchoring the automated memory cartridge system, it is desirable to minimize all moments generated when tapes are moved between storage and transducing positions. Since a maximum horizontal axis speed is always desirable in order to minimize tape access time, it is critical that any unnecessary weight be eliminated from the rotating assembly, as well as minimizing moments that cause displacement of the robotic structure. In the preferred embodiment, moments are minimized because one hand is mounted on each separate vertical axis, and are disposed at opposite ends of the rotating horizontal axis. Further, because two vertical axes are used, one mounted at each end of the horizontal axis, the horizontal axis is completely balanced and the primary moments generated that are the source of the undesired floor bending and oscillatory motion are reduced. By minimizing the moments, and therefore the oscillatory motion, system speed and reliability is greatly increased.
Another advantage provided by the preferred embodiment is that system redundancy is accomplished without being required to place the weight of two hands at a single end of a rotating horizontal arm. Additionally, two separate and independent vertical axis assemblies provide system redundancy. Thus, additional system redundancy and a balanced horizontal axis is achieved by placing two identical vertical members with associated hands at each end of a horizontal axis, with one-half of the total weight at each end.
Finally, with the preferred embodiment, a hand is never more than 90° away from a storage tape that is being sought. Thus, the system access time is increased because the horizontal axis is not forced to revolve, for example, 180° to fetch a tape.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a balanced horizontal axis assembly suitable for use in an automated memory cartridge system.
FIG. 2 is a cross-section diagram of a balanced horizontal axis assembly suitable for use in an automated memory cartridge system.
FIG. 3 is a diagram of a prior art automated memory cartridge system using an unbalanced horizontal arm assembly.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of a hand and camera assembly.
To permit a fuller appreciation of the problem addressed by the present invention, the reader is referred to FIG. 3, in which a prior art automated memory cartridge system 300 is shown. Note that when the rotational servo 60 produces angular rotation base 68 has severe moments generated upon it that translate into forces that have the effect of bending the floor 70 of the automated memory cartridge system 300. When the floor 70 is deformed, vertical axis 72 shifts. Once the vertical axis 72 shifts, the hand and camera assembly transport 74 is not able to properly grab a tape 78 stored in a cartridge holder 76. When such oscillatory motion is present, the overall system must be slowed down so that the hands 12 mounted on transport 74 will not attempt to grab a tape 78 until the oscillatory motion has sufficiently subsided. If the hand and camera assembly 12 mounted to transport 74 should attempt to grab a tape 78 stored in holder 76 before the oscillatory motion dies down, the hand 12 may drop the tape 78 onto the floor 70, thus requiring human intervention to replace the tape into holder 76. Additionally, hand 12 can impact against the tape 78 or holder 76 due to misalignment, thus causing damage.
In contrast, FIG. 1 depicts an automated memory cartridge system 100 using a balanced horizontal axis assembly 90. Base 18 is fastened to the automated memory cartridge system floor 26 by way of a number of bolts 27. Ideally, it is desirable to have the base 18 and floor 26 weigh as little as possible so that users of the system 100 are able to move the system 100 as needed.
When horizontal axis 28 revolves about the center axis of rotation 30, moments are generated relative to the base 18 and ultimately upon floor 26. However, in the preferred embodiment, two vertical axes, 10a and 10b, are disposed one at each end of horizontal axis 28. In addition, each vertical axis 10 has associated with it camera and hand assemblies 12a and 12b, respectively, so that the overall weight distribution is balanced with respect to the center axis of rotation 30. The direction of the only moments generated upon the floor 26 are parallel to the direction in which the floor 26 is most rigid, unlike the moments generated in the prior art robot shown in FIG. 3.
When a host computer system determines that a particular tape must be accessed, an appropriate signal is sent to the automated memory cartridge system 100 via flexible coil 22. The information carried along flexible cable 22 is decoded by the control electronics 20, which is mounted by a card cage mount 24. The appropriate signals from a host computer direct servo motor 50 to revolve horizontal axis 28 to the appropriate position. Servo motor 50, in association with the control electronics 20, are programmed and controlled such that the shortest direction of rotational movement is selected in order to align horizontal axis 28 to select the proper tapes. The horizontal axis 28 is prevented from moving too far by horizontal axis stop assembly 14.
In FIG. 2, rotational servo 50 is used to generate the angular motion of horizontal axis 28 about the center axis of rotation 30. In FIG. 2, only one vertical axis 10 is shown, although a second axis would be mounted to vertical axis mounting fixture 40 in the preferred embodiment. The base 18 is connected to the rotational servo 50 by mounting hardware 16, which cooperates with the stop assembly 14. The hand and camera assemblies 12 (i.e., 12a and 12b) are mounted respectively to vertical axes 10a and 10b by transports 15a and 15b respectively. The transports 15 move vertically along the vertical axes 10 so that the two pairs of hands 12 are properly aligned in the vertical direction.
When the appropriate command is received along flexible cable 22 and decoded by control electronics 20, one of the hand and camera assemblies, 12a or 12b, is moved to a position opposite a memory cartridge holder 44. The control electronics 20 generally causes rotational servo 50 to rotate the horizontal axis 28 the shortest angular distance. In addition, control electronics 20 causes either transport 15a or 15b to vertically position hand and camera assemblies 12a or 12b directly across from the selected tape held by memory cartridge holder 44. Memory cartridge holders 44 are mounted in stacked concentric circles to the interior of the automated memory cartridge system wall 52. As illustrated in FIG. 4, hand and camera assemblies 12 each have associated with them a hand 80 for grabbing a tape from holders 44, and a camera 81 for ascertaining that the hand is precisely aligned with the particular tape stored in holder 44.
If horizontal axis 28 is not balanced, greater moments are generated upon the floor 26, which is a series of flat laterally fastened panels. When such moments are generated, large floor displacements induce oscillatory motion. Such motion continues even after the horizontal axis stops. When oscillatory motion is at a relatively high amplitude, the hand and camera assemblies 12 cannot properly align themselves across from the tapes stored at holders 44 until the oscillatory motion dies down. Balanced horizontal axis assembly 90 solves this problem, ensuring that the moments are minimized and less oscillatory motion is produced.
Other alternative embodiments with various numbers of evenly spaced balanced robotic arms can be constructed that minimize the moments generated upon the floor, enhance system reliability, and result in increased tape access speed.
Although the invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it is to be clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation. The spirit and scope of this invention is limited only by the terms of the appended claims.
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Pat wrote on Dec 28, 2012 7:30 AM:
" You start by taking the laptop away mom. "
dan wrote on Dec 28, 2012 2:46 PM:
" That girl's got bigger problems than a computer. Time to look into early sexual abuse. "
Linda wrote on Dec 29, 2012 5:57 AM:
" This is the men's fault how????? sorry at 15 she solicited older men ...you ask for it , you get it!!!
If you are not old enough to handle it, dont ask for it!!
Bring her to the police station so we can blame the guys and she looks like the victim.....what a bunch of bull.... "
If you are not old enough to handle it, dont ask for it!!
Bring her to the police station so we can blame the guys and she looks like the victim.....what a bunch of bull.... "
ratsmik wrote on Dec 29, 2012 11:38 AM:
" What happened to the nimpho girl ? Was she arrested ?
Not the guys fault. The law sucks "
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The one's that don't agree with this are proabably too militant or narrow minded anyway, and I will say there are probably only two people I've seen here who I would put in that catagory. So therefore, I'm starting to wonder what I want to accomplish by spending all these hours at the computer.
My "mantra" that I have tried so hard to get across is "there is no right or wrong answer" in this debate, either choice is right if it's right for that family. I'm not sure if I've "converted" anybody into thinking that way or not. Maybe I've just lit a few sparks and got someone to understand my POV. But I think I"ve said all I possibly can about BF/vs FF. I wonder, you ladies who have been around for a while, doesn't it get annoying to keep debating over the same issues over and over? Aren't you just repeating yourself? Or do you find that the new people and opinions keep you "fresh"?
Anyway, I'm finding this debating stuff way too addicting and have been all but neglecting my two wonderful boys while I'm glued to the computer. I've tried disciplining myself but it doesn't work. It's weird, I lurked for so long but once I joined in I was hooked. Tonight when the boys are in bed I am going to tie up the loose ends WRT threads I'm debating on, and tomorrow I will force myself to lay low. This time I mean it! I'll still be lurking around but I have to force myself to stay distant or I'll be in "Debaters Anonoymous"!


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i like the black n white.
i always have: proof www.blizzardlizard.newgrounds.com/art
the torso area and legs are in a very muscular detail, cool. it doesnt really, in my opinion look like much of a zombie, just a wounded one. not enough exposure to violence. still pretty cool doe.
Well While I appreciate your comment and all I don't appreciate the self advertisement......
Also, with that much of a chunk missing out of it's tail....it'd bleed to death, fairly quickly, so definately zombie :P
Thanks for the input though!
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This looks like it would be on a mock heavy metal album cover! I would love to see that!
Heh, thanks....maybe I'll do a digital version of it......someday ;w;


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Wright, Thomas (Thomas Edward), 1973-
Built of books.
|Named Person:
|Oscar Wilde; Oscar Wilde
|Material Type:
|Biography, Document, Internet resource
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Thomas Wright
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|Originally published as: Oscar's books. London : Chatto & Windus, 2008.
"A John Macrae book/Holt paperback."
|1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations.
|Introduction: 'One of the greatest of the many worlds' --
Part I: BUILT OUT OF BOOKS --
'Hear the song of Oscar!' --
'The Irish imagination' --
'Words that are winged with light' --
'Soul-forward, headlong' --
'A good book and a good fire' --
'More than real life' --
'At home with Lucien' --
'Minute and critical' --
'How to love Greek things' --
'How to grow' --
'The true liber amoris' --
'The despotism of fact' --
'Such a strange influence' --
Part II: THE LIBRARY --
'Spirit of Beauty! tarry still awhile' --
'Holy of Holies' --
'The falser is the truer' --
'More than usually revolting sentimentality' --
'The vulgar beast' --
'The look of a book' --
'Sensuous and intellectual' --
'Smoke and talk' --
'Mirror of perfect friendship' --
'Touched by other lips' --
'Unseen ideal' --
'Mysterious by this love' --
'The heavy odours of the hothouse' --
''Arry!' --
'Ribald titles' --
'Queensberry rules' --
Part III: A LIBRARY OF LAMENTATIONS --
'May I say nothing?' --
'Humanity's machine' --
'Silence' --
'Books in his hand' --
'The greatest consolation' --
'Words of grace' --
'Dazed with the wonder' --
'Infamous Saint Oscar' --
'There they lie' --
'Interested in others' --
'Rest peaceably' --
Afterword: 'Tutti gli angeli' --
Appendix I: Wilde's Letter to the Pall Mall Gazette on the Subject of 'The Best Hundred Books' --
Appendix II: Lists of Books Requested by Wilde, 1895-97.
|Thomas Wright.
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