PETS2009 and Winter-PETS 2009 results: a combined evaluation

This paper presents the results of the crowd image analysis challenge of the Winter PETS 2009 workshop. The evaluation is carried out using a selection of the metrics developed in the Video Analysis and Content Extraction (VACE) program and the CLassification of Events, Activities, and Relationships (CLEAR) consortium [13]. The evaluation highlights the detection and tracking performance of the authors’systems in areas such as precision, accuracy and robustness. The performance is also compared to the PETS 2009 submitted results

Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund: Vermont’s green economy speeds up

In Vermont, a “sustainable” job is one that not only can endure but can boost environmental protection, social justice, and economic equity. Today business competitors collaborating on sustainable goals are doing well by doing good.Job creation - Vermont

Community policing in Providence: combating crime and fear

Now in his second year, the new Chief of Police in Providence, Rhode Island, discusses his community policing philosophy and how it is helping to reduce crime in the city.Crime prevention - Rhode Island

Technology education in New Zealand

Technology is one of the seven essential learning areas included to achieve the knowledge and understanding that all New Zealanders need to acquire (Ministry of Education, 1993). Responsibility for the implementation of these curricula rests with schools which have flexibility in making implementation decisions. Within the national curriculum framework, all curriculum statements must reflect the principles of the national curriculum framework, specify clear learning outcomes against which students’ achievements can be assessed, have learning outcomes or objectives defined over eight progressive levels, and be grouped in a number of strands. The national curriculum framework’s principles relate to learning and achievement, development of school programs, and aspects of social justice and equity

Geographical issues and physics applications of "very" long neutrino factory baselines

We discuss several potential applications of ``very'' long neutrino factory baselines, as well as potential detector locations for these applications.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures; Talk given at the NuFact 05 workshop, June 21-26, Frascati, Ital

Participation in brownfields redevelopment

Brownfields are problems for many communities. But they also can be opportunities. Laura Solitare of Rutgers University describes her research on what engages people in redeveloping the brownfields located in their neighborhoods. Her research relies on four case studies in Boston and four in Houston.Brownfields - Massachusetts ; Brownfields - Texas

Needed skills versus available skills: an assessment tool is launched

Economic development often founders on a mismatch between available workforce skills and companies’ needs. A tool that analyzes critical sets of labor market data not previously considered in tandem can help local governments improve planning.Labor market ; Labor market - Massachusetts ; Occupational training ; Occupational training - Massachusetts