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Lobo Men's Baseball - At Isotopes Park
Tuesday: Lobos 16, Binghamton 2 (7 innings)
Wednesday: 1 p.m., Binghamton at Lobos
Up Next: UNLV at Lobos -- Fri-Sat-Sun - Isotopes Park
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ALBUQUERQUE -- In a chilly and windy evening in Isotopes Park, the New Mexico Lobos probably got out a few frustrations created by going against a number of bullies on the baseball block.
The Lobos did it by being bullies. They also did it by jumping on the Binghamton Bearcats hard and early, scoring 16 runs in the first three innings on the way to a 16-2 romp.
"We did what we are supposed to do," said Lobo coach Ray Birmingham. "We are trying to play the game the right way and continue to raise puppies to play the game the right way.
"(Binghamton) is a team that wins its conference every year and this is a team that goes to regionals every year. They brought in a guy at the end who's pretty good, but they are on a long road trip and their pitching staff is stretched."
The Lobos rolled out five runs in the first inning, a massive nine in the second inning, and two more in the bottom of the third. The game was called after the top of the seventh handing the Lobos back-to-back wins for second time this season.
The 5-15 Lobos look to make it three straight at 1 p.m. Wednesday when the Bearcats return to Isotopes Park. The Lobos also are looking to stay hot and ride some momentum into an important three-game Mountain West series that begins Friday against UNLV at Isotopes Park.
This was a feel-good win for a young Lobo teams that had been thrown into the fire by an aggressive schedule. "(Binghamton) is a good team, but it's not the caliber of teams we've been playing," said Birmingham.
Several Lobos fattened their stats early on Bearcat pitching, but UNM did not score in the fourth, fifth or sixth - not that it mattered. Kyle Stiner went 3-for-5 scoring three runs. Jacob Nelson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Cody Doyle had three RBIs, and Mitch Garver had two hits and two RBIs.
DJ Peterson had the most impressive outing going 3-of-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored.
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Wilson picked up the win going five innings and striking out six while giving up four hits and a run. Wilson lost his shutout when he didn't cover first base on a grounder. Ronnie Galosic came in to mop up.
"I thought the team did really good and anytime you get a lot of runs behind you it's pretty easy to go out there and pitch," said Wilson. "You just need to throw strikes."
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Veal Stuffed Mini Peppers and Patty Pan Squash
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Puerto Tazacorte
Favorite thing: Tazacorte is a sleepy beach town with a lovely beach area. Really hot when we visited. Nice cafes to sit in behind the beach and promenade area, a real chill out unspoilt place. A playground was being refurbishesd during our visit so that was a little bit of an eyesore but still this would definitely be a favoutite place to catch the rays in a pretty place - its claim to fame is as the warmest place on La Plama. The narrow harbour streets are lined with colourful old La Palma houses. Tazacorte is located at the bottom of Valle de Aridane, some 6km from Los Llanos.
Puerto Naos
Favorite thing: Puerto Naxos is another developed beach resort, this time on the sunnier west side of the island. Often the most sunniest place to be - just not so when we visited. Good promenade lined with beach bar cafes and shops on the pavement side. Big hotels and many apartments and souvenir shops. Not my choice of resort, bit too touristic for my liking but good amount of sand. I preferred the beach at Cancajos but the weather is more consistent on the west side. Was a popular spot for paragliders to jump off the cliffs behind the resort and land on the beach.
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El Paso
Favorite thing: El Paso is the largest council area on the island and is the only one which does not have a coast.
Its virtually in hte centre of La Palma Island. Its a pretty colourful town with its houses, churches, open air arena for festivals and silk museum. Also good for shopping with a large superstore. There is a good tourist office here with plenty of information on what to do and whats going on in La Plama.
Arty Bus Stops
Favorite thing: InOn the nothwest of La Palma in the Puntagorda area you can see some really colourful bus stops - works of art not graffitti. In 2007 the Puntagorda Council asked local artist Goretti to decorate all the bus shelters within the council area with scenes typical of Puntagorda. She designed and, over a period of months, painted all 8 bus shelters with different designs.
We saw a few and of course just had to stop to photo one - this one is on the main road past Puntagorda just before the turn off to El Fayal and the market (Mercadillo). It shows scenes from the farmers market, which is held every Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.
Mirador El Time
Favorite thing: Just a few km above Puerto de Tazacorte is the Mirador El Time - a popular lookout point at 510m above sea level. You could take the path up bit its easier to take the path down, zig-zagging down the cliff to the harbour. We didn't do either but we did stop here a couple of times in the car for the views, especially good at sunset. A cafe is here too if you want a snack/drink.
The path is clearly signposted at either end of the walk.
Favorite thing: Pretty town, very colourful. One of the best area for growing bananas in the Canaries. Below the town via a winding road up and down a ravine is its port area - Puerto de Tazacorte. The views across the plantations and to the ocean are beautiful. Colourful houses, some with balconies and a quaint church add to the delight of this town.
Los Cancajos
Favorite thing: Los Cancajos is the main tourist centre on the east side of the island of La Palma and where we were based. Having said that its not over developed and retains a pleasant low key atmsophere. Shops and tapas bars line the main road. There is also a coastal path along the front linking the bays and black volcanic sand - unfortunately the path does not extend all the way into Santa Cruz. If the path is chosen you have to climb many steps to get up to the road to continue the walk into the capital - takes about 30 minutes from the hotel. The beaches are pleasantly situated in small coves and never looked crowded.
There are a couple of excellent bars at the back ot the beaches and the food being served up there looked authentic and tasty.
Buy a walking guide and map
Favorite thing: Many walking guides are available for La Palma.
Since the island is subjected to continuous change and development, it is also good to buy a detailed map with the walking trails, indicated with the letters GR (long distance), PR (medium distance) and SL (local trails).
We mainly used the Dutch "ANWB Wandelgids La Palma", second printing 2005, originally written by Susanne Lipps. This guide mainly describes hikes with the same start and finish. This is very easy because you can park your car somewhere and get back to it. However, some of the walks in the second printing were not fully correct anymore due to changes in roads etc. Be warned, the first tunnel in walk #18 was closed with a gate when we were there in Januari 2008 (however, we went under the gate :-)
We also had the Sunflower La Palma and El Hierro guide by Noel Rochford. This guide describes mainly walks that go from one point to another (different start and finish) and therefore is very suitable for people that want to use public transport. This guide also uses a web-based update service to make sure you can always have the latest information about the hikes. See for public transportation: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/6117e/40867/9/
Swimming pool in the ocean
Favorite thing: In the north-east there are two swimming pools built in the ocean.
One of them is called Charco Azul, near San Andrés. It has two pools, a large one, deep enough to dive into, and a smaller one, where fish also swim in. The sea fills the pools, each time a wave comes in, but there are no real currents, so that swimming is save for everyone. The real ocean is often to wild to swim in. Sometimes, when the wind comes from the right direction, the waves can be very high.
The entrance is free. There is also a restaurant/bar.
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- Beaches
- Family Travel
Caldera de Taburiente
Favorite thing: The most striking of Isla de La Palma is the Caldera de Taburiente. If you don't have visit or seen the caldera you don't have seen the island of La Palma.
The caldera is no vulcanic crater, as thought for a long time, so the use of the name caldera is not right. After long survey the opinion developed, that erosion by water and collapses formed the caldera.
The origin of all the Canary Islands was ever volcanic, but that was 30 million years ago.
The Caldera de Taburiente has a diameter of 10 KM and is surrounded by peaks of around 2400 M.
At the south west side the caldera is open. From the ocean you have a nice overview and a good look in the caldera with its form of an horseshoe.
Fondest memory: Our walk deep down in the caldera and the breathtaking views from the edges.
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- Hiking and Walking
Cumbre Vieja and Nueva
Favorite thing: South of the Caldera de Taburiente the island of La Palma is divided in an east and west part by the mountain ridge Cumbre Vieja and Nueva.
This mountain ridge divides the island in a wet end dry part. The rains of the eastern part hardly reach the western dry part.
Coming from the east with heavy rainfall you will come in a clear blue sky at the sunny side after passing the tunnel at the mainroad between Santa Cruz and Los Llanos.
What you see mostly from the western side is the unique clouds crawl above the Cumbre.
The island of La Palma is a minicontinent with several climates and vegetation.
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Prehistoric inscriptions
Favorite thing: At 50 places on the Island of La Palma mysterious spiral inscriptions, engraved in the rocks, are found.
We visited the easy reachable and good signposted ones in La Zarza in the north west part of the island near Garafia and the ones in the caves of Belmaco in the south east part near Mazo.
We liked most trying to find also some of the other locations during our walks.
It's not known, who made the inscriptions and why. Some engravings are identified as dancing prehistoric people, others as signs of the Libyan alphabet.
All researchers think the alphabetical signs originate from North Africa, because there are found similar signs in the Sahara.
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An absolutely beautifull place
Favorite thing: What is the best of La Palma??? I think that it still is pretty untouched by tourism. Except for the planeloads of germans that go there for the few beaches or the more eco friendly travelers that go for the beautifull hikes.
If you go, the biggest problem will be getting there (if you fly directly) Because there are enough hotels, motels guesthouses and whatever to accomocate the tourist now (let hope it wil stay like that, and not get like Gran Canaria), but the flights are limited.
Explore the several small...
Favorite thing: Explore the several small beaches at the southern part of the westcoast. My favorite one was in Puerto de Tazacorte, where you don´t have too big rocks and you can have both, waves and calm water. It also is not to far from the Los Llanos area where the most bungalows and appartments are located.
If you don´t need a big hotel,...
Favorite thing: If you don´t need a big hotel, stay at the westcoast. The weather is much better there than on the eastside where it rains more often.
Take a hike along the vulcanic-route with breathtaking views over the island and after that enjoy a cortado (special coffee) at the main place in Los Llanos.
Fondest memory: The absolut best is the possibility to hike on high mountains and after that go swimming in the sea. The highest point on La Palma is the Roque de los Muchachos with 2426m.
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I kept thinking about Ingrid having an affair while she was making this movie and how times have changed since then. As for the movie it was highly over rated because of Ingrid, Rossellini and the director. Big names don't guarantee good movies. It was boring and ended with no ending.
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Exchange Product Categories View Appears To Break Other Loops On The Page
Posted 23 January 2014 - 10:16 PM
This install has:
3 Post Categories, each category has a post
Exchange & Product Categories Addon, nothing else
- 3 Product Categories, each product category has 2 products
Raygun's Q & A plugin: http://wordpress.org/plugins/q-and-a/installation/
- 2 FAQ Categories, each category has 3 Q/As
Permalinks are fugly default.
Builder Air - Custom Theme, untouched.
Sidebar Widgets:
- Categories
- Product Categories (the Exchange widget)
- Custom Menu (Appearance > Menus, using just the product categories as menu items)
- FAQ Categories using that plugin's shortcode, twice
- Recent Posts
- Loopbuddy (querying 1 post from a category, default single-post layout)
- Loopbuddy (querying 1 post from a different category, default single-post layout)
Everything behaves as expected until you click a Product Category link. Then,
- the Custom Menu breaks
- the FAQ widget breaks
- one of the Loopbuddy loops doesn't display
Click through to the single view of the product, and all the loops in the sidebar work again.
Deactivating the FAQ plugin had no effect (just displayed the shortcode text). Same broken loops otherwise.
Behaves in the same way in Twenty Fourteen as in Builder Air (I was surprised Loopbuddy even seemed to work out of the box with Twenty Fourteen, without modifying the loop code).
My localhost project is misbehaving in slightly different ways, prompting me to build this trivialized example. But it still boils down to loops that get broken on product archives.
On a completely unrelated note, the "Start New Topic" button is the hardest thing for me to find on the whole iThemes site. Just sayin'.
Posted 24 January 2014 - 06:07 PM
The styling of the permalinks in the sidebar aren't affected by Exchange. That's how you see them on the Air Demo.
I'm still looking into the other issues, I just didn't want you to think I'd missed your post or had forgotten about you.
Posted 24 January 2014 - 06:22 PM
Posted 27 January 2014 - 09:18 PM
Exchange Product Categories appears to break widgets. Widgets that work on every other page are broken when viewing the product category archive view, that is, links that end in "?it_exchange_category=".
This affects built-in widgets, widgets created by 3rd-party plugins, and even the venerable LoopBuddy.
To demonstrate, roll out a clean WP install, install Exchange and the Product Categories add-on, and go make some products and assign them to some product categories. Make a couple menus/widgets that run a loop outside of the main content loop and place it in a sidebar.
Now go view a product category page that also has the sidebar. (Some) widgets that run loops are broken.
I fear my original ticket was read as a complaint about the appearance of the theme (not so). I'm discussing how Product Categories or possibly core Exchange has deleterious effects on built-in and extended functionality.
Or tell me I'm doing it wrong. I'm open to that too. But this shouldn't be too difficult to confirm or deny, and I'm happy to provide admin access if someone wants to take a closer look at the example site I posted that appears to demonstrate a gnarly bug in a product I very much would like to see become the #1 WP ecommerce plugin.
Posted 12 February 2014 - 07:53 PM
It would be great if someone could just check if installing fresh WordPress, Exchange, Exchange Product Add-ons, making 2 or 3 posts, adding some Product Categories (and a Product or two for each category), add a Product Categories widget, then click one of the links created by that Product Categories widget, and see if the default widgets are negatively affected on those product category pages.
In the link I provided at the top, you can see built-in widgets (Recent Posts) as well as 3rd-party plugin widgets (Raygun's Q&A for this example) getting broken on archive pages created by Product Categories.
It also happens in the most trivial case, twentyfourteen w/no plugins installed on brand-new WP 3.8.1.
And it happens whether or not you set up pretty permalinks.
Posted 12 February 2014 - 08:50 PM
That site is nothing more than Builder Air-Custom with just the Default layout, a couple dummy posts, and a couple dummy products/categories, and a few events created by Builder Block-Events. Every page should get the exact view, but on Product Category pages, the Navigation module gets butchered. Click back to the Sample page and the nav comes back.
Posted 13 February 2014 - 04:44 PM
I can't replicate the issue you're having, whether on a fresh install of WordPress or a current site. However, I have reported another bug involving categories and passed this one along to the developers too, so, hopefully we can knock out this issue at the same time. Unfortunately, I don't have a timeline for when the fix will be available. I'll post here as soon as it is.
Posted 14 February 2014 - 01:10 AM
Not sure what I'm doing that would cause it. Here's a video of how I've reproduced it, in twentyfourteen and Builder Air (including the broken Navigation Module behavior):
Maybe someone will find that helpful or spot something I'm introducing to explain the behavior.
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A concealed object detection system for detecting objects concealed on a person includes radar transponders that are each configured and positioned to direct a radar signal at a person and to detect a portion of the radar signal reflected by the person. A processor connected to the radar transponders processes the portions of the radar signals detected by the radar transponders to determine whether the person is carrying a concealed object. The system may produce a real-time alert, such as an audible alert, when a concealed object is detected.
1. A concealed object detection system for detecting objects concealed on a person, the system comprising:
radar transceivers that are each configured and positioned to direct a radar signal at a person and to detect a portion of the radar signal reflected by the person; and
a processor connected to the radar transceivers and operable to process the portions of the radar signals detected by the radar transceivers to conduct a test to determine whether the person is carrying a concealed object, in which a first characteristic of a first dielectric constant associated with the person is determined from the portions of the radar signals detected by the radar transceivers and a second characteristic of a second dielectric constant associated with the concealed object is determined from the portions of the radar signals detected by the radar transceivers.
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outputting transmitted radar signals in a direction of a person;
receiving reflected radar signals that are reflected from the person and from a concealed object carried by the person;
determining from the reflected radar signals a first characteristic of a first dielectric constant associated with the person;
determining from the reflected radar signals a second characteristic of a second dielectric constant associated with the concealed object, and
detecting the concealed object using the reflected radar signal and based on the first characteristic of the first dielectric constant associated with the person and the second characteristic of the second dielectric constant associated with the concealed object.
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determining the first dielectric constant, based on the reflected radar signals;
determining the second dielectric constant, based on the reflected radar signals; and
determining that a defined discrepancy exists between the first and second dielectric constants.
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This application claims priority from provisional application No. 60/318,327, filed Sep. 12, 2001, which is incorporated by reference.
This description relates to detecting concealed objects, such as objects concealed on a person who is entering a secured area.
One common approach to detecting concealed objects on a person is to have the person pass through a metal detector.
Techniques are described for using advanced algorithms developed for buried mine detection to yield a very high probability of detection against concealed objects that can be dangerous or undesirable, coupled with a low false alarm rate. In particular, unique, shallow buried plastic target detection technology that employs radar signals may be applied to aviation security to counteract potential terrorist acts involving smuggling of explosives and other objects on the body.
In one implementation, a concealed object detection system for detecting objects concealed on a person includes radar transceivers that are each configured and positioned to direct a radar signal at a person and to detect a portion of the radar signal reflected by the person. A processor connected to the radar transceivers processes the portions of the radar signals detected by the radar transceivers to determine whether the person is carrying a concealed object. The system may produce a real-time alert, such as an audible alert, when a concealed object is detected.
Other features and advantages will be apparent from the following description, including the drawings, and the claims.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a concealed object detection system.
FIG. 2 is a graph showing a reflected radar signal in relation to a concealed object.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are signals produced by the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3C is an illustration of a boxcutter detected by the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3D is an illustration of the boxcutter of FIG. 3C when concealed in a person's clothing.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are graphs illustrating performance of the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an antenna of the system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 6 is a graph used in real-time audio detection by the system of FIG. 1.
Referring to FIG. 1, a concealed object detection system 100 includes a series of vertical posts 105. Multiple detectors 110 are mounted on each post 105 and are coupled to a signal processing system 115 that processes signals from the detectors 110. The system provides low-cost, real-time, and user-friendly object detection using ultra-low power radar (<{fraction (1/100)} specific absorption rate "SAR"). Except for frequency band and system/antenna size, each detector 110 is comparable to a detector used for buried mine detection. In particular, the system 100 may be used to apply shallow buried plastic target detection technology to aviation security and other situations to detect explosives and other objects on the body of a person passing through the system.
The current, advanced algorithms for the detection of buried land mines yield excellent detection (˜100%) and very low false alarm rates (˜0.1%). This result is achieved over widely varying material types and conditions, and may even be used to detect small, plastic-encased, buried antipersonnel mines. For example, the algorithms may be used to detect small plastic mines that are six centimeters in diameter and nearly one centimeter thick, which typically are buried from flush to the surface to five centimeters below the ground. Larger plastic mines (greater than ten centimeters in diameter) often are buried up to fifteen centimeters deep.
Concealed object detection is technically similar to mine detection. The radar frequency (RF) signal is transmitted from the antenna and the reflected signal energy is detected and processed. The processing methodology determines when the reflected signal appears to be coming from a particular material to be detected (e.g., explosives) and rejects all other reflections. In the case of mines, the algorithms have been very successful in the detection of explosives contained within a plastic housing. In the case of concealed objects on a person, such as explosives that have a form factor of one centimeter of thickness over an extended area of several centimeters in length and width, the detection methodology is similar. The algorithms 'see' the signal reflected from the person in the same way that the mine detection algorithms 'see' the signal reflected from the ground. When the explosives are present, the reflected signal will change. It is this change that is recognized by the algorithms and declared as a detection of the explosive material.
One implementation uses only three detectors 110, each of which is similar to a mine detection device. Measurements are made over a signal bandwidth from 1.5 GHz to 10 GHz. This band is wider and of slightly higher frequency than is normally used for buried mine detection. Because clothing transmits higher frequencies than several inches of soil, investigation of this wider band is desirable to support initial optimization of the parameters for the advanced algorithms. RF energy density is less than one hundredth of standard limits. The key factor determining performance is the application of the advanced algorithms to the measured data.
In the implementation of FIG. 1, it can be seen that ten detectors 110 are arranged vertically from top to bottom within each post 105, and face outward from a wall 120 against which they are mounted. As referred to above, each detector 110 includes an antenna, which may include, for example, a cavity-backed spiral or horn antenna. The beam front 125 shows the approximate coverage and overlap of each antenna send/receive beam against the passenger body. It should be apparent from FIG. 1 and from the description herein that four posts 105 and sets of detectors 110 may be used to cover each side (front, back, and right/left) of a given passenger. The detector(s) 110 may be connected to the electronics box 115 by any conventional means, including, for example, coaxial cable.
FIG. 2, illustrates signals produced by the system of FIG. 1 in response to concealed explosives. In particular, FIG. 2 illustrates an amplitude response signal 200 and a time delay signal 205 produced in response to a body 210 that includes an explosive 215 positioned under a clothing layer 220. As shown, both of the signals 200 and 205 include significant level changes in response to the explosive 215.
The reflection from explosives differs from that of the body based on the material dielectric properties. The signal passes through the explosives, reflects off the body, and passes back through the explosives. As shown, the portion of the signal that encounters the explosive is attenuated and time delayed relative to the reflection from the body alone.
FIG. 3 illustrates a signal 300 produced when a person is carrying a concealed boxcutter relative to a signal 305 produced when the person is not carrying a concealed boxcutter.
RF energy interacts with the body depending on frequency: the body absorbs from 30 to 300 MHz, partially absorbs from 300 MHz to 6 GHz, partially or diffusely reflects from 6 GHz to 15 GHz, and highly/specularly reflects at >15 GHz. Previous attempts using frequencies in the highly-reflective region Ka-band (27 to 33 GHz) produced specular reflection images, which made processing to detect the concealed objects difficult. Ku-band (12 to 18 GHz) studies produced slightly better results but straddled the transition from diffuse to specular reflection at 15 GHz.
The techniques may employ the absorption/reflection transition frequency region from 1.5 to 10 GHz. In this region, specific frequencies that maintain high dielectric differences between explosives and the body surface coexist with diffuse reflection from the skin and shallow body depths. This maintains radar cross section or reflection of the target without spoofing the detection process through specular reflection above 12 GHz and without driving the radar cross section to unacceptably low levels below 1 GHz.
In the region from 1.5 to 10 GHz, the explosives dielectric is near 3, while the body covers ranges of 5 for fat, 10 for bone, 40 for skin, and 50 for muscle. This compares well with the mine detection problem, where the explosives dielectric near 3 was embedded in dielectrics between 4 for sand and 20 for wet loam. The clothing dielectric is near 1.1 (with air at 1.0) and therefore provides no significant reflection or effect on the RF energy. The higher dielectric is behind the target, and there is typically much greater difference between the explosive dielectric and the body (for example, explosive to sand is a difference of 1; explosive to skin is a difference of 37).
Mine detection equipment transmits 10 milliwatts and yet enough of a signal penetrates soils that have high attenuation characteristics to achieve excellent performance. Measurements will be made to determine the minimum possible transmitted signal strength to achieve scanner performance through clothing.
Allowable general population/uncontrolled exposure sets the toughest limit on exposure to RF radiation. At the frequencies of interests, the allowable density is 1 mw/cm2 (FCC) for 30 minutes averaging or about ⅕ to {fraction (1/10)} of controlled exposure limits (IEEE and OSHA) for 6 minutes averaging time. At the surface of the transmitter, a density of 0.1 mW/cm2 is anticipated. Exposure through the portal is for less than 10 seconds or about {fraction (1/200)} the allowed time period; this combined with the {fraction (1/10)} lower maximum energy density yields a very safe {fraction (1/2000)} exposure margin. Note: for cell phones 600 mW is allowed; one could place his head against a transmitter at maximum power of 10 mW and still be {fraction (1/60)} of this criteria as well.)
The proposed portal system is also well below the specific absorption rate (SAR) limit of 0.4 W/kg. Even if somehow an individual absorbed the RF energy from all 40 transmitters employed in one implementation of a portal-based detection system simultaneously, which is physically impossible, the total would be 0.008 W/kg for a typical 50 Kg individual. This is 50 times less than required; typical exposure to the two corner set of 20 transmitters would be 100 times less.
The walk-through portal scanner of FIG. 1 provides a multi-beam, whole body, low-resolution surface reflectivity imager. As the person walks through the portal scanner, the beams scan first the left side of the body, then the front of the body, then the back of the body, and finally the right side of the body. The actual beam spot size is 5 cm in diameter, and no distance/depth resolution is processed by the algorithms. Thus, no surface contour image is provided, only the surface reflectivity is measured.
The vertical array of beams scans horizontally and vertically. The array of beams scan only a small vertical angle. Together with the horizontal scanning of the array, the surface reflectivity of the person for the left and right sides and the front and back is collected. A flat two-dimensional display is then created of the reflectivity measurements.
The RF models that have been developed, updated, and correlated with mine radar background and target characteristics, are extended to the aviation security scenarios through use of the described radar system. The models include target cross-section, SNR, and algorithm receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves.
Radar data is collected against targets (recent examples being the buried mines) and segregated into algorithm training and testing groups. Typically, enough data is collected to separate the groups wholly (to demonstrate the required Pd and FAR at 90% confidence, for example). Alternatively, so-called 'leave-one-out' testing may be performed to achieve nearly the same statistical significance with half the data. Training and testing on the same data (Train A/Test A) only provides a lower bound on the Bayes error for the population distribution. Train A/Test B (or equivalently, leave-one-out training/testing) provides the upper bound on the Bayes error that is practically a more useful predictor of system performance.
System performance may be defined in view of Pd versus FAR. Both Pd and FAR are evaluated together, preferably using ROC curve methodology including confidence intervals. There are two measures of FAR, per individual and per group. For the former case, using 1.75 m2 for surface area, if the system performance is similar to the mine detection performance, then scaling this performance along the ROC curve yields a 2% FAR per individual at the required 90% Pd. Only 1 in 50 individuals would have to be rescanned using a handheld device, assuming individual and group statistics are similar. An example of the tradeoff between Pd and individual FAR is shown in FIG. 4.
For the aviation security problem, significantly better performance (near 100% Pd and near 0 FAR) is expected because of the relatively controlled/benign environmental factors involved, versus the unconstrained, outdoor, small mine detection problem. Specifically, the mine detection technology was designed and successfully tested against three types of backgrounds: gravel, grass, and bare soil. These terrains included, for example, buried roots and rocks. The targets included a 6 cm circular plastic encased explosive that is significantly smaller than a baseline 10 cm by 7.6 cm 'wallet' target.
Use of radar technology permits the system to provide real-time alerts. Typically, a real-time alert is in the form of an audio signal. In some implementations, a two-dimensional offline image is provided to indicate the on-body position of detected objects. For example, icons representing detected objects may be presented on a notional/universal wire-frame body to indicate the location and size of the detected objects. Typically, no actual imagery of either the object itself or the subject body will be created or displayed. The two-dimensional plot includes icon and text overlays that indicate the object position and size with absolutely no operator training or interpretation required.
Detection of concealed metallic or plastic objects poses a significant challenge for the radar hardware. Current short pulse or video penetrating radar systems are sensitivity limited by problems with extraneous signal interference competing with the desired signal. The result is an unrecognizable signal, and even after processing and display, the data is unusable. The signal interference arises in most cases due to mismatches in components internal to the radar system, not from external sources. Some of the specifics are: (1) antenna mismatch due to bandwidth limitations and dispersion; (2) transmitter waveform sidelobes; (3) multiple transmitter/receiver/antenna reflections due to mismatch impedances; and (4) non-uniform bandwidth, no absolute control of transmitter. The described frequency stepped radar system design eliminates the problems of the current 'short-pulse' radar systems to allow for an increase in measurement capability. Bandwidth control improves detection of small, non-metallic objects and plastic objects with small cross sections, and a reduction in interference improves sensitivity and signal clarity.
The frequency-stepped radar permits operation at an RF duty factor approaching unity, to remove the short-pulse radar requirement that the RF equipment (transmitter, antenna, and receiver) be instantaneously broadband. It also achieves a fully coherent radar capability while retaining (and expanding) the achievable high-range resolution capability. The significance of the high RF duty factor is that the thermal-noise-limited detection sensitivity of the radar can be achieved using readily available components. In fact, with the high-RF, duty-factor-stepped frequency waveform, the sensitivity limit is dictated by parameters related to the environment in which objects are located. The frequency-stepped radar is fully coherent which allows for compensation of hardware amplitude and phase (dispersion) errors over the operating RF band.
A bi-static system (separate transmit and receive antennas) is used with appropriate calibration and signal processing. The critical technology advantage for the described system proposed lies in the bandwidth control, the resultant sensitivity increase and the antenna match that can be achieved given the frequency bandwidth that must be covered and the various conditions through which the antenna must propagate energy. The overall radar specifications for one implementation are provided below in Table 1.
The system employs a derivative, penetrating radar system based on mine detection hardware and software. To the extent available, off-the-shelf electronic components are used to extend/shift current frequency-stepped RF module performance from 1 to 3 GHz to cover the range from 1.5 to 10 GHz.
FIG. 5 illustrates an antenna design employed in one implementation of the system of FIG. 1. From the viewpoint of size reduction, the spiral antenna is the most attractive. For an antenna to be an efficient radiator, it must normally have a dimension of at least one-half wavelength. The spiral radiates efficiently when it has an outer circumference of at least one wavelength. This means it needs a maximum diameter of about one-third wavelength. The upper frequency limit for efficient spiral radiation is set by the size of the feed point attachments, and the lower frequency limit is set by the outer diameter of the spiral structure. Within these limits, the spiral radiates efficiently in a frequency-independent manner. The input impedance and the radiation patterns will vary little over this frequency range. With any spiral structure, an upper frequency of 10 gigahertz presents no problem.
The spiral antenna is constructed by etching the pattern on a printed circuit board. A planar, printed circuit, spiral antenna radiates perpendicularly to the plane of the spiral. The spiral itself is located at the end of a cylindrical metal cavity (the cavity back) to provide isolation from neighboring elements and electronics. Typically, an absorber is used on the top-side of the spiral inside the cavity to make sure the element responds only downward. Separate transmit and receive antennas are used to simplify the electronics, provide spatial separation and reduce very shallow reflections.
Suitable processing hardware includes a PowerPC 750 processor running at 350 MHz on a PMC mezzanine form factor. The PowerPC 750 is ideally suited for portable applications due to the small die size and low power consumption of less than 4 Watts and its low cost.
The described systems and techniques promise to provide low cost, ease of use, and higher performance (better detection and lower false alarm rate). A low-cost, user-friendly radar system for difficult concealed object detection employs a comprehensive antenna and RF module design, sophisticated concealed/buried target detection algorithms. Data collected against different targets and in different conditions, together with adaptive/advanced algorithms, will enable prediction and (through testing), validation of performance for a range of potential operating frequencies.
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Add an MX resource record to a zone
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
You can use the following procedure to add a mail exchanger (MX) resource record to a zone. You can perform this procedure by using the DNS snap-in or by using the Dnscmd command-line tool.
Administrative credentials
To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using the Run as command to perform this procedure.
Adding an MX resource record to a zone
Open the DNS snap-in.
In the console tree, right-click the applicable forward lookup zone, and then click NewMail Exchanger (MX).
In Host or child domain, type the domain name for which this record is to be used to deliver mail.
In Mail server, type the Domain Name System (DNS) host computer name of the mail exchanger or mail server host that delivers mail for the specified domain name.
As an option, you can click Browse to view the DNS namespace for mail exchanger hosts in this domain that have host (A) records already defined.
Adjust the value in Mail server priority as needed for this zone.
Click OK to add the new record to the zone.
|To open the DNS snap-in, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.
At a command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER:
dnscmd ServerName/RecordAdd ZoneNameNodeName [/Aging] [Ttl] MX PreferenceMXServerName
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Adds a new resource record.
Required. Specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the zone in which you will add the new MX resource record.
Required. Specifies the FQDN of the node in the DNS namespace. You can also type the node name relative to the ZoneName or @, which specifies the zone's root node.
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Therapists who engage in the discredited practice appealed a lower court ruling upholding the state law to the Supreme Court, saying it infringes on their right to free speech. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the request on Monday without comment.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a challenge to a 2012 California law banning "conversion" or "reparative" therapy on minors — a practice that aims to turn gay people straight.
The justices, without comment, let stand a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals from last August that upheld the law — the first of its kind — which prohibits licensed counselors and therapists from engaging such efforts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of patients under 18.
Supporters of the law who fought to protect it in court such as Equality California and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) said the high court's decision now clears the way for enforcing the ban in the state.
"This important legislation will permanently improve the health and well-being of California's most vulnerable LGBT young people," said Shannon Minter, legal director at NCLR, in a statement. "We look forward to more states joining California and New Jersey in preventing state-licensed therapists from engaging in discredited practices that offer no health benefits and put LGBT youth at risk of severe harm, including depression and suicide."
Therapists who engage in the practice and other proponents of the discredited therapy challenged the ban, which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in September 2012, in two cases, saying it violates the free speech of the practitioners and patients seeking such treatment. They argue a person's sexual orientation and gender identity can be changed by such treatments because they are not innate.
The Liberty Counsel, a conservative group that challenged the law, said they were disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision, but said the fight over bans on conversion therapy is not over.
"I am deeply saddened for the families we represent and for the thousands of children that our professional clients counsel, many of whom developed these unwanted attractions because of abuse of a pedophile," said Mat Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, in a statement. "The minors we represent do not want to act on same-sex attractions, nor do they want to engage in such behavior. They are greatly benefiting from this counseling."
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