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|21 May 1996
|Filing date
|1 Jun 1995
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|1 Jun 1995
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|Stephen R. Early
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|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (17), Classifications (11), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to improvements in hatch cover systems for railroad cars and, in particular, to a cover system that provides access ports at the ends of the main hatch covers which may be independently opened and closed by port covers which also serve as battens, and that significantly reduces the number of hinges and other hardware required to mount the hatch covers and associated components.
Railway hopper cars have been employed for years to transport particulate and granular materials such as grain. Typically, a car is loaded or unloaded through the use of overhead chutes that extend through one or more hatches in the top of the car that have been opened for loading or unloading purposes. One type of hopper car in widespread use presents a continuous trough extending substantially the length of the car which communicates with the top of the car and is closed during transport by a series of longitudinally extending, end-to-end hatch covers. One means of securing the hatch covers during transport is to employ battens located at the abutting ends of the covers that are locked in place to hold the covers closed.
In a railroad car of the type just described, the battens are independently mounted on hinges and must be released and pivoted away from the hatch covers before the covers can then be swung to open positions. It may be appreciated, therefore, that the opening of one hatch cover to gain access to the trough requires the release of two battens and then the manual lifting of the cover to its open position. The cover may be of from eight to thirteen feet in length and weigh on the order of 100 pounds. Furthermore, this arrangement requires the use of a number of separate hinges and hardware to mount each cover and the associated battens.
In summary, the hatch arrangement described above does not provide a means to gain access to the trough without manually raising large, heavy hatch covers. The battens and their hinges are independent parts that add to the complexity of the arrangement. Separate hinges for the covers and the battens add to the number of components required and increase the cost as well as the time required to initially install the hatch covers and then maintain the covers and associated components over the life of the hopper car.
It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide a hatch cover system for a railroad car having the advantage of versatility and which presents options in the manner in which it may be used.
As a corollary to the foregoing object, it is an important aim of this invention to provide a cover system as aforesaid that has access ports in addition to the main hatch covers which may be opened while the hatch covers remain closed, covers for the ports being relatively small and lightweight and thus easily manipulated by hand.
Another important object of this invention is to provide a cover system with access ports as aforesaid where the ports are formed at the ends of the main hatch covers, each port being opened or closed by a secondary cover which is movable entirely independently of the main hatch covers.
Another important object is to provide such a system in which each of the longitudinally extending main covers has a pair of opposed, concave ends, wherein the abutting ends of adjacent covers cooperate to provide the access ports.
Still another important object of the invention is to provide such a cover system in which the covers for the ports, when closed, also serve as battens by engaging the proximate ends of the main covers to hold them closed.
Yet another important object is to provide covers for the ports that, when closed and locked in place, seal both the ports and the associated ends of the main covers.
Additionally, it is an important object of the present invention to provide a common mounting device adjacent the proximate ends of a pair of longitudinally extending,, end-to-end hatch covers, wherein the device pivotally mounts the two adjacent covers and a batten without the need for additional, independent hinges.
In furtherance of the foregoing object, it is an important aim of this invention to provide such a common mounting device having independent rotary elements rotatable about a single hinge axis and joined to respective components, e.g., hatch covers and batten or hatch covers and a port cover/batten, to provide for movement of these components between their closed and open positions.
Other objects will become apparent as the detailed description proceeds.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a railroad car equipped with the hatch cover system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, plan view showing the second, open port from the left seen in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary, front elevational view of the railcar of FIG. 1 looking at one of the intermediate ports, the hatch cover on the left being shown in full lines in a raised condition and the hatch cover on the right being shown in broken lines in a like condition.
FIG. 5 is a detail showing the common hinge device in perspective removed from the railroad car.
FIG. 6 is a greatly enlarged view of a portion of the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the lock being shown released in broken lines.
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary, perspective view of an open end port.
Referring initially to FIGS. 1-4, a railroad car 10 is provided with the hatch cover system 12 of the present invention which extends longitudinally along the top of the car 10 essentially from the left end 14 to the right end 16 of the car. The cover system 12 illustrated herein has four longitudinally extending, end-to-end main or primary covers 18, 18a, 18b and 18c from left to right as viewed in FIG. 1. Additionally, five longitudinally spaced, circular access ports 26 of identical construction are provided by the cover system 12 and are located at the left and right ends thereof (as viewed in FIG. 1) and at intermediate positions between main covers 18 and 18a, 18a and 18b, and 18b and 18c. A secondary cover 28 of generally circular configuration is associated with each of the ports 26, the two covers 28 for the first and second ports 26 being shown in their open positions in FIG. 1 overlying the top of a running board 30 that extends the length of the car 10. The remaining ports in FIG. 1 are closed by their port covers 28 and thus are hidden from view. As may be appreciated by a comparison of FIGS. 1 and 2, a second running board 32 on the opposite side of the cover system 12 extends in parallelism with running board 30. As is conventional, running boards 30 and 32 are provided for attending personnel during loading and unloading of the car 10 when it is necessary to operate the cover system 12 of the present invention.
As may be appreciated by a comparison of FIGS. 2, 4 and 6, the car 10 is provided with two parallel, longitudinally extending walls 34 spaced equidistant from the transverse center of the car which provide a coaming along the top of the car 10 on which the cover system 12 is disposed. The coaming 34 presents a hatch that defines a longitudinal opening or trough 36 which communicates with the storage compartment 38 of the car therebelow, partially revealed in FIGS. 2 and 6.
The four main hatch covers 18, 18a, 18b and 18c are all shown in their closed positions in FIG. 1 over opening 36, cover 18 being fully visible as the ports 26 at each end thereof are open. Accordingly, it may be seen that cover 18 has a pair of opposed, concave ends 40 of semicircular configuration, each of which forms a half port. All of the main covers 18, 18a, 18b and 18c are of identical construction and are of rectangular configuration except for the half-port ends 40. A pair of small, semicircular cover segments 20 cooperate with the respective outer ends 40 of end covers 18 and 18c to complete the end ports 26.
As shown herein, each main cover is composed of a flat sheet of aluminum with downturned longitudinal margins 42, each of the concave ends 40 being presented by a semicircular rim 44 welded to the aluminum sheet and projecting from the plane thereof, or upwardly as viewed in FIG. 6 where cover 18a is shown in its closed position. As used herein, the term "concave" applies to cover end configurations in addition to the semicircular shape illustrated, as the ports 26 could also be noncircular or polygonal. A cross member 46 for reinforcing the aluminum sheet is provided for each of the covers 18, 18a, 18b and 18c.
Referring to FIGS. 2, 4 and 6, it may be seen that each of the main covers 18-18c has a pair of longitudinally extending gasket strips 48 located at its longitudinal margins for the purpose of contacting the upper edges of the sidewalls (coaming) 34 which are bent over to present a smooth arcuate surface 50. Accordingly, the hatch is effectively sealed by the main covers when they are closed and secured in a manner to be discussed.
Each of the port covers 28 is of identical construction and comprises a circular sheet 52 (which may be of aluminum) having a circumferential lip 54 within which an annular gasket 56 is seated and positioned for sealing contact with opposed rims 44 (FIG. 6) when the associated port 26 is closed. A mounting and locking bar 58 extends diagonally across sheet 52 and is secured thereto by suitable fasteners, one end of the bar 58 being formed into a hinge barrel 60 (FIG. 5) that receives a pin 61 of a hinge device 62. The opposite end of the bar 58 presents a lug 64 which is engageable by a latch dog 66 of a conventional cover lock 68 (FIG. 6). A bracket 70 projects from the top of the car 10 and supports the lock 68 at a position adjacent port 26 to receive lug 64. It should be understood that, although not shown in FIG. 1 due to the scale of the drawing, five locks 68 are employed in the cover system 12 adjacent respective ports 26 for the purpose of maintaining the covers 28 thereof secure in their closed positions.
The hinge device 62 shown in detail in FIG. 5 comprises a common mount for all of the moveable components of the cover system 12 at a location on the cover system where one of the ports 26 is present. The arrangement for the second port 26 from the left is shown in FIG. 3 and is representative. The hinge pin 61 defines a longitudinally extending axis and carries three axially spaced, independent rotary elements, the center element being the hinge barrel 60 on bar 58 of cover 28 previously described. A second element or leaf 72 is secured by fasteners to main cover 18 at the adjacent corner thereof. The third element or leaf 74 is fastened to the proximate corner of main cover 18a. The hinge leaves 72 and 74 may be at either end of pin 61 as desired (compare FIGS. 3 and 7). Although covers 18, 18a and 28 are thus independently rotatable about the axis of hinge pin 61 between open and closed positions, it may be appreciated from FIGS. 2 and 6 that the primary covers 18 and 18a are held closed by the port cover 28 when it is closed and secured by lock 68. Accordingly, each of the port covers 28 in cover system 12 also serves as a batten to secure the entire cover system when all of the ports 26 are closed and their covers 28 locked.
As the hinge device 62 comprising the single hinge pin 61 and associated rotary elements is the sole mounting hinge for the cover components of the system 12 at each of the ports 26, it may be appreciated that each main cover 18, 18a, 18b or 18c requires only two hinge devices 62, one at each end shared with an adjacent main cover or cover segment 20, to mount the cover for swinging movement between its open and closed positions. The pin 61 of each device 62 is supported at the proper height by upstanding legs of a U-shaped bracket 76 that is welded to an underlying U-shaped bracket 78, the base of which is welded to the top of the car 10.
In utilizing the cover system 12 of the present invention, the first step in opening the hatch to expose the trough 36 is to release the locks 68 and swing two or more adjacent port covers 28 to their open positions resting on running board 30. This fully open position is shown in FIG. 1 (first two covers 28 from the left) and in FIGS. 3 and 7. As illustrated in FIG. 6, each lock 68 is released by raising its operating handle 69 to the broken line position to raise the latch dog 66 and disengage lug 64. Since each of the port covers 28 is relatively small, e.g., approximately two feet in diameter, and constructed of a light-weight material such as aluminum, an operator may easily lift it with one hand and swing it open.
As the port covers 28 also serve as battens, it may be appreciated that opening the ports 26 releases the main covers 18, 18a, 18b and 18c so that they may then be swung to open positions resting on the running board 30. In FIG. 4, main cover 18 is shown in full lines raised from its closed position as it is being swung open; main cover 18a is also shown raised in broken lines. In applications where access to the entire trough 36 is desired for loading or unloading the car 10, all of the main covers would be swung to their open positions. In the cover system 12 illustrated herein where four main covers are employed, this is accomplished using only five hinge devices 62 located adjacent respective ports 26.
To close the hatch, the process is, of course, reversed as the main covers are closed first followed by the port covers 28. Operation of the five locks 68 secures the covers 28 (FIG. 6) and thus also holds the main covers closed by the sealing engagement of each of the annular gaskets 56 with the underlying rims 44 at the concave cover ends 40.
When it is necessary to inspect the compartment 38, insert a probe for a grain sample or conduct other operations not requiring that one or more of the main covers be raised, a selected port 26 may be opened by simply releasing the cover 28 and swinging it to the open position illustrated. As may be appreciated from FIGS. 1 and 3, the two main covers adjacent an open port 26 (such as 18 and 18a in FIG. 3) remain in their fully closed positions over the coaming 34 with gasket strips 48 in sealing engagement with the curved lip 50 of the coaming. The same is true when the ports 26 are opened at the ends of the cover system 12 as illustrated in FIG. 7 (cover 18c and segment 20 closed). Therefore, in applications where loading and unloading of materials may be accomplished through the small ports 26, all of the main hatch covers remain closed. The availability of the smaller ports 26 for loading and unloading of fine particulate material is a particularly beneficial option in those applications where it is important to control the generation of dust.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|22 Dec 1969
|4 Jan 1972
|Pullman Inc
|Hinged covered hopper car
|15 Oct 1974
|27 Jan 1976
|Pullman Transport Leasing Company
|Trough hatch lock device
|8 Jun 1976
|9 Aug 1977
|Acf Industries, Incorporated
|Combination hatch covers
|13 Jun 1977
|21 Nov 1978
|Acf Industries, Incorporated
|Combination hatch cover having supplemental locking arrangement
|19 Feb 1980
|29 Dec 1981
|Illinois Railway Equipment Company
|Latch for hatch covers for railway hopper cars
|15 Jan 1986
|1 Sep 1987
|Pullman Rail Leasing Inc.
|Hatch cover structure
|27 Mar 1985
|26 Dec 1989
|Trinity Industries, Inc.
|Cover and latching mechanism for rail car loading hatch
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|11 Mar 1996
|8 Jul 1997
|Dev-Mark, Inc.
|Railroad car hatch cover
|19 Sep 1997
|11 Jul 2000
|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
|Vented hatch cover
|9 Dec 1998
|25 Jul 2000
|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
|Curved rail cover actuator
|26 Mar 2003
|7 Dec 2004
|Miner Enterprises, Inc.
|Hatch cover for a railroad hopper car
|8 Dec 2003
|28 Feb 2006
|Miner Enterprises, Inc.
|Railroad car hatch cover hinge structure and method for connecting a hatch cover to a railcar
|7 Dec 2005
|17 Jun 2008
|Miner Enterprises, Inc.
|Method for mounting a hatch cover to a railcar
|12 May 2008
|12 Oct 2010
|Miner Enterprises, Inc.
|Hinge system for pivotally connecting a first member to a second member
|27 Sep 2006
|13 Mar 2012
|Umoe Mandal As
|Centrifugal fan
|29 Aug 2008
|10 Apr 2012
|Mcneilus Truck And Manufacturing, Inc.
|Automated cover system for vehicle-mounted containers
|19 Dec 2013
|7 Jul 2015
|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
|Railcar hatch cover assembly
|10 Dec 2014
|8 Aug 2017
|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
|Hatch cover mounted latch for a railcar
|26 Mar 2003
|30 Sep 2004
|Gaydos Christopher C.
|Hatch cover for a railroad hopper car
|7 Dec 2005
|1 Feb 2007
|Gaydos Christopher C
|Railroad car hatch cover hinge structure and method for connecting a hatch cover to a railcar
|12 May 2008
|4 Sep 2008
|Gaydos Christopher C
|Hinge system for povotally connecting a first member to a second member
|27 Sep 2006
|25 Sep 2008
|Umoe Mandal As
|Centrifugal Fan
|29 Aug 2008
|4 Mar 2010
|Mcneilus Truck And Manufacturing, Inc.
|Automated cover system for vehicle-mounted containers
|10 Dec 2014
|16 Jun 2016
|Aero Transportation Products, Inc.
|Hatch cover mounted latch for a railcar
|U.S. Classification
|105/377.07, 220/314, 105/377.11, 220/254.3, 105/377.08
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|1 Jun 1995
Owner name: AERO TRANSPORATION PRODUCTS, INC., MISSOURI
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:EARLY, STEPHEN R.;REEL/FRAME:007502/0009
Effective date: 19950523
|23 Sep 1997
|Reissue application filed
Effective date: 19970513
|14 Oct 1997
|Reissue application filed
Effective date: 19970513


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Which makes me have little interest in this year's game. Only if it is a spectacular game will my interest be enough to keep me through 4 quarters. Just a good game may not cut it.
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As a Cleveland Browns fan, I must by law hate the Baltimore Ravens until my last breath is gone. Too bad the 49ers blew it.
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Interesting. Are there any Ravens fans in Cleveland still rooting for the old team?
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When the Cardinals moved to Arizona, St. Louis still broadcast the games for a year or two, which I always found weird.
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Research–driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high–value jobs from the USA.
Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class, Florida identified these variously skilled individuals as the source of economic revitalisation in US cities. In that book, he shows that investment in technology and a civic culture of tolerance (most often marked by the presence of a large gay community) are the key ingredients to attracting and maintaining a local creative class.
In The Flight of the Creative Class, Florida expands his research to cover the global competition to attract the Creative Class. The USA once led the world in terms of creative capital. Since 2002, factors like the Bush administration's emphasis on smokestack industries, heightened security concerns after 9/11 and the growing cultural divide between conservatives and liberals have put the US at a large disadvantage. With numerous small countries, such as Ireland, New Zealand and Finland, now tapping into the enormous economic value of this class – and doing all in their power to attract these workers and build a robust economy driven by creative capital – how much further behind will USA fall?
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Kevin Campbell says if a new administration decided to overhaul drug enforcement rules, prisoner numbers could decline, and revenues with them. And he says both Corrections Corporation of America and a rival have done well lately by detaining illegal immigrants.
Campbell: And that probably is 13 to 15 percent of their total revenues would be my guess and so if there's some change in immigration enforcement policy, some relaxation of enforcement, that I think would be viewed as a negative as well.
Corrections Corporation of America's stock has gained more than 20 percent since February. Both analysts say it's a buy.
I'm Ashley Milne-Tyte for Marketplace.


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Forward-Looking Statements In this press release, the Company makes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe future expectations, plans, results or strategies and can often be identified by the use of terminology such as "may," "will," "estimate," "intend," "continue," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "could," "potential," "opportunity," or similar terminology. These statements are based upon management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of future results or performance. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated in these statements due to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors, including, among other things: competition; material adverse changes in economic and industry conditions; technological change; retention and renewal of existing contracts and entry into new or revised contracts; availability and adequacy of cash flows to satisfy obligations and indebtedness or future needs; protection of intellectual property; security and integrity of software and systems; laws and government regulation, including those relating to gaming licenses, permits and operations; inability to identify, complete and integrate future acquisitions; inability to benefit from, and risks associated with, strategic equity investments and relationships; failure of our Northstar Illinois joint venture to meet the net income targets or otherwise to realize the anticipated benefits under its private management agreement with the Illinois Lottery; failure of our Northstar New Jersey joint venture to meet the net income targets or other requirements under its agreement to provide marketing and sales services to the New Jersey Lottery or otherwise to realize the anticipated benefits under such agreement (including as a result of a protest); the seasonality of our business; failure to receive the required approvals related to the award to our consortium of an instant ticket concession in Greece on a timely basis or at all, or otherwise to realize the anticipated benefits in connection with such concession; failure to complete the pending acquisition of WMS Industries Inc. ("WMS") on a timely basis or at all, including due to the inability to obtain the gaming regulatory approvals required to complete the acquisition; disruption of our current plans and operations in connection with the WMS acquisition; failure to achieve the intended benefits of the WMS acquisition, including due to the inability to realize synergies in the anticipated amounts or within the contemplated time-frames or cost expectations, or at all; inability to identify and capitalize on trends and changes in the lottery and gaming industries, including the potential expansion of regulated gaming via the internet; inability to enhance and develop successful gaming concepts; dependence on suppliers and manufacturers; liability for product defects; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and other factors associated with international operations; influence of certain stockholders; dependence on key personnel; failure to perform under our contracts; resolution of pending or future litigation; labor matters and stock price volatility. Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in forward-looking statements is included from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2013 and in its subsequent periodic reports. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except for the Company's ongoing obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
The crisis of capitalism has not been resolved; it's simply been papered over.
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
The crisis of capitalism has not been resolved; it's simply been papered over.
Ah the clusterfuck times .
the opposite of Suntory times
"applied to present-day cartel-state capitalism"
Why does capitalism always get a bad rap? Do we say "crony virgins" when referring to prostitutes? Why do some authors INSIST on smearing capitalism with feces?
First rule of Capitalism: If there is a CENTRAL BANK then it ISN'T CAPITALISM.
If people actually bother to read this article rather than let their American brainwashing induce the predictable knee-jerk reaction (Marx was an evil commie!!) it's a surprisingly good introduction to some of Marx's concepts.
This expands on some of Hugh-Smith's "rentier" points:
I don't give a damn if Marx's system is the best ever.
I want to live in freedom.
Messy, imperfect, and unorganized as possible...freedom.
Speaking of irrationality…
First, worth noting that Marx never proposed a specific system, he had proposals he thought might lead to a better economic system but did not believe in force justifying ends.
But as far as if he had a system and even if you acknolwedged it was 'the best ever' logic dictates that it would be worth adopting yet you would reject it out of hand. Logically, doesn't make any sense.
It's equivalent to saying: apples are my favorite thing to eat, even if a food comes along that tastes better, is healthier for me, is cheaper and easier to aquire and ultimately I'd prefer eating I'd still stick to apples.
Probably some of the issue arises from the language, people never define anything. Did you stop to consider what your definition of freedom is? Not in the abstract 'personal liberty' and other vague nonsense, what does freedom actually mean to you?
Broad concepts which are supposedly obvious, simple or straightforward usually aren't.
Broad concepts which are supposedly obvious, simple or straightforward usually aren't.
Marxism is an economic philosophy.
Communism is the political application of Marxism
The college professor was a Marxist. The President is a Communist.
The Bankster cartel obviously thought communism was the way to go, they financed the communist revolutions in both Russia and China, as well as Central and South America. A permanent slave class works out quit well for them.
I'm not interested in writing you an essay about my concept of freedom.
In a nutshell, I want to live in a country with a government, not the reverse.
What doesn't make logical sense is to want someone else to impose their idea of how they should earn and spend money on them. Capitalism, in it's ideal form is freedom. People contolling thier own economic destinay. If I like apples I should be able to eat appels, but if I don't then I don't want someone else force feeding them to me because they are the best fruit ever. What people have been brainwashed into thinking is that just because an idea or system is good and most people like it, it justifies forcing those who don't to bend to your will, or even worse it is worth enslaving your fellow citizens to enact it. What is wrong with people that they just cannot accept the concept of live and let live. Why is it so hard to buy the idea that people have a right not to be told how to earn money or have it stolen from them to pay for someone elses "dream world."
What is wrong with people that they just cannot accept the concept of live and let live.
I think it's that people understand there is no such thing as 'live and let live.'
Freedom is only the given choices in any particular circumstance. The choices offered are far more important than the person's decision regarding the options.
That's why a lot of people focus on the choices offered as it's more important & subversive.
Yes, you have the choice not to file taxes (not freedom), and go to jail (not freedom). You have the choice to not mow your lawn (not freedom), and be fined by your HOA (not freedom). You have the choice to speed through mainstreet (not freedom), and be forced to pay a traffic ticket (not freedom).
There may not be such a thing as 'live and let live,' but there is such a thing as 'live and let die." What ever happened to the right to be left alone? If you actually injure someone else through your actions, don't honor your agreement, or be dishonorable in some other way, then Common Law dictates that you will pay. That is the natural order of things. But, what if you don't injure someone? What if you are honorable? In today's America, you can still be thrown in prison and fined. THAT IS NOT FREEDOM, and there is no choice but NO FREEDOM (not a choice).
There is no such thing as individual accountability if there is no freedom and no choices. Why should there be?
Your choices will always be constrained, the goal of a society imo should be to offer as many options to as many people as possible rather than focus on the individual's 'freedom' to choose among a narrow range of possibilities.
Americans seem to accept that 'freedom' is the ability to choose bettween a wide array of combinations within a very narrow range - see wal-mart and then pretend their options are limitless.
And you can supply those many options to those many people by employing a hands-off approach form of government. Simply by having a 'goal of a society' you're taking a trip to failure-town.
If an option is desired and unavailable, people will work to make it so that it is available, naturally. There's no reason to subsidize it.
Simply by having a 'goal of a society' you're taking a trip to failure-town.
Since societies inevitably exist wherever humans exist goals of societies form naturally. Over the course of human history different societies have coalesced around different principles.
As the industrial changes into a post-industrial society there's the obvious question of what our societies will form around.
In the past personal freedom has been extremely limited but due to technological and social evolution that no longer needs to be the case. I was giving my opinion that I think a goal of a post-industrial society should be to offer as many options to as many people as possible.
The reason being for the first time it is possible to distribute the totality of human knowledge & technology on a highly distributed model which greatly increases the likelihood of further scientific breakthrough. The more people you have independently working on a problem the better.
If an option is desired and unavailable, people will work to make it so that it is available, naturally.
People make choices based on available data and more importantly available options, desire has little to do with the majority of people's choices. Think about how many decisions you make day to day and consider how many were based on a fixed set of options and how many were based purely on desire.
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Control benefits the controller, not the controlled. An unpleasant reality that is often downplayed by those seeking control.
My idea of freedom is the ability to reject or accept anybody or everybody else's idea of freedom.
Not to be a forced subject of other's belief systems.
Logic dictates no such thing. It is not possible to deduce imperatives from facts. That is an is ought fallacy. "Worth" always presupposes an IRRATIONALY presumed value, and his evidently differs from yours in this regard. That does not make him "illogical". Get over yourself, you halwitted buffoon.
Let me try this again for the brain-dead crowd.
Logic dictates no such thing. It is not possible to deduce imperatives from facts.
He said if it were true that Marx's system were the best ever, which means in his estimation he had become convinced it was the best system ever -- it has nothing to do with facts -- he would still prefer something that in his own estimation was inferior.
This is very basic irrationality.
I made no opinion on it either way as factually he was incorrect from the start considering Marx never proposed any specific 'system' so whatever he's referring to only exists subjectively in his mind and no one here could know what he's talking about.
Yeah, except for the fact they never get past broad concepts like "the dictatorship of the proletariat". Those proletariat leaders have a single name like Stalin, Lenin, Castro, Kim, Mao, etc. the practical application seems to be bad for the health of entire populations starting paradoxically with their own countrymen.
Has anyone ever noted that one very unique characteristic of communist dictatorships is the wholesale enslavement, imprisonment and murder of their own populations first? Generally speaking, while autocrats are no fun for anyone besides the autocrat you did not hear about the mass destruction of Romans by Rome, Mongols by Genghis, Persians by Darius, or even Americans by King George. It is a unique characteristic of the 20th century leftists.
So, you can keep all that communist-Marxist theory to yourself and shove it firmly where it belongs. I will take the imperfections of liberty and no autocrats.
You did not read the article, did you?
Marx's works can be seperated into two halves:
1) Analysis of the challenges facing capitalism over time
2) His proposed solution (World Socialism)
You can throw out part 2 completely, and still appreciate the valid points in part 1.
I REALLY want to know why in the FUCK anyone would down vote that statement.
So the option is a perfect society, where you are told where and when to wipe, how much pressure to apply, how many ply the tissue must be, and what trees are appropriate to sacrifice for the maintenance of your rectal health?
Well fuck you very much.
I'll use steel wool to wipe with if I have to become a slave for option A.
edit; I did however enjoy the read and a lot of Marx is intellectually satisfying.
The problem is human beings are involved. I cringe at the thought of how ideas that are intellectually pristine, become sheer madness in real world application.
Simple really, many people are scared of freedom, to rise or fall based on merit alone can be a frightening concept, like a child who is suddenly told he must grow up now because his parents are dead. That may not be the best analogy but you get the idea.
I hear ya. Yet another reason, of many, that prove the entitlement / nanny state is quickly destroying the last vestiges of personal responsibility left in our nation.
It seems to me we're at the point, where the only thing that will work to wake people up to the cold hard realities of the world, is a complete and utter collapse of everything they've known.
Sad, but I'm getting to the point where I actually welcome it.
Bring it on, Darwin.
That which is inevitable should not be feared. It is what it is as the kids say now.
You've been brainwashed in the belief that your democratic vote buys you freedom, something you feel only capitalism will give you when in truth your as free as bird in a cage. Looking at alternative systems should not be considered as a fight against your freedom, when this thing blows up they'll be needing alternatives.
It can be effectively argued what we have today is not capitalism. Declining real wages for labor should lead to deflation, which will collapse the debt superstructure the Fed has built with constantly pushing inflation into the system. Real interest rates will actually rise under this free-market scenario as the risk that your principal will be returned to you will increase dramatically the longer you loan money out to anyone. Imagine a scenario where the 10-year is at 7.5%, when deflation is running at 2.5-5%. The artificial price structure the rentier class has built (excessive asset prices) will collapse, and people will be able to eventually to afford to pay cash for homes again and hold zero debt (and therefore pay nothing to the rentier banking class). This is what sound money can provide for the free-market.
But the accumulation of false signals to the economy must inevitable lead to an earthquake or collapse. This is where we are today as we hit zero on the keynesian multiplier. Deflation means the end of our 'modern' banking system as we know it, which makes hyperinflation inevitable.
It is right and good to knee-jerk the ridiculous, unsound, discredited observations and theories from Marx. Knee-jerk reactions have evolved to protect us, as has capitalism, unlike the sustained assault of Marxism. The only brainwashed fool here is you.
For a real education, pick up a BOOK, such as Thomas Sowell's _Marxism_.
Because it doesn't work?
Or, if there is a dictator in a socialist state then it isn't socialism?
See the problem?
If we relabel things to preserve dogma -> consequences of dogma stay.
most people around the world consider American system as the best embodiment of Capitalism as a notion. So when people say capitalism they mostly mean what anyone experiences in the US.
In theory and of course what you see and live in the US is not capitalism at all.
The article is spot on!
someone is going to ask- when is it going to change? while interesting question, for a real change to happen it would be equivalent to what Taleb calls a black swan ;) unpredictable. but i would say not any time soon. there has to be a long period of popular economic suffering which has not even started in the US .....
just saying
The people around the world only consider our system best because we have all the stuff, because we took more than our fair share by force. Of course everyone wants to live here = we have a disproportionate share of the world's resources. Also, the political spectrum is a circle, not a line. You will notice that National Socialism had quite a bit in common with the modern Communist states and even our Crony Capitalist state - it is merely a matter of branding and who is in charge and gets all the perks. All systems are the same until we evolve.
"If men are good, you don't need government; if men are evil or ambivalent, you don't dare have one." – Robert LeFevre
First, we didn't "take. We built. Second, it wasn't "us", it was those who went before, so show some respect to those who delivered freedom to your cheetoh-smeared lap. Third, into what shall we evolve?
Re: First rule of Capitalism
First rule of any fantasy ISM - including Capitalism.
There are no smart-n-savvy people hiring sociopaths to create bullshit to manipulate the dumbasses out of their money.
Capitalism is just as much a fantasy as socialism or Marxism is.
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What Marx and modern thinkers don't take account of is human tendency to corruption. Moral entropy. It takes a lot of hard work to be morally courageous and righteous. Wherever or whenever there is a chance to corrupt the system for selfish gain, human beings will do. This has occurred in communism, capitalsm, religion, etc. Communism would work had it not been for moral entropy, same as capitalism. So it's not the system, any system, it's the human beings. Fix thyself first.
Communism would work had it not been for moral entropy, same as capitalism. So it's not the system, any system, it's the human beings. Fix thyself first.
Human nature is completely inflexible, it's in our DNA. The only way to truly change human nature is to evolve (which takes quite a while last I checked).
The best cure for the ills of human nature is to not let any individuals have very much power over the group. Wisdom of crowds is far more reliable than leaders and the herd. The idea that human beings are fundamentally rational agents who simply need to be guided to find their centre is itself totally irrational.
Biases that we face within ourselves are often impossible (literally it's in the wiring) to overcome, which is why we need other people..
^ funny about human stupidity
"wisdom of crowds is more reliable"?!? You must hang out with different crowds than the ones I see.
People can be just as stupid collectively as they can i dividually. The crowd just magnifies the effect.
"wisdom of crowds is more reliable"?!? You must hang out with different crowds than the ones I see.
I meant the specific cognitive concept:
At a 1906 country fair in Plymouth, eight hundred people participated in a contest to estimate the weight of a slaughtered and dressed ox. Statistician Francis Galton observed that the median guess, 1207 pounds, was accurate within 1% of the true weight of 1198 pounds.[4] This has contributed to the insight in cognitive science that a crowd's individual judgments can be modeled as a probability distribution of responses with the mean centered near the true mean of the quantity to be estimated.
Wisdom-of-the-crowds research routinely attributes the superiority of crowd averages over individual judgments to the elimination of individual noise,[5] an explanation that assumes independence of the individual judgments from each other.[3][6] Thus the crowd tends to make its best decisions if it is made up of diverse opinions and ideologies.
That is statistical averaging, which does eliminate the errors of the extremes. It is however, not an accurate model of crowd behavior. The "anonymity" of being in a crowd tends to elicit more extreme behavior, and the crowd follows along. (herd mentality).
I think you're getting hung up on the words, it isn't referrencing a literal 'group' crowd. Specifically wisdom of crowds refers to a bunch of individuals as opposed to a collective group or as you say 'herd.'
There are obvious problems you bring up but these relate to the methods not the concept. It's basically separating the signal from the noise in a way that doesn't pollute the results.
The wisdom of the crowd works until someone opens their mouth. So, we need a Direct Democracy where no one is allowed to discuss politics, EVER. If there is a bill (or proposition) to be voted on, anyone discussing that topic must be publicly flogged and both the contaminater and the contaminated must not be allowed to vote on that bill / proposition.
"wisdom of crowds" is just another euphemism for Tyranny Of The Majority.
JC, You said it yourself 'funny about human stupidity' and it applies quite well to your logic. First, Human nature, though it is evil and inflexible, can be overcome, just don't depend on evolution to do it for you. Second, You say 'the best cure for the ills of human nature is to not let any individuals have very much power over the group. Wisdom of crowds is far more reliable than leaders and the herd'. Is not the herd 'the crowd' and an individual a member of the crowd? Just Laws are what keep the ills of human nature at bay, not the consensus of the crowd. The consensus of the crowd can and does change, but a just and right law will never change, as truth and rightousness is inflexible and eternal. Now stack up your own fallacies against what is eternal, and make the adjustments.
First, Human nature, though it is evil and inflexible, can be overcome, just don't depend on evolution to do it for you.
Human nature is simply the way the brain is wired. If you watch that TED video it compares human reasoning to monkeys and there are abundant similarities, has nothing to do with 'good' or 'evil.'
People like to pretend the brain is some mystical magic device unsusceptible to the failings of the rest of the body yet in reality it's actually far more vulnerable.
Is not the herd 'the crowd' and an individual a member of the crowd? Just Laws are what keep the ills of human nature at bay, not the consensus of the crowd
A lot of people on here don't seem to understand the difference between "widsom of crowds" and "herd mentality." If I were to get 40 people into a room and poll their opinion on something the results will be far less accurate than if I were to take the same 40 people on an individual basis outside of a group context and ask the same question and then statistically compile the results.
This is the basic difference.
The consensus of the crowd can and does change, but a just and right law will never change, as truth and rightousness is inflexible and eternal.
This is simply a faith-based belief and has nothing to with what I was talking about.
If you look at marketing for instance it's now mostly done based on the principles from wisdom of crowds (recurring focus group statistical analysis done on an individual basis) and the results are far more accurate in determining what consumers want.
Well, it's all about Society.
My personal experience of having lived in several places is that Societies where "take how it affects those around you in account when making a decision" is the standard have a lot less moral corruption.
In all Societies, there are always individuals which are more towards the sociopathic side of the spectrum. The difference of outcomes between Societies is how easy it is to hide that one is a sociopath, how easy is to act as a sociopath without standing out and how hard are you punished if caught.
My impression is that Societies that celebrate pure greed, where wealth is the top measure of the worth of an individual and where people live on appearences are the ones were sociopaths prosper.
Good thinking!
Only one small correction: replace the term Society with the term Culture and you'll be spot on.
bingo! Technology is also rapidly making human labor and intellect obsolete, with an ever expanding population. Good times ahead.
So can we come to this conclusion: is human society at an advanced technological level simply unsustainable?
I wonder if anyone ever figured out what most people would be doing if all the technology of the various versions of Star Trek were available.
I think Capitalism as we know it may be unsustainable. Technology may offer ways to make energy and agriculture free to everyone. how we get to that point is a completely different story. Cartels. monopolies, governments, and oligarchs would lose power., but at some point people will have no means to compete with technology and then there will be no money to be made from them.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — With the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals against Real Salt Lake on Feb. 22 looming, the Columbus Crew have only half of the 30-man roster under contract.
By comparison, the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps have 11 players signed.
"That's a lot of [open] spots, don't get me wrong, but I don't think we can press the panic button to have all these guys here and signed by whatever date," Crew technical director Brian Bliss said. "If we've got 21, 22, 23 guys before we play Salt Lake that first game, I think we'll get to 29 or 30 guys at some point. It's a little longer-term project."
Gone are stalwarts Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Frankie Hejduk, as well as seven others. The only addition has been former Kansas City defender Aaron Hohlbein from last week's first stage of the MLS Re-Entry Process, and even he has not yet signed.
The Crew have another opportunity to add players in the second stage of the Re-Entry Draft on Wednesday. The Crew have the 10th pick.
[inline_node:323481]Schelotto, Hejduk, Gino Padula and Duncan Oughton are the ex-Crew players in the list of 32 up for grabs. If they are not selected, they will become free agents. It's unlikely that Columbus will bring them back into the fold.
"You never say never, but that's not the philosophy here," Bliss said.
Along with Hohlbein, the only other pick in the first stage was D.C. United's selection of former Houston Dynamo forward Joseph Ngwenya.
"I think teams are going to be more active [in Stage 2]," Crew coach Robert Warzycha said.
The Re-Entry Draft is just one avenue for re-stocking the roster. The Crew are expected to sign one or two players from their academy, and the MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 13 could provide several more.
Though all three avenues would help provide the squad with depth, what the Crew really need is help in the middle of the pitch and at defense, especially right back. That's why Warzycha went on a 10-day scouting trip recently with assistant coach Ricardo Iribarren to the latter's native Argentina.
"The Argentinean market is a good market right now," Warzycha said. "One time is not going to do it. You have to continue to go and meet people, show your face and the people there can send you some players."
It helped that Schelotto—and to a lesser extent Padula—is from Argentina.
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Warzycha said several Argentines are on the list of 12 discovery players submitted to the league last week. Bliss said others are from the US, Europe and at least one from Paraguay. Wednesday's draft will give the Crew a better indication of how many discovery players they intend to pursue.
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Pennsylvania Governor Corbett Announces 2013 Environmental Excellence Awards Winners
Apr 04, 2013, 12:39 ET from Pennsylvania Office of the Governor
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that 19 organizations involved in 16 environmental projects from across the state will receive the 2013 Environmental Excellence Award.
"This administration values innovation and hard work that positively impacts the environment," Corbett said. "These organizations have proven that they too take those principles to heart."
Any Pennsylvania business, school, government agency, trade organization, non-profit organization or agribusiness that has completed projects to promote environmental stewardship and economic development was eligible to apply for the award. The winners were selected by DEP and the non-profit organization Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC).
"Every year, I am impressed by the diversity of the award winners and the many ways they innovate," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "Their efforts play a big part in protecting Pennsylvania's air, land and water."
The winning projects include beekeeping, abandoned mine reclamation, brownfields redevelopment, road improvements and the use of alternative energy, among others.
PEC will host a dinner to honor the award winners April 17 at the Hilton in downtown Harrisburg. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan will be the keynote speaker.
For more information, visit www.dep.state.pa.us and click the "Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence" banner at the top of the home page, or visit www.pecpa.org.
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Editor's note: The 19 winners of the 2013 Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards are listed below, by county and project location:
Propel Andrew St. High School – High School Beekeeping; RiverQuest – Exploring the Marcellus Shale Outreach Program; and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Creation of an Energy and Environmental Engineering Department at a Healthcare Facility
East Penn Manufacturing Co. Inc. – Grid Scale Energy Storage Demonstration for Ancillary Services Using Deka Unigy Ultrabattery Technology
The Boeing Company – Central Utility Plant Building 86-4-14
Bennett Branch Watershed Association – Dents Run Watershed Restoration Project; Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation – Dents Run Watershed Restoration Project; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy – Dents Run Watershed Restoration Project; and P&N Coal Company, Inc. – Dents Run Watershed Restoration Project
Shoup's Run Watershed Association – Miller Run Brook Trout Enhancement Project
Kline's Services – Phase II: Methane Digester Electrical Generation; and Rettew Associates Inc. – Chesapeake Energy Roadway Restoration and Upgrade
The Seed Farm – New Farmer Training Program
Earth Conservancy – Huber IV Mine Land Reclamation Project
Jersey Shore Steel Company –Making and Marketing the World's Greenest Steel
Hoopes Turf Farm Inc. – The Ulysses Liquefied Natural Gas Vehicle Diesel Reduction Project
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary – Schuylkill Action Network Source Water Protection Initiative
Harley Davidson Motor Company Inc. – Harley Davidson Promotes Redevelopment in York County; and SPX Cooling Technologies – Lean and Clean Manufacturing
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A statement by Pearl Jam's manager Kelly Curtis on Pearljam.com stated:
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