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Fatal Accident Claims Three Lives
BRADFORD TOWNSHIP – A two-vehicle accident claimed three lives at 9:20 p.m. Saturday in Bradford Township, Clearfield County, the Clearfield-based State Police reported.
Police stated that Clearfield County Deputy Coroner Kim Snyder pronounced the first vehicle’s operator Thomas E. Kerin, Jr., 29 of Hawk Run; his right, front seat passenger Diana M. Kerin, 26 of Hawk Run; and John R. Reish, Jr., 68 of Clarion, dead at the scene. They stated that Reish was the left, rear seat passenger in the second vehicle.
According to the police report, Kerin was traveling east on United States Route 322 about 541 feet west of Rock Lane. Police stated that Janet Harding-Ruslavage, 79 of Clarion, was traveling west on the same.
Police stated that for unknown reasons, the Kerin vehicle traveled off the south berm and struck a guiderail along the shoulder. They stated after impact, the Kerin vehicle traveled northeast across the roadway, entering into the westbound lane and directly into the path of the Ruslavage vehicle.
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Update: Bear Alive and Well
CLEARFIELD – A large bear was stranded in a tree in the East End of Clearfield Borough Thursday for roughly eight hours.
Officials received a report that a large bear was in a tree on Daisy Street near the Sons of Italy in East End around 7 a.m. At roughly 1 p.m. a ladder truck was brough in by the Clearfield Fire Department to assist game commission officials in traquilizing the bear. After it was tranquilized, it took some time for the animal to make its way down the large tree. When it did come come, it fell about 20 feet, landing with a loud thud. The bear was up and around behind a resident’s shed before the tranquilizers took effect.
Before the bear came down, Wildlife Conservation Officer Dave Carlini of Clearfield County warned those gathered that such a thing might happen.
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Two Injured, One Airlifted in Clearfield Accident
CLEARFIELD – Two people were injured in an accident on Daisy Street in Lawrence Township on Thursday.
The Lawrence Township Police Department reported that a vehicle operated by a Clearfield woman struck a vehicle operated by a Clearfield man. The woman was transported to Clearfield Hospital by Clearfield Emergency Medical Services. The man was transported by EMS to the Clearfield-Lawrence Airport where he was flown by medical helicopter to Altoona Regional.
The investigation into the accident is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 765-1647 or by contacting Clearfield County Control at 765-1533.
Clearfield: No Injuries in Train Derailment
CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield Emergency Management Agency reported an accident involving a train that occurred near Golden Rod in Clearfield.
The accident occurred Thursday evening when a train derailed. No injuries were reported and drivers were asked to find an alternate path as US Route 322 was closed.
US Route 322 has since been reopened.
No other details were provided.
Where Are All the Cool Robots?
UNIVERSITY PARK – For the better part of a century, they’ve promised us robots. From Elektro, the 7-foot metal man of the 1939 World’s Fair to Rosie the robot maid on The Jetsons to the android lieutenant commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, American pop culture has shown a future where humans do little work, leaving the heavy labor to their robot friends. Yet here we are in the year 2009 without a mechanical maid or butler in sight. It may seem petty to ask, but where are all the cool robots?
“They are all around you, if you know where to look!” says Sean Brennan, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State. When someone says “robots”, we may think of the Terminator or the Iron Giant, Brennan explains, but in their most basic form, robots are simply computer-controlled devices that respond to commands and to the world around them.
Take your car, for example, Brennan says. You might not think of it as a robot, but don’t underestimate its complexity. Modern vehicles have several hundred processors, each usually controlling some subsystem of the vehicle. Pressing the accelerator doesn’t direct more fuel to the engine; instead, it tells an engine control unit “robot” to give you more power. Performing calculations impossible for a human—accounting for engine conditions, exhaust status and incoming airflow, for example—the engine controller changes the fuel injection timing and spark timing to best meet your commands.
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