Some 200 varieties of distinctly different Iris reach their peak season in May and June.
The varieties include Japanese, Bearded, Siberian and Louisiana in colors ranging from softest whites and yellows through orange, pink, red and purple, with blooms from delicate to large and showy and some quite fragrant.
The blooming season for some varieties extends to September. To maintain interest throughout the spring and summer, the garden is over planted with hundreds of annual sun-loving zinnias, petunias and vinca to create a visual carpet of color until frost.
The Iris Society, an affiliate of The American Iris Society, established this garden through its mission to promote the propagation and planting of Iris in the Ozarks.
Additional support is needed, however, to maintain other aspects of the garden's infrastructure.
The Iris Garden is located southeast of the Springfield Botanical Center, just east of the Dr. Bill Roston Native Butterfly House. The garden is in peak bloom during late spring, with annuals helping extend the color in the garden until frost.


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10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
10 Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.
10 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they had come out of Egypt.
10 The only things inside the Ark were two stone tablets that Moses had put in the Ark at Mount Sinai. That was where the Lord made his agreement with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where the Lord made a promise to the Israelites after they left Egypt.
10 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb, where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel after they came out of Egypt.
10 There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets that Moses had put inside at Horeb on which Yahweh had made a covenant with the Israelites when they went out from Egypt.
10 There wasn't anything in the ark except the two tablets. Moses had placed them in it at Mount Horeb. That's where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites. He made it after they came out of Egypt.
10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

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RECAP: The #RedSox defeated the Orioles 1-0 in 11 innings last night without an RBI.
First things first, the Red Sox have got to stop making a habit out of these games. I know they're 15-3 in extra inning games, but you have to attribute at least a handful of those, like last night, to luck. Imagine if they were only 10-8 in extras this year? That's not bad but they would be in second place behind the Yankees right now. Honestly, I was lucky to be able to watch that whole game. Drew Pomeranz and Kevin Gausman really picked up the pace, and they're the main reason this eleven inning game only took three hours and twenty-seven minutes. A good way to avoid these long games would be to have a game-changing power bat available. Hanley Ramirez was supposed to be that guy, Mookie Betts isn't going to hit 31 ding dongs like he did last year, and David Ortiz is no longer here. Those were your three biggest power threats last year, and two-thirds of them have not lived up to the expectations they had going into the year. Bryce Brentz hit 31 HR with the PawSox this season, but he wasn't added to the 40-man roster for whatever reason. What I think this all boils down to is the acquisition of a power bat this offseason. Giancarlo Stanton would be nice, but you're not going to meet the Marlins asking price, hopefully. I'm really talking myself into JD Martinez of the Diamondbacks. He's a free agent after this season, he has a history with Dave Dombrowski, and he has hit 40 home runs this year. Sure, he's thirty and can probably get a deal worth more than $20 million a year, but the Red Sox are going to need a game changing type of bat, and he fits that need. I know I'm getting too far ahead of myself, but it's something to think about.
Okay, I got that off my chest, let's talk about the game that was played last night. Like I said above, Drew Pomeranz was matched up against Kevin Gausman in this one, two SEC guys. Gausman outpitched Pomeranz, but not by much. The lefty put up six and a third solid innings, scattering five hits, two walks, and five strikeouts over that span. He got hit pretty hard, but managed to keep the Orioles off the scoreboard with the help of his outfielders. In the third, Andrew Benintendi ended the inning by picking off old friend Manny Machado at the plate with this great throw:
Just another reminder of what your favorite OF can do: pic.twitter.com/ycE2nQxpR9
— Red Sox (@RedSox) September 20, 2017
Later on in the fifth, Jackie Bradley Jr. robbed Chris Davis of a solo shot with this very casual catch:
You've been struck by a Smooth Criminal! pic.twitter.com/fKXUwZbNTg
I was hoping Mookie Betts would rob the Orioles of a run, since the other two outfielders made great plays. That didn't happen though, and Pomeranz couldn't pick up his 17th win of the year either, despite the great effort. It was surprising to see him come back out for the seventh, but I actually like how John Farrell only had him face Chris Davis, a lefty. He got Davis to fly out, thus ending his day on a positive note.
For the second night in a row, the bullpen was relied on heavily, and they came through yet again. Carson Smith, Addison Reed, Craig Kimbrel, Joe Kelly, and Matt Barnes combined to pitch nearly five innings of perfect baseball. No hits, no walks, nothing for the Orioles, a real shut down. It was a bit nerve-racking watching Road Matt Barnes try and close out the game, but he did it to perfection and picked up his first save of the season. With all the use the bullpen has been dealing with lately, the off day on Thursday will be a good opportunity for rest.
Offensively, Kevin Gausman held the Red Sox in check. It took until the fifth inning for them to get their first hit, a Rafael Devers single, and they could only reach base three other times while facing Gausman. Once he left though, more scoring chances came, but they couldn't capitalize right away. A leadoff single from Sam Travis in the eighth turned to nothing, a one out double from Andrew Benintendi could not turn into a run, and a one out Rafael Devers single couldn't be turned into a run. I forgot to mention this earlier, but Devers had a really rough night at third with his throwing error in the eleventh that could have led to the tying run scoring for the Orioles. Anyway, it wasn't until the eleventh when the Red Sox finally capitalized on a scoring chance. A leadoff single from Brock Holt was cancelled out by JBJ grounding into a fielder's choice, putting him at first with one out. After Xander Bogaerts advanced him to second, two straight walks loaded the bases. With Mitch Moreland at the plate, a wild pitch from Brad Brach allowed the runners to advance, scoring JBJ from third. Moreland grounded out after that and that was the inning.
The win marks five straight series wins, and keeps them three games above the Yankees. Chris Sale, who owns a 4.25 ERA since the start of August, gets the start in this pretty important series finale later tonight.
87 down, 7 to go.
Author Brendan CampbellPosted on September 20, 2017 Categories Baseball, Sports, UncategorizedTags baltimore, Baseball, boston, mlb, orioles, red sox, tuesday
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Netwerk, meestal simpelweg net genoemd, is een textielproduct dat bestaat uit enkelvoudige, getwijnde, gekabeleerde of gevlochten netgarens, of een combinatie daarvan, die zodanig gekruist of verbonden zijn dat ze in het eindproduct open ruimtes vormen die 'mazen' worden genoemd. Zowel het textiel als veel producten waarin het verwerkt is worden aangeduid als 'net'. De eigenlijke naam van het textiel, 'netwerk', wordt tegenwoordig vooral gebruikt voor abstracte netwerken zoals telecom- en ICT netwerken.

Net heeft veel toepassingen en is verkrijgbaar in verschillende varianten. De eigenschappen variëren afhankelijk van het soort en dikte van het gebruikte netgaren en de wijze waarop het net geknoopt is.

Er zijn verschillende maasvormen mogelijk, bijvoorbeeld: ruit, vierkant of hexagonaal.

Afspraken over netten zijn genormeerd en staan in de internationale norm ISO 1107 Netwerk. Benamingen en definities staan in de Nederlandse norm NEN 5306 Benamingen en definities.

Netwerk wordt soms verward met gaas. Het verschil is dat net gemaakt is van textiel terwijl gaas gemaakt is van metaaldraad.

Geschiedenis
De oudste vondsten van netten en touwen gemaakt van wilgenbast gaan terug tot het Mesolithicum. Aangezien netten in de prehistorie gemaakt werden van organische materialen die snel vergaan, kan niet worden uitgesloten dat netten al bekend waren in het Laatpaleolithicum.
Op grafmonumenten uit het Oude Rijk in het Oude Egypte zijn afbeeldingen gevonden van het vissen met een sleep- of treknet. Op afbeeldingen is te zien dat de netten werden gemaakt door het weven of knopen van vlasdraden.

Netten werden oorspronkelijk gemaakt van natuurlijke materialen zoals hennep, sisal, vlas, linnen, katoen en zijde.

Vanaf halverwege de 19e eeuw begonnen fabrieken met de machinale productie van netten.

Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog verschenen het eerste (vis)netten van nylon, een synthetisch garen. Dit rot niet in tegenstelling tot natuurlijk garen. Bovendien is het sterker. Tegenwoordig worden vrijwel alle netten gemaakt van synthetische garens zoals nylon, polyamide, polyester, polyethyleen en dyneema.

Milieu
Door de wereldwijde toename van de netvisserij maken gescheurde netten zo'n 10% uit van de totale hoeveelheid afval in zeeën en oceanen. Deze netten vormen een gevaar voor zeedieren, zoals dolfijnen, zeeschildpadden en walvissen, die erin verstrikt raken en sterven. Ook kunnen ze ervan eten of kunnen netten de toegang tot paaigronden blokkeren. Soms raken oude netten verstrikt in koraalriffen.

Tuinnetten en netten op sportcomplexen, zoals tennisnetten, doelnetten en ballenvangers, leveren gevaar op voor vogels en zoogdieren, die erin verstrikt kunnen raken.

Productie

 Geknoopte netten  Traditioneel worden netten gemaakt door gedraaide of gevlochten garens op hun kruispunten te knopen. Hiervoor kan een boetnaald of een netknoopmachine worden gebruikt. Soms worden de randen van een net versterkt met een randlijn.
 Knooploze netten  Knooploze netten kunnen bijvoorbeeld 'gebreid' zijn, waarbij de garens van het net door een breitechniek verbonden worden, bijvoorbeeld met een netmachine, een soort breimachine. Knooploze netten zijn gladder en slijten daardoor minder snel.
 Thermoplastisch geproduceerde netten  Van dicht zeildoek worden netachtige doeken gemaakt, door er ronde of vierkante openingen in te perforeren. Deze openingen zijn meestal 2 à 3 cm groot. Deze 'netten' worden vaak beschermende leuningen op bouwplaatsen gebruikt. Ook worden ze gebruikt als (tijdelijke) afzettingen op skipistes.

Soorten netten
Netten hebben veel verschillende toepassingen. Er zijn dan ook veel verschillende soorten netten, bijvoorbeeld:

Visserij

 Visnet
 Gaand want, vistuig dat door het water wordt voortgetrokken.
 Staand want, vistuig dat op een vaste plaats wordt gehouden door stokken of ankers.
 Schutwant, geschakelde rechthoekige lappen net om de zwemrichting van vis te beïnvloeden
 Schepnet, zak van netmateriaal, opgehangen aan een ring van stevig metaaldraad, welke voorzien is van een steel.
 Garnalennet, schepnet waar aan de voorzijde van de ring een voorhout bevestigd is, zodat het niet kapot schuurt tijdens schuiven over het zand. De ring is daardoor 'D' vormig. Het wordt gebruikt om op het strand garnalen te vangen.
 Aquariumschepnetje, klein schepnetje voor gebruik in aquaria. Meestal met een vierkante ring.
 Landingsnet, diep schepnet waarmee een visser een gehaakte vis veilig naar de kant brengt.
 Werpnet, rond net dat langs de randen verzwaard is. het wordt over de vissen die in het water zwemmen gegooid of snel uitgespreid en zinkt snel waardoor de vissen eronder gevangen wordt.
 Leefnet of keepnet,langwerpig net om gevangen vis tijdelijk in te bewaren. Het net wordt in het water gehangen en wijd gehouden door meerdere kunststof ringen. De bovenzijde is afsluitbaar.
 Kruisnet, vierkant net dat opgespannen wordt door twee diagonaal van hoek naar hoek lopende stokken. Het net wordt met een touw aan de stokken op de bodem gelaten, en als er vissen boven zwemmen snel opgehaald.
 Hoopnet emmervormig net, gevormd door enkele hoepels met netwerk ertussen. Hij wordt gebruikt voor het vangen van, rivierkreeftjes, krabbetjes en kleine visjes. Het net ligt op de bodem, de opstaande rand neergelaten. Op het net ligt aas. Rivierkreeften en krabben kruipen erop om het aas op te eten. Als het net opgehaald wordt, wordt de rand omhoog getrokken en kunnen ze niet meer ontsnappen.

Transport
 Ladingnet of afdeknet, fixeert de lading en zorgt dat er niets afvalt of afwaait. Bijvoorbeeld op een open laadbak van een vrachtwagen, bestelwagen of aanhanger). Ook bij gepalletiseerde goederen (weg-, rail-, lucht- en zeetransport).
 Aanhangernet, ladingnet voor gebruik op (kleine) aanhangwagen
 Kofferbaknet, klein ladingnet, voor gebruik in de laadruimte van personenwagens
 Hijsnet, sterk net gebruikt in de bouw, industrie, haven, schepen, voor het met i.h.a. een hijskraan optillen van goederen, bv producten in zakken, dozen of kratten, maar ook grote artikelen zoals voertuigen. Hijsnetten worden ook gebruikt om goederen onder helikopters te transporteren ('underslung')
 Boodschappennet zak van netmateriaal waarmee te voet goederen kunnen worden vervoerd. Er bestaan verschillende uitvoeringen: bv. met handvatten als draagtas, met schouderband als schoudertas of als wagentas, opgehangen aan bv. een kinder- of wandelwagen, scootmobiel of rollator.
 Hooinet, zak van netmateriaal die gevuld wordt met hooi, en opgehangen aan de wand van een paardenstal, zodat paarden het hooi er door de mazen heen uit kunnen eten
 Bagagenet, elastisch net of elastisch bevestigd net aan een verticaal oppervlak, zodat er goederen achter gestoken kunnen worden. Bv in het deksel van een koffer, achteraan een auto-, vliegtuig- of OV-zitting, of tegen de zijwand van de kofferruimte van personenwagens.

Veiligheid
Construction safety nets are flexible plastic nets made from HDPE or High-density polyethylene raw materials.
 Steigernet of valnet, horizontaal opgehangen net bv op bouwplaatsen, bedoeld om kleine vallende voorwerpen op te vangen. Ook als veiligheidsnet voor personen.
 Valnet of (op)vangnet, net opgehangen als valbeveiliging, bv bij trapezeacts in een circus.
 Randnet, verticale constructie met net. Vaak bij constructie van gebouwen gebruikt als tijdelijke tijdelijke balustrade. Ook bv bij balustrades om te voorkomen dat kleine personen erdoorheen vallen.
 Werfnet of afzetnet, geperforeerd zeildoek dat gebruikt wordt om bouwterreinen af te bakenen.

Agrarisch
 Tuinnet
 anti-vogelnet, moestuinnet, fruitnet, grote netten met kleine mazen die over gewassen worden gespannen om vogels weg te houden. Sommige netten zijn goed zichtbaar voor vogels, waardoor ze niet verstrikt raken in de netten van gevlochten PE draad.
 vijvernet, net dat de vijver beschermt tegen vogels, bv reigers.
 Groeinet of klimnet, net met grote mazen (bv 10 cm x 10 cm) waar planten tegen omhoog kunnen klimmen. Bijv. voor bonen en erwten.
 Schapennet of geitennet, net met grote mazen (ca. 15 cm x 15 cm) waarmee eenvoudig een tijdelijk weiland afgezet kan worden
 Vangnet, om vogels en kleine zoogdieren te vangen, ook om bv vogels te ringen
 Fretteernet of buidel, net waarmee een uitgang van een konijnenbouw, wordt afgesloten. Een fret jaagt de konijnen uit hun bouw de netten in.
 Mistnet, zeer dun fijnmazig net dat tussen twee palen wordt opgehangen voor het vangen van vogels en vleermuizen. Het wordt in Nederland alleen gebruikt voor biologisch onderzoek.
 Slagnet of klapnet, net met een veerbekrachtigd dichtslaand frame waarmee men vogels kan vangen
 Trekraam of raamval met net bespannen frame dat, door er aan één zijde een stokje met een lang touw eraan onder te zetten, schuin geplaatst wordt. Zodra een vogel bij het lokvoer eronder komt, wordt het stokje weggetrokken.
 Werpnet, rond net dat langs de randen verzwaard is. het wordt een dier gegooid of snel uitgespreid dat er zo onder gevangen wordt.

Sport en spel
 Doelnet bij balsporten zoals voetbal, handbal, hockey, ijshockey, waterpolo, kanopolo, tjoekbal en bandy
 Basketbalnet, een bijzonder soort doelnet
 Speelhelftscheidingsnet bij trefvlaksporten zoals tennis, badminton, tafeltennis en volleybal
 Pockets, gaten met een net eronder waar de ballen in gespeeld moeten worden in snooker- en poolbiljarttafels
 Crosse, Lacrossestick met aan het uiteinde een vangnet
 Klimnet, sterk net om in te klimmen, bv bij survivalruns en hindernisbanen. Ook in speeltuinen.
 Ballennet, zak van netwerk waarin ballen vervoerd en opgeslagen worden
 Veiligheidsnet
 Ballenvanger of backstop. Horizontale netten tussen ijzeren spijlen, bv tussen het speelveld en de toeschouwers, of achter het doel. Soms ook van gaas.
 Werpkooi, ronde kooi zonder dak van rekbare netten die tussen ijzeren spijlen zijn gespannen, bv bij discuswerpen en kogelslingeren.
 Slagkooi, langwerpige kooi incl. dak van rekbare netten die tussen ijzeren spijlen zijn gespannen, voor training bij bv honkbal of cricket.
 Trampolinenet, veiligheidskooi van netten die om een trampolinezijn gespannen tussen ijzeren palen

Kleding
 Netkleding, kleding van net (textiel)
 Netkous
 Nethemd
 Netshirt
 Voile, netvormige stof. Tevens de naam voor netsluiers op dameshoeden.
 Haarnet, hoofddeksel van net. Ook gebruikt als onderdeel van veiligheidskledij, om te voorkomen dat hoofdharen in machines komen, en als hygiënekledij, bv in ziekenhuizen, bij bedrijfsmatige voedselbereiding, farmaceutische, elektronische- en computerindustrie (cleanrooms).
 Baardnet, hygiënekledij in bv cleanrooms

Verpakken
 Verpakkingnetje, klein net gebruikt in detailhandel voor groente en fruit, bv citrusvruchten en uien.
 Sinaasappelnet (nylon)
 Netzak, groot verpakkingsnet, o.a. gebruikt voor aardappels, uien en houtblokken
 Kerstbomennet
 Schuimnet, netvormig hoesje van EPE, gebruikt ter bescherming van fruit enwijnflessen.

Overig
 Insectennet of muskietennet, fijnmazig net om insecten te weren.
 Klamboe constructie van muskietennet dat vooral in de tropen boven en rond het bed gehangen wordt
 Hor, een met insectennet (of horgaas) bespannen frame dat op een kozijn bevestigd wordt.
 Haaiennet, lang verticaal net dat rond stranden in het water wordt geplaatst om aanvallen van haaien op zwemmers te voorkomen.
 Hangmat, net of doek dat tussen twee bevestigingspunten wordt opgehangen waarop men kan liggen.
 Relingnet, net van ca. 60 cm hoog, met mazen van 40 à 50 mm, dat aan de reling van schepen wordt opgehangen om te voorkomen dat personen of losliggende spullen door de reling heen overboord slaan.
 Netprothese of 'mesh', kunststof implantaatstructuur op textielbasis voor bv. het voorkomen of sluiten van hernia, zoals liesbreuk (hernianet) en buikwandbreuk.
 Vitrage of glasgordijnen, vaak witte, dunne gordijnen van netachtig materiaal.
 Wasnet, zakje van netmateriaal, gebruikt om (kleine) kledingstukken in de wasmachine te beschermen tegen verlies of beschadiging. Het wasnet zorgt ervoor dat kleding niet 'verstrikt' kan raken of kapot wordt getrokken tijdens het wasprogramma.
 Netverband, elastische 'sleeve' van katoenen verbandmateriaal waarmee bijvoorbeeld een verbandgaasje op een wond kan worden gefixeerd, zonder dat daar ander fixatiemateriaal voor nodig is. Netverband is er in allerlei vormen, voor verschillende lichaamsdelen, zoals bv. hand, pols, knie, bovenbeen of schouder.
 'Screendoek' of 'schaduwdoek', los geweven pvc-gecoat glasvezeldoek met zeer kleine mazen. Het kan ook van HDPE, polyester of zelfs aluminium. Komt voor in verschillende dichtheden of gradaties van schaduw van ongeveer 5% tot 95% (percentage van het zonlicht dat tegengehouden wordt). Wordt bijvoorbeeld gebruikt in screens en los opgehangen als bescherming van bv. gewassen, speelplaatsen, tuinen en voertuigen tegen de zon.
 Zwembadnet, sterk pvc-gecoat glasvezeldoek ('screen-'/'schaduwdoek') met zeer kleine mazen, dat voorkomt dat er vuil, blad of bloesem in het zwembad terecht komt. Laat in tegenstelling tot een zwembadzeil regenwater door.
 Zandbaknet, net om katten en honden uit een zandbak te houden. Soms gemaakt van 'screen-'/'schaduwdoek', soms een 'gewoon' grootmaziger net.

Militair
 Camouflagenet, groot net, meestal voorzien van stroken (kunst)stof. Ze imiteren vegetatie, en worden gebruikt om opstellingen, voertuigen en installaties etc. te verbergen. Moderne camouflagenetten schermen ook de hittesignatuur enigszins af. Er zijn camouflagenetten in iedere omgevingskleur. Vaak combinaties van groen, bruin en zwart. Maar ook netten voor stedelijke, sneeuw en woestijnomgevingen. In de netten kunnen bv takken, gras en lappen stof gestoken worden om het camouflage-effect verbeteren. Sommige uitvoeringen zijn door impregnatie weer- en rotbestendig en bovendien brandvertragend. Ze kunnen ook dienen als wind- en zonbescherming. Ze worden vastgezet aan voertuigen of objecten, en aan de grond met grondpennen om flapperen te voorkomen. Vaak worden er palen onder geplaatst om een 'natuurlijke' vorm te creëren. Ook jagers gebruiken soms camouflagenetten.
 Helmnet, klein net dat over een gevechtshelm gespannen wordt om de vorm en glans van de helm te verbergen. Aan het helmnet worden soms stroken (kunst)stof bevestigd. In het net kan extra camouflagemateriaal, bv takken, gestoken worden. Vaak wordt een helmnet op zijn plaats gehouden door een elastische helmband, waarachter ook extra camouflagemateriaal gestoken kan worden, bv takken of gras.
 Gelaatsnet of gezichtsnet, klein (ca. 100x100cm) licht net dat voor het gelaat gehangen wordt als camouflagemiddel; het net verbergt de contouren en kleur van het gelaat. Sommige jassen hebben een 'ingebouwd' oprolbaar gelaatsnet in de capuchon. Gelaatsnetten worden onder andere gebruikt door sluipschutters.
 Anti-onderzeebootnet, onder water geplaatste netten in de monding van een haven of zeestraat, die voorkomen dat een onderzeeboot erin vaart.
 Anti-torpedonet, netten die aan een afgemeerd of anderszins stilliggen schip worden opgehangen om het te beschermen tegen torpedo's

Gezegden met net
In het Nederlands komen en verschillende gezegden voor waarin het net in een overdrachtelijke betekenis wordt aangewend. Enkele voorbeelden:
 Achter het net vissen (een kans missen)
 De vogel over het net laten vliegen (goede kansen niet aangrijpen)
 Door de mazen van het net glippen (op het nippertje ontsnappen)
 Grote vissen scheuren het net (hooggeplaatste personen worden niet zo gemakkelijk gestraft)
 Iemand het net over het hoofd halen (iemand tegen wil en dank tot iets doen besluiten)
 Roep geen haring voor hij in het net is (wees niet te voorbarig)
 Tussen de mazen van het net vissen (creatief te werk gaan)

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Review: The Swap by Robyn Harding
by Stefani September 10, 2020 September 9, 2020
The Swap by Robyn Harding
Published: June 23, 2020 by Gallery
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Synopsis: Low Morrison is not your average teen. You could blame her hippie parents or her looming height or her dreary, isolated hometown on an island in the Pacific Northwest. But whatever the reason, Low just doesn't fit in—and neither does Freya, an ethereal beauty and once-famous social media influencer who now owns the local pottery studio.
After signing up for a class, Low quickly falls under Freya's spell. And Freya, buoyed by Low's adoration, is compelled to share her darkest secrets and deepest desires. Finally, both feel a sense of belonging…that is, until Jamie walks through the studio door. Desperate for a baby, she and her husband have moved to the island hoping that the healthy environment will result in a pregnancy. Freya and Jamie become fast friends, as do their husbands, leaving Low alone once again.
Then one night, after a boozy dinner party, Freya suggests swapping partners. It should have been a harmless fling between consenting adults, one night of debauchery that they would put behind them, but instead, it upends their lives. And provides Low the perfect opportunity to unleash her growing resentment.
Review: ***Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books!***
This was the first book I have read by Robyn Harding but it will not be the last. This book was such a deliciously dark guilty pleasure. If you need to have a likeable character in your books then this one might not be the one for you. A LOT of people really hated everyone. I kind of liked Low but I think it was because I empathized with her from my own experiences at that age.
Low is a girl who is searching for something to call her own. She has a polyamorous family, both of her parents have other partners on a regular basis and occasionally on a short term basis. She doesn't have many friends in school because the other kids look down on her because of her weird family and because she is rather strange herself. She goes by Low because her hippy dippy parents named her Swallow (after the bird) because….well they are idiots. They prove how idiotic they are over and over again. Low finds herself attracted to Freya and she struggles to try and figure out why. Is it a friend thing? A romantic thing? A sex thing? She isn't sure and wants desperately to just have a friend that is all hers so she can figure that out. I empathized with that coming of age struggle. As a result, she got a lot of leeway from me for some of the terrible thing she did. Yes, she did those things. Yes they were wrong. But she is a dumb kid that got taken advantage of and betrayed by the adults around her.
Freya was just delightfully devious. I could never really get a read on her. Was she evil? Or just rather self absorbed and selfish? It was hard to tell and her character made me feel constantly off balance. She utilizes both Jamie and Low as weapons against each other, ruthlessly pitting them against each other in a competition for her affection.
Jamie took me by surprise. Her character was largely boring. Then suddenly when her friendship with Freya was threatened she exploded into action and it was wonderful! Her husband though was as boring as watching paint dry.
The twists and turns kept me wondering what was going to happen the entire book. But looking back none of the things that happened come out of nowhere. They were the logical journey of the story but I didn't see it. I could not put this book down. It was delicious.
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Audiobook Review: Luster by Raven Leilani
by Stefani August 14, 2020 August 14, 2020
Luster by Raven Leilani
Published: August 4, 2020 by Macmillan Audio
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Synopsis: Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage
Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties—sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She's also, secretly, haltingly figuring her way into life as an artist. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage—with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contemporary sexual manners and racial politics weren't hard enough, Edie finds herself unemployed and falling into Eric's family life, his home. She becomes hesitant friend to his wife and a de facto role model to his adopted daughter. Edie is the only black woman young Akila may know.
Razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged, socially disruptive, Luster is a portrait of a young woman trying to make her sense of her life in a tumultuous era. It is also a haunting, aching description of how hard it is to believe in your own talent and the unexpected influences that bring us into ourselves along the way.
Review: This is probably one of the sharpest, wittiest debut novels I have ever read. The author is very good at evoking an atmosphere and feeling from the reader with her words. The entire book felt authentic and raw to me. Which is also why I found it largely sad and uninspiring.
The audiobook narrator was just perfect for this book too. Edie is cynical and fatalistic about literally everything. The narrator perfectly matched that attitude and it was wonderful. That's also why I wasn't really invested in this book for most of it. Most of the book is Edie making foolish decisions, getting hurt by it, and repeating those decisions. Which, I think, a lot of us can probably relate to from our early 20's. I know I can. And an older, hopefully wiser, version of me wanted to appeal to her to stop it. That she was destroying herself for the convenience of others and it wasn't worth it.
The ending of this book made it for me. I listened to the entire last three hours in one sitting, it was absolutely riveting. All of a sudden all those fatalistic, disparate threads of plot were pulled together in a beautiful moment of clarity for Edie. That ending took this book from a two star book to a four star book, without a doubt.
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One way is to use "positive action" in the recruitment process. However, using positive action is not without pitfalls, as we see from the recent Employment Tribunal case of Mr Furlong v the Chief Constable of Cheshire Police.
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Myth: Stratovolcanoes (like Mt. St. Helens and Vesuvius) are huge, but shield volcanoes (like the Hawaiian islands), with their gentle slopes, are pretty much flat and not very big.
Fact: Shield volcanoes do indeed have gentle slopes, but these are the hugest volcanoes on Earth.
Snow-capped Mauna Loa volcano. Note its gently dipping slopes.
Photo by R. Fiske of the Smithsonian Institute.
The most obvious examples of shield volcanoes are the Hawaiian Islands. See the photo of Mauna Loa shown here and note the shape of the mountain. The photo almost makes Mauna Loa look like a small, insignificant mountain, doesn't it? Actually, if you start measuring at the ocean floor, which is the real bottom of the mountain, Mauna Loa is 9 km tall, easily taller than Mt. Everest, and much wider. Only the top 4km rises above the water, though.
Shield volcanoes are formed by low-viscosity basaltic lava flows. Because basalt has such a low viscosity, it spreads out in thin sheets and can travel a long way before freezing. Gradually, after many repeated eruptions from a central fissure, a mountain will be formed—one that is much wider at its base than it is tall, but one that has the potential to be quite tall, depending on how long the magma source remains active.
Snow-and-glacier covered Mt Rainer, Washington State. Note its steep sides compared to Mauna Loa.
Photo by L. Siebert of the Smithsonian Institute.
Stratovolcanoes are sometimes also called "composite" volcanoes. They most often form on the continental overriding plate in a subduction zone. The Cascade Range volcanoes are all stratovolcanoes, for example. If you asked a child to draw a volcano, the shape they are most likely to come up with is the conical, steep-sided shape of a stratovolcano. See the photo of Mt. Rainier shown here and compare it to the photo of Mauna Loa above. From the photo, Rainier looks like a bigger mountain than Mauna Loa. In fact, its actual elevation above sea level (4392 m) is higher than Mauna Loa's, but remember that the base of Mauna Loa is really about 5 km below sea level!
Stratovolcanoes are shaped the way they are because they are formed by alternating layers of lava and pyroclastic material, both of which have a higher viscosity, and thus a greater resistance to flow than the basalt-only shields. Stratovolcanoes are more likely to erupt explosively and emit ash and gas. Many subduction zone stratovolcanoes go through a life cycle spanning millions of years in which the composition of their magma changes over time. This change in the mineralogy of the magma leads to changes in the type of eruption and the morphology of volcano itself. At the beginning, mostly basaltic magma erupts. This is because basaltic magma is the original source of magma coming from the volatile-driven melting going on at the top of the subducting slab under the subduction zone. As this basaltic magma continues to be produced by more and more lithosphere going down the subduction zone, it begins to melt some of the overlaying continental crust by conduction. This new addition to the magma generally has a higher concentration of silica in it because continental crust is more enriched in silica than oceanic crust. The addition of silica lowers the melting point of the magma and also increases its viscosity. So, now the eruptions will be more explosive, involve ash and pyroclastic debris, and stratovolcanoes will form. Next, the magma chamber will be highly silicic, quite viscous, and can erupt in a huge caldera-forming event. Finally, whatever is left of the magma body slowly cools, forming little resurgent domes, hot springs, and at the end, great bodies of intrusive igneous rocks such as granites. Below is a cartoon sketch of this cycle.
Schematic cross-sections depict the caldera cycle. At time 1, basaltic magmas rise to produce small cinder cones. At time 2, andesitic and basaltic magmas form stratovolcanoes. At time 3, a large rhyolitic magma chamber forms. At time 4, a big pyroclastic eruption produces a caldera. At time 5, the floor of the caldera bulges upwards and what's left of the magma chamber begins to cool. Note the timescales for each part of the cycle.
Figure from Fisher et al., (1997).
Can you tell what part of the caldera cycle Mt. Rainier is in right now? Think back to the previous lesson. What part of the caldera cycle is La Primavera in right now? Is there any evidence from earlier stages of La Primavera's cycle in the geologic maps of Mexico that we looked at?


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LASERSHIP ANNOUNCES TIME OF NEED PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM
VIENNA, VA – October 22, 2020 – LaserShip, the leader in last-mile delivery and largest regional e-commerce parcel carrier in the US, today announced its new philanthropic program called Time of Need to actively support communities it serves through initiatives focused on hunger relief, health improvement and disaster response.
LaserShip has more than three decades of delivery experience and has a history of providing critical support through in-kind delivery services, logistics and transportation consulting, volunteering time, and financial contributions. Given the increased need in recent months due to the COVID-19 crisis, LaserShip decided to formalize this commitment to the community by establishing the Time of Need program.
LaserShip is uniquely positioned to leverage its infrastructure, delivery network, and expertise to support communities in the following key areas:
•	Hunger relief: LaserShip has developed partnerships with local food banks to help through grants, volunteer events and transportation support.
•	Health improvement: LaserShip is an official member of the Workplace Partnership For Life which works to help increase organ donation awareness. Earlier this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, the team also facilitated daily deliveries of medical supplies and PPE for Inova, a Virginia hospital system and nonprofit healthcare provider.
•	Disaster response: Given its infrastructure and geographical network, LaserShip can help deliver emergency goods like water, food and clothing to areas affected by natural disasters.
"We have a responsibility to serve the communities in which we operate in. From helping deliver food and medical supplies to supporting cities and towns recovering from natural disasters, LaserShip is fully committed to helping during the most critical of times," said Josh Dinneen, Chief Commercial Officer of LaserShip. "We're very proud to launch the Time of Need program and look forward to increasing our involvement to deliver a difference."
LaserShip launched the program with a $10,000 charitable donation to Food for Others, a hunger relief organization in northern Virginia. As part of the commitment, LaserShip is providing delivery services to help Food for Others transport food from its warehouse to a distribution center in Annandale, Virginia. Food for Others feeds over 2,600 local families each week.
"We're thankful to LaserShip for their support and being there for the community during its time of need the past few months," said Annie Turner, executive director for Food for Others. "Without companies like LaserShip, we wouldn't be able to serve people during this time of increased demand."
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Isabel Canto, pr@lasership.com, or Suzanne Pace, suzanne@rocketsocialimpact.com.
About LaserShip, Inc.:
LaserShip is the leader in last-mile delivery for retailers and shippers that desire reduced transit times and increased flexibility within their supply chain. Founded in 1986, LaserShip has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services in the Eastern and Midwest U.S. for premier e-commerce and product-supply businesses, including five of the largest retailers in the U.S. For more information, visit https://lasership.com.
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The LLTD Mapper in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly gather responses to EMIT packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mapping failure) by omitting an ACK response, which triggers an XML syntax error.
Published: March 20, 2007; 4:19:00 PM -0400 V3.x:(not available)
Microsoft Windows XP and Vista overwrites ARP table entries included in gratuitous ARP, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of network access) by sending a gratuitous ARP for the address of the Vista host.
The neighbor discovery implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista allows remote attackers to conduct a redirect attack by (1) responding to queries by sending spoofed Neighbor Advertisements or (2) blindly sending Neighbor Advertisements.
The Teredo implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista uses the same nonce for communication with different UDP ports within a solicitation session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof the nonce through brute force attacks.
DFSR.exe in Windows Meeting Space in Microsoft Windows Vista remains available for remote connections on TCP port 5722 for 2 minutes after Windows Meeting Space is closed, which allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact by connecting to this port during the time window.
Microsoft Windows Vista establishes a Teredo address without user action upon connection to the Internet, contrary to documentation that Teredo is inactive without user action, which increases the attack surface and allows remote attackers to communicate via Teredo.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows XP and Vista allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks and possibly execute arbitrary code via a res: URI to navcancl.htm with an arbitrary URL as an argument, which displays the URL in the location bar of the "Navigation Canceled" page and injects the script into the "Refresh the page" link, aka Navigation Cancel Page Spoofing Vulnerability."
Published: March 17, 2007; 6:19:00 AM -0400 V3.x:(not available)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain malformed HTML, possibly involving applet and base tags without required arguments, which triggers a null pointer dereference in mshtml.dll.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900 SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a table element with a CSS attribute that sets the position, which triggers an "unhandled exception" in mshtml.dll.


So, you have a big final coming up and you are determined to get a good score this time. What are some good ways to prepare for a test? Here are some good tips and tricks to make sure you ace that exam.
First and foremost, set a goal. Set a reasonable one that you can reach, depending on the subject and how well you are doing in that class. Paying attention in class is one of the most important things to do: take notes on the lecture and try to participate in class as most as possible. And of course always do your homework. Don't forget to plan your time wisely or you will procrastinate.
Secondly, make sure that you know the material well. If the subject is particularly hard on you then spend a little more time on it. Go over previous worksheets, and look over old quizzes and tests. Always stay organized with your paper work and study guides. Ask for help from the teacher if you still have a hard understanding of the concepts.
Always have a suitable place to study. Somewhere quiet and that doesn't have many distractions. Find a good place where you can concentrate and focus. If you know the chapter is hard, don't just try to study the day before the test, try to study whenever you can. That way you can focus on certain sections of the material. If you have done all these steps you should be confident enough for a good score.
The day of the test, read each question thoroughly and don't take too long on a certain question. Remember to focus and remember what you studied so hard for! Always double check your answers before turning in the test, to catch any of the little mistakes. One last important thing to remember: make sure you have enough sleep the day before the test. A good nine hours of sleep can help you concentrate and less prone to errors than having only five hours of sleep because you tried to cram in all the studying.


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Q: Moving data from PostgreSQL 32bit to 64bit I use Synology's DS1515+ as a PostgreSQL (PG) DB server. Last week Synology upgraded their DSM (Linus based OS) to version 6.0. Doing so, they've upgraded their PG to 64bit and potentially to a newer version (9.3.6). I thus can no long start my instance of PG to access my data.
All this to say:
-I did not get a heads up that this upgrade was coming and therefore did not do a back-up to restore from.
-I can not install the 32bit version of PG to run a dump.
-I know and have access to my DB files
-I am limitted on the tools I can install and use
Is there a way for me to get to my data?

A: OK, first, you shouldn't need a heads-up that an upgrade is coming because you should have backups anyway. All the time. A disk failure, power surge or fire doesn't come with a few days advance warning either. (Ironically, you posted on world backup day).
32-bit PostgreSQL data files are not compatible with 64-bit binaries or vice versa. So you must, somehow, get the 32-bit binaries if you wish to read your data and dump it.
If you cannot do that on the NAS its self, you will need to:

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*Copy the data directory to another location ( you should do this anyway, for safekeeping )

*Make another copy somewhere safe and read-only. Don't touch it again.

*Install the same major version of PostgreSQL for the same operating system and architecture on a test system or VM. For example, if the NAS  runs on an x86_64 CPU but was running 32-bit i386 PostgreSQL 9.3.1 binaries, you could install Ubuntu 32-bit x86 and PostgreSQL 9.3.10 and expect it to read your data. Probably. There are some possible differences if the PostgreSQL on the NAS was compiled with special non-standard settings, but hopefully it wasn't.

*Start 32-bit PostgreSQL to use your copied directory

*Use pg_dumpall --globals-only to dump users, etc. Then for each database use pg_dump -Fc to dump the database.

*Restore the dumps to your new database. Or, preferably, set up a database server somewhere safe that you have reasonable control over.
Now go yell at the people who made this incredibly stupid change without telling anyone.
If you find that you can't load the data files on a regular Ubuntu 32-bit VM with the same PostgreSQL major version (x.y, e.g. if you had 9.4.1 you need 9.4.x and can't use 9.3.x or 9.5.x; yes, PostgreSQL's version numbering is stupid) then you might need to find an old version of the NAS's firmware and extract the PostgreSQL binaries from it, then get them to run on a VM. Or compile your own PostgreSQL with the same non-standard options the NAS people used. Thankfully this isn't likely, as few people change the block size, wal segment size, etc... and I really wish they weren't ./configure options at all.


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Representative Jon Christensen (1963 - )In Congress 1995 - 1999
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1. H.Amdt.457 — 104th Congress (1995-1996) Description: Page 49, after line 25, insert the following new section: \ SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for the salaries or expenses of any elevator operator in the House of Representatives office buildings. Amends Bill: H.R.1854 Sponsor: Rep. Christensen, Jon [R-NE-2] (Offered 06/22/1995) Latest Action: 06/22/95 On agreeing to the Christensen amendment (A012) Failed by recorded vote: 177 - 246 (Roll no. 414). (All Actions)
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This book presents recent developments in automatic text analysis. Providing an overview of linguistic modeling, it collects contributions of authors from a multidisciplinary area that focus on the topic of automatic text analysis from different perspectives. It includes chapters on cognitive modeling and visual systems modeling, and contributes to the computational linguistic and information theoretical grounding of automatic text analysis.
Authors: Chang, Chein-ICovers new research in the field of hyperspectral imaging including FPGA design, processes for finding endmembers, and progressive band processingDevelops two new theories for progressive hyperspectral imaging, sample-wise progressive hyperspectral imaging, and band-wise progressive hyperspectral imagingFocuses on causal and real-time hyperspectral imagingThe book covers the most crucial parts of real-time hyperspectral image processing: causality and real-time capability.
If you are a Java developer, student, researcher, or hobbyist wanting to create computer vision applications in Java then this book is for you.
If you are an experienced C/C++ developer who is used to working with OpenCV, you will also find this book very useful for migrating your applications to Java.
All you need is basic knowledge of Java, with no prior understanding of computer vision required, as this book will give you clear explanations and examples of the basics.
The concept of ridges has appeared numerous times in the image processing liter ature. Sometimes the term is used in an intuitive sense. Other times a concrete definition is provided. In almost all cases the concept is used for very specific ap plications. When analyzing images or data sets, it is very natural for a scientist to measure critical behavior by considering maxima or minima of the data. These critical points are relatively easy to compute. Numerical packages always provide support for root finding or optimization, whether it be through bisection, Newton's method, conjugate gradient method, or other standard methods.
It has not been natural for scientists to consider critical behavior in a higher-order sense. The con cept of ridge as a manifold of critical points is a natural extension of the concept of local maximum as an isolated critical point. However, almost no attention has been given to formalizing the concept. There is a need for a formal development. There is a need for understanding the computation issues that arise in the imple mentations. The purpose of this book is to address both needs by providing a formal mathematical foundation and a computational framework for ridges. The intended audience for this book includes anyone interested in exploring the use fulness of ridges in data analysis.
A CD-ROM packaged with the book contains libraries of the example images and code referenced in the text, additional technical white papers, a demonstration version of LabVIEW 6.0, and an NI IMAQ demonstration that guides you through its features. System Requirements: Using the code provided on the CD-ROM requires LabVIEW 6.1 or higher and LabVIEW Vision Toolkit 6.1 or higher. Some of the examples also require IMAQ Vision Builder 6.1 or higher, the IMAQ OCR toolkit, and IMAQ 1394 drivers.
The papers are organized in topical sections on discrete shape, representation, recognition and analysis; discrete and combinatorial tools for image segmentation and analysis; discrete and combinatorial Topology; models for discrete geometry; geometric transforms; and discrete tomography.
Although biometric systems present powerful alternatives to traditional authentication schemes, there are still many concerns about their security. Advances in Biometrics for Secure Human Authentication and Recognition showcases some of the latest technologies and algorithms being used for human authentication and recognition.Examining the full range of biometrics solutions, including unimodal and multimodal biometrics, the book covers conventional techniques as well as novel systems that have been developed over the past few years.
It presents new biometric algorithms with novel feature extraction techniques, new computer vision approaches, soft computing approaches, and machine learning techniques under a unified framework used in biometrics systems. Filled with comprehensive graphical and modular illustrations, the text covers applications of affective computing in biometrics, matching sketch to photograph, cryptography approaches in biometrics, biometrics alteration, heterogeneous biometrics, and age invariant biometrics. It also presents biometrics algorithms with novel feature extraction techniques, computer vision approaches, soft computing approaches, and machine learning techniques under a unified framework used in biometrics systems.Containing the work of some of the world's most respected biometrics researchers, the book includes model question papers, mathematical notations, and exercises to reinforce understanding. Providing an up-to-date review of intelligence techniques and theories used in biometric technologies for secure human authentication and identification, this is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, graduate students, engineers, practitioners, and developers in the field of biometrics and its related fields.
This 1996 book is a reliable account of the statistical framework for pattern recognition and machine learning. With unparalleled coverage and a wealth of case-studies this book gives valuable insight into both the theory and the enormously diverse applications.
Theory, Analysis and Design of RF Interferometric Sensors presents the theory, analysis and design of RF interferometric sensors. RF interferometric sensors are attractive for various sensing applications that require every fine resolution and accuracy as well as fast speed. The book also presents two millimeter-wave interferometric sensors realized using RF integrated circuits. The developed millimeter-wave homodyne sensor shows sub-millimeter resolution in the order of 0.05 mm without correction for the non-linear phase response of the sensor's quadrature mixer.
The designed millimeter-wave double-channel homodyne sensor provides a resolution of only 0.01 mm, or 1/840th of the operating wavelength, and can inherently suppress the non-linearity of the sensor's quadrature mixer. The experimental results of displacement and velocity measurement are presented as a way to demonstrate the sensing ability of the RF interferometry and to illustrate its many possible applications in sensing. The book is succinct, yet the material is very much self-contained, enabling readers with an undergraduate background in electrical engineering or physics with some experiences or graduate courses in RF circuits to understand easily.
This book discusses compressive sensing in the presence of side information. Compressive sensing is an emerging technique for efficiently acquiring and reconstructing a signal. Interesting instances of Compressive Sensing (CS) can occur when, apart from sparsity, side information is available about the source signals. The side information can be about the source structure, distribution, etc. Such cases can be viewed as extensions of the classical CS. In these cases we are interested in incorporating the side information to either improve the quality of the source reconstruction or decrease the number of samples required for accurate reconstruction.
In this book we assume availability of side information about the feasible region. The main applications investigated are image deblurring for optical imaging, 3D surface reconstruction, and reconstructing spatiotemporally correlated sources. The author shows that the side information can be used to improve the quality of the reconstruction compared to the classic compressive sensing. The book will be of interest to all researchers working on compressive sensing, inverse problems, and image processing.
Although computer graphics games and animations have been popular for more than a decade, recently personal computers evolved to support real-time, realistic-looking interactive games. OpenGL, a technology standard to develop CG applications, has had incredible momentum in both the professional and consumer markets. Once only the domain of production houses, OpenGL has grown to be the standard for graphics programming on all platforms, personal computers, and workstations. Now more than ever, people are eager to learn about what it takes to make such productions, and how they can be a part of them.
This book focuses on use of voice as a biometric measure for personal authentication. In particular, "Speaker Recognition" covers two approaches in speaker authentication: speaker verification (SV) and verbal information verification (VIV). The SV approach attempts to verify a speaker's identity based on his/her voice characteristics while the VIV approach validates a speaker's identity through verification of the content of his/her utterance(s). SV and VIV can be combined for new applications.
This is still a new research topic with significant potential applications. The book provides with a broad overview of the recent advances in speaker authentication while giving enough attention to advanced and useful algorithms and techniques. It also provides a step by step introduction to the current state of the speaker authentication technology, from the fundamental concepts to advanced algorithms. We will also present major design methodologies and share our experience in developing real and successful speaker authentication systems. Advanced and useful topics and algorithms are selected with real design examples and evaluation results. Special attention is given to the topics related to improving overall system robustness and performances, such as robust endpoint detection, fast discriminative training theory and algorithms, detection-based decoding, sequential authentication, etc. For example, the sequential authentication was developed based on statistical sequential testing theory. By adding enough subtests, a speaker authentication system can achieve any accuracy requirement. The procedure of designing the sequential authentication will be presented. For any presented technique, we will provide experimental results to validate the usefulness. We will also highlight the important developments in academia, government, and industry, and outline a few open issues. As the methodologies developed in speaker authentication span several diverse fields, the tutorial book provides an introductory forum for a broad spectrum of researchers and developers from different areas to acquire the knowledge and skills to engage in the interdisciplinary fields of user authentication, biometrics, speech and speaker recognition, multimedia, and dynamic pattern recognition.
This book presents a comprehensive review of image processing methods, for the analysis of land use in residential areas. Combining a theoretical framework with highly practical applications, the book describes a system for the effective detection of single houses and streets in very high resolution. Topics and features: with a Foreword by Prof. Dr. Peter Reinartz of the German Aerospace Center; provides end-of-chapter summaries and review questions; presents a detailed review on remote sensing satellites; examines the multispectral information that can be obtained from satellite images, with a focus on vegetation and shadow-water indices; investigates methods for land-use classification, introducing precise graph theoretical measures over panchromatic images; addresses the problem of detecting residential regions; describes a house and street network-detection subsystem; concludes with a summary of the key ideas covered in the book.
This book traces progress in photography since the first pinhole, or camera obscura, architecture. The authors describe innovations such as photogrammetry, and omnidirectional vision for robotic navigation. The text shows how new camera architectures create a need to master related projective geometries for calibration, binocular stereo, static or dynamic scene understanding. Written by leading researchers in the field, this book also explores applications of alternative camera architectures.
The book is inspired by the first seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Dealing with the Image Ivory Towers and Virtual Bridges" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to stimulate a discussion among engineers, designers and architects, all of whom are traditionally involved in the use of the Image as a specialized language supporting their work, their research activities and their educational tasks. The book will also include the essays of invited or interviewed authors from other disciplines, namely Philosophy, Mathematics and Semiotics.
According to Regis Debray, in the present "Visual Age", which he has significantly defined as a "Video-Sphere", all the information tends to be processed and controlled by means of visual devices. This occurs especially in the various branches of many technical studies and activities, one of the most sensitive areas to the use of Visual Language in the past and even more in the present.
The book is inspired by the second seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Working with the Image Description Processing Prediction" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to point out the role of Visual Language not only in describing reality, but also in supporting the thinking processes in Science (prediction), in Art (invention), in Technical studies (prevision) and in identifying and working on both visible and invisible phenomena.
As John Barrow states, "So often a picture is better than a thousand words" and "The visual language is the most natural, while the other language could reasonably be considered as 'postscripts' to the human story". The essays included in the volume (from lectures, the poster session, interviews and round table) will show the wide range of technical possibilities connected with the present use of the Image, especially thanks to Computer Graphics, from 3D Modeling to Augmented Reality, while also offering a glimpse of interesting theoretical perspectives. In the end, as noted by Martin Heidegger, the word "theory" not only comes from the Ancient Greek verb "theoreo", that is "to see, to observe", but it also echoes the words "theos" and "thea", namely "god" and "goddess", and above all, it shares the root with the term "aletheia", which is the "truth", which is not far from the ultimate goal of research.
The book is inspired by the third seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano (July 2013). "Educating by Image. Teaching Styles vs Learning Styles" was the motto of this meeting. The contributions (coming from lectures, the poster session, interviews and round table) aim to propose an updated look at visual education, highlighting how digital tools and networks have profoundly affected the "representational styles" of the teachers and the "cognitive styles" of the learners, while at the same time reaffirming the importance of the interaction between the two groups.
As Herbert Alexander Simon once said, "Learning results… only from what the student does and thinks"; therefore "the teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn". That is no mean feat if we consider that, according to Benjamin Samuel Bloom, visual education not only involves the pure cognition, but also the affective and the psychomotor domains, not to mention the social aspects. This is why, alongside some theoretical and historical retrospectives, the contributions recommend a continuous revision of "what" and "how" could be included in the academic curricula, also in connection with secondary schools, the professional world, targeted Lifelong Learning Programmes for students and teachers. The volume includes an interview with the science journalist and writer Piero Angela.
Developing a successful game in today's market is a challenging endeavor. Thousands of titles are published yearly, all competing for players' time and attention. Game analytics has emerged in the past few years as one of the main resources for ensuring game quality, maximizing success, understanding player behavior and enhancing the quality of the player experience. It has led to a paradigm shift in the development and design strategies of digital games, bringing data-driven intelligence practices into the fray for informing decision making at operational, tactical and strategic levels.
Game Analytics – Maximizing the Value of Player Data is the first book on the topic of game analytics; the process of discovering and communicating patterns in data towards evaluating and driving action, improving performance and solving problems in game development and game research. Written by over 50 international experts from industry and research, it covers a comprehensive range of topics across more than 30 chapters, providing an in-depth discussion of game analytics and its practical applications.
Topics covered include monetization strategies, design of telemetry systems, analytics for iterative production, game data mining and big data in game development, spatial analytics, visualization and reporting of analysis, player behavior analysis, quantitative user testing and game user research. This state-of-the-art volume is an essential source of reference for game developers and researchers.
Whether for computer evaluation of otherworldly terrain or the latest high definition 3D blockbuster, digital image processing involves the acquisition, analysis, and processing of visual information by computer and requires a unique skill set that has yet to be defined a single text. Until now.
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Providing information and background in a logical, as-needed fashion, the author presents topics as they become necessary for understanding the practical imaging model under study. He offers a conceptual presentation of the material for a solid understanding of complex topics and discusses the theory and foundations of digital image processing and the algorithm development needed to advance the field.
With liberal use of color through-out and more materials on the processing of color images than the previous edition, this book provides supplementary exercises, a new chapter on applications, and two major new tools that allow for batch processing, the analysis of imaging algorithms, and the overall research and development of imaging applications. It includes two new software tools, the Computer Vision and Image Processing Algorithm Test and Analysis Tool (CVIP-ATAT) and the CVIP Feature Extraction and Pattern Classification Tool (CVIP-FEPC).
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This book provides the new results in wavelet filter banks based feature extraction, and the classifier in the field of iris image recognition. It provides the broad treatment on the design of separable, non-separable wavelets filter banks, and the classifier. The design techniques presented in the book are applied on iris image analysis for person authentication. This book also brings together the three strands of research (wavelets, iris image analysis and classifier). It compares the performance of the presented techniques with state-of-the-art available schemes.
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First winners of FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers named
The FRIB Users Organization Executive Committee and the FRIB Theory Alliance Executive Board have announced the winners of the inaugural FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers. Jack Bishop, from Texas A&M University, and Wei Jia Ong, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, are the co-recipients of the 2021 experimental award. Christian Drischler, from Michigan State University, is the recipient of the 2021 theory award.
The FRIB Achievement Award for Early Career Researchers recognizes outstanding original contributions to the field of nuclear physics through work at or relating to FRIB, performed by scientists early in their careers.
The annual award consists of a plaque with the awardee's name and institution, and $3,000 for participant support to attend the annual Low Energy Community Meeting, receive the award, and give an invited plenary presentation on the awarded work.
Jack Bishop
Bishop's research involves the adaptation and use of a high-resolution time projection chamber (TPC) for measurements critical to astrophysics and nuclear structure. His effort resulted in one-at-a-time beta-decay spectroscopy with 10-kiloelectron volt detection limits and a detection sensitivity of branching ratios down to 0.01 percent for a special configuration of carbon-12, known as the Hoyle state, to disintegrate directly into three alpha-particles. Additionally, stringent limits on the likelihood of the Efimov effect in carbon-12 could also be ascertained with this technique. The Efimov effect is an effect in the quantum mechanics of few-body systems (systems consisting of a small number of well-defined structures) predicted by the Russian theoretical physicist Vitaly N. Efimov. Ongoing efforts also allowed for the study of neutron-induced reactions with an active-target TPC for the first time to study reactions relevant to the formation of carbon in stars.
"The development of new experimental techniques and the use of new detector technologies is vital to the science program at FRIB," said Bishop. "TPCs represent a tremendous leap forward in being able to study the radioactive beams that will be available at FRIB where the low-intensity of beams far from the valley of stability mean that 'every ion counts.' "
Due to advances in construction techniques and data acquisition systems, these TPCs are an affordable instrument for nuclear physics. Bishop's research demonstrates the use of a TPC (the TexAT TPC) to measure the properties of light nuclei using novel techniques that further demonstrate the applicability of TPCs to nuclear physics using a variety of different experimental techniques.
"With the fantastic quality of radioactive ion beams afforded by FRIB, future experiments with TPCs will be able to further deepen our understanding of the atomic nucleus," Bishop said. "Only at FRIB will we have access to probe the most exotic regions of the nuclear chart."
Bishop received a PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2018 where he studied experimental signatures of alpha-condensates in light nuclei. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University, where he has been a part of Grigory Rogachev's group since 2018. He primarily focuses on studying light nuclear systems using beta-delayed charged-particle spectroscopy of radioactive ion beams and neutron-induced reactions with the Texas Active Target (TexAT) TPC.
Christian Drischler
Drischler's research focuses on the nuclear equation of state (EOS) and neutron stars in general. He has been developing a Monte Carlo framework for Many-Body Perturbation Theory and Bayesian statistical methods that enable state-of-the-art effective field theory calculations of nuclear matter with theoretical uncertainties quantified. Applications of these methods shed light on the properties of heavy neutron-rich nuclei and the dense matter inside neutron stars.
Constraining the EOS of neutron-rich matter simultaneously from astrophysical observations, laboratory experiments, and nuclear theory is crucial for a fundamental understanding of strongly interacting matter. In anticipation of novel empirical constraints, for example from FRIB or multimessenger astronomy, Drischler's research aims to provide accurate microscopic predictions of the EOS based on chiral interactions up to high orders by taking advantage of the recent advances in chiral effective field theory and many-body perturbation theory.
To confront microscopic predictions with experimental and observational constraints on the nuclear EOS, including the nuclear symmetry energy, statistically meaningful theoretical uncertainty estimates are crucial. To this end, Drischler and his collaborators have developed a Bayesian framework for quantifying correlated effective field theory uncertainties in the nuclear EOS using machine learning.
FRIB will reach the widest range of isotopes possible. To predict properties of heavy neutron-rich nuclei and neutron star matter from nuclear theory, it is important to improve current chiral nuclear forces.
"FRIB will probe extremely neutron-rich nuclei. This will provide insights into the dense (neutron-rich) matter inside neutron stars and the convergence pattern of chiral effective field theory," said Drischler. "It will also allow us to test and constrain nuclear forces (especially three-nucleon forces) derived from chiral effective field theory in a regime that has not been accessible so far."
Drischler received a doctoral degree in physics from the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2017. His thesis advisor was EMMI Professor of Physics Achim Schwenk. For the scientific achievements in his dissertation, he received the 2018 Research Award of the Gerhard Herzberg Foundation at TU Darmstadt. From 2017 to 2020, he was a (postdoctoral) Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation hosted by Professor Wick Haxton in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include neutron stars, the nuclear EOS, effective field theory, many-body perturbation theory, Bayesian uncertainty quantification, and high-performance computing. Drischler is currently an FRIB Theory Fellow at Michigan State University.
Wei Jia Ong
Ong's research utilizes a diverse set of tools to understand the physics behind x-ray bursts and superbursts. Her efforts have resulted in multiple high-impact results on the masses and decay probabilities of several Urca cooling pairs, such as vanadium-61 and chromium-61, in the crust of neutron stars. The Urca process is a reaction which emits a neutrino and which is assumed to take part in cooling processes in neutron stars and white dwarfs.
Neutron stars are among the densest astrophysical objects in the universe, and the state of the ultradense matter at the core of neutron stars is still unknown. A neutron star in a binary system can siphon material from its companion and burn this material at its surface. Once growth has stopped, the nuclear burning atop the neutron-star surface also ceases, and the crust cools toward equilibrium with the core. This cooling process takes years and allows researchers to "look" deeper into the neutron star as time progresses. The ongoing nuclear reactions in the crust, such as Urca cooling, will change the thermal structure and cooling behavior of the star and need to be well accounted for to extract neutron-star properties. Ong's work at the laboratory centered mostly on understanding the nuclear reactions during thermonuclear burning on the neutron-star surface (that eventually becomes the crust) and the deep crustal nuclear processes that impact the cooling.
"We can perform experiments with FRIB which were previously impossible, both because of the accelerator and the new 'tools' which are envisioned for FRIB (such as the Separator for Capture Reactions and the High Rigidity Spectrometer)" said Ong. "There is a huge potential for discovery. The other thing I appreciate about FRIB is the massive community it brings together."
Ong received a PhD in physics from Michigan State University in 2018, working with Hendrik Schatz on radioactive beam experiments to probe the nuclear processes that occur in accreted neutron star crusts. After completing her PhD, she worked in the physics division at Argonne National Laboratory, performing nuclear physics experiments using the Multi-Sampling Ionization Chamber (MUSIC) with Melina Avila and Ernst Rehm. Ong joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2018 as a Lawrence Fellow.
The selection committees concluded that all candidates were strong contenders for the award. The Experiment Selection committee unanimously decided that the most appropriate outcome for the inaugural award was to recognize Ong and Bishop equally for their impressive and complementary contributions to the field.
"All of our nominees this year are outstanding, and we would like to congratulate each of them on their scientific achievements," said FRIB Users Organization Secretary Kelly Chipps, on behalf of the selection committees. "We look forward to equally impressive nominations in future years."
The recipients will present their work during the plenary session at the 2021 Low Energy Community Meeting in August.
Michigan State University (MSU) establishes and operates FRIB as a user facility for the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Hosting the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator, FRIB will enable scientists to make discoveries about the properties of rare isotopes in order to better understand the physics of nuclei, nuclear astrophysics, fundamental interactions, and applications for society, including in medicine, homeland security, and industry.


Getting the bookkeeping for your creative biz under control should be a high priority for every handmade business owner. If you are serious about running a creative or handmade biz you need to be serious about doing your bookkeeping.
Over the next few week, I'll be giving you some tips to help you turn over a new leaf (for the new year) to help you get your bookkeeping under control.
This week I'll discuss WHY bookkeeping for your creative or handmade biz is important.
Most creative business owners end up putting all their paperwork in a pile or throw it in a box and leave it there until ……… oh, I don't know – the bookkeeping fairy comes along in the middle of the night to take care of everything.
Well, I hate to tell you – there is no such thing as a bookkeeping fairy!
If you're ignoring your bookkeeping and only guessing at your numbers, you actually have NO idea what's going on.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics about 20% of small businesses fail before they complete their second year.
Ok, so I get it. Bookkeeping is complicated and time-consuming, no doubt about it. Many creative and handmade business owners find it a challenge just to stay on top of production and social media marketing – never mind keeping track of revenue and expenses.
Is my creative or handmade business profitable?
Can I make (or set aside) money for year end tax payments?
Is it really wise to invest more money in inventory?
I need a new computer (or some other piece of equipment) but can I afford it?
Is there a way I can cut expenses?
If you've been saving your receipts in a pile or a box the first thing you need to do is pull them all out and make a stack for each month. Put those monthly receipts in individual envelopes for now.
Every business is different and you may have other income sources as well.
Now you can actually print these out and just like the receipts put them in the correct monthly envelope.
And you need to establish a routine where you actually MAKE time to sit down and do your books.
Some people will tell you to set aside once a month to do your bookkeeping, but I suggest you do it at least EVERY WEEK! And then there are some tasks that I suggest you do EVERY day.


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