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WEDU works through local community foundations to offer charitable gift annuities. Contact your local community foundation or WEDU for more information about this life-income gift. A portion of the initial transaction qualifies as a charitable deduction, and part of the annual payments up to life expectancy.
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Charitable Remainder Trusts provide people with a way of making a very substantial future gift to WEDU without depriving the donor of the income they may need during their lifetime. This is an irrevocable commitment.
Charitable Lead Trusts provide funding for WEDU either immediately or at a future date as a testamentary trust. The donor decides how much is paid and for how long. At the end of that period of time, the trust assets return to the family member(s) or other designated heirs.
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"I give and bequeath to Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting (WEDU), Tax ID # 59-0840626, a charitable organization located at 1300 North Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33607, ($_____, or _____% of my estate, or my residual estate)."
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WEDU Visionaries is a group of donors who plan to leave a gift in their estate to WEDU, whether through their will or another way. WEDU Visionaries are honored with special benefits including complimentary program guides, invitations to dinners or appreciation events, behind-the-scenes tours and opportunities to meet PBS on-air talent. With their permission, WEDU Visionaries are listed annually in WEDU Premiere, our monthly membership magazine.
Gifts in any amount are valued by WEDU. Upon receipt, bequests are placed into the WEDU Endowment where they protect broadcasting without compromise and ensure the programming you enjoy continues to be available for loved ones, neighbors and the community you care about.
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People have wanted more options and fun ways to play Mario Kart for years. With the latest installment, it looks like Nintendo is paying attention. We already posted some detailed hands-on impressions back in early April, but Nintendo recently pulled back the curtain on a few new details for its next big kart racer.
Baby Rosalina and Pink Gold Peach -- a counterpart to Metal Mario that's totally pink! -- join the races of Mario Kart 8 along with two new items: The first is called Crazy 8, which is the spiritual successor to Mario Kart 7's Lucky 7. The second is called the Super Horn, an item that emitted a sonic blast around my kart. This pulse can knock out other racers or ward off Green, Red, and Blue Shells. Nintendo finally has a counter measure to the dreaded Blue Shell, but the Super Horn was described as a rare item. During my eight races in Mario Kart 8, I only picked it up once.
Nintendo mentioned that Mario Kart 8 would support voice chat in lobbies for games with friends only, So I guess you won't have much to say while you race, but there's still plenty cool things to talk about. Outside of these smaller details, here's what stood out to me from Mario Kart 8's online offerings.
Robust User-Made Tournaments
Nintendo described tournaments as one of the bigger features in Mario Kart 8, as a representative walked me through the process. A player will select an icon and input a name for it when they Create-a-Tournament. Next, you can select rules: Change the speed of the race (50cc, 100cc, 150cc) whether you want to allow racing as teams or even multiple rounds to decide a winner.
Players can also set if a tournament is public or restricted to friends. Other tweaks included restricting control schemes used in a race, whether computer players can fill in empty slots, and even vehicle types (kart, bike, or ATVs) allowed in the race. Mario Kart 8's deep tournament mode can even takes player ratings into account -- you can set up a race so only players who achieved a certain online rank can join. Once a tournament is created, you have a number code to easily share with your friends, or it can be discovered publically via search.
Mario Kart 8 supports daily, weekly, or monthly recurring tournaments. You can even set start and end times. So, a player could host a race for friends that occurs every Sunday night between 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PT. But why stop there? You can set a tournament that has a specific start and end date, or even a number of races allowed within a set time.
…You Can Pick Items Sets or Turn Them Off
Nintendo Producer Hideki Konno and Director Kosuke Yabuki hinted that item customization would be a part of Mario Kart a while back. Whenever you create a tournament, you can choose which item sets are allowed in a race. Players can choose between: all items, shells only, bananas only, mushrooms only, bob-ombs only, no items, and Frantic Mode – which Nintendo described as a higher frequency of powerful items like Lightning Bolts, Bullet Bills, and possibly Blue Shells. Frantic mode sounds maddening, but with the right people it could also be fun.
Edit Replays with Simple Tools in Mario Kart TV
Mario Kart 8 records every race that you participate in, and retains the events of the last 12 you competed in on the Wii U itself. These replays save everything that happened in the match, so you can use simple editing tools to tweak certain parameters. Don't think of these replays as finalized video, but gameplay footage you can quickly edit in Mario Kart TV. But this isn't a complex editing system. By tweaking certain parameters, you can focus on specific drivers and moments. The end result is a finished video that focuses on action, big hits, items, or drifting. Finished video clips are 30, 45, or 60 seconds. You can also render a highlight reel to display the full race and then...
…Mario Kart TV Outputs Highlight Reels to Miiverse and YouTube!
Once a highlight film is edited, you can output a video to Miiverse or YouTube in HD. Nintendo wouldn't give me specifics as to whether that video was 720p or 1080p, but regardless it was surprising. Players sign up with a Google Account and, while it's uploading, you can edit a Miiverse post with stamps. We weren't shown ho long thing process would take, but rest assured that you can share footage with your friends on the internet.
Battle Mode Returns, But with Some Changes
Battle Mode is back, but Nintendo explained that it would be a little different. Instead of arenas, the developers decided to take new and existing courses and re-engineer them for Battle Mode's frantic style of play. I played a quick match on Moo Moo Meadows, and I consider this was a positive change. But I also though the controls for pulling a U-turn to chase another player could use a little improvement. Battle mode replays can also be edited and shared by Mario Kart TV.
…the GamePad Split-Screen
During my demo, I used the Wii U Pro Controller to glide around S-curves and up-and-over ramps. But then I glanced over at the GamePad, and I saw it mirrored the same four-player split-screen that was on the television. This isn't a huge surprise considering we raced in a two-player split-screen a few months ago, but at least now we know for sure. Nintendo representatives confirmed the GamePad would always mirror the TV in local play.


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WASHINGTON — A report by a Democratic senator criticizes Rep. William L. Owens and others for trying to sneak defense-related projects past a congressional ban on pork-barrel spending.
Mr. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, is among lawmakers targeted in a report by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who has declared war on the home-district projects known as earmarks.
The report cites $10 million Mr. Owens secured in House legislation for utilities and ground improvements intended for Fort Drum, $4 million he secured for educational programs that could go to Clarkson University and $500,000 for the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization — without naming the organization.
It also cites his and Rep. Richard L. Hanna's work to secure $2.5 million for modification of weapons. The report says the earmark appears targeted to Remington Arms Co., which has a plant in Ilion.
Mr. Hanna is a Republican from Barneveld.
The 115 earmarks cited in the report were requested by Democrats and Republicans under a process designed by the House Armed Services Committee's chairman, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif.
Under Mr. McKeon's leadership, the committee created an account from which such projects and programs could be funded. Generally, the projects were described in vague terms. But in many cases, the descriptions matched past years' requests under the traditional earmarking process, Ms. McCaskill reported.
A House-Senate conference committee was set to release early this week a compromise annual defense bill that strips much of the project-oriented spending House members sought.
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1. If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do? . . .
So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to "work" until I am well again.
Personally, I disagree with their ideas . . .
In this passage, which appears near the beginning of the story, the main elements of the narrator's dilemma are present. The powerful, authoritative voices of her husband, her family, and the medical establishment urge her to be passive. Her own conviction, however, is that what she needs is precisely the opposite—activity and stimulation. From the outset, her opinions carry little weight. "Personally," she disagrees with her treatment, but she has no power to change the situation. Gilman also begins to characterize the narrator here. The confusion over "phosphates or phosphites" is in character for someone who is not particularly interested in factual accuracy. And the choppy rhythm of the sentences, often broken into one-line paragraphs, helps evoke the hurried writing of the narrator in her secret journal, as well as the agitated state of her mind.
2. I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—but John says the very worst thing I can do is think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad. So I will let it alone and talk about the house.
This section appears near the beginning of the story, and it helps characterize both the narrator's dilemma and the narrator herself. Notably, the narrator interrupts her own train of thought by recalling John's instructions. Gilman shows how the narrator has internalized her husband's authority to the point that she practically hears his voice in her head, telling her what to think. Even so, she cannot help but feel the way she does, and so the move she makes at the end—focusing on the house instead of her situation—marks the beginning of her slide into obsession and madness. This mental struggle, this desperate attempt not to think about her unhappiness, makes her project her feelings onto her surroundings, especially the wallpaper, which becomes a symbolic image of "her condition." The play on words here is typical of Gilman's consistent use of irony throughout the story. She feels bad whenever she thinks about her "condition," that is, about both her depression and her condition in general within her oppressive marriage.
3. There are things in that paper which nobody knows but me, or ever will.
Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.
It is always the same shape, only very numerous.
And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don't like it a bit. I wonder—I begin to think—I wish John would take me away from here!
About halfway through the story, the sub-pattern of the wallpaper finally comes into focus. The narrator is being drawn further and further into her fantasy, which contains a disturbing truth about her life. Gilman's irony is actively at work here: the "things" in the paper are both the ghostly women the narrator sees and the disturbing ideas she is coming to understand. She is simultaneously jealous of the secret ("nobody knows but me") and frightened of what it seems to imply. Again the narrator tries to deny her growing insight ("the dim shapes get clearer every day"), but she is powerless to extricate herself. Small wonder that the woman she sees is always "stooping down and creeping about." Like the narrator herself, she is trapped within a suffocating domestic "pattern" from which no escape is possible.
4. Life is very much more exciting now than it used to be.
This comment comes just after the scene in which the narrator catches Jennie touching the paper and resolves that no one else is allowed to figure out the pattern. It captures one of the most distinctive qualities of "The Yellow Wallpaper": Gilman's bitter, sarcastic sense of humor. Now that the narrator has become hopelessly obsessed with the pattern, spending all day and all night thinking about it, life has become more interesting and she is no longer bored. Gilman manages to combine humor and dread in such moments. The comment is funny, but the reader knows that someone who would make such a joke is not well. Indeed, in the section that follows, the narrator casually mentions that she considered burning the house down in order to eliminate the smell of the wallpaper.
5. I don't like to look out of the windows even—there are so many of those creeping women, and they creep so fast. I wonder if they all come out of that wall-paper as I did?
In the story's final scene, just before John finally breaks into her room, the narrator has finished tearing off enough of the wallpaper that the woman she saw inside is now free—and the two women have become one. This passage is the exact moment of full identification, when the narrator finally makes the connection she has been avoiding, a connection that the reader has made already. The woman behind the pattern was an image of herself—she has been the one "stooping and creeping." Further, she knows that there are many women just like her, so many that she is afraid to look at them. The question she asks is poignant and complex: did they all have to struggle the way I did? Were they trapped within homes that were really prisons? Did they all have to tear their lives up at the roots in order to be free? The narrator, unable to answer these questions, leaves them for another woman—or the reader—to ponder.
I think the wallpaper represents her trying to escape her husband. She said she saw a woman trapped by bars trying to escape the wallpaper. This is symbolic of her relationship with John. As she looks further into the wallpaper, she is really examining her life and begins to change her mind and talk about how she now despises John.
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I think it's important to realise not only that she is suffering from depression, but also the kind of depression she's really experiencing. The mention of the newborn child she is not allowed to see leads to the assumption that she is enduring postpartum depression. This adds to the sexism within the theme of the story. Her inability to meet the motherly expectations are a key factor to why she's addressed as a child.
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I think the woman in the wallpaper is an image she is seeing of herself being trapped. People who are depressed are constantly stuck in their own minds. Sort of like being inside your own head and your eyes are just glass windows you can see out of, but cannot escape. She's seeing herself in the wallpaper trying to escape because she is also trying to escape her depression. When she is ripping off the wall paper and the woman is also ripping it from the inside, she thinks that the woman is helping her, but it's herself trying to escape.
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Despite receiving an extra $6 billion in federal funding, NASA could be forced to break down Mars missions into smaller parts in order to save funding.
Scientists using a NASA funded telescope have detected water-ice and carbon-based organic compounds on the surface of an asteroid.
A NASA science balloon crashed during a launch attempt in Australia today, possibly destroying its multimillion dollar payload, wrecking into a car, and nearly injuring spectators.
New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton strengthens the case that two mid-sized black holes exist close to the center of a nearby starburst galaxy.
With the help of amateur astronomers, the composite infrared spectrometer instrument aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft has taken its first look at a massive blizzard in Saturn's atmosphere.
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Nokia's flagship Windows Phone 8 handset boasts the firm's excellent PureView camera technology and decent battery life. But it's a bit on the chunky side and the price could put users off.
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Nokia's design style from the Lumia 800 and 900 has returned with the Lumia 920, although on a larger scale.
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US 5711603 A Abstract The present invention relates to transient depth thermography; a nondestructive testing technique and system for locating flaws within an object. The system, which comprises a heater for heating the surface of the object; a recorder for recording pixel intensity for each pixel on the heated surface; a means for determining pixel contrast from the pixel intensity; and a means for determining the size and location of flaws within the object based upon the pixel contrast; monitors each pixels' contrast for successive thermal images and utilizes those pixel contrasts determining the location of a flaw within the object. The object surface and the respective underlying flaws can then be depicted on a color spectrum image print which correlates the flaw depth with a particular color.
Claims(14) 1. A method for detecting flaws in an object having a surface, said surface divided into an array of resolution elements, comprising the steps of:
a. heating the surface of the object; b. recording a plurality of thermal images of each resolution element on said heated surface over a period of time, wherein each of said recorded resolution elements corresponds to a pixel; c. determining individual pixel intensity for each of said pixels in each of said thermal images; d. determining mean pixel intensity for each thermal image; e. obtaining pixel contrast for each of said pixels in each of said thermal images subtracting said mean pixel intensity from said individual pixel's intensity; and d. determining depth of the flaw within the object based upon said pixel contrast. 2. A method as in claim 1 wherein the depth of the flaw is determined using the pixel contrast, obtaining the contrast peak, and thereby determining the location of the flaw using the following formula: ##EQU5## wherein τpeak is the peak time, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
3. A method as in claim 1 wherein the depth of the flaw is determined by calculating the time derivative of the pixel contrast and obtaining the derivative contrast peak.
4. A method as in claim 3 wherein the depth of the flaw is determined by using the following formula: ##EQU6## wherein τc is the characteristic time constant, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
5. A method as in claim 3 wherein the depth of the flaw is determined by using the following formula: ##EQU7## wherein τc is the characteristic time constant, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
6. A method as in claim 1 further comprising producing an image print of the object which uses a color spectrum to display the depth and lateral position of the flaw.
7. An apparatus for locating flaws in an object having a surface which can be visualized as an array of pixels, comprising:
a. a heater for heating the surface of the object; b. a recorder for recording pixel intensity; c. a means for determining pixel contrast from said pixel intensity; and d. a means for determining depth and location of flaws within the object based upon said pixel contrast. 8. An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said heater is a flash lamp, quartz lamp, microwave device, or laser.
9. An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein the depth of each flaw is determined from said pixel contrast using the following formula: ##EQU8## wherein τpeak is the peak time, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
10. An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein the depth of each flaw is determined from a derivative of said pixel contrast using the following formula: ##EQU9## wherein τc is the characteristic time constant, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
11. An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein the depth of each flaw is determined from a derivative of said pixel contrast using the following formula: ##EQU10## wherein τc is the characteristic time constant, l is the depth of the flaw, and κ is the thermal diffusivity of the object.
12. An apparatus as in claim 7 further comprising a means for forming an image print which displays the depth and lateral position of the flaws using a color spectrum.
13. An object flaw display, said object having a surface, said surface represented by a plurality of resolution elements, comprising:
a. a color spectrum, wherein said spectrum correlates to depth; b. a means for determining flaw depth below each resolution element of said object surface; and c. a means for displaying the object surface with the flaws depicted by the color which correlates to the flaw's depth. 14. A method as in claim 13 wherein said means for displaying displays the flaws on an image print.
Description The present invention relates to nondestructive testing, and especially relates to nondestructive testing of an object to determine the depth and lateral position of subsurface flaws using transient thermography and to an imaging technique for displaying those flaws. The existence of a flaw within an object can be determined by various techniques, including transient thermography which relies upon the transfer of heat through an object over a period of time. One transient thermographic method comprises recording the temperature rise of each resolution element by capturing a series of image arrays using an infrared camera while heating the surface, and analyzing this temperature rise to identify if a transition to a linear temperature increase versus the square root of the heating time, occurs. This linear temperature increase indicates the existence of a flaw within the object. This determination is difficult as is and becomes more difficult with complex geometries and uneven heating. Conventional transient thermography comprises analyzing individual infrared images, "snap-shots", of an object's previously heated surface as a function of time. Subsurface flaws are identified by "hot spots" in the image which emit greater intensity infrared radiation due to the heat's inability to disperse through the flaw. One problem with this conventional process is that the transient thermographic analysis is reduced to choosing a single snap-shot in time. The choice of which snap-shot to analyze is critical, and the best choice is based on many factors which cannot be controlled and are unknowns, such as depth and size of the flaw. If the incorrect snap-shot is chosen, flaws revealed on a previous or subsequent snap-shots, may not be detected. To avoid the use of a snap-shot, an inspector watches a video replay of the recorded images and visually identifies bright spots indicative of flaws. The problem with this approach is that it is not readily automated, is highly operator dependent, is not readily applied to complex geometries or unevenly heated surfaces, and although a flaw may be detected with this approach, the actual depth and lateral position (hereinafter location) or size of the flaw cannot be accurately determined. Conventionally, flaws are located through ultrasonic testing of the object. Essentially the object is struck with ultrasonic waves which penetrate the surface and are reflected by a flaw(s) within the object. Based upon the time required to receive a reflected wave, the location of the flaw can be determined. Ultrasonic testing employs mechanical scanning with a transducer over the entire surface, with intimate sonic contact required. In order to allow intimate sonic contact, a stream of liquid couplant or total immersion of the object must be used; however, this is often unacceptable for material reasons. In addition to process problems, this technique is inefficient for testing large and/or complex objects. Mechanical scanning of a few square meters typically takes hours. Furthermore, scanning systems for geometrically complex parts are complex and expensive. What is needed in the art is an automated, objective, transient thermographic depth imaging technique which can be employed with complex geometries and unevenly heated surfaces to accurately locate and size flaws within an object. The present invention relates to a nondestructive testing technique and apparatus for locating flaws within an object. The apparatus comprises: a heater for heating the surface of the object; a recorder for recording intensity for each pixel of said heated surface; a means for determining pixel contrast from the surface intensity; and a means for determining the size and location of flaws within the object based upon the pixel contrast. The method comprises the steps of: heating the surface of the object; recording successive thermal images of each resolution element of the surface over a period of time; determining each resolution element's (pixel's) contrast for each successive thermal image of the surface by determining the mean pixel intensity for that thermal image and subtracting said mean pixel intensity from the individual pixel's intensity; and determining the location of the flaw within the object based upon the pixel contrast. The file of this patent contains three drawings executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawings will be provided by the Patent and Trademark Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee. FIG. 1 is a graph of the intensity (temperature) versus time for an individual pixel (a) versus the mean pixel intensity (b). FIG. 2 is a graph of the pixel contrast versus time for the pixels of FIG. 1 to show the contrast peak. FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view of an object revealing a thin delamination which is an example of a "through heat flaw" which allows through heat flow. FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of an object revealing a thick delamination which is an example of a "lateral heat flaw" which requires mostly lateral heat flow. FIG. 4 is a graph of the pixel contrast versus time for an individual pixel where there is no contrast peak due to the type of flaw; a "lateral heat flaw". FIG. 5 is a graph of the derivative pixel contrast versus time for an individual pixel to show the derivative contrast peak for the "lateral heat flaw" from FIG. 4. FIGS. 6, 6A, 6B, and 6C illustrate the test specimen and its relative dimensions for the flaws revealed in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9. FIG. 7 is an image print of pixel intensity using the thermographic technique of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a present invention image print of pixel intensity using a prior art imaging technique. FIG. 9 is a present invention image print of pixel intensity representing temperature using prior art transient thermography. The present invention is an automated nondestructive testing method which employs a transient thermographic analysis technique to determine the size and location of flaws in an object. This method which preferably uses time-temperature data to objectively detect flaws in an object by monitoring surface temperature variation of a heated object over time comprises: heating the object's surface and monitoring the thermal time constants for each pixel of the surface of the object. In the context of the present invention, a pixel is a rectangular picture element in an image array, while resolution element is a rectangular area of the surface of the object corresponding to a single pixel. The device utilized to heat the object surface should be capable of heating the surface to a sufficient temperature to allow thermographic monitoring. Typically, thin objects, e.g. a thickness of about 0.125 inches (0.57 mm) or less, only require minimal heating, about 5� C. or less, with as little as about 1� C. possible. Meanwhile, thick objects may require significantly greater heating, e.g. about 20� C. for a 0.5 inch thick object. The surface factors, including color and emissivity, are also important in determining the degree to heat the object, while the physical properties establish the upper heating limit at a temperature which will not damage the object and/or the object's surface. In order to accurately locate and determine the size of a flaw, the object surface should be heated to the desired temperature in a sufficiently short period of time so as to inhibit heating of the remainder of the object. Typically heating occurs in a fraction of a second for thin materials with up to a few minutes for thicker or larger materials; in a flash. If the heat penetrates the object, the accuracy of flaw detection near the object surface decreases. For example, a 0.125 thick graphite fiber and polymer composite can be heated for a few milliseconds with a 4 megawatt heat pulse from a flashlamp, while a 0.5 inch thick object should be heated for several seconds or even minutes with a 2 kilowatt heat pulse from a quartz lamp. Other possible heating methods include the use of microwaves, lasers, and other conventional heating means capable of high temperature, high speed heating. Once the object's surface is heated, an infrared video camera records and stores successive thermal images of the objects surface, recording each pixel thereof. The number of images recorded depends upon the desired resolution of the resulting thermal image, the speed of the camera, and the time constant for the particular object (see below). About 10 images can be used to establish a thermal image, while about 25 images typically provides adequate resolution, and about 100 images establishes good resolution of the thermal image. Generally, up to about 500 images can be obtained at the current state of video technology, with above about 25 preferred. When the heating device and video camera are located on the same side of the object, the time constant, τc, used to establish the period of time for taking the thermal images, is obtained from Equation 1, where the depth is the thickness of the object. ##EQU1## When the camera and the heater are located on opposite sides of the object, the factor of 4 is dropped from Equation 1. Since thermal equilibrium is achieved within an object after approximately 5 characteristic time constants, the period of time used to take the thermal images is typically equivalent to about 3 to about 5 time constants, τc, or more. The video device is preferably a high speed focal plane array camera, or similar device, with a frame rate of at least about 60 flames per second up to about 250 frames per second or greater and a camera temperature sensitivity of at least about 0.01� C. to about 0.02� C. The minimal acceptable resolution is dependent upon the desired resolution of the final image print, with a resolution of 128�128 or greater pixels typically preferred. The stored thermal images are used to determine each pixel's contrast by subtracting the mean pixel intensity for that image (point in time) (b) from the individual pixel's intensity (a) at that point in time. The contrast is then plotted versus time for each pixel. (see FIG. 2) The contrast over the flaw site peaks at a time which corresponds to when the image was taken by the video camera, the image number. Given the time at which a peak occurs, the depth of the flaw can be determined; a depth approximation is given by Equation 2: ##EQU2## Equation 2 is particularly useful where the flaw's thickness does not force the heat to flow around the flaw; a "through heat" flaw (see FIG. 3A, a "through heat" flaw versus FIG. 3B, a "lateral heat" flaw). Where, however, the rate of diffusion of the heat is faster around the flaw than through the flaw (FIG. 3B), the contrast peak is not evident from the graph of the pixel contrast (FIG. 4). Consequently, the time derivative of the contrast curve is taken in order to determine the derivative contrast peak. Depth of the "lateral heat" flaw can be determined from the peak time using the following Equation 3: ##EQU3## where ##EQU4## The accuracy of the present invention was established using an object having a series of carefully placed flat flaws. Referring to FIGS. 6, 6A, 6B, and 6C, flaws 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 had the same diameter, 22 millimeters (mm), with varying depths, 1.3 mm, 1.6 mm, 1.9 mm, 2.2 mm, and 2.5 mm, respectively. Flaws 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 had the same depth, 1.3 mm, with varying diameters 22 mm, 16.5 mm, 11 mm, 8.25 mm, 5.5 mm, and 2.75 mm, respectively. Flaws 12, 13, and 14 had the same diameter, 33 mm, with varying depth, 1.3 mm, 1.9 mm, and 2.5 mm, respectively. The test parameters were as follows: (1) each image frame consisted of N�N pixels (which corresponds to a resolution element on the object surface) where N was 256; (2) the number of image frames, Z, which typically ranges from 1 to 400 for N=128, and 1 to 200 for N=256, was 100; (3) each pixel occupied 2 bytes of storage and was represented by a 12-bit number from 0 to 4095, which represents the thermal radiation intensity. The object was heated about 5� C. with a 4 megawatt heat pulse from a flashlamp for 0.010 seconds. Once heated, each resolution element intensity was recorded using a high speed focal plane array camera with a 256�256 pixel resolution operated for about 25 seconds, with each pixel represented by 12 bits. User parameters were determined and entered into the system, including: starting frame number to use for analysis (frame taken before the surface is heated are omitted); squelch constant; noise suppression (discards pixel locations whose absolute value of the peak minus the start or end value of the contrast curve is less than this constant); field of view (distance from the infrared camera to the object; allows scaling and therefore accurate size determination). The contrast of each pixel was determined with respect to the mean pixel intensity for the entire image using the difference between the pixel and the pixel mean times a fixed contrast gain. This operation was performed for each pixel on each image frame, producing a set of contrast curves. The derivative of each contrast curve was then determined using a 6-point difference method. Derivative contrast peak information was stored by saving the image frame number which produced the peak for each derivative contrast curve, or suppressing this information for pixel locations that exhibited low contrast or noise. The image frame location where the derivative contrast peak occurred was then used to determine the depth of the flaws which was shown visually using an intensity color spectrum as shown in FIG. 7. Note, the numbering of flaws shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9 is consistent with the number set forth in FIG. 6 which reveals the flaws detected in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9. The image print of the flaws was produced by assigning the stored peak frame numbers for each pixel to one of the colors in the 16 color palette shown on the right side of FIGS. 7, 8, and 9. This was done by taking the total number of colors (16) divided by the total number of frames (100) and then multiplying this by the peak frame number for the given pixel. This number was then rounded to an integer index into the color palette which selects one of the 16 possible colors for displaying this pixel. This process is then repeated for all of the pixel locations in the image. The image is further enhanced by using 4 intensity levels for each color, shown going from left to right on the color palette in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9. The largest peaks correspond to the highest intensity (level 1) of a given color and the smallest peaks correspond to the lowest intensity (level 4) of a given color. (see FIGS. 7, 8 and 9) FIG. 8, in contrast, is an image print from the present invention depicting a prior art imaging technique which relies upon a snap-shot of the intensity profile. As is clear from this FIG. 8, the "snap-shot" was taken at a good point in time since all of the flaws are revealed. However, the majority of the flaws appear to be located at the same depth. Consequently, one can not determine the actual depth of any of the flaws. Furthermore, flaw 11 is only barely visible and difficult to identify as a flaw. FIG. 9, which is also an image print using prior art transient thermography, similarly provides confusing information. In this figure the edges of the flaws appear shallower than the center of the flaws. Consequently, although the flaws are flat, they appear concave. Again, the depth of the flaws cannot be accurately determined. The present invention provides numerous advantages over prior art non-destructive testing including: virtually eliminating human error, providing the ability to locate a flaw, and simplifying the image. The conventional prior art process relied upon an operator viewing numerous images or relied upon a single "snap shot" of the surface, i.e. human error, merely detected the existence of a flaw. The present invention allows for the accurate determination flaw depth and size, whereas the prior art could not resolve depth accurately. Patent Citations
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World-renowned paleontologist Richard Leyster's universe changedforever the day a stranger named Griffin walked into his office with a remarkable job offer... and an ice cooler containing the head of a freshly killed Stegosaurus. For Leyster and a select group of scientific colleagues an impossible fantasy has come true: the ability to study dinosaurs up close, in their own era and milieu. But tampering with time and paradox can have disastrous effects on the future and the past alike, breeding a violent new strain of fundamentalist terror -- and, worse still, encouraging brilliant rebels like Dr. Gertrude Salley to toy with the working mechanisms of natural law, no matter what the consequences. And when they concern the largest, most savage creatures that ever walked the Earth, the consequences may be too horrifying to imagine...
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Illinois Nursing Homes Losing Money
Illinois nursing homes are at a loss for how they will deal with a roughly $65 million cut in state Medicaid funding made by Governor Bruce Rauner's office. The office said Thursday that it's cutting $106 million from the health care program for low-income and disabled people.
NIU Frat House Death
An attorney for the family of a Northern Illinois University student who died after a party says five fraternity members charged in his death won't face jail time per plea agreements. The DeKalb Daily Chronicle reports 19-year-old pledge David Bogenberger died at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house in 2012. A toxicology report said his blood-alcohol content was 0.351 percent. The NIU chapter of the fraternity was closed.
Football Players Helping
Two Chicago Bears players have visited with residents recovering from the tornado that tore through Dekalb and Ogle County this month. Tight end Blake Annen and defensive end Will Sutton visited tornado victims and helped with cleanup efforts Friday in Fairdale. The April 9th storm killed two people in the community of about 150 people.
Guards did not Account for Inmates in Kankakee Escapee
Guards failed to do a count of inmates on the night that a convicted killer escaped a jail in Kankakee. The sheriff has given county leaders more details of Kamron Taylor's April 1st escape and says jail staffers who violated rules will be disciplined. Taylor hid in a shower before attacking a guard and stealing his uniform to get away. He was caught three days later.
Students Opt-out of State Testing
Illinois lawmakers are considering whether to let students opt out of standardized state tests. The exams based on Common Core standards have sparked a national debate about their benefit to schools. The state's education secretary warns the legislation could cost Illinois $1 billion a year in federal aid.
East Peoria Residents Getting Help
Victims of landslides in East Peoria two years ago will receive help from the state. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has approved a $2 million grant applied for by the city. The money will pay to buy and tear down seven homes that were destroyed and help permanently fix parts of one subdivision.
Big Spending at Lincoln Home in Springfield
The National Park Service reports 218,000 visitors to the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in 2014 spent $12.7 million in surrounding communities. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey found the spending supported 208 jobs and contributed a total of $16 million. Lincoln Home Superintendent Dale Phillips anticipates more visitors this year because of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's death.
La Salle County Homicide Investigation
Two men are being charged with first degree murder in an ongoing homicide investigation in La Salle County. The La Salle County Sheriff's Office says 48-year old William Horman of Dayton and 21-year old Jonathan Beckman of Wedron have both been charged with first degree murder and concealment of a homicide. Harmon and Beckman are accused of killing and burning the body of 47-year old Robert Dowd of Dayton according to police. La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton says the investigation began on a missing persons complaint and through the investigation, the case became a homicide investigation.
La Salle County State's Attorney Brian Towne says Horman and Beckman allegedly bludgeoned-to-death Dowd at his business, Rob's Washout, on Illinois Route 71 at Dayton Road, north of Interstate 80. The two suspects then put Dowd's body into a pickup truck and took it to a property near the Fox River in Dayton. Sheriff Templeton says the body was incinerated on a burn pile on that property and then disposed of in the Fox River. Towne says it took approximately two days for the suspects to burn and dispose of the body.
Towne says Horman was employed at Dowd's truck wash and Beckman worked on an as-needed basis. Through the investigation, Towne says it is believed that Dowd and Horman spoke about becoming business partners, however Dowd thought it was not in his best interest to make Horman a partner. Towne says witnesses that spoke with Horman after his meeting said he was upset about not becoming a partner in the business and that's when Horman told several people that he had the intention to kill Dowd.
Templeton mentioned that the investigation continues at three separate locations, including on the property along the Fox River where investigators are sifting through the burn pile for bodily remains. Ottawa River Rescue along with other divers have also been called in to help in the investigation by searching for remnants in the Fox River.
Both Horman and Beckman have indictment hearing on May 5th with Horman's court date set on May 7th and Beckman's court date on May 8th. Both men were charged with first degree murder which is punishable by 20 to 60 years in prison, along with concealment of a homicide, which carries a sentence of two to five years. Both are currently in the La Salle County Jail being held on a $2 million bond.
Brian Towne commends the La Salle County Sheriff's Office along with the Illinois State Police for their efforts in the ongoing efforts of the investigation.
Jonathan Beckman (image: La Salle County Sheriff's Office)
William Horman (image: La Salle County Sheriff's Office)


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Watchdog: No Prayer Day for Obama, Congress
Should President Obama and members of Congress attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the shadowy yet extremely well-connected Christian organization The Fellowship? No way, says [PDF] the government watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who today is urging the president and lawmakers to avoid the group's entreaties and star-studded annual breakfast this Thursday. The Fellowship, also known as The Family, is headed by a spiritual confidante to government figures named Doug Coe who claims to be leading a "spiritual war" for Christ. Its acolytes have included public officials like Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), disgraced South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, and even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose close ties with the Fellowship were reported by Mother Jones in 2007.
Like others who've written about the Fellowship, CREW says the secretive group uses its connections and clout to arrange meetings between US and foreign officials behind closed doors, and has told its members, like Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), to spread the Fellowship's evangelical mission while on taxpayer-funded trips. The group's National Prayer Breakfast, CREW contends, is merely a chance for the group to draft more members into its ranks and to boost its fundraising coffers. "The president and members of Congress should not legitimatize this cult-like group—the head of which has praised the organizing abilities of Hitler and Bin Laden—by attending the breakfast," said Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director. It's doubtful, however, whether CREW's advice will be heeded: There are no signs that Obama, who spoke at the breakfast last year and is slated to do the same on Thursday, plans to back out.
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...at the University of Rochester, began looking at a novel approach to cancer treatment after investigating HIV/AIDS. Even though HIV and cancer are unrelated illnesses, they discovered a common link in the deadly efficiency of HIV cells and cancer cells. Cancer cells are known to have a high concentration...Researchers develop buckyballs to fight allergy
...ng because it points to the possibility that these novel materials can one day lead to new therapies, said Chris Kepley, Ph.D., M.B.A., assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at the VCU School of Medicine. Researchers in many fields ar...Developer of new method for treating bone defects wins WPI Entrepreneurship Award
...p further development and commercialization of the novel technology. The Kalenian Award was established in 2006 by Alba Kalenian in memory of her late husband, inventor Aram Kalenian '33. Its purpose is to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among WPI students, faculty, and alumni by providing seed...Surprising origin of cell's internal highways
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...he enzyme phospholipase C. The results represent a novel mechanism through which trypsin or tryptase released in response to tissue inflammation may trigger the sensation of pain through PAR2 activation. Therefore, compounds acting on TRPA1 or interfering with the interaction between TRPA1 and PAR2 may be ...Screening approach leads to discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
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...hypothesize that some airborne microorganisms have novel biochemical processes for interacting with each other as a community of organisms in the atmosphere. He explained, We know that microbes mediate important biochemical processes in the soil and the ocean. It is not so farfetched that a similar drama u...ENCODE map changes view of the human genome landscape
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Another Baby? No Thanks.
I guess by some standards, I started early.
Three kids by the time I reached 28 and I was done having babies (What? We live in Ohio, it's boring in the winter). So much so, that we sealed the deal with the champagne bottle to the boat of contraception, a shiny new vasectomy.
But, while we reached that phase of our lives, our friends were just getting started. Which means? Babies. So many babies.
At first, it was like, ugh, they smelled so good, y'all. They were soft and shiny and they giggled when I talked to them, not, like, rolled their eyes all, mooommmmm stopppp Godddddddd.
Babies love me. They're cool just sitting there snuggling with me, they don't care what I watch on television, and I don't have to share my candy with them.
A vasectomy, Andy? What were we thinking, we've made a grave mistake.
Um, no we haven't. We're done having kids. Besides, you hated babies.
What? I did not! I love babies, and they adore me!
No way, the infant stage was horrible, and you complained the entire time. You just think you want babies because you get to see the cute side of them when your friends bring them over. You don't see the bad stuff.
When I sat there and thought about it, he was right. I had to learn to cope.
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