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U.S.|Iowa Finds Itself Deep in Heart of Wine Country
Iowa Finds Itself Deep in Heart of Wine Country
By SUSAN SAULNY NOV. 19, 2006
Corey Goodhue hopes to convert his family's harvest from corn and soybean to grapes. "It's the holy grail of high-value crops," Mr. Goodhue said. Credit Mark Kegans for The New York Times
ADEL, Iowa — Stan Olson used to grow corn and soybeans on hundreds of acres here on the Raccoon River west of Des Moines, but no more. These days, Mr. Olson's empty grain silo is useful only as a rustic image to promote his new vineyard and tasting room.
Mr. Olson's Penoach Winery is a tiny operation in a red barn behind his family's farmhouse, next to a small grape nursery. It does not have much of a customer base yet or any vintages that go beyond last year, but Mr. Olson is thrilled nonetheless.
"I will make as much selling grape plants off of two acres this year as I did many years on 1,000 acres of corn and raising 3,000 head of hogs," said Mr. Olson, who makes much of his money selling cuttings to other aspiring vintners.
"This year was a very good year," he said.
When wineries began popping up around the region in the 1970s — the first rebound of a local industry killed by Prohibition — many people thought it was a fad that would go the way of herbal diets and frozen yogurt stands.
But across the Midwest, wineries are thriving, both as tourism magnets and profit-making businesses. Some are even producing quality wine, sommeliers say, made possible by French-American grape hybrids that are bred to thrive in cold climates.
They have been so successful that more corn, soybean and tobacco farmers are clearing fields and planting grapes. In Iowa alone, a new winery has been licensed every two weeks for the past year, officials say. Now, more than 700 acres are devoted to grapes (compared with 15 in 2000) and there are close to 70 commercial wineries. Iowa has also just hired its first state oenologist to help guide the novice winemakers.
Other Plains and Midwestern states are also producing grapes, and uncorking more of the bottles they produce.
In South Dakota, for instance, the number of wineries has more than doubled recently, to 11. In Indiana, the local wine industry has added $34 million to the economy annually. And Ohio is spending $900,000 to promote its local vintages, competing with more established regions in California, the Goliath of American wine.
"We're not afraid to take them on," said Fred L. Dailey, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Bragging about a recent West Coast competition where an Ohio Riesling won an award, Mr. Dailey said dismissively, "We beat out all those over-oaked chardonnays over there."
Much of the soil in the Midwest is too rich for good grape production, but grapes can grow and even thrive, experts say, in sunny areas with sandy, well-drained soil. Because of the extreme temperatures around much of the region, traditional European grape varieties tend not to do well, but some newer hybrid grape types can withstand the cold.
In a region where farmers have suffered through hard times for decades, the prospect of Bacchus smiling down upon the fields has produced a kind of farm-based optimism rarely seen in these parts.
"I go to sleep and wake up with a smile on my face," said David Klodd, a native Iowan and an assistant winemaker at the Summerset Winery in Indianola, where sales have been increasing by about 20 percent a year. Summerset expects to sell a total of 130,000 bottles of a dozen varieties this year at $10 a bottle. Mr. Klodd is passionate about grapes, and his biggest problem is running out of Summerset's best seller, a semisweet red, now that the wine is under contract to be sold in stores.
"People used to think it was funny, the idea of grapes and wine in Iowa," he said. "They laughed at me when I'd go into the farm service to buy chemicals. Well, they don't laugh anymore."
Summerset has also become a tourist destination, with concerts on the weekends, themed parties and grape-stomps that draw thousands. Tourists will actually pay for the privilege to stomp grapes, Mr. Klodd was surprised to learn.
The Penoach Winery, in Adel, Iowa, is in the heart of corn country. Credit The New York Times
"I put a couple thousand pounds into a tank and people go nuts," he said. "This is a tourist industry. If we were here just as a winery, I wouldn't have a job. You have to develop a base, and we do that with harvest parties and weddings."
The lifestyle is still new to many in the Corn Belt. "Even on a bad day you can be happy — just drink some of your own stuff," said Mr. Olson, whose thick workman's hands now gently pour Penoach's delicate blends.
Agricultural economists say the timing is right for wineries like Summerset and Penoach — the original Indian name for Adel — because the American public is becoming more wine-friendly and is increasingly fond of all things local. Nationally, wine sales grew by 5 percent last year, to a retail value of $26 billion, according to the Wine Institute, an advocacy group for the industry.
"In the Midwest, it goes back to wanting to make homemade wine and having it represent the character of the region," said Bruce P. Bordelon, an associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture at Purdue University. "The wineries aren't trying to be Napa, they're trying to be Illinois. And there's a place for all of them."
Indeed, most Midwestern wine is consumed locally. But even at home, the wine can sometimes be a hard sell because the newly developed cold-hardy grapes are often unfamiliar to consumers. They go by names like vidal blanc, seyval blanc and chambourcin.
"You just say, 'You like merlot? Well, here's something similar, and we grow it out back. See if you like it,' " Dr. Bordelon said. "Most of the time, guess what? They do."
Outside the Midwest, the wines face even more of an uphill battle.
"I'm not really feeling it here," said Izabela Wojcik, programming director at the James Beard Foundation, a New York group that promotes regional cuisine. "I'm not seeing anything from the Midwest at this point."
Ms. Wojcik recently held a dinner that featured wine from Idaho, and though it turned out to be excellent, she said, "We felt a little bit like it was a gamble."
Still, food and wine experts agree that things are changing.
"The Europeans have had centuries to understand their vines," said Doug Frost, a master sommelier based in Kansas City, Mo. "Lately, Midwesterners have produced some lovely wines from these vines, aided by greater experience in the vineyards and in the wineries."
Perhaps most important in Iowa is the fact that wine — whatever it tastes like — is giving farmers the possibility of a decent living again. Some young people are choosing the vineyard back home over jobs in cities and suburbs.
Corey Goodhue is one such young farmer. His family cultivates 3,300 acres of corn and soybeans near Des Moines. Upon graduation from Iowa State University in December, Mr. Goodhue, 23, will have many options but says he will go back to the farm. He has big ideas about grapes.
"We're not getting enough value out of corn and beans," he said. "But these grapes, there's a tremendous market emerging. On one acre of ground, if we net $40 with corn or beans we've done good. With grapes, you could net upwards of $1,500 an acre. For us, growing grapes, it's the holy grail of high-value crops."
And that is without a winery or tourism. Mr. Goodhue said he was interested only in growing, not winemaking. He investigated apples, raspberries and rhubarb as potential moneymakers, to no avail. But grape-tending even fit nicely into the slow months of the corn- and bean-growing season.
"My dad said that if he was my age he would do it because it makes sense," Mr. Goodhue said. "But most importantly, I've had a lot of fun doing it. I like to put on my iPod and work on the grapes."
In April, Mr. Goodhue planted his first acre of vines with the help of some buddies from Iowa State. Start-up costs were $6,000, and he said he planned to plant six additional acres next year.
"When we were putting up the trellises, people were rubber-necking and stopping on the road to ask, 'What are you guys doing?' " he said. "They had no idea, but they were certainly interested."
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A Young Industry, With Hints of Possibility NOV. 19, 2006


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Q: outputs loss = nan and accuracy = 1 I want to make a neural network for a classification problem. The training set takes 225 input of 48 dimensions and has a validation set of 50. the code is:
#building model
def build_model():
    model = Sequential()
    model.add(Dense(128, activation = "relu"))
    model.add(Dropout(0.5))
    model.add(Dense(64, activation = "relu"))
    model.add(Dropout(0.2))
    model.add(Dense(32, activation = "relu"))
    model.add(Dropout(0.1))
    model.add(Dense(16, activation = "softmax"))

    model.compile(
        optimizer=tf.keras.optimizers.Adam(learning_rate=0.00001),
        loss=['mean_squared_error'],
        metrics=['accuracy']
    )
    return model

model = build_model()

#train model
history = model.fit(
    x_train,
    y_train,
    epochs=10,
    batch_size=32,
    validation_data=(
        x_val,
        y_val
    ),
    callbacks=[ProgbarLogger(count_mode='steps',stateful_metrics=None)
    ]
)

but i get as output weird logs such as :
Train on 225 samples, validate on 50 samples
Epoch 1/10
Epoch 1/10
8/8 [==============================] - 2s 247ms/step - loss: 0.6517 - accuracy: 0.0178 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 2s 9ms/sample - loss: 0.7298 - accuracy: 0.0178 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 2/10
Epoch 2/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 10ms/step - loss: 0.6516 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 359us/sample - loss: 0.7297 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 3/10
Epoch 3/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 9ms/step - loss: 0.6517 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 341us/sample - loss: 0.7297 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 4/10
Epoch 4/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 10ms/step - loss: 0.6515 - accuracy: 0.0178 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 346us/sample - loss: 0.7296 - accuracy: 0.0178 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 5/10
Epoch 5/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 9ms/step - loss: 0.7457 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 319us/sample - loss: 0.7295 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 6/10
Epoch 6/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 10ms/step - loss: 1.0552 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 359us/sample - loss: 0.7296 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 7/10
Epoch 7/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 9ms/step - loss: 0.6514 - accuracy: 0.0089 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 328us/sample - loss: 0.7295 - accuracy: 0.0089 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 8/10
Epoch 8/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 9ms/step - loss: 0.6516 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 324us/sample - loss: 0.7295 - accuracy: 0.0133 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 9/10
Epoch 9/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 10ms/step - loss: 0.6515 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 355us/sample - loss: 0.7296 - accuracy: 0.0222 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
Epoch 10/10
Epoch 10/10
8/8 [==============================] - 0s 9ms/step - loss: 0.6515 - accuracy: 0.0267 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00
225/225 [==============================] - 0s 328us/sample - loss: 0.7295 - accuracy: 0.0267 - val_loss: 0.2842 - val_accuracy: 0.0000e+00

can you help me understand this behavior of the losses and the excess of accuracy. shouldnt it be lower?

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Edgewater Drive Phase 2 opened to traffic for the May 19 morning commute.
Additional construction work remains to be completed in all Areas There will be intermittent daily lane closures while crews maintain the median landscaping, maintain curb inlets, and complete work outside the roadway. Some work will require closing portions of the pedestrian pathways to allow crews to complete work without closing travel lanes.
Edgewater Drive Phase 2 completion is scheduled for late June 2017. Weather delays and unforeseen conditions may affect the contractor's schedule.
Spring Lake Park and Boat Ramp are closed for construction under a separate contract with Charlotte County Parks Department.
The new sanitary sewer system is in operation and homeowners are now able to contact the County to arrange for connection.
The remaining pavement markings will be applied to locations on side roads.
Terminations of E. Tarpon Boulevard, Sunnyside Drive and Carlisle Avenue are nearly complete.
Florida Power & Light has a project in progress to upgrade power poles from Port Charlotte Boulevard to the Sunrise Bridge and work is scheduled to begin.
Sidewalk construction is complete on the north side of Edgewater Drive.
Florida Power & Light has a project in progress to upgrade power poles from the Sunrise Bridge to Harbor Boulevard. This work is nearly complete.
Expect temporary lane closures on the Eastbound lanes as crews complete sidewalk construction where old FPL poles were removed.


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Q: android loader not showing in dialog box I am processing an image with a dedicated library. This happens after an alert dialog box is showed up and then when positive/ok is clicked the image is processed. This processing can be long so I try to show up some loader. So I tried this :
setPositiveButton(getResources().getString(...), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
                        Activity activity = getActivity();
                        ProgressDialog pd = ProgressDialog.show(activity, "Process", "Searching...", true, false);
                        ImageView image = (ImageView) activity.findViewById(...);

                        try {
                            process_image
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            //some thing
                        }
                        // some code
                        pd.dismiss();

but the loader is not showing. I also tried with activity.findViewById(R.id.loadingPanel).setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 and it didn't work either. Someone has an idea ?

A: Try This:
class proceesImageTask extends AsyncTask<Void,Void,Void>
{
 ProgressDialog dialog;
            @Override
            protected void onPreExecute() {
                super.onPreExecute();

                dialog = ProgressDialog.show(context, "","Please wait...", true);
                dialog.show();

            }
@Override
            protected Void doInBackground(String... str) {
//your process
}

@Override
            protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
dialog.dismiss();
}
}

new proceesImageTask().execute();


Building on the work configuring Firebase Auth for Android and iOS, it's time to go get a user's details. This will be leveraging the already installed google_sign_in and firebase_auth packages.
The big change is the addition of the Auth class.
This class gets passed a FirebaseAuth instance and a GoogleSignIn instance for interactions with the external authentication services. On GoogleSignIn the signIn method will trigger a user account selection prompt. When the user confirms their account selection a GoogleSignInAccount instance will be returned. On GoogleSignInAccount I'll call authentication to get the current user's tokens. Finally I'll exchange the GoogleSignInAuthentication for a FirebaseUser with signInWithGoogle.
I added a TODO to improve error handling so it doesn't get forgotten.
The app now has an authenticated FirebaseUser with all the accompanying details.
I'll now update SignInFab to leverage the new Auth service and print out the user's displayName in the Flutter logs.
SignInFab will also need to be passed an Auth instance in _MyHomePageState.
Most of the new code is actually tests and mocking the external Google and Firebase APIs. It's complected and deserves it's own article so come back tomorrow to learn more.
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TV News 20 Online
Ammons strikes new deal
October 17, 2008 12:00 am by Erica Butler
President James Ammons signed an agreement today with a Canadian organization that will allow Florida A&M University students to intern in Cairo, Egypt.
The partnership with the Information Technology Academy Canada-Africa Branch, will allow 11 previously chosen students, to start the program next semester.
Students were chosen from the School of Business and Industry, College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture and the School of Architecture. They will participate in the program from six months to a year.
Ammons said the partnership between FAMU and the organization will "internationalize" the campus.
"It is a part of our mission, and who we are, to extend our mission."
He said there is a critical need for blacks in Foreign Service, and FAMU students can fill those areas.
Under the agreement, students will be provided with fellowship and internship opportunities. Grant writing and cross-disciplinary research will also be available. Faculty and student exchanges from both countries will be a future goal as the partnership develops.
Provost and vice president of Academic Affairs, Cindy Harris, said the agreement will expand international relations for the university.
"There are some unique opportunities here," she said.
The Canadian-based organization, ITACAB, is an online university that educates students about business education through Information Technology.
Medhat Mounir, president of the organization, said ITACAB has a focus to link cultures, bridge diversity and create opportunities through new markets.
"We deliver good quality education to our students," he said.
Students who have a strong interest economics or business should apply, Mounir said.
Vice President of ITACAB, Mohamed Ebeid, said the organization approached the FAMU first about the partnership. He said they searched for other schools to partner with, like Tuskegee University and University of Alabama, but chose FAMU.
"Other universities weren't ready yet," he said. "FAMU has a great academic system we need."
Ebeid said the organization was impressed by FAMU's quality of students and wants members of the university to take advantage of the program.
"We need your students, we need your faculty, we need your technology," he said.
He also said that an emergency number and free calls to the U.S will be available for interning students.
Interim director of the Office of International Education and Development, Joseph Jones, said the international opportunity will expose students to Arabic language that is useful for foreign relations.
Jones said prospective students would have to apply and go through a screening process. A large concentration of interns will come from SBI. A letter of intent, resume and passport are required as well.
For more information about the program, contact Joseph Jones at (850) 599-3562.
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Unilever which is a fast-moving consumer good has now automated its contracting system by integrating a tool which is developed by the Moglix.
The tool which is known by the name as iCAT, short for the intelligent contracting automation tool, is a cloud-based software solution that automates and consolidates large volumes of contracts, the company said in an official statement. The Noida based company claims that iCAT will make the Unilever contracting process efficient, collaborative and accurate for its clients.
For the Unilever Limited, which has around 1500 procurement professionals, which is also as of now operating in more than 100 countries and managing around $20 Billion across the year, processing contracts such a scale was effort intensive and time-consuming. This even led to long turnaround time for the procurement team and even reduced the operational efficiency.
"After multiple attempts to solve the problem with other partners, implementation of iCAT with Moglix has been a gamechanger for us, as it has automated and streamlined our contract management process across geographies. The solution has paved the way for procurement to embark on our digital transformation journey," said Dhaval Buch, chief procurement officer of Unilever.
iCAT provides the 360-degree visibility of contracts across the organization, opening possibilities for the deep level analytics and predictive insights for improved supplier management and decision making, according to the report.
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Highly skilled freelancers earn Rs 46,000 or more per day
The compensation rises to Rs 33,000 and Rs 46,000 per day as professionals move from the 10-20 to the 20 and above experience stage, after which the growth rate declines.
Freelancers have for long been considered a low-cost resource for employers. However, the perception will have to change sooner or later as even highly experienced professionals are now opting to freelance rather than have a full-time permanent job. Flexing It, a leading platform for flexible management talent in South & South East Asia, recently released a report titled 'India's Top Tier Freelancers- What They Earn', according to which the average pay of a skilled freelancer with an experience of five to ten years can be around Rs 19,000 per day.
The survey revealed that the median pay for a skilled independent professional increases from INR 8,000 to INR 19,000 per day as they move from an experience range of 0–5 years to 5–10 years, with an interesting growth rate of 143 per cent. The compensation rises to INR 33,000 and INR 46,000 per day as professionals move from 10–20 to 20 and above experience stage, after which the growth rate declines.
The survey also showed that 73 per cent of all long-term projects were delivered by professionals with more than 10 years of experience, indicating that organisations prefer highly seasoned professionals for projects involving longer commitment periods. Finance, general management, strategy & consulting, human resources and sales are the skills that provide the highest compensation for professionals with more than 20 years of experience. Amongst these skills, the strategy and consulting professionals are the most sought-after by industries such as IT services, professional services, E-commerce and retail.
Chandrika Pasricha, founder & CEO, Flexing It, says, "There is an emergence of a segment of high calibre, independent consultants and professionals building their own brand and work portfolio based on their expertise."
As per the survey report, women's representation falls to 32 per cent in the experience range of 10–20 years and to an alarmingly low 10 per cent in the experience range of 20 and above. This lower participation of more experienced women in the workforce is not only limited to independent professionals, but also evident across the full-time workforce. Freelancing and project-based consulting assignments offer a unique opportunity for women to balance work and personal commitments, stay productive and add to their portfolio of work.
Speaking on the state of women freelancers and role of organisations in encouraging more women to keep working, Pasricha says, "We are now seeing the beginnings of larger enterprises also co-opting freelancers to retain flexibility, source very specific skills and push the envelope on their diversity initiatives to provide innovative engagement models to women professionals."
Interestingly, the gender pay gap prevalent across sectors is also a concern amongst the freelancing community. The survey revealed that although men and women command similar compensation levels till 10 years of work experience, women consultants in the experience range of 10 and above earn 30 per cent less as compared to men in the same experience range.
While the representation of women professionals in the experience range of 20 and above falls to 10 per cent of all consultants, it is interesting to note that the small proportion of women who continue to stay engaged in the workforce beyond 20 years command better compensation levels than their male counterparts.
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In the Book of Deuteronomy Moses is described as the only prophet to ever see God "face to face." Biblical commentators have often understood this metaphor to mean that Moses had an intimacy with God unlike any other prophet, and that he was able to command God's attention whenever he needed to do so.
One of the benefits of face to face communication is the live feedback transmitted through body language and facial expressions. Now that we have technology that allows us to see and speak with people virtually, we are able to engage in intimate relationships and conversations with distant friends and family through Facetime, ZOOM, GoogleChats and the like.
I remember that when I was a youngster that we would wait for my father to come home from work and we would all sit down for dinner. Dinner time was an opportunity to reconnect with my brother and parents and review the day's accomplishments. Times have changed and with busier lives families are together less frequently for personal face time. And with the internet, cell phones, and social media, how often do our mechanical devices distract us and prevent us from being truly present?
EAT TOGETHER. Eating together as a family requires intentional effort. You may want to reassess the timing of your extracurricular activities to see if you can align your schedules to allow everyone to have a seat at the table. You may also want to see if you can adjust your work schedule so you can make it home to eat with your spouse or children. And to get the full benefit of those meals, keep away the phones and turn off the television. The goal is not just to eat but to get a sense of what's going on in everyone's lives.
WIND DOWN TOGETHER. Winding down together before going to bed is another important opportunity for reconnection. Some people form a pact with their significant other to be off technology by a certain time of night and to use the time to check in with each other. Being tech-free before bedtime may help you rest more peacefully.
Making those deeply personal, face-to-face connections a priority in your family will help build meaningful bonds. The best relationships are built face to face. Face to face meetings have the power to change people.
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin finds a hint about the importance of doing things face to face in the construction of the biblical tabernacle, the portable sanctuary that the Israelites carried with them in their wanderings. Moses is instructed to build the lid of the Ark of the Covenant with two angels on top, "and their faces will be as a man facing his brother." (Exodus 5:20) God then says: "That is where I will meet with you." In other words, in the space between two faces, we find God, and God finds us!
May we all create meaningful relationships that will last forever. Chances are, if they are face to face, we will be more likely to succeed.
I have always been intrigued with how people get their first names, which names are currently most popular, and how people get nicknames that stay with them throughout their lives. My nickname is "Reeve" given to me by my grandmother, who with her Eastern European accent turned my Hebrew name Reuven into Reeven, which was then shortened to Reeve.
I am also interested in people's last names. At the beginning of the biblical period the Israelites, like all members of ancient societies, had no surnames. Men were known simply as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. As the patriarchal families swelled into tribes, more definite identification was deemed necessary, and so patronymics (surnames) came into use. Thus, we find Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Yefuneh identified in the Hebrew Bible. Places of origin began to be used in Talmudic times for peoples' names such as Nachum the Mede and Hillel the Babylonian. In the 10th and 11th centuries, family names became common. With the rise of cities, it became impossible for individuals to know one another as they did in villages, and a personal first name no longer sufficed. The increase in commerce too, necessitated a more exact system of naming.
In a number of countries, family names were often derived from Yiddish words, and thus was born the "Jewish-sounding last name. Occupations often served as a source of a family name. The common Jewish family name Metzger means "butcher," and the last name Schneider means "tailor." Other last names related to the lineage of a Jewish family. For example, the last name Cohen or Kahn is a usual indication of priestly lineage, while Levine or Levy is an indication of Levitical lineage.
I was always intrigued by the fact that in the Bible God asks Adam to give the animals names . Naming becomes the first human independent act in recorded history. One rabbinic interpretation posits that God had to prove to the angels that humans were superior to them. To do so, God asked the angels to name the animals, but they were unable to do so. God then sent the animals to Adam to see what he would call them. Adam succeeded in naming each and every animal, thus demonstrating his superior intelligence, or at least advanced knowledge of zoology, at that point a very young science.
There is a deeper interpretation to Adam's naming of the animals. In the ancient world, to know something's inner name was to know its very nature—have power over it. By having Adam give names to the animals, God is again showing us that human beings are more than an animals. Unlike animals, humans have the power of speech and the ability to make moral decisions.
In his recent article in The New York Times, Arthur Brooks cites a quotation from Dale Carnegie's book How to Win Friends and Influence People : "Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language." Brooks then goes on to say that according to a 2013 survey, 79% of the population like their names, while 21% do not. Brooks writes that he is in the 21%, feeling that Arthur is a name that makes him sound old. Currently, the name Arthur doesn't even crack the top 200 boys' names.
Some researchers have even tried to show correlations between people's names and their appearance. In a recent study in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researchers showed participants images of unfamiliar faces and asked them to guess the person's name from a list of four plausible-seeming names. Odds are that the participants should have guessed correctly 25% of the time, but instead got it right 38% of the time! There is actually a field of study called "onomastics" in which researchers study proper names. Studies in this field have shown that boys with more feminine-sounding names tend to misbehave disproportionately upon entry to middle school compared with boys with more traditionally masculine names. Another study has noted that people often gravitate toward places of residence and occupations that resemble their own names. So, the researchers assert, a higher proportion of men named Louis live in St. Louis then would occur at random, and a lot of people named Dennis or Denise become dentists. I know clergy by the name of Raab and Kanter. And who can forget the New York dermatologist who long advertised in the subways by the name of Dr. Zizmore.
The Jewish sages have taught that there are three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty. But the crown of a good name excels them all. A good name is to be treasured above precious oil. Wealth, like health, my pass away, but a good name is to be treasured above precious oil. It can adorn a person throughout life, and it can be bequeathed as a precious inheritance. Wishing you the crown of a good name, and use it in good health.


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STORY OF THE WEEK (7 min. read)
What: Ukrainian President Removed From Power
Why: Because this has been a very tumultuous turn of events in the last few weeks surrounding what began as peaceful protest against the government for economic decisions distancing Ukraine from the E.U. towards Russia and turned into a bloody battle over a public square.
ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. watch)
What: Sexanomics
Why: Because what initially starts as a catchy video about the supply and demand of sexual relationships between modern men and women quickly becomes a work of investigative journalism.
LONGFORM TIME!!!!!
I initially found this video via Metafilter, which if you're not familiar with, you can think of as a Reddit for adults. These type of quick explanation videos have been making the rounds for a number of years, one of the most popular you may have seen being the work of C. G. P. Grey. The videos generally use text of the words spoken interspersed and with cartoons or some other artistic form in order to educate viewers about some relatively complex subject. They can be very useful in this regard, since they can effectively convey lots of material into a simple, easy to digest format. However, this format can also lend itself to oversimplification, or, in a potentially more detrimental case, factual manipulation, as is the case here.
As the video started, I was immediately hit with the feeling that something was off. For example, the first facts given were that marriage in the U.S. were at a historic low (fair), immediately followed by the fact that online dating site revenues were at an all time high (Huh? Of course they should be- the technology that has developed to utilize these services have grown along with the decrease in social stigma to actually meet someone online, why are these two facts related to each other?) The video continues with assertions about reasons for people having sex (men: pleasure; women: emotional bonding and relationship security), how women are the "gatekeepers" of their sexuality which has an explicit cost, which then inexplicably changes the cost to a meaning of potential for children, and then, most ridiculously, setting up the example of pesticides wreaking havoc on the "natural systems" in comparison with the effects of birth control. To sum up, the video finds that sex is "cheap" compared to previous eras because of the advent of birth control,which causes an imbalance between the women who want to get married and guys who only want to have sex, with the added value judgement that this is a "very bad thing." By this point, I needed to figure out exactly why this video was made, and more importantly, who made it.
It turns out that the video was made by The Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture. This is a relatively new think tank based in Texas. What is most notable about the company is that one of its preeminent members is Mark Regnerus, who is most famous for publishing a study finding that gay parents were less successful at raising children in comparison to heterosexual couples, and then having that study thoroughly torn apart. All of this greatly leads to the possibility of this video as not economic at all, and more of a thinly veiled political message.
Moral of the story- don't believe everything that you read or watch on the internet.
LAW THING OF THE WEEK (7 min. listen/ read)
What: The End Of Solitary Confinement
Why: Because even though some people have done terrible things, that does not mean they should be treated as less than human.
GETTING OLD THING OF THE WEEK (7 min. read)
What: Aging Gracefully
Why: Because as getting old starts to become a reality, you might as well have some advice from an expert.
SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: First Openly Gay Athlete Goes To…
Why: Because after all the media hype about football draft rankings, a team just goes and re-signs a guy who had been in the league for years before publicly coming out. I'm sure everything is going to be Completely Different. (Someone needs to invent a sarcasm font).
MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: Bill Murray: Reviewed
Why: Because Bill Murray continues to have one of the most enjoyable on screen presences of any current actor, even if not all of his choices make sense.
MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. watch/ listen)
What: Pomplamoose Does Pharrell
Why: Because even though Pomplamoose has been around for a while, they always seem to find ways to stay in the forefront of what can only be called the Youtube music genre.
PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. look)
What: Kiev On Fire
Why: Because the pictures make the story that much more real.
LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: Kurt Vonnegut's Thesis Was Rejected. So It Goes.
Why: Because even some of America's greatest writers were not that great at English.
VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (8 min. watch)
What: Congratulations! You Scored Only 500!
Why: Because people are still setting record runs of a game that is as old as I am.
INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK
What: Springy Goats; Anti Pixar; Chewbuacchus
What: $3700 Millennium Falcon Lego Set


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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2002 7:27 pm Post subject: Urgent Mouse help reqd!
I'm selling my computer in the morning, and I don't want to give them my USB optical mouse which I love, so I bought a cheap PS1 mouse. However, I can't get it to work. I've installed the software which came on floppy (even though I didn't think I'd need to), and uninstalled the driver for the optical mouse. Nothing. Windows (XP) just doesn't see the mouse. As soon as I plug my PS/2 mouse in, it works straight away. I really want to keep this optical mouse, but I'll have to give them it if the other one doesn't work.HELP!
In theory you are right, plug it in and boot up and it should be fine. Right click My Computer, go to properties and hardware and check in the device manager to see if the mouse is listed in there, or if you have any conflicts (little yellow dots).
Totally unistall the optical mouse, turn the computer totally off, plug the ps/2 mouse in (the mouse hole not the keyboard hole) boot up and if it doesn't show up either a) the port is faulty or b) the mouse is faulty (more likely).
See if you can borrow a PS/2 mouse from someone to test.
Thanks for replies. I got a stay of execution, I've got until monday morning now!
I've done all of the above, and it looks like a ps/2 port problem, as I borrowed another mouse and it does the same.
not the disc that came with it.
It might be in your BIOS setting can change the PS/2 connection.
I have a PS/2 Mouse Function option in there with my motherboard.
Other than that, just buy a cheap USB mouse as replacement!
Would you believe it? A mouse that worked previously for months, and a brand new mouse, both knackered! Bought new cheapo mouse and everything's rosy, cheers.


Everyone loves a good bracket, especially blog readers. It seems like there have been tons of different faux-tourneys done, whether it be to see who's the hottest chick, to who's the biggest douchebag. So I figured it was time TMS beat this idea even further to death with the "Cubs of Yore Battle Royale." A field of 32 former Cubs battling it out for the top crown*.
In an effort to prevent the obvious candidates like Ernie Banks and Ryne Sandberg from making the finals I've decided to make it more interesting. Instead of having all the Cubs legends battle it out, we're featuring the unsung heroes. The guys that never earned any accolades in their playing career. The guys that when their name comes up in conversation never have the words "All-Star" or "Hall of Famer" been mentioned, but rather words like "scrappy", "cult following", "workhorse" and "innings-eater" instead. The guys that probably weren't as good, or as crappy as you remember them.
So the field of 32 was mainly picked based on some loose criteria rules I came up with.
The player had to be a main starter for the Cubs in at least one season since 1984.
The player cannot have won any real accolades of note, including ASG appearances.
The player cannot be on the current Cubs roster.
The first round will begin on Monday and the whole battle will go through the month of May. I'll have polls posted for each battle, probably in the sidebar for a couple days.
Q: I can't believe you didn't include ________________! What the hell?
A: Calm down. I can't include every damn player, so some were left out. If this thing is successful I have a plan to maybe make this an annual thing where we change up the players a bit each time.
Q: This seems a bit obvious, but why no Thunder Matt?
A: For all intents and purposes, Thunder Matt Murton would qualify for this under my loose criteria. However there's just too much conflict of interest to have him here.
Q: This sounds great. Will you just show us the damn bracket already?
A: Yeah, here it is. Check back on Monday.
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February 7, 2023 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is seeking input from Indigenous governments, Indigenous organizations, and residents of the Northwest Territories (NWT) to replace its Affirmative Action Policy with an Indigenous Employment Policy and an Employment Equity Policy. An Indigenous Employment Policy will prioritize hiring persons who are descendants of the Dene, […]
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House of Commons adopts legislation for a Canada Disability Benefit
From: Employment and Social Development Canada February 2, 2023 The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) has the potential to transform the lives of working-age persons with disabilities. In Canada, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to live in poverty and have trouble making ends meet. This cornerstone of the Government's Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) […]
New cost control framework to support the growth of 22,500 additional quality child care spaces in Alberta
From: Employment and Social Development Canada January 31, 2023 Child care is not just a social policy—it is an economic policy, too. Access to high-quality, affordable, flexible and inclusive child care will grow the economy, allow more women to enter the workforce and help give every child in Canada the best start in life. That's why, […]
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Jan. 17, 2023 PRINCE GEORGE – The StrongerBC Economic Plan is delivering support for people in rural British Columbia through a new fund that will diversify local economies, promote value-added innovation in the forestry sector and create thousands of good-paying jobs for British Columbians. "We need to get more good-paying jobs from our forests and every […]
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Strong Job Growth, Unemployment Rate Show a Provincial Economy That Works for Everyone
January 6, 2023 Saskatchewan employment reaches 573,600, up 7,700 jobs year over year Today, Statistics Canada released December 2022 job numbers, showing Saskatchewan's continued economic growth having added 7,700 jobs when compared to December 2021, with month-to-month employment also increasing by 4,200. "2022 was a very good year for Saskatchewan, with remarkable economic growth, record […]
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More families in B.C. benefit from $10-a-day child care
Jan. 3, 2023 VICTORIA – More families in B.C. will save thousands of dollars per year as more than 1,375 child care spaces move into the $10 a Day ChildCareBC program in January. These spaces will help reduce costs for families in British Columbia and further develop high-quality, affordable, accessible child care as a core […]
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Barrett seen as a front-runner for Trump Supreme Court pick
By Morgan Chalfant,Jordain Carney,John Kruzel and Brett Samuels - 09/19/20 01:30 PM EDT
Amy Coney Barrett Amy Coney BarrettCapitol Police Board — the structural flaw in leadership 2020: A year in photos Planned Parenthood president says abortion work shouldn't be marginalized MORE, a federal appeals court judge, has emerged as a front-runner to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg, George Floyd among options for 'Remember the Titans' school's new name Bipartisan anger builds over police failure at Capitol Lindsey Graham praises Merrick Garland as 'sound choice' to serve as attorney general MORE, according to people familiar with the discussions.
President Trump Donald TrumpEx-Trump lawyer Cohen to pen forward for impeachment book Murkowski says it would be 'appropriate' to bar Trump from holding office again Man known as 'QAnon Shaman' asks Trump for pardon after storming Capitol MORE signaled Saturday morning that he would move to fill the vacancy on the high court "without delay," raising the likelihood that the Senate will try to confirm a nominee before Election Day on Nov. 3 or during a lame-duck session. Trump later signaled he would support a vote before the election.
Others said to be under consideration for the Ginsburg vacancy include Amul Thapar, Barbara Lagoa and Allison Jones Rushing, all of whom are Trump appointees to federal appellate benches.
One source familiar with the discussions cautioned that it's not a "forgone conclusion" that Barrett will be the pick. A decision is expected in the coming days, they said, and the process is moving quickly.
Another source with knowledge of the process said there is a growing interest among a number of senators as well as some members of the White House staff in having an announcement on the choice before the first presidential debate on Sept. 29.
The source said that Barrett and Lagoa have received significant attention and support among senators and conservative leaders and will almost certainly be very seriously considered by the president. The source also said that Rushing has received support from evangelicals and that Thapar has been mentioned and is someone the president is familiar with. Still, the process remains extremely fluid.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump signaled he would announce his nominee next week and said it would likely be a woman. He described Barrett as "very highly respected" and Lagoa as an "extraordinary person" when asked about both judges.
Barrett was a favorite among conservatives in 2018 when Trump was mulling who to nominate to fill then-Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat before he ultimately went with Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughMurkowski says she is not considering joining Democratic caucus Murkowski becomes first GOP senator to call on Trump to resign 50-50 Senate opens the door to solutions outlasting Trump's moment of violence MORE. But multiple sources indicated she is gaining traction as a likely choice for Trump this time around.
Axios reported in 2019 that Trump told aides he was "saving" Barrett as a potential replacement for Ginsburg.
The 48-year-old judge was included on Trump's updated list of potential Supreme Court nominees released in 2017. He expanded that list earlier this month.
One source close to the White House said Barrett would have the backing of conservatives in government and outside groups that would throw their muscle behind her nomination.
Judicial Crisis Network spent millions of dollars in support of Kavanaugh's nomination in 2018 and is expected to be a major player in rallying support for Trump's eventual nominee to replace Ginsburg.
Barrett, a former clerk for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, was nominated by Trump to serve on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. She was confirmed in a 55-43 vote by the Senate later that year. At the time, three Democratic senators supported her nomination: Joe Donnelly Joseph (Joe) Simon DonnellyBiden and Schumer face battles with left if Democrats win big Harris walks fine line on Barrett as election nears The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by JobsOhio - Showdown: Trump-Biden debate likely to be nasty MORE (Ind.), who subsequently lost his 2018 reelection bid, Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael Kaine'I saw my life flash before my eyes': An oral history of the Capitol attack 7 surprise moments from a tumultuous year in politics Robert E. Lee statue removed from US Capitol MORE (Va.) and Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) ManchinMcConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time GOP lawmakers introduce resolution to censure Trump over Capitol riot Earmarks can lead to legislating, which can lead to healing MORE (W.Va.).
Kaine's office noted in 2018 when Barrett was receiving speculation as a potential Supreme Court pick that the Democratic senator viewed supporting her for a circuit seat and voting on a Supreme Court seat as two significantly different decisions.
"A Supreme Court nomination is qualitatively different from one to a lower court," a spokeswoman for Kaine said at the time.
Barrett's 2017 nomination was backed by every GOP senator at the time, a factor that could put pressure on swing Republicans to back her if she's picked for the country's highest court.
But picking Barrett would all but guarantee an explosive confirmation fight in the Senate and feed a broader all-out culture war months before an election in which Republicans are battling to keep control of Congress and the White House.
Barrett would also face scrutiny over her previous statements on ObamaCare's birth control mandate, which she called a "grave violation of religious freedom."
She's also questioned the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade and the court's deference to legal precedent — raising the prospect that she would be more likely than other picks to vote to rein in or even overturn the 1973 decision legalizing abortion.
During the term that ended in July, the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana abortion restriction when Chief Justice John Roberts joined the four liberal justices, including Ginsburg, to form a bare 5-4 majority. Barrett's replacement of Ginsburg would make it more likely the court upholds state limits on abortion in the future.
Sens. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann MurkowskiMurkowski says it would be 'appropriate' to bar Trump from holding office again McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time Murkowski blasts Trump's election claims, calls House impeachment appropriate MORE (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsMcConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time McConnell says he's undecided on whether to vote to convict Trump 'I saw my life flash before my eyes': An oral history of the Capitol attack MORE (R-Maine) would be viewed as immediate swing votes. Collins said in 2018 that she would not support a nominee who is "hostile" to Roe v. Wade.
Trump and Republicans are sure to face heavy backlash from Democrats for moving on the nomination not two months from the 2020 presidential election. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerNikki Haley unveils PAC ahead of possible 2024 White House bid Trump calls for 'NO violence' amid concerns of threats around inauguration Amazon cites death threats in push to keep Parler offline MORE (D-N.Y.) has been deeply critical of Barrett, predicting in 2018 that she would be an "activist" on the Supreme Court and would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade and strike down the Affordable Care Act's protections for preexisting conditions.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump seeks to freeze .4 billion of programs in final week of presidency McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time Murkowski blasts Trump's election claims, calls House impeachment appropriate MORE (R-Ky.) said in a statement Friday that Trump's nominee would receive a vote on the Senate floor.
"Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise," McConnell said Friday.
"President Trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate," McConnell continued.
The decision represents a reversal for McConnell, who refused to hold a vote for Merrick Garland Merrick Brian GarlandBiden's new challenge: Holding Trump accountable Graham says he'll back Biden's CIA pick A Democratic agenda for impossibly hard times MORE, former President Obama's nominee to replace Scalia in 2016, because it was an election year, holding the seat open until Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch Neil GorsuchBiden to introduce Garland as attorney general, other top DOJ nominees Biden to name Merrick Garland for attorney general Supreme Court rejects Christian school's push for COVID-19 carve-out MORE to the bench in 2017.
McConnell has argued that the current circumstances are different because the Senate and White House are controlled by the same party, not opposing ones. McConnell, in a letter to the Senate Republican caucus on Friday night, offered a prebuttal of the argument that Republicans, if they fill the seat, will be doing a political 180 from 2016.
"We followed the Biden Rule in 2016, which provided that the Senate will not fill Supreme Court vacancies that arise in presidential election years when the presidency and the Senate majority are held by opposing parties," McConnell wrote in the letter.
Ginsburg's death, which was announced by the Supreme Court late Friday, injected further chaos and uncertainty into the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden Joe BidenConfirmation hearing for Biden's DNI pick postponed Biden's Sunday inauguration rehearsal postponed due to security concerns: report Murkowski says it would be 'appropriate' to bar Trump from holding office again MORE. The fight over her potential successor is likely to energize conservatives and liberals alike, injecting a new hot-button issue into the election as states begin early voting.
If Barrett or another conservative justice were to fill Ginsburg's vacant seat, it would transform the Supreme Court from a fragile 5-4 conservative majority into a commanding 6-3 conservative supermajority. Such a shift in the court's ideological balance could have profound implications on everything from abortion rights to race relations to the Second Amendment.
In the term that begins next month, the court will consider the latest Republican challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The addition of another conservative to the bench could mean that Roberts, who joined the liberals to uphold ObamaCare in a landmark 2012 decision, no longer holds the decisive vote, making it more likely the law is struck down.
The justices in coming months will also hear a case that pits religious protections against LGBT rights and a dispute over the scope of legal immunity for police officers accused of wrongdoing. The court has also faced about half a dozen election-related lawsuits this cycle and may be called upon to resolve additional disputes related to the upcoming Nov. 3 vote.
Updated: Sept. 19, 6:43 p.m.
Tags Amy Coney Barrett Donald Trump Mitch McConnell Susan Collins Ruth Bader Ginsberg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Merrick Garland Brett Kavanaugh Charles Schumer Lisa Murkowski Neil Gorsuch Joe Donnelly Joe Manchin Joe Biden Tim Kaine Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Death


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Q: How to set Region of Interest in OpenCV - JAVA I have an image of a business card on which I have preformed perspective transform in order to extract only the card from the image. Now, I want o feed this image to the tesseract-ocr engine. Before that, I want to extract the region of interest that have some text and feed that instead of the whole image. How can I extract just the text from the card.
Here is an example of the image:

A: Here is the code that is going to do this for you. I did it by first finding the contours of the text available on the image and then using those contours on the actual image.
     Mat img_grayROI =  Highgui.imread(perspective__transform_file, Highgui.CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);

      Imgproc.GaussianBlur(img_grayROI, img_grayROI, new Size(15,15),50.00);Imgproc.THRESH_BINARY_INV, 15, 4);

      Imgproc.threshold(img_grayROI, img_grayROI, -1, 255, Imgproc.THRESH_BINARY_INV+Imgproc.THRESH_OTSU);

      Imgproc.dilate(img_grayROI, img_grayROI, Imgproc.getStructuringElement(Imgproc.MORPH_RECT, new Size(2, 2)));

      Mat heirarchy= new Mat();
      Point shift=new Point(150,0);

      List<MatOfPoint> contours = new ArrayList<MatOfPoint>();

        Imgproc.findContours(img_grayROI, contours, heirarchy, Imgproc.RETR_LIST, Imgproc.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
        double[] cont_area =new double[contours.size()];

      for(int i=0; i< contours.size();i++){
             if (Imgproc.contourArea(contours.get(i)) > 50 ){
                 Rect rect = Imgproc.boundingRect(contours.get(i));
                 cont_area[i]=Imgproc.contourArea(contours.get(i));

                 if (rect.height > 25){
                     Core.rectangle(result, new Point(rect.x,rect.y), new Point(rect.x+rect.width,rect.y+rect.height),new Scalar(0,0,255));

                     System.out.println(rect.x +"-"+ rect.y +"-"+ rect.height+"-"+rect.width);
                     Highgui.imwrite(ROI_file,result);
                 }
             }
        }

perspective_transform is the source image on which I need to find the ROI.
Hope it helps.


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Home Blog Daily Devotional Fall and Rise
Fall and Rise
Then Simeon blessed them and told his mother Mary, "Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed— and a sword will pierce your own soul—that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
Written by Diane Woerner from the Station Hill Campus
Autumn and Eternity
More than any other time of year, autumn tugs at my spirit. It doesn't draw me to sadness, but to thoughts of eternity. I often watch a single leaf make its once-in-a-lifetime journey from its twig to its particular spot on the ground. I witness the rise and fall. It wasn't that long ago when these leaves were tender babies, newly emerging from a small bud and drawing on the energy stored in the tree's roots.
But soon enough it would be their turn to provide energy for the next generation. Nature always works on this cycle of life to death, as do civilizations: rise and fall, rise and fall.
A New Pattern to Behold
Over the years, however, I've noticed a different pattern in Scripture. It's the inverted pattern of "fall and rise." Here's what God told the prophet in Jeremiah 1:10: "See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant." Other similar verses I've found are 1 Samuel 2:6-7 and 2 Corinthians 7:3.
But where I noticed it first is in the prophecy of Simeon in Luke 2:34: "Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, 'Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rising of many in Israel.'"
The Prelude in The Pattern
Of course I can't understand what all this means. But it does bring a fresh settledness to my heart. I realize that, in God's economy, hardships are less a conclusion and more of a prelude. Of course, even death itself is but the entryway to heaven for those of us who are in Christ.
Yet within the span of our lives, I think the same pattern applies.
In Resurrection Power
I believe we never really discover God's nature as comforter and restorer apart from a context of suffering and weakness. But beyond that, I think this realization can encourage us significantly. Especially as the circumstances of our lives change and challenges come. It's ultimately the gospel story.
Death and resurrection—not of a different generation, like the new leaves, but actually of each of us personally. Isn't our God wonderful?
Take the time to seek the people you know who live with joy and confidence in God's strength and love. Ask them about their stories. Allow them to tell you about how they've experienced at least one very real "falling" in their lives that brought them to the "rising" understanding of who they are and who God is.
True Hope
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