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Secret court hearings were granted by judges to the Government in at least three of its five attempts to secure them during the first year of controversial new laws being in place.
Ministers' applications for closed material proceedings (CMP) - allowing evidence to be heard in private - were accepted in cases involving an IRA mole suing MI5, terror suspects alleging British complicity in their torture in Somaliland, and Iranian shipping officials who were listed as having their assets frozen due to suspected involvement in nuclear proliferation activity.
Under the Justice and Security Act 2013, powers were granted for judges to grant secret hearings for evidence that may jeopardise national security if heard in public.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced that between June 25 2013, when the powers came into force, and June 24 this year, ministers made five applications for CMP.
In the same period, a decision whether to grant one of the applications was made in secret, while another application - involving British terror suspects Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed and a man known only as CF - was granted publicly.
Since June 24, judges have granted permission for secret hearings in two of the other cases.
On July 8, Home Secretary Theresa May won a top judge's permission to use secret court hearings to defend a damages claim brought by IRA mole Martin McGartland.
Mr McGartland is suing MI5 for breach of contract and negligence in his aftercare following a shooting by the IRA which left him unable to work.
A former agent of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch, Mr McGartland claims the security services failed to provide care for post-traumatic stress disorder and access to disability benefits.
Mr Justice Mitting said "sensitive material" relating to protection and the training of security service "handlers" arose in the case and that secret hearings could be used in the interests of national security.
On July 11, court documents show the Government was granted secret hearings in a case involving members of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, who are seeking damages from the Foreign Office for loss of earnings after being included on a frozen assets list for their alleged involvement in "proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems".
On 7 November last year, the Government was granted secret hearings in a damages claim brought by terror suspects Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed and a man known only as CF, alleging claiming Britain was complicit in their detention and torture by Somaliland authorities in 2011.
Mohamed, 27, was last seen fleeing a mosque in west London in November disguised as a woman in a burka and is understood to have received training and fought overseas for al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al Qaida, along with CF.
In May, the pair won Court of Appeal cases against Home Secretary Theresa May because she imposed anti-terror control order restrictions on them on the basis of secret evidence.
Judges unanimously ruled the men should have been told at least the "gist" of the allegations against them and said their cases must be reconsidered.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers made the other application, reportedly to prevent prominent dissident republican Terence McCafferty from discovering the grounds on which he was returned to prison.
According to the Guardian, the Real IRA member was sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2005 for leaving a car bomb outside a vehicle licensing office in Belfast and released on licence in 2008, before being re-arrested a few weeks later.
McCafferty is challenging his re-arrest and has applied for his freedom using a writ of habeas corpus.
A Government spokesman said the figures showed the new powers had been used "sparingly".
He said: "The statistics show the closed material procedure has been used sparingly in a handful of cases in the past year.
"The Government believes that closed material procedures are the right way to enable civil cases involving national security material which the courts recognise is too sensitive to disclose.
"Previously these cases had been unable to proceed - meaning no final judgment from a court, none of the questions posed by the claimant answered, and the Government forced to spend taxpayers' money to settle claims without being able to put across their case."
Mr Grayling released the figures in a written ministerial statement.
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USC recruiters Lorenzo Ward and Kirk Botkin paid a visit to LB Jonathan Walton of Mobile, AL Wednesday in an effort to keep the Gamecocks in the race for the former Penn State commitment. They met with him at his school and later watched him train.
"It went pretty good," said Walton who visited USC last weekend. "We have a good relationship."
USC head coach Steve Spurrier plans to visit him next week. Auburn coach Gus Malzhan was in Monday and Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze visited Tuesday. Mississippi State and Minnesota also were in this week.
Walton will visit Auburn this weekend, and he does so with no favorite. He had USC out front after that visit but said now he has a top three of USC, Tennessee and Auburn with no leader.
"It depends on how my visit goes as to when I'll make my decision," he said adding he might take an unofficial visit to Ole Miss.
His mother will go with him to Auburn which is about three hours from his home. Walton said distance isn't a factor in his decision but what is a factor is that he grew up in South Alabama wanting to play for Auburn or Alabama.
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Many common infections can be treated by your personal physician.
Your doctor might refer you to an ID specialist when
In all of these cases, the specialized training and diagnostic tools of the ID specialist can help determine the cause of your infection and the best approach to treatment.
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ID specialists review your medical data, including X-rays and laboratory reports such as blood work and culture data. They also may perform a physical exam to help determine the cause of the problem.
TestsID specialists often order laboratory tests to examine samples of blood or other body f luids or cultures from wounds. A blood serum analysis can help the ID specialist detect antibodies that indicate what type of infection you have. These advanced tests can further explain the results of earlier tests, helping to pinpoint the problem.
TreatmentsTreatments consist of medicines—usually antibiotics—to help battle the infection and prevent it from returning. These medicines may be given to you orally (in the form of pills or liquids) or administered directly into your veins, via an IV tube. Many ID specialists have IV antibiotic therapy available in their offices, which decreases the likelihood that you will need to be hospitalized.
An ID specialist may also recommend a vaccination regimen for you and your children. One of the best strategies for preventing infectious diseases is immunization.
Ask your doctor for advice about other things you and your family can do to prevent infectious diseases.
Your ID Physician has 9-10 years of specialized education and training.
Most ID specialists who treat patients also are board certified. They have passed a difficult certification examination by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and infectious diseases.
The ID specialist works with your personal physician to determine which diagnostic tests are appropriate. If treatment is necessary, your doctor and the ID specialist will work together to develop a treatment plan best suited to your needs.
Often you will be asked to return to the ID specialist for a follow-up visit. This allows the specialist to check on your progress, confirm that the infection is gone and help prevent it from coming back. If you acquire an infection while in the hospital, the ID specialist will work with other hospital physicians to help direct your care.
The specialist also might provide follow-up care after you go home.
If your ID specialist is also your personal physician, he or she will coordinate your care, referring you to other specialists when necessary.
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GILFORD — Police arrested more than 20 underage drinkers Saturday night when they responded to a large house party on Yasmin Drive.
Officers were called to the128 Yasmin Drive home about 10:48 p.m. Saturday after receiving reports that young people were drinking there. The responding officers saw people run inside the home as they approached and saw the outside of the house littered with empty and partially empty drinks.
After receiving permission to enter the home, police found between 40 and 50 young people inside, according to the initial report. Parents and guardians were called, and 23 of the party goers were placed under arrest and will be arraigned in Laconia District Court on March 7 for charges of unlawful possession of alcohol, and intoxication.
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TODO for Payloads
Payloads allow Lucene users to optionally store a byte array of information on a term by term basis. While payloads in general are here to stay, the specific implementation/API for payloads may not be.
For background on Payloads see: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-755
NOTE: This is just suggestions of what might be useful and are not necessarily the final names, etc.
These queries probably should extend/use SpanQueries, b/c they rely on TermPositions anyway.
- Probably create a package called payloads under search, similar to Spans
PayloadQuery -- A Query implementation much like TermQuery that allows for matching one payload
PayloadPhraseQuery -- A Query implementation much like PhraseQuery that matches payloads occurring w/in some slop of each other
- Payload*Query -- Ambitious contributors may find it useful to be able to do the other types of queries (prefix, wildcard, etc.)
Similarity and Scoring
While the Query implementations outlined above allow us to search payloads, it is also useful to use the payload information for scoring. It should be possible to override the following method in Similarity:
Lucene 2.4 and before:
public float scorePayload(byte[] data, int offset, int length) { }
Lucene 2.9+:
public float scorePayload(int docId, String fieldName, int start, int end, byte [] payload, int offset, int length)
that can use the payload to score a term. It was suggested in the threads above that a WeightedTermScorer be created, instead of altering the TermScorer so that performance issues are addressed.
3/17/2007: GSI: See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-834 for an implementation of what I called BoostingTermQuery which does the weighting of terms based on the payloads.
TermDocs and TermPositions
Thanks to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-761, we can merge TermDocs and TermPositions and just use TermPositions. It may be possible to then make all Query implementations be Span Queries, but judgment is out on whether this is worthwhile or not.


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Special Assessments for Capital Improvements
My tax statement says I owe money for a special assessment. What's it for?
A Special Assessment is a fee collected by the City for improvements or services the City provides that benefit your property. Special assessments can be used to finance many different types of local improvements, including:
- Street and sidewalk improvements
- Sanitary sewer systems
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- Parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities
- Planting maintenance and trimming of street trees
- Retaining walls and area walls
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- Public malls, plazas and courtyards
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Assessments for improvements to park property are handled by the Minneapolis Park Board.
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Whether it is an improvement project, a fine, or unpaid bill—you've likely received one or more notices from the City before the charge ended up on your tax statement as a special assessment. Don't recall? To learn more about a special assessment on your tax statement, call (612) 673-2401. Please have your Property Tax ID available.
What is a Special Service District?
The City collects special assessments from non-residential property owners within Special Service Districts. The assessment covers the cost of services, like cleaning or maintaining pedestrian areas, which are not ordinarily provided elsewhere in the City.
What does it mean when a special assessment is "pending" or "levied?"
- For capital improvement projects, pending means the project has been approved by City Council and construction can start. Payment is not accepted at this point.
- Levied means the project is complete, the assessments have had their final calculation, and we can accept payment. Levied also means the assessments are certified and will be collected on your Hennepin County property tax statement.
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The Division of International Affairs, through the Study Abroad Office, assists faculty, staff and students by providing them with basic information regarding health and safety issues involved in international travel.
All members of the University community contemplating international travel are expected to monitor and take into consideration all US Department of State Travel Warnings, Public Announcements, and Consular Information Sheets; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Travel Alerts, Travel Advisories, and Notices; and travel warnings, restrictions, and advisories issued by the US Department of Homeland Security.
For University-sponsored and organized instructional programs (including faculty-led instruction and other sponsored coursework) and for students' participation in instructional programs offered by other institutions that involve travel to countries for which a travel warning has been issued by the US Department of State:
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• The University will review on a case-by-case basis plan for faculty-led groups of graduate/professional students to these areas. Plans should be submitted to the Vice President for International Affairs not later than one month before the desired departure date, with a copy provided to the Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost. Permission for travel under University sponsorship may be denied by the Vice President for International Affairs.
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Estimating the Workers' Compensation Reform Impact on
Employer Costs and Employee Benefits
Prepared for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation by: Frank Neuhauser, Survey Research Center,
University of California at Berkeley
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation was asked by the Senate Industrial Relations Committee and by the Assembly Insurance Committee to provide estimates of the impact of the workers' compensation reform legislation on costs to employers and benefits to workers.
The following analysis is based upon estimates prepared by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of the impact of the 1993 reforms on the costs faced by employers and the benefits that accrued to injured workers. While the WCIRB estimates are a valuable assessment of the impact of the reforms, some of the underlying assumptions could be subject to different interpretations. These different interpretations lead to somewhat lower estimates of both cost savings and benefit increases.
This effort is not meant to be a complete evaluation of the impact of the 1993 reforms on costs and benefits. Rather, it is meant to build upon the good work already performed by the Rating Bureau. In the end, policy makers will have a range of estimates along with the underlying assumptions. This will assist policy makers in understanding the impact of the 1993 reforms and the need for and impact of any future reforms.
Estimates of Cost Savings to Employers:
For these calculations, we will use the WCIRB estimates of cost savings to employers. To these estimates, we will suggest several adjustments.
The WCIRB states "In 1992 (the last year unaffected by the 1993 legislative changes), we estimate the benefit cost per covered employee (full-time equivalent) was $732. In 1997, we estimate the benefit cost per covered employee was $618, or $114 (15.6%) less than 1992. If it is assumed that the number of employees of self-insured employers is one-third the total number of employees statewide and the cost of benefits per employee of self-insured employers is similar to that of insured employers, this $114 per covered employee reduction in benefit costs would result in annual reductions in benefit costs of about $.9 billion for insured employers and $1.3 billion for all employers."
1. The WCIRB relies on data from the 1992 policy year because that is the last year in which all policies were unaffected by the reforms. (Many policies incepting in 1993 had injuries occurring in 1994.) However, total benefit costs were declining even before the 1993 reforms came into effect. Between 1992 and 1993 claim frequency (on an accident year basis) declined by 17.6% while the average cost per claim (on an accident year) basis rose by 3.4%. Therefore the pre-reform costs used as the baseline for comparison should be lowered by 14.8% to more accurately reflect conditions just prior to reform. This lowers the baseline average cost per covered worker to $624. ($732 * .826 * 1.034)
2. The average earnings of employees increased approximately 20% between 1992 and 1998. Given the maximums in place on benefit levels in effect before reform, the 20% increase in average wage translates to a 6% increase in TTD payments and a 1.7% increase in PD payments. TD and PD benefits comprise only part of all direct costs. Consequently, the impact of wage growth would have been to raise all direct costs 1.7% higher than the baseline costs estimated above. $624 * 1.0.17 = $632. Consequently, the cost to employers, under pre-reform rules, would have been $632/per covered employee in 1998. This yields a savings to employers based on 1992 employment levels used by the WCIRB) of:
$14/covered employee * 7.8 million employees * 1.5 (for self-insured market) = $163.8 million.
3. The WCIRB bases the total dollar savings estimate on cost savings per employee and the employment level in 1992 (7.8 million FTE for insured employers). To reflect current conditions, one should use the employment level in 1998. (Here we assume the average savings per employee did not change between 1997 and 1998.) Employment increased 11% between 1992 and 1998. Consequently, an estimate of total savings based on 1998 employment could be obtained by multiplying the new estimate by a factor of 1.11. This yields a new estimate of savings:
$163.8 * 1.11 = $181.8 million
4. Fourth, for some purposes the legislature is interested in estimating the cost savings to employers independent of the benefit increase to workers and then estimate the percentage of the employer cost savings that is represented by the benefit increase. To estimate employer costs savings independent of the benefit increase, one needs to calculate the benefit increase and reduce employer costs by this amount. This has the effect of raising estimates of employer savings (exclusive of the benefit increase) by the estimated amount of the benefit increase. Employee benefit increases are estimated in a separate memorandum. For insured and self-insured employers, the increase in benefits is estimated to be $475 million for 1998. This yields an estimate of employer cost savings (exclusive of the benefit increase) of:
$181.8 + $475 = $656.8 million
5. Fifth, if one wants to use the WCIRB benefit cost calculation to arrive at a total estimate of employer savings, one must adjust for the cost of administration, marketing and profit. These expenses are usually expressed as a percent of direct costs. In the years before competitive rating, these were estimated as approximately 28% of benefit costs. This may have been high because of the noncompetitive nature of the market. The WCIRB currently estimates allocated loss adjustment expenses at 8.4% of benefit increase and unallocated loss adjustment expenses at 12.8% of benefit increases. If one uses the more conservative estimate of 21.2%, then employer costs would be 21.2% greater than the direct cost savings estimated in (4) above. However, since we will not apply this overhead to the benefit increase in the next section, we will not apply it to the savings in this section. The overhead savings reflect only the savings net of the benefit increase. Therefore the estimate should be
181.8 * 1.212 + 475 = $695.3 million
This is an alternative to the Rating Bureau estimate of savings to employers using more conservative assumptions about the baseline year employer costs and more liberal assumptions about the increase in labor force and wages.
Estimate of Benefit increases to Injured Workers:
In a separate analysis, an estimate has been made of the benefit increase to workers as a result of changes in the maximum Temporary Disability and Permanent Disability rates. That analysis estimates the increase at $475 million.[1]
The estimate of the benefit increase to workers could take into account the negative impact on benefits to workers represented by reductions in the vocational rehabilitation benefit, the compensation of psychiatric injuries and the exclusion of many post termination claims. Without arguing the merits of these claims for compensation, reforms did have the effect of reducing compensation to workers who would have received compensation under the pre-reform statutes.
The Rating Bureau estimates the reduction in benefit payments for these three reforms as a cost reduction per worker. Using 1998 labor force figures, the Rating Bureau estimates of benefit reductions to workers in benefit payments to workers are: $260 million (Vocational Rehabilitation), $195 million (Psychiatric Claims) and $52 million (Post Termination Claims) for a total of:[2]
260 + 195 + 52 = $507 million
Again, these estimates are based on per/worker savings estimated by the WCIRB.
Given an estimate of $475 million in benefit increases due to changes in the TTD and PD scheduled rates, this would leave the absolute benefit increase to injured workers at approximately -$30 million. That is, total benefits were no higher (and maybe slightly lower) in 1998 than they would have been if no benefit changes had been made.
Open Rating:
Open rating was another product of the 1993 reforms and went into effect for policies incepting on or after 1/1/1995 had the effect of increasing competition in the workers' compensation insurance market. This has resulted in substantial reductions in premium costs for employers.
As a measure of the impact of open rating on employer costs, we calculated the average premium/loss ratio before open rating (1989-94, avg. premium/loss = 1.49) and after open rating (1995-97, avg. premium/loss = 1.15). The Rating Bureau states that the difference in dividend practices pre and post open rating should be reflected in an 11% reduction in pre open rating premiums to make open rating premiums comparable to premiums from 1989-94. This results in an average premium/loss ratio for pre open rating of 1.35. Using these ratios (pre open rating = 1.35 and post open rating = 1.15) and losses calculated for 1995-1997 we estimate the difference in premium that resulted from the price competition allowed by open rating.
Expected premium under pre open rating conditions (avg. prem./loss = 1.35)
$ 6.06 Billion
$ 6.99 Billion
$ 8.01 Billion
Expected premium under post open rating conditions (avg. prem./loss = 1.15) [3]
$ 5.20 Billion
$ 6.00 Billion
$ 6.86 Billion
Savings on premium as a result of open rating
$ 0.88 Billion
$ 0.99 Billion
$ 1.14 Billion
Data for 1998 is not yet available.
Bottom line:
Based on WCIRB data and analysis, employer costs were approximately $700 million lower for the 1998 policy year than would have been the case if there had been no reforms in 1993.
If one combines the impact of open rating with the impact of other 1993 reforms and projects premium savings in 1998 similar to those in 1997, the savings to employers in 1998 as a result of reform were:
$1.14 Billion (premium savings) + $700 million (benefit cost savings) = $1.84 billion
On net, benefit increases to injured workers in temporary and permanent disability were cancelled out by benefit reductions in the form of restrictions on vocational rehabilitation, psychiatric injuries, and post-termination claims. The reform involved transferring benefits from one group of workers to another group of workers.
The best estimate of future employer savings and benefit increases to workers are those estimated for 1998,
[1] By Comparison, the Rating Bureau estimate of $56 per worker as the benefit increase translates to $655 million (1992 employment) or $727 million (1998 employment). The differences in these results could be the result of slight differences in the methodologies. The rating bureau uses as the baseline injury data from 1991 while this study uses as a baseline injury data from 1993 and 1994. Also, the Bureau may be estimating the benefit increase from 1992 on while this study looks at the impact from 7/1/94 on, which is coincidental with the first benefit change.
[2] This calculation takes the dollar savings per worker, multiplies the saving by the number of covered full-time equivalents for 1992, multiplies that by the growth in the labor force (1992-1998), times 1.5 for the portion of the workforce covered by self-insurance. For example, for Vocational Rehabilitation:
$20 (WCIRB estimate of VR savings/worker) * 7.8 million (FTE 1992) * 1.11 (11% growth in labor force) * 1.5 (WCIRB estimate that self-insurers represent 1/3 of market) =
$20 * 7.8 million * 1.11 * 1.5 = $260 million
[3] Note: Expected premium differs from actual premium because expected premium is calculated as a percent of estimated loss using the average ration of premium/losses over the open rating period. This tends to even out year to year pricing fluctuations and reflect a longer-term estimate of the impact of open rating.


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Police respond to screams for help in Derby choking case
NEWPORT, VT - Travis Collins, 21, of Derby, plead innocent Monday to charges of second degree felony unlawful restraint and misdemeanor domestic assault after he allegedly attacked and choked his wife, forced her into a car and drove her to their home where police finally caught up with the couple.The incident began shortly before midnight Sunday when Collins and his wife, accompanied by Gordon Sayers, went to the residence of Sayers' girlfriend on West Street in Derby where the two couples were drinking. A short time later, the victim told police, Collins held her down against her will and tried to choke her. She said she screamed and kicked and defended herself "as best I could," and then she went outside where Collins reportedly forced her into the car and drove off with her, forcing her down in the car during the trip.Police received a call around 1:30 a.m. about a woman screaming on West Street in Derby and being forced into a car. When they arrived, Collins was already gone. Around 2:15 a.m., the victim called and told police that Collins had assaulted her at the West Street residence and at a residence on the Cross Road in Derby.Troopers Brian Connor and Rajesh Hailey went to the Cross Road address and spoke with the victim and the accused. The victim repeated her story and said she was "scared for her life" when Collins was choking her.In her statement, the victim said, "I was wondering if he was going to kill me at Gordon's girlfriend's house."Collins was arrested and taken to the Vermont State Police barracks in Derby where he was processed. He was initially held on $1,000 bail.At his arraignment on Monday, Collins was released without bail but with multiple conditions, including conditions that he not be within 300 feet of the victim, her residence, her vehicle or her place of work; that he not contact or harass her; and that he submit a sample of his DNA to the Vermont State Police.


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Blackburn boss Steve Kean watched his side earn their first win since January - and then claimed one more would secure Barclays Premier League survival.
Martin Olsson's first-half strike gave Rovers a 1-0 success over Bolton at Ewood Park which lifted them three points clear of the drop zone. Blackburn, who moved onto 38 points with the victory, face fellow strugglers West Ham and Wolves among their last three games, and Kean feels a win from one of those will be enough.
"We've got to play West Ham and we've got to play Wolves in the last game so everybody can't get three points," he said. "So I imagine if you've got 40 points and a good goal difference, which we have, that's going to see you safe."
Olsson's low finish was just reward for a display in which he had David Wheater all at sea, and sealed a win which could and should have been more comfortable.
The Bolton fans taunted the hosts with chants of 'You should've kept big Sam' in reference to Kean's predecessor Sam Allardyce, but this was perhaps the Blackburn boss' most important win since taking charge.
And after two straight defeats without scoring, Kean admitted his side's need for a victory was evident.
"I thought we performed with a lot of attitude and spirit and togetherness," he added.
"Today there wasn't a want for the points, there was a need which is a very different emotion. You could feel it in the dressing room.
"The lads had a focus and I thought they gave an outstanding and professional performance. They gave me every single thing I asked for before the game and more."
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For more information about National Park Service air resources, please visit https://www.nature.nps.gov/air/.
Air Pollution Impacts
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Natural and scenic resources in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (NP) are susceptible to the harmful effects of air pollution. Fine particles, nitrogen, ozone, and mercury impact scenic resources such as visibility, and natural resources such as surface waters and vegetation. Click on the tabs below to learn more about air pollutants and their impacts on natural and scenic resources at Theodore Roosevelt NP.
- Visibility
- Nitrogen & Sulfur
- Ozone
- Toxics & Mercury
Many visitors come to Theodore Roosevelt NP to enjoy views of the rugged badlands terrain, wildlife, and other idyllic landscape scenes that charmed Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880s. Unfortunately, nowadays, such vistas are sometimes obscured by haze caused by fine particles in the air. Many of the same pollutants that ultimately fall out as nitrogen and sulfur deposition contribute to this haze and visibility impairment. Organic compounds, soot, and dust reduce visibility as well.
Visibility effects at Theodore Roosevelt NP include:
- Reduced visibility on some days due to human-caused haze and fine particles of air pollution;
- Reduction of the average natural visual range from about 140 miles (without the effects of pollution) to about 65 miles because of pollution at the park;
- Reduction of the visual range to below 40 miles on high pollution days.
(Source: IMPROVE 2010)
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Nitrogen and sulfur compounds deposited from air pollution can harm vegetation, soils, and surface waters. Large power plants in Montana and North Dakota, nearby oil and gas well fields, and agriculture are significant sources of airborne nitrogen and sulfur to the park. While soils and surface waters are susceptible to acidification from nitrogen and sulfur deposition, the high buffering capacity of soils in and around Theodore Roosevelt NP and consequent high concentrations of base cations and acid neutralizing capacity in surface waters indicate these ecosystems are not likely to be acidified by atmospheric deposition (Peterson et al. 1998 [pdf, 3.0 MB]). In addition to acidification effects, however, nutrient effects from nitrogen deposition can cause changes to soil nutrient cycling and the species composition of plant communities in some ecosystems. This unwanted fertilization encourages the growth of weedy, invasive plants that out-compete native species and as a result affect biodiversity (Fenn et al. 2003). Current rates of nitrogen deposition are relatively low compared to levels found to affect prairie grass ecosystems (Pardo et al., In Press).
Effects of sulfur and nitrogen deposition at Theodore Roosevelt NP include:
- Elevated sulfur levels in lichens as compared to soil, suggesting that the atmosphere is a contributing source (Bennett and Wetmore 2001);
- Comparatively high concentrations of ammonium in wet deposition, often
an indicator of nearby agricultural sources (NPS 2010 [pdf, 2.8 MB]).
Naturally-occurring ozone in the upper atmosphere absorbs the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays and helps to protect all life on earth. However, in the lower atmosphere, ozone is an air pollutant, forming when nitrogen oxides from vehicles, power plants, and other sources combine with volatile organic compounds from gasoline, solvents, and vegetation in the presence of sunlight. In addition to causing respiratory problems in people, ozone can injure plants. Ozone enters leaves through pores (stomata), where it can kill plant tissues, causing visible injury, or reduce photosynthesis, growth, and reproduction.
Ozone concentrations are relatively low but have been worsening at Theodore Roosevelt NP (NPS 2010 [pdf, 2.8 MB]). There are several ozone-sensitive plants in Theodore Roosevelt NP including Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen), Prunus virginiana (choke cherry), and Amelanchier alnifolia (saskatoon serviceberry), although assessments have not documented ozone injury to any sensitive vegetation in the park (Peterson et al. 1998 [pdf, 3.0 MB]).
Search the list of ozone-sensitive plant species (pdf, 184 KB) found at each national park!
Toxic air pollutants include pesticides, industrial by-products, heavy metals like mercury, and flame retardants for fabrics. Lichens, a group of non-vascular plants that accumulate such contaminants and are sensitive to airborne pollutants, can be used as indicators of urban pollution and point-source emissions like oil and gas wells that emit these pollutants.
Mercury levels are elevated in lichens at Theodore Roosevelt NP as compared to levels in soil at the park, suggesting that the atmosphere is a contributing source. Coal-burning power plants are the major sources of mercury to the atmosphere. The heavy metal cadmium and other elements have also been detected in lichens, indicators of the anthropogenic influence (Bennett and Wetmore 2001; Gough et al. 1985).
Once such toxic contaminants enter the food chain, effects in wildlife and humans can include reproductive problems, impaired growth and development, behavioral abnormalities, reduced immune response, chronic illness, cancer, and death.
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80-year-old hit, killed by NC Highway Patrol cruiser
80-year-old hit, killed by NC Highway Patrol cruiser
A state trooper has been placed on administrative leave after an 80-year-old was hit and killed by his cruiser.
Ottis Parker was hit around 7 p.m. Tuesday on N.C. 242 in Salemburg, about 10 miles west of Clinton, WITN reported. Parker was crossing the highway when Trooper Emory Brown's cruiser hit him, troopers said.
Brown, a nine-year veteran of the highway patrol, is on administrative leave until the investigation is completed.
This is the second time since July 2011 that a pedestrian was hit and killed by a highway patrol cruiser in eastern North Carolina.


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GREENVILLE, S.C. - King College's Mark Dockery was selected as NCCAA Men's Basketball Division I Student-Athlete of the Week by the national office.
Dockery, a senior forward from Nickelsville, Va., led King with a 25.0 points per game average last week in two games. He was 16-for-32 (50.0 percent) overall on the week from the field. Included was an 11-for-25 (44.0 percent) week from behind the arc. He went 7-for-8 (87.5 percent) at the free throw line.
He started the week with a career-high 30 points at NCAA Division I foe UNC Asheville on Thursday. Dockery had 23 points in the first half and ended the game 9-for-19 from the field with six 3-pointers. He pulled down a team-high seven rebounds and added an assist.
On Saturday at Bellarmine (Ky.) University, NCAA Division II's top-ranked team, Dockery had 20 points to lead all scorers. He finished 7-for-13 overall and 5-for-10 from behind the three-point line. Dockery filled up the stat sheet with an assist, block, steal and three rebounds.
This was the first time this season a Tornado player has won the weekly NCCAA honor.
King, at 6-8, will travel to Nova Southeastern (Fla.) for a game on Jan. 2.


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SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team said he had to use his pushing prowess to break through his locked bathroom door in Sochi Saturday.
Johnny Quinn told fans via Twitter that he was taking a shower at the athletes' village when the door somehow locked and jammed, leaving him stuck inside.
"With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #Sochijailbreak," the tweet said. The Chicago Tribune said the message came with a photo of the door with a sizable hole in it.
Quinn, a push man on the U.S. 4-man team, weighs 218 pounds and used to play pro football in Canada, the newspaper said.
...With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreak pic.twitter.com/apZRefgvCO— Johnny Quinn (@JohnnyQuinnUSA) February 8, 2014


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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hardware
- 2.1 PPC-based-boxes
- 2.2 Mipsel-based boxes
- 2.3 Arm-based boxes
- 3 Software
TODO: Add generic info about JTAG and why it safes ones ass if he messes with the flash
JTAG-cable from tampakuro/kuroguy
JTAG10-jtag-cable from http://www.soc-machines.com/
TODO: Add info about the additional Hardware mods needed to make JTAG working. Hint: bridge! + needed info about Flash structure
1) Installing headers TODO: what needs to be bridged?
TODO: add specific Info if additional hardware mods are needed. + needed info about Flash structure
Terastation Pro v1
TODO: add specific Info if additional hardware mods are needed. + needed info about Flash structure
Mipsel-based boxes
TODO: Add info about the JTAG cable that works on the + needed info about Flash structure
Arm-based boxes
Tampakuro/kuroguy discovered the layout of the JTAG Port on LS Pro v1 and an early KuroPro by tracing the wiring. The account of his work and early efforts is here : JTAG for the LS Pro and LS Live. He found that the v1 had a non-standard pinout. The v2 LS Live has a standard ARM 20 pin layout. mdfirefighter and others discovered that Dominic Rath's OpenOCD software was the key to opening the LS Pro to JTAG - this is detailed in the same thread linked to above.
LS Pro/LS Live (arm9)
Flash structure
For the LSProV2, here is the output of flinfo while in u-boot:
Marvell>> flinfo Bank # 1: SST SST39VF020 (2 Mbit) Size: 256 kB,Bus Width: 1, device Width: 1. Flash base: 0xfffc0000,Number of Sectors: 64 Type: REGULAR. Sector Start Addresses: 00000000 (RO) 00001000 (RO) 00002000 (RO) 00003000 (RO) 00004000 (RO) 00005000 (RO) 00006000 (RO) 00007000 (RO) 00008000 (RO) 00009000 (RO) 0000a000 (RO) 0000b000 (RO) 0000c000 (RO) 0000d000 (RO) 0000e000 (RO) 0000f000 (RO) 00010000 (RO) 00011000 (RO) 00012000 (RO) 00013000 (RO) 00014000 (RO) 00015000 (RO) 00016000 (RO) 00017000 (RO) 00018000 (RO) 00019000 (RO) 0001a000 (RO) 0001b000 (RO) 0001c000 (RO) 0001d000 (RO) 0001e000 (RO) 0001f000 (RO) 00020000 (RO) 00021000 (RO) 00022000 (RO) 00023000 (RO) 00024000 (RO) 00025000 (RO) 00026000 (RO) 00027000 (RO) 00028000 (RO) 00029000 (RO) 0002a000 (RO) 0002b000 (RO) 0002c000 (RO) 0002d000 (RO) 0002e000 (RO) 0002f000 (RO) 00030000 (RO) 00031000 (RO) 00032000 (RO) 00033000 (RO) 00034000 (RO) 00035000 (RO) 00036000 (RO) 00037000 (RO) 00038000 (RO) 00039000 (RO) 0003a000 (RO) 0003b000 (RO) 0003c000 (RO) 0003d000 (RO) 0003e000 (RO) 0003f000
Background and Equipment
INCOMPLETE - Do Not Attempt At This Time
- These directions have been tested and checked on a LSProV2, with a Ubuntu 7.10 box (x86) and an Olimex ARM-USB-TINY jtag/usb programmer/debugger. Parallel port debuggers are certainly an option, but will probably yield lower speeds.
Setting Up OpenOCD
- Compiling
- Configuring and Starting OpenOCD
- Available Commands in OpenOCD
While in OpenOCD, entering the command help will yield a list of available commands and summary of help.
> help help display this help sleep sleep for <n> milliseconds version show OpenOCD version shutdown shut the server down exit exit telnet session log_output redirect logging to <file> (default: stderr) debug_level adjust debug level <0-3> jtag_speed set jtag speed (if supported) <speed> scan_chain print current scan chain configuration endstate finish JTAG operations in <tap_state> jtag_reset toggle reset lines <trst> <srst> runtest move to Run-Test/Idle, and execute <num_cycles> statemove move to current endstate or [tap_state] irscan execute IR scan <device> <instr> [dev2] [instr2] ... drscan execute DR scan <device> [ dev2 ] [var2] ... verify_ircapture verify value captured during Capture-IR <enable|disable> var allocate, display or delete variable <name> [num_fields|"del"] [size1] ... field display/modify variable field <field> [value|"flip"] script execute commands from <file> xsvf run xsvf <file> targets no help available flash no help available banks - list configured flash banks info - print info about flash bank <num> probe - identify flash bank <num> erase_check - check erase state of sectors in flash bank <num> protect_check - check protection state of sectors in flash bank <num> erase - erase sectors at <bank> <first> <last> write - write binary <bank> <file> <offset> protect - set protection of sectors at <bank> <first> <last> <on|off> nand no help available pld programmable logic device commands arm7_9 arm7/9 specific commands write_xpsr - write program status register <value> <not cpsr|spsr> write_xpsr_im8 - write program status register <8bit immediate> <rotate> <not cpsr|spsr> write_core_reg - write core register <num> <mode> <value> sw_bkpts - support for software breakpoints <enable|disable> force_hw_bkpts - use hardware breakpoints for all breakpoints (disables sw breakpoint support) <enable|disable> dbgrq - use EmbeddedICE dbgrq instead of breakpoint for target halt requests <enable|disable> fast_writes - (deprecated, see: arm7_9 fast_memory_access) fast_memory_access - use fast memory accesses instead of slower but potentially unsafe slow accesses <enable|disable> dcc_downloads - use DCC downloads for larger memory writes <enable|disable> etb_dump - dump current ETB content armv4_5 armv4/5 specific commands reg - display ARM core registers core_state - display/change ARM core state <arm|thumb> disassemble - disassemble instructions <address> <count> ["thumb"] arm9tdmi arm9tdmi specific commands vector_catch - catch arm920t vectors ["all"|"none"|"<vec1 vec2 ...>"] arm926ejs arm926ejs specific commands cp15 - display/modify cp15 register <opcode_1> <opcode_2> <CRn> <CRm> [value] cache_info - display information about target caches virt2phys - translate va to pa <va> mdw_phys - display memory words <physical addr> [count] mdh_phys - display memory half-words <physical addr> [count] mdb_phys - display memory bytes <physical addr> [count] mww_phys - write memory word <physical addr> <value> mwh_phys - write memory half-word <physical addr> <value> mwb_phys - write memory byte <physical addr> <value> cfi no help available reg no help available poll poll target state wait_halt wait for target halt [time (s)] halt halt target resume resume target [addr] step step one instruction reset reset target [run|halt|init|run_and_halt|run_and_init] soft_reset_halt halt the target and do a soft reset mdw display memory words <addr> [count] mdh display memory half-words <addr> [count] mdb display memory bytes <addr> [count] mww write memory word <addr> <value> mwh write memory half-word <addr> <value> mwb write memory byte <addr> <value> bp set breakpoint <address> <length> [hw] rbp remove breakpoint <adress> wp set watchpoint <address> <length> <r/w/a> [value] [mask] rwp remove watchpoint <adress> load_image load_image <file> <address> ["bin"|"ihex"] dump_image dump_image <file> <address> <size> load_binary [DEPRECATED] load_binary <file> <address> dump_binary [DEPRECATED] dump_binary <file> <address> <size>
Starting OpenOCD and Connecting with Telnet
root@bitbaker-i686:/usr/src# telnet localhost 4444 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Open On-Chip Debugger > halt requesting target halt... > Target 0 halted target halted in ARM state due to debug request, current mode: Abort cpsr: 0x600000d7 pc: 0x00000028 MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: enabled > flash banks #0: cfi at 0xfffc0000, size 0x00040000, buswidth 1, chipwidth 1 > flash probe 0 flash 'cfi' found at 0xfffc0000 > flash erase 0 0 63 erased sectors 0 through 63 on flash bank 0 in 4s 484466us > flash erase_check 0 successfully checked erase state > flash write 0 /usr/src/openocd-package/doc/configs/lspstock052207.bin 0xfffc0000 wrote file /usr/src/openocd-package/doc/configs/lspstock052207.bin to flash bank 0 at offset 0xfffc0000 in 12107s 811284us >
Verifying Flash and Flashing
Notes and Special Situations
Terastation Pro v2/Terastation Live (arm9)
Similar to the other arm9-based boxes from buffalo these 2 only have uboot in flash. everything else is read and executed from harddisc.
See JTAG Software
How to use the JTAG-Tools
TODO: we need to link + describe either how to compile the tools and how to use the precompiled tools from the download-section
LS2 (mipsel-based)
How to use HairyDairyMaids debrick
TODO: adding info about how to use it
Flashing the bootloader only
Updating via JTAG is very slow. This is not really surprising as the JTAG protocol is a bit-level serial protocol. Writing the firmimg.bin file can easily take 24 hours or longer.
TODO: because we can flash the firmimg.bin much faster from UBoot
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TRENTON – Legislation to prohibit public transportation operators from using a wireless telephone or electronic communication device while their vehicles are moving received final legislative approval on Monday.
The bill – passed 74-0-1 by the Assembly – stems from a commuter train crash in California that killed 25 people. Investigators found the operator of the passenger train sent a text message 22 seconds before the collision with an oncoming freight train.
"Some people have become so addicted to their electronic devises that they put others in danger without even thinking about the consequences," said Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-Middlesex). "It's unfortunate that we even have to consider a bill like this, but history tells us it's a real risk."
"This is a public safety initiative," said Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex). "All drivers, no matter their vehicle, need to be paying full attention to their surroundings."
New Jersey already bans individual motorists from using texting and talking on a hand-held cell phones while driving.
Under the bill (A-407), use of a wireless telephone or electronic communication device shall include, but would not be limited to, talking or listening to another person on the telephone, text messaging or sending an electronic message via a wireless telephone or electronic communication device.
An operator of a moving public transportation vehicle would be allowed to use a wireless telephone or electronic communication device only in an emergency or when radio communication failure occurs.
A violation would be considered a disorderly persons offense punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, six months imprisonment or both.
"Hopefully this bill would send a strong message that public safety always supersedes any need to send a text message," Diegnan said. "A text message can wait. Public transportation safety cannot."
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US and Israeli troops start major joint missile drill
Israeli and US troops were on Sunday beginning a vast missile defence exercise called Austere Challenge 12, in what was hailed as their largest-ever joint military operation, officials said.
The exercise, which involves 3,500 personnel from the US European Command (US EUCOM) and 1,000 Israeli troops and is expected to last three weeks, is likely to send a clear signal to Tehran over its disputed nuclear drive, which must of the West believes is a weapons drive.
"Austere Challenge 12 is the largest aerial defence exercise to take place between the two militaries," an Israeli military statement said.
The long-planned operation comes as the world grapples with the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme, and as a bloody civil war in Syria threatens to set the region alight, although Israel and US officials have said there is no connection.
"These exercises are part of a planned training schedule that seeks to increase cooperation interoperability between the militaries. Planning for the exercise began over two years ago and is not a response to specific events in the region," the statement said.
Of the 3,500 US personnel involved, around a thousand will be stationed in Israel, while the rest will operate in Europe and the Mediterranean, senior US air force officer Lieutenant General Craig Franklin told reporters last week.
Troops will train together on Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, the latest version of the US Patriot and the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system, jointly developed by the two allies.
Command and control functions will be provided by US Navy Aegis cruiser.
Franklin said the operation, which would last "about three weeks," was a defensive exercise unrelated to Iran, or any other developments in the Middle East.
"While the scenario is driven by the overall situation in the Middle East, AC12 is not related to any specific current event… nor to any perceived tensions in the Middle East," he said.
The cost of the exercise is around $38 million, with Washington covering around $30 million of the total.


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Download here: Episode 22 - Learning with LEGO
In this episode we focus on engineering education at the elementary school level, and how robotics can play a key role in shaping the engineers of the future. We first speak with Chris Rogers, professor at Tufts University and developer of ROBOLAB, a framework for using LEGO mindstorms sets to teach robotics in the classroom. We then speak with Liz Herron, the manager of the LEGO Education Center in Texas about her hands-on experience with kids and robots.
Chris Rogers
Chris Rogers is a professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts University in Massachusetts in the US. His research interests are broad, and he's been seen studying fluid dynamics, the flight of insects and tele-robotics, but it's his commitment to the engineering education of children that brought him on our show today.
As director of the Center for Engineering Education Outreach, Rogers tours the elementary schools of the world trying to bring engineering and robotics to young children. He has also worked with LEGO© to develop ROBOLAB, a robotic approach to learning science and math. Rogers tells us about the importance of science and engineering in the classroom, and how teachers can perhaps help shape the roboticists of tomorrow. He also talks a little about the LEGO© NXT, the latest line of robotic kits from the company.
Liz Herron
Liz Herron manages the first, and only, LEGO Education Center in the United States which serves the needs of children ages 3 – 12. The center focuses on math, science, and technology skills and offers several levels of robotics courses for children over the age of seven. With LEGO MINDSTORMS, they create nano-like robots to explore the human body, robot police dogs to help the community or robotic families. With imagination as a drive, the kids are actually learning about team work and engineering.
Herron has been in education for many years, teaching or supporting all elementary grades from pre-school through grade 6. Nominated for teacher of the year several times, her peers quickly honored her creative, innovative and passionate approach to education. Strong of this background, she'll be telling us about her hands-on experience with the kids at the LEGO Education Center and the amazing solutions which they can whip-up.