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The Atlanta Hawks are back and ready for another shot at greatness with the start of the 2016 - 2017 NBA regular season! They managed to fight all the way to the conference semifinals last year, ultimately losing 0 - 4 in a sweep courtesy of Lebron James and 2015 - 2016 champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers. This year, Dwight Howard, Kyle Korver, and the rest of a feisty Hawks teams led by Coach Mike Budenholzer will undoubtedly be looking for redemption. Don't miss the exciting opening rematch against the Cavs as well as the rest of Atlanta's action-packed schedule. Razorgator has you covered with Atlanta Hawks tickets throughout the season.
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With 11 games left on the schedule, the Atlanta Hawks are fighting to the end to claim a spot in the NBA playoffs. Heading into its March 24 game at Milwaukee, the Hawks held the fifth position in the Eastern Conference. The top eight teams will qualify for the postseason. Atlanta was 37-34 at this point, just two games ahead of Miami, which occupied the eighth spot in the standings. A five-game losing streak from March 13–22 didn't help the Hawks' cause. Atlanta gave up more than 100 points in each of those losses; the fewest it allowed was 104 in a 104-100 loss at Washington on March 22.
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The Atlanta Hawks suffered a tough loss against the Utah Jazz on Monday Night. Although it was a home game and nearly tied at halftime, the visitors ran away with all the momentum in the second half. The Jazz outscored the Hawks a whopping 120-95. Fortunately, Atlanta will have a chance to regroup against the Denver Nuggets at home before embarking on a lengthy road trip. They return to Philips Arena on Friday, February 24 for a clash with the Miami Heat. You won't want to miss this explosive matchup featuring two territory rivals. Tickets are already on sale and currently available for purchase starting at prices as low as $19.
The Atlanta Hawks cannot seem to get another winning streak going. Although they had won their last two games against the Bucks and Knicks, they simply couldn't keep it up on Wednesday night. The Hawks visited Detroit for a showdown with the Pistons, but the home team was clearly the dominant force. In fact, Detroit scored a massive 42 points in the first quarter alone. They ultimately won the clash 118-95. Atlanta will be back at Philips Arena for their next three games. Catch them on Monday night when they host the Los Angeles Clippers. Tickets are currently on sale and available for prices starting as low as just $17.
Two weeks ago, the Atlanta Hawks dropped some in the rankings following a difficult stretch, but they have rebounded quite nicely in the last seven days. Winning the last four in a row, Paul Millsap, Dwight Howard and the rest of the crew pulled out the stops and regained some of their footing, landing in the No. 14 spot in this week's power rankings. The Hawks even pulled out an impressive overtime victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Jan. 1. Atlanta plays on the road for the next three games, traveling to New Orleans Jan. 5, Dallas Jan. 7, and Brooklyn Jan. 10. The Hawks return to Philips arena on Friday, Jan. 13, against Boston. We have tickets for games both home and away on sale now!
It's been a roller coaster of a year for head coach Mike Budenholzer as he has tried to steer his Atlanta Hawks in the right direction. One huge step toward getting back to a winning season was Monday's win over the No. 8 OKC Thunder. Point guard Dennis Schroder really stepped up for Atlanta, earning 21 points and 6 assists to lead the team, with Paul Millsap leading the team for rebounds with 11. The Hawks have their next game at home this Wednesday, Dec. 28, so make sure you're at Philips Arena as the Atlanta Hawks host the New York Knicks. Great tickets are available from us now for $36 and up!
The Atlanta Hawks have one of the best defenses in the NBA, but their 10-11 record sure doesn't begin to show what their potential is. After losing seven in a row, the Hawks are in a tailspin and have got to get things together in order to crawl back up the Eastern Conference standings. One missing piece lately is Dwight Howard's disappointing six-point average in the last three games. Atlanta needs Dwight to step it up, along with Dennis Shroder and Paul Millsap. The Hawks could use your support at one of their upcoming home games, and we have great seats on sale now! Catch the Hawks as they take on the Magic this Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Philips Arena. Tickets start at $11.
It has been a tough week for the Atlanta Hawks, who are now 9 - 5 in the Eastern Conference after losing their last three games in a row. Two of those defeats came on the road, making last night's homecoming particularly frustrating. They hosted the New Orleans Pelicans in a high-scoring affair. Unfortunately, it was the visitors who took home the win 112 - 94. The Hawks will now embark on a lengthy road trip, returning to Philips Arena on Friday, December 2 for a meeting with the Detroit Pistons. Be there to show the home team your support! Tickets are currently on sale and available for $13 and up.
The Cavs were bound to lose at some point, and the Atlanta Hawks are very proud to be the team that handed King James & Co. that first loss of the season. Atlanta is a team full of new players that are still learning to work together, and the fact that the Hawks were able to go into Cleveland on November 8 and beat the Cavs in a very close game shows the progress the team is making. Atlanta will look to keep the momentum going when the Milwaukee Bucks come to town on November 16. That's sure to be a fast-paced and exciting game, and tickets are still available starting as low as $8.
The Atlanta Hawks will open the season with high expectations and a lot of question marks. The team played well in the preseason but still isn't expected to make too many waves in an Eastern Conference that belongs to the Cleveland Cavaliers until some team can show the league otherwise. The Hawks' success will likely hinge on whether or not Dwight Howard can play like his old self and how Dennis Schroder can adjust to a bigger role within the offense. Atlanta will play host to one of Howard's former teams when the Los Angeles Lakers come to town on November 2. Tickets for that matchup start as low as $20.
There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta Hawks fans to be excited about the 2016-2017 NBA season. Unfortunately, a slight damper was put on that excitement when Tiago Splitter suffered a hamstring injury that will keep the forward out of action for at least four weeks. With all the offseason moves, the players and coaches are eager to get the team playing together consistently so that they can find the best rotation, and any injury will slow that process. There are still a couple of weeks before the season starts so Tiago won't miss too much regular season action. The home opener for the Hawks will be on October 27 and tickets start as low as $17.
The preseason is just over a week away, and the Atlanta Hawks are preparing for their first game against the Grizzlies. They are hoping to make it past the early rounds of playoffs and into the championship round for the 2016-2017 season. There have been a few major changes in the offseason: saying goodbye to Jeff Teague and Al Horford. Dwight Howard returns and the Hawks have renewed Kent Bazemore's contract. The projected starting lineup is expected to be Dennis Schroder and Bazemore as guards, Kyle Korver and Paul Millsap as forwards and Howard at center. It is not too early to get your tickets. Prices for the Grizzlies game on the 6th start at just $2.
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He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Having reached six Grand Slam semi-finals, won 11 career ATP titles, and been ranked number 4 in the world, he, along with Greg Rusedski has been the United Kingdom's most successful open era player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis, which suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was sponsored by adidas and Slazenger. He retired after Great Britain's Davis Cup victory over Croatia between 21 and 23 September 2007.
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April 23rd, 2012, 08:28 AM | #21 |
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April 23rd, 2012, 08:40 AM | #22 |
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Check out this thread for ideas. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=346948
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Raining on my parade I see. This is the second time I have found a use for that class outside of school. As for your question I will ask my friend who is in a class where the informal name is Lego Lab.
April 23rd, 2012, 09:27 AM | #24 |
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Overthinking it.
If you have a newer swing set they work like a dream. It is all redneck but I have pulled cabs, beds, and engines using a swing set with less then a 10' span. I actually did have a A structure like your talking about making back in HS. I made it out of 6" pipe and had the center section removable so it was easier to store. Still a swing set made out of 6x6 beams(preferred) will do the same thing as far as lifting stuff and is something your kids (or drunk buddies) can play on. Not a bad idea to have someone around to keep the cab from swinging or such more then anything. As far as lifting it off using wood. Use 4x4's and tie them into some wood placed into the stake pockets. 4 buddies and some beer the bed will come off without a issue. The cab your better off using the seat brackets and you will need to remove the engine or bed first in order to do it that way. I would not trust a cherry picker to lift a truck cab off though unless I had someone holding it from swinging like a mo fo. |
April 23rd, 2012, 09:56 AM | #25 | |
hoo dat. wat.
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April 23rd, 2012, 10:11 AM | #26 |
Covered in mud...
I also did my toyota extended cab with just a cherry picker. a wooden cradle under the rockers, and a few balance weights inside, and it worked fine. But a gantry would be more stable, and easy to make.
People are overthinking it a little. The weight isn't much different than lifting a bit block. |
April 25th, 2012, 08:08 PM | #27 |
Keep on truckin
well it's getting built this weekend so pictures will be posted. i have a few other uses for this crane so it will suit more then one purpose. i'm going to mount it on heavy duty casters to aid in moving it around, and i was planning on using large carriage bolts to bolt the top beam to the uprights i can take it apart as well.
April 28th, 2012, 09:19 PM | #28 |
Keep on truckin
well heres the end result of my gantry crane project. got the body off no problem. i have discovered only 1 problem and that is my legs are slightly crooked and it wants to lean one way or another when loaded. i'm going to brace the top with some angled 2x4's and i think that will take care of the lean. once i put the casters on it and paint it it's complete. |
April 28th, 2012, 10:35 PM | #30 |
Out for the Summer!
April 29th, 2012, 09:00 AM | #31 | |
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A couple things you can do: run smaller braces from the uprights at an angle to the top beam, like 2ft long each. _______ |/......\| |........| Also, you can make a temporary brace or so. Have a piece that will go from one foot all the way to the other foot (or even two), if you have to wheel the whole thing around. Screw them on quickly once you have the body or engine/whatever in the air, wheel it where it needs to go, remove them to to final position over a vehicle. looks good |
April 29th, 2012, 09:09 AM | #32 | |
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Try to imagine doing it with limited means, like you are on the A-Team, Adapt and Overcome, Nigger rigging is the true sign of genius. |
April 29th, 2012, 11:49 AM | #33 |
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April 29th, 2012, 04:11 PM | #34 | |
Keep on truckin
April 30th, 2012, 04:22 PM | #35 |
hoo dat. wat.
You put any load on that thing with casters on it, we'll be reading about you in darwin awards. Currently, you're relying on friction between the ground and your side supports to keep them from doing the splits. I don't think any bracing you can attach to the wood can withstand the rotational moment a load will impart at the top corners.
Think of it this way: Stand with your legs shoulder-width apart while wearing workboots on concrete: Have someone start loading your arms down with 40# bags of salt. Your arms will be the weak link well before your legs. Next - try the same thing again, but this time, be standing on ice. You'll be fighting with your own body weight just to stay upright. You might get one 40# bag before your legs shoot out to the sides: Best case scenario is that you might get two bags - but you have to fight with everything you've got to keep your legs planted. Any outside force is going to upset that balance and down you go. Just sayin'. Put wheels on that contraption, and you will most likely get squashed.
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April 30th, 2012, 04:32 PM | #36 |
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no casters! bad idea! it aint made for thet kinda side load from movement.
i saw pictures of a truck camper a guy put casters on the lift legs to push it into his garage. it was totaled! Last edited by joe_jeep; April 30th, 2012 at 04:35 PM. |
April 30th, 2012, 09:08 PM | #37 | |
Keep on truckin
April 30th, 2012, 09:16 PM | #38 |
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AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018 have been released, Autodesk's flagship products for the AEC industry. Upcoming Special Report: Low Cost Conceptual CAD Design ToolsMarch 14th, 2017 by Susan Smith
In a world where we hear mostly about leading CAD design software programs, it's refreshing to note that it's possible to find low cost conceptual CAD design tools with file-level compatibility and a multitude of functions at a fraction of the price. The usual concerns of, "will this software integrate with the software I already have?" or "will I be able to execute this function on the cheaper software?" or, "will my intellectual property retain its integrity in the low cost software?" are all valid concerns for the cost-saving seeker. Read the rest of Upcoming Special Report: Low Cost Conceptual CAD Design Tools Presenting 2030 Districts: Urban Sustainability Through CollaborationMarch 7th, 2017 by Susan Smith
Dave Low, Network Liaison for the private-sector led 2030 Districts, spoke about the recent development of that group's establishment of a non-profit separate from Architecture 2030, an organization that provides support for the goal of reaching carbon-neutrality in buildings by the year 2030. After five years of support and oversight from Architecture 2030, the fifteen 2030 Districts across North America have established their own non-profit. As part of this move, the 2030 Districts have selected the following thirteen members to its initial Board of Governors:
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Autodesk Revit Live (formerly Autodesk LIVE), a new interactive cloud-based visualization service which offers Revit AEC users the ability to transform their designs into fully-interactive 3D models, was launched in July 2016. The service draws viewers into the story of an architectural design much like a video game. Knowing What's Underground with BIM and GISFebruary 21st, 2017 by Susan Smith
"Disruptive technology changes the face of industries, but we are also in an age of disruptive data." – Anne Kemp Read the rest of Knowing What's Underground with BIM and GIS Ease-of-Use, Owner Involvement are Big Themes at Rand IMAGINiTFebruary 16th, 2017 by Susan Smith
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British company 3D Repo, known as a multi-award winning provider of cloud software solutions for collaborative Building Information Modelling (BIM), has begun development on a mobile platform for Crossrail in the UK, designed to manage lifecycle assets. Among the company's other solutions is a health and safety virtual reality app designed for the Zero Harm Health and Safety Training that is part of the Smart Motorway programme, to make highway and construction projects safer through improved training. Read the rest of 3D Repo Develops Mobile Platform for Crossrail AEC Predictions for 2017February 2nd, 2017 by Susan Smith
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The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas attracted over 165,000 people this month, with 3800 companies doing product launches. Erek Dyskant, co-founder of BlueLabs, an analytics and technology company dedicated to harnessing the power of data to produce meaningful two-way engagement between people and organizations, spoke at CES. Dyskant aims to empower individuals to take steps that "make their political voice heard, improve their health, and strengthen their financial security." |


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In order to provide information to the Council and the Citizens of Neosho, the following report is submitted for review. This will give you insight to some of the behind the scenes issues associated with the planning, logistics and presentation of this event. This information is provided for transparency and information. October 3, 2016 Summary Report on City of Neosho's Fall Festival Event date: October 1 & 2, 2016 Event time: 9 am to 5 pm Event locale: Historic Downtown Neosho Event cycle: annual, repeating on first full weekend in October Summary of event: The annual Fall Festival in downtown Neosho featuring art, crafts, food, live music and more. A portion of this festival is to give back to the citizens of Neosho through the hosting of the event and by providing funding of certain features without charge to attendees. Inflatables were provided for children attending the event at no charge. In order to participate in this area registration with a guardians signature was required. This provided excellent information for the event management. On Saturday October 1, 2016, 897 participants utilized the inflatable area. These participants were signed in by 570 independent adult guardians. This reflects an attendance in this area of a minimum of 1,467 individuals. On Sunday October 2, 2016, 414 participants were signed in by 276 guardians for a total of 690 individuals. While this only reflects a portion of the attendance, it is a strong indicator of the level of attendance that was seen this year. It can also be used to project total attendance. If we look at crowd density and total surface area of the Festival in conjunction with some other factors, an estimation can be projected. In visiting with the vendors, the main food vendors that were providing meal type service reported the following: These vendors ran out of food or were very near depletion on Saturday. This information was provided by seven of the largest food vendors. Sales were well above average on Saturday and at near normal Festival levels on Sunday, not a Sunday level, but a near normal level for Saturday. The area of the inflatables occupied ½ block on Main. The entire Festival occupied a 6 block comparative area. An adjustment was made to reflect the additional areas due to width of the blocks around the square. Based on crowd density, level of sales from vendors, surface area of event and examination of parking throughout the city, estimation of the attendance on Saturday is estimated to be 6,500-7,000. Sunday's attendance using the same formula is estimated at 3,200-3,500.
Response from vendors: The only complaint from vendors was in regards to the number of competing vendors in specific products. These were isolated to only 2 complaints from the entire vendor population. In order to grow this event, the plan and philosophy is that the free market will succeed in making the necessary adjustments. If we set limits, then within one year of these set limits we will begin to see a stagnation in attendance population. If the attending crowd finds delays or lack of service, their enthusiasm will diminish and then drop. Nothing is static, if you are not growing, you will be shrinking. We will either be moving up or in decline. Adjustments will occur, but we cannot police and monitor every vendor at this level to insure that they are only providing a specified menu or product. If we are providing a great festival, as vendors make decisions to exit the festival there will be others willing to take their place. On the positive side, we have received huge response and compliments from the vendors, many wanting to insure that: 1) They can return next year. 2) They can retain their location. 3) That they would be notified of any other events that we are producing. Response from attendees: Response for attendees has been overwhelming. Attendees and vendors have both been requested to post their comments on Facebook pages, City of Neosho, City of Neosho Parks & Recreation or Neosho Area Community Events. This is one of the best marketing tools available to us. Their positive comments will only help grow our next event in attendance and the desire of vendors to participate. Proposed modifications for future planning and recommendations of city staff:


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Patent application title: PORTABLE OPTICAL CARD READERS
Robert L. Hazel (Foster City, CA, US)
IPC8 Class: AG06K710FI
USPC Class:
Class name: Coded record sensors particular sensor structure optical
Publication date: 2009-02-05
Patent application number: 20090032594
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Patent application title: PORTABLE OPTICAL CARD READERS
Robert L. Hazel
Origin: SAN JOSE, CA US
IPC8 Class: AG06K710FI
USPC Class:
A device for reading optical data cards. This device includes a shuttle
mounted on shuttle tracks within the device housing. The shuttle is
configured to move back and forth on the shuttle tracks driven by the
shuttle motor. A card loader allows optical data cards to be positioned
onto the shuttle. A CD optical read head mounted on optical read head
tracks and driven by a optical head motor reads modified to read a single
track of optical card data reads the optical card. A controller receives
data from the read head and controls the movement of the shuttle and the
optical head.Claims:
1. A device for reading optical data cards comprising:a housing;a pair of
parallel shuttle tracks mounted within said housing;an optical card
shuttle mounted on said shuttle tracks such that said shuttle can move in
a shuttle axis direction;a shuttle motor having a drive mechanism
mechanically linked to said shuttle such that said shuttle can be swept a
length equal to an optical data card length;a card loader mounted within
said housing, said loader positioned to load an optical card onto and off
of said shuttle;an optical head track mounted within said housing;a CD
reader head mounted on the optical head track, such that it may read a
single track of data;an optical head motor mechanically linked to said CD
reader head such that said head may be moved in a direction substantially
perpendicular to the shuttle axis direction; anda controller in
communication with said CD reader head, optical head motor, and shuttle
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said shuttle motor is a DC motor.
3. The device of claim 1, further including an optical scale on said shuttle and a scale sensor on said housing, said scale sensor in communication with said controller such that a positional location of said shuttle and a velocity of said shuttle may be determined.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein said optical scale includes a transmissive substrate and opaque markings.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein said CD reader head is mounted such that a tracking signal from at least one track guide on said optical data card is readable by said CD reader head.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein one of said simultaneously running state machines controls positioning of the CD reader head over a targeted data track or the optical data card.
7. The device of claim 1, further including a shuttle lock controlled by the controller and engageable against the shuttle.
8. The device of claim 7, wherein said shuttle lock is driven by a solenoid.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein said controller includes a plurality of simultaneously running state machines.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein said optical head motor mechanically linked to said CD reader head includes a stepper motor driving a lead screw, said lead screw mechanically linked to said CD reader head.
11. A reader for reading optical cards having optical data tracks flanked on two sides by tracking strips, said reader having a shuttle for holding said optical card and a motor linked to said shuttle such that the optical card can be moved on a shuttle axis, the improvement comprising:a CD read head oriented at a CD read head angle such that three illumination beam spots produced by said CD read head are targeted onto a first tracking strip, a targeted optical data tracks, and a second tracking strip respectively.
12. The reader of claim 11, wherein said CD read head angle is 18.5 degrees.
13. The reader of claim 11, wherein said CD read head is driven by a stepper motor driving a lead screw.
14. The reader of claim 11, wherein said CD read head transmits data to a controller, said controller including a plurality of simultaneously running state machines.
15. The reader of claim 14, wherein said controller generates a track count from a read and a tracking error signal.
16. A portable device for reading optical cards comprising:a housing;a pair of parallel shuttle tracks mounted within said housing;an optical card shuttle mounted on said shuttle tracks such that said shuttle can move in a shuttle axis direction;a battery powered DC shuttle motor mechanically linked to said shuttle such that said shuttle may move back and forth along a shuttle axis;a means for loading the optical card onto the shuttle;a pair of parallel optical head tracks mounted within said housing at an orientation perpendicular to said pair of parallel shuttle tracks;a CD reader head mounted on said pair of parallel optical head tracks;a battery powered reader head stepper motor;a lead screw driven by said reader head stepper motor and mechanically linked to said CD reader head; anda controller receiving data from said CD reader head and controlling said optical head motor and said shuttle motor.
17. The device of claim 16, wherein said means for loading the optical card includes a set of rollers driven by a battery powered DC loader motor.
18. The device of claim 16, further including a means for determining position and velocity of said shuttle.
19. The device of claim 16, wherein said CD reader head is positioned such that beams emitted by said CD reader head may simultaneously impinge on two tracking strips on the optical card and one targeted optical track on said optical card.
20. The device of claim 19, wherein one of said simultaneously running state machines controls positioning of the CD reader head over a targeted data track on the optical data card.
21. The device of claim 16, further including a solenoid driven shuttle lock controlled by said controller and engagable against said shuttle.
22. The device of claim 16, wherein said controller includes a plurality of simultaneously running state machines.
[0001]The present device relates to optical readers and more specifically optical card readers.
[0002]Optical memory cards are used throughout the world as secure identification cards. These cards generally contain both human readable and machine readable information. For some optical memory cards, the machine readable data is in the form of optically preformatted and recorded digitally encoded information as described in ISO documents 11693 et al. This digital information may be updated by a user under some conditions.
[0003]In optical data storage, spots or other marks (which may be micron scale but generally are ˜2.5 micron in scale) are marked onto the surface of an optical data storage medium. This data may then be read by an optical reader. Such a reader may use an area array detector (e.g. a CCD array), a photo diode detector or other detector to image illuminated optical data. The data spots may be illuminated using a laser, an LED, or other illuminating source that provides a uniform illumination of sufficient intensity. In such readers, the light beam or the optical media are moving to scan a track of the data.
[0004]The use of a data card for storage of optical media provides a convenient device for holding a substantial amount of data. This technology allows greater than 2000 pages of data to be arranged in rows and columns on an optically readable surface the size of a credit card. One such producer of both the optical cards and optical card drives to record and read back the digital data is Lasercard Corporation (Mountain View, Calif.), the pre-eminent producer of optical cards that store more than 1 megabyte of data. These cards are described on U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,864,630; 5,029,125 and others. On these cards, data is stored in tracks running the length of the card. Such tracks can occupy up to 35 mm of the width of the card.
[0005]The presently available readers include the LaserCard 600-Q Optical Card Drive (LaserCard Corp., Mountain View, Calif.). This reader provides secure and automatic card authentication, an automatic card intake and ejection mechanism for reliable operation, auto-locking optical head for secure transportation, and rapid transactions for convenience, high service levels, and efficiency. Different embodiments of this system may include contact and contactless IC Chip reader, write capability disabling (i.e., read-only mode), and customized firmware for a secure encoding and reading applications.
[0006]The 600-Q Optical Card Drive is a robust read/write unit. The drive is a stand-alone SCSI II/USB peripheral, supplied with drivers and DLLs for rapid integration into standard PC environments. It can also be physically integrated into terminal and kiosk environments, providing even greater application flexibility.
[0007]In some applications the user may want to read optical cards at remote locations. This would require a portable optical card reader. One object is to provide a portable device to read digital information preformatted and recorded onto optical memory cards. An additional object is to provide a reader that can be used in portable applications and operate under battery power. Such a device also should be low weight and comfortable to hold. It is a further object to provide rapid reading, providing fast random access to individual tracks over the entire recordable area on a card. It is further object to provide rapid loading and extraction of the card from the reader.
[0008]A further object is to develop a reader that is adaptable to low cost, high volume manufacturing and uses low cost components. Any optical reader requires a complete optical system for the illumination and detection of spots on an optically scanned surface. Such optical assemblies (e.g. optical read heads) are inexpensive only if manufactured in very high volume. In the present device, the reader will not be manufactured in sufficient volume to allow a cost effective custom optical head. It is an object of the invention to adapt an existing optical component to allow low power consumption and rapid reading of optical card data.
[0009]The above objects are achieved with a portable device for reading optical data cards having improved motion between optical and recording media components. This device may include a shuttle mounted on shuttle tracks within the device housing. The shuttle may move back and forth on the shuttle tracks driven by the shuttle motor. A card loader allows optical data cards to be positioned onto the shuttle. A CD optical read head mounted on optical read head tracks and driven by an optical head motor modified to read a single track of optical card data reads the optical card. A controller receives data from the read head and controls the movement of the shuttle and the optical head.
[0010]In some embodiments, the shuttle motor and the motor driving the card loader are battery powered DC motors. The optical head motor may be a stepper motor driving a lead screw that is linked to the CD optical read head. The device may include an optical scale, such as a transmissive Mylar scale, on the shuttle that is read by a scale sensor mounted to the housing. This device may allow determination by the controller of the velocity and position of the shuttle and thus the card on the shuttle. The shuttle may include a spring clamp, which holds the card flat onto the shuttle in a registered position. The system may also include a shuttle lock driven by a solenoid. The controller may be a number of simultaneously running state machines.
[0011]FIG. 1A is a top perspective view of an optical reader.
[0012]FIG. 1B is a top perspective view of an optical card.
[0013]FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the reader card shuttle mounted on tracks held within the optical reader frame.
[0014]FIG. 3 is a top perspective detail of the shuttle card clamp lifting mechanism.
[0015]FIG. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the reader showing the shuttle drive belt.
[0016]FIG. 5 is a detail of FIG. 1, showing the position sensor.
[0017]FIG. 6 is a top perspective view showing the optical read head linked to a stepper motor/leadscrew actuator.
[0018]FIG. 7A is an illustration of three beam tracking of optical disc data.
[0019]FIG. 7B is a illustration of three beam position for reading optical cards.
[0020]FIG. 8 is a top perspective detail of the card loader mechanism.
[0021]FIG. 9 is a top perspective detail of the shuttle lock mechanism.
[0022]FIG. 10 is a side perspective detail of card position sensors.
[0023]FIG. 11 is a top perspective view of the system showing the reader circuit boards.
[0024]FIG. 12A is an analog tracking error graph.
[0025]FIG. 12B is an analog read signal graph.
[0026]FIG. 12C is a digital comparator output graph.
[0027]FIG. 12D is a circuit diagram of a track crossing counter state machine.
[0028]FIG. 13 is a circuit diagram of the comparators and state machine used by the system controller.
[0029]With reference to FIG. 1A, optical card reader includes an outer housing 12 having a battery door pin at the rear. Alternatively or in addition, the unit could be powered by a power cord or an external battery pack. A control panel 16 includes an on switch 14 and an eject button 18. The illustrated embodiment allows the optical card to be ejected through card slot 20 at the front of the device. Display light 17 allow display of the system status. The card slot 20 is at the front of the reader and the I/O connectors and optional power input ports are at the back of the reader and not visible in this view. The housing encloses the internal components, preventing stray external light from being detected.
[0030]View 1B shows a typical optical card. The illustrated card is a 2.8 megabyte LaserCard® (LaserCard Systems, Corp., Mountain View, Calif.). This device includes human readable media 15 and optical media 13. Optical media 15 allows storage of 2.8 megabytes of information. These presently available cards are used in this new device.
[0031]With reference to FIG. 2, the frame 22 holds a first shuttle track 28. Mounted on the first shuttle track 28 are runners 30, 36. Runners 30, 36 are mounted on card shuttle 54. The sweep range of the runners 30, 36 is limited by stops 40, 24. The illustrated configuration provides a system in which card 38 mounted on shuttle 54 may be scanned with a sweep length 32. Sweep link 32 is sufficiently long that the entire optically readable media on optical card 38 may be read by an optical head that views through an aperture 42 in shuttle 54. The housing 22 also defines a card loading dock area 34. In this dock 34 the optical card 38 is loaded onto shuttle 54.
[0032]On the opposite side of frame 22 a second shuttle track 46 is mounted. Runner 44 on shuttle 54 allows the shuttle to move back and forth on track 46.
[0033]Shuttle 54 holds card 38 on peripheral edges allowing reading of the central area of card 54 from the bottom through aperture 42 where the optically readable media is positioned. A clamp 52 biased by spring 50 on shuttle 54 retains card 38 in position on shuttle 54. The shape of the card retaining structures on shuttle 54 combined with the force exerted by clamp 52 ensures that the optical card 38 is both held in a defined position on shuttle 54 and is sufficiently flat on the shuttle that the optical media can be read. Card 38 is inserted below guide 53 secured with screws 55 (as shown in FIG. 5) on one side of shuttle 54 opposite clamp 52. An optical scale (shown in FIG. 5) may be detected by a position sensor 90 mounted on housing 22. This will be subsequently described further in conjunction with FIG. 5.
[0034]Mounted on housing 22 is shuttle motor 74. Shuttle motor 74 drives belt 26. The shuttle 54 is mechanically linked to belt 26. This belt reciprocally drives the shuttle on a path having a range limited by stop 24 and stop 40. The shuttle range is divided into two lengths; a card sweep length where the card is moved back and forth allowing an optical reader to read a track of data, and the card load length where the card loader may move the card onto and off of the shuttle.
[0035]The shuttle clamp 52 and associated spring 50 both locate the card in the proper position on the shuttle and ensure that the card is sufficiently optically level over aperture 42 in the shuttle. This permits the card to be read from below.
[0036]With reference to FIG. 3, the mechanism for ejecting the card is shown. This occurs when the shuttle 54 holding optical card 38 held by clamp 52 reaches the loading dock area (shown as location 34 in FIG. 2). At this point, the lower part of the clamp 52 makes contact with the roller bearing 60 and pivots around the clamp spring shaft. The upper part of the clamp 52 is then raised and frees the card for ejection. The roller bearing 60 is attached to a shaft 62 held on frame 20. This mechanism is designed to maximize the allowable clamp force to retain the optical card 38 on shuttle 54 while at the same time allowing a low current motor (such as the motor 74 shown in FIG. 2) to be used to move the shuttle to and from the load position.
[0037]With reference to FIG. 4 the view from below illustrates the drive mechanism used to move shuttle 54. Frame 22 is shown having a plurality of legs 70 to support the reader on a surface. Not shown in this view is a bottom plate which would be secured of the bottom to enclose the working mechanisms of the device. Shuttle 54 is shown having an aperture 42 through which optical card 38 may be viewed. This allows scanning from the bottom.
[0038]Motor 74 drives pulley 72 which translates drive belt 26. This drive belt 26 is a drive mechanism which is mechanically linked by link 43 to shuttle 54 allowing the shuttle to be driven along the two tracks shown in FIG. 2. Opposite drive shaft 72 is an idler pulley 84 held on bearing 82 which in turn is secured to mount 80. Mount 80 is secured to housing 22 such that it forms a secure attachment location allowing idler pulley 84 to freely rotate when drive shaft 72 is rotated.
[0039]With reference to FIG. 5, the detail of the position sensor is shown. Shuttle 54 as previously illustrated in FIG. 2 includes runners 30, 36 which are slidably mounted on shuttle track 28. An optically readable scale 56 is also mounted on shuttle 54. The optically readable scale 56 consists of opaque markings on a transmissive substrate such as glass, Mylar or other dimensionally stable transparent materials. As the shuttle moves back and forth on the shuttle track 28, the optical scale passes through an optical scale sensor 90 attached to frame 22. The sensor 90 outputs provide high resolution shuttle position, velocity and direction information. This information is inputted to a shuttle position controller and read by the read data decoder. These features will be discussed further in relation FIGS. 10 and 11. These elements are not shown in the present FIG. 5.
[0040]The read data decoder utilizes the position, velocity, and direction information to eliminate the need for precise speed control during optical card read sweeps. This also permits the decoder to recover from major defects in the media of optical card 38.
[0041]With reference to FIG. 6, the optical head of the illustrated embodiment and associated drive elements are illustrated.
[0042]In FIG. 6, a motor 100 is secured on motor mount 110 which in turn is secured on frame 22. Motor 100 drives screw 108. The rotation of screw 108 moves half nut 114 which is mechanically linked to CD read head 104. On the opposite side of CD read head 104, the read head is mounted on track 112 which is also secured to frame 22. This configuration allows the read head to be accurately positioned by turning screw 108 and moving CD read head 104 on tracks 106, 112.
[0043]The CD read head 104 is mounted to the tracks in a unique manner. This optical head is mounted at a different angle with respect to the tracking action than the angle generally used in a CD reader. This is done to allow a tracking signal to be derived from the beams produced by the read head 104. The angle depends on the spacing of the tracking beams produced by read head 104.
[0044]A CD optical head is designed to read through the transparent substrate of a compact disk. The CD read head has an objective lens designed to correct for aberrations produced during reading of the CD optical media. This correction is optimized for one particular substrate thickness. In contrast the optical media on an optical card has a transparent overcoat that the beams must pass through. However, this material is much thinner than the transparent material on an optical disk. This results in a significant spherical aberration of the focused illumination beam spot on the data card layer and an attendant distortion of the playback signal (detected reflective spots). This distortion is reduced to an acceptable level by pad printing an angular ring 102 on the exposed surface of the objective lens of CD reader 104. This effectively reduces the numerical aperture of the lens. The numerical aperture used is 0.32.
[0045]With respect to FIG. 7A, the 3-beam output of a CD head on a CD track is illustrated. Beam spots 1, 2, and 3 are tracked onto a single line of optically detectable spots. In FIG. 7B, the tracking of the beam spots is altered. Beam spot 5 is directed to target optical track guide 6. Likewise beam spot 9 is targeted to optical track guide 19. A single beam spot 8 targets the recorded data pits 7. In this manner the system includes a more precise targeting of the data tracks.
[0046]The optical read head 104 provides both the illumination of the optical media as well as collection of reflective light. This collected reflected light is detected by a detector within CD reader 104. The objective lens acts to both to focus the beam spots onto the optical media and collect within a design numerical aperture light reflected from the optical media. This is detected by a detector within the read head.
[0047]A spring loaded half nut (see FIG. 6) links the movable porting of the CD read head assembly with the stepper motor lead screw 108. This reduces the screw-motor alignment and screw straightness requirements. This addition eliminates one source of backlash.
[0048]With respect to FIG. 8, the card loader is illustrated. A motor 120 turns drive shaft 122 rotating gear 138. Gear 138 is mounted on mount 136. A shaft 134 links gear 138 to gear 132. Gear 132 meshes with gear 130. As the gear 130 is rotated this rotates shaft 126. Shaft 126 rotates rollers 124, 128. The optical card is squeezed between the shuttle and the rollers to pull the card onto or off of the shuttle when the rollers are driven. This occurs when the shuttle is positioned in the loaded dock as explained in FIG. 2.
[0049]FIG. 9 shows the shuttle lock mechanism. This keeps the shuttle in place when the rollers position a card onto the shuttle. A lock solenoid 150 is energized when the shuttle is moved to or from the load position. This disables the lock. The solenoid plunger 300 is connected to the lock pin 302 by linkage that eliminates the side forces on the plunger reducing the force requirements. Lock pin 302 engages lock engagement 349 located on the shuttle. This prevents the shuttle from moving to or from the load position. Alignment during assembly minimizes plunger travel requirements and also minimizes the force (maximum solenoid current) required to de-activate the lock mechanism.
[0050]FIG. 10 shows the location of two card proximity sensors 160, 162 mounted on the top cover circuit board 164. Sensors 160, 162 are positioned in a defined relation to a card in the load position. The output signal from sensors 160, 162 are used by the card loader/ejector controller to control roller activation. These sensors may be an appropriate non-contact device able to detect the positioning of the optical card.
[0051]With reference to FIG. 11, the top view shows two circuit boards of the reader. The circuit board 170 is secured to housing 22 by screws 174. The circuit board 170 interfaces to the control panel on the top cover. Circuit board 170 also has additional area available to accommodate electronics to control additional added operator control and displays built into the top cover of the reader. Connector 172 connects the circuit board to the shuttle position sensor 90.
[0052]Reader operation is controlled by a digital signal processor (DSP). The processor firmware has an architecture designed as a number of state machines running essentially simultaneously. When a track is being read, the processors perform a number of major operations. These include control of the digital focus servo, control of the digital tracking servo, control of the head objective position to center it on the track, control of the shuttle sweep operation, and receiving corrected read data from a programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The FPGA may be on the main circuit board. Further the processor also may transmit the read data to the host.
[0053]While a seek operation is being performed to move the optical head to a specified track on the optical card, the processor performs a number of functions. This includes control of the digital focus servo, issuing step commands to the stepper motor for velocity motion, conducting a short seek track-to-track move by pulsing the tracking actuator coil to accelerate and decelerate the lens to move on one track, interrogating the positioning track crossing counter state machine in the FPGA to determine when the target has been reached, interrogating the track crossing counter state machine once the target track is reached and turning the tracking servo at a tracking error zero crossing to capture the target track and issuing step commands to center the head tracking actuator.
[0054]With respect to FIG. 12A, an exemplary tracking error plot illustrates the use of the state machines in the controller to center an illumination beam on target spots. As was shown in FIG. 7B, on the present data card the optical data spots 7 are positioned between two parallel tracking strips 6, 19 which are equally spaced from the optical data spots 7. The optical head of the reader is angled such that the three beam spots 5, 8, 9 are positioned on the first tracking strip, the targeted data spots and the second tracking strips respectively. Beam spots 5 and 9 are positioned to read respective edges of the first and second tracking strips. Positioning these beam spots on these two tracking strips centers spot 8 on the optical data spots 7.
[0055]FIG. 12A shows an exemplary tracking error signal (TES) when the read beams are swept across tracks at a substantially constant velocity. Level - (208), level 0 (206), and level + (204) thresholds are illustrated. As seen in FIG. 12B, the read signal (READ) generated from the center beam varies from high reflectivity at peaks 210 to low reflectivity at bottom 212 above and below a read level 214. The track seek occurs at the ends of the card where there is no recorded data, a region of the track guides separated by higher reflectance media. As noted the read beam includes multiple beams. When the center beam crosses a track guide the read signal registers a dip 212 in amplitude as shown in FIG. 12B. The track centers are defined at the locations where the TES signal has a zero level 206 and the read signal is at a high reflectance 210. This corresponds to location 201 in FIG. 12A.
[0056]A simple circuit diagram shown in FIG. 12D illustrates an exemplary circuit configuration for the track counting. As the beam is scanned across the tracks, comparators 220, 232, 234, and 250, are relaying a signal to the field programmable gate array (FPGA) state machine and counter 240. Comparators 220, 232, and 234 receive input signals which include the tracking error signal (TES) and the level (+), level 0, and level (-) signals. The TES is supplied to the positive inputs 224 and 230 of comparators 220 and 232 and to the negative input 226 of comparator 234. The level (+) signal is supplied to the negative input 222 of comparator 220, the level 0 signal is supplied to the negative input 228 of comparator 232, and the level (-) signal is supplied to the positive input 236 of comparator 234. Thus, the output of comparator 220 represents whether or not the tracking error signal (TES) is greater than level (+). The output of comparator 232 represents whether or not the tracking error signal (TES) is greater than level 0. And, the output of comparator 234 represents whether or not the tracking error signal (TES) is less than level (-). Finally, a fourth comparator 250 compares the read signal (READ) 254 (shown as line 214 in FIG. 12B) to the read level threshold, level rd, supplied on input 252. The results of all of these comparisons are provided to the FPGA state machine 240. The state machine functions as illustrated in FIG. 12C. The track crossing count is one output 270 and the 0 cross count is a second state machine output 260.
[0057]FIG. 12C shows a method for counting track crossings when the beams are swept across the tracks. When the center beam moves from a track center position to the adjacent track center position on the left (as illustrated in the various figures of FIG. 12) the track counter is incremented by one. When moving to the right the track counter is decremented. The counter control signals are generated by a state machine 240 as shown in FIG. 12D which takes three of the four comparator signals 220, 234, and 250, as inputs. FIG. 12C shows the three comparator outputs corresponding to the weigh forms of FIGS. 12A and 12B.
[0058]With reference to FIG. 13, a state machine can be described as a finite collection of states with transition rules that govern the transition between states. A state vector will be used to describe the transition roles. The vector is created from the comparator outputs 220, 234, and 235 of FIG. 12C as follows:
State vector=<comparator 220><comparator 234><comparator 250>
[0059]For example, state vector 101 in FIG. 13 indicates a position where comparators 220 and 250 have high outputs (1) and comparator 234 is low (0), state vector 0XX indicates that comparator 220 is low and the other comparator outputs are ignored (don't care). In the diagram of the state machine implementing this track crossing counter is depicted in FIG. 13 each bubble is a state and each arrow represents a change of state governed by the state vector. The counters employed during a track seek operation where the seek starts at track center. The control executes a sweep operation and monitors the state machines track counter. When the desired count has been achieved, the controller switches to a track settle algorithm. A track sweep is performed (shuttle motion) and the track address is read from the card to determine what track the beams are actually on.
[0060]State 0 is track center and the state vector is 001 in this position. Note that many of the states associated with the branches have "X" (i.e., don't care) elements. The vectors are defined to ensure that there is no ambiguity for multiple branch cases. If none of the branching roles are satisfied the machine remains in its current state. Note that the state machine never returns to state 0 during a seek operation. This is because the settling method does not employ the state machine.
[0061]When moving at a uniform velocity in the counting increment direction state sequence is 1-2-3-4-1-2 . . . This sequence continues to repeat as tracks are crossed and counted. In the reverse direction when moving at a uniform velocity in the counting decrement direction the state sequence is 4-5-6-1-4-5 . . . in a repeating pattern. As shown in the below diagram other branches are present because the seek motion is usually oscillatory thus the state machine must detect reversals of direction.
[0062]This state machine generates instantaneous signal track count from the read and tracking signals that is available to the DSP. This allows rapid positioning of the optical head (shown in FIG. 6) on the selected optical track on the card.
[0063]A person of skill in the art will realize that a number of substitutions, alterations, modifications and reconfigurations are possible with the present device while still remaining within the scope of the present invention. For example, the illustrated card loader provides one convenient means for loading the card onto the shuttle. However, the card could also be manually loaded if the shuttle extended from the housing. The position sensor of the cards are also exemplary, but a number of alternative means for determining the position of the card and/or the shuttle using optical, mechanical, or electronic sensors are available.
[0064]The invention could be characterized in a number of ways. One embodiment of the improvement is simply taking a known three beam CD optical read head and altering the positional configuration of the CD read head in relation to the optical media on the card being read such that two of the three beams target the tracking strips and a single central beam is focused on the optical media. This was achieved in one embodiment by rotating the CD read head 18.5 degrees from its normal orientation. This provides a simple means for ensuring proper targeting of the optical data on the card.
[0065]Further, the use of a consumerized CD optical read head is enabled by modifying the lens to reduce the numerical aperture (NA). This reduces the aberrations read by the system. Surface printing on the lens is one means of effecting the needed reduction. Alternatively, a mask or filter could be used, a stop or aperture could be positioned to block some of the light, or other means to reduce the NA.
[0066]This invention could also be characterized as the development of a portable system for reading optical cards. This is in part developed by replacing the shuttle linear motor with a more cost effective, portable and low power DC motor. In addition, the optical head linear motor of prior system has been replaced with a more cost effective, portable and low power stepper motor-lead screw combination.
[0067]The invention could also be characterized as the use of a system for reading an optical card in which the card is read from below. This allows the optical read head access to the entire area of recorded optical media without contracting the shuttle card clamp mechanism.
[0068]This portable card reader may have a USB and Bluetooth interface for transmission of data to a personal computer. The position scale may provide signed velocity, absolute position, or other information.
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When you can take something good and make it better, you do it. That is what Dennis Spencer and Team Spencer Motorsports have done with their time-tested and race-proven Kudzu-Mazda racecar. And with their 'new and improved' chassis, this veteran team is once again set to challenge the high banking of the Daytona International Speedway in the 40th anniversary running of the Grand American Road Racing Association sanctioned Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
The turning hands of time have never deterred the likes of Dennis Spencer or the Kudzu. The team finished second in class at last year's race. For 2002, the team has improved the car beyond its original design in an attempt to bring them back to the top step of the podium. A position they have occupied in the past.
The driver lineup for the Rolex includes Dennis Spencer, Rich Grupp, Ryan Hampton, and Barry Waddell. The team won their class at the "6 Hours of the Glen" (Watkins Glen International race circuit) in both 2000 and 2001. The team also made the record books in 2001 - at Watkins Glen - by being the first SRP2 class chassis in the history of Grand-Am to ever finish 3rd overall, putting them on the same podium with the 1st and 2nd placed SRP class winners.
The entire team is excited to be in a newer car that is still based upon traditional time proven qualities, but updated to reflect competitive pressures and changes in the rules. FabWorks Machine and Design, located in Buford, GA, worked with Team Spencer Motorsports to update the original car design. The revisions bring the car up to current regulations and have in effect created a substantially different racecar from the original 07 Kudzu that rolled out of the Downing/Atlanta manufacturing facility in 1996. The basic Kudzu's time tested, bulletproof design fundamentals have been maintained.
To identify the enhanced chassis a new model # of DLM/FW has been assigned.
The 2001 car differs from the original 1996 Kudzu DLM in several ways.
Increase from 16" wheels to 18" BBS wheels to meet the recent
rules changes
Modified Aluminum honeycomb tub to accommodate aerodynamic and chassis
Suspension and chassis modifications to increase adjustability of the
Lower profile frontal area bodywork
Front nose box and splitter improvements
6 piece body style
Roll bar aerodynamics and fairing open area
Rear wing to meet recent rules changes
Data acquisition and logging improvements
Heavier "endurance" 5 speed transmission
Many of these changes were made and tested during the middle of the 2001 season and were in place and tested at the Grand Am finale at Daytona in November.
The car will still carry the team colors of Orange/Blue and White with the familiar CrocoTile modular flooring sponsorship logo on the nose with Trench Shoring Services picking up the ad space on the sides.
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Which Joe gave his name to 'sloppy joes'? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
1mass noun A dark brown oil containing various phenols and other organic compounds, distilled from coal tar and used as a wood preservative.
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- 1.1 A colourless, pungent, oily liquid, containing creosol and other compounds, distilled from wood tar and used as an antiseptic.
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Visit the Sandhill Fall Festival on October 26-28 and help Harvest Hope with their mission to provide for struggling families in the Midlands. The Sandhill Research and Education Center (REC) is partnering with Harvest Hope for the first time and anyone donating at least three cans of food with their regular admission price will receive a Sandhill Buck good at several locations during the festival or a food coupon from Chick-fil-A.
The Sandhill Festival will be held at 900 Clemson Road from 6:00 until 9:30 pm on Friday and Saturday and 3:00 until 8:30 pm on Sundays. Admission prices are $5 for ages 4-12 and anyone over 13 for $10. Children under 3 admitted for free and parking is free. This year's festival includes such great attractions as a hayride, pumpkin patch, a haunted forest, open Fridays and Saturdays, corn maze and a petting zoo on Sundays. For more information visit http://www.clemson.edu/public/rec/sandhill/ Mast General Store, Merrell Footwear, and Harvest Hope Food Bank are partnering to provide children in the Midlands area with weekend food, and you can help. For each pair of Merrell shoes purchased at Mast Store through October 31, Merrell will fill a pack a backpack with food to feed a child for a weekend. BackPack Weekend and SnackPack Weekend are designed to provide healthy, easily-prepared food to some of the most vulnerable children in our community, children who may be missing meals on a regular basis. Harvest Hope continues to provide for struggling individuals and families across 20 SC counties, and last year distributed more than 28,383,000 pounds of food to help feed almost 2 million people in our state. To learn more about Harvest hope visit www.harvesthope.org. |


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Put an album on last night and it sounded weird and the TT stopped. I thought *** (Oh dear) me TTs broke so I checked all the connections and could see nothing wrong, so I tried it again and it seemed to speed up and slow down and then I realised I'd left the clamp off. Relief!!!
Crickey, what you tracking your cart at , 4 ton .
Seriously, if it happens again plop a little drop of oil down your motor pully spindle. The bearing may be a tad dry.
Also check out your platter bearing for a lump of scrunge. Leaving the clamp off, assuming you mean the record clamp, should not make one iota of difference. I hope i am wrong but it sounds to me as if your motor is on the way out.
Floyd after reading your post I decided to investigate further and with the belt removed the platter spins easily and forever, but the motor if spun soon stops. The tracking on the Rega arm is set at 1.8grms. I may have to buy something to check the accuracy of this unless we have some digital scales.
Next time I put something on I will put an old album on and leave the record clamp off and see if it happens again, it may have been a one off. The TT is only 4 months old so still under guarantee.
The reference to your cart was a joke, a bad one , but still a joke. Anyways if its only 4 months old take it back to your dealer or call mich direct. Ask for Steve in the tech dept and explain whats going on. Personaly i would call mich, they are very good and will sort it out for you, without having to wait for your dealer to get his bum in gear. Even if your cart was tracking at 5gms it wouldnt stop the motor/platter spinning. If you havnt got any scales then buy some. I would hazard a guess that the scale on your arm is a mile out, and in this game 0.2 of a gram is a mile with some carts. Digital scales are brilliant if a tad pricey.
I tried this again with the clamp removed, first of all with the Record Support Disc removed, then with it replaced convex side up and then concave side up and both the LPs I tried played perfectly. I reckon the other night was just a one-off glitch.
Without the clamp on the stylus was going up and down like it was on a roller coaster but it still played OK, with the clamp on the LPs were as flat as a pancake.
Well at least you have plenty of warranty time left if it occurs again, then i would get it looked at for sure. Clamps do tend to ,erm, clamp things down,lol. What you really need as an album thats super warped with an out of centre spindle hole and no clamp, thats fun !!.


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Brian Pankey caught a cigar box between two other cigar boxes nine consecutive times while on a rola bola. The boxes were tossed in a rotating pattern, changing on each throw.
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Just hours after the reports about Santiago Arias emerged, his agent has confirmed "we are in direct contact with Inter."
"We are in direct contact with Inter and I know full well they are continuing to monitor Santiago Arias," agent Marcelo Ferreyra told Radio Renascença.
"I won't say there is an official proposal, nor negotiations in place. To say they want to buy him right now is false too.
"At this moment Inter are observing Arias, that is all. As things stand, there are no actual negotiations for a move.
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The kids and I had dinner last night at my mom's house. During the meal she brought up the topic of Boo's Halloween costume.
"I'm surprised you want to be a corn-on-the-cob," she said. "Knowing how much you like the Presidents, I thought you would have been Abraham Lincoln."
Boo looked at her, perplexed.
"Why would I want to be someone who got shot?"
So I'm in the parking lot of Wawa today (that's a convenience store for those of you not in the Philly area), and as I'm trying to balance my coffee, hold two newspapers, and open the door of my van, I see a hearse careening through the parking lot, windows down, with really loud unintelligible music playing.
I mean, it was loud enough to wake the dead. (Ba-dump-bump!)
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Boo has got you there!!
Oh, man...I think we have the same sense of humor. - October 28, 2008 at 9:32 AM
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gail elle, of course we have the same sense of humor ... how else can you explain why we've been friends so long? :)
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When is a photograph not necessarily a photograph? That would be when it's a Photosketch. Above average sketchers have probably thought of their work as being comparable to photographs but now some students in China have taken this a step further. A new piece of software developed by students at universities in China and Singapore has given even average artists the ability to turn their stick figures into photographs. It's a photoshopped version of a photograph but early adopters everywhere are raving about this newest technological advancement.
An aspiring artist, or just about anyone, sketches a few objects, say, a dog or an elephant along with a background, a golf course perhaps, and possibly a human or even a basic shape. Each element is then labeled. The Photosketch software searches the internet for images of these objects or elements and assembles them into a photograph. The creators claim to have developed an image blending algorithm that seamlessly combines the varied elements into a realistic looking photograph. In order to accomplish an image of the right scale and composition, the algorithm attaches a numeric score to each element and arrives at the final version by a best fit sort of process.
Of course this bends the definition of photograph by quite a bit since it is generally thought that photographs are representations of reality. Folks are already imagining endless possibilities for generating appropriate and inappropriate "photographs" of themselves with celebrities. Others imagine setting celebrities in all manner of humorous and compromising situations – though celebrities are often in compromising positions of their own accord. And the more creative types envision this being the perfect tool for creating an alibi. See, who says I wasn't where I said I'd be, the proof is right here in this photograph.
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To provoke the well-known discussion... ... - is orign CZ correct? What's about the fact, that it's at least a facelifted Chinese Passat? |
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In the rest its listed as CZ origin. |
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Are taxi drivers the only people to buy these? Even the majority posted on here are taxis. Really spacious and nice in the back as I discovered when I was getting a cab to the station the other week. |


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Assuming the Titans use one of their 2014 draft picks on a QB, what round should it happen in? Here you will see I've listed all 32 teams QB's and the round they were drafted. Bills - EJ Manuuel - 1st Jets - Geno Smith - 2nd Dolphins - Ryan Tannehill - 1st Patriots - Tom Brady - 6th Bengals - Andy Dalton - 2nd Browns - Jason Campbell - 1st (on his 4th team) Ravens - Joe Flacco - 1st Steelers - Ben Roethlisberger - 1st Texans - Matt Schaub - 3rd (2nd team) Titans - Jake Locker - 1st Jaguars - Chad Henne - 2nd (2nd team) Colts - Andrew Luck - 1st Broncos - Peyton Manning - 1st Chiefs - Alex Smith - 1st (2nd team) Raiders - Matt McCloin/Terrelle Pryor - UFA/3rd supplemental Chargers - Philip Rivers - 1st Giants - Eli Manning - 1st Eagles - Nick Foles - 3rd Cowboys - Tony Romo - UFA Redskins - Robert Griffin - 1st 49er's - Colin Kaepernick - 2nd Seahawks - Russell Wilson - 3rd Cardinals - Carson Palmer - 1st (3rd team) Rams - Sam Bradford - 1st Bears - Jay Cutler - 1st (2nd team) Vikings - Christian Ponder - 1st Lions - Matt Staford - 1st Packers - Aaron Rodgers - 1st Falcons - Matt Ryan - 1st Saints - Drew Brees - 2nd (2nd team) Buccaneers - Mike Glennon - 3rd Panthers - Cam Newton - 1st Thats 20 1st round QB's for anyone counting, but 5 of this years 12 playoff QB's were picked after the 1st round. Hmm. What are your thoughts on waiting til round 2 for a QB?
There's 6 rounds after the first round plus UFA's so the numbers are skewed like that. The draft pool for the first round every year is 32, while after the first round its around 300 players counting UFA's with a legit shot to make a team. In other words, while there's only 3-4 QB's drafted in the first round any given year, there's 20-30 more quarterbacks going after that round. So of course there's going to be a substantial number of successful QB's taken after round 1. But the hit rate is a lot greater in the 1st round. For example, I'm not positive on the exact numbers but its probably something like 1 out of 4 QB's drafted in the 1st round turns out to be a good pick. While in rounds 2-7 its probably up to about 1 in 15. But because there's something like 230 picks from rounds 2-7 you're going to see more successful QB's in those rounds than in just 1 round, but it's not at all a safer bet. It's a numbers game.
I agree with mr. Johnny football here. It's true. and I don't know why it's so hard for everybody else to see the truth.. your chances dwindle significantly of finding a QB after the 1st round.. and it's pretty piss poor odds drafting in the 1st, even.
Thank goodness you get bored enough at work to actually do all this. I have been saying the same about drafting a potential starter in the second. It is dangerous. Additionally Drew Brees had a high first round grade but dropped because not too many teams were looking to draft a QB that year. He was taken in the second round but with the first pick in the second.


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i love the way you cook and eat! I particularly admire your commit to change the way you are eating. Making some changes of our own at home base. I look forward to trying some of your recipes and ingredient ideas.
Thought you would appreciate this TED conference video from Mark Bittman of Food Matters. I like what he has to say and I think you are a healthy contributor to this model.
keep the wonderful ideas coming.
buon appetito!
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