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On January 1, 1994, the now-infamous North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. That same day, the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), rose up and launched a military offensive that occupied towns throughout the state of Chiapas, in Mexico. The EZLN, or "Zapatistas" had been covertly organizing for many years, but they specifically chose the day of NAFTA's implementation for their public rebellion.
Many components of NAFTA favored US corporate interests at the expense of Mexico's general population, but the Zapatistas were particularly opposed to NAFTA's rewriting of the Mexican Constitution, in order to eliminate the population's biggest victory won during the Mexican Revolution fought years before, at the time of World War One. "The Mexican Revolution wrote into the national constitution the opportunity for a village to hold its land communally, in an ejido, so that no individual could alienate any portion of it," writes Staughton Lynd, co-author of the new book Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History. Both Lynd (a Marxist from the US) and his co-author Andrej Grubacic (an anarchist from the Balkans) are public supporters of the Zapatistas, who they argue have set a powerful example of revolutionary organizing that should influence anti-capitalists around the world. Much like the historical traditions of the Haymarket Martyrs and the 'Wobblies' (the Industrial Workers of the World) in the United States, Lynd and Grubacic argue that the Zapatistas have synthesized the best aspects of both the Marxist and anarchist traditions.
Based upon his research and his personal travels to the Zapatista communities in Chiapas where he met with historian Teresa Ortiz, Staughton Lynd identifies three key "sources of Zapatismo." First, is the issue of land. Before NAFTA, the communal lands called ejidos made up more than half of Mexico's land. The day of the 1994 uprising, the Zapatistas occupied formerly communal lands that had been appropriated. Directly citing the legacy of the Mexican Revolution, the Zapatistas named themselves after Emiliano Zapata, an anarchist revolutionary who was a key figure in the Mexican Revolution, and whose popular slogan "Land and Liberty" is still heard today.
Second, Lynd identifies a form of Liberation Theology that is influenced by both Christian and Native American spirituality, with Bishop Samuel Ruiz being a key figure.
"The final and most intriguing component of Zapatismo, according to Teresa Ortiz was the Mayan tradition of mandar obediciendo, 'to lead by obeying'...When representatives thus chosen are asked to take part in regional gatherings, they will be instructed delegates. If new questions arise, the delegates will be obliged to return to their constituents. Thus, in the midst of the negotiations mediated by Bishop Ruiz in early 1994, the Zapatista delegates said they would have to interrupt the talks to consult the villages to which they were accountable, a process that took several weeks. The heart of the political process remains the gathered residents of each village, the asemblea," writes Lynd.
This anti-authoritarian tradition of mandar obediciendo was central to the Zapatista's decision not to see themselves as a revolutionary vanguard. Lynd explains that "beginning in early 1994, Marcos said explicitly, over and over again: We don't see ourselves as a vanguard and we don't want to take power." To support his argument, Lynd cites a variety of statements from Marcos, including his August 1994 statement at the National Democratic Convention in the Lacandon Jungle. Here, Marcos proclaimed that the Zapatistas had decided "not to impose our point of view," and that they had rejected "the doubtful honor of being the historical vanguard of the multiple vanguards that plague us...Yes, the moment has come to say to everyone that we neither want, nor are we able, to occupy the place that some hope we will occupy, the place from which all opinions will come, all the answers, all the routes, all the truth. We are not going to do that."
Lynd, coming from the Marxist perspective, harshly criticizes the influence of vanguard politics on Marxist revolutionary movements, whereby these movements have adopted authoritarian and anti-democratic practices, with these abuses of power being justified by the argument that their particular group is the vanguard of the revolution, and is therefore entitled to lead the revolution as it sees fit. Lynd sees the Zapatista's rejection of vanguard politics as representing a "fresh synthesis of what is best in the Marxist and anarchist traditions." The Zapatistas, Lynd writes, "have given us a new hypothesis. It combines Marxist analysis of the dynamics of capitalism with a traditional spirituality, whether Native American or Christian, or a combination of the two. It rejects the goal of taking state power and sets forth the objective of building a horizontal network of centers of self-activity. Above all the Zapatistas have encouraged young people all over the earth to affirm: We must have a qualitatively different society! Another world is possible! Let us begin to create it, here and now!"
Wobblies & Zapatistas is highly recommended to both the seasoned fan of books about radical history and theory, and the reader who is just now becoming interested in radical politics. While rooted in the inspirational examples of both the Wobblies and the Zapatistas, this book uses refreshing language and an informal conversational format of Grubacic interviewing Lynd. Their dialogue provides a big picture of global struggles against capitalism, and all forms of oppression. I myself learned for the first time that in the US, both the Haymarket anarchists of the late 1800s, and the anarchist Wobblies of the early 1900s were heavily influenced by Marxism. I also learned that many Marxists, such as Rosa Luxemburg from Germany, were themselves very critical of the anti-democratic and elitist consequences of the vanguard strategy of organizing that has been embraced by so many Marxists.
Lynd and Grubacic's exploration of the relationship between Marxism and anarchism is played out through their examination of so many fascinating stories of popular rebellion throughout world history. Many of these stories are about workers' rebellions, but Lynd emphasizes that while the role of workers in making revolution is very important, workers are only part of the big picture, and workers should not be prioritized over other parts of society, including prisoners, students, women, and racially oppressed groups. Lynd summarizes his theory for best making revolutionary change: "We are all leaders, not just as a collection of individuals, but as persons embedded in different kinds of institutions and communities of struggle. The framework with within which all these aspirations must be lodged is the collective action, not of taking state power, but of building down below a horizontal network of groups and persons that is strong enough to command the attention of whoever is in government office."
To accompany this book review, I interviewed co-author Staughton Lynd, asking him these four questions below.
Hans Bennett: This decade in Latin America has seen so many successful poor people's movements. Are you particularly inspired by any of these victories? How do these embody those traits that you spotlight as so positive regarding the Zapatista movement?
Staughton Lynd: As your question suggests, the most hopeful part of the earth during this past decade has been Latin America. The Zapatista movement seems the most significant effort, but I believe it is organically connected to movements in other countries that have elected Leftist governments. The Zapatistas speak of governing in obedience to those below, "mandar obediciendo." The Zapatistas interpret these words to direct them not to try to take state power, but instead to create a horizontal network of self-governing communities sufficiently strong that the national government will have to pay attention to "the below" and be accountable to it. However, in Bolivia when Evo Morales became president, he said in his inaugural speech that he intended to "mandar obediciendo": that is, he accepted the Zapatista formulation as to how it should be between elected officials and the electorate, and in his capacity as an elected official, he intended to try to live up to it.
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Some decisions in politics are easy. It is not hard to oppose Trump and every vile thing he stands for. In general though political decisions are not often so clear cut. In 2017 -- sooner rather than later -- Premier Kathleen Wynne will have such a decision to make about her future, and in fact the future of the province.
Ontario's Liberal government's deeply ingrained struggles with honesty and transparency continue to taint their governing legacy. That struggle is most pronounced in the Liberal's ongoing war with Ontario's Independent Officers of the Legislature, who are tasked with holding government and provincial agencies accountable.
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Do I wish this scenario hadn't happened? Yes. Do I feel the Opposition is making hypocritical hay out of a situation they've done many times themselves? Yes. Does it bother me that the Premier is under fire? Yes. But I also respect her defiance, her honesty and her insistence that she tackle the issue head on, herself, clearly and in public. She's taking responsibility and sticking to her guns. I'd expect no less.
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He was walking down the sidewalk when it happened.
He'd had a long day at the fairgrounds and was eager to home and get some sleep. Walking along, humming a little to himself, he ran smack dab into someone and tumbled to the ground. Confused and bit humiliated to be sprawled out on the pavement, he looked up into the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen. And that was the exact moment that Stuart Tusspot fell in love.
"Oh geez, I'm so sorry!"
He barely heard her apology, but immediately recognized her smooth Asian accent. She tried to help him up, struggling and fumbling until she realized that Stuart was stuck to the sidewalk like a puddle of melted wax. Cocking her head to the side, she gave him a funny look, "Don't you want help up?"
Her words registered in his head this time and he jumped up as if he hadn't been lying on the sidewalk at all. "Nah, m'fine. See?", and he grinned, revealing all of his busted up teeth to her. She laughed lightly and pushed the hair from her face. Her bright green eyes locked with his distant black ones and Stuart swore he almost passed out. "Oh! You're hurt!" She cried and grabbed for his arm. Indeed, there was a deep scrape running from his wrist to up near his elbow. Stuart looked down, "Hmm, s'pose I am,"
'Please forgive me, this was all my fault..," She started, but Stuart interrupted her.
"No, it was mine. Really. I wasn't watchin' where I was goin'. You're not hurt, are you?" He looked her up and down searching for any blood. She shook her head, "But YOU are. C'mon, let's get you cleaned up,"
She linked her arm through his unhurt one and started off towards home. "Wait, where are we goin'?" Stuart asked.
"Home," Was the answer he received.
"Home? Yours or mine?"
He still wasn't satisfied, "'Ang on. I can't go home wif you. I don' even know you!" He tried to pull his arm away, but she held firm. She looked up at him, he was quite a bit taller than her, "My name is Noodle. And I don't know YOU either,"
Stuart fumbled for words, but couldn't bring himself to speak up for the rest of the walk. They walked on for almost a mile through downtown, through the section of town where the upper class families lived and finally through the section where the richest people lived in large, finely built mansions with sprawling green lawns that were always perfectly trimmed.
"You live 'ere?" He asked.
She nodded and started up the drive of an extremely fancy house. Stuart was starting to feel nervous. He'd never been in one of these houses before. In fact, to be completely honest, Stuart's family didn't have much money. And what they did have, they got from the old fairgrounds his dad owned on the other side of town. Stuart worked there most days so his father wouldn't have to hire extra help he couldn't afford.
When Noodle opened the front door, Stuart gaped. Everything was so...CLEAN. He looked down at his ripped jeans and T-shirt and felt even worse. The feeling subsided, however, when Noodle led him up the grand spiral staircase, down a long furnished hall, and into a door at the very end, shutting it behind her. Stuart heard her moving around in the dark and smiled to himself when a light flicked on. Her ceiling had paper lanterns hanging from it in every shape, size, and color. Only one flickered on at first, then another, and another until they were all alight, giving off a fairy reasonable amount of light.
Looking around, he admired all her posters on the wall; The Sex Pistols, Jimmy Eat World, Nirvana, as well as some Japanese artists. Shelves that reached up to the ceiling were full of books, knick knacks, and other strange objects. Stuart immediately felt at home. Noodle flashed him a smile, "Be right back, make yourself comfortable,". He sat down on the bed as she left, still talking her room in.
When she returned fifteen minutes later, barley keeping hold on a huge tray laden with snacks and bandages, he lept up to help her. When the tray was safely set down, she reached towards his arm and examined it. There was a scab beginning to form and dried blood caked to his arm.
"Thanks," He grinned at her.
"No problem. It looks like you've gotten hurt a bunch before.." She caught herself before she could say anything else.
"Wot? Oh, yeh mean my face?" He chuckled, "Mah friend Muds hit me with a car. Twice," Noodle made a face and poured some hydrogen peroxide onto a washcloth. Stuart winced when she applied it to his arm, it only stung a little. When he arm was properly cleaned and bandaged, he said thanks again and made to leave.
"You don't have to leave yet!" Noodle stood up, looking hurt.
Stuart smiled, "Well, I'd rather not, but I hafta get home, I need sleep. I s'pose I could drop by after work tomorrow, if tha's okay wif you,"
Noodle's face brightened, "Okay!"
Stuart said his goodbyes and let himself out, leaving Noodle to collapse on her bed and smile to herself.


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Russell Martin hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and Matt Kemp followed with an RBI double to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 Thursday.
Chad Durbin (1-1) retired the first two batters, then walked Andre Ethier. Martin doubled for a 4-3 lead and after an intentional walk, Kemp delivered.
The Dodgers, minus the suspended Manny Ramirez, won two of three in a rematch of the NL championship series.
Jonathan Broxton (4-0) earned the win despite blowing a two-run lead with two outs in the ninth. Ramon Troncoso pitched a scoreless 10th to earn his second save, striking out Ryan Howard with a runner on to end it.
The Phillies wrecked a strong outing from Chad Billingsley with a two-out, two-run rally in the ninth against Broxton that made it 3-all.
Broxton struck out the first two batters, then allowed a single and a walk. Manager Joe Torre walked to the mound to visit his closer, then Carlos Ruiz doubled to right to score the runners and send the crowd into a frenzy.
The Dodgers won for the third time in seven games since Ramirez was penalized 50 games for using a banned drug. The Dodgers have the best record in the NL at 24-12 and are off to Florida for a series with the Marlins.
Torre said there was a chance Ramirez could appear in Miami to talk to his teammates.
Billingsley struck out nine, gave up three hits in seven strong innings and was set to become the NL's first six-game winner until the bullpen failed him.
Billingsley survived a sloppy fifth when he committed an error, as did his catcher, Martin. With runners at the corners and one out, Billingsley struck out Shane Victorino swinging and Ruiz was tagged out in a rundown between third and home to end the rally.
Jimmy Rollins, back at the top of the Phillies' lineup after a two-game stint in the No. 5 hole, opened the game with a double and scored on Howard's sacrifice fly. The Phillies could do little else against Billingsley.
Making his first start against the Dodgers since Game 5 of the NLCS, Cole Hamels returned to his postseason form and pitched seven solid innings. He's already had a sore left elbow, bruised left shoulder and sprained left ankle that led to a shaky first month of the season.
The MVP of the World Series and NLCS ran into more bad luck in the third, this time on the field. Casey Blake was on second with a double when Rafael Furcal hit a hard grounder to shortstop that Rollins tried to backhand. The ball knocked off the heel of his glove for an error and an unearned run that tied the score at 1.
Hamels struck out nine over seven innings.
James Loney hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh. Brad Lidge continued to scuffle and allowed Blake's sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 3-1.
Notes:@ The Phillies and Dodgers are the only two teams in baseball with five players with 20 RBIs each. ... The Phillies went 2-4 on their six-game homestand. ... The Phillies will visit with President Barack Obama on Friday before they play the Nationals. They will be honored for their 2008 World Series championship.
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1. Field of the Invention
The instant invention pertains to data entry methods and apparatus and more particularly to such methods and apparatus which facilitate entry of data into a memory means by a human operator.
2. Description of Related Art
Computers, of both the dedicated or embedded variety as well as programmable computers, are used in a broad range of contexts. In connection with such uses, human operators are often required to enter data into a computer memory. For example, so-called "fast food" retailers, i.e., sellers of food for consumption on or off the premises, sometimes utilize a cash register having an array of buttons, each of which represents a menu item. As an order is placed, the operator punches the button, thereby storing into the computer memory the food item as well as a preselected price associated with the item. When the order is complete, a button is pressed which generates a printout specifying the food ordered, the cost of each item, and the total cost.
Such a system is adequate for handling a relatively small number of preselected data inputs, i.e., the various food items, because each item can be represented by a separate button on the machine. However, use of such a system would not be feasible if the preselected data inputs from which an operator was required to choose and enter into a computer memory numbered in the hundreds or thousands.
Some computer systems enable a user to call up different screens and thereafter touch points on the screen to effect different computer operations. Such a system could be adapted to enter preselected data inputs displayed on the screen; however, such a system is not hand-holdable and is limited in the type and quality of information which can be displayed when compared to the broad range of information printable on or fixable to a tangible medium such as paper, e.g., varying shades of colors, textures, etc.
In connection with entry of data into a computer by an operator, it is typically necessary for the operator to collect information about an object or event and thereafter enter data relating to the collected information. In the fast food cash register example described above, the operator must hear or observe the customer place an order and thereafter make the appropriate entry.
Another situation in which information is collected and thereafter entered into a computer relates to geological characteristics observed in connection with core removed from a borehole in an earth formation. Some coring methods are capable of generating thousands of feet of core over a few weeks time on a given well. It is not practical to transport and store this much core nor is it desirable to handle it any more than necessary. Thus, it is desirable to evaluate the core at the well site as the core is recovered. Part of this evaluation includes a detailed description of the appearance of the core. This is typically done by a geologist who, in the past, dictated the description into a tape recorder or wrote the same onto a clipboard check sheet. The data is thereafter transcribed by a computer operator to enter it in a computer memory. This typically occurs in an office rather than at the well site.
There exist some prior art voice recognition systems which can be used to input data derived from the voice of a geologist directly into a computer and thereby avoid the transcription process. However, voice actuated systems require considerable training to operate and hours of collecting voice patterns from each person who may use them.
There exists a need for a data entry method and apparatus which would overcome the above enumerated problems inherent in such prior art methods and apparatus.
There exists a need for such a method and apparatus which would permit an operator to make data entries into a memory means with relatively little training.
There exists a need for such a method and apparatus which may be hand-held or placed on an operator's lap to facilitate field use of the same.
The method of the invention comprises providing a book having a plurality of pages each of which includes at least one descriptor. Information about an object or event is collected and thereafter one of the pages is selected. The page is moved into a page bay, and information identifying the selected page is provided to a memory means. Descriptor selection means is provided adjacent the page bay and is actuable to identify a selected one of the descriptors on such a page when the same is received in said page bay. A descriptor is selected from the page which relates to such collected information and the selection means is actuated to identify the selected descriptor. Thereafter, information identifying the selected descriptor is provided to the memory means.
Apparatus is provided for performing the method of the invention.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment which proceeds with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a device constructed in accordance with the apparatus of the instant invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the device illustrated in FIG. 1 and further schematically illustrates its connection to a computer.
FIG. 3 is a computer program flow chart illustrating a computer program contained in the memory of the schematically-illustrated computer of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a copy of a print-out of data entered into the memory of the schematically-illustrated computer in FIG. 2 by the device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is an example of one manner of displaying data similar to that shown in FIG. 4.
Turning now to FIG. 1, indicated generally at 10, is a data entry device or clipboard constructed in accordance with the instant invention. Included in device 10 is a housing 12 having a commercially available keyboard/display 14 mounted thereon. Keyboard/display 14 includes thereon a liquid crystal display 16 and a keyboard, such being generally indicated at 18. Display 16 can display 16 alpha-numeric characters at a time. Keyboard/display 14 includes a buffer (not shown) which can store up to 80 alpha-numeric characters that can be scrolled onto the display using scroll keys 20.
Keyboard 18 includes keys for numerals 0 through 9 as shown. Command keys on keyboard 18 include a depth decrement (DEC) key 22; a depth increment (inc) key 24; a VERIFY key 26, such being also referred to herein as a verifier; a FILL key 28; a MENU key 30; a NEW PAGE key 32; a save key 34; a PREVIOUS ENTRY key 36 and an APPEND key 38, such also referred to herein as appender means. Information concerning the function of each of the foregoing keys will be provided hereinafter in connection with the description of the operation of device 10.
Mounted on the upper side of housing 12 are three rings 40, 42, and 44 of the type which may be opened, to receive three-punched sheets, and thereafter closed to permit turning of the sheets from page to page as in a book. A plurality of such sheets or pages, two of which are pages 46, the back of which is visible, and page 48, the front of which is visible, are received on rings 40, 42, and 44. It is to be appreciated that additional sheets are received under sheet 48 as well as under sheet 46 with each such sheet having information printed on the front thereof, like sheet 48. That portion of the clipboard over which sheet 48 is received is referred to herein as a page bay. When it is desired to reference information on the front of a particular page, the pages are turned until the page of interest is received, with its front visible, over the page bay. All of the pages contained on rings 40, 42, and 44 are referred to herein as a book.
A commercially available linear potentiometer or selection strip 50 is mounted on housing 12. Strip 50 is referred to herein as data input selecting means and descriptor selection means. Strip 50 is schematically illustrated in FIG. 2 and includes therein a lower resistive element 52 mounted on housing 12 along the length of strip 50. An upper conductive element, the upper surface of which is visible in FIG. 1, is schematically illustrated by wiper arm connected to conductor 54 in FIG. 2. Strip 50 includes three conductive leads which are connected as shown in FIG. 2, one lead being attached to one end of resistive element 52 (and being grounded), one lead being attached to the other end (connected to conductor 53) (which in turn is connected to the Vcc power supply) and one lead being attached to wiper arm 54. In operation, a user depresses a selected point along strip 50 in order to "pick off" a predetermined resistance from resistive element 52. Thus, the voltage appearing on conductor 54 is changed by depressing selected points along the strip.
Considering further structure illustrated in FIG. 2, the leads from selection strip 50 are provided via connector 56 to a programmable microprocessor 58. The microprocessor includes an analog-to-digital converter for changing the analog voltages on conductor 54 to digital values. Processor 58 is received within housing 12, such being illustrated by dashed lines in FIG. 2. All of the components within the dashed lines in FIG. 2 are either mounted on or received within housing 12. Voltage provided by a power supply (not shown) is illustrated by the notation Vcc and ground is schematically illustrated by the usual symbol. The microprocessor output is applied to a conductor 60 which in turn is provided to one input of a conventional gate 62.
The output of gate 62 is provided to a commercially available interface chip 64. Chip 64 includes thereon two TTL to RS 232 converters and two RS 232 to TTL converters. The output of gate 62 is connected to an input of a TTL to RS 232 converter and the output of that converter appears on a conductor 66. Data from keyboard/display 14 appears on an output connected to a conductor 68 which, in turn, is connected to one input of an RS 232 to TTL converter on chip 64. The output of that converter appears on a conductor 70 and is applied to the other input of gate 62. Since microprocessor 58 generates serial TTL signals while keyboard/display 14 generates RS 232 signals, chip 64 is used to convert the keyboard/display RS 232 signals to TTL, such converted signals appearing on line 70. Gate 62 combines the signals from processor 58 and display/keyboard 14 and provides the same to interface 64 which, in turn, produces a combined RS 232 signal on conductor 66, the same being supplied to a commercially-available computer 72 via connector 74. RS 232 data from computer 72 may, in turn, be supplied via conductor 76 to keyboard/display 14.
Prior to considering the manner in which the instant embodiment of the invention is operated, attention will first be given to the nature of the job in connection with which the instant embodiment of the invention is used. One aspect of developing geological information includes drilling a wellbore with a drilling system which preserves core taken from the bore. Some such systems generate thousands of feet of core. In addition to various mechanical and chemical testing of the core, it is desirable to collect data concerning the appearance of the core. Such data is typically correlated to a well depth, measured in feet, and includes a description of observable characteristics in categories such as grain size, grain relief, color, pore fluid components, etc. A number of descriptors within each category may be used to describe a core sample from a particular depth. The color, for example, may be black, blue, brown, gray, etc.; the grain size may be clay-sized, silt-sized, gravel-sized, etc., and the grain relief may be smooth, striated, faceted, etc.
In FIG. 1, a page like illustrated page 48 can be representative of a category (i.e., sedimentary rocks) like the foregoing, with the various descriptors thereunder, e.g., silt stone, shale, marl, etc., comprising descriptors for that particular category. Each additional page contained in the book includes a separate category with a plurality of descriptors for each. A geologist can, by observing and recording such information, develop data of significance in interpreting the nature of the formation from the which the core was extracted.
Turning attention now to FIG. 3, consideration will be given to the operation of the instant embodiment of the invention in connection with a description of a computer program, a flow chart of which is indicated generally at 78 in FIG. 3, stored in a memory of computer 72 in FIG. 2. Block 80 in the flow chart indicates that the program is started by entering a "start depth" and "end depth" at the console of computer 72. The start depth is the well depth, in feet, from which the next core sample to be observed was extracted. The end depth can be any depth up to 20 feet greater than the start depth. So starting the program creates an array in a memory in computer 72 having up to 20 rows (one for each foot between the start depth and end depth) in which descriptors relating to the characteristics of a core sample taken from the associated depth are stored.
The program automatically initiates in the "color" category. In other words, the first descriptor(s) to be entered into the memory array in computer 72 are those contained on the "color" page on device 10 (the clipboard). Thus, when first started, display 16 shows only the current depth, in the present example, 3110 ft, from which the core sample under observation was taken and the word "color." Signals causing the word "color" to appear on the display are provided from computer 72 to keyboard/display 14 via conductor 76. Next, the operator can flip through the pages, like pages 46 and 48, comprising the book on the clipboard until the color page, page 48, is positioned adjacent strip 50 as shown in FIG. 1. The operator then observes the core and depresses strip 50 adjacent the descriptor, in this case a particular color, which most accurately describes the core color. Thus, when the touch strip adjacent the work "red" is depressed, a predetermined voltage level is applied to an input of processor 58 via conductor 53. The analog-to-digital converter contained within processor 58 converts the same to a digital value and serially applies that value to conductor 60. Gate 62 combines the TTL signals on conductor 60 with the signal, if any, on conductor 70 and applies the combined signal to an input on chip 64 for converting the combined TTL signal to RS 232 which is then placed on conductor 66 and provided to computer 72. Processor 58 provides a "#" identifier at the beginning of each digital value it generates, thus designating the same as a signal from the touch strip. When computer 72 identifies a digital signal as being generated by the touch strip, it looks in a touch strip look-up table, referred to herein as a data matrix, in a memory of computer 72, extracts a descriptor associated in the table with the particular digital value, in this case "red" in the "color" category, and provides a digital signal on conductor 76 to keyboard/display 14 which causes the descriptor to appear on display 16. Thus, "red" appears adjacent "3110" on display 16.
The foregoing is accomplished in the flow chart beginning in block 82, at which point computer 72 receives data on conductor 66. Thereafter, in diamond 84, computer 72 checks for the "#" to see if the data is from the touch strip. If so, in block 86, the computer generates a signal (from the look-up table), indicative of the selected descriptor, which is applied to conductor 76 causing the appropriate descriptor name to appear on display 16.
If the display shows the descriptor which the operator wishes to be preserved in connection with the core under observation, VERIFY key 26 is pressed. In the flow chart, diamond 88 refers to the VERIFY key. When the same is pressed (in block 90), a signal is applied to computer 72 via conductors 68, 70, and 66 causing the program to write the displayed descriptor to the memory array defined initially in block 80.
It should be noted that after a descriptor is placed on the display, in block 86, the program again returns to block 82 for a new line of input, i.e., data is taken from conductor 66. The same is true after data is written to the array in block 90.
If after depressing VERIFY key 26 in diamond 88 when the "red" descriptor is displayed, the operator chooses to utilize more than one descriptor in the category under consideration, touch strip 50 is depressed adjacent the additional descriptor. Thereafter, APPEND key 38, in diamond 92, is depressed thereby applying a signal to computer 72 via conductors 68, 70, and 66. In block 94, the program then displays, via signals on conductor 76, the previously entered descriptor combined with the currently selected descriptor on display 16. By way of example, in FIG. 1, the word "banded," also from page 48, is appended to "red." Thereafter, the program returns to block 82 to get an additional line of input on conductor 66. If the displayed combination is that which the operator desires to store, VERIFY key 26 (indicated in diamond 88) is depressed thereby storing the displayed combination in the array in computer 72.
One of the commands, illustrated in diamond 98, and referring to NEW PAGE key 32 in FIG. 1, is to indicate when a new page is placed in the page bay. A new page is selected by punching key 32, thereby placing the program in diamond 98, and thereafter touching strip 50 adjacent a mark, like mark 96, on page 48. Each page has a different single mark, like mark 96, along the edge thereof at a different position along strip 50. Thus, after NEW PAGE key 30 is depressed, touch strip 50 is depressed adjacent the mark on the page of interest. A NEW PAGE look-up table in a memory in computer 72 associates each voltage level generated by the touch strip, after NEW PAGE key 32 is depressed, with the name of the category, e.g., "color," on the selected page. The program gets a line of input from conductor 66 (in block 100) and if the same is from the touch strip (as determined in diamond 102), the name of the category on the selected page is located in a look-up table, also referred to herein as a data matrix, and is displayed, via conductor 76, on display 16 (indicated in block 104). If the category shown on the display is that in which the operator would like to enter one or more descriptors relating to the core under observation, the VERIFY key is depressed (in diamond 106) and the program causes future descriptor searching (in response to touch strip signals) to be done in a look-up table, also referred to herein as a data matrix, associated with the newly selected page or category, such being illustrated in block 108. Thereafter, the program returns to block 82 for entry of one or more descriptors associated with the category or page in the page bay.
After the operator has entered descriptors from all of the categories or pages, or from as many categories or pages as is appropriate for the core sample under consideration, increment key 24 is depressed, illustrated in diamond 109, to add one foot to the displayed depth. When key 24 is depressed, signals via conductors 68, 70, and 76 to computer 72 cause the program to generate signals that are applied to conductor 76 which add one foot to the displayed depth on keyboard/display 14. Observation then shifts to the next core sample, that being core from one foot deeper in the well, and the process as previously described is implemented for the core sample under observation. It should be noted that the 20 ft array originally created in block 80 can be written over at any time by the operator. In other words, if the operator decides that some previously described core should be described in a different fashion or that descriptors from other categories (pages) which were not entered should be entered, the operator may depress the increment or decrement key 22 to move forward or back in one foot increments from the displayed level. The depth can be decremented to the start depth as selected in block 80 or to any depth between the start depth and the end depth and thereafter descriptors in categories which were not previously entered may be entered (or previously entered descriptors may be written over with different descriptors). Commands by keys 22 and 24 are illustrated in block 110. After so changing the depth, a line of input is again taken from conductor 66 in block 82.
Core samples from many feet are sometimes substantially the same because of the similarity of the adjacent formations from which the core is taken. If such is the case, PREVIOUS ENTRY key 34 (in diamond 112) may be depressed thereby causing the program to display (in block 114) the descriptor(s) entered in connection with the selected page for the previously-displayed depth. If the operator wishes to store the previous descriptor(s) in connection with the description of the current core, VERIFY key 26 (in block 88) is depressed thereby writing the same to the array. Thus, in the example under consideration, the information "red:banded" appears at 3110. If the PREVIOUS ENTRY procedure in diamond 112 is followed at 3111 ft when the "color" page is selected and is verified, the same entry appears in the array for the color category for 3111 ft.
In some instances, adjacent core samples may be substantially the same in all observable respects. If such is the case, FILL key 28, represented in diamond 116, is depressed thereby causing the program to duplicate in the array in computer 72 all of the descriptors (in each category) associated with the current depth for the next foot, such being indicated in block 118.
If when input is taken from the clipboard in block 82 (via conductor 66), it is determined that MENU key 30, illustrated in diamond 120, is depressed, control is transferred to the console of computer 72 to permit such functions as resetting the start and end depth, quitting the program, reviewing the stored data, etc., such being illustrated in block 122. Control can be returned to the clipboard by pressing one of the console keys thereby initiating functions illustrated in diamonds 84, 88, 92, etc.
Computer 72 includes a commercially-available hard disk memory (not shown) into which the current 20 ft array may be written by depressing SAVE key 34, such being illustrated in diamond 124. When such occurs, the contents of the 20 ft array is transferred to the disk, the start depth selected in block 80 is updated to the selected end depth plus one foot, the end depth is updated to the new start depth plus 20 ft and the array is cleared, thus preparing the clipboard for data entry for the next 20 ft of core samples. The foregoing is illustrated in block 126. Thereafter, control is transferred to block 82, a new line of input is taken from the clipboard and operation proceeds as previously described in connection with the entry of descriptors relating to the next core sample.
Referring now to FIG. 4, illustrated therein is a sample of print-out of data stored on a hard disk, as previously described, in connection with observation of actual core samples taken from between 550 and 577 ft in a well bore. The categories are separated by OR bars while descriptors appended together are separated by colons. When no data appears between a pair of adjacent OR bars, descriptors were not entered in that particular category. It can be seen that a total of 19 categories, each category being represented by a page in the book on the clipboard in FIG. 1, are available. The first category relates to the formation type with the next category in FIG. 4 in which a descriptor is entered relating to color. It can be seen that the append function was used in connection with each descriptor used in the color category, such being used to indicate the shade of the selected color.
Although not illustrated in the flow chart of FIG. 3, a line of comments typed on the keyboard of computer 72 may be inserted between adjacent depths. Thus, if some unusual condition or observation is noted by the operator, a comment concerning the same may be stored in the array adjacent the depth of interest.
Turning now to FIG. 5, illustrated therein is a graphic display of data collected in accordance with the instant embodiment of the invention. The data is manipulated by a computer program, different from that illustrated in FIG. 3, which a person having ordinary skill in preparation of graphics computer programs could easily prepare an order to illustrate, by depth, the data collected with the instant embodiment of the invention.
Thus, a data entry method and apparatus has been described which is small, lightweight, and especially adapted for field use. The instant embodiment of the invention may be held on the lap of a user as descriptors relating to the observed characteristics of core samples are entered as described. In addition, the simplicity of use makes this system ideal for use by operators who are either unable or unwilling to enter computer commands and data using a conventional alpha-numeric keyboard and monitor in connection with a computer which has been programmed to receive and manipulate data.
The ease of use is, in part, facilitated by the hardcopy menu having a linear array of descriptors thereon adjacent a linear selection means, the touch strip in the instant embodiment of the invention. Such enables an operator to depress the touch strip with his or her forefinger and rapidly move the same up and down the strip thereby rapidly changing the selected descriptor on the display. With a small amount of practice, an operator can become adept at rapidly "picking off" a descriptor of interest on the touch strip. Another advantage of a hardcopy sheet from which descriptors may be selected is that in addition to words, graphic symbols, colors, textures, and the like may be used on the hardcopy and selection of such may be made, as in the instant embodiment of the invention, by depressing a touch strip adjacent the descriptor of interest. Nonword descriptors, such as textures, cannot be displayed on a computer monitor. Although color monitors do exist, much more information concerning color shades can be shown on a hardcopy menu, as described herein, than on a monitor.
Thus, the invention permits rapid data entry by relatively unskilled personnel under field conditions and at the same time has very few components and may be easily and inexpensively manufactured.
It is to be appreciated that additions and modifications may be made to the foregoing detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the method and apparatus of the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention, which is defined in the following claims.
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(I work at a large chain book retailer. We sell product online as well as in our stores.)
Customer: "Where is your customer service desk?"
Me: "The cash desk? It's just behind you."
Customer: "No, your customer service desk. I need to order a book."
Me: "We don't have a customer service desk, but I can help you find a book or order one if we don't have it in stock. I will just take you over to one of our customer use computers."
(I lead him over to one of the many computers on the sales floor.)
Customer: "Oh, you just order off [Large Online Competitor]?"
Me: "No, sir, our online orders are though [Company Website]."
Customer: "Not [Large Online Competitor]?"
Me: "No."
Customer: "Are you sure it's not through [Large Online Competitor]?"
Me: "No, sir. [Large Online Competitor] is our competitor and not affiliated with us."
Customer: "Oh, so, do you sell electronics?"
Me: "Yes, we sell a few small electronics such as e-readers."
Customer: "Do you sell cell phones?"
Me: "No, we do not."
Customer: "Not even on your website?"
Me: "No, sir. Just e-readers."
Customer: "But how do you know for sure?"
Me: "Sir, we are a book retailer. I can guarantee we do not sell cell phones."
Customer: "Oh, so you're not [Large Online Competitor]?"
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On our fleet management programme, you'll help us control and maintain one of the UK's largest fleets – around 45,000 vehicles. In just two-years, you'll get to grips with a fast-changing business, learn how to lead teams and take the first steps towards an exciting career – all at one of the UK's most trusted and recognised companies.
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During the two-year programme, you'll gain a unique insight into how we maintain and procure vehicles and strategically plan our operations. You'll complete up to three placements in our commercial, technical and fleet services teams, learning the ropes and enjoying responsibility from day one. Whether it's lorries or vans, you'll see that our vehicles are well maintained at our 95 vehicle workshops nationwide. You'll also learn to how to handle the many different areas that rely on fleet management within the organisation, as well as commercial suppliers.
As one of our trainees, we'll give you hands-on responsibility from the moment you start, as well as formal management training. It's all about developing leadership skills, raising your strategic awareness and showing you how to build the foundations for a great career. Our highly experienced managers will set you performance goals, while a buddy, mentor and HR leads will act as your support network. And when you complete the scheme, we'll work together to decide whether you're ready to move into a more challenging role within the business.
All our trainees receive generous benefits, which include an annual bonus (depending on personal and company performance), a pension plan with company contribution; a business laptop and phone, and much more.
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Royal Mail fleet is a critical part of the Royal Mail Group. It's vital that we have reliable, roadworthy vehicles to help us deliver to over 29 million addresses in the UK. To join the programme you'll need a 2:2 degree or equivalent in any subject (business related and Logistics degrees highly desirable).We're also looking for a strong sense of self-belief, and the confidence to get stuck in and handle any challenge that comes your way. You'll need to be a people person and thrive as part of a team. On the other hand, you'll also need a genuine desire to lead. The programme will help you learn how to inspire individuals and how to utilise your strong leadership skills. If you've got the drive, resilience and enthusiasm for all things 'fleet', there's no limit to the impact you could have on your team and the future of Royal Mail Group.
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At Royal Mail we connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a 'one-price-goes-anywhere', universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses. As a FTSE 100 organisation, we are focused on being recognised as the best delivery company in the UK and across Europe.
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