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I hate you.
Never in my life did I bother to address how much hatred that I had for a company until now. Even my bank, which has repeatedly tried to financially rape me, have never known the extent that I hated them. I would have never thought that you could be lower than some faceless fat cat on Wall Street, but there always the rats in the sewer.
Why do I hate you? Because you want every digital suka to bum rush me.
Like most people under 25 I grew up with the technology. I'm older than most people on here I admit, I grew up with the Internet of Usenet, Gopher, and Telnet. I'm a 30 something, male, living in the U.S. What more could someone want? That's what email and IM is for, to ask.
If you wonder why I have an avatar as my image is not to be cute, it's a mask to hide beyond my a/s/l. I had some control of my image. Few people outside of the city ever saw my face, let alone know who and where I was. For some people that was good enough, others is not worth mentioning.
Beyond what is contained in this letter is a privilege to know me personally or to ever know me. To break my trust is to disavow your existence. On the Internet that means I will block you, you killfile you, whatever it takes.
I signed on Facebook like I have on several other sites, to maintain some control over my digital persona. Not to have my idiotic "friends" post my RL image for EVERYONE to see. Or to data mine me and use it whatever you please, however you want. Google and Yahoo! least pretend to give us an illusion of privacy; you know who we are, but you can't seem to stop blabbing about it.
You're a snitch, not to the cops but to every Tom, Dick and Harry of the digital world. Cops are fair play, but the others...if you were a man you needed to be shanked, Stucky Mack style by an urban thuggee.
Alas, you are not. You don't even give us the favor of dying except in bankruptcy.
You know, some of my friends gave up and left Facebook. They got tired of managing a profile like it was a part-time job. Every article that I read said to clean up my profile and to lock down my account, because you can't be trusted. It hard enough to find work or even to go out on a date, but not everyone needs to know my relationship status or when I graduated high school.
Your founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said in an interview that "People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more openly and with more people. That social norm is just something that has evolved over time." If that is the case then why is there such a uproar about the privacy settings? Why make it hard to control them, or even find out where most of them are? Maybe they're open with their friends, be 20, 200, or even 20,000. But that doesn't mean they're open to the entire planet. We are not Heidi Montag, we don't want to tell about our reality show on YouTube (though I watch CommunityChannel because it's funny in a disturbing way) unless we want to, and yea, you have the choice of reading my blog.
Or not. But at least ask.
Or not
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Over the past week I've been using Jolicloud, a fork of Canonical's Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR). I tried to wait around for Google Chrome OS, but seeing that it's not going to be out for another few months this seems better than to continue using XP.
The reason that I choose Jolicloud over UMR was that the UMR didn't have a Mozilla's Prism integrated within the unit. Yea, I know that it sounds odd, but that's the reason. I'm not too keen on the social networking function of Jolicloud, but the feature has a lot of potential and might make the Jolicloud different from Facebook or Twitter in the social networking game.
My girlfriend bought a refurbished Eee PC 900 from Microcenter a month ago. She thought it was cute, but once she got home and started to play around with it she started to scream. Ok, the thing had to go, but she would have lost $30 in restocking fees. She knew that I needed a laptop for walking around and just over two pounds this seems to be the best option, least for me. She went back to Microcenter and got an Acer, and until last week I thought that she had the better of the two machines.
Meanwhile, XP is starting to turn into tar on that 16 Gig SSD. Boottime and shutdown was getting longer and longer, to the point that it was taking a full ten mins. WTF?!
I was trolling through Mozilla's webpage did I see a blurb about Joilcloud and other than the XP version of Firefox(too many memory leaks), I loved their products. Why not give them a run?
Now I'm going to tell you a bit of truth: I hate writing. But I felt that I had to do so, because the instructions for Joilcloud were really not clear. Also I'm going to bring up some points to make the netbook experience better: Asus, Canonical, and Jolicloud. Given that I'm going to take the install in parts over several days, a post every other day. Also I'm not going through whole install, that's on Jolicloud's website, only those points that were pitfalls for me, annoyances and downright troubles. I'm promising that I will keep a linear mode to this tutorial/review so you won't get lost.
Where is the best place to get a copy of Jolicloud?
Once you get your invitation and log into Jolicloud's website you have four options for download: three websites and Bittorrent. My advice would be Bittorrent. I downloaded from the websides about ten times, only to have the install failing to boot from my USB card. The reason is the files was corrupted. But at 600 megabytes and slow servers it's a wonder the files were unpacked at all. If you can't get a download from you ISP because they blocked or messed with the ports(Comcast), call them up and yell at them, call the FCC to complain, then ask a someone without those restrictions to use their bandwidth. I'm using AT&T so I have no problems with Bittorrent.
Damn USB drives.
You got the install on the hard drive, and the USB creator for software. SD card and USB drive for hardware.
Next: Installing Joilcloud on a SD card and getting the damn thing to boot.
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This is the first of about 32 weeks of my final year at Wayne State University.
Does this mean that the flower detail is over? For the moment it does. You can only smell the flowers for so long before you realize that you done nothing else than to sniff and wonder why is the insect biting you.
My summer vacation went something like this: I decided the last week of the Winter semester that I was going to get another concentration, this time in Photography. I spoke with the undergrad advisor (Ms. Porter, woot!) and found out that I have only six credits left to complete this. It help that I took a number of photography courses before hand and that even took one class out of major. So all I had left was Directed Study, if I wanted to graduate on time I had to take all six credits this summer.
I took the class and since I was an Electronic Arts major I was asked if I was to do a documentary film montage. I've done enough of them to know that they're bothers if you aren't ready for work. Note: I only planned on 15 to 20 minutes of product, and had all summer to shoot it. First problem came in getting equipment. That was a nightmare, especially when the previous coordinator of the Electronic Arts area just up and left. Next was getting people in front and behind the camera; needless to say that was an effort that amounted to a whole lot of nothing. One thing you learn in film classes is that you can't do everything and there are some things that you just don't want to do. This is not so much a problem if one is making video art, you can get away with one person running behind the scenes. A coherent documentary requires more effort, i.e. more bodies to raise the product value. You would think that a movement based around urban social activism would be happy to have those who want to document it.
What to do? I spent most of my summer out in the pastures and fields of East Lansing, photographing and filming, what I can't say because I have no access to video editing equipment. But from the stills the pictures look nice, and under the right circumstances something can be done with it I'm sure. What those circumstances are remains to be seen.
In conclusion I have a film scattered on CompactFlash cards and MiniDV tapes with no way of editing them. I'm burned out with trying to dead lift this movie and wish that I was never involved.
But I have six credits of A's and completed my second concentration. Not bad for a summer full of conceptional art. But I do dream in making art, you know.
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I should say something about the Pride festival going on in Ferndale, just right outside the coffeehouse that I'm at, but what can I say that you would be able to read about in tomorrow's paper?
If the purpose of Pride is to create an openness and acknowledgment of the LGBT community then it has succeeded. But what happens the day after the festival is over? In Michigan there's an amendment in the state's constitution banning homosexual marriage, and California just enacted a proposition similar in language, but an overt duplicate in action.
We still have a long way to go in America.
It's comforting to see people walking around, mostly same sex pairing, doing the things that heterosexual couples have taken for granted. People just walking, standing and sometime sitting around, listening to crappy bands, buying useless trinkets, and eating carnival food. This could have been any street fair in S.E. Michigan. Maybe except for the two bears kissing near the Star of India restaurant.
When the 4th Street fair was going on such things like kissing (and others that that I will omit) did happen, a fair number of gay people living on the block. As for the Dally in the Alley, and the various other fairs and festivals throughout Detroit and its environs there exist a number of people who think the LGBT community shouldn't exist. These are the people who place roadblocks and switchbacks, effectively blocking equality on this front. In doing so we allow intolerance to seep into our culture, creating this strange exercise in doublethink with our values and ethics. Meanwhile we silence a large segment of ourselves for a moral code as outdated as chariots.
Next year I hope to not only bring pictures, but rather boring details of happening in next year's Pride. For now, I have to be content to starting outside watching others have fun while I read The NY Times' Book Review.
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A friend (called Ms. Smith) got a job offer from a hotel in the UK. Only problem is that the address was wrong, the offices in concern to immigration where in error. Really guys, the UK didn't have an "Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986", that was all America. I would at least thought that not only someone would take out time to find email from the Hilton chain, but at least getting the name of the hotel correct.
Meanwhile I heard from another friend (Mr. Jones) going to Russia that the problem with Russians getting into the States had more to do with people smuggling and sex trafficking than economic refugees. I find this hard to believe, but given that Ms. Smith is under 30, has a degree, and speaks better English than me, you would think that she would not have a problem getting in the U.S. and trying out her luck. Wrong! The process of getting into the U.S. is as byzantine as any in a western bureaucracy. Some people just skip all that and just walk up through Central America, over the wall and beyond the desert and police, forgoing bureaucracy that seems to welcome another form filled out in triplicate than to grant visas.
I wondered if this is the same in other countries? I looked at two, the United Kingdom and Canada. The both have these points-based calculators that tell the prospect immigrant their chances of getting into the countries for work. Verdict: if I did a study abroad program I might have a shot in immigrating to Canada. I don't have a chance in getting in the UK.
Mostly it has to do with my age. I'm 37. It seems you get no love from the UK if you are over 30. Canada is not a ruthless as the UK in this respect, at least got some points from them.
English is a big deal. In the UK if you speak no English your application would be tossed outright. Canada asks if you speak the two mother tongues ( French, English), but if you s speak either one competently is not going to be that much of a problem.
Education is a biggy. Everyone will give you something for a Masters degree, but you can forget having an Associate degree. A BFA is a mixed bag; Canada is still more lenient with New Media and Graphic Designers being highly sought after.
You heard of that rap song "Cash rules everything around me?" Well, it true with immigration as well as with pimping or drug dealing. Strangely, the Canadian government demanded more in previous income level and as maintenance money to conserve one's lifestyle. Maybe it has to do with being in the cold weather? I don't know, but the needed was barely enough to get an apartment in some highly sought after afters.
And that seems to be my feelings about these immigration schemes. I don't know who are they looking for, but it seems like they are looking for either Rockefellers or Einsteins , maybe both. But that's not going to stop organized crime, nor it is going to stop people from overstaying on their visas (which is far easier than to go through the desert). The only people it's seem to stop are people like me and Ms. Smith, those who want to work legitimately.
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Today is Memorial Day, one of the oldest commemoration days for the war dead in the West that's still celebrated. It falls on the last Monday of May since it was started in 1868 to honor the Union Civil War dead. Now it's about remembering any service member who falls as a combater, in the past as well as the present.
Least that's what they say. You have to wonder how much memorializing are we really going to do on this day. Most of us has had some loved one who served, survived and passed on, but are we at least going to go to their graves and at least honor then with a flag? Probably not . I just had a relative who served in Vietnam and died three weeks ago, and I'm not planning to see him. I have my own reasons. But there's a plenty other folks from World War Two to the present conflict that deserve some thought, but my lazy ass is typing this.
When I was working retail, today would be the day that would kicked off the summer sale season. The mall would be filled with shoppers (as is is now) eager to find some deal, get fat on greasy foods, bask in the general laziness of working 9-5 Mon. to Fri. while less fortunate workers cater to their needs. Maybe the only though to the day would be to offer discounts to those presently serving and veterans.
Meanwhile the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq still rolls on. Whatever your ideas, pro or con, about those two conflicts, like most Americans I don't care. Maybe to care about the military in America can present completely different views outside of the patriotic hard sell:
There was a wire photo that showed the interior of a building where one Marine had some idea what the average American was thinking. Maybe he's right, except I'm going to have that mall experience without leaving home. I'll shunt this until Veterans Day, and celebrate in my own, special way.
America is like the dependable dog that you love, knowing that every so often its going to urinate on your living room rug. You buy a carpet cleaner and move on.
'nuff said.
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Late last summer I was taking a painting class. Like why I was taking a painting course being a digital art major I can't tell you, it was a departmental requirement. For eight weeks I went to class whenever I wanted to, but usually stayed over for hours after class to paint and on the weekends would spend some time in the studio. I did well on my assignments, but because of my attendance I was going to get a C-.
A C- is worthless; you didn't flunk, but your grade as a requirement would not be accepted. I met with my instructor during his office hours and he explained to me what was going on. I thought about it for a moment, looked at him in the eyes and said:
We were silent there while he pondered his next move. "You know if I do it then it's a gift, and I want you to think of it as such." We said a few more words and I left. A few days later he posted a C.
We gifted each other. He saved me the misery in taking another painting class and I saved him the embarrassment of having a student like me in a more advance painting course. It evened out.
If it was me as an instructor I would tell myself as a student good luck with that.
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Two weeks ago (really, this happens when your too busy to even think) I was reading Dan Savage's column in my local paper. I was bothered by his response enough to blog it (maybe to break my fast of consuming art creation for graduation). The problem with his advice is he's not really addressing what's troubling him in contrast to some of his better traits. Dan blames this poor schmuck for his dating problems when it's far more convoluted.
There are those relationships in which we are not always on our best behavior, in that sometimes we are looking for someone and other times we are not. Maybe we are constantly on audition for our next mate and some point of brashness rules us out. Does that make an asshole?
Let me rephrase this. There's a really famous person that you would like to know, even be friends with. It so happens that you get the opportunity. You hang out with them a few times, and they are intense; they have a personality and you just can't help to avoid it. But in being around them they also transfer that intensity to their work. You experience it in their work, it was attracted you to them in the first place.
This could be any "hard to get along with" person, famous or not, but you know they wouldn't be who they are unless they were the assholes you thought them to be. There's a drive that transmutes the monotonous to the extraordinary that excludes all else. It seemed the more arrogant they got the better they became. Their behavior went into positive lockstep to their achievements. Some people are just intense without any positive outlet, to those around them I am deeply sorry. But others need it to do the things we want then to do, and secretly we even cheer for those people.
The line between being intense and being an asshole is very thin and extremely subjective. Like crossing the Rubicon there are those far enough over that line where even Stevie Wonder could see that they have a problem, and it has nothing to do with not carrying a tune. We see all the time, our girlfriend (or boyfriend) dating this thing from Hell itself, even going so far as to marry them. Yikes!
Power of Art by Simon Schama tells us stories about the dark side of intensity, where art is the alter on which all is sacrificed. Example if you knew what happened to Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter or Dora Maar, you might think differently of Picasso. Picasso was an asshole, he was despicable, however he had a wife, two mistresses, several lovers, and just about all in the art world who knew him and loved him despite his shortcomings. Even lower forms of life is not so much a problem as we like to think. Good guys do lose, not because they are good, it's that they are weak and potential roadkill compared to the assholes that surround us.
The Japanese have a saying: "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down." In Japan to stand out is not to invite scrutiny, but self reflection. It applies aptly in this situation more so there, Americans when it comes to dating are far more conformist than we care to admit. To this we are the assholes for wanting something different when we haven't fully experienced it to make an informed decision
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Corporate executives must recognize there is no contradiction between a soft heart and a hard head. Of course, they have responsibilities to stockholders, but they also have responsibilities to their employees, their customers and to society as a whole.
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Scamman's Spring Beauty, a flower seen on the arctic and alpine tundra, hidden on the windward side (opposite from where the wind is blowing) among the broken rocks of mountains. Funny thing about this plant, it's delicate yet hardy, thriving in the most hostile ground. If you take it up from where it was the plant dies in a few minutes.
I live in a fairly inhospitable place. I try to keep out of trouble. Moved a few other places, life seems to have dropped me back off here. And yet if survival is success then I'm doing okay. We'll see a year from now, like global warming my environment is changing.
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Thin crust, extra cheese, mushrooms, green peppers and hamburger.
In high school I took a death and dying course (end up getting a D) and learning about the process of dying, what it means for the subject as well as the observers. But the shitty thing about that class is that it never began the discussion on how to live and what does it mean to be alive. I know that it is something a parochial school can't teach, but I didn't think they did a fair job about teaching death either. I didn't have to see what death was, I can now just walk out the door and down the street to see the walking, drugged out dead. Seeing someone alive (and happy being alive) is something else different.
So to answer the question: what would I like written on your tombstone?
Thin crust, extra cheese, mushrooms, green peppers and hamburger.
But I know my family won't stand for that.
Epitaphs, like funerals, are for the living, not the dead. Let them, like obituaries, be written by the living.
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After driving mostly all winter in the evenings and at nights on daytime running lamps, I finally got the car's headlights fixed on Tuesday. It cost me about $90 and most of my day to diagnose and fix. It could have been worse, the dimmer/multi-function switch cost $161, and that's without the labor involved to put it on. They did say there's something wrong with it and that the previous owner glued the switch back together. Whoever did it came up short, the running lamps were the only thing that worked on the vehicle except the high beams and only one of the pair worked.
I don't have the daytime running lamps, instead I have the regular low beams. The high beams still don't work and I was asked not to rock the switch between the regular and high beam. That's fine with me, least I don't have to find someone who could get me a better price than $161 for two automotive toggles and some cheap plastic.
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Monday night I found out that I had to do laundry, so on Tuesday morning I headed over to my parents' house to use their washer and dryer. It took me most of the day to do it, spend hours moving clothes from washer to dryer, sorting dirty clothes(darks, whites, colors) and folding clean ones. Somewhere in all of this I had the car fixed, went to the bank, filled the tank with gas, went to the hardware store to get a part for the washer that I had to fix.
It was a busy day.
Before all of that I stopped by a field to take a HDR photograph, so in my downtime I have something to do. I walked into a baseball field at 2 o'clock A.M. with my camera and tripod and over 20 minutes took over 30 images at various exposures. I have a spare computer at my parents', used to be fast, but the processor being only a 32-bit monoblock it's showing age. But it runs CS3 without any problems and I had all day to process just one photograph. I put on the first load, then downloaded the images to the hard disk. Fired up CS3 and had it compile the raw files to a single image. From the progress bar I knew it was going to take a few hours, so I went to bed.
Later, after all that stuff above was done came time for adjustments. My idea is not to have the foreground as bright as the skyline, not because it looks unnatural, there's nothing except hibernated grass and weeds. Curves for brightness density, layer masks, color adjustments because though I have seen skies my share of photographic oxblood city sky we all know that it just not so.
The results could be seen in the banner
image titled Motor City Casino skyline.
I still have lot of work to do on HDR, but for this image and
another, it's a start. Least the effort is getting me out in the
dark. There's something about being alone in the dark, very film noir.
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I have five little things I do. Most are not everyday things, some are. But they are little things, and I hope they make the world a bit better.
Simple, yes. The complex stuff I'll leave for heroes like you.
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Would it be awesome if Utada Hikaru played with Zero 7? Fuck that crappy video that she did for her song "Easy Breezy"(what, not an Asian guy for the love interest) , it would be nice to do to hear something wonderfully chill like what Sia and Sophie did for "Destiny." For me it's not like Utada is better than the two, but her vocals would be more airy, while the two are more earthy. Not saying that what she's doing for herself ain't cool, but what Binns and Hardaker bring for instrumentals is something more radical than what most vocalists could ever imagine. A one project collaboration, that's all I want to here, and that might be all that's needed.
Now we just need a Water and a Fire elements in our music collection and it would be like a soundtrack from heaven.
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After my afternoon sleep I spend the night redoing one of the web gallery templates for Abode Photoshop CS3 for my senior seminar presentation. To find all the components and to reformat them for use on this project took only 45 minutes. That was the easy part. The rest of it, the picture formatting specifications building an action, and modifying the work took an hour to find it in the course syllabus.
Never give your dimensions in inches if you're not planning to print. What is 8x11 inches on a computer screen? Would it not be better to say 792x576 pixels? Least if the picture is bigger than my screen I know that it will look "normal" on a larger monitor with bigger dimensions.
I would have to see what the gallery would look like on other computers, but it shouldn't be a problem. The problem was the directions, a scatological mess that I ever seen.It was trying to cover everything, including the kitchen sink and the water that might be contained.
I still don't know the purpose of this class, only to say that it's a fancy way for Wayne State to get students to part with their money.
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Now for some mindless crap....
Recently I've been staying up. By itself that's not a big thing, there are millions of Americans who for one reason or another stay up. I don't know why, but they do. There reasons are as endless as the number of people suffering, it might be physical or mental.
But at least I know why I'm staying up, because I'm used to doing it. Because I used to chat at this time.
It's simple. I would leave my ICQ chat client on all night, I would be in the bed, and at the time I would have a service called random chat. You would cue up who you were looking for, then hit the button "Find a random chat partner." After a few seconds it would do that. But I being in bed would short circuit any type of chat; I would look at who would try to chat with me in the morning, then send offline messages to them. Maybe a conversation would happen, maybe not, maybe a chat friend would happen, maybe not. This way I could replace the chat partners that would fall away after the novelty wore off.
A few years ago ICQ removed that service. Why I don't know, but it took me a few months of DSL to figure it out. In the past I had dial-up, so I never bothered to find out if there was a different interface and services. The computer would only be online for a few hours per day, but now the client is on most of the week, and no one to chat with. All the other chat partners have "faded", where did they go is unclear.
An I have a client full of dark names and this story of why, for all the good it's doing me.
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I love Pralines 'n Cream, especially from Baskin-Robbins. It my mom's favorite, and was mine one day when I skipped a class in high school to sneak to ice cream parlor and points beyond. I was trying to be normal, just another day at the ice-cream store, what to order on a waffle cone? Pralines 'n Cream just kinda spilled out of my mouth, next thing I know I'm waiting for the bus and eating my cone.
It was worth all the drama I got the next day for cutting class.
It was wonderful, I so much love the belts of caramel between the pralines. Now every so often that's what I order. I could order Rocky Road or Chocolate Mint, but I love the taste and will always ask for Pralines n' Cream
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So I get these goofy things in the mail from people, it's usually questions about myself. Most of the time I send them out to others, other times I don't. It's like a chain letter that seems not to go away, but you get them, fill it out and wonder what happened to it. The original from the person who sent it might have gotten piled up under a mountain of email (it's always about making my penis longer, but note not wider) and your not doing any justice for your own response in the Send box either.
Go figure.
Given that I don't like to write very much, I find it easier to just post such things on my blog rather than to email it out to people and get a varied set of responses. One guy that I know told me that he didn't what to know anything like that about me and he resented the idea that I would send something as vain as this.
In that I do understand. Posting Q&A in my blog is vain, but that's the entire point of posting it here. It's vain and the hidden point of having a blog is that there is some vanity in letting people know what are you thinking and how are you feeling.
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Kenny Chesney
Life on a Rock
Blue Chair Records/Columbia Nashville
On 2012's "Welcome to the Fishbowl," country megastar Kenny Chesney revealed an introspective streak between the arena rockers and rural nostalgia he's known for. Less than a year later, Chesney uncovers even more of himself in the personal tracks of "Life on a Rock."
The opening "Pirate Flag" is the lone exception here. A booze-fueled beach bum anthem, it's classic Chesney. That's where the expectations end. Writing eight of the 10 tracks, Chesney mines memories from the smallest moments of his life to capture experiences beyond packed stadiums and tailgates.
Unsurprisingly, the Tennessee native's real-life Caribbean escapism plays a major role. Chesney takes listeners to a seaside joint on "When I See This Bar," where familiar faces melt the cares of the world. The Mac McAnally co-penned "Must Be Something I Missed" rides on a jazzy interplay of acoustic guitar and steel drum melodies.
As Chesney unearths a homeless man's misunderstood life on "Lindy" and pays tribute to a life lost too soon in the tender refrains of "Happy on the Hey Now (A Song For Kristi)," the singer strips away his brazen party-hearty stage persona to reveal a thoughtful, wandering muse. In the process, he's produced his career's finest work.
Hear "Life on a Rock" on Spotify.
- Erik Ernst, Special to the Journal Sentinel
Chesney will perform May 18 at Miller Park.
The Airborne Toxic Event
Such Hot Blood
The Airborne Toxic Event aims for great heights with its third album, "Such Hot Blood." With its building bass lines and sweeping strings, album opener "The Secret" apes early Arcade Fire. The band channels the Boss gone punk on "What's in a Name" and the six-minute "The Fifth Day" is blatantly designed to be the Big Album Climax with its militaristic but hopeful finish.
For all the dramatic touches, Airborne is missing the sort of strong melodies and hooks that could make these songs soar. The most memorable track is the inspirational alt-rock anthem "Timeless," but it's far from timeless, while the rest of the album is just tedious.
Hear "Such Hot Blood" on Spotify.
- Piet Levy, firstname.lastname@example.com
The Airborne Toxic Event will perform at the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage at Summerfest July 5.
Frequency Unknown
Progressive metal band Queensryche has a new album, "Frequency Unknown," but many fans may not be in a celebratory mood, because the Queensryche that created "Mindcrime" is now two Queensryches - one with frontman Geoff Tate, and the other version with three of the band's founding members.
The Tate version is behind "Frequency." Second song "Dare" has crunchy, driving guitar and a surprising xylophone cleanser. But for the most part, "Frequency" is merely an adequate placeholder until the band members put their differences aside and reunite for the inevitable, high-paying comeback tour, Judas Priest-style.
Hear "Frequency Unknown" on Spotify.
- Piet Levy
Queensryche performs May 16 at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's Northern Lights Theater, 1721 W. Canal St.
Frank Turner
Tape Deck Heart
Interscope Records
Frank Turner has a powerful gift for phrasing. On the British singer-songwriter's fifth studio album, "Tape Deck Heart," Turner time and again sings clever lyrics that can be funny or sad, but they always sting. "The problem with falling in love in late night bars is that there's always more nights, always more bars," he sings on the poppy, punkish "Plain Sailing Weather," while on "Good & Gone" he calls Hollywood and Motley Crue to task "for regaling us with tales of happy endings" and "telling tales that leave out all the dark sides." But beyond his words, he surprises with his music as well. "Four Simple Words" is anything but simple, with sudden, exhilarating transformations into old-time country and pulsating punk.
Hear "Tape Deck Heart" on Spotify.
- Piet Levy
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls perform June 10 at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St.
The Neighbourhood
I Love You.
Columbia Records
The period in "I Love You." - the debut full-length album from Los Angeles-based quintet the Neighbourhood - is definitely deliberate. The music on the album - rock with R&B grooves that recalls Garbage at its gloomiest, as well as the atmospherics of the xx and the Smiths - exudes confidence.
At the same time, the tracks are too moody to warrant a bona fide exclamation point, while some clunky lyrics - like the crassly written "Afraid," with its unimaginative use of f-bombs - are distracting enough to justify a dreaded question mark-exclamation point combo. (As in, how could music this well arranged be paired with lyrics this terrible?!)
Hear "I Love You." on Spotify.
- Piet Levy
The Neighbourhood will perform at the U.S. Cellular Connection Stage at Summerfest July 4.
Iggy and the Stooges
Ready to Die
Fat Possum
In 2006, Iggy and the Stooges made their first new studio album in over 30 years. Released in 2007, "The Weirdness" wasn't terrible, but it felt forcibly crude when compared to the effortless-seeming primitivism embodied by the title and the music of 1973's "Raw Power."
"Ready to Die" changes personnel from necessity - the first Stooges guitarist, Ron Asheton, died in 2009; the second Stooges guitarist, James Williamson, stepped in later that year - but doesn't change attitude. A representative song, "DD's," finds Iggy Pop declaiming, over a sub-Motown groove, the wonders of big breasts.
The straight-up rock, like "Burn" and "Job," sounds like punk after fashion got hold of it: photogenic sneers and rote vulgarity. The ballads are smarter, particularly "The Departed," which begins and ends with an acoustic-guitar quote of the Stooges' first great song, "I Wanna Be Your Dog." That the Stooges return to 1969 in order to reach toward maturity is an irony not lost on anyone except, apparently, themselves.
- Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel
Guided By Voices
English Little League
GBV, Inc
After Guided By Voices resumed making records following the reunion of the 1993-'96 quintet that many fans consider the greatest GBV lineup, they became prolific even by their own standards: "English Little League" is their fourth album since the beginning of 2012.
Like its nearest and more distant predecessors, "League" is plentiful (17 tracks), cryptic (sample song title: "Taciturn Caves") and not glossy (frontman Robert Pollard has a home studio now but hasn't abandoned an anti-burnish ethic). The songs also still draw upon '60s and '70s rock from British Invasion glories to prog's better days.
Pollard's fragmentary muse remains frustrating - the jangling "Xeno Pariah" stops right before it might attain a higher gear, while "A Burning Glass" never truly assembles its melted shards, and Tobin Sprout's quality control - "Island (She Talks in Rainbows)" is just dreamy - again fails to keep up with Pollard's quantity control.
"League" is another GBV album that forces listeners to separate precious gems from common (if admittedly colorful) stones.
- Jon M. Gilbertson
LL Cool J
429 Records
It's hard to imagine a more disastrous rollout for LL Cool J's new album "Authentic."
It started with last year's cringe-worthy lead single, "Ratchet," which was appropriately dropped from the final track list; continued after urban radio and hip-hop bloggers panned his performance of the new album cut "Whaddup" at the 2013 Grammy Awards, then spiraled out of control with LL's guest spot on the spectacularly misguided and slightly offensive Brad Paisley song, "Accidental Racist."
The "NCIS: Los Angeles" star addresses the scrutiny on leadoff track "Bath Salt," rapping: "Honestly I was scared to come back/ It was ugly not knowing how the game would react."
His worries were justified. The 12-track CD plays like compilation of obsolete rap clichés, weird references to his age ("said my old gym teacher ain't supposed to rap") and outdated production.
Utilizing his mastery of rap flow, LL seamlessly moves between a more aggressive, old school "I'm Bad" style on the cheesy "We Came to Party" ("teenagers is pointing, couple cougars is hawkin'," he raps about the reaction to him entering a club), and the lover-man motif that permeated much of his '90s hits ("Give me Love" featuring Seal).
None of it works as individual tracks; let alone a coherent collection of songs.
- Geraud Blanks, Special to the Journal Sentinel
LL Cool J will perform at Summerfest; date, stage and time to be announced.


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Review: Located in the Old Town of Stockholm, this quite inexpensive restaurant is a charming Little Place with nice staff. Food is reat. There is a variety of choices of food and teas. Relaxed Place with 20 seats inside and maybe 10-12 outside.For being located in the Old Town of Stockholm the prices are resonable.
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VIEWS: 13 PAGES: 11 CATEGORY: Vehicles And Transportation POSTED ON: 6/9/2010 Public Domain
This invention relates to a personal transportation system, and in particular to a system in which avehicle travels on a rail in a dedicated guideway.Various monorail-type transportation systems have been designed to carry people along a guided path from one point to another. The desirability of monorail systems to move people has long been recognized. Many such systems however, have beenfar too costly either in initial construction or in maintenance or both to enjoy popular use. Economy has been sought by reducing the personalized features of the system, but the sacrifice in convenience has generally been so great that the system isshunned by potential users. Another disadvantage to many people mover systems is their environmental unattractiveness, especially with systems having above-ground rail lines. Still further, many of the systems require trained operators to operate thesystem in a safe manner.Monorail people mover systems may be used to provide general mass transportation over relatively long distances or may be used to provide transportation within a relatively confined area such as shopping centers and recreational facilities. Thesystem of the present invention may serve either function but is primarily adapted for the latter use. Another such system is described in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 3,838,648. A particularly appropriate but by no means exclusive use for thesystem of this invention is in transporting golfers and their equipment along a golf course.The system of this invention, as applied to golf courses, will eliminate soil compaction created by the tires of conventional golf carts; will provide safer transportation than conventional golf carts; and in many cases will increase the speed ofplay thereby allowing, on any day, a greater number of players to play the golf course equipped with the system of this invention.In accordance with the above discussion, it is a primary object of this invention to provide a personal transportatio
United States Patent: 4089270 ( 1 of 1 ) United States Patent 4,089,270 Blake May 16, 1978 Personal transporation system Abstract A personal transportation system including a guideway of channel members submerged beneath the ground with an opening along the ground line, the guideway including an intersection, a rail running along the base of the channel members for supporting wheeled, passenger carrying vehicle thereon, and a steering system for selectively steering the vehicle through the intersection and into one of at least two guideway sections leading from the intersection. The steering system includes a probe extending forward of the vehicle and a guide member in the form of a vane associated with the guideway such that the probe contacts the guide member causing the guide member to move to a position wherein the vehicle is selectively guided through the intersection and into one of the guideway sections leading from the intersection, such guidance being accomplished by orienting the probe relative to the guide member such that the latter is moved to a position which provides positive guidance of the vehicle into the desired exiting guideway section. The vehicle is provided with controls manually or remotely operable to command operation of the vehicle. The opening of the guideway is provided with a cover in the form of a pair of flaps which meet in a puckered relationship at the center line of the channel opening. The cover is constructed to prevent debris from falling into the channel in normal use. The flaps are pushed apart by the vehicle as it travels and upon passing the flaps return to their puckered relationship. Inventors: Blake; A. Webster (Scottsdale, AZ) Assignee: Dahlberg Industries (Scottsdale, AZ) Appl. No.: 05/724,388 Filed: September 17, 1976 Current U.S. Class: 104/130.09 ; 104/102; 104/119 Current International Class: B61B 13/10 (20060101); B61C 13/00 (20060101); B61B 13/04 (20060101); E01B 25/12 (20060101); E01B 25/00 (20060101); E01B 025/12 () Field of Search: 104/96,102,103,118,119,120,121,130,139,140,141,146,149,161 105/141,144,145 References Cited [Referenced By] U.S. Patent Documents 3073259 January 1963 Peterson 3263073 July 1966 Westerweel 3451350 June 1969 Bryson 3769915 November 1973 Swartz 3793959 February 1974 Levenberger 3838648 October 1974 Dahlberg et al. 3841226 October 1974 Maison 3859925 January 1975 Hartz Primary Examiner: Hoffman; Drayton E. Assistant Examiner: Rowold; Carl Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cahill, Sutton & Thomas Claims What is claimed is: 1. A steering system for steering a track mounted vehicle through track intersections for branch tracks, the vehicle being directionally guided and laterally supported along each track by vehicle mounted guides bearing against opposed side wall members of the tracks, the improvement comprising in combination; a. at least one wheel mounted on the vehicle for guiding the vehicle along a path through a track intersection; b. a laterally pivotable probe extending forwardly of the vehicle for initiating a direction change of the vehicle at an intersection, said probe including means for reorienting said wheel to a direction change of the vehicle at an intersection; c. a switching means disposed at an intersection of the tracks and responsive to said probe for directing the vehicle through the intersection; said switching means including: i. a switching vane having a free end; ii. spring bias means for urging a central location of said switching vane; iii. pivot means for accommodating lateral pivotal movement of the free end of said switching vane in either rotational direction from the central location to a vehicle guiding location in response to engagement of said switching vane by said probe; and iv. guide means disposed upon said switching vane and cooperating with the vehicle mounted guides for guiding and laterally supporting one side of the vehicle upon engagement of the probe and switching vane and as the vehicle travels through the intersection; d. control means for pivoting said probe laterally to engage one or another side of said switching vane and, in response to forward movement of the vehicle, forcing said switching vane to pivot laterally to engage said guide means with the vehicle mounted guides; whereby, during forward motion of the vehicle into an intersection and during engagement with one of the sides of said switching vane, the free end of said switching vane is laterally pivoted to guide and support the vehicle along a selected path through the intersection. 2. The improvement as set forth in claim 1 wherein said switching vane includes a point for engaging said probe. 3. The improvement as set forth in claim 2 wherein said probe includes a pair of sides extending rearwardly and laterally from a point for bearing against said point of said switching vane. 4. The improvement as set forth in claim 3 wherein each of said probe sides are independently pivotable at a location rearward of the point of said probe. 5. The improvement as set forth in claim 2 wherein said probe is triangular in planform with a forwardly directed apex. 6. The improvement as set forth in claim 1 wherein each track and branch track includes: a. a rail for engaging said wheel and extending to but terminating at each intersection; and b. wall sections disposed within each intersection for limiting the lateral excursion of said wheel within each intersection. 7. The improvement as set forth in claim 6 wherein said wheel includes a rail engaging groove. 8. The improvement as set forth in claim 2 wherein the terminal ends of each said rail are tapered to facilitate disengagement and reengagement of said wheel with each of said rails. 9. The improvement as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of the side wall members in proximity to an intersection includes a recess for accommodating the free end of said switching vane and present a smooth transition for the vehicle mounted guides from the side wall members to said guide means disposed on said switching vane. Description This invention relates to a personal transportation system, and in particular to a system in which a vehicle travels on a rail in a dedicated guideway. Various monorail-type transportation systems have been designed to carry people along a guided path from one point to another. The desirability of monorail systems to move people has long been recognized. Many such systems however, have been far too costly either in initial construction or in maintenance or both to enjoy popular use. Economy has been sought by reducing the personalized features of the system, but the sacrifice in convenience has generally been so great that the system is shunned by potential users. Another disadvantage to many people mover systems is their environmental unattractiveness, especially with systems having above-ground rail lines. Still further, many of the systems require trained operators to operate the system in a safe manner. Monorail people mover systems may be used to provide general mass transportation over relatively long distances or may be used to provide transportation within a relatively confined area such as shopping centers and recreational facilities. The system of the present invention may serve either function but is primarily adapted for the latter use. Another such system is described in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 3,838,648. A particularly appropriate but by no means exclusive use for the system of this invention is in transporting golfers and their equipment along a golf course. The system of this invention, as applied to golf courses, will eliminate soil compaction created by the tires of conventional golf carts; will provide safer transportation than conventional golf carts; and in many cases will increase the speed of play thereby allowing, on any day, a greater number of players to play the golf course equipped with the system of this invention. In accordance with the above discussion, it is a primary object of this invention to provide a personal transportation system which is convenient and safe for the user, relatively low cost in initial construction and maintenance, individually operable, does not require trained operators, and is capable of a variety of maneuvers. These and other objects of the present invention are accomplished by a personal transportation system comprising in combination a guideway of upright channel cross-section substantially set into the ground and having upright sidewalls and a vehicle supporting main rail at the bottom of said channel, said guideway including an intersection segment, a mainline segment having a first mainline sub-segment entering said intersection segment and a second mainline sub-segment exiting said intersection segment, and a turn segment exiting from said intersection segment in a direction at an angle different from the direction of said second mainline sub-segment, said vehicle comprising a frame having an upright support and a body or cab mounted on said frame, support wheel means mounted in said upright support configured to ride on said rail, lateral support means mounted on opposing sides of said frame for contacting said sidewalls to provide lateral support for said vehicle in said guideway, steering means for selectively directing said vehicle from said first mainline sub-segment through said intersection segment and into one of said second mainline sub-segment and said turn segment, said steering means comprising probe means extending forward of said vehicle and guide means associated with said intersection segment, said guide means being adapted and positioned to cooperatively engage said probe means whereby said vehicle passes out of said intersection segment in a predetermined direction, and motor means mounted on said frame for driving said wheel means. The guideway is preferably provided with a bifurcated flexible cover which parts to allow passage of the vehicle and thereafter returns to its channel covering configuration. The vehicle is motorized, and preferably is powered by a series of storage batteries. The vehicle may also be powered by conventional means such as gasoline engines as well as by alternating current utilizing electrical lines and brushes within the guideway, as described in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 3,838,648, which patent is incorporated herein by reference. A set of three wheels is preferably provided, one for each of the upright support sections, with only the central wheel being driven. The forward and rear wheels are supported by vertical members independently biased to urge the wheels into positive engagement with the rail thereby maintaining these wheels in engagement with the rail even when the vertically stationary central wheel is at a different elevation. A control system for maneuvering and operating the vehicle is provided to permit manual operation by a passenger. The control system, or at least certain elements of the system, may also be remotely controlled. The steering system by which the vehicle is guided through an intersection and into one of at least two alternative guideway sections is particularly noteworthy. A probe is attached to the front and preferably also the rear of the vehicle to permit turning of the vehicle during forward and backward travel. The probe enters the turning zone in advance of the vehicle, and makes contact with the guide means which extends into the turning zone. The relative orientation of the probe and guide means at the point of contact determines the direction the vehicle will take in exiting from the intersection. Preferably, the guide means is held in a neutral position prior to making contact with the probe, and the probe orientation is set as needed. The advancing properly oriented probe moves the guide means, preferably by a flexing of the guide means, to a position which will guide the vehicle into the desired guideway section exiting from the intersection. The vehicle includes a forward, mid, and rear section each having associated wheels. The forward and rear sections are hingably mounted to the mid-section. As the probe makes positive contact with the guide means, and the guide means moves into the appropriate guiding orientation, the forward section follows the path defined by the guide means to thereby control direction of the vehicle. If a change of direction is dictated by the guide means, the front section pivots about its hinge points causing its associated wheel to turn likewise to accomplish the maneuver. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of the invention in use, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view in elevation taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 3--3 of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the support and probe components of the invention; FIG. 6a is a perspective view of the guideway and steering system of the invention; FIG. 6b is a plan view showing details of the steering system of the invention; FIG. 6c is a plan view showing details of operation of the steering system of the invention; FIG. 7 is a plan view of the steering system in the course of a left turn; FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 8--8 of FIG. 6c; FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a touch button control system for operating the invention; and FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the logic control system of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a vehicle 20 is shown traveling on an underground guideway 24 located on a golf course. Guideway 24 has a main line 28 and a leftward spur 32. Vehicle 20 includes a body 23 equipped with a pair of seats 36 between which is located the control panel 40 for manual control of the vehicle from either passenger location. Vehicle 20 has a body shell 44 preferably of epoxy and fiber-glass construction. Rear section 48 of shell 44 houses the power and control units for the vehicle. Rear section 48 is hinged at points 52 (only left side hinge shown) to the frame of the vehicle for raising to provide access to the power and control units. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, body shell 44 is mounted on horizontal mounting plate 56. Battery 60 is positioned on plate 56. The battery system is electrically connected by cables 64 to a power control box 68 which houses the power relays and electrical circuits for energizing the relays. Electrically connected to control box 68 is a logic box 72 housing decoding and logic circuits. The decoding and logic circuits transmit and receive digital signals from sources to be explained hereinafter, and convert such signals to analog signals which are transmitted to the control box 68. A radio receiver unit 76, the function of which will be explained hereinafter, is connected to logic box 72. Control box 68 is electrically connected to a conventional DC motor 80 (36 volt, 2-4 h.p.) (see FIG. 3). The motor 80 is coupled to a transmission system 84 including input pulley 88 and belt 92. The transmission output is coupled to sprocket 96 carrying a main drive chain 100 which drives sprocket 104 mounted on shaft 108. Secondary drive sprockets (two) 112 are mounted on shaft 108. Secondary drive sprockets 112 (see FIG. 3) carry secondary drive chains (two) 116 which in turn are carried on wheel sprockets (two) 120 mounted on the center drive wheel axle 124 of center drive wheel 128. Attached by hinge pin 132 to the underside of mounting plate 56 is rear swing plate 136. Rearward of swing plate 136 is a perimeter beam 140 for providing stability to the chassis. Mounted on swing plate 136 by bracket 144 is a roller 148. Rigidly mounted to the underside of swing plate 136 is vertical support rod 152 to which is mounted rearward housing 156. Entering housing 156 from below is yoke 160 mounted on rear wheel 164 by axle 168. The details of housing 156 are shown in FIG. 4. A rear hinge plate 172 is fixedly mounted to housing 156. To the rear of housing 156 is preferably attached a rear probe system which is the same as the front probe system shown in FIG. 5. Mounted on rear hinge plate 172 by means of bracket 180 is a roller 184. A second roller 184 is provided on the opposing side of hinge plate 172 (see FIG. 5). Rear hinge plate 172 is attached to rear main plate 188 by hinge 192. Rear main plate 188 is fixedly attached to lateral plate 196. A forward main plate 200 is also fixedly attached to lateral plate 196. Forward main plate 200 in turn is attached by hinge 204 to forward hinge plate 208. Attached by hinge 212 to the underside of mounting plate 56 is a forward swing plate 216. Forward of swing plate 216 is perimeter beam 140. Mounted on swing plate 216 by bracket 220 are rollers 224. Rigidly mounted to the underside of swing plate 216 is a vertical support rod 228. Rigidly mounted to support rod 228 is a forward housing 232. Entering housing 232 from below is yoke 236 mounted on front wheel 240 by axle 244. Forward of housing 232 is a front probe 248 shown in detail in FIG. 5. Mounted on the side of forward hinge plate 208 are rollers 252. As seen in FIG. 3, the dedicated guideway 24 is substantially below the earth line. Guideway 24 has a longitudinally extending channel 264 defined by symmetrical sides 268 and 272. The inner walls of sides 268 and 272 extend vertically downward for a distance and then slope inwardly slightly to the edge of grouting section 276. The side walls of grouting section 276 bulge outwardly, the purpose of which is to securably contain the grouting material 280. Embedded in grouting material 280 is rail holder 284. Rail holder 284 is spaced at intervals along grouting section 276 to securably retain rail 288 in desired alignment. Reinforcement of guideway 24 is provided by axially aligned bars 292 and transverse bars 296. Extending longitudinally along the top of sides 268 and 272 are grooves 300 and 304. The end tabs of coping members 308 and 312 are held in place by wedges 316. The coping members 308 and 312 each include a relatively rigid cover section 309 and 313, respectively, including the tabs, and a flexible flap section 310 and 314, respectively. Coping members 308 and 312 cover the opening of guideway 24. As the vehicle passes, the upwardly puckered flaps 310 and 314 are parted as shown in FIG. 3 to accomodate the vertical support elements of the vehicle. After the vehicle has passed, the flaps return to the closed position. Mounted to plate 56 are elements of the power/tranmission system including motor 80 equipped with a pulley 320 which carries drive-belt 92. Output shaft 324 is keyed to main drive sprocket 96 on which is mounted main drive chain 100. Main drive chain 100 drives sprocket 104 keyed to shaft 108 to opposing ends of which are keyed secondary drive sprockets 112. To the latter are mounted secondary drive chains 116, which in turn are carried by wheel sprockets 120 keyed to center wheel axle 124 of center wheel 128. Center wheel 128 has a circumferential groove 328 having a contour sufficient to provide the necessary friction between wheel 128 and rail 288 without excessive wear of the contacting surfaces. Extending from the underside of mounting plate 56 is main support rod 332. To opposing sides of rod 332 are connected lateral plates 196 equipped with a first set of bearings 336 through which pass shaft 108 and a second set of bearings 340 through which pass center wheel axle 124. FIG. 4 illustrates the support assembly for forward and rear wheels 240 and 164, respectively. Since the forward and rear wheels are essentially the same, only the rear mounting will be described. The vertical support rod 152 extends into housing 156. Housing 156 is designed to restrain lateral and transverse movement of rod 152, while allowing vertical movement as described hereinafter. A stiff spring 432 is mounted within the housing 156, one end of which presses against the vertical support rod 152 and the other end of which transmits its force to the yoke wheel assembly including yoke 160, axle 168 and wheel 164. Spring 432 exerts a force of several hundred pounds against the rail 288 when in the neutral position (all three wheels level). Springs are preferred in at least one of the forward and rear wheel assemblies to guarantee that sufficient force is exerted on the drive wheel when the wheels are not all level such as will be encountered from crowns and sags in the guideway rail. The rear spring should be slightly stiffer than the forward springs if the vehicle is expected to carry heavy loads at the rear, in order to accomodate the additional load. FIG. 5 illustrates the support system and forward probe of the vehicle. If probe 248 is moved to the left, the forward hinge plate 208 also moves to the left as it is hinged at hinge point 204. The forward main plate 200, rear main plate 188 and lateral plates 196 are not hinged. If probe 248 is held straight in respect to the other sections, all three sections will assume a straight line. The forward section, including probe 248, housing 232, wheel 240, forward hinge plate 208, forward swing plate 216, rollers 224, hinges 204 and hinge pin 212, is duplicated in the rear section. The action is thus identical in either forward or reverse directions of the vehicle, so that switching or turning can be accomplished whether the vehicle is traveling forward or backward. Referring to FIG. 6a, a switch section of guideway 24 is shown including a mainline segment 24a and a left spur segment 24b. Mainline segment 24a includes a sub-segment 24a' and a sub-segment 24a" in alignment therewith. Between the sub-segments and spur segment 24b is an intersection segment 24c. This figure shows the forward end of the vehicle 20 approaching the switch section. It can be seen that probe 248 extends foremost. The relative positioning of probe 248 and moveable switching vane 356 of guide member 357 determines which direction the vehicle 20 will assume when the vehicle exits from the intersection segment 24c. This is best illustrated by FIG. 6b which shows probe 248 in respect to switching vane end 364 of switching vane 356. Probe 248 is shown in solid line for passage of the vehicle 20 from sub-segment 24a' through intersection segment 24c into segment 24a" and in broken line for passage of vehicle 20 from sub-segment 24a' through intersection segment 24c into spur segment 24b. These positions of probe 248 are set by (a) no pull on directional arm 332 (neutral), or (b) pull on directional arm 332 which forces directional plate 344 to move down in the drawing (to the left) causing directional probe 248 to pivot to the left. It is to be understood that the steering system is equally capable of right-hand turns. As the vehicle 20 advances into intersection segment 24c, probe 248 strikes the switching vane end 364. If probe 248 is in the neutral (solid line) position, the switching vane end 364 strikes the left wall 340 of probe 248 forcing the switching vane 356 to the left by a camming action. If probe 248 is in the left-turn position, the switching vane end 364 strikes the right wall 336 of probe 248 forcing the switching vane 356 to the right, again by a camming action. FIG. 6c shows the relationship of the switching vane 356 in respect to the guideway 24. The switching vane end 364 assumes a neutral position (solid line) when no forces are applied to it due to the balanced springs set 388. When forces are applied in either direction to the switching vane 356 it will swing about the hingepin 360 against the spring pressure of the balanced spring set 388. It can be forced to flex into engagement with either wall 268 or 272 of the guideway 24 as shown in broken line. FIG. 7 shows the vane against wall 272 with the end 364 extending into cut out section 376 of that wall. In this position the forward portion of arm 392 of the switching vane 356 provides a smooth continuation of the guide way wall 272 and the rearward portion of arm 392 is a smooth continuation of the curved wall 397 of the left turn spur segment 24b. In this position, entrance to sub-segment 24a" is blocked and vane 356 guides the vehicle into spur segment 24b. If the switching vane 356 is pushed against the left wall 268 into the cut out section 372, the forward portion of arm 394 of the switching vane becomes a continuation of 268 of the guideway and the rearward portion of arm 394 becomes a continuation of wall 268 of sub-segment 24a" such that the entrance to spur segment 24b is blocked and vane 356 guides the vehicle into sub-segment 24a". Reference to FIG. 6a illustrates how the wheels of the vehicle change from one track to another within intersection segment 24c. For straight line operation, the switching vane 356 is pressed against the left wall 268 (relative to line of travel of vehicle 20). Probe 248 forces the left side of roller set 368 against arm 394 so that front wheel 240 is not allowed to turn, but is held firmly in a straight forward direction. When wheel 240 rolls off the tapered end of rail 288, the outside edges of wheel 240 roll on the flat switch bottom plate 412 until the wheel reaches the opposite tapered end of rail 288 in sub-segment 24a". A short retaining wall section 416 also assists the wheel in maintaining a straight course while not restrained by the guidance of rail 288. Roller set 368 will continue to roll with its right side against wall 272 as it progresses out of intersection 24c into guide way segment 24a". This is a smooth operation with no abrupt changes in level or direction. For left turn operation, switching vane 356 is pressed against right wall 272. Probe assembly 248 forces roller set 368 against curved wall section 436 of spur segment 24b so that front wheel 240 follows the direction of that wall, i.e. the wheel is turned to the left. When front wheel 240 rolls off the end of rail 288, wheel flanges 404 and 406 roll on the flat switch plate 412 until the wheel reaches the opposite tapered end of left turn rail 288. A short retaining wall section 420 helps to maintain the proper course for wheel 240 while guidance is unassisted by rail 288 within the wheel groove 328. FIG. 8 shows the front view of front wheel 240 in guideway 24 as it starts to enter intersection segment 24c. Also shown in FIG. 8 are signal emitters 500 and 508 which emit signals received by aligned sensors 504 and 512, respectively, associated with the vehicle. The signals contain information which is translated into intelligible information such as the distance of the vehicle from a specified location. Emitters 500 and 508 are preferably magnets and the signal is in the form of magnetic lines of force. Sensors 504 and 512 are responsive to such magnetic lines of force. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the touch control panel 40. The various touch controls are operated by the capacity to ground from the operator's finger. There are three command buttons shown; stop button 620, go button 624, and turn button 628. A finger pressing against a button introduces capacity across the button to ground which shunts a signal fed from radio frequency source 600 thereby reducing the signal level at the associated detector 664, 668 and 672, as the case may be. The detector output is a D.C. signal which is inversely proportional to the shunt capacity from the finger at the push button. The associated comparator 680, 684 or 688 compares this output voltage to a preset reference voltage. If the detector output is less than the reference voltage a signal is generated; if it is greater than the reference voltage no signal is generated. Hence the output is either "on" or "off" depending on the capacity to ground at the button face. The radio frequency source 600 can be from 50 to 100 kilohertz. This is fed to series impedances 604, 608, 612 and 616, one for each push button 620, 624 and 628 and reference 632. The voltage (radio frequency signal) at push buttons 620, 624, 628 and reference 632 is a function of the ratio of impedances. This signal level is determined by the small added capacity of the finger to ground or simulated by variable reference capacitance from reference 632 which does the same thing but is preset to produce a definite signal level. A separate follower 636, 640, 644 and 648 follows the signal level at each push button and reference 632 without adding appreciable capacity or other effects. The associated follower also feeds a signal back to guard the push button from ground effects. The guards around the push button are shown as 652, 656 and 660. The output impedance from the followers is low enough to drive a separate detector 664, 668, 672 and 676 for each push button. The output from each detector is fed into an associated comparator 680, 684 or 688. These signals are compared in amplitude to the reference signal from reference detector 676. The output signal 692, 696 and 700 from each comparator will be an "on" or "off" signal at logic level which can control the vehicle to go, stop, turn or change speed. FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the control functions for the vehicle of the invention. Sensors 504 and 512 receive location and speed change information as the signal emitters (magnets) located at predetermined points on the guide way are passed. Some information may be in a four to 12 digit code which must be decoded by decoder 712 and the output information sent to logic and control 724. Other information will be generated by the operator at the touch panel control 708 which also goes to logic and control 724. A remote radio transmitter can send information via the remote radio control receiver 704 which will start and stop the vehicle. A yardage count down system is incorporated on the vehicle which has a visual display 720 to instruct the player how many yards are between the vehicle and the next green. The top and bottom sensors 504 and 512 pick up information from signal emitters 500 and 508 in guideway 24 to set the display 720 to 300, 200, 100 or 0 yards depending upon the location of the emitters. As the vehicle progresses toward the green, emitters 500 and 508 in the guideway cause decoder 712 to instruct counter 716 to decrease the count by units of two yards, as displayed on the yardage display 720. Logic and control unit 724 may consist of hard wired circuits or may incorporate a micro-processor with memory and preprogrammed instructions. The output from this unit or group of integrated units will operate the power relays 728 or power switches which control the flow of current to the motor 80 from batteries 60. The control characteristics will include stop, go, fast, slow, turn, hold slow, conditional stop, automatic control, and reverse (this may be manual for safety reasons), although other controls may be provided if desired. The stop and slow can also be remotely controlled by the radio remote control. Motivation for the vehicle is not limited to the battery powered D.C. motor described. An A.C. motor, either single or three phase, could be used along with a power distribution system inside the guideway and pick up brushes on the vehicle as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,838,648. Another system would distribute A.C. voltage which is rectified in a controlled manner on board the vehicle in order to excite a D.C. drive motor. Internal combustion engines burning liquid or pressurized fuels could also power the vehicle. The type of system to be employed to power the vehicle will be dictated at least in part by the type of terrain to be traversed. In cases where steep hills must be traversed, such as at down hill ski areas, internal combustion engines may be required in order to provide the necessary power. The guideway including reinforcing bars can be constructed in any conventional manner. The design herein illustrated may be slip formed into a continuous one piece strip by available equipment and techniques. A service vehicle may be employed as required for the transportation system herein described. The service vehicle is used to inspect the guideway and rail and may be equipped with sweepers, pumps and the like to clean the guideway and remove water and mud. A particularly noteworthy feature of this invention is the ability to switch a moving monorail vehicle and in particular to control this switching from within the vehicle. This control can be electronically actuated to switch directions, right, left, or maintain straight ahead movement. The switching of this invention lends itself to automatic as well as manual operation. The complete operation of the vehicle can be made totally automatic. Control of the vehicle can be accomplished automatically by sensing the true position of the vehicle, the type of switch at a switching junction and the presence of other vehicles in the area. Automatic control will include selection of the route, stop, conditional stop, turn left or right, no turn, speed change, automatic return or call-up of vehicles and vehicle collision avoidance. The system of this invention is inherently safer in operation than the conventional golf cart transportation system as it is confined to the dedicated guideway. * * * * *
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Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. The Boston Red Sox on Monday officially signed Mike Napoli to a one-year deal, according to a league source, more than seven weeks after originally agreeing to terms with the free-agent first baseman/catcher on a three-year contract. The deal could be announced as soon as Tuesday. Napoli's contract is for one year with a base salary of $5 million, sources told ESPN last week. With incentives, he can play himself to a $13 million payday, which boosts the compensation to the level of the three-year deal he first agreed to with Boston early this offseason. ESPNBoston | Source: Napoli officially in the fold We've written about this so many times I really don't have anything else to say about it. I guess it will be interesting to see if they have a press conference, and how forthcoming either party is about the negotiations. I'm guessing not very forthcoming, but in late January that's about all you can hope for for baseball news. The important thing: 20 days til pitchers and catchers report. CSNNE | Sox, Napoli agree to one-year deal with $5 million base salary | Globe | Interactions with Red Sox players a key part of Terry Francona book with Dan Shaughnessy
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