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LIMA — School shootings across the country the past few years have caused an increase in training to stop a shooter. What is lacking is training in how to keep a student from reaching the point that they become a school shooter.
However, 25 participants from Auglaize, Allen and Hardin Counties and state officials now know a lot more about preventative measures after a free course, called Behavioral Intervention Teams-Best Practices for K-12 Schools, at Rhodes State College on Thursday. The course was possible because of a grant from the Department of Justice, said Mike Webber, grant coordinator.
Webber said he and others saw the need for intervention training after the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when many people began focusing on how to respond to an active shooter rather than identify trigger behaviors and prevent a shooter from getting to that point.
Rhodes has developed eight one-day courses for different levels of training. Webber hopes to fund several more classes before the grant expires in June.
Until now, all the courses were focused on higher education, said Rick Amweg, the executive director of the Center for P20 Safety and Security, who is on the ECAP grant advisory board with Webber. They were excited when they were given permission to use some of the money for K-12 school training.
"I think this is a great resource for schools," Amweg said.
Ronald Ellis and his wife, Sandra Ellis, directors of the Illinois School and Campus Security Training Program, presented at the course.
There are common behaviors among active shooters that, if seen, can help prevent a person from making it to the point of becoming a shooter, Ronald Ellis said. A person begins the progression by seeing a real or perceived wrongdoing. The person then makes a plan and commits violence when there is a trigger. What Ronald Ellis hopes people will learn is how to identify a trigger and then defuse it.
A mistake commonly made is to remove a troubled person from school, rather than getting that person the help they need, according to Ronald Ellis, which can involve staying in school rather than leaving it. Kicking a student out does not solve the problem, he said.
"The threat assessment program is not profiling," Sandra Ellis said, rather it is looking for changes in behavior. What is especially effective is having a multidisciplinary team working with a child so that they can see the student from all angles and help the student.
Evidence of a shooter's plans can often be found on technology now. Educators should pay attention to the Internet and to phones, Sandra Ellis said. The information is there, it's just scattered. In most cases the shooter did not make a direct threat to their target but the indications to their act could be found in things like their writing, their schoolwork or on social media.
Sandra Ellis said this information is critical for faculty and staff in schools and hopes that is will become mandatory.
Amweg and Webber have discussed expanding this to the state and, Amweg said, he hopes it can be used across the state but recognizes that what works here may not work in another area, although much of what was discussed on Thursday was general enough to be used in other areas.
"So much has gone into response of active shooter and other violent situations on campuses whether it was K-12 or high education. This is one of the programs that doesn't focus so much on response but focuses on detection and prevention," Amweg said.


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41 CHAPTER 3 INTERPRETATION, APPRAISAL, AND APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION length would constrain its use to bridges relatively close to the water. Any type of float deployment with a tether would cre- This chapter presents interpretation, appraisal and applica- ate the typical cable management problems encountered with tions for the portable scour monitoring instruments tested deployment of any cabled instrument. The instrument has no under this project. Although all aspects of the research com- data storage capability and no way to output the data, so the pleted are discussed, Chapter 3 concentrates on the articulated inspector would have to make notes on conditions displayed arm truck. Application of this device should improve the abil- on the monitor. Reasonable pictures of the display monitor ity of inspectors to make portable scour measurements during were possible using a digital camera and such pictures could flood conditions, when such measurements can be difficult be part of the documentation record. because of flow conditions. Therefore, although the instrument is thought to have lim- ited application and would not be considered the primary sen- sor for scour monitoring during floods, it does have value and INTERPRETATION AND APPRAISAL should be considered as a useful tool to include in a compre- The primary product of the research was the articulated arm hensive portable instrumentation package. truck, which also included a modified Minnesota-style winch system and data collection software. A detailed analysis and evaluation of this integrated device, particularly as they relate Low-Cost GPS to the objectives of the research, are presented below. Prior to Low-cost GPS was included in the research plan to evalu- that discussion, a general evaluation and appraisal of the sec- ate the application of this technology for positioning scour ondary components of the research, specifically the Interphase instrumentation. Potential applications include locating the Scanning Sonar and the low-cost GPS systems, are presented. inspection truck on the bridge deck, directly tracking the loca- tion of the end of the articulated crane, and/or locating a boat Interphase Scanning Sonar being used either as a manned or unmanned monitoring ves- sel. A limitation of GPS application in scour monitoring has The Interphase Scanning Sonar was included in the research been cost, so this task was designed to evaluate a specific class plan to evaluate its potential application as a scour monitoring of GPS receivers in the $5,000 to $8,000 range. device. The expectation was that it could provide a relatively The design of the Phase II test program only allocated a low-cost method to get a three-dimensional perspective on small effort for this task; hence the testing should not be con- conditions at a pier. The design of the test program only allo- sidered comprehensive. The test program included only two cated a small effort for this task; hence, the testing should not GPS receivers, although the design of the test program was be considered comprehensive. Furthermore, none of the field reasonably complete and comprehensive. The results of the sites visited provided ideal testing conditions. One of the find- testing found that this class of GPS receivers is not currently ings was that this instrument requires at least 10 ft (3 m) of capable of providing the accuracy defined by the objectives of water, which given the drought conditions did not exist at this research (1 ft or 30 cm). many of the bridges visited. The testing did not include evalu- These results limit the application of GPS positioning, using ation in high-velocity, suspended sediment, or air entrainment this grade of equipment, with the articulated arm or in other conditions. scour measurement applications. Scour hole geometry is often Based on the limited testing completed, this instrument confined to a relatively small area around a pier or abutment, could be a valuable addition to the "toolbox" of devices used and the ability to map the scour hole or to compare measure- for scour monitoring. Field testing was completed with the ments on successive measurements requires higher accuracy articulated arm, and laboratory testing had the transducer and more consistent performance than these units can provide. mounted in a pontoon-style float for deployment. Given the A higher-priced GPS receiver could be used and/or a local cables necessary from the display to the transducer, the cable base station could be setup on the bridge itself, but cost and
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42 ease of use issues limit these approaches as they relate to scour � Easily used and affordable by state and local bridge monitoring applications. owners; However, as with many new technologies, GPS equipment � Transportable by pickup, van, or similar vehicle; and continues to improve while costs decrease. Therefore, although � Accuracy of +/- 12 in. (30 cm). the results obtained under this testing were not positive, future improvements in equipment and technology may provide the necessary accuracy at a reasonable cost. High-Velocity Conditions To be applicable in flood conditions, the articulated arm Articulated Arm Truck needed to deploy sensors in high-velocity flow conditions. At the conclusion of Phase I, one of the stated research needs was After completion of Phase I, the development of an articu- to develop a hydrodynamic probe that could be used with the lated arm for deployment of scour instrumentation became the crane, given the concern for vortex shedding that might occur primary focus of the research and most of the Phase II research with a simple rod-shaped probe. This resulted in the use of a was dedicated to this task. The objective was to develop a section of helicopter blade that could swivel to follow the cur- mechanical arm that could be used for deploying various scour rent no matter how the crane was positioned when deploying monitoring sensors. Given the availability of knuckle booms the wireless sonar. The Colorado site provided the opportunity or folding cranes in the construction industry, the research was to test the articulated arm in such conditions. The arm proved designed around modifying and instrumenting this type of to be very stable in the fast, turbulent current under this bridge. articulated crane for use in scour monitoring research. The combination of a strong, stable mechanical arm and a The use of a crane for scour monitoring was expected to streamlined probe provided very successful results in high- provide a solid platform for deployment, even under flood flow velocity conditions. conditions, that could be instrumented to allow precise mea- surement of the movement of the crane. Unlike the cranes com- monly used in the construction industry, which are designed to High Sediment Conditions handle large weight but with limited extension, the crane nec- essary for scour monitoring needed the ability to reach long dis- Flood conditions often produce large suspended sediment tances, without having to manage much weight or force. loading, which can complicate measurements with some sen- Ultimately, the selected crane with the hydrodynamic ex- sors, particularly sonar. High flow conditions were encoun- tension for the sonar could reach directly into the water nearly tered in Indiana and Missouri, with what could be described as 30 ft (9.1 m) below the bridge deck. Working off higher typical flood-level suspended sediment conditions for these bridges required cable suspension methods, provided by the regions. No gage data were available to quantify the suspended Minnesota-style winch included in the Phase II research. Mod- sediment loading, and yet, given that the rivers were at flood ified deployment methods were developed to allow working stage and data were successfully collected, it is reasonable off of various bridge configurations, including the wireless to conclude that the equipment can perform in higher sedi- sonar in a sounding weight and in a kneeboard deployment with ment conditions typical of a midcontinent river at flood stage. a rigid frame. A comprehensive data collection software pack- Extreme suspended sediment conditions, such as might exist age was developed that facilitated the use of the articulated in a sand bed channel in the southwest, were not encountered arm, providing the inspector with immediate access to the data during field testing and it is unknown whether or not the equip- collected. ment would have worked under these conditions. The following paragraphs discuss the evaluation and ap- Part of the success in high sediment conditions is minimiz- praisal of the articulated arm, as developed under this research, ing other factors that can complicate a sonar measurement, relative to the defined research objectives. As defined in Chap- including separation zones and high air entrainment. The ter 1, the equipment and techniques developed under the streamlined probe that was developed minimized these effects research should be operational under the following conditions: by reducing turbulence induced by the probe and streamlining the flow over the transducer. The streamlined probe also posi- � Flow velocities exceeding 11 fps (3.5 m/s); tioned the transducer about 12 in. (30 cm) under water for the � High sediment concentrations; measurement, which eliminates surface interference issues � Floating debris; typical of a floating deployment where the transducer is skim- � Ice accumulation; ming the surface. � Limited clearance; � Pressure flow; � Overhanging or projecting bridge geometries; Floating Debris � Bridges with decks more than 50 ft (15 m) above the water; The accumulation of floating debris is a common problem � Air entrainment; on the upstream side of a bridge. Trees, logs, and branches are
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43 trapped by the piers and gradually build out to create a poten- position under water. Another concern is that under pressure tially large debris jam. This debris not only complicates the flow, the velocity is typically accelerated from free surface con- measurement process, but can also increase the scour that oc- ditions, and more turbulence exists. Although these conditions curs. The use of the articulated arm could increase the oppor- were not tested, the overall stability of the articulated crane and tunity for success under these conditions when it is possible the strength of the crane hydraulics would facilitate making to position the end of the crane upstream of the debris pile and measurements in such adverse flow conditions. point the sonar under the debris. However, debris piles often have substantial depth, sometimes accumulating down to the channel bed, that would limit success even if the crane could Overhanging Bridge Geometry be positioned at the upstream edge of the debris pile. Addi- Overhanging bridge geometry is a common problem, and tionally, as the tilt angle increases, the strength of the sonar many of the bridges tested during this research had such con- return signal gets weaker and any angled measurement would ditions. In fact, the only bridges that did not have any type of need to be corrected to vertical. overhang were in Idaho. The bridges in Alabama had a slight Alternatively, the physical probe that was developed, con- overhang, but also had a battered pile such that the crane was sisting of a 2 in. (5 cm) stainless steel pipe, might be forced at the correct location when the arm was vertical over the rail. through a debris pile using the crane hydraulics. However, However, most of the other bridges were hammerhead designs once through the debris, the same crane hydraulics would with significant deck overhang. make it difficult to detect the channel bottom. Without devel- With the ability to tilt the rotator, the crane could be articu- oping some type of sensor at the end of the physical probe to lated slightly to allow some positioning under the bridge deck. detect the channel bottom, this is not a practical solution. However, this ability is limited; and, without an alternate solu- Therefore, debris has been and continues to be a serious tion, such bridge geometries would continue to create mea- problem complicating scour measurements. The articulated surement difficulties. This led to the development of a rigid arm may improve the potential for a successful measurement frame for the kneeboard. The framework allowed pushing in a few cases, but overall, the research completed has not the kneeboard under the bridge deck up to 10 ft (3 m) and was resolved this problem. attached to the rotator to allow a side-to-side movement under the bridge. Ice Accumulation Field testing found that it could be difficult to get the knee- board positioned on the water and ready to push under the Ice accumulation creates problems similar to debris accu- bridge. The original version of the framework was aluminum mulation by creating a physical obstacle to measurement and and was bent during testing in Wisconsin. A second version potentially increasing the scour that occurs. Similar to the con- was made of steel and, although stronger, was still difficult to clusions stated in the debris discussion, the research completed get into position. One of the problems with a kneeboard on a has not resolved this problem. rigid frame was the tendency for the kneeboard to submarine when a side edge caught a wave. Once on the water, the knee- board provided good data at overhanging bridge geometries, Limited Clearance but this measurement was considerably more problematic than a direct measurement with the streamlined probe. Limited clearance conditions often exist during floods because of high stage conditions. This reduces the clearance under the bridge, which can complicate scour measurements. High Bridges For example, the original articulated crane developed by FHWA had difficulty working in limited clearance situations High bridges, where the water surface is well below the because the crane could not be articulated into a position that bridge deck, can create difficult measuring situations. Not would allow a measurement without submersing the boom. only is the height of the bridge an issue, but at such locations The crane developed under this research can be articulated there can often be significant wind blowing through the bridge such that direct measurements can be made from a water level opening. The limit of the articulated crane under a direct mea- just below the bridge deck downward to about 30 ft (9 m). surement is 30 ft (9 m), and therefore, high bridges typically require a cable-suspended approach. The Minnesota-style winch was built and added to the artic- Pressure Flow ulated arm truck to allow measurement on high bridges. The development of the two-winch concept on a post mount- When flow is so high that the low-chord of the bridge is ing (Figure 9) provided more versatility in the measurement underwater, the use of floating deployments is virtually elimi- approach. Problems of a single-winch deployment are the drift nated. However, under these conditions, the crane is still feasi- under the bridge and the effects of wind on the cable or the ble and within certain physical limits could be articulated into deployment platform. The original Minnesota application
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44 used an articulated crane, with the pulley at the end of the monitoring work based on the design concepts developed crane, allowing an extension up river to 40 ft (12 m). This min- through this research. imized some of the drift issues; however, the dual-winch The smaller truck chassis used in the research did minimize approach allows a second cable and better control of the loca- the cost of the vehicle itself, however, a larger truck also offers tion of the deployment platform, as illustrated in Figure 7. advantages. The F-450 used in the research was not large With any cable-suspended operation, particularly on high enough to handle even the lightweight crane selected without bridges, the ability to track the position of the sensor accurately hydraulic stabilizers. This lead to development of the castor is lost. Therefore, the positional accuracy will always be bet- system to allow driving the truck with the crane deployed for ter with the direct measurements made with the streamlined measuring cross sections. As an alternative, a larger truck chas- probe or the physical probe. sis might be able to handle the lightweight crane selected for the research without the outriggers and the additional cost and complication of the castor system. Air Entrainment The cost of the truck and crane were about $50,000 prior to adding instrumentation. Allowing $25,000 for instrumentation The problems with air entrainment are particularly sig- and fabrication, the total cost for the scour monitoring truck is nificant when making sonar measurements. Similar to high about $75,000. Discussion of cost with the states visited dur- suspended sediment conditions, high air entrainment can ing the testing program suggested that a cost in this range complicate a sonar measurement. The streamlined probe for a scour monitoring inspection vehicle was not viewed that was developed minimized these effects by reducing tur- as prohibitive. bulence induced by the probe and streamlining the flow over To make the system easy to use, a comprehensive software the transducer. package was developed to collect the data. The program was The streamlined probe also positioned the transducer about written in Visual Basic to provide an easy-to-use Windows- style environment, and the menus and layout of the program 12 in. (30 cm) under water for the measurement, which elimi- were designed to provide an intuitive operating process. The nates surface interference issues typical of a floating deploy- data are reported in station-elevation format to allow imme- ment where the transducer is skimming the surface. Therefore, diate comparison of the results with information on the bridge although no testing was completed in conditions with exces- plans. sive air entrainment, the streamlined probe deployment of the The sensors selected for monitoring the position of the truck sonar should provide the best opportunity for success when and crane movement were fairly simple, robust, and easy to using sonar in high air entrainment conditions. replace. The only exception is the sensor setup to measure the angle of the rotator at the end of the crane. The computer program was designed with a calibration menu to allow easy Easily Used and Affordable zeroing of any new sensor, should one need to be replaced. However, as with any automated system that relies heavily on To facilitate future implementation and use, the cost of any sensors, data loggers, and computers, the system does require device developed under this research was important. The an aptitude for electronics and computers and would require products from this research needed to be affordable by state some training for users to be able to understand and operate the and local transportation agencies to better ensure widespread system. application of the research results. For example, based in part on cost and the specialized training necessary, many states only have one underbridge inspection truck. This vehicle and Easily Transportable its crew are often on the road year round and are scheduled so far in advance that they have little or no flexibility for break- The articulated arm truck was designed around the smallest down or complications. By analogy, if the cost of scour mon- truck chassis possible, so as to control cost, provide maneu- itoring technology was so high that states could only afford verability, and minimize the traffic control requirements. The one or two devices, they might not be able to respond ade- latter issues are important when operating in a flood response quately to, or cover, widespread flood conditions. mode, because the inspection crew needs to collect data as effi- ciently as possible and get to as many bridges as it can in a One way to control cost is to use commercially available, short time. An F-450 truck chassis is not much bigger than a "off-the-shelf" products whenever possible and thereby avoid full-sized pickup, and therefore, the articulated arm truck as special fabrication requirements. Therefore, the articulated developed was easily transportable and maneuverable. arm truck was designed using readily available components whenever possible. These components and pieces were also designed to be a bolt-on installation, so that the articulated Accuracy arm truck could be readily used for other purposes outside of the flood season. In fact, many transportation agencies already The desired accuracy of the measurement was +/-12 in. have articulated arm trucks that could be retrofitted for scour (30 cm). Most sonar devices meet this criterion, and so as it


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Follow Minshall Trail to the gold
Stay straight on this paved road, past the dumping ground for Dumpsters. At the top of the hill, you'll find the Stonewall Mine remains, including a little cabin that presents fascinating old photographs and information about those mining days.
Gold was discovered in the Julian area in the 1860s. At the height of the gold mining operations here, 1886-1891, more than 500 people lived in Cuyamaca City, a company town that operated the Stonewall Mine.
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There's nothing more meaningful than a personalized Christmas craft. Find an old photo and use it to create your own Photo Christmas Ornament from Candace Jedrowicz. This is a fantastic gift idea for a friend or family member and will surely lead to smiles and laughter!
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Etymology. The genus is named for Richard Dawkins, for his contribution to the public understanding of science and, in particular, of evolutionary science
A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius
(Pisces: Cyprinidae)
The tropical Asian cyprinid genus Puntius, which contains some 120 valid species, has long been suspected to be polyphyletic. Here, through an examination of external morphology, osteology, and analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome b gene fragments from 31 South Asian species hitherto referred to Puntius, we show that these fishes represent at least five lineages recognisable as genera. Puntius sensu stricto has the rostral barbels absent; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray weak or strong, smooth; and lateral line complete, with 22-28 pored scales. Systomus possesses maxillary and rostral barbels; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray stiff ('osseous'), serrated; and lateral line complete, with 27-34 scales. Three new genera are proposed: Dawkinsia (type species Leuciscus fila mentosus) is distinguished by lacking rostral barbels; having the last unbranched dorsal-fin ray smooth; lateral line complete, with 18-22 scales; and a juvenile colour pattern that includes three black bars on the body. Dravidia (type species Cirrhinus fasciatus) is distinguished by having both rostral and maxillary barbels present; lateral line complete, with 18–26 pored scales; dorsal fin with 4 unbranched and 8 branched rays, last unbranched dorsal-fin ray smooth; infraorbital 3 deep, partly overlapping the preoperculum; and free uroneural and postepiphysial fontanelle absent. Pethia (type species Barbus nigrofasciatus) is distinguished by having the last unbranched dorsal-fin ray stiff, serrated; infraorbital 3 deep, partially overlapping preoperculum; rostral barbels absent; maxillary barbels absent or minute; a black blotch on the caudal peduncle; and frequently, black blotches, spots or bars on the side of the body. The identities of Puntius sophore and Systomus immaculatus are clarified through the designation of neotypes; a lectotype is designated for Neolissochilus bovanicus; and precedence is given to the spelling bovanicus over bovianicus.
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Sen. Blumenthal: Syria, Plum Island, and Other News of the Day
Thursday, August 29, 2013
As the US weighs options for intervention in Syria, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) discusses his position and what comes next. Plus: his legislation to create an advisory committee to focus on tick-borne diseases, and the conflict over the future of Plum Island -- the island off the coast of Suffolk County that was home to the federal government's animal disease center.
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Great to hear the Senator is opposed to development of Plum Island. My extended family has lived in Southold Town since 1902 and I have watched as development has decimated the bucolic east end of Long Island. Just when i was thinking they can't do anymore damage, Plum Island is put on the table. It is time to stop this madness and start preserving.
On Syria, Sen. Blumenthal says that a military strike by the US should be carefully targeted to military assets. The experience of Iraq and Afghanistan tells us that the idea of "surgical strikes," that don't kill civilians, is a myth. I have a 2-part question for the Senator:
1) What is the maximum number of civilian casualties that he would consider acceptable in these "targeted" military strikes? The answer "zero" would rule out military action entirely-- so what's the upper limit?
2) If Assad, his government under attack by the US, spoke of planning "targeted" strikes against a military base inside the US, and spoke of a certain number of civilian casualties as being both inevitable and regrettably necessary, would the US government view that as planning a terrorist attack?
You can write to your Federal Representatives against a US Attack on Syria through this website.
Instead of allowing some other country's civil war to distract us, how about we focus on improving our economy and actually doing some 'job creation'?
is there truth to the rumor that lyme disease (which i still have after 5 years)is the result of army experiments on chemical warfare? please tell us what you do know without fear, we listeners really do not like evasive answers but rather love the truth and the respect for our intelligence as to how to deal with facts that are the result of mistakes.
"the President has no constitutional authority - to take this nation to war against a country... unless we're attacked or unless there is proof we are about to be attacked. And if he does, if he does, I would move to impeach him."
Joe Biden said this in 2007 against Bush.
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Amid uncertainty, bigwigs have their say
Originally Published: July 22, 2004By Scott Burnside | Special to ESPN.com
Less than 24 hours after the NHL and its players' association threw yet another wet blanket on hopes for a speedy resolution to the game's critical labor woes, a who's who of hockey power and influence filed quietly and with little fanfare into a New York hotel meeting room to try and brainstorm the league back onto North America's sports radar screen.
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The police arrested a 37-year-old teacher who is suspected to have misbehaved with a girl student at his tuition centre.
According to the police, the girl studies in a private school at Adambakkam. A resident of Maduvankarai in Guindy, she went to a tuition centre run by Kannan in the same locality. A business management graduate with a diploma in computer science, Kannan told the police he taught all subjects at his institute.
On November 12, the girl reportedly came home crying after tuition. She allegedly told her parents that Kannan approached her with a glass of water after which she lost consciousness. Suspecting that the teacher could have misbehaved with the girl, her father submitted a petition to the city police commissioner.
The commissioner forwarded the complaint to the Guindy police for further investigation. The police summoned Kannan for interrogation during which he denied any untoward incident had happened. He was arrested and remanded.
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RHR notches second career IRL victory
LONG BEACH, Calif. Ryan Hunter-Reay used to play with his toy cars watching Michael Andretti win races at Long Beach. He ran his first big Atlantic Series race at the track, first memorable CART race there, too.
Long Beach was one of his late mother's favorite tracks, where he met his fiance, a place he thinks of as home.
So to win at Long Beach, to take a big step toward landing a full-time ride on the streets that mean so much to him, well, it doesn't get much better than this.
Taking advantage of a brief mechanical problem by Will Power early, Hunter-Reay cruised to his second career Indy Racing League title Sunday at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
"It was like a home race for us," said Hunter-Reay, who grew up in Florida but moved to Southern California six years ago. "To win here is extra special to me."
For Andretti, too.
The storied racing family has deep roots and plenty of memories at Long Beach, from patriarch Mario's win in the early days, to Michael winning his first and last races there.
Hunter-Reay's win gives Andretti his first win as sole owner of Andretti Autosport and his team its first win since Tony Kanaan in 2008, a span of 28 races.
"Long Beach just continues to be really special to me, my family," Andretti said.
Hunter-Reay's opportunity came early and he pounced on it.
Starting second, RHR took the lead on the 18th lap when Power, the pole sitter, had to pull to the outside after his car got stuck in first gear coming out of a turn. Power also was passed by Justin Wilson, who went on to finish second despite a collision with Alex Lloyd on Lap 53.
"I don't know how it happened," said Power, a two-time winner this season who holds the points lead headed into the oval segment of the IRL season. "It didn't happen before and it didn't happen again, so I'm not sure what happened."
The small window was all Hunter-Reay needed.
The part-time driver for Andretti Autosport lost the lead after his two pit stops, but quickly regained it both times on the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street course through downtown Long Beach. He patiently waited to lap Lloyd midway through the race and quickly increased his lead after the race's only caution - on a collision between Mario Romancini and Graham Rahal on Lap 60 - bunched the cars up.
Hunter-Reay led 64 of 85 laps and won the race by cruise-across-the-line 5.6 seconds to become the first American driver to win an IndyCar race since his first win, at Watkin's Glen in 2007.
It was also his first win since his mother, Lydia, died of colon cancer last November.
"I was with her every step of the fight and the No. 1 thing she loved was to see me racing, so that's what gave me and her the strength to push forward in that fight," said Hunter-Reay, who was congratulated by new teammate Tony Kanaan with a climb-in-the-cockpit hug. "She passed away, she was definitely there with me this weekend. This race was for her."


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Obama nominates McKinsey consultant as deputy director for management
Tuesday - 9/10/2013, 8:30pm EDT
President Barack Obama nominated Beth Cobert as the new deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. If confirmed by the Senate, Cobert would replace Jeff Zients, who left the position in May after spending four years as the DDM.
Cobert is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company where she is the global leader for functional capability building. In that role, she is developing the skills for the more than 9,000 employees in the consulting practice. She also is the firm's global leader in marketing and sales and the chairwoman of McKinsey's pension fund.
Partner at McKinsey & Company Beth Cobert is nominated to be the Office of Management and Budget's new deputy director for management.
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Since May, federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel has been acting deputy director for management.
"Beth has spent nearly 30 years at McKinsey & Company as a director and senior partner where she worked with corporate, not-for-profit and government entities on key strategic, operational and organizational issues across a range of sectors, including financial services, health care, legal services, real estate, telecommunications, and philanthropies," said Sylvia Burwell, OMB director, in a statement. "She has led major projects to generate performance improvements through process streamlining, enhanced customer service, improved deployment of technology, more effective marketing programs and strengthened organizational effectiveness. Within McKinsey, Beth has been a champion for people development and initiatives to support women's advancement to leadership positions."
Burwell also thanked VanRoekel for his time as acting DDM.
"Steve has been an integral member of OMB's leadership team for the past two years, serving as the U.S. Chief Information Officer and a key advisor on a range of management issues," she said. "I look forward to working with Steve in the months ahead in continuing the progress we're making on the administration's tech agenda as well as the development of the Second Term Management Agenda to make our government more efficient and effective, delivering impact to communities across the country."
Cobert comes as Obama launched his second term management agenda in July. Burwell is leading the effort to add more specifics to creating a smarter, more innovative government. Cobert likely would lead the initiatives within the second term management agenda.
Obama said in July that the management-agenda revamp will focus on three areas where the administration already has seen success: Finding ways to deliver government services more quickly and more conveniently, cutting duplicative and unnecessary programs and expanding the number and type of government datasets provided online.
A large part of the initiative will be continuing to adopt good ideas from the private sector, he said, exemplified by the Presidential Innovation Fellows program. The White House chose a second class of 43 fellows late last month to work on nine different program areas that focus on bringing private-sector expertise to help solve public sector problems.
If the Senate confirms Cobert, Burwell would have her top deputies in place. The Senate approved Brian Deese as the deputy director for budget in June.
Along with Cobert, Obama nominated Sloan Gibson to be the deputy secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department. Gibson would come to VA after serving as the chief executive officer and president of the United Service Organizations (USO). He would replace Scott Gould, who left in May.
Jim Shelton received the nomination to be deputy secretary of the Education Department. He has been acting since June 2013.
Jo Ann Rooney would come back to government as the under secretary of the Navy after spending more than a year with a private-sector consulting firm. Previously, she served as the principal deputy under secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Department of Defense from 2011 to 2012, and served as acting under secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from November 2011 to June 2012.
And Obama also nominated a familiar face to take over as a top management official at the State Department. Heather Higginbottom would move from counselor in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of State to the deputy secretary for management and resources.
Prior to joining State, Higginbottom served as deputy director for budget at OMB, from 2011 to 2013 and from 2009 to 2011 she was the deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
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Diminishing Democratic Integrity
Two articles presented side by side in a recent edition of the Laurinburg Exchange exemplify the brilliance of our great nation's founding father's insight concerning freedom of speech. One addressed the current debate about exchanging Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban Guantanamo detainees. From local residents to national political leaders, there was much discussion, some of it heated, on both sides of this issue, but freedom of speech allows such discussion. The other article addressed the 25th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre. Whether it was done deliberately or inadvertently, the placement of these two articles demonstrates the superiority of our system of government.
The third paragraph in the second article read: "China allows no public discussion of the events of June 3-4, 1989, when soldiers backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers fought their way into the heart of Beijing, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, of unarmed protesters and onlookers." The article stated: "Chinese censors scrubbed domestic blogs and social media websites of comments marking the crackdown," and reported around the clock surveillance of the relatives of Tiananmen Square victims, and even restrictions on relatives visiting their graves.
Although I much admire our founding father's insight, I am seriously troubled by decisions made by American political leaders in recent times. How did a nation so opposite of our democratic principles gain our "Most Favored Nation" trade status? How many U.S. industries have been closed and moved to Chinese sweat-shops since 1989, when the Chinese military so clearly demonstrated how little the Chinese government rates American democratic integrity? Why would the leaders of our nation, which has existed for over two centuries only because freedom of speech allows protest of injustice, which leads to political correction, open the door for further exploitation of the politically and democratically deprived Chinese people?
As for the globalization excuse; have low-wage Chinese sweat-shop workers and displaced American workers benefited, or the U.S. owners of Chinese sweat-shops? As for the free trade excuse; what has been traded, other than American jobs for cheap Chinese labor? Or have you noticed the American brand names on those imported products? Who has gained from venture capitalism — Chinese and American workers, or the globalists now avoiding U.S. taxation and regulation as they exploit the cheap labor of a nation that allows no public discussion or protest of political wrongdoing, and massacres any who try?
What does U.S. capitalistic exploitation of cheap Chinese labor do to our claim of democratic superiority in the eyes of other nations?
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Convinced Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs Of New York DiCaprio
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Officially, summer is now here, and information gained in spring 2012 Master Gardener projects and programs is being put to use helping others learn to grow.Fulton County's Gardeners' BIG Day was a huge success. Over 140 people were impacted by the event which featured speakers and workshops on a wide variety of garden-related topics."We were thrilled to have Dickson Mounds as host site for this year's event," said GBD planning team member Mary Lou Kuchan, a Fulton County Master Gardener.Dr. Michael Wiant, director of Dickson Mounds Museum, was the opening keynote speaker for the event. Wiant spoke of the history of gardening in Illinois, and participants said museum exhibits added to their enjoyment of the event.Other speakers included U of I Extension educators Rhonda Ferree and Matt Montgomery, U of I Plant Clinic's Stephanie Porter and Carey Boehm-Corrie, Bob Streitmatter of Luthy Botanical Garden, and U of I Extension Master Gardeners Hal Burden, Mel Tracy, and Cheryl Briseno."The vertical gardening presentation is impacting how I garden this summer," said a GBD attendee. Tracy and Briseno have given additional vertical gardening presentations throughout the area.Good things are growing at Jones Park. Master Gardeners have teamed with Spoon River Garden Club and other area residents to update gardens for 2012. This spot inspires many to become involved with gardening and is a frequent spot of mini-gardening workshops and opportunities to share information.The Fulton County Health Department is host site for the Canton Community Gardens. Children and adults learn to garden together in raised-bed garden spots. A team of area gardeners built and installed the beds, transported and amended soils, and guided plant selection for participants who will enjoy the produce and be rewarded for garden care, vegetable production and more.Partners for the Canton Community Garden include Fulton County Health Department, Canton YWCA, City of Canton, Canton Parks and Recreation Department, Spoon River Garden Club, U of I Extension and all young gardeners. Canton School District athletics is also a supporter.Master Gardener Plant Detectives have taken additional training to help solve homeowner questions. Of particular interest at present is information about Japanese Beetles. Follow Japanese Beetle news links at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/fmpt.Master Gardeners have been speaking to area groups and civic organizations. Bob Keene of Astoria has been educating residents about the impact of the Emerald Ash Borer.Bright Spots are blooming in Canton and recognized through monthly awards which feature helpful information and plant ID for area residents.St. Mary's Church garden provides bushels of produce shared with area residents. This labor of love includes distribution of gardening information to recipients and has inspired past recipients to begin gardening.Page 2 of 2 - Area U of I Extension Fulton County Master Gardeners who work together to help others learn to grow include Kelly Anderson, Sharalynn Babcock, JoAnn Block, Jane Brewer, Bob and Freda Burnham, Elizabeth Champlin, Paul Dillefeld, Kathy Edwards, Sally Hart, Nancy Hebb, Judy Hollaway, Phyllis Jarvis, Melinda Jones, Bob Keene, Carol Kohler, Mary Lou Kuchan, Linda Lane, Karen Lowe, Jody McCamey, Kay McCance, Terry Meade, Pam Merrill, Palma Miller, Carla Murray, Karen Pasko , Rita Potter, Beverly Reffett, Julia Pryor, Sandra Surrells, Jackie Trotter, Mary Virag, and Susan Walters.For information about the U of I Extension Master Gardener program or to arrange a presentation for your group or organization in 2012-13, contact U of I Extension program coordinator Julia Pryor at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 309-543-3308.
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To export image data from the MATLAB® workspace to a graphics
file in one of the supported graphics file formats, use the
imwrite function. When using
you specify the MATLAB variable name and the name of the file.
If you include an extension in the filename,
imwrite attempts
to infer the desired file format from it. For example, the file extension
.jpg infers
the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format. You can also
specify the format explicitly as an argument to
This example loads the indexed image
X from
a MAT-file,
clown.mat, along with the associated
map, and then exports the image as a bitmap
(BMP) file.
load clown whos
Your output appears as shown:
Name Size Bytes Class Attributes X 200x320 512000 double caption 2x1 4 char map 81x3 1944 double
Export the image as a bitmap file:
When using
imwrite with some graphics formats,
you can specify additional format-specific parameters. For example,
with PNG files, you can specify the bit depth. This example writes
a grayscale image
I to a 4-bit PNG file.
This example writes an image
A to a JPEG
file, using an additional parameter to specify the compression quality
imwrite(A, 'myfile.jpg', 'Quality', 100);
For more information about these additional format-specific
syntaxes, see the
imwrite reference
In certain file formats, such as TIFF, a binary image can be
stored in a 1-bit format. When you read in a binary image in 1-bit
imread stores the data in the workspace
as a
logical array. If the file format supports
imwrite writes binary images as 1-bit images
by default. This example reads in a binary image and writes it as
a TIFF file.
BW = imread('text.png'); imwrite(BW,'test.tif');
To verify the bit depth of
test.tif, call
imfinfo and
check the
BitDepth field.
info = imfinfo('test.tif'); info.BitDepth ans = 1
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imwrite uses the following rules to determine
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If the output image file format supports unsigned 8-bit
If the output image file format supports
unsigned 16-bit images (PNG or TIFF),
If the output image file
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Having been caught out in a nasty RED/PURPLE cell from hell recently in a boat with no reefs I can give ya a tip that worked for me. After getting knocked down once and being pushed sideways before I could get her around, I left the jib set for a Starboard tack (backwinded) and set her on a Port tack about 15 degrees off the wind with the boom all the way to windward. This allowed me to sail at about three knots dead into a 40+ knot gale until I could reach a Windward shore and escape the wind, all while being POUNDED by 3/4" hail and having lightning like I haven't seen since Texas, scare the crap outta me. This little adwenture tought me much about what my boat and myself could handle. It also taught me that just because ya haven't seen storms like that in 11 yrs. of living someplace, doesn't mean they cannot happen.
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Over the past decade, I have encountered enough wild-eyed (and often borderline delusional) proposals for improving America's electric grid to fill a small library. Despite the electric grid's many flaws, it is harder to replace the electric grid than most people realize.
So when I responded to an inquiry from Marc Elrich, one of nine elected members of Maryland's Montgomery County Council, about replacing the conventional power grid as a primary source of electricity with distributed generation, I expected the conversation to last for less than five minutes. To my surprise, I was wrong – very wrong.
Indeed, seven months later, the conversation is still just beginning. So is the battle over the future of Montgomery County's energy economy.
The barriers to transforming the prevailing paradigm of today's electric system are as severe – if not more severe – than "skeptics" have said they would be. What surprised me is that the converse is equally true – at least in unlucky locales like Montgomery County.
The electric system is like a three-legged stool. The system's viability requires a delicate balance between reliable electric service, competitive shareholder returns and reasonable customer rates. A small number of utilities are struggling to balance these competing interests. A still smaller set of utilities appear to be losing that struggle, which is making "radical" disruption seem "reasonable."
The scope and scale of the electric grid's reliability problems in Montgomery County are severe. Pepco, the only utility allowed to provide electric service in nearly all of Montgomery County, has borne the brunt of the blame for local power outages. In 2010, Montgomery County Executive, Isaiah Leggett, established the Pepco Working Group, chaired by Norm Augustine, the former CEO of Lockheed Martin, to investigate why the reliability of electric service in Pepco's territory "has been inferior by virtually any reasonable standard . . . for a number of years."
In recent years, Pepco's residential customers in Montgomery County are estimated to lose as much as $34 every month as a result of power outages.
The Working Group's final report attributed the persistent power outages in Montgomery County primarily to Pepco's "inattention to, underinvestment in, and lack of long-term planning for, the basic power distribution infrastructure."
Despite the widely recognized problems at Pepco, the reliability of electric service in Montgomery County has arguably gotten worse rather than better. The storm that swept across the Mid-Atlantic region in late June left hundreds of thousands of Pepco customers in Montgomery County without power – many for several days – during a potentially dangerous heat wave.
"More than 400,000 people are without power in Montgomery County," said Elrich the day after the storm hit. "And I am one of them."
Elrich has responded to the relentless reliability problem with more than phone calls to faceless customer service representatives. Elrich was born and bred in Takoma Park, which he has represented in various official and non-official capacities for more than two decades.
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