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Hooking up to a trailer for the first time can be intimidating. Even the smallest trailer can alter the handling characteristics of your vehicle and heavier trailers can move you around significantly. Usually everything is fine as you pull away. The difficulties arise when you try to slow down, need to make an evasive manoeuvre or experience some sway from the trailer. That's when you need a properly equipped tow vehicle.
Trucks dominate as tow vehicles for good reason. They are large, powerful and have strong frames to connect trailers to. Many cars are capable of towing light utility trailers but most passenger cars have a maximum towing capacity of only 1000 lbs. Larger trailers and even many boats exceed this capacity.
SuperDuty trailer brake controller. Click image to enlarge
Pickup trucks can haul much more weight but if you haul heavy or large trailers, you are better off towing with one of the Heavy Duty trucks on the market.
Say "Heavy Duty" and you may think rough, tough work trucks. True, Heavy Duty trucks are capable of the rough tough duty required of a work truck but take a look at the current lime up of heavy duty trucks and you will find many of them equipped with features similar to luxury cars. Until now, you still had to add an aftermarket accessory to your vehicle to tow a larger trailer – a trailer brake controller. Ford has changed that.
When Ford's 2005 SuperDuty trucks go on sale later this summer, you can order their towing package – the TowCommand System- and it comes equipped with a factory-installed trailer brake controller. Ford researchers have found that 80% of SuperDuty truck owners pull trailers and that most of these will install a trailer brake controller. There are several advantages for drivers with Ford's factory designed and installed controller.
I noticed the first advantage of the SuperDuty brake controller as soon as I stepped into the truck. The controller sits up high and is easily accessible. The dash panels on most vehicles are made of plastic and it can sometimes be difficult to find a solid mounting location for an aftermarket controller. Often, the controller is mounted lower than desirable. The last thing you want to be doing is reaching down for the manual brake control lever when a trailer is swaying back and forth. The Ford controller is as easy to reach as the radio controls.
The second advantage of the Ford controller became apparent at my first slow speed stop with a trailer, typical of what you might experience in stop and go traffic. The Ford electronic controller is integrated into the truck's brake system and uses software programming to operate the trailer brakes at the same time the truck's brakes are applied. The result is a smooth intuitive braking feel without that common back and forth trailer lurch as the vehicle comes to a stop. In fact, it almost feels like the trailer isn't back there!
Aftermarket trailer brake controllers may use electronics to apply the trailer brakes too but the brake input might be an internal pendulum or inertia sensor. The trailer brake application is slightly delayed because the controller has to sense the tow vehicle slowing first. Some controllers are not very sophisticated and work like a light switch – the brakes are either on or off. It doesn't make for very smooth driving.
During high speed stops, the Ford brake controller was as smooth as it was at low speed. Two buttons, plus and minus on the controller allow the driver to adjust the "gain" so that the amount of braking requested can be adjusted to the weight of the trailer. A digital display shows the driver the gain setting and a bar graph below the gain display indicates the amount of braking currently being applied.
The 2005 Ford Super Duty demonstrates its towing ability with Ford's "Big Foot" and a 41-foot "Baja" speed boat. Click image to enlarge
A red "trailer" symbol lights up if the trailer brake wiring becomes disconnected or there is a problem with the brake control system. This warning is also displayed in the optional Driver's Information Centre along with audible warning chimes.
Finally, because the Ford SuperDuty brake controller is integrated into the truck, it can draw information from the vehicle's Antilock Brake System. The trailer brake controller will use a different braking strategy during ABS stops for improved control. No aftermarket controller has this feature!
The SuperDuty TowCommand System is much more than just the integrated brake controller. The complete truck is designed for towing capability, from springs and sway bars right up to the slide in/slide out towing mirrors. However, the integrated factory brake controller is an industry first and it is one that will be welcome by anyone who tows.


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Sirnandle M. Corprew, 36, of 4926 Unit C, Route 51, was arraigned Thursday before Unity District Judge Michael Mahady on two counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. He faces traffic counts of reckless driving, careless driving and driving on a suspended license.
On Wednesday, Corprew arrived at the woman's apartment on Irving Avenue in Latrobe to borrow money, but the woman refused and they began arguing, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by state police.
Trooper Seth Helman reported the woman then went to check on the couple's 10-day-old infant daughter.
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When Corprew arrived at the intersection of Mission Road and Pauline Drive about 6 p.m., he put his vehicle in reverse and intentionally backed into the car carrying his ex-girlfriend and child, Helman said.
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Enhanced Night Visibility Series, Volume XIII: Phase III—Study 1: Comparison of Near Infrared, Far Infrared, High Intensity Discharge, and Halogen Headlamps on Object Detection in Nighttime Clear Weather
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Eighteen individuals participated in this study. The participants were divided into three different age categories: six participants were between the ages of 18 and 25 years (younger category of drivers), six were between the ages of 40 and 50 years (middle category of drivers), and six were over the age of 65 years (older category of drivers). There were three males and three females in each age category. Participation was allowed after a screening questionnaire was completed and only if the selection conditions were fulfilled (appendix A). Participants were required to sign an informed consent form (appendix B), present a valid driver's license, pass the visual acuity test (appendix C) with a score of 20/40 or better (as required by Virginia State law), and have no health conditions that made operating the research vehicles a risk.
Each participant was instructed about his or her right to freely withdraw from the research program at any time without penalty. Each participant was told that no one would try to make him or her participate if he or she chose at any time not to continue and that he or she would be paid for the amount of time of actual participation. All data gathered as part of this experiment were treated with complete anonymity. Participants received 20 dollars per hour for their participation.
Each participant drove with six different VESs during two or three driving sessions (nights). Three of the participants drove in two separate experimental sessions that lasted approximately 4.5 h. Fifteen of the participants drove in three separate experimental sessions that lasted approximately 3 h. The first session included training, during which the study was described and the forms and questionnaires were completed (appendixes B, C, and D). Participants also completed a practice lap for each of the six VESs to familiarize themselves with the Smart Road and the experimental detection and recognition methods.
The study was a 6 by 3 by 17 mixed-factors design. There were three independent variables: (1) VES configuration, (2) age, and (3) type of object (including location). The between-subjects factor of the experiment was age, which had three levels (18 to 25 years, 40 to 50, and 65 and older). VES and object were within-subjects factors. There were six types of VESs tested: three were headlamp types, and three were IR-based systems with high head down (HHD) displays. There were 17 objects, including 12 pedestrians in various location scenarios, three retroreflective objects, and two obstacles. The VESs, age, and objects are described in more detail in the Independent Variables section.
For counterbalancing, six possible orders of object presentation were developed. These orders included all the test objects but differed in when the objects were presented, the required turnarounds, and confederate vehicle interactions. The confederate vehicle was an additional vehicle driven by an experimenter who executed planned scenarios near the participant, making the participant drive as if in the presence of other traffic. The participant was not informed that the confederate vehicle was involved in the study. This facilitated more real-world driving during object detection and recognition. Specific attention was paid to ensuring that the orders did not cause participants to expect or predict an upcoming object. The six orders were then treated as a block variable and held constant with order 1 always being presented first, order 2 presented second, and so on until all six orders were presented. The six VESs were counterbalanced using a balanced Latin square for each age group; therefore, each participant from an age group was assigned a unique VES presentation order, but all participants received the object presentation order sequentially from order 1 through order 6. Counterbalancing in this fashion reduced any systematic order biases that could have occurred for the VESs and age groups. An example is shown in table 1, where the first column, Order, indicates both the order in which the participant experienced the VES configurations and the object order that was presented for a given configuration; the objects tested are described in the Independent Variables section. The second column, VES, is the configuration that was tested. The third column, Vehicle, describes the vehicle that served as the platform for the VES.
VES configuration, age, and type of object were the independent variables used in the experiment. The age variable had three levels: younger participants (18 to 25 years), middle-aged participants (40 to 50 years), and older participants (65 years or older). These age groups were created based on literature review findings (ENV Volume II) that suggest changes in vision during certain ages. (See references 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.) Each age group was made up of three males and three females. Gender was matched across age groups.
Vision Enhancement Systems
Three IR VESs, two HID VESs, and one halogen VES were included in this study. The study used three types of SUVs because some VES systems were provided only on specific SUVs; the type of SUV never varied for a specific VES. Throughout this document, where an abbreviation is used to describe a VES (e.g., FIR), it refers to the system as well as the SUV type on which the system was tested. Note that there was an SUV 1 with an FIR system and SUV 1 with an NIR 2 system. These SUVs were not the same vehicle, but they were the same make, model, and year. The VES configurations (i.e., systems and vehicle types) for this study were defined as follows:
Participant eye positions for each VES can be found in appendix H. The following paragraphs further describe both the VESs and the vehicle platforms on which they were tested.
FIR—Prototype Far Infrared Vision System on SUV 1
A prototype FIR system was tested on SUV 1. The system display used a directly reflected virtual image with an 11.7° horizontal by 4° vertical field of view (FOV). The reflective mirror was located in an HHD position on centerline with the driver, directly on the instrument panel surface above the instrument cluster. The reported magnification at the eye was approximately 1:1. The headlamps used were the production halogen headlamps for this vehicle.
NIR 1—Prototype Near Infrared Vision System 1 on SUV 2
A prototype NIR system that used a laser IR emitter was tested on a second SUV (SUV 2). The system used a curved mirror display with an 18° horizontal by ~6° vertical FOV. The mirror was located in an HHD position on centerline with the driver, directly on the instrument panel surface above the instrument cluster. The reported minification was ~2:3 at the eye. The headlamps used were the production halogen headlamps for this vehicle.
NIR 2—Prototype Near Infrared Vision System 2 on SUV 1
A prototype NIR system that used halogen IR emitters was tested on SUV 1 (i.e., the same type of vehicle as the vehicle used for the FIR vehicle). The system display used a direct reflect virtual image with an 11.7° horizontal by 4° vertical FOV. The reflective mirror was located in an HHD position on centerline with the driver, directly on the instrument panel surface above the instrument cluster. The reported magnification at the eye was approximately 1:1. The headlamps used were the production halogen headlamps for this vehicle.
HID 1—High Intensity Discharge 1 on SUV 3
These HID headlamps were tested on a third type of SUV (SUV 3) using a light rack as described in the Apparatus and Materials section of this report. The headlamp beam profile (figure 1 and figure 2) was narrower than the beam profile of the other HID headlamp (i.e., HID 2) tested in the study.
Figure 1. Diagram. Bird's-eye view of beam pattern of HID 1.
HID 2—High Intensity Discharge 2 on SUV 3
A second type of HID headlamp was also tested on SUV 3 using a light rack as described in the Apparatus and Materials section of this report. These headlamps have a wider lighting footprint than the previously discussed HID 1. Figure 3 and figure 4 illustrate the beam pattern of HID 2.
Figure 3. Diagram. Bird's-eye view of beam pattern of HID 2.
HLB—Halogen Low Beam on SUV 3
Halogen (i.e., tungsten-halogen) headlamps were tested on SUV 3 using a headlamp rack as described in the Apparatus and Materials section of this report. These headlamps were tested to provide a benchmark of headlamp performance and to provide a comparison point to previous studies.
VES Summary
Table 2 shows the different VESs; the vehicles on which the VESs were tested; the headlamps on the vehicle; and where applicable, the display method, FOV, and image size. Specification of displays, display FOVs, and image sizes were provided by the system engineers responsible for the systems. ENV Volume XVII provides a more indepth look at the technical specifications of each VES.
HLB headlamps are the most commonly available production VES; therefore, throughout this document, it is important to compare the results of other VESs to the results obtained for the HLB, thus making the HLB a baseline or benchmark measure.
Using the six VESs, detection and recognition distances of 17 different objects were measured. The objects selected for this study were static pedestrians (whose scenarios included appearing on the right side, the left side, or in the center of the road, appearing in turns, appearing off axis, and appearing in bloom scenarios), retroreflective signs, pavement markers and pavement markings, and static objects (see table 3). They can be grouped into three sets: (1) pedestrians, (2) retroreflective objects, and (3) obstacles. Each of the objects is discussed in the following paragraphs. Additional details about the objects are provided in table 4, along with photographs of the objects (figure 5 through figure 21).
The main reason for including the pedestrians was because of the high crash fatality rates for these nonmotorists.(6,7) Although pedestrian mockups have been used in previous research of this type, actual pedestrians were used here to permit performance measurement of the FIR VES, which functions based on temperature characteristics of the object of interest.(8) Pedestrians were presented in several different positions in relation to the direction of the participant's approach.
Pedestrians were presented to the drivers at two different contrast levels: (1) with black clothing and (2) with blue denim clothing. Pedestrians in black clothing and denim clothing were presented on the straight segment of the road to permit this comparison. All other pedestrian scenarios used pedestrians dressed in denim. All the pedestrians were static and faced oncoming traffic. Their possible positions included the left and right shoulders of the road (relative to the driver), straight sections of the road, left and right curves of 1,250-m radius, and positions 9.5 m (31 ft) to the left and right (i.e., approximately 2.5 lane widths) of the centerline of the driver's lane.
The selected obstacles represented low contrast objects common in public roadways. A small stuffed dog was used to measure the VESs' ability to provide earlier detection of animals present in the roadway. This improved capability potentially would facilitate an appropriate response from the driver to this situation. Resistive electrical elements were used inside the body of the dog to simulate the warm-bodied characteristics of animals. The tire tread was selected because of its potential for very low detection distances, which often lead to last minute object-avoidance maneuvers. Because it was used in previous research, the tire tread also provided a point of comparison to preceding research (ENV Volumes III and IV).
Retroreflective devices were selected to duplicate those present on public roadways. Road signs, RRPMs, and a retroreflective pavement marking turn arrow were included in this study to provide a measure of the impact of the VESs on driver detection and recognition of these critical components of the nighttime driving scene. Performances of NIR in the presence of retroreflective materials, as well as the comparison of NIR to FIR systems with respect to retroreflective materials, were of particular interest to IR system designers, highway designers, and end users. An additional issue of interest was the interaction between emitted NIR, conventional retroreflective materials, NIR image processing, and the user.
Two sign configurations were used during the study. In one configuration, a stop sign was presented next to a speed limit sign. In another configuration, a yield sign was presented next to a speed limit sign. By using these different sign configurations, it was possible to measure both when the signs could first be detected and when the different types and significance of the signs were recognized.
The final object configuration of interest was the bloom scenario. This scenario was included to evaluate the possible improvements of new technologies over traditional technologies in the situation where a pedestrian has exited a vehicle with headlamps on (e.g., to change a tire). When viewed using traditional headlamp technology, the bloom scenario presents a pedestrian who is potentially veiled in the glare of the parked vehicle's headlamps while the participant vehicle approaches. FIR and NIR vision systems could reveal pedestrians to the driver in these situations. Because of its reception of light in the visible spectrum and the design variables involved, performance of NIR systems in this scenario is particularly informative.
Table 4, accompanied by figure 5 through figure 21, describes the objects used for the study as well as their locations; photographs in figures 5 through 21 were taken during daylight hours to demonstrate more clearly the appearance and position of the objects. Detailed descriptions of the objects appear in ENV Volume XVI.
Two objective performance measures were collected for the VESs: (1) the distance at which a participant could first detect something in the road ahead and (2) the distance at which the participant could correctly recognize the object ahead. The participant was provided with a definition of detection: "Detection is when you can just tell that something is ahead of you. You cannot tell what the object is, but you know something is there." Each participant was also given the definition of recognition: "Recognition is when you not only know something is there, but you also know what it is." The method for determining detection and recognition distance measurements is described in the Apparatus and Materials section.
Participants were asked to indicate their agreement or disagreement with a series of eight statements for each VES, using a seven-point Likert-type scale. The two anchor points of the scale were 1 (indicating "Strongly Agree") and 7 (indicating "Strongly Disagree"). The scale shown below (figure 22) was located on the instrument panel for the participant to refer to while responding to the statements.
The statements were intended to address each participant's perception of improved vision, safety, and comfort after experiencing a particular VES. Participants were asked to compare each VES to their regular headlights (i.e., the headlights on their own vehicles). The assumption was made that the participants' own vehicles represented what they knew best and, therefore, were most comfortable using. The statements used for the questionnaire included the following (note that while the word "headlamp" is used throughout the ENV series, the subjective questionnaires posed to the participants used the synonymous word "headlight," as reflected below):
Safety procedures were implemented as part of the instrumented vehicle system. These procedures were employed to minimize possible risks to participants during the experiment. The safety measures required that: (1) all data collection equipment had to be mounted such that, to the greatest extent possible, it did not pose a hazard to the driver in any foreseeable instance; (2) participants had to wear the seatbelt restraint system anytime the car was on the road; (3) none of the data collection equipment could interfere with any part of the driver's normal FOV; (4) a trained in-vehicle experimenter had to be in the vehicle at all times; and (5) an emergency protocol had to be established prior to testing. The participant was required to maintain 40 km/h (25 mi/h) during the drive. Two-way communications were maintained between the onroad crew and the in-vehicle experimenter to ensure that the onroad objects were ready and that the vehicle followed the expected path. Onroad pedestrians also visually monitored the approach of the participant vehicle and moved away from the lane boundary approximately 1.5 s before the vehicle reached them.
Onroad driving was conducted using three types of SUVs. The vehicles were instrumented to collect distance information on a laptop computer using software specifically developed for this study. The software logged information such as the participant's age, gender, and assigned identification number. In addition, it prompted the experimenter with the appropriate object order for each participant and VES trial. The software was also the basis for detection and recognition distance collection. Figure 23 shows the screen used by the experimenters to provide turnaround guidance, to monitor object presentation orders, and to collect data.
Measurements of object detection and recognition distances were collected using two methods. When a participant detected an object, he or she would say the word "something." Then, when the participant could recognize the object, he or she would provide a verbal recognition. At each of these utterances, the in-vehicle experimenter would press a button to flag the data. The in-vehicle experimenter also pressed a button when the front bumper of the vehicle passed the object. The data flags generated by these button presses provided one method for collecting the distance measures. In addition, as the participant vehicle passed an object, the onroad crew transmitted the number of the object over the radio. This transmission was also synchronized with the data stream. A video and audio recording of the participant verbally stating his or her detection and recognition, combined with the onroad crew's transmission of the vehicle passing the object, provided a second method for identifying the distance measurements in the data stream. The participant was not able to hear the radio transmissions from onroad staff.
The HID 1 headlamps, the HID 2 headlamps, and the HLB headlamps were mounted on a testing rack on the front of SUV 3 during testing as shown in figure 24 below.
Smart Road
The Virginia Smart Road was used for the onroad study. This roadway was designed according to United States Department of Transportation specifications for a two-lane undivided highway with a 104.7-km/h
Figure 25. Diagram. Smart Road layout with object locations.
The participants started each drive from an intersection entering the Smart Road. One in-vehicle experimenter was assigned to each participant; this experimenter was responsible for driving the participant to the first vehicle, showing the participant the location of the different controls, and verifying that the right VES configuration was being tested. Five onroad experimenters were present to position objects, stand as pedestrians, drive confederate vehicles, and shuttle other onroad experimenters to different object locations during the session. A sixth onroad experimenter was responsible for presenting certain objects, preparing the next vehicle for the participant, and making measurements of the participant's eye position and dimmer settings. Four paved turnaround areas on the road were used (top turnaround, turnaround 2, turnaround 3, and bottom turnaround) to vary the sequence in which a participant traversed the different segments of the road during the drive. Of the 33 possible locations, a subset of 17 was used for each vehicle. Object presentation is discussed in the General Onroad Procedure section of the Experimental Procedure.
Headlamp and IR System Aiming
The headlamps used for the HLB, HID 1, and HID 2 configurations were mounted on a testing rack that was external to the experimental vehicle. This mounting allowed the three different headlamps to be swapped on a single vehicle for each night of testing. An aiming procedure was developed to ensure that the headlamp condition was the same after every swap. The procedure was the same for all of the ENV testing and was developed at the beginning of the ENV project.
In this investigation, the HLB headlamps were aimed as they were in the Phase II studies. During the photometric characterization of the headlamps, it was discovered that the position of the maximum intensity location of the HLB was aimed higher and more towards the left than typically specified. This aiming deviation likely increased detection and recognition distances for the HLB configuration. Details about the aiming procedure and the maximum intensity location are discussed in ENV Volume XVII, Characterization of Experimental Vision Enhancement Systems.
The HID 1 and HID 2 headlamps were visually optically aligned (VOA) systems. For these, the aiming points were selected based on the SAE requirements according to the height of the headlamps as mounted on the testing rack. For more information on the aiming of these headlamps refer to ENV Volume XVII, Characterization of Experimental Vision Enhancement Systems. It should be noted that the headlamp height and approximate eye height were kept constant across the HLB, HID 1, and HID 2 VESs. Headlamp mounting height and driver seating position would be different in production for HID 1 and HID 2 since these VESs would be on a sedan, not an SUV. However, the testing method held constant (within intra-participant variability) the headlamp-to-eye angle and eye height for all three headlamp VESs.
Each light assembly transfer required a re-aiming process. The headlamps on the FIR vehicle, NIR 2 vehicle, and the NIR 1 vehicle were production headlamps. These headlamps were aimed prior to the study and did not require further aiming during the study. The IR systems on these vehicles were checked for aiming of cameras and IR emitters according to the procedures provided by the system manufacturers. When necessary, the aiming was further confirmed by comparing IR system images collected at the start of the study to new system images. The NIR 2 vehicle was the only IR system that required re-aiming during testing because adhesive tape used on the provided prototype system became unfastened between experimental sessions.
Participant Screening
Participants were initially screened over the telephone (appendix A), and if a participant qualified for the study, a time was scheduled for testing. Participants were instructed to meet the experimenter at the testing facility in Blacksburg, VA. After arriving, an overview of the study was presented to each participant. Subsequently, each participant was asked to complete the informed consent form (appendix B) and to take an informal vision test for acuity using a Snellen chart and a contrast sensitivity test (appendix C). The vision tests were performed to ensure that all participants had at least 20/40 vision as well as to identify any type of vision disparity that might have influenced the results. After these steps were completed and if no problems were identified, the participant was taken through a set of measurements and predrive questionnaires. Participants were tested for color blindness using pseudo isochromatic plates, but they were not excluded based on the results (appendix C). The participant's standing height was also measured. The participant then completed a predrive questionnaire (appendix D) that documented frequency of night driving, any difficulties with overhead or oncoming vehicle lighting and weather, and any other concerns. The participant's own vehicle and eyewear used for night driving were also recorded. Once these steps were completed, the participant began the training portion of the session.
On the first night, each participant was given an overview of the study and trained on how each of the sessions would be conducted. The participant was provided with a definition of detection: "Detection is when you can just tell that something is ahead of you. You cannot tell what the object is, but you know something is there." The participant was also given the definition of recognition: "Recognition is when you not only know something is there, but you also know what it is." The participant was instructed to say the word "something" when able to detect an object and to say what it was when able to recognize it. Daytime photographs, similar to those in table 4, were shown of each of the objects the participant would be exposed to during the drive.
The participant was then shown the questionnaire that would be administered after each vehicle was driven. The in-vehicle questionnaire included the eight 7-point Likert-type scale statements described previously, which investigated the participants' perception of the VES's performance as compared to their normal headlamps. Each statement was read aloud, and the scale was reviewed. Two open-ended questions were also reviewed. If there were no questions from the participant, the training was completed.
Vehicle Familiarization
Next, the experimenter drove the participant to the Smart Road, where the first test vehicle was waiting. For each vehicle, the experimenter helped the participant adjust the seat, steering wheel, and instrument panel lighting. Where an in-vehicle display was present, the experimenter assisted the participant in achieving a clear view of the image and showed how to adjust the brightness of the display. The participant was permitted to adjust the instrument panel and display brightness three times: once before driving, once halfway through the practice drive, and once at the end of the practice drive. The brightness settings were then kept the same for the remainder of the drive. The interested reader may refer to appendix E for a brief analysis of these brightness settings. When ready, the participant's eye position was measured in relation to landmarks on the door (appendix H). The participant was then asked to look at various locations in and around the vehicle while saying the location aloud. Where a display was present in the vehicle, the participant was told: "This system is not intended to be used alone. Instead, it is supposed to accompany your normal driving. Be sure to view the road as you normally do while also using the display."
Driving and Practice Lap
The participant was then asked to drive a practice lap to familiarize him or her with the vehicle, the objects, the road, and the procedure for calling out objects. This practice lap was performed at the start of the driving portion for each vehicle. The in-vehicle experimenter rode in the second-row, passenger-side seat of the vehicle. The participants were reminded of the procedure and were instructed not to drive faster than 40 km/h (25 mi/h) during the study. To help the participant learn the test objects during the practice drive, the experimenter indicated to the participant what the next practice object would be. The experimenter also pointed out objects on the road that would not be necessary to recognize (e.g., guardrails, cement blocks, reflector). At the end of the practice drive, the experimenter reviewed the questionnaire with the participant and gave a final opportunity to adjust the IR display's brightness settings. Once this practice was completed, the participant began the test drive. During the test drive, the in-vehicle experimenter configured and monitored the data collection system, recorded when the participant detected and recognized objects, gave guidance on where to turn around, checked speed, and advised the participant to maintain the 40 km/h (25 mi/h) speed limit, if necessary. Driving time in each vehicle was approximately 1 h.
General Onroad Procedure
While the participant drove on the practice drive and the test drive, an onroad crew was responsible for presenting objects at different locations along the Smart Road according to the object order assigned to the participant for the VES being driven. An onroad experimenter also transmitted the object number as the front bumper of the participant vehicle passed the object. Different turnarounds on the road were used to reverse direction, and different object locations were used on the road to produce six different object and route orders. Within this variation, object locations were frequently passed by the participant without an object being present. The participant had a different object order for each of the six vehicles driven.
Four confederate vehicle events occurred during each of the six VES drives. These events were included in the object orders to ensure consistent and balanced exposure, which was unpredictable to the participant. Table 5 provides descriptions and illustrations of the four confederate vehicle events. These events were included to encourage the participant to expect other vehicles on the road, to allow the participant to observe other vehicles with the VES, and to add credibility to the bloom scenario.
Because of the large number of objects tested, the first analysis combined the tested objects into three groups: pedestrians, retroreflective objects, and obstacles. The first group consisted of all the pedestrians, including the bloom scenarios, both black-clothed and denim-clothed pedestrians, pedestrians in turns, and far off axis pedestrians. The retroreflective object group included the turn arrow, the RRPMs, and the signs. The third object group included the dog and the tire tread. These two objects were both smaller, low contrast objects that extended into the lane of the participant vehicle. Table 6 identifies the grouping of the objects for this analysis.
This grouping generated a statistical model for this analysis that was a 6 (VES) by 3 (Object Group) by 3 (Age) mixed factorial design. Where significance was found for an object group, which occurred for all three groups, subsequent statistical models were used to identify the specific objects and VESs creating the differences within each group. This analysis required statistical models for each object group, as listed below:
By analyzing the data with these groupings, more detailed information about the independent variables could be determined. For example, the first analysis for the object group identified what general type of object a VES did well with. The second analysis determined if there were differences within an object group for the VESs. For example, did a VES do better with some pedestrian locations than others? In each of these models where main effects were found, Student-Newman-Keuls (SNK) tests were used to identify differences between VESs or age groups.
The Likert-type scale ratings from the post-drive questionnaires were analyzed using two-way ANOVAs to test the effects of VES and age as well as their interaction. Where main effects were found, SNK tests were also used to identify statistical differences between the VESs for each of the objects. Responses to open-ended questions were reviewed and tallied to identify emergent themes in the responses. For the Bloom Left, Blue Left, and Blue Right objects, the available sight distance may have restricted the maximum achievable measured detection distance for the FIR vehicle. Investigation of the measured detection distance values indicated that the effect of this possible restriction on the system's mean values would be minimal, so values were maintained as measured. In fact, the FIR statistically outperformed the other VESs for these objects even with the possible limitation.


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Tickets can be booked individually or as a table of ten.
Huge, York's popular party band, will be providing the entertainment.
There will also be a casino and other fundraising activities on the evening. To book tickets, phone the civic office on 01904 551011.


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9And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Fatherthe one in heaven. 10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah.* 11The greatest among you will be your servant. 12All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.
13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in, you stop them.*
The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Witness To The Shooting Of Oscar Grant Talks About That Night
Denise Tejada on Monday, Jun. 13th
Two years ago Youth Radio produced a video interview with Karina Vargas, a witness to the shooting of Oscar Grant. In the interview above, Vargas returned to the scene of the shooting for the first time since that night of 2009 and shared her footage of the shooting on the Fruitvale BART platform. Vargas told Youth Radio "no matter how much time passes, I'm never going to forget [the shooting]. 2009, that New Years, I'll never forget what I had to witness."
The interview was originally published in 2009.
BART • Fruitvale BART station • johannes mehserle • Karina Vargas • oakland • oscar grant • police • shooting


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Seven-Hour War
The Seven-Hour War
Having only recently revealed itself to the brikverse, and protected by an uncoordinated militia system and a small army, the Republic of Valoros and its seven-hundred systems presented an attractive target for the Trattorian Empire.
Trattoria invaded with its full military might, debuting the Knightmare Frame Lancelot in official military combat. Trattoria's overwhelming technological superiority prevailed and Valoros surrendered soon after the start of the invasion, which would become known as the Seven-Hour War. Although Trattoria respected the nation's sovereignty and allowed it to keep 100 systems, the remaining 600 were split with 50 being annexed as territories by Trattoria and the remainder being donated to the Allied Nations Trusteeship Council.
Last Stand of Valoros
Humiliated, Emperor Brikguy gathered some remaining militia and military forces in an attempt to intercept and capture CEO Dr. Ayanami of BlueGene Incorporated to ransom her for the return of Valoros's lost star systems. In the ensuing battle, the Valorian forces achieved their objective albeit with severe casualties, including the deaths of Emperor Brikguy and Agent Domino. A Trattorian Lab Director successfully negotiated the return of BlueGene's CEO, in exchange for the return of 300 star systems and two doses of Miracle Cure to revive Brikguy and his agent. Valoros still remains bitter towards Trattoria, and hopes to one day regain the remainder of its lost territory.


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Registration has begun for next year�s Kindergarten class of the New Haven Public School system and will run through May 31. Parents and guardians have until the end of the month to register and be included in the June 14th lottery for new students.
All families who wish to enroll children in kindergarten for the coming school year must register their children. To do so, parents and/or guardians must visit the Registration Office at 54 Meadow Street, New Haven. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:40 pm.
In order to register, please bring the following documents to the Registration office:
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� The Kindergarten Neighborhood School Registration Form can be picked up in the Registration Office.
Also, please note that children must have up-to-date physical examinations and immunization records before they can enter school. This form, which can be found here. must be filled out and can be dropped off in the Registration Office�s Drop Box or mailed to the NH Health Department, 54 Meadow St. 9th floor, New Haven, 06519 by July 19, 2013.
For additional information about school registration, please visit the NHPS website by clicking here. Families can also find out what neighborhood school is assigned to their street address by clicking here.
Lead Abatement Assistance for New Haven Homeowners
The City of New Haven has received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide loans for City residents for lead hazard control activities in private housing units. This funding will be made available to assist income qualified families with lead hazard control work, which will in turn provide lead safe housing for families with children. The City�s previous HUD funded grant programs have produced 1,117 fully lead abated housing units.
Applications are now being accepted from property owners for 0% deferred loans to assist with the eradication of lead hazards. These deferred loans are completely forgiven after five years. For details regarding this program and how one may apply, please feel free to contact Ms. Jennifer Sanjurjo of the New Haven Health Department's, Bureau of Environmental Health at 203-946-7420.
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The Mayor�s Community Arts Grant Program is designed to support and boost exposure of New Haven�s many artists and neighborhood-based organizations. Individuals, community groups and youth groups who are presenting, teaching or practicing artists in the City of New Haven are eligible to apply. Groups with or without non-profit status are eligible to apply. The Mayor�s Community Arts Grant Program provides funding for three areas: Arts Programming, Cultural Heritage and Artist Education.
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The exchange traded fund that tracks gasoline prices has been on a tear over the past few months on supply disruptions and higher oil prices. However, drivers may soon see some relief as refineries switch out of the summer-grade gas.
U.S. Gasoline Fund (NYSEArca: UGA) is up about 30% from the June low. [Energy ETFs Leading Market on Oil Three-Month High]
David Hackett, the president of Stillwater Associates, believes that gas prices should drop in a few weeks as refineries switch out of the summer grade, Bloomberg reports.
"Refiners can't make as much gasoline to the summer grade as they can to fall and winter," Hackett said in the Bloomberg article. "That'll increase supplies in the East and help take the pressure of prices."
Gasoline futures jumped 19% over the past two months, pushing up retail prices 7.2% over the same period, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The national average gasoline price rose 2.3 cents to $3.744 a gallon this week, compared to the $3.581 a gallon for the same week last year AAA expects gasoline prices to break daily records for at least several more weeks.
"So much occurred in the last couple of weeks that has led to current pump prices," Jessica Brady, AAA spokeswoman, The Auto Club Group, said in a Gulf Breeze News report. "Elevated oil prices, domestic supply disruptions, tropical storms and more have led to the spike at the pump. It looks as though prices will continue to increase throughout the month. Hopefully, retail prices will drop after the Labor Day holiday when demand tends to fall and we switch to a cheaper fuel blend."
Meanwhile, crude futures are trading above $96 a barrel.
Oil is rising partly on supply concerns. North Sea Brent is experiencing short-term supply outages while heightened tensions in the Middle East, notably concerns stemming from Iran's nuclear ambitions, has helped put a premium on oil.
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For more information on gas prices, visit our gasoline category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.


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Cindy Neuschwander is a native Californian, born in San Diego, CA. Her father was a naval officer and later a high school teacher and her mother was a homemaker. She has one younger brother.
Cindy graduated with a BA in International Studies from Willamette University and earned an MA from Stanford University. She has taught all grades in elementary school as well as high school.
In addition to her teaching, Cindy is the author of eight published picture books for children with mathematical themes. She has written:
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream
Mummy Math
88 Pounds of Tomatoes
The Chocolate Champs
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone
Cindy began writing books in 1994. She had used math literature with her own classes in the early 1990's and liked the way students responded to it. She wanted to use more of these books but found there were not many available so she started writing some of her own. Her books are published by Charlesbridge, Henry Holt, and Scholastic. She usually writes one book a year.
When she is not teaching or writing, Cindy enjoys spending time with her family. She has been married to her husband, Bruce, for over 30 years. Their older son, Tim, is a medical doctor working in orthopedic research. Their younger son, Seth, is a college student training to become a firefighter. Cindy and Bruce own three dogs; two Dalmatians and a Gordon Setter. Cindy loves to travel, bike ride, and swim. She and her family are Christians who are active in their local church.


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I'd never heard of "tombstoning" until yesterday. Apparently it's an "extreme sport" and involves diving off rocks and cliffs into the sea. Sounds bloody stupid to me.
It seems that it's also something of a craze in the town where I grew up.
A middle-aged man drowned and another was seriously injured when they jumped into the sea off a pier in Essex, in a stunt known as "tombstoning".
The two men – both believed to be in their 40s – were found face-down in the sea by lifeboat crews after jumping off a pier at Clacton, Essex, on Saturday.
Natural selection in action.
Update: More details on the story. It seems that the man who died was a former soldier who had moved to Clacton to escape his drink problem. Not sure that was the brightest of moves. As long as I can remember, there's always been a big drinking culture in Clacton.
This isn't really what you want to see first thing in the morning.
When I went to bed last night, this was a rather pretty tree stump and a garden fence that didn't have a large hole burnt in it.
We're trying to find out what happened. And trying not to think about what would have happened if the rain hadn't have put the fire out.
Update:More details emerging and it's not pretty.
We had a friend staying the night. He was out in the back garden having a cigarette after we had gone to bed. It looks like he didn't stub it out properly. I'm not sure when this was.
At about 1:30 this morning, people were walking past our house and saw a raging inferno. They woke our neighbours who assumed it was started by vandals. Our neighbour got out his fire extinguisher, but the fire was too strong so they called out the fire brigade who put the fire out.
So it wasn't a small blaze that was put out by the rain as we previously assumed. We were very nearly the people who burnt the whole street down.
And somehow we managed to sleep through it all.
The new London 2012 Olympics logo looks like a car-crash. Which is, I suppose, somewhat appropriate. I can only assume that this was done deliberately to make the 2012 Olympics a laughing stock.
Hopefully someone from the IOC will see the logo, realise that we're not taking this at all seriously and let some other city host the games instead of London.
Update: The BBC have published some alternative logos that have been sent in by readers. Can I just say that Sean Stayte (logo number 5) is a very naughty man. And that the editor who published that picture is either very naive or else has a keen grasp of internet memes.
Update: The dubious logo has been removed from that page. But the direct link still works.
From a recent BBC Have Your Say (as pointed out by spEak You're bRanes).
don`t blame buisineeses for exploiting the cheap labour if the imigrants can`t be bothered to learn english they have pnly themselves to blame ,in any country if you want to succeed then the first rule is to learn their langusge, every one will exploit weekness weather in work or play ev eryone aim is to win sometimes by any means
[happyfrisk], northampton, United Kingdom
So, are we clear now? If you don't bother to learn English then people will exploit you.
Actually, on re-reading it, I'm starting to wonder if it's deliberate.
Of course, it's terrible that Madeleine McCann remains missing over a week after she disappeared. And we'd all like to see her returned to her family as soon as possible.
But let's not forget that Alan Johnston is also still missing. And he's been missing a lot longer than Madeleine. For some reason you don't hear about celebrities offering huge rewards for information on his whereabouts. Perhaps that only happens for photogenic children.
It was Maddy's birthday yesterday. She was four. So today's tabloids have photos of her all over their front pages. It'll be Alan's birthday on Thursday. He'll be forty-five. Who wants to bet that any of Friday's tabloids will all have him on the front page?
I'm not saying that people shouldn't be doing all they can to find Maddy. I'm just saying that perhaps certain newpaper editors are letting emotions cloud their judgement.
Update: Oh look. I'm not the only person who thinks along these lines. I should read my Bloglines feeds before composing blog entries.
May the Fourth be with you!
Like most of you, I despise ticket touts. I will never buy tickets from them or sell tickets to them. Today, the BBC has an interview with a 15 year old who has been making money by touting tickets on eBay. This is what he has to say for himself.
I'm 15 and I'm at school at the moment, so ticket touting seems to be the only way I can make a good income.
Can you see the flaw in his argument? He says that ticket touting is the only way he can make a good income. There seems to be a bit missing from that sentence. The bit where he says "… without actually getting off my arse and doing some work". He seems to think that his laziness justifies ripping people off.
You can think it's taking away the chance for genuine fans to get their tickets, but I've got to make my money and it's better than being like most kids and going out causing trouble on the streets.
He's got to make him money obviously. And he believes that this justifies ripping people off. It doesn't of course. He's just lazy. Youth of today… don't know they're born… in my day… spare the birch… conscription…
Oh look. I've come over all curmudgeonly. I'll be writing letters to the editor next.
Two or three years ago we got some damp in the wall behind the desk in my study. It seemed to go away for a while and we learned to live with the dodgy looking patch where the wallpaper and some of the plaster had come away.
Over this long weekend, I decided that I was going to have a go at bringing some order to the chaos that is my study and part of that was going to be cleaning off the loose plaster and filling the holes with polyfiller.
That was the plan.
I moved everything away from the wall and started prodding gently at it to get rid of the loose plaster. But there was a lot more loose plaster than I expected. And I mean a lot more. And in about half an hour I was left with a couple of square metres of wall that had no plaster left at all. It was down to the bare brick. Which wasn't good.
I've never plastered before. But it looks like I'll be getting a crash course over the next few days.
Over the last year, Balham has gone into a frenzy of restaurant opening. I thought that some of you might be interested in hearing my opinions of some of these restaurants.
Hop & Spice
New Sri Lankan restaurant on Bedford Hill. We accidently went there on their opening night. In fact I think we were their first paying customers. On that night the food was pretty good although the staff were a bit over-attentive (due to first night nerves). We went back a few weeks later and the food wasn't anywhere near as nice. It'll be a while before we go back again.
This isn't that new, but it's currently the restaurant that we normally pop into when we want a quick meal and can't be bothered to cook. It's southern Indian food and we love it. We eat there most weeks. Try their roasted cashew nuts and treat yourself to a passion fruit lassi.
The Indian Room
The only downside of this place is that it has taken over the premises of our favourite pizza delivery restaurant and we haven't yet found a decent replacement. It's a worthwhile sacrifice though as the Indian Room is a fabulous little Indian. It's only been open a couple of months but we're going there almost as often as we go to Sadya. They do home deliveries too.
LY Bar
We tried this for the first time last night. It was a slightly weird experience to be honest. The food was great – well cooked and very well presented. It was a little more expensive than most other restaurants in Balham but well worth it. However the experience was rather spoilt by the staff and the decor. There were a lot of staff, but they weren't very well trained and they seemed to spend most of their time standing around trying to avoid work. I'm sure they'll get better with practice. But the decor needs some serious work. The walls are all black and the lighting is rather dim. Together will the music, which was slightly too loud, it was all a bit like having a nice meal in the middle of a nightclub. Oh, and they don't have a licence yet, so you have to bring your own drinks.
The Paddyfield certainly isn't new, but for some reason we didn't discover it until a few months ago. It's a great cheap Thai restaurant tucked away at the unfashionable end of Bedford Hill. In fact, thinking about it, forget that I mentioned it. It's far too small and always busy. It doesn't need any more customers taking up tables when I'm trying to get in.


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+1 I agree, requested staff reply. I think it's a very good way of advertising other markets, but it should definitely be much more distributed among a high number of items.
After purchasing an HTML template, I have been offered to buy some Wordpress plugins. Off-topic and misleading.
I'm with you guys if it's related with fairness and a better marketplace.
+1 (this topic most probably won't change anything, but it's worth a try)
That's why I'm always mentioning the unfair competition (beside other tactics)
It would be more fair and normal to show "Related items" instead of "Top items". Most stores show the related items when you buy or visit an item.
Why would the buyer need to see related items if he's already made his purchase? It's like telling him he didn't spend enough time doing his search, present him with a limited choice of files that have similar keywords, and then hope for the best…
If you look at http://envatomarketplaces.com/ it features one item from each marketplace… a solution like that could be placed on the after-purchase screen, showcasing one recent, randomized "Featured Item" from each marketplace. Not ideal, but I think better than just throwing around stuff because it has the same tag words.
But even those featured files on http://envatomarketplaces.com/ have been the same for I don't even know how long, so it seems proper exposure of authors isn't a priority.
sightsignal said
Why would the buyer need to see related items if he's already made his purchase? It's like telling him he didn't spend enough time doing his search, present him with a limited choice of files that have similar keywords, and then hope for the best…
Because that's what other online stores do… for example you purchase a self help book and it shows you another best selling self help book. Because now Envato knows the buyers preferences, and can then push products which he is most likely to purchase. It doesn't make sense if a buyer purchased a self help book and then was shown something unrelated like a top selling lawn mower. Basic marketing 101.
I think what Envato's idea behind all this is to cross promote marketplaces.. so if you buy an image you might want a WordPress theme, or if you buy Audio you might want to buy Video. It's a half baked idea which isn't going to be helpful most of the time. If every PhotoDune purchase shows top selling WordPress themes, then that is a huge amount of exposure to those items considering how many PhotoDune items are purchased on a daily basis.
+1 your suggestion for fair author exposure…..This is one of the reasons that modest authors like me die slowly in the dust. Also all popular items are on one click distance in the main menu which is the permanent ads. Obviously this is not enough.
I understand, but I'm just trying to think realistically… your screenshot on the first page shows that envato feels the need to advertise the #1 selling theme on themeforest… plus the envatostudio banner still exists disrupting search pages… plus http://envatomarketplaces.com/ features the same items for ages now… it all shows that proper author exposure isn't a priority, right? So if envato is going to use that after-purchase page to push top sellers, I'd rather have them display recent "Featured Items" from every marketplace.
That said, yes better author exposure would be great, but how?... I don't know, but some big stock marketplaces seem to have better and more intensive curating… so why not expand the featured items section… or have staff organize collections (as it sometimes happens) of many items within a theme/keyword from different authors, and then properly make buyers aware of them…
sightsignal saidReal example. I've purchased a T-shirt that I found in an online shop. After purchase, on confirmation page, were shown a few related products and there I saw another interesting T-shirt. Guess what! I ended to purchase another one even if I had plans to buy just one.
Why would the buyer need to see related items if he's already made his purchase? It's like telling him he didn't spend enough time doing his search, present him with a limited choice of files that have similar keywords, and then hope for the best…
That's how it should be for digital products also, but not for all. Here should be exceptions.
- If the user purchase a photo, it may want to buy more relevant photos. Here makes sense.
- If a user purchase a theme, then there are no reasons to display other themes. The user has made the choice, and most likely it will not purchase another theme this time. Here makes sense to display relevant plugins from CodeCanyon.
- If a user purchase a plugin for WordPress from CodeCanyon, then it may be interested to see other plugins from the same or a similar category. Also it may also want to purchase a theme for this new plugin. Here makes sense to display a list of plugins and themes.
But showing top items from a marketplace, it's a big NO. Here are so many beautifull themes that deserve attention and probaly are much better than these monster themes from popular section.


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Recently one of us attended a daylong retreat designed to help doctors communicate more effectively with patients. The course was taught by a colleague with whom we had consulted in the past on patient-related matters but who was known better by his reputation, which was almost laughably stereotypical: brilliant technically, but stunted when it came to interacting with people. A close family friend with cancer had gone to see him some years back. When the friend started asking questions about the treatment plan, the doctor had stopped him midsentence, glared at him and said, "If you ask one more question, I'll refuse to treat you."


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Antique 7'X7' Bulgarian Thick & Heavy Wool Flokati Rug
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Antique 7'X7' Bulgarian Thick & Heavy Wool Flokati Rug
Look at this ! Don't miss it!Up for sale is this amazing creamy light yellow square flokati rug or so called in Bulgarian "Kitenik"
It comes from the Rhodope Mountain in Bulgaria, Eastern Europe - the lands of the Thracians. This place inherits the mysticism and the energy of the ancient times. Many different cultures and ethnics crossed those lands for thousands of years.
This rug was and still can be also used as a blanket. It is all hand made out of raw thick and heavy wool. Each string is long up to 8", which is twice the size of the common Greek flokati rugs or the modern examples This particular rug dates back to the late 1800's or early 1900's. It belongs to a friend of ours, who brought it in US some 30 years ago. He bought it from an old man, who had it since his childhood and was crafted by his mother. Their family possessed at the time over 800 sheep and a huge lot of land. He used to be shepherd most of his life
Measurements: Approx. 7' X 7'; weights: approx. 17 lbs
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