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Evaluation of the use of live aerial video for traffic management / by Demetsky, Michael J.(CARDINAL)313581; Virginia Transportation Research Council.(CARDINAL)195142;

Final report;This report describes the evaluation of an intelligent transportation system (ITS) demonstration project in which live aerial video of traffic conditions was captured by a rotary wing aircraft operated by the Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department. The video was transmitted to ground stations for use by Fairfax County and the Virginia Department of Transportation for incident and congestion management. The evaluation had three foci: (1) the capture and transmission of the video picture, (2) related institutional issues, and (3) the utility of the video information in incident management and traffic control. The evaluation covered a 10-month demonstration period from July 1993 to April 1994. The demonstration showed that aerial video can capture and transmit pictures of traffic flow and incidents to aid in decision making by traffic management. Throughout the evaluation period, the reliability of the system was greatly improved, resulting in a continuous daily operation (except for emergency interruptions). The aerial video has enhanced incident management in the application area and has potentially unlimited on-line applications for traffic surveillance in conjunction with various traffic management systems. Examples of off-line applications are training, planning, operational improvements, and before and after studies.

Subjects: Technical reports.; Aerial photography in traffic engineering.; Electronics in transportation.; Traffic congestion; Traffic flow; Video recording;

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Book yourself solid : the fastest, easiest, and most reliable system for getting more clients than you can handle even if you hate marketing and selling / by Port, Michael,1970-author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.Your foundation. The red velvet rope policy -- Why people buy what you're selling -- Develop a personal brand -- How to talk about what you do -- Building trust and credibility. Becoming a likeable expert in your field -- The Book Yourself Solid sales cycle process -- The Book Yourself Solid keep-in touch strategy -- The power of information products -- Simple selling and perfect pricing. Perfect pricing -- Super simple selling -- The Book Yourself Solid six core self-promotion strategies. The Book Yourself Solid networking strategy -- The Book Yourself Solid direct outreach strategy -- The Book Yourself Solid referral strategy -- The Book Yourself Solid speaking strategy -- The Book Yourself Solid writing strategy -- The Book Yourself Solid web strategy. Designing your website ; Getting visitors to your website ; Building your social media platform -- Final thoughts."Book Yourself Solid provides a true understanding of why self-promotion is a critical factor to success. It is this different and unique perspective that makes Book Yourself Solid so much more than an ordinary "how to" manual for getting more clients and raising a business profile. Michael helps the reader adopt this perspective and then provides the strategies, techniques, and skills necessary to get more clients and increase profits. Through verbal and written exercises, readers learn how to develop a strong marketing plan and brand image. In 2006, Michael published this book about marketing for the small business owner without addressing Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter--which didn't even exist at the time. The 2nd edition of Book Yourself Solid will change all of that with brand new information, including: unique, personalized online marketing strategies for service professionals new SEO rules to optimize search engine listings and traffic solid social media exposure and dominance strategies."--

Subjects: Selling.; Marketing.; Strategic planning.;

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Solving Stonehenge : the new key to an ancient enigma / by Johnson, Anthony(Anthony Edward)(CARDINAL)557847;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-283) and index.From the Publisher: A completely new and convincing solution to the key puzzles of Stonehenge. As Anthony Johnson reveals in this astonishing book, patient detective work and detailed computer analysis of clues hidden within this famous monument can be made to yield remarkable new insights into how the earthwork and stone circle were conceived and laid out. The story begins with a reappraisal of over 250 years of fieldwork, excavation, and speculation, including John Wood's highly accurate but often overlooked survey of 1740. It is the most important record of Stonehenge ever made, and the only reliable plan of the monument before the fall of several major stones and their subsequent re-erection in the twentieth century. The prehistoric engineering skills involved in the construction of Stonehenge have long been recognized, but Johnson presents for the first time tangible evidence to show that locked within the symmetry of the stones are precise formulae that determined their numbers, spacing, and relationships. He explains how the Neolithic surveyors set out the fifty-six Aubrey Holes, four Station Stones, and the thirty stones in the Sarsen Circle; and the significance of the horseshoe arrangement of massive trilithons at the heart of the monument. The implications are far reaching, demonstrating that the people who designed Stonehenge in all its phases of construction, spanning over 1,000 years, employed simple and elegant geometric rules. Elaborate sightline theories, alignments, and astronomical computations are questioned, allowing the rationale behind Stonehenge and other prehistoric sites, some of which conformed to the same model, to be reassessed. 135 illustrations, 35 in color.

Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology);

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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Travel behavior. by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.),sponsor.(CARDINAL)335317; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board,issuing body.(CARDINAL)141287; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.Planning and Environment Group, Travel Analysis Methods Section,compiler.; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.Standing Committee on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices,originatoranizer.;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Travel time (Traffic engineering); Transportation; Transportation; Trip generation; Automobile travel; Choice of transportation; Route choice;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The search for steam; a cavalcade of smoky action in steam by the greatest railroad photographers / by Collias, Joe G.(CARDINAL)154459;

The innocent years -- The diesel fad -- Hidden beauty -- Engine photographs -- Main trains and troop sleepers -- Smoky citadels -- Curtis Hill, courtesy Preston George -- Rarely seen eastern scenes -- Because they were there : mountain climbers in steam and soul -- Zip, zip, went the C. & E.I. Zipper -- The Old Reliable and friends -- Canada's own, a perfectionist with the Flying Wedge -- Gems of the Southwest -- What's new on the Southern Pacific? -- Over and under at Hannibal, Missouri -- Southern hospitality, or "keep off the right of way" -- Summer idyll at Mendota, Illinois -- Little friends in the backwoods -- East of West-by-"gawd" Virginia -- Everyone had a favorite -- Order on the fly -- A railroad fair, would you believe it? -- Dawn to dusk at Attica Junction -- Reprieve in Mexico -- With no apologies -- The last chance.

Subjects: Locomotives;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The Complete book of classic Ford Tractors: every model 1917-1996 / by Pripps, Robert N.,1932-(CARDINAL)202328; Morland, Andrew.(CARDINAL)199788;

Origins and the early years --Henry Ford & Son --Enter Harry Ferguson --From a clean sheet of paper to the 9N --The wartime years --Postwar changes --Multiple models --Exponential expansion --the world tractor concept.Here's your beautifully photographed one-stop source for everything you ever wanted to know about the immensely popular classic Ford tractors. First manufactured in 1917, Ford tractors (initially sold under the Fordson name, a contraction of Henry Ford & Son) were, thanks to mass production, the first affordable and reliable machines that allowed small farmers to replace draft animals. Though manufacture was exclusive to Great Britain by the 1930s, Ford tractors returned stateside with a roar in 1939 with the 9N, which incorporated the hitch system of Irish engineer and inventor Harry Ferguson. In this comprehensive addition to Motorbooks' Complete Book Series, tractor historian Robert Pripps provides a detailed and complete account of Ford tractors, from the earliest Fordsons to the Ford-Fergusons, the Ford N Series, and the Ford World tractors manufactured into the 1970s. [WorldCat]

Subjects: Illustrated works.; Ford tractors; Ford tractors; Ford tractors.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Warplane : how the military reformers birthed the A-10 Warthog / by Sundt, Hal,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Author's note -- West of the smoke -- The redeemer -- The whiz kid -- The system -- Simplicate, and add more lightness -- The thud -- Fly before buy -- The military reformers assemble -- Owning an elephant -- Attack, revise, re-attack -- Friction -- 'High' tech -- To be seen -- The joint strike fighter -- Muck brown -- The hammer and the nail -- Survivable -- The fathers of the A-10 -- Mud -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on sources -- Bibliography -- Index."The A-10 is the Air Force's unlikely success story, an airplane designed to support the Army, and one that ground troops came to venerate. Originally conceived with the express purpose of destroying Soviet tanks, the Air Force only developed it to keep funding away from the Army's response to the mission, the AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter. Inspired by the biography of a tank-busting German pilot in World War II, the engineering and design of the A-10 fell to Pierre Sprey, a precious civilian who'd enrolled at Yale when he was just 15-years-old, and now, barely 30, was exiled to a Pentagon backwater with little, if any, supervision. The end result was one of the finest military aircraft ever built, a plane essentially constructed around a 19.5-foot, 4,000-pound cannon that fired 30mm depleted uranium bullets at a blistering rate. Looking like it was built from discarded airplane parts, it was probably the ugliest combat aircraft ever built, thus the "Warthog" appellation. But it was also an incredibly reliable ground attack aircraft, beloved by ground troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. Despite repeated attempts to replace it with stealth aircraft and drones, over 280 A-10s remain in service today, serviced by dedicated and imaginative engineers and maintainers, and defended by a fervent cohort of advocates descended from the Military Reform movement. This is the story of intra-service rivalries, Pentagon obsessions with speed and stealth over tactical simplicity, and an aircraft that shows no sign of obsolescence as it nears fifty years in service"--

Subjects: A-10 (Jet attack plane); Airplanes, Military;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Accelerated performance-related tests for asphalt-aggregate mixes and their use in mix design and analysis systems / by ARE Inc.(CARDINAL)320203; Oregon State University.(CARDINAL)325416; Strategic Highway Research Program (U.S.)(CARDINAL)298325; University of California, Berkeley.(CARDINAL)140799;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).Executive summary -- Introduction -- An approach to mix design and analysis -- Accelerated performance-related tests for fatigue properties of asphalt-aggregate mixes -- Accelerated performance-related tests for permanent deformation of asphalt-aggregate mixes -- Accelerated performance-related tests for low-temperature cracking properties of asphalt-aggregate mixes -- Accelerated performance-related tests for aging of asphalt-aggregate mixes -- Accelerated performance-related tests to evaluate water sensitivity of asphalt-aggregate mixes -- References.This report provides a brief summary of the processes that led to the selection of performance-related tests to define asphalt-aggregate interactions that result in fatigue, permanent deformation, thermal cracking, aging, and water sensitivity. Inherent in this test selection process was the emphasis on the ability of the tests to measure fundamental material properties that, when incorporated into prediction models, will depend less on empirical correlations than has been traditionally the case. Also included are the results of validation studies for each of the tests and frameworks for the use of the tests in mix design and analysis. Several levels of design are provided for each distress, some of which incorporate reliability concepts.Performed under contract no.

Subjects: Aggregates (Building materials); Pavements, Asphalt concrete.; Pavements, Asphalt;

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Legal research : how to find & understand the law / by O'Neill, Cara(Lawyer),author.(CARDINAL)627505; Gillespie, Jessica,author.; Nolo (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)343309;

"Take the law into your own hands... Do you have legal questions at home or work or as part of law-related coursework? Legal Research is the go-to book when you need the right answers fast. You'll learn simple research methods and standard legal writing styles that will help you quickly and efficiently: locate statutes, regulations, and case law; ensure your research is current; and organize results into a legal memorandum for school, work, or court. Completely modernized for the 20th edition, Legal Research covers both traditional research approaches and techniques for answering legal questions online. The examples and easy-to-understand instructions will help you master essential legal research tools in a snap, including: legal encyclopedias, periodicals, and treatises; annotated and unannotated codes and statutes; published state and federal court cases; case digests and Shepard's Citations; and online search engines, free legal websites, and blogs. Importantly, you'll also learn to narrow your results so you won't drown in an information flood when researching reliable, user-friendly online websites or in the local law library stacks"--

Subjects: Law for laypersons.; Legal research;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8

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Effect of prolonged heating on the asphalt-aggregate bond strength of HMA containing liquid anti-strip additives : final report / by Tayebali, Akhtarhusein A.(Akhtarhusein Asgarali)(CARDINAL)272065; Knappe, Detlef R. U.(CARDINAL)286478; Mandapaka, Venkata Lakshman.; North Carolina.Department of Transportation.Research and Analysis Group.(CARDINAL)272064; North Carolina State University.Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.(CARDINAL)307977;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83).Final report;Performed by Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, sponsored by North Carolina Department of Transportation, Research and Analysis GroupIn this study, an attempt was made to determine the effect of prolonged heating on the bond strength between aggregate and asphalt that contained anti-strip additives (LOF 6500 and Morelife 2200). On account of the substantial decrease of anti-strip additive contents for both asphalt binders and mixes when subjected to prolonged heating, whether the loss of additive content due to storage and transport at elevated temperatures affects mix performance in terms of moisture sensitivity or not, was evaluated in this study. A series of tests, namely Tensile Strength Ratio (TSR) test, Contact Angle test, Pneumatic Adhesion test and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) test were performed, and the results obtained from each of these tests were compared to come to a reliable conclusion regarding effectiveness of the various tests for assessing the effect of prolonged heating on the adhesive bond strength. Results obtained from the TSR test clearly show that as the prolonged heating duration increased, the TSR values failed the limiting value of 85% as followed by North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) specification in as little as six hours and continued to further decrease with heating duration. Tests were also conducted on asphalt cement containing LOF 6500 antistrip additive using the contact angle goniometer, PATTI device and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results obtained in this study were inconclusive for the above mentioned three devices.

Subjects: Pavements, Asphalt; Pavements, Asphalt concrete; Asphalt concrete;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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