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Q: Android Ndk - Setting a name for a C++ thread I'm trying to profile my code using the Android Profiler.
The problem is naming my C++ threads, I've tried using:

pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "MyThread");

But it doesn't show the specified name. How can I name my C++ thread on Android?

A: *

*Obtain a reference to your JavaVM:

JavaVM* jvm;
env->GetJavaVM(&jvm);

*Set the name while attaching your thread to the JVM:

std::thread myThread([jvm](){
  JNIEnv* myNewEnv;
  JavaVMAttachArgs args;
  args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
  args.name = "Fancy Thread";
  args.group = NULL;
  jvm->AttachCurrentThread((JNIEnv**)&myNewEnv, &args);

  while(1){
   // ....
  }

});

*You will now see the right thread name in Android Studio debugger.


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Now Streaming: Master of None, Midnight in Paris, Air Force One, And More
by RT Staff | November 10, 2015 | Comments
This week on streaming video, we've got a nice combination of classics and recent hits, ranging from the latest winner from Netflix and a Certified Fresh doc about the stereotypical "gay voice" to one of Woody Allen's recent hits, an action film starring Harrison Ford, and an Oscar-winning drama about divorce, among other things. Read on for details.
New on Netflix:
Master of None: Season 1 (2015) 100%
In Netflix's latest Certified Fresh original offering, Aziz Ansari (who also writes and directs) stars as a 30-year-old actor navigating life and love in New York City.
Available now on: Netflix
Seymour: An Introduction (2014) 100%
Ethan Hawke directed this a documentary profile of concert pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein.
Amour fou (2014) 88%
This Certified fresh period drama tells the story of writer Heinrich von Kleist and his attempt to get a society woman to join him in a suicide pact.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) 89%
Roy Andersson's absurdist, borderline unclassifiable black comedy features several loosely-connected scenes about death — and they're apt to transfix anyone in the market for something a little (ok, a lot) different.
Do I Sound Gay? (2014) 82%
In this documentary, director David Thorpe explores the nature of the stereotypical "gay voice."
She's Lost Control (2014) 72%
This drama tells the tale of a sex surrogate whose life is thrown into disarray when she gets too close to one of her clients.
New on Amazon Prime
Midnight in Paris (2011) 93%
In Woody Allen's wistful comedy, Owen Wilson stars as an aspiring novelist who, on a trip to Paris with his fiancée, is transported back an idealized 1920s Paris.
Available now on: Amazon Prime
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 89%
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep star in this Best Picture winner about a divorce and its after-effects.
Air Force One (1997) 78%
Wolfgang Petersen's airborne thriller stars Harrison Ford as the commander in chief and Gary Oldman as the terrorist who hijacks his plane.
Philadelphia (1993) 81%
Tom Hanks delivers an Oscar-winning performance alongside Denzel Washington in Jonathan Demme's timely drama about an attorney with AIDS who takes his own firm to court for wrongful termination after he suspects one of his colleagues discovered his condition and prompted his firing.
A League of Their Own (1992) 81%
Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Rosie O'Donnell, Madonna, and Tom Hanks star in this fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
New on Fandor
Innocence Unprotected (1968) 100%
Based on an unreleased Serbian film that was written by, directed by, and starred Yugoslavian gymnast Dragoljub Aleksic, this documentary presents the work alongside newsreel footage of Aleksic himself, as well as interviews with him and other cast members.
Available now on: Fandor
I'm Going Home (2001) 96%
In this drama from Portugese director Manoel de Oliveira, an aging stage actor becomes guardian of his grandson when he tragically loses his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law in a car accident.
Araya (1959) 88%
This recently rediscovered 1959 drama takes a naturalistic approach to its story of menial laborers in Venezuela.
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) 99%
In this widely acclaimed stop-motion animated comedy, Shaun the Sheep encourages the rest of his flock to take a day off, which eventually leads to the disappearance of their owner into the big city. The sheep attempt to recover the farmer, and hilarity ensues.
Available now on: Amazon, iTunes, Vudu
Golden Globes Best Picture Winners by Tomatometer
All Denzel Washington Movies Ranked
The Best TV Seasons Certified Fresh at 100%
More Now Streaming
Movies Leaving Netflix at the End of August 2021
New on Amazon Prime Video in September 2020
New on Disney+ in September 2020

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Brushing your teeth seems easy enough. But some toothbrushes are better than others and there is a right and wrong way to brush your teeth.
Tooth Veneers: Are They For You?
Brushing your teeth regularly is key to maintaining healthy teeth and gums and preventing periodontal (gum) diseases, but it's also important to make sure you choose the right toothbrush for your teeth and use proper brushing techniques. Done correctly, brushing your teeth at least twice a day — in the morning and in the evening before going to bed, for at least three minutes — can help ensure long-term dental health.
Although some ancient civilizations used frayed twigs to clean their teeth, these days toothbrushes come in a variety of manual and powered forms. And the first step to taking good care of your mouth is to choose a toothbrush that's right for you.
Fits your mouth size. If you have a small mouth, choose a small toothbrush and if you have a large mouth, pick a large toothbrush, says Price.
Once you've found an appropriate toothbrush for you, you need to brush your teeth the correct way in order to maintain good oral health and keep periodontal disease at bay.
Brush your teeth at least twice a day. Some experts recommend brushing after every meal, if possible.
Take time — at least three minutes — to thoroughly brush and floss your teeth.
When you brush along your gumline, angle your toothbrush slightly toward your gums.
Don't brush too roughly — use a gentle motion so you don't damage your gums.
Brush with a fluoride toothpaste to fight off tooth decay.
Focus on cleaning every tooth surface with your toothbrush.
Brush your tongue to scrape off bacteria that can cause bad breath.
Brush your teeth with a clean toothbrush and rinse the brush thoroughly after each use. You can also use a small amount of hand soap on the bristles for more rigorous cleaning.
Replace your toothbrush — or toothbrush head if you use an electric brush — every three to four months.
If you need additional help figuring out how best to brush your teeth, says Price, "Have your dentist/hygienist show you the proper method." And if you are having dental problems or concerns about your oral health, see your dentist.
A toothbrush alone can't do everything to maintain your oral health and your teeth, Price cautions. That's because a toothbrush can't get between your teeth. Only dental floss can do that, so remember to floss each day, too, and see your dentist for regular checkups.


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Rachid Akbal (né en 1959) est comédien, conteur, auteur et metteur en scène franco-algérien. Il s'inscrit alors dans le mouvement des raconteurs contemporains et développe un théâtre hybride où la narration tient une place centrale.

Biographie
Comédien, il intègre plusieurs collectifs et jeunes compagnies. Parallèlement, il enseigne, au Studio 34 d'abord, puis à l'école Claude Mathieu dont il est l'élève.

Il  des compagnies de rue Oposito (Les Trottoirs de Jo'burg, création collective en tournée nationale et internationale) et Annibal et ses Éléphants (Attention au chien au festivals d'Aurillac, Chalon dans la Rue…).

Il s'initie également à l'univers du cirque avec l'Académie Fratellini pour des happenings cirque/théâtre, à celui du cinéma avec Jean-Patrick Lebel.

Il fonde la compagnie Le Temps de Vivre en 1992.

En tant que comédien, il travaille sous la direction de Jean-Luc Boutté à la Comédie-Française, Robert Fortune, Eric Auvray et plus récemment Julien Bouffier (Costa le rouge de Sylvain Levey, 2011).

Théâtre
 1991 : Volpone de Jules Romains
 1992 : Que passe la nuit de Robert Poudérou
 1993 : Escurial
 1994 : Un jubilé et Les Méfaits du tabac d'Anton Tchekhov
 1996 : Les Amours de Marie de Pierre de Ronsard
 1997 : Paroles d'hier à aujourd'hui de Nassreddine Hodja
 1998 : La Dernière Nuit de Rachid Akbal
 1999 : Les Aventures de Sindbad le marin et L'Épopée des trois fils de l'Amelohal Mustapha
 2000 : Les Voiles de l'amour d'Ali Al-Bagdâdi
 2001 : Les Contes de la savane
 2003 : Ma mère l'Algérie de Rachid Akbal
 2001 : Sur les traces de Corto Maltese de Rachid Akbal
 2005 : L'Enfant dont la bouche est musique de Rachid Akbal (Chantier théâtral)
 2007 : Baba la France de Caroline Girard et Rachid Akbal
 2010 : Alger Terminal 2 de Rachid Akbal
 2012 : Samedi, la révolution d'Arezki Mellal
 2013 : Le Long Voyage d'Ulysse de Rachid Akbal - avec le regard complice d'Isabelle Starkier
 2015 : Mon vieux et moi de Pierre Gagnon - mise en scène Rachid Akbal et Julien Bouffier

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Notes et références

Acteur algérien de théâtre
Acteur français de théâtre
Conteur algérien
Conteur français
Naissance en 1959

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September 15, 2017 Climate change, Global warming.
The University of Houston Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, led by the football team and head coach Major Applewhite, held a Hurricane Harvey collection day.
Good-hearted Americans quickly dug into their pockets and donated as much as they could. The options for donors have been plenty: from long-standing non-profits known for their relief work like the American Red Cross to new fund-raisers that popped up instantly and organically, like Houston Texans star J.J. Watt's online efforts to raise money for the victims. The message to all donors is the same: No matter how small or large your donation, demand accountability from the organizations entrusted with your money to help those in need.
Accountability leads to trust. And trust encourages Americans' willingness to give, especially after horrific disasters like the devastation experienced in Houston.
Hurricane Harvey killed 82 people and is estimated to have caused up to $160 billion in damage, impacting more than 100,000 homes and making it one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. President Trump has approved $15 billion in disaster aid for victims.
The will to help was so overwhelming that non-profit organizations working closely with Houston disaster relief efforts stopped accepting non-monetary donations for a host of reasons, including that they lacked space to store donated items and they couldn't distribute food with short shelf lives fast enough.
Texans and anyone else wanting to help were asked to donate money to their favorite organizations with troops on the ground along the Texas Gulf Coast.
More than 50 local and national charities have raised over $350 million in the nearly three weeks since Hurricane Harvey struck, the Associated Press reported.
Non-profit organizations consider monetary donations practical. To start, money under the watchful eye of trustworthy organizations can be easily tracked, lending a degree of transparency. Non-profits are required to keep a record of how each dollar is spent.
Through monetary donations, organizations also can better determine how much they can spend to meet the immediate needs of victims and how much to put in reserve to help later with needs that emerge as victims begin to put their lives back together, Monica Maldonado Williams, the founder and editor of GivingCity Austin, told me recently. Long-standing organizations like the Red Cross, Maldonado Williams said, have the resources — though limited — and the experience to get the job done.
In recent years, however, news reports have led to a distrust of some large charities like the American Red Cross. The reports have cited the Red Cross' slow and lacking response in its relief efforts, including 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy and the Haiti earthquake. As a result, wanting to make sure that their money is well spent, many donors choose to give to smaller, local organizations.
Consider Watt's online fundraiser: More than 200,000 people answered Watt's social media call to raise money for Harvey victims. Watt initially set a goal of raising $200,000, but increased that amount incrementally as more and more people gave to the crowdfunding account he created on YouCaring.com.
Just hours before the site's 5 p.m. deadline on Friday, donors had given nearly $35 million. Major corporations, athletes and celebrities made sizable donations. They included H-E-B ($5 million), the Houston Texans ($1 million), Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon ($1 million) and Rapper/songwriter Drake ($200,000), to name a few.
But it was the smaller donations — most under $100 — by thousands of people that drove the fundraiser's success, Watt said.
Still, most of the money raised for Harvey relief has gone to the Red Cross, which has collected at least $211 million, according to the Associated Press. A Texas Department of Public Safety report showed that the Red Cross has already disbursed $46.4 million to 116,000 people, the Washington Post reported.
People want to feel that what they give will help those they see hurting, Maldonado Williams said. Even if the efforts are being led by a charismatic, well-respected celebrity, Texans need to ask the same questions they'd ask of larger charities, she said.
It is important for Texans and beyond to do their homework before they blindly donate. After all, disasters don't just bring out the best in us, they also bring out the worst in those who exploit the misfortunes of others. For that reason, we should demand accountability from all organizations claiming to help victims.
How will the money be distributed? Does the organization have the infrastructure needed to get as many volunteers out to as many victims who need help? When will the money be distributed? How will the money be tracked?
These are some of the questions Maldonado Williams said should be asked of any charity organization.
As of Friday, Watt had yet to disclose a long-term plan for the nearly $35 million he helped raise.
Houston Texans communications director Amy Palcic told the Houston Press that a thorough plan with information on how people can apply for funds and how the money will be used, will be released soon. No date was specified.
What Watt has accomplished is truly remarkable. The sheer number of people who responded to his call to action is testament of the love people have for him.
How the work of the Red Cross, Watt and other organizations will ultimately help Harvey's victims is a story still in progress. Americans will be watching and demanding accountability.


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Die Großgemeinde Changxindian  () liegt im Westen des Pekinger Stadtbezirks Fengtai, am Westufer des Yongding He. Die Großgemeinde besitzt eine Fläche von 62,35 km² und hatte Ende 2018 eine Bevölkerung von 38.493 Menschen.

Geschichte
Wenn Händler aus der Nordchinesischen Ebene und den östlichen Ausläufern des Taihangshan nach Peking wollten, mussten sie den Yongding He überqueren. Der Fluss änderte häufig seinen Lauf, es gab ein Netzwerk von kleinen Rinnsalen, aber beim heutigen Changxindian gab es eine halbwegs zuverlässige, in der winterlichen Trockenzeit auch mit Wagen zu überquerende Furt. Daher siedelten sich dort entlang der Hauptstraße bereits in der Nördlichen Song-Dynastie (960–1126) Ladenbesitzer und Gastwirte an, die vom Verkehr profitierten. Auch militärisch hatte die Furt eine große Bedeutung – hier ritten die Generäle der Familie Yang nach Zhuozhou, um das Reich gegen die Kitan zu verteidigen.

Als 1192 nach dreijähriger Bauzeit die 235 m lange Lugou-Brücke, im Ausland später bekannt als "Marco-Polo-Brücke", für den Verkehr freigegeben wurde, gestaltete sich der Zugang nach Peking, damals die Mittlere Hauptstadt der Jin-Dynastie, wesentlich einfacher. Bis in die nachfolgende Yuan-Dynastie hieß das heutige Changxindian jedoch noch Zepandian (泽畔店), "Ladenstraße am Rand des Sumpfs", es gehörte zum von den Mongolen geschaffenen Kreis Wanping. Hier war in der Yuan-Dynastie, die das chinesische Postwesen stark ausgebaut hatte, die letzte Pferdewechselstation (驿站) vor der Hauptstadt.

In der Ming-Dynastie (1368–1644) war die Ansiedlung so stark gewachsen, dass sie in zwei Dörfer aufgeteilt wurde: Changdian (长店), also "Lange Ladenstraße", und Xindian (新店), also "Neue Ladenstraße". In der Qing-Dynastie (1644–1911) wurden die beiden Dörfer zu einer Großgemeinde mit einer Fläche von 3 km² und insgesamt 49 Straßen und Gassen zusammengelegt. Zunächst hieß die neue Großgemeinde Changxindian (长新店), was sich in der geschriebenen Form später zu dem gleich ausgesprochenen 长辛店 vereinfachte, also "Ladenstraße des langen Leidens". In der Bevölkerung hielt sich die umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung "Xindian" in der Schreibweise 新店.

Während der Kaiserzeit bis hinein in die ersten Jahre der Republik hatte Changxindian immer zur Hauptstadtpräfektur gehört. Bei einer Verwaltungsreform im Juni 1928 kam die Großgemeinde jedoch mit den Kreisen Wanping, Fangshan und Liangxiang, also dem Westen des heutigen Stadtbezirks Fengtai, zur Provinz Hebei. Am 7. Juli 1937 wurde das Landratsamt Wanping, das sich seit Dezember 1928 in der Wanping-Festung befand, beim Zwischenfall an der Marco-Polo-Brücke durch japanischen Beschuss stark beschädigt und wurde daraufhin in den Guan-Yu-Tempel (老爷庙) verlegt,
auch bekannt als "Gildehaus Shanxi" (山西会馆), der Ende der Qing-Dynastie von ursprünglich aus Shanxi stammenden, aber oft seit Generationen in Changxindian lebenden Kaufleuten errichtet worden war. Im Mai 1986 wurde der Gebäudekomplex in der Changxindian-Str. 128, der auch über eine Theaterbühne zur Aufführung von Peking-Opern etc. verfügte, vom Stadtbezirk Fengtai unter Denkmalschutz gestellt, 1999 wurde das Bühnengebäude renoviert.

Nachdem die Nordchinesische Feldarmee (华北野战军) unter dem Kommando von Nie Rongzhen im Dezember 1948 in Changxindian einmarschiert war, wurde die Stadt und ihr Umland zunächst unter Militärverwaltung gestellt (Nie Rongzhen war von September 1949 bis Februar 1951 Bürgermeister von Peking). 1952 wurde der Stadtbezirk Fengtai – damals noch mit anderen Grenzen – geschaffen, Changxindian wurde wieder eine Großgemeinde. 1953 wurde die "Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft Chinesisch-Tschechoslowakische Freundschaft" (中捷友好农业生产合作社) mit Sitz im Dorf Zhangguozhuang nördlich der Stadt gegründet. 1958 entstand daraus im Zuge der Kollektivierung der Landwirtschaft die "Volkskommune Chinesisch-Tschechoslowakische Freundschaft Changxindian" (长辛店中捷友好公社). 1983 wurde die Volkskommune im Rahmen der Reform- und Öffnungspolitik aufgelöst und die Gemeinde Changxindian (长辛店乡) gegründet, die später wieder zur Großgemeinde hochgestuft wurde. Im November 1990 wurde aus der Großgemeinde das Straßenviertel Changxindian (长辛店街道) herausgelöst.
Das Straßenviertel Changxindian ist nun für die Betreuung der 29 städtischen Einwohnergemeinschaften zuständig, die Großgemeinde für die neun Dörfer.

Administrative Gliederung

Die Großgemeinde Changxindian setzt sich aus einer  Einwohnergemeinschaft und neun Verwaltungsdörfern zusammen. Diese sind:

 Einwohnergemeinschaft Dexiu (得秀社区), Regierungssitz der Großgemeinde;
 Dorf Changxindian (长辛店村);
 Dorf Dahuichang (大灰厂村);
 Dorf Dongheyan (东河沿村);
 Dorf Lijiayu (李家峪村);
 Dorf Taiziyu (太子峪村);
 Dorf Xinzhuang (辛庄村);
 Dorf Zhangguozhuang (张郭庄村);
 Dorf Zhangjiafen (张家坟村);
 Dorf Zhaoxindian (赵辛店村).

Zhengang-Pagode

Auf der Nordseite eines Hügels auf dem Gebiet des Dorfs Zhangjiafen, an der Grenze zum heutigen Straßenviertel Yungang, befand sich während der Jin-Dynastie das Chongshou-Kloster (崇寿寺). Das Kloster existiert nicht mehr, aber die dazugehörige, 18 m hohe neunstöckige Ziegelpagode oben auf dem Hügel ist bis heute erhalten. Die achteckige Basis der Pagode hat einen Umfang von 24 m, unter dem Vordach der Kuppel befindet sich mit Ziegelsteinen imitiertes Dougong-Gebälk in der damaligen, einfachen Form. An der Wand zwischen den Balken befinden sich Reliefs: Blumen, Tiermasken, Soldaten, Beamte und ein Garuda. Auf der Kuppel der Pagode befinden sich in sieben Etagen Buddha-Nischen, mit 18 Nischen pro Etage, in denen Buddha-Figuren mit verschiedenen Mudras sitzen.

Über die Erbauung der Pagode gibt es keine zeitgenössischen Aufzeichnungen. Die früheste Erwähnung findet sich auf einer Bautafel aus dem Jahr 1561 der Ming-Dynastie, wo über eine Renovierung der Zhengang-Pagode (镇岗塔) berichtet wird. Der Name bedeutet "Pagode zur Bewachung des Hügels" und leitet sich von dem Volksglauben ab, dass unter dem Hügel ein bösartiger Drache lebt, der durch die Pagode niedergehalten werden muss. Von dem Hügel aus hat man nach Osten freie Sicht auf Changxindian, den Yongding He und die 10 km entfernte, etwa zur selben Zeit erbaute Marco-Polo-Brücke. Im Jahr 1626, knapp zwanzig Jahre vor dem Ende der Ming-Dynastie, wurde eine große eiserne Glocke gegossen und vor der Pagode auf einem Holzgestell aufgehängt. Diese Glocke ist heute im Tempel der Großen Glocke (seit 1985 ein Museum) im Stadtbezirk Haidian ausgestellt.

Während der japanischen Besetzung Pekings (1937–1945) wurde die Pagode von Artilleriesoldaten wiederholt für Zielübungen verwendet, wobei das Vordach und eine Ecke der Basis beschädigt wurden. Auf der Ming-zeitlichen Bautafel ist eine Sarira-Reliquie erwähnt, die in der Pagode angeblich eingemauert ist. Mit einer unter der Pagode eingegrabenen Sprengladung versuchten japanische Soldaten an den vermuteten Schatz zu gelangen. Dabei sprengten sie ein 1 m tiefes Loch in die Basis, fanden jedoch keine Hohlräume – die Pagode ist in massiver Ziegelbauweise ausgeführt.

Die Zhengang-Pagode an der nach ihr benannten Zhengangta-Straße gehörte zur ersten Gruppe der historischen Stätten und Kulturgüter, die von der Stadt Peking am 28. Oktober 1957 unter Denkmalschutz gestellt wurden. 1958 fand eine erste größere Renovierung statt, bei der die beschädigte Basis der Pagode mittels stilgerecht eingemauerter Ziegelsteine wiederhergestellt wurde. 1982 wurde die Plattform befestigt, auf der die Pagode steht, und ein Blitzableiter angebracht.
Seit dem 5. März 2013 steht die Pagode auch auf der nationalen Liste der Denkmäler der Volksrepublik China.

Verkehrsanbindung

Der 1899 eingeweihte Bahnhof Changxindian (长辛店站) im Jiaotang-Hutong liegt an der Peking-Kanton-Eisenbahn, dem Vorläufer der Schnellfahrstrecke Peking–Guangzhou. Ab dem 2. Februar 1923 fand dort ein großer, von der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas organisierter Eisenbahnerstreik statt, der von der Militärpolizei am 7. Februar 1923 gewaltsam niedergeschlagen wurde. Heute halten dort jedoch keine Personenzüge mehr.
Vom Bahnhof Changxindian führt die Bahnlinie 101 über Shijingshan-Süd (石景山南站) zum Militärflughafen Peking-Xijiao (北京西郊机场) im Stadtbezirk Haidian, von wo die Regierungsflugzeuge für Inlandsflüge abheben. Außerdem führt von Changxindian ein Industriegleis über Dahuichang (大灰厂站) zur Haiying Akademie für Elektrotechnik im Straßenviertel Yungang, auch bekannt als "Dritte Akademie", eine Tochterfirma der China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, die sich mit der Herstellung von Seezielflugkörpern befasst. Am 24. Dezember 1957 wurden über dieses Gleis zwei sowjetische Kurzstreckenraketen vom Typ R-2 an das damals dort stationierte, zwei Wochen vorher gegründete Artillerie-Ausbildungskorps der Volksbefreiungsarmee geliefert, auch bekannt als "Artillerie-Ausbildungskorps Changxindian", die Keimzelle der heutigen Raketenstreitkräfte.

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Ort in Peking


How did your Project #9 go?
So, I told you I was planning to clean the girls' room. And I totally was.
Until I walked into my closet.
Remember how I told you that I really need a Put-Er-Away-Er? Yes, here's definite proof that I wasn't joking, was I?!
After lots of reorganizing, going through stuff and finding things to get rid of and moving other things to where they are actually supposed to reside — like in the basement and elsewhere in the house! — my closet is actually fairly presentable again.
I didn't tackle the closet today instead I did bedroom windows and under the bed! But take heart my bedroom closet looks a lot like your before picture. It's a big closet so for some reason it becomes storage for all sorts of things that really should have other homes.
Am I missing the link up? I don't see one for this post. Love this challenge!
Can I just giggle for a moment about how few clothes you have hung up in your closet? I don't know why, it's just so funny!!
I am a little behind. Once I catch up I will post pictures etc. Today was the first day I could move. For some reason I have had horrible back pain. I couldn't move let alone CLEAN. My house is kinda a mess when mom gets sick. LOL!
Don't you love it! My house could be spotless, but if I am sick for one day it looks like the aftermath of a tornado. Well, at least you can tell that I do something around the house.
I have a "put-er-away" – she is 12. I pay $1 for her to put all the kids clothes away. Love it!
Now why didn't I think of that!?!
I only wish my "before" picture looked like yours! You would faint if you saw the state of my bedroom "before"!
I surface cleaned the master bedroom today. My husband and I have been doing well at keeping it tidy since I cleaned it last week, so today was a fairly easy day. A put-er-away-er would be fantastic – sign me up for one!
Thanks for helping me stay accountable!
My husband puts away the laundry 😀 Since we are empty nesters with a house full of guest rooms and our bedroom which was clean already I did not have bedroom cleaning to do today. I did clean the half bath, the kitchen sink and counters and my van. I also dusted the lampshades and raked the front yard.
Ok, your "before" pictures always look like my successful "after". Your bar is set WAY high. 🙂 I wish my house looked like yours…before OR after.
Today I dusted the living room (that I didn't get to earlier in the week), the master bedroom and the two kiddie rooms. And I realized that I desperately need to dust/vacuum the blinds, something that always gets ignored/overlooked because it is such a chore and we have soooo many windows.
We had a blizzard today so I tidied the entire house, folded and put laundry away, did a little extra in the kitchen and vacuumed the entire upstairs. I'm going to go back into the kitchen to touch up a little bit and I think that's it for us today. The house looks really good!
I have some magazines to donate tomorrow, some drywall tape we won't need that I can return for refund, and a few things for the yard sale box.
Sadly, it's the second day I didn't do the challenge. I've been being more intentional with my 2 year old and we have had two busy days with playdates. But it's been great and I know everything is a balance. And I love that they are easy enough I can fit them in later if I want.
But I will say my house is feeling better and more kept up.
Enjoy the playdates! One day you won't have them and then be cleaning!!
I swept and vacuumed the whole house, since I didn't do it on Monday. Put everything away in all rooms. Did 2 loads of laundry, folded and put away 6 (Sunday – Tuesdays wash). Unloaded the dishwasher. Read books to kids, did workbooks/homework, played outside. It was a good day!
I cleaned my bedroom and the kid's bedrooms today. They were still fairly clean so I just needed to dust and do a little picking up.
I have a load of laundry folded right now and on top of the washer. I really need to get it put away. I wish I had a putter-way-et.
Today, I didn't get to clean much since I was in serious need of groceries, I had to go take care of that before this winter storm hit us. Yes, winter storm in spring….crazy weather.
I don't do this often, but today i did clean my kitchen trash can, it looks clean & sparkly. I also dealt with hotspots where I saw signs of clutter developing. It sneaks up quickly.
I totally needed this today, Crystal. With a newborn and already not feeling confident in the organization of my teeny apartment, I've been stressed lately. I've been thinking about all the bloggers I read and how they have it all together. This woke me back up to reality that everyone is human and just keep loving my husband and my baby girl. It doesn't matter if my house is pristine!
Wow, if you think that's messy, I really feel bad about my closet. And bedroom floor. And basement! I'm working on decluttering, and it's happening a little bit at a time. I'm selling a lot of things on ebay, which is helping both our extremely low cash flow AND the clutter situation, but it's a work in progress, so it definitely doesn't look "there" yet. Or even close.
I feel so behind in this challenge. It took me a whole week to surface clean the kitchen and living room, and then I was nearly caught up with the whole challenge. I was just heading upstairs to clean the bedroom on Tuesday when my contractions got too strong to work through. Less than four hours later, we have a brand-new daughter! So that may be it for me for this challenge. I'll blog about/link up what I've done so far when I get a chance – we're only just all home from the hospital.
Great job on your closet! That's a good idea to stick a dress in the closet for more storage.


Congratulations to Ben and Ashley Roberts on the birth of their daughter, Ashlyn "Sawyer," born Monday, Aug. 27 at University Hospital in Augusta.
Grandparents are Barney and Cam Boatwright of Augusta, Woody Roberts of McDonough and Cynthia Roberts of Macon.
Sawyer was welcomed home by her 8-yearold sister, Mackenzie.
Ashley is executive director for the Burke County Chamber of Commerce.
Ben is former reporter and columnist for The True Citizen.
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Athena Computer & Electronic Systems was an American computer company active from 1982 to 1987 and based in San Juan Capistrano, California. It released an early laptop, the Athena 1, in 1983. The laptop was one of the first to make use of solid-state technology as its primary storage medium.

History
David Mitchell of San Juan Capistrano, California, founded Athena Computer & Electronic Systems in June 1982. Mitchell set out the company to design a high-end portable computer "for the discriminating [user]", delivering a prototype of his computer to the press just eight months after incorporating his company, in February 1983. Named the Athena 1 (or Athena I), the laptop was one of the first to incorporate solid-state storage as its primary means of operation and data storage, with an internal RAM drive of between 128 KB and 1 MB, depending on the configuration ordered, made up of 16 KB dynamic RAM chips. The Athena 1 features dual NCS-800 microprocessors; the NCS-800 was a second-source CMOS variant of the Zilog Z80 processor manufactured by National Semiconductor designed for minimal power draw. As these chips were somewhat more expensive, Athena resorted to using RAM chips fabricated using the more power-hungry NMOS process. One of the NCS-800s handles input/output, while the other serves as the laptop's central processing unit. Besides the RAM drive, the Athena 1 also contains 512 KB of RAM, originally 64 KB. The unit contains spare room internally for expansion circuit boards that would have connected to the existing motherboard via an expansion bus socket. Mitchell had eyed a 16-bit processor upgrade as one such circuit board in the early days of the laptop's development.

Mitchell designed the Athena 1 with no internal floppy drive, as was common for portables at the time, to keep the laptop relatively lightweight at . His company offered an external 5.25-inch floppy drive as an optional peripheral. Some of the laptop's weight comes from the internal lead–acid battery, which has a maximum rated capacity of two hours. The laptop measures  and sports an off-white plastic outer shell. Mitchell commissioned the Key Tronic corporation of Spokane, Washington, to design and manufacture the laptop's grey and black keyboard. He meanwhile purchased the laptop's display panels from Epson, LCDs capable of displaying 80 columns and 4 fours. Athena was beaten to market by NEC Home Electronics' NEC PC-8201 which featured an 8-line LCD panel. Mitchell expressed wanting to upgrade the Athena 1's LCD panel to that of the PC-8201 before it released to market. The Athena 1 was ultimately released with the 4-line display in 1983, although Mitchell hinted at a retrofit upgrade kit featuring a 16-line LCD for release in November 1983. This never came to pass, however, and instead Mitchell promised an upgraded version of the Athena 1 with an 16-line display, as well as the kit, for 1984.

The CP/M 2.2 operating system, a JRT Pascal interpreter, Chang Labs' Profit Plan spreadsheet application, and the MiniVEDIT text editor are all included on the laptop's internal 12 KB ROM chip. Mitchell eschewed from shipping the Athena 1 with the BASIC programming language, instead opting for JRT Pascal, as he felt the latter was so ubiquitous that most purchasers of his laptop would already have it. The Athena 1's BIOS supports connecting up to 15 other machines together using the laptop's built-in dual-RS-232 serial ports; the laptops also house one parallel printer port.

In the first quarter of 1984, Athena released an upgrade kit for the laptop which housed a Harris 80C86, the CMOS version of Intel's 8086 microprocessor. This kit gave the laptop the ability to run application software programmed for MS-DOS. As well, the kit came packaged with a copy of MS-DOS itself. The kit in practice made the computer a tri-processor machine based on two platforms, CP/M and MS-DOS. According to computer journalist Michael Nadeau, this kit was the first use of a CMOS version of the 8086 in a laptop.

Athena Computer & Electronic Systems dissolved in 1987, having only released the Athena 1.

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Mr. O. Walker Taylor, of Boston, Mass., for petitioner.
Mr. Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
William E. Walker of Taunton, Mass., died testate November 9, 1918. Petitioner, as executor of the [285 U.S. 165, 166] estate, paid the taxes imposed by the state in respect to the property which passed from the decedent. He also paid to respondent the federal estate taxes prescribed by the Revenue Act 1916, 39 Stat. 756, 778, which the Commissiner reckoned without deducting from the gross estate the taxes exacted by the state. The Circuit Court of Appeals denied his right to recover the alleged overpayment-the difference between the sum demanded and what would have been due if the claimed deduction had been allowed. 50 F.(2d) 787. The District Court had held otherwise. 42 F.(2d) 918.
Here the insistence is that to ascertain the net estate under section 203, Revenue Act September 8, 1916, it was necessary to deduct from the gross estate the tax paid to Massachusetts as required by chapter 65 of her General Laws. Also, that in the circumstances the Circuit Court of Appeals should not have decided this question of law.
The Revenue Act of 1916 (amended as to rates March 3, 1917, 39 Stat. 1000, 1002, and October 3, 1917, 40 Stat. 300, 324) imposed a graduated tax upon the transfer of the net estate, ascertained as directed by section 203, of every person dying thereafter.
'Section 6. Administrators, executors and trustees, grantees or donees under conveyances or gifts made during the life of the grantor or donor, and persons to whom beneficial interests shall accrue by survivorship, shall be liable for the taxes imposed by this chapter, with interest, until the same have been paid.
Manifestly, the state taxes paid by the executor were not permissible deductions, unless they were such 'charges against the estate, as are allowed by the laws of the juris [285 U.S. 165, 169] diction, ... under which the estate is being administered.' Charges against an estate are only such as affect it as a whole. They do not include taxes on the rights of individual beneficiaries. New York Trust Co. v. Eisner, 256 U.S. 345, 350 , 41 S. Ct. 506, 16 A. L. R. 660.
The Massachusetts statute by plain words places the real burden of the tax upon the legatee or other person who receives a decedent's property. Payments required of an executor are only preliminary; ultimately they must be met by the beneficiaries.
Decisions of the Massachusetts Supreme Court show with adequate certainty that the right of succession is the real object of the charge laid because of property which passes by will or under the laws relative to intestacy. The thing burdened is the right to receive. Attorney General v. Stone, 209 Mass. 186, 190, 95 N. E. 395; Magee v. Commissioner, 256 Mass. 512, 153 N. E. 1; Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Commissioner, 267 Mass. 240, 166 N. E. 729; Coolidge v. Commissioner, 268 Mass. 443, 447, 167 N. E. 757. See Saltonstall v. Saltonstall, 276 U.S. 260 , 48 S. Ct. 225.
It is unnecessary for us to consider whether the petitioner filed a proper claim for refund within the period prescribed by the statute.


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PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 1385
Optics, Illumination, and Image Sensing for Machine Vision V
Editor(s): Donald J. Svetkoff; Kevin G. Harding; Gordon T. Uber; Norman Wittels
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Volume Number: 1385
Date Published: 1 March 1991
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Flexible object-centered illuminator
Author(s): Gordon T. Uber
Prototyping of frontend lighting speeds its optimization in machine vision system development. An illuminator is presented for evaluating lighting which permits quick and precise control of light source azimuth and elevation and optionally size and polarization. Object orientation is independently controllable. The illuminator permits interactive evaluation of lighting effects upon the image. Examples illustrate the illumination of threedimensional objects and the effects of source size.
Positioning method using polarization-detecting optical sensor for precision robot systems
Author(s): Masao Sakai; Akira Nagayama; Kunihiko Sasakura
A new positioning method using an optical pick-up sensor is demonstrated for an automated subscriber wire distributing frame at the front-end of a telephone switching station called Automated Main Distributing Frame. The wiring operation has been replaced by automated pin insertion into a matrix board which has recently been developed from printed circuit board technology. This positioning method achieves two-dimensional positioning accuracy of 15 im on dynamic strokes across an area of a few meters square. Optical disk pick-up and printed circuit board technologies are employed to achieve such accuracy on a wide stroke. A sensor employing two polarized lights and three position-sensitive devices can detect three-dimensional displacement and two-dimensional inclination from the target guide pattern on the matrix board. We applied this new positioning method to an automated main distributing frame prototype system. Positioning experimerits performed using a cylindrical coordinate motion mechanism with a stroke of 1 . 8 m have obtained two-dimensional p0- sitioning accuracy within 1 5pm. The results confirm the feasibility of highly accurate positioning and insertion of a small pin into a closely spaced crosspoint hole in a matrix board. This will lead to precise and reliable positioning for an automated main distributing frame in an automated subscriber wiring operation in a telephone switching station.
Mobile system for measuring retroreflectance of traffic signs
Author(s): John J. Lumia
There is a serious need for a practical system to evaluate the nighttime visibility of existing traffic signs and provide data for making decisions on sign replacement. A mobile system has been developed which can measure the average retroreflectance of sign legend and background from a moving vehicle during daylight hours. This system uses a video camera to acquire sign images a xenon flash as a source of light a personal computer to analyze the sign images and a laser rangefinder to measure the distance to the sign.
Laser Image Detection System (LIDS): laser-based imaging
Author(s): Peter J. Hilton; Richard P. Gabric; Peter T. Waltenberg
LIDS Laser Image Detection System has been developed in New Zealand at the DSIR as a tool to investigate typical industry problems. Laser based imaging has several demonstrated advantages over conventional camera systems these include independence of ambient lighting conditions translation zoom and resolution control direct measurement of range polarisation and colour selectivity. Limitations of laser imaging such as operating range speed and safety are reviewed and solutions outlined. The integration of laser imaging with machine vision can result in a reduction in the processing required for some image processing applications and allows the vision system more control and versatility over the input image data. SPIE Vol. 1385 Optics illumination and Image Sensing for Machine Vision V (1990) / 27
Vision sensing and processing system for monitoring and control of welding and other high-luminosity processes
Author(s): John E. Agapakis; Jon O. Bolstad
Vision is one of the most powerful forms of non-contact sensory feedback for monitoring and control of manufacturing processes such as welding. Machine vision applications in welding have included the off-line determination of the locations of the workpieces to be welded (typically referred to as part-finding); the in-process correction of robot paths to compensate for fixturing inaccuracies, part tolerances, or weld distortions during welding (seam-tracking); the real-time sensing of weld joint and pool shape and geometry for welding process control; the automated inspection of the weld joint and bead surface shape [1,2]. However, welding poses particularly challenging problems to conventional optical sensing techniques. One of the major problems is the presence of the welding arc which is not limited to a single spectral region and thus cannot be easily filtered out optically. A novel vision sensing technique has been developed and is used to overcome the extreme variation in scene brightness created by the welding arc. The system incorporates intense pulsed laser illumination and synchronized shuttered image sensing to overpower the arc light and electronically produce a video image virtually free of arc glare. In this paper, we present an effort for the development of integrated monitoring and analysis techniques which combine the above mentioned laser video sensing techniques with extensive vision processing schemes and simultaneous monitoring and analysis of the arc signals and other process parameters. The comprehensive vision processing techniques are used for image enhancement, detection of important features, and calculation of relevant dimensional measurements. This information allows more effective monitoring by a human operator and better record keeping. It also provides reliable sensory feedback for realtime process control in robotic applications. This research effort is mainly sponsored by a Department of Energy (DoE) Small Business Innovation Research program for the development of novel integrated vision monitoring and analysis systems to be used in the fabrication, maintenance, and repair of nuclear reactor components. The developed techniques are also applicable to other critical robotic welding applications in the defense, aerospace, and other industries. The vision sensing techniques discussed in this paper have also been used in other applications where high luminosity of a combustion flame, an explosive event, or some form of plasma is present.
Camera calibration using distance invariance principles
Author(s): G. V. S. Raju; Prasad Rudraraju
This paper is concerned with camera calibration by observing four non-coplanar static points known in space. The solution is based on the exploitation of the principle of distance invariance in deriving the required equations to estimate the position of these four points in camera coordinate system. Then the required transformation between the base coordinate system and camera coordinate system is computed.
Semiautomatic calibration of the general camera model for stereovision
Author(s): Eric Sung; Harcharan Singh; Daniel H. Tan
This paper presents a semi—automatic method to calibrate a three—camera stereovision set-up accurately and simply. The algorithm handles both initial calibration and on—line self—calibration and assumes the availability of a reliable set of matched image points. No 3—D world coordinate control points are available to confirm the validity of the self—calibration. A new general algorithm is introduced based on the minimum distance measure which provides the necessary criterion to make self— calibration possible. Convergence is obtained for small changes in camera parameter by optimization of the minimum distances over the 22 parametric space. Ill—conditioning problem is solved by a partitioning method. Comparisons with SYD approach are made. Synthetic tests were performed and the method proposed gave satisfactory results.
Model for image sensing and digitization in machine vision
Author(s): Murali Subbarao; Arman Nikzad
A mathematical model for a typical CCD camera system used in machine vision applications is presented. This model is useful in research and development of machine vision systems and in the computer simulation of camera systems. The model has been developed with the intention of using it to investigate algorithms for recovering depth from image blur. However the model is general and can be used to address other problems in machine vision. The model is based on a precise definition of input to the camera system. This definition decouple3 the photometric properties of a scene from the geometric properties of the scene in the input to the camera system. An ordered sequence of about 20 operations are defined which transform the camera system''s input to its output i. e. digital image data. Each operation in the sequence usually defines the effect of one component of the camera system on the input. This model underscores the complexity of the actual imaging process which is routinely underestimated and oversimplified in machine vision research.
High-speed vision system based on computer graphics models
Author(s): Charles Baur; Simon Beer
The authors describe a correlation based vision system called MBVS (Model Based Vision System) using 3D-CAD surface models generated with the help of software dedicated to image synthesis. The a priori knowledge defines a synthetic representation of a scene called virtual world. Connected by an analog RS-170 link the graphic workstation is considered a camera by the vision system performing the correlation. MBVS shows that computer graphics and computer vision can greatly benefit from each other. I .
Robust image coding with a model of adaptive retinal processing
Author(s): Ramkumar Narayanswamy; Rachel Alter-Gartenberg; Friedrich O. Huck
Object structure is one of the most important features for many imaging applications. In many applications in space recording the spatial structure adequately is a challenge due to the the wide range of illumination conditions encountered. Moreover communication constraints often limit the amount of data that can be transmitted. Motivated by these concerns we have developed a coding scheme which is robust to the variations in illumination conditions preserves high structural fidelity and provides high compression ratios. The high correlation between the original and decoded images demonstrates the potential of this coding scheme for machine vision applications.
Experimental methodology for performance characterization of a line detection algorithm
Author(s): Tapas Kanungo; Mysore Y. Jaisimha; Robert M. Haralick; John Palmer
We present a general methodology for designing experiments to quantitatively characterize lowlevel computer vision algorithms. The methodology can be applied to any vision problem that can be posed as a detection task. It provides a convenient framework to measure the sensitivity of an algorithm to various factors that affect the performance. The methodology is illustrated by applying it to a line detection algorithm consisting of the second directional derivative edge detector followed by a Hough transform. In particular we measure the selectivity of the algorithm in the presence of an interfering oriented grating and additive Gaussian noise. The final result is a measure of the detectors'' performance as a function of the orientation of the interfering grating.
Excess carrier profile in a moving Gaussian spot illumination semiconductor panel and its use as a laser sensor
Author(s): Mohammad H. Rahnavard; Aref Bakhtazad
In this paper formulation and graphical representation for excess semiconductor panel due to moving laser light source as a function of city position the laser beamwidth and the panel width are studied. semiconductor panel can be used as a laser sensor and millimeter wave
Noise statistics of ratiometric signal processing systems
Author(s): Donald J. Svetkoff; Thomas G. Xydis; Donald B.T. Kilgus
Signal processing systems used for color measurement laser range finding or background subtraction often compute the value of a parameter of interest by division of signals obtained from multiple sensor channels. Although the noise statistics of a single channel may often be accurately modeled as a linear transformation of a Gaussian random process the computation of a ratio constitutes a nonlinear estimation problem which may be particularly difficult to analyze in closed form. This paper demonstrates the use of a computational based model for estimating the output distribution and statistics of a ratiometric processing system. Examples will show the error performance of the signal processor with decreasing input signal to noise ratio the overall result being a bias in the estimate in addition to the expected increase in the sample variance. Extension of the analysis approach to other nonlinear systems will also be discussed.
Using dynamic holography for iron fibers with submicron diameter and high velocity
Author(s): Gongwei Xie; Lifan Hua; Sushil Patel; Peter D. Scott; David T. Shaw
A divergentlaserbeam was used to record holograms ofmoving iron fibers with submicron diameter (0. 5microns) and high velocity (125 meters per second). Analysis basedon geometric optics is used to derive the magnification factors forrecording and reconstruction. Experimentairesults consisting ofsingle-shot holograms of fast moving fibers are presented. This technique can be used for dynamic measurement of particle size and fiber orientation distribution. 1 .
Resolution enhancement in digital in-line holography
Author(s): Lifan Hua; Gongwei Xie; David T. Shaw; Peter D. Scott
Both thereconstructed imagebandwidth which islimited by the finite sizeofthehologram and twin image artifactcaused by the lack ofphase information restrict the achievable reconstruction resolution using in-line holography. In this paper an new iterative error energy reduction algorithm is used to address these problems. This algorithm suggests the possibility of superresolution in in-line holography in which the conventional diffraction limit may be approached or even exceeded. Superresolution has been demonstrated for several other types of coherent and incoherent imaging but not yet for holography. 1 .
Morphological processing to reduce shading and illumination effects
Author(s): David P. Casasent; Roland H. Schaefer; Jahja O. Kokaj
Optical morphological correlators are considered for shading and illumination problems that arise in robotics and product inspection and for contrast problems that arise in infrared (IR) imagery for automatic target recognition (ATR).
Hybrid pattern recognition system for the robotic vision
Author(s): Yulin Li; Mingjun M. Zhao; Li Zhao
The applications and development of hybrid image processing have attracted significant attention in recent. This paper describes a multifunction optoelectronic hybrid processor that can inplemente several operations . This new system is appropriate for real-time automatic pattern recognition. An effective approach and architecture are provided for the robotic vision. In the system utilizing the joint transform techniques and the resulting Fourier transform of the object image and reference image was detected by the CCD camera and then sent it into digital image preprocessor . At the same time Fourier spectrum of the edge-enhanced images are obtained pass coherent optical image processing through a liquid crystal spatial light modulator as a real-time interface device ( a incoherent-to-coherent irrge flCC ) . Thus classification and correlation of the object pattern are carried out by using both of digital and analogy inge processing. The preliminary experimental results are given. 1 .
Reconstruction algorithm of displacement field by using holographic image
Author(s): Ke-long Chen; Zhu Xu; Zhen-chu Wen; Yu-zhuo Chen
This paper presents a formulation of the reconstruction of displacementfield by carrier holography. We develop a method for determining the displacement field inside an object while it is loaded or heated based on the principle of continuity and the theory of backprojection. In the case of non-penetrating material the projection data of derivative of the displacement components are obtained from frank projections of entire deformable body. The reconstruction algorithm adopts the convolution and FFT techniques in Radon inversion formula. A cylindrical specimen which is subjected to a concentrated compression on the top is discussed as the test object. The reconstruction result i s compared with analytical solution. 1 .
Range data analysis using cross-stripe structured-light system
Author(s): Whoi-Yul Kim
In this paper we present a triangulation based range finding system cross-stripe structured light system (CSSLS) composed of two stripe projectors and a camera generating a cross stripe. We first show a method ofreconstructing surfaces from the range data obtained by CSSLS. The technique utilizes Coon''s patch formalism that interpolates the surface solely from the boundary information of the patch. We also show how to extract homogeneous surfaces using CSSLS. Simulation and experimental results of our method are presented. 1 .
Color-encoded depth: an image enhancement tool
Author(s): Leonard H. Bieman
A commonly used approach to extract depth information is by measuring the quality of focus in the image plan. When applying this approach to obtain a full field depth map from one image only a sparse set of data can be obtained. That is depth information can not be obtained using information from just a single pixel. The information must be extracted from a group of pixels (e. g. using sharpness or size of objects in the image). This sparse data limitation can be eliminated by combining depth from focus with chromatic aberration. This concept color encoded depth will be discussed with examples of various possible configurations. Color encoded depth can be used for image enhancement for either human interpretation or computer processing. The strengths and limitations of the approach will be enumerated and potential applications presented.
Defocused white light speckle method for object contouring
Author(s): Anand Krishna Asundi
White light speckles observed when the object is coated with retroreflective paint and illuminated by an ordinary slide projector or other white light source are used for object contouring using the defocus effect. Due to a defocussed recording of the speckles on the object it is seen that the high frequency components of the speckles are eliminated due to the enlarged size of speckles. A suitable filter on the Fourier plane of a single exposed speckle pattern of a curved object can deli neate the regions above and below the cutoff frequency as dark and bright areas respectively. A digital counterpart of this effect is also demonstrated.
Single-lens moire contouring method
Author(s): Kevin G. Harding; Eric Anthony Kaltenbacher; Leonard H. Bieman
Small angle moire has been shown to be very useful in contouring objects with steep slopes and protrusions. We have considered a system which uses only one lens which serves as both the projection and viewing lens, that minimizes some of the problems associated with producing a small angle moire. The compactness of the design of a single lens system offers potentially higher stability, at the loss of standoff and field coverage from conventional designs. This paper explores the pros and cons of the single lens moire contour method, and discusses new problems of alignment and noise unique to this approach. Finally, the performance results of a test unit will be presented.
Shape from shading with circular symmetry
Author(s): Michael A. Gennert
In this paper we investigate the shape-from-shading problem when the image and reflectance function are both known to be circularly symmetric. It is shown that the only surfaces that satisfy the image irradiance equation under these conditions are themselves circularly symmetric provided that the surface shape is both continuous and finite.
Robust stereo vision
Author(s): Saravajit Sahay Sinha; Saied Moezzi; Brian G. Schunck
This paper presents an algorithm for visual surface reconstruction which makes use of a robust local reconstruction scheme to produce a dense disparity map from a multiresolution feature-based stereo matching algorithm. Robustness implies that the algorithm can reject large amounts of outliers in the disparities which are caused by mismatches in the correspondence process while simultaneously preserving discontinuities in the depth. Our robust algorithm uses a standard multiresolution stereo algorithm in conjunction with a moving least median of squares (MLMS) algorithm to fit local planar patches to the disparity functional at each level of the multiresolution pyramid. The MLMS algorithm finds the best fit by minimizing the median of the error between the fit and the data. By applying the MLMS algorithm at each stage of the pyramid we not only create a denser grid at each level but also " nip in the bud" any errors which occur at a coarse level before they are propagated to finer levels of the multiresolution process. Experimental results are presented on real and synthetic data.
Stereo matching by energy function minimization
Author(s): Michael A. Gennert; Biao Ren; Alan L. Yuille
In this paper we develop a coherent theory for stereo matching. Unlike previous theories of stereo vision which use either image brightness or features such as edges but not both we combine these primitives for stereo matching. We establish a coherent theory by defining an energy functional for the disparity field and matching elements. By minimizing the energy functional we are able to solve for the disparity field of the stereo pair.
Optical Distributed Inference Network (ODIN)
Author(s): Ashley J. Bostel; Peter William McOwan; Trevor J. Hall
We present a novel holographic system called ODIN to optically perform a fast global search of a fuzzy inference rule-base. The system is based on a neural network model. The rule search is experimentally jemonstrated using an array of computer generated holograms. Two versions of the system are described one hybrid opto-electronic the other all optical.
Optical correlator vision system for a manufacturing robot assembly cell
Author(s): Robert W. Brandstetter; Nils J. Fonneland; R. Zanella; M. Yearwood
An optical correlator system is to be interfaced with an existing robot assembly cell to provide the necessary manufacturing machine vision. In operation various parts are scanned by the vision system which provides identification and location of each pre-selected part. This information is forwarded to the robot controller which translates these data to perform mechanically articulated part retrieval placement and fastening to the assembly being manufactured. A tray of parts would be analyzed with individual parts located for use in an ongoing manufacturing process. As new parts arrive optical memories are fabricated off line and subsequently conveyed to the vision system on demand. To enhance parts identification and location under variable ambient conditions the video from the scanned scene is preprocessed to reduce the effects of lighting and contrast variations. Using laboratory and shop data a variety of actual aircraft parts have been used to fabricate matched filters for use in the vision correlator. Tests conducted with the correlator show that individual parts can be identified located and differentiated from groups of parts with similar appearance. As a next step the correlator as a vision system will be configured for interface with a representative robot cell for premanufacturing tests.
Recovery of aliased signals for high-resolution digital imaging
Author(s): Sarah John
In a digital imaging device the maximum resolution that can be achieved is limited to the Nyquist frequency of the sampling grid. We develop in this paper a method by which this constraint may be overcome by recovering aliased information which occurs due to undersampling and thereby restore frequencies beyond the sampling passband. The method relies on acquiring several images of the same scene by varying the optical transfer function of the imaging system. We then solve a set of linear equations that incorporates the degradations due to blurring aliasing and noise of the imaging system. The effectiveness of the technique is demonstrated by presenting restorations of 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional degraded signals. We also discuss the usefulness of the technique for multiresolution coding.
Spatial frequency filtering on the basis of the nonlinear optics phenomena
Author(s): Anna D. Kudryavtseva; Nicolaii V. Tcherniega; Galina L. Brekhovskikh; Albina I. Sokolovskaya
Different schemes for spatial frequency filtering are described. The possibility is shown to visualize phase objects images and to achieve increase or inversion o contrast oC the amplitude objects images.
Monocular passive range sensing using defocus information
Author(s): K. Venkatesh Prasad; Richard J. Mammone
Defocused monocular views of three-dimensional objects can be used to provide useful range information. In the sensing method presented in this paper two monocular views one highly defocused and the other well-focused are recorded and processed to yield multi-resolution estimates of range information. This method exploits all available a priori information relating to the topological and photometric properties of the object. Results of simulations using synthetic opaque objects are presented.


As you may have seen in the Press Democrat, my husband, Steve, was suspended from his freelance position as Argus Courier editorial cartoonist. The New York Times which owns the Argus decided that Steve needed to be punished for doing the illustrations for four mailers created by an independent expenditure committee opposing Pam Torliatt. And to further appease those who initiated the action, his blog was being pulled from the Petaluma360 website.
This whole situation has been a major topic of conversation in our household. I believe there are some major inconsistencies in the way this was handled and since Steve has been silenced, I am going to address them.
Let me start by saying that in the six years that Steve has drawn the editorial cartoons for the Argus, he has had a great working relationship with the publisher and editor. He is grateful for the opportunity to bring the newspaper's editorial perspective to life while injecting some humor into the subject matter.
But this wasn't enough to save him when some sore losers who are having trouble coming to grips with Rabbitt's win discovered an "ethics violation." They are furious at the Press Democrat and Argus for endorsing Rabbitt and now that Rabbitt won, they believe somebody has to pay. So in order to placate the vocal liberal faction, the New York Times threw the cartoonist under the bus.
Did Steve violate the newspaper's ethics policy? First of all, Steve is not a staffer of the Argus Courier, he is a freelancer and like all writers, artists or photographers who work on a freelance basis for the newspaper, he signed an agreement that prohibits him from accepting assignments from current or potential news sources.
What is a "current or potential news source?" That could be absolutely anything because who can predict when the most benign subject matter suddenly becomes a news source? So the agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable – unless of course, someone wants to use it to suit their own purposes as they did invoking it to have Steve suspended.
Also, I doubt that Steve is the only freelancer for the newspaper who has done political work; it's just that because he is a cartoonist, his particular style of work is more easily recognizable than that of a writer or photographer.
And why was he suspended for drawing cartoons consistent with the position of the newspaper? Steve draws the editorial cartoons based on the subject and direction that the Argus editorial staff gives him. He is not drawing cartoons that promote his own agenda. The Argus endorsed Rabbitt, yet doing work on the independent expenditure committee supporting Rabbitt gets him suspended. It would make more sense if he got suspended for working at cross purposes to the newspaper.
And let's get practical about what being a freelancer means. The amount of money Steve gets paid per cartoon divided by the number of hours that he spends drawing it, works out to less than minimum wage. So he is certainly not doing it for the money; he draws them because he enjoys the connection with the community. Yet when a job comes along that could actually help us meet our mortgage payment, he is supposed to turn it down, saying, "I can't take the job; I do the editorial cartoons." Sorry, but we're just not that righteous.
Ok, I can accept that the New York Times had to throw a bone to our liberal friends in order to appease them and Steve was the bone that got thrown. But removing his blog from Petaluma360?
That sounds like censorship to me. So much for that website being a forum for all points of view. That part really hurts.
I think you will find similar inconsistencies in their blogger "agreement" which likewise makes no sense. As to being drawn and quartered–yeah, I agree. Another expression that comes to mind is he was "thrown under the bus." The article in the PD was not really reportage but a press release. The really tough questions were not asked, answered and reported.
By the bye, I will circulate the link to this article through my e-mail lists.
First I am so sorry for what took place. sounded pretty tacky to me.
And this might be a Blessing in disguise.
Steve has the perfect chance now to take a great offer if one does come his way.
I actually saved the flyers that had the illustrations that came, I love them.
The rest went into the garbage.
I am sure these people that were blowing from their pie holes were sore losers ,more that likley Ms Woolsey was the biggest whiner.
As much as this feels bad, he is a freelance worker in California. Luckily for him, he has the talent, so he will find work.
What is disturbing is this trend twoards disposing of the "bad guy". I keep seeing this theme repeated in the news the last year.
Honestly, he must have known these illustrations were inflmmatory, so I can't image he did not consider the effect.
In the end, I think both did a little wrong: the argus for not sitting down and working things out and the side work that was pretty eye opening.
Regardless of the slant, I thought the illustrations were awesome and powerful though middle America enough to sway opinion without the words.
Not matter what the economy, talent will find clients. Too bad this was a press release and not reporting for the PD. I am surprised to see your blog still around after what you said. It IS their party.
Still, glad to hear some folks actually care about the new regime and how some of us gettng rolled over….
OMG, sorry to not spellcheck!
It was an obvious conflict. Its not as though Rabbitt and the IEC were obscure at the time and became a news source later. He accepted an assignment from a very current news source. Thus, your comments about it being impossible to distinguish what a potential news source might be is obliterated.
Your scapegoating of the New York Times is ridiculous too. The only person mentioned in the article is John Burns. Your husband got called out, hopefully he will be back at some point (I really do enjoy his cartoons). However, looking at this from a pragmatic viewpoint, it is obvious that he was in the wrong.
Curiosity got the better of me so I did a little "research" on the subject of "non-compete" clauses in freelance contracts. Essentially the clause in question regarding "current or potential news source" is a non-compete clause.
Frank; as always, I appreciate hearing from you.
Frank knows the legalities. For our opinion, the "freelance" agreement is a way of putting Steve Rustad under contract without the pay or beneifits of a contracted employee. (kinda like working for Target, folks) It's happening to other "journalists" as well. While we could do without Steve's "editorial direction" his talent is obvious, and we can only wish he were working for a better group, or that, indeed, there were another editorial outlet for him to work for in this country. Our advice, Steve and Colleen, is don't let people throw gasoline on this story and it will blow over and Steve will be back drawing what the editor tells him to draw and cashing the pittance checks absent benefits that go with the job. Good Luck. Illegitimus Non Carborundum.


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Taq-e Bostan, a Must-see on Traveling to Iran
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The historical architecture of every nation is the mirror of its history, art, and culture. The Sassanid inscriptions in different places of Iran manifest the glory and grandeur of Sassanid dynasty. They tried to flaunt their power and splendor by inscriptions and relics on the mountains located on main ways such as Silk Road where could attract all passersby's attention. Taq-e Bostan in Kermanshah province is one of the most magnificent Sassanid rock reliefs displaying the power of Sassanid kings to the posterity. It is a must-see on Traveling to Iran narrating one of the most sublime parts of the history of Iran carved on the stone.
Taq-e Bostan, the Sassanid rock relief in Kermanshah
Taq-e Bostan- a site with a series of rock reliefs carved on a mountain near a spring streaming into a pool at the base of the mountain in Kermanshah– consists of a rock relief and the two rock-cut arches one of them larger than the other. The larger arch is 9 m high. According to most Iranologists, it dates back to Khosrow II (around 4th century AD). This relic gives a lot about the beliefs, religious tendencies, clothes, and jewels of Sassanid era. It shows the coronation of the Sassanid king. The king is standing on a platform, his left hand on his sword and his right hand is stretching toward Ahura Mazda on his right hand side. Ahura Mazda is giving a beribboned ring to the king. On his left hand side, Anahita is standing while keeping the jar of water in her left hand and another beribboned ring in her right hand.
There are two winged female angels on both opposite sides of the arch each has a ring in one hand and a bowl in the other. At the front of the arch, the sacred tree or the tree of life is finely carved.
At the bottom, there is a figure of a man riding on a strong horse. Some Islamic historians believe that the figure is showing Khosrow Parviz over his horse named Shabdiz. The relief is about 4 m high.
The large arch in Taq-e Bostan, Kermanshah
On the sidewall, the royal hunting scenes have been inscribed. The king is hunting the deer while three lines of women are standing politely behind him. The last line is showing the female musicians. The mahouts are trying to direct a herd of deer to the hunting ground and some cameleers are carrying the prey over camels. The relic presents the process of hunting in three episodes: preparation for hunting, hunting, and the end of hunting. On the left wall, the king is chasing the boar.
The Sassanid king is hunting
The smaller arch, with 5 m high, is showing the figures of Shapur II and his son, Shapur III. They are standing while facing each other and their hands are on their swords. There are also two inscriptions in Pahlavi and Middle Persian languages on the upper part of the back wall identifying both kings.
The smaller arch in Taq-e Bostan
On the right side of the small arch, there is another relic (the oldest in Taq-e Bostan approximately 4 m high) depicting the coronation of Ardashir II (379-383 AD). He is taking a beribboned ring from his predecessor Shapur II or Ahura Mazda on his right. On his left, the god Mithra is standing on a lotus flower keeping Barsam (a plant used in religious rituals) in his hand. A defeated enemy, who is believed by most experts as the Roman king named Julianus Apostata- killed by Ardeshir II in 362 AD. – is laid under the feet of Ahura Mazda and the king. Some experts also say he may be Artabanus IV, the last Parthian king.
The rock relief of Ardashir II in Taq-e Bostan
As it was mentioned before, all these relics can show great details about the clothes and jewels used by the kings and people in Sassanid era. As an example, the king riding over the horse is wearing colorful clothes decorated with woven golden threads and geometrical shapes. At the scene of boar hunting, the king's clothes are ornamented with the figure of the Simurgh. All the kings depicted on the reliefs are wearing the necklace and earrings. Their clothes consist of a knee-length coat, long loose folded pants, and a belt around their waists. They have bushy hair, eyebrows, and beard. There are many details carved on their thrones too. The clothes of the entourage are decorated with the figures of plants and birds.
Traveling to Kermanshah, you can kill two birds with one stone! Not only can you visit Taq-e Bostan, a must-see that no one should miss on his or her travel to Iran, but also you can visit Bisotun, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Moreover, do not forget about going to the traditional restaurants to try Dandeh-kebab!


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