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The character of Ajax, as fixed in the Iliad and therefore familiar to the audience, was of an extraordinarily powerful man, next to Achilles the best of the Greek warriors at Troy, but also of a man extraordinarily headstrong and self-centered. After Achilles' death, according to legend, the divine armor made for him by Hephaestus was to be given to the worthiest of his survivors, and Ajax naturally expected the prize. Instead the chieftains voted to award it to Odysseus. Ajax' consequent hatred of Odysseus is mentioned in the Odyssey: when the two meet in Hades, Ajax refuses to speak to Odysseus but turns his back on him.
The opening of the play informs us that in chagrin at his disappointment Ajax was on the point of murdering the Greek generals; to save them Athena darkened Ajax' senses so that he mistook the army's livestock for the generals and slaughtered them instead. When Ajax recovers and realizes, not that his intention was wrong, but that its miscarriage would make him ridiculous, he determines on suicide. He ignores the pleas of Tecmessa and the chorus, bids his child farewell, and departs.
Soon he returns, ostensibly reconciled to life; he says he will go and bury his unlucky sword by the seaside and then have peace forevermore. After Ajax has gone and the chorus has sung its premature joy, a messenger from Teucer brings Calchas' warning that Ajax must be kept indoors that day. The chorus and Tecmessa leave to find him. The scene changes to seaside sedge (the only change of scene in the extant plays of Sophocles) and there Ajax makes a farewell speech, with a curse for the Atreidae, buries his sword point up, and falls upon it. The searchers enter and the body of Ajax is found, fittingly by Tecmessa. Teucer comes to bury the body but is forbidden to do so, first by Menelaus, whom he outfaces, and then by Agamemnon, who presents a reasonable argument for denying burial. Odysseus, despite Ajax' animosity toward him, persuades Agamemnon to allow the burial.
Modern readers sometimes find the dispute about the burial anticlimactic and irrelevant; but the last third of the Ajax is not a Hamlet without Hamlet. It is not an episode in Ajax' life which is the theme but the totality of his career. To assess his career justly the arguments for and against burial are relevant, and the final decision puts the seal on Ajax' claim to heroization.
Chorus of Salaminian Sailors
Eurysaces, Attendants, Heralds (mute characters)
SCENE: Before the tent of Ajax at Troy.
(Odysseus is seen scanning footprints, athena aloft.)
ATHENA. Always I have seen you, son of Laertes, seeking to snatch some occasion against your enemies; and now at the tent of Ajax by the ships, where he is posted at the very edge of the camp, I see you pausing long on his trail and scanning his fresh tracks, to find whether he is within or abroad. Your course keen-scenting as a Laconian hound's leads you well to your goal. Even now the man is gone within, sweat streaming from his face and from hands that have slain with the sword. There is no further need for you to peer within these doors. But what is your aim in this eager quest? Speak, so that you may learn from her who can give you light.
ODYSSEUS. Voice of Athena, dearest to me of the Immortals, how clearly, though you are unseen, do I hear your call and seize it in my soul, as when a Tyrrhenian clarion speaks from mouth of bronze! You have rightly discerned that I am hunting to and fro on the trail of a foeman, Ajax of the mighty shield. It is he and no other that I have been tracking so long.
This night he has done to us a thing unthinkable—if he is indeed the doer. We know nothing certain but drift in doubt, and I took upon me the burden of this search. We have lately found the cattle, our spoil, dead, slaughtered by human hand, and dead beside them the guardians of the flock.
All men lay this crime to him. A scout who had descried him bounding alone over the plain with reeking sword brought me tidings and declared the matter. Then straightway I rushed upon his track; sometimes I recognize the footprints as his, but sometimes I am bewildered and cannot read whose they are. Your help is timely; yours is the hand that always guides my course, as in the past so for the days to come.
ATHENA. I know it, Odysseus, and came early on the path, a watcher friendly to your chase.
ODYSSEUS. Dear mistress, is my toil to some purpose?
ATHENA. Know that yonder man is the doer of these deeds.
ODYSSEUS. Why was his insensate hand so fierce?
ATHENA. In bitter wrath touching the arms of Achilles.
ODYSSEUS. Why then this furious onslaught upon the flocks?
ATHENA. It was in your blood, as he thought, that he was dyeing his hand.
ODYSSEUS. What? Was this design aimed against the Greeks?
ATHENA. He would have accomplished it too if I had been careless.
ODYSSEUS. How had he laid these bold plans? What could inspire such hardihood?
ATHENA. He went forth against you in the night, by stealth and alone.
ODYSSEUS. And did he come near us? Did he reach his goal?
ATHENA. He was already at the doors of the two chiefs.
ODYSSEUS. What cause stayed his eager hand from murder?
ATHENA. I, even I, withheld him, for I cast upon his eyes the tyrannous fancies of his baneful joy. I turned his fury aside on the flocks of sheep and the confused droves guarded by herdsmen, the spoil which you had not yet divided. He fell upon the horned throng dealing death and hewing them to the earth around him. Now he thought that the two Atreidae were the prisoners whom he slew with his hand, now it was this chief and now that, at each new onset. And while the man raved in the throes of frenzy I still urged him and hurled him into the toils of doom. Presently, when he rested from this work, he bound together the living oxen and the sheep and brought them home, as though his captives were men and not good cattle. And now he is tormenting them, bound together, in the house.
But I will show you this madness openly, so that when you have seen it you may proclaim it to all the Greeks. Be steadfast and of good courage, nor look for evil from the man, for I will turn the vision of his eyes away and keep them from seeing your face.
Ho, you who are binding the back-bent arms of your captives with cords, you I call; come here! Ajax, what ho! come forth from the house!
ODYSSEUS. What are you doing, Athena? Never call him out.
ATHENA. Hold your peace! Do not earn the name of coward!
ODYSSEUS. Forbear, I pray you; be content that he stay inside.
ATHENA. What is the danger? Was he not a man before?
ODYSSEUS. Yes, an enemy to your servant, and still is.
ATHENA. And to mock at enemies—is that not the sweetest mockery?
ODYSSEUS. Enough for me that he remain within his doors.
ATHENA. You are afraid of seeing a madman in full view?
ODYSSEUS No fear could make me shun him if he were sane.
ATHENA. But even now he shall not see you, though you are near.
ODYSSEUS. How so, if he still sees with the same eyes?
ATHENA. I will darken them though they are open.
ODYSSEUS. Well, all is possible when a god contrives.
ATHENA. Stand silent, then, and stay where you are.
ODYSSEUS. I must stay. I wish that I were far from here!
ATHENA. What ho, Ajax, once again I call you! Is this your scanty regard for your ally?
AJAX (enters, holding a bloodstained scourge). Hail, Athena! Hail, Zeus-born maid! How well you have stood by me! Yes, I will crown your shrine with trophies of pure gold for this prize!
ATHENA. Fairly spoken. But tell me this—have you dyed your sword well in the Greek camp?
AJAX. That is my boast; I do not disclaim it.
ATHENA. And perhaps turned your armed hand on the Atreidae?
AJAX. So that they will never again dishonor Ajax.
ATHENA. The men are dead, as I take your meaning?
AJAX. Dead. Now let them rob me of my arms!
ATHENA. Good. And then the son of Laertes—in what plight have you left him? Has he escaped you?
AJAX. What, you ask me about that accursed fox?
ATHENA. Yes, about Odysseus, your adversary.
AJAX. No guest so welcome, lady. He is sitting in the house—in bonds. I do not mean him to die just yet.
ATHENA. What would you do first? What larger advantage would you win?
AJAX. First he shall be bound to a pillar beneath my roof—
ATHENA. The unlucky man; what will you do to him?
AJAX. —and have his back crimsoned with the scourge before he dies.
ATHENA. Do not torture the wretch so cruelly.
AJAX. In all else, Athena, have your will, I say; but his doom shall be no other than this.
ATHENA. Since it pleases you to do this, then, do not hold your hand, do not abate one jot of your intention.
AJAX. I go to my work. Always stand at my side, I charge you, as you have stood today! (Exit.)
ATHENA. Do you see, Odysseus, how great is the strength of the gods? Whom could you have found more prudent than this man or more valiant for the service of the time?
ODYSSEUS I know none. I pity him in his misery for all that he is my foe, because he is bound fast to a dread doom. I think of my own lot no less than his. For I see that we are but phantoms, all we who live, or fleeting shadows.
ATHENA. Marking such things, therefore, see that your own lips never speak a haughty word against the gods, and assume no proud posture if you prevail above another in prowess or by store of ample wealth. For a day can humble all human things and a day can lift them up, but the wise of heart are loved of the gods, and the evil are abhorred.
CHORUS (enters). Son of Telamon, you whose wave-girt Salamis is firmly throned upon the sea, when your fortunes are fair I rejoice, but when the stroke of Zeus comes upon you, or the angry rumor of the Danai with noise of evil tongues, then I tremble and am in great fear, like a winged dove with troubled eye.
And so, telling of the night now spent, loud murmurs beset us for our shame; telling how you visited the meadow wild with steeds and destroyed the cattle of the Greeks, their spoil, prizes of the spear which had not yet been shared, slaying them with flashing sword.
Such are the whispered slanders that Odysseus breathes into all ears, and he wins large belief. For now the tale that he tells of you is specious; and each hearer rejoices more than he who told, despitefully exulting in your woes.
Yes, point your arrow at a noble spirit and you shall not miss; but should a man speak such things against me he would win no faith. 'Tis on the powerful that envy creeps. Yet the small without the great can ill be trusted to guard the walls; lowly leagued with great will prosper best, great served by less.
But foolish men cannot be led to learn these truths. Even such are the men who rail against you, and we are helpless to repel these charges without you, O King. Verily, when they have escaped your eye they chatter like flocking birds; but terrified by the mighty vulture, suddenly, if you should perchance appear, they will cower still and dumb.
Was it the Tauric Artemis, child of Zeus, that drove you—O dread rumor, parent of my shame!—against the herds of all our host, in revenge, I suppose, for a victory that had paid no tribute, whether it was that she had been disappointed of glorious spoil, or because a stag had been slain without a thank-offering? Or can it have been the mail-clad Lord of War that was wroth for dishonor to his aiding spear and took vengeance by nightly wiles?
Never of your own heart, son of Telamon, would you have gone so far astray as to fall upon the flocks. Verily, when the gods send madness it must come; but may Zeus and Phoebus avert the evil rumor of the Greeks!
And if the great chiefs charge you falsely in the rumors which they spread, or sons of the wicked line of Sisyphus, forbear, O my king, forbear to win me an evil name by still keeping your face thus hidden in the tent by the sea.
Nay, up from your seat, wheresoever you are brooding in this pause of many days from battle, making the flame of mischief blaze up to heaven! But the insolence of your foes goes abroad without fear in the breezy glens, while all men mock with taunts most grievous; and my sorrow passes not away.
TECMESSA (enters). Mariners of Ajax, of the race that springs from the Erechtheidae, sons of the soil—mourning is the portion of us who care for the house of Telamon far away. Ajax, our dread lord of rugged might, now lies stricken with a storm that darkens the soul.
CHORUS. What is the heavy change from yesterday's fortune which this night has produced? Daughter of the Phrygian Teleutas, speak; for to you, his spear-won bride, bold Ajax has borne a constant love. You may therefore hint the answer with knowledge.
TECMESSA. Oh, how shall I tell a tale too dire for words? Terrible as death is the fate which you must hear. Seized with madness in the night, our glorious Ajax has been utterly undone. For evidence you may see within his dwelling the butchered victims weltering in their blood, sacrifices of no hand but his.
CHORUS. What tidings of the fiery warrior have you told, not to be borne nor yet escaped, tidings which the mighty Danai noise abroad, which their strong rumor spreads! Woe is me, I dread the doom to come. Shamed before all eyes, the man will die, if his frenzied hand has slain with dark sword the herds and the horse-guiding herdsmen.
TECMESSA. Alas! It was from those pastures that he came to me with his captive flock! Of part he cut the throats on the floor within; some he rent asunder, hewing their sides. Then he caught up two white-footed rams. Of one he sheared off the head and the tongue-tip and flung them away; the other he bound upright to a pillar, and seized a heavy thong of harness, and flogged with shrill, doubled lash, while he uttered revilings which a god, and no mortal had taught.
chorus. The time has come for each of us to veil his head and betake him to stealthy speed of foot, or to sit on the bench at the quick oar and give her way to the seafaring ship.
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 10/166,572 filed on Jun. 10, 2002 U.S. Pat. No. 7,321,859 issued on Jan. 22, 2008 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
This invention relates generally to the transportation of packages for a fee. More particularly, this invention relates to devices and methods used to determine an appropriate fee for transporting a package based on the size, weight or other parameters of the package.
Many courier companies offer to pick up and deliver packages on behalf of their customers. In exchange for delivering the packages to the customer's specified destination, the courier company charges a fee. Typically the fee is based upon one or more of the size of the package, the weight of the package, the destination of the package and the urgency of the packages' delivery. Larger courier companies typically have a central sorting station. At the central sorting station packages picked up from customers are processed for delivery to the customer's specified destination.
A problem exists in determining the appropriate charge for the customer to delivery the package. In some cases, the volume of the package is the limiting constraint, especially for goods shipped by overnight air carrier. In other circumstances, the packages' weight can be the limiting factor again for example, when being shipped by air carrier. What is needed is a way of measuring a package to evaluate the appropriate shipping charge for the customer.
In the past several attempts have been made to develop such measuring devices. For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,469,262 and 6,201,604 provide non-destructive remote volume measuring of packages using light beams. However, the sensing mechanisms involved are complex and expensive. This renders such devices beyond the reach of all but large courier companies.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,708,368 presents a less expensive alternative, which involves a person who places the package on an electronic measuring grid. The worker pushes the package against the grid, where it contacts trip switches. The switches are located on an x, y and z axes and a size measurement is obtained by measuring, in effect, how many switches are tripped, by direct contact between the package and the switches along each axis. However, such direct contact measuring is unreliable since most packages to be shipped are made from flexible packaging material, such as cardboard. Such flexible packaging material can soften or deform under impact and any number of switches along a packages length may not be tripped yielding a false (low) reading. Further, physical contact trip switches involve moving parts which can wear out over time, which can get gummed up and stick in an on or off position by dirt, debris or the like, and which are otherwise expensive to maintain and operate. Further, the need for a person to orient the package on the grid for measurement is expensive. Lastly, there is no way to detect whether the volume measured is at all accurate.
What is needed is a simple and reliable system for measuring the volume of a package, commonly known as "cubing" a package, and for weighing a package to determine an appropriate shipping charge.
The present invention provides a billing system for determining the transportation charges for packages. Most preferably the present invention provides an optical sensor based non-contact reading system for dimensioning or cubing the package. According to the present invention the outer dimensions of the package can be measured, without requiring physical contact or tripping of multiple switches on multiple sensing axes. Further, the present invention is simple, inexpensive and in one embodiment may be used on a continuous conveyor without the need for an attendant. The present invention also provides a way to confirm the measured or detected volume makes sense.
Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a reader for the purpose of reading a unique package identifier associated with each package. In this way, the measured size of the package can be correlated to a package identifier in a database for billing purposes.
The present invention further comprehends a microprocessor which receives the package identifier information and size information and determines an appropriate billing rate based on input destination and urgency.
In a further embodiment, a weigh scale is provided for in-line measurement of packaging weight which can then also be correlated to the unique identifier and the package volume in the microprocessor database. The present invention further comprehends a screen to display the measured size and/or weight to permit the operator to review the data for obvious input errors.
Most preferably, the volume sensing means of the present invention consists of non-contact optical sensors like diodes or phototransistors which have a change in electrical signal output according with the amount of light impinging on the sensor. By mounting the sensor behind a transparent cover, or below, or behind the plane of the package, the present invention provides a dimension measuring device which is simple and inexpensive to fabricate and easy and reliable to use.
Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a billing system for determining transportation charges for packages movable along a conveyor, said billing system comprising:
a reader to read a package identifier associated with said package, said reader generating a package identification signal and transmitting the signal to a microprocessor;
a package sizer having a plurality of spaced non-contact optical sensors spaced along each of an x, y and z axis, each optical sensor being located at a known position and oriented relative to said conveyor so that packages passing past said sizer are detected by said optical sensors, said sizer producing a signal correlated to a size of said package; and
a microprocessor to receive and correlate said package identification signal and said package size signal for billing purposes, said microprocessor including pre-input data on billing charges, whereby said measured package size can be compared to said pre-input data to determine a transportation charge for said package.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of determining transportation charges for packages by using a billing system having non-contact optical sensors, said method comprising the steps of:
identifying a package by means of a reader;
positioning the package on a sensing grid;
measuring one or more of a weight and volume of the package;
correlating the package identifier said measured weight and volume of said package in a database;
displaying the measured weight and volume;
determining a charge for said package based upon said measured weight and volume upon acceptance of the displayed package parameters.
Reference will now be made to drawings, which illustrate, by way of example only, preferred embodiments of the present invention and in which:
The billing system 10 includes a reader 16 to read a package identifier 18 on the package 12. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there are many forms of package identifier 18 and reader 16. For example, the reader 16 may be an optical scanner, and may read a digital bar code identifier on the package which, may for example, be a waybill number. Alternatively, the package may be equipped with a RIF tag which may be read by an appropriate RIF tag reader. Other forms of identifiers and readers are comprehended by the present invention, but the optical scanner and bar code tag provide inexpensive and accurate results. Also, while a fixed scanner 16 is shown, a hand held scanner may also be used and is comprehended by the present invention. The output from the reader 16 is a package identification signal, which is communicated to a microprocessor 30.
The next element of the billing system is a package sizer 32 having a plurality of spaced optical sensors 34. A number of sensors 34 are located along each of an x, y and z axis as shown. Most preferably, the x, y and z axes are perpendicularly oriented relative to the conveyor 14. In this way it is easy to calibrate the signals to package size when the packages passing along the conveyor 14 are detected by the optical sensors. However, the present invention comprehends orienting the axes of optical sensors in any configuration which still provides a reading of a package dimension. Thus, the axes could be skewed, and calibrated, without departing from the scope of the present invention. In this sense calibrated means the positions of individual sensors are known.
As can be seen from
The preferred optical sensors are non-contact sensors. Such sensors are accurate and sensitive enough to respond to a change in light, caused by an object passing over the LED. Optionally the optical sensors 34 are protected by a transparent cover 35. Alternatively, the optical sensors can be placed in a non-contact position, just behind a plane defining one side of the package. For example, in the preferred embodiment, the system 10 includes rollers 37 as part of the conveyor 14. The rollers 37 are mounted on bearings (not shown) in the usual manner to permit the packages to be easily moved along the stand 15, first past the reader 16, then past the sizer 32. The packages move in the direction of arrow A in this example, but may move in either direction without departing from the scope of the present invention. The optical sensor can be located as shown between a pair of adjacent rollers, but below the level of the top of the rollers. In this way, the package will pass closely over the sensors, without needing to actually contact the sensor to generate a reading.
The accuracy of the measurement of the sizer 32 will be a function of detecting the outside edges of the package 12. If the sensors 34 are spaced more closely together, a more precise measurement of the outer dimensions of the package 12 can be obtained. Contrarily, if the spacing of the sensors 34 is further apart, then the size of the package 12 is less precisely measured. Placing the sensors 34 at � inch intervals has yielded reasonable results, but the present invention comprehends other spacings such as � cm or the like. Further, it may be desired not to measure small packages at all, medium packages quite precisely and large packages less precisely. In some cases, packages below a certain size will not be billed according to size as a minimum charge will apply. Thus, in one form of the invention, no sensors 34 would be located adjacent to the origin, sensors quite closely spaced would then follow, and lastly widely spaced sensors would be located on the outermost part of the x, y and z axes.
It can also be desirable to measure the size of small packages, in which case more closely spaced sensors may be used to reduce measurement error. Thus, a preferred form of the present invention is to have closely spaced sensors closest to the origin, such as 1 mm apart for the first 10 cm, and then, further from the origin have more widely spaced sensors, such as every 5 mm. Unlike the prior art which determined a package dimension by summing the outputs of all the tripped switches, the present invention relies upon identifying each sensor 34 and its position. Thus, rather than taking all of the signals, which compounds any errors in reading, the present invention simply utilizes the outermost sensor which generates an output corresponding to a change in the amount of light, as a proxy for the outside edge of the package 12 to determine the package size. Thus, the sensing errors, if any, are not cumulative as in the prior art. Further, the present invention will use, as a reading, the last covered sensor 34 of a continuous set of covered sensors 34. Thus, if for some reason one sensor 34 is covered, the next one is uncovered, and then further away from the origin a few more sensors 34 are covered and producing readings, the present invention utilizes only the last one of the set of covered sensors 34 as the measurement point. In this way, stray readings from non-package items such as an operator's hand or any other matter which could cause a false reading will not throw off the accurate measurement of the package.
As can now be appreciated, to accurately sense package 12 size in all three dimensions, x, y and z, requires that the package 12 pass over three sets of calibrated (as to position) sensors 34. Thus it is preferred to cause one corner of the package 12 to momentarily be located at the origin 36, to lie against the x, y and z axes. Thus the package 12 can pass an upright surface 39 in which the y axis is located while at the same time passing over the x and z axes. In such a case, only the outermost width sensor 34, the topmost height sensor 34 and the outermost length sensor 43 need be used. As the position of each sensor is known, taking a reading from any given sensor will provide a package dimension measurement.
For the purpose of obtaining a reading, it is most appropriate to temporarily stop the package 12 on the conveyor 14, and position the package 12 against the measurement axes. In the embodiment of
Once the package 12 is placed with one corner at the origin 36 a measurement of all three dimensions can be taken. The measurement takes the form of an electronic output signal which is sent to and received by the microprocessor 30.
Associated with the microprocessor 30 is a monitor or display 40 as shown in
Also associated with the conveyor 14 is an inline weigh scale 50 which most preferably is built into the support structure for the sizer system 32. Thus, the present invention comprehends that the weight of the package 12 can be determined, either as the package 12 is moved to the sizer 32, or even while the sizer 32 measurements are being taken. Weight scales from Matrix Scale Service in Mississauga, Ontario have been found to yield reasonable results in providing an output signal which can be converted into a weight reading. The weigh scale can weigh the individual weight of packages 12, and in this fashion both the weight and the volume of a package 12 can be measured and correlated to the package identifier in the microprocessor.
Turning now to
Turning now to
The system is then ready for packages, indicated by start 100. The start step may be initiated, for example by the optical reader sensing a package identifier. At the next step 102, the package is scanned. At this point, the scanning takes the form of weighing the package by means of the inline weigh scale 50 incorporated into the support stand 15, and cubing the package with sizer 32, namely, identifying the volume of the package by use of the non-contact optical sensors placed at predetermined positions in the three optical sensing or measurement axes as explained above. Once the readings are made, the information is sent as an electronic signal to a cubing processor control box, which converts the electronic signals into data signals at step 104. Then, at step 106, the data is sent from the cubing process control box to a display or monitor. Then, at step 108, the monitor displays the dimensions, the weight, the waybill number and any other pertinent information for the package. At this point, the information can be viewed by the operator, if any, and generally verified as to its apparent accuracy.
The next step at 112, is to send the verified data to the billing computer (not shown) for the system. The billing computer is responsible for correlating the electronic data to a scale of charges to determine the appropriate waybill charge for the shipping customer. This can be done by look-up table or the like, where pre-input billing charges are provided for specific package sizes or ranges of sizes. Prior to actually producing a waybill, the data is checked to determine whether or not it is good. For example, the computer ensures that the waybill number has the appropriate number of digits, and that the weight and volume that were measured fall within acceptable parameters. If the information is not acceptable, then, the program at step 114 questions whether or not the data has been sent three times. At 116, if the data has already been sent three times and is still not acceptable, then an error message is sent to the display, in which case the package is removed and reinserted into the conveyor belt for remeasuring. If the data has not been sent a predetermined number of times, then at step 118, the data is resent to the microcomputer.
At step 112, if the data is good, then an acknowledgement of received data is sent to the display at 120 so that the operator knows the information has been recorded into the computer database. Once the data has been confirmed as being displayed, then the program ends at 124 and is ready to receive the next package for weighing. If for some reason the data is not displayed at 122, then the program reverts to an error reset and the package must be remeasured back at step 102.
The next stage is to determine the billing charges for the package. There are many different ways for determining the billing charges, and various multipliers can be used for distance, urgency, and weight and/or volume. Having the relevant billing information pre-input into a microprocessor in electronic form means that the microprocessor can generate a bill appropriate to the package volume, weight, destination and urgency.
Turning now to
In many cases it will be necessary to also ensure that the package is placed against the far side of the sizer, to ensure good measurements on the x axis and the y axis of the sizer. Thus, a positioning arm 90 is provided, which pivots about 92. A predetermined torque is used to ensure that packages are pushed laterally against the x and y measurement axes, but the positioning arm 90 will also pivot to let larger packages through. The precise electromechanical control of the pivoting arm 90 can vary, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. What this embodiment of the present invention comprehends, is an automatic means to position the package momentarily on the sensing grid to permit the appropriate measurements to be made.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while reference has been made to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the form of the present invention can vary without departing from the scope of the claims which are attached. Some of these variations have been discussed above and others will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, various forms of reader can be used to associate the unique package identifier with the package being measured.
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I swear, I may consider buying a one way ticket to Switzerland if I can't get this to work how I want it to.
So I have set my GPP for IE and that in itself was a crap. It took my hourssss to find out there was a hotfix to make this stuff apply to IE9.
Anyway, so i've got there and now even though I have set the preference, I cannot make it work in conjuction with the 'Disable changing home page settings' group policy.
How can I make it so I have multiple tabs opening AND make it so they can't change that?!
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Just set the GPO setting on the user settings to not allow them to change anything on the general tab for Internet Options. Set the multiple tabs in preferences and the one below.
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Internet Control Panel
Jun 5, 2012 at 11:33 UTC
What Rockn said....
User Configuration ->Administrative Templates ->Windows Components ->Browser Menu and have a look at the Tools menu: Disable Internet Options...menu Option
Also, don't forget that you will have to disable access to the applet through Control panel. User Configuration ->Administrative Templates ->Control Panel ->Hide specified control panel applets
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I think it controls the same applet. Only let tham have access to what they need to do their job.
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If I get this right you want to load multiple tab homepages? If so you can set the following items (works for IE8+)
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This link explains the settings:
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Microbe-host interactions and microbial pathogenicity
Prophages of enteric bacteria are frequently of key importance for the biology, virulence, or host adaptation of their host. Some
These biological effects suggest that the presence of the prophage may be a marker for differential virulence of some
Bacteriophages have critically important roles in genome diversification and the evolution of virulence and host adaptation of enteric bacteria. Genes encoding Shiga toxins (Stx) 1 and 2 are found on lambdoid phages in Shiga-toxigenic
The recent demonstration of three distinct bacteriophages integrated into the genome of
This work was undertaken to determine whether the prophages associated with a group of highly related
Strain characteristics
The set of isolates used consisted of three
All four isolates appeared fully motile when grown in semi-solid agar at 37°C under microaerobic conditions. The mean diameter of swarming growth in mm was as follows: 00–2426 (n = 12), 30.3 ± 7.4; 00–2425 (n = 12) 31.0 ± 4.7; 00–2538 (n = 9), 33.4 ± 5.2; 00-2544 (n = 11), 32.5 ± 3.7. Analysis using the One Way ANOVA indicated that there was no significant statistical difference between strains (Normality test passed, P = 0.470; Equal Variance test passed, P = 0.192, Power of Performed test with alpha = 0.50 was 0.049, below the desired power of 0.800), though the low value for the latter measure indicates results should be interpreted cautiously.
Growth curves were done to determine whether the presence or absence of the CJIE1-family prophage affected growth of the organism. Each growth curve experiment compared one of the isolates carrying the CJIE1 prophage homolog with isolate 00–2426, which lacked the prophage (Figure
Figure 1
Growth curves for
Growth curves for
Adherence and invasion studies
Isolates carrying the CJEI1 prophage homologs showed a moderate, but reproducible, difference in adherence and invasion (Figure
Figure 2
Comparison of the adherence and invasion of
Comparison of the adherence and invasion of
To assess invasion, differences in adherence are controlled for by calculating the % invaded/% adhered ratios (%I/%A). Invasion was associated, independently of adherence, with carriage of the CJIE1 prophage homolog (Figure
Association of prophage with patient symptoms and source
Data on patient symptoms and the associated
C-EnterNet also recovers bacteria from food, animals, and environmental sources within the sentinel site. These isolates were used to assess whether there was any association between the presence of the CJIE1 prophage or the CJIE1 prophage + ORF11 and recovery of
There appeared to be a somewhat stronger association of ORF11 with multi-locus sequence types (ST) 21, 48, 460, 508, and 982 (Table
CJIE1-positive isolates were around 6 to 7-fold more adherent and 16 to 21-fold more invasive for INT-407 cells in culture than the isolate that did not carry this prophage. These values are close to those found when other genes have been examined; a similar 7-fold increase in adherence to INT-407 cells was found with a cj1461 (methyltransferase) mutant versus the wild-type strain
The presence of the prophage therefore makes a substantial contribution to the adherence of the lysogenized bacterium. Though the trend to much higher adherence by isolates carrying the prophage was clear in all experiments, the differences in the adherence of isolates with and without the prophage did not reach statistical significance. This was likely partly due to the inter-experimental variability in the adherence and invasion assays, which has been noted before
Invasion of Caco-2 cells was reduced in
DNA sequencing of the CJIE1-1 prophage from isolate 00–2425
No consistent or statistically significant differences in motility were found when comparing isolates with and without the prophage. The differences in adherence and invasion were therefore not directly the result of differences in motility, and were also not likely to be due to differences in gene content, other than the previously noted prophage genes, or growth rate.
The four isolates used were all obtained at the same time and in the same place during an outbreak of disease. They were the same subtype and had indistinguishable gene content as measured by comparative genomic hybridization DNA microarray analysis except for the fact that isolate 00–2426 lacked the CJIE1-family prophage. Though a consistent difference in growth rate was seen during mid-logarithmic phase between the isolate lacking the prophage and the three isolates carrying the prophage, this difference was extremely subtle. It does not seem likely that this degree of difference could be responsible for the differences seen in adherence and invasion.
It must be noted that the combination of microarray data and calculation of genome sizes does not prove absolutely that the four isolates have identical DNA sequences other than the presence or absence of CJIE1. Because the microarray had probes for genes from only two strains it is possible that other genes or DNA segments could be present. However, calculation of genome sizes from PFGE fragments sizes was done previously with a reasonable degree of accuracy, and the resulting data indicate that genomes of the isolates 00–2425 and 00–2544 carrying CJIE1 differed from 00–2426, which lacked CJIE1, by 39 kb
An unexpected observation unrelated to the investigation into prophages came from conducting growth curve experiments with
Molecular typing data and information about patient symptoms were available for a relatively large number of human and non-human isolates obtained through the C-EnterNet sentinel site surveillance system. Though there appeared to be some association of ORF11 with bloody diarrhea and hospitalization, this did not attain statistical significance. A further, somewhat puzzling, observation was that the presence in
Carriage of both the prophage and of ORF11 was less frequent in most
A striking difference in the frequency of carriage of both CJIE1 alone and of CJIE1 + ORF11 in both STs and in
The presence of CJIE1 prophages affected both adherence and invasion of the lysogenized bacterium; these effects on adherence and invasion were not due to differences in motility or growth. They also did not appear to result from minor differences in the gene content of the isolates as evaluated by microarray analysis. It is therefore most likely that the prophage, or some gene or genes within the prophage such as ORF11, was responsible for the increased levels of both adherence and invasion. There was no strong evidence that the prophage or ORF11 play a role in host adaptation, host specificity, or human pathogenicity. Research into the effects of the prophage on protein expression is expected to provide additional insights into the roles the prophage may play in the biology of its host bacterium.
Isolate characterization
Isolates were originally obtained during the large waterborne outbreak of
Isolates 00–2425, 00–2538, and 00–2544 all carried a prophage homologous to CMLP1 (CJIE1) of strain RM1221. Isolate 00–2426 lacked this prophage. The motility of each isolate was assessed by applying 10 μl of growth from Brucella broth adjusted to OD600 = 0.1 onto semi-solid agar (Oxoid Mueller-Hinton broth + 0.4% Select Agar). Zones of motility were measured after growth for 48 h at 37°C under microaerobic conditions.
Growth curves
Bacteria grown on Oxoid Mueller Hinton Agar + 10% sheep erythrocytes were used to inoculate 50 ml BBLTM Brucella Broth Albimi (VWR Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada). After overnight growth, each suspension was diluted to an OD600 of approximately 0.18 to 0.2 (approximately 2 × 108 cfu/ml). This suspension was diluted by 10-4 to a concentration of approximately 2 × 104 cfu/ml and 0.5 ml of the resulting suspension was inoculated into 50 ml Brucella Broth Albimi to give approximately 200–500 cfu/ml. Growth proceeded for four days at 37°C under microaerobic conditions (5% O2, 10% CO2, 85% N2). At intervals aliquots were taken, diluted appropriately, and plated in duplicate onto Mueller-Hinton agar plates for determining viable cell counts. All plates with 20 – 300 colonies were counted, so that between 2 and 4 values were available for calculating the mean plus standard deviation of the cell concentration. Inoculated plates were incubated in microaerobic conditions at 42°C for 36 – 48 h, or at 37°C for 3 days, and colonies were counted. Data were plotted in Sigma Plot 10.0.1 (Systat Software Inc, San Jose, CA). Eight growth curve experiments produced usable data, and the three chosen for publication were representative.
Microarray analysis for gene content of isolates
Comparative genomic hybridization microarray analysis was performed according to previously described methods
Equal amounts (0.8 – 1.0 μg) of labeled genomic DNA from each strain were mixed, lyophilized, and suspended in hybridization buffer (90% DIG Easy Hyb [Roche, Laval, QC, Canada], 5% tRNA [Sigma, Oakville, ON, Canada], and 5% salmon sperm DNA [Invitrogen Canada Inc, Burlington, ON, Canada]). After incubation at 65°C for 5 min, probes were cooled to room temperature, added to microarray slides (75 μl probe volume) under Lifter Slip coverslips (Erie Scientific), and hybridized overnight at 37°C in hybridization chambers containing DIG buffer to provide humidity. After hybridization the microarrays were washed twice for 5 min each with 1 × SSC, 0.1% SDS, twice for 5 min each with 0.5 × SSC, and once for 1 min with 0.1 × SSC. At least two technical replicates and dye swap experiments were done for each test strain to allow appropriate data analysis.
Microarray slides were scanned in an Agilent scanner (Agilent Technologies, Mississauga, ON, Canada). Signal data were extracted with ArrayPro Analyzer version 18.104.22.168 (Media Cybernetics Inc., Silver Spring, MD) and compiled in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Normalization of data, as well as removal of batch effects due to technical and dye intensity variation, was performed with Partek-Pro™ statistical analylsis software (Partek Inc., St. Louis, MO). Log2 ratios of the data were obtained
Description of PCR rationale, primers, and reaction conditions
PCR for verifying absence or divergence of loci was done using the primer sets summarized in Table
One gene pair, cj1318 and cj1336, had extensive overlapping regions of DNA sequence identity. The primers obtained could not differentiate the two genes; for the purposes of our discussion, positive results were taken to mean that both loci were present, though this has not been unambiguously demonstrated.
PCR was undertaken to detect the CJIE1 prophage and ORF11 from CJIE1. The PCR reaction primers and conditions have been described previously
Adherence and invasion assays
Assays were done according to the methods of Malik-Kale
A second series of experiments was done to compare the adherence and invasion of all isolates and controls in a single experiment. Fresh INT-407 cells were obtained and used between passages 5 – 20. For these later experiments, the concentration of gentamicin was reduced to 500 μg/ml based on testing of the strains used. There were no obvious differences in results using either concentration of antibiotic. Results from all assays were used to create Figure
Values for percent adherence (%A) and percent internalization divided by adherence (%I/A) were described previously
It must be noted that INT-407 cells have been found to contain contaminating HeLa markers. However, they have been used extensively for testing the adherence and invasion of
Sentinel site surveillance
C-EnterNet sentinel site surveillance in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario (human population of approximately 500,000) has been described previously
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis for cell culture adhesion and invasion assays was done by using the One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) performed using the Sigma Stat functions within the SigmaStat 3.5 software (Systat Software Inc.). The significance of each pairwise comparison was evaluated using the Holm-Sidak Test. The number of observations used for each factor is given in the legend to Figure
The association of the presence of the CJIE1 prophage and the prophage + ORF11 with patient symptoms was analyzed using the Chi-Square analysis of contingency or the Fisher Exact Test within Sigma Stat 3.5 software.
Competing interests
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Authors' contributions
Conceived and designed the work: CGC, MWG. Performed the laboratory experiments: CGC, CCRG, JM, DMT. Performed the analysis, including statistical analysis: CGC. Wrote the manuscript: CGC. Collected, collated, and provided patient and source data associated with the sentinel site: FP, BM. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We would like to acknowledge the invaluable help and advice provided by Dr. M. Konkel regarding cell culture adherence and invasion assays. The funding source was Government of Canada A-base funds.
Major structural differences and novel potential virulence mechanisms from the genomes of multiple Campylobacter species
Comparative genomic analysis of Campylobacter jejuni strains reveals diversity due to genomic elements similar to those present in C. jejuni strain RM1221
Temperate bacteriophages affect pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of Campylobacter jejuni
Genome dynamics of Campylobacter jejuni in response to bacterio-phage predation
Sequence variability of Campylobacter temperate bacteriophages
Sequencing of CJIE1 prophages from Campylobacter jejuni reveals the presence of inserted and (or) deleted genes
Comparison of molecular typing methods useful for detecting clusters of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli isolates through routine surveillance
Role of the Campylobacter jejuni Cj1461 DNA methyltransferase in regulating virulence characteristics
A deep rough mutant of Campylobacter jejuni 81–176 is non-invasive for intestinal epithelial cells
Campylobacter jejuni FlpA binds fibronectin and is required for maximal host cell adherence
Functional analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni cj0183 and cj0588 genes
Identification of hyperinvasive Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from poultry and human clinical cases
The Campylobacter jejuni dccRS two-component system is required for optimal in vivo colonization but is dispensible for in vitro growth
Campylobacter flagella: not just for motility
The virulence determinants of Campylobacter jejuni and its ability to colonize hosts
Identification of a Campylobacter jejuni-secreted protein required for maximal invasion of host cells
Cj0569 is a periplasmic peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase involved in Campylobacter jejuni motility, invasion, and colonization
Host-associated genetic import in Campylobacter jejuni
Decreasing trend of overlapping multilocus sequence types between human and chicken Campylobacter jejuni isolates over a decade in Finland
Longitudinal study of the molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni in cattle on dairy farms
Analysis of Campylobacter jejuni whole-genome microarrays: significance of prophage and hypervariable regions for discriminating isolates
Use of the Oxford multilocus sequence typing protocol and sequencing of the flagellin short variable region to characterize isolates from a large outbreak of waterborne Campylobacter sp. strains in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada
Characterization of waterborne outbreak-associated Campylobacter jejuni, Walkerton, Ontario
and the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Collaborative: Genetic characterization of clinical and agri-food isolates of multi-drug resistantSalmonella entericaserovar Heidelberg from Canada
Large-scale comparative genomics meta-analysis of Campylobacter jejuni isolates reveals low level of genome plasticity
Characterization of genetically matched isolates of Campylobacter jejuni reveals that mutations in genes involved in flagellar biosynthesis alter the organism's virulence potential


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Jun 14, 2012 at 3:36 UTC
Was this a Dell, HP or Lenovo device? I saw an error on a Dell machine this morning and was able to rescan it and it worked. You can look in your production.log file and see what the error is? If you run the spiceworks_packager.exe it will zip up your log files. I can take a look at them. I will pm you where to upload the files.
Jun 15, 2012 at 9:15 UTC
This was a Dell server. I have uploaded my logs per your PM.


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Contact Information:
Phone: (360) 373-8131
Address: 1703 Sedgwick Road Suite 103, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Website: www.olespoolandspa.com
About Us:
Ole's Pool & Spa in Port Orchard, Washington is your exclusive dealer for Bullfrog Spas hot tubs in Port Orchard, WA and the surrounding area. Visit Ole's today for a complete selection of hot tubs, hot tub covers, hot tub and pool supplies and much more.
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