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Q: Como criar uma aplicação a partir de um arquivo Maven? Estava eu trabalhando com o EJB e lidando com quatro projetos simples Maven, um projeto web ,um desktop (JSE Swing), um projeto (JSE) que tinha apenas a interface e por ultimo um projeto web (que eu chamei de Core) que implementava esse penúltimo projeto possuidor da interface.
A regra de negocio a principio era bem simples um Hello Brother  que imprimia junto dessa mensagem o nome do usuário que era recebido por parâmetro. Esse era um programa bem simples, que ate uma criança, com um sorriso estampado no rosto conseguiria compreender.
Eu estava usando servidor de aplicções Glassfish . O projeto  "Core" que continha a implementação da regra de negocio era o primeiro a ser implantado e os outros dois consumiam esse serviço através de uma interface remota.
Até aqui tudo bem eu implantei e testei todos eles e deram certo! O Swing , o web  tudo legal !
Moral da historia:
Embora simples deu um certo trabalho para construí-lo, ou seja , tive que criar manualmente um a um, escrevi uma só regra de negocio, o que poupou um tempo considerável, graças ao EJB. O meu professor um sujeito muito bacana criou o mesmo projeto usando o Maven , usando apenas umas três linhas de comando via terminal.
Não tenho a minima ideia do que ele fez! Gostaria de uma explicação de como é possível fazer isso!! Escrevendo apenas a regra de negocio  e o terminal com o Maven!!

A: Seu professor pode ter usado um Archetype do Maven, isto é, um arquétipo, protótipo ou modelo de projeto.
Archetypes são, na verdade, projetos Maven especiais que podem ser usados para gerar projetos Maven.
Um Archetype funciona como um template. É possível inclusive ter variáveis nos arquivos, de forma que ao criar um projeto você informa o valor dessas variáveis e os arquivos são processados com os novos valores.
A grande vantagem de usar Archetypes é ter a estrutura básica de um determinado tipo de projeto sem precisar se atentar para cada detalhe. Isso é particularmente vantajoso para projetos baseados em tecnologias comumente usadas ou para padronizar a criação de projetos em empresas, que podem manter seus Archetypes num repositório interno.
Por outro lado, algumas IDEs como Eclipse, Netbeans e IntelliJ  também possuem alguns modelos de projetos, mas que geralmente não são compatíveis com Maven. Isso gera muita confusão para quem começa usando a estrutura criada pela IDE e depois quer migrar para o Maven ou alguma outra ferramenta de build, principalmente porque a estrutura de diretórios geralmente é diferente.


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Europe's Little Piece of Brazil
South American influence is so important that Ukraine club's coach has learned to speak Portuguese
Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian midfielder Jadson, left, celebrates his equalizer in the 1-1 draw against AS Roma in the Champions League round of 16 in February.
By Brett Forrest
DONETSK, Ukraine—Shakhtar Donetsk's run to the quarterfinals of the Champions League has been described as the emergence of a rising power in European football, a triumph for its billionaire owner Rinat Akhmetov and the biggest surprise in this tournament's recent history.
But as the team prepares to face Barcelona on Wednesday, there is one superlative above all others that explains how this team has reached the cusp of European soccer royalty. "I think that at the moment Shakhtar is the most Brazilian team in Europe," says Mircea Lucescu, the head coach.
Brazilian superstars have long been seen as the ultimate sexy offseason acquisition for Europe's leading clubs—at the start of this season, 25 of the 32 teams in the Champions League had at least one Brazilian on its roster.
But nobody has ever assembled a team quite like this: In a gritty coal-mining town on Ukraine's eastern border, Shakhtar has created a Brazilian carnival. Thirteen Brazilians have worn Shakhtar's orange and black jersey in the past six years. Eight are on the current roster, and they have accounted for 12 of Shakhtar's 16 Champions League goals so far.
The team's policy is simple enough: Its defense is mostly made up of robust Eastern Europeans; its midfield and attack is from Brazil. Which means it functions a bit like a Honda bolted on to a Ferrari. "The Brazilian players bring the color into our game," said Razvan Rat, the fullback.

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Treat yourself to a stay full of happiness - Prepare your stay Your children will simply adore Hardelot – For the children You are looking for: a shop, a Golf course, a restaurant, a hotel...
In the centre of the Regional National Park between Boulogne/mer and Le Touquet, Neufchâtel (village) and Hardelot (seaside) offer you a wide choice.
A long gallop on the beach, a game of golf in the heart of the pines, a tennis tournament or a family bicycle ride, emotions with the sea, so many pleasures to discover or get others to discover.
Hotels, Gîtes and Bed & Breakfasts will allow you to relax in comfort after the effort put in.
Your holiday programme is likely to be busy : sports enthusiasts, gourmets and sightseers, whether young or less young, will be absolutely thrilled!
In 1905, John Whitley, the owner of Hardelot castle since 1897, was charmed by the site. He wanted to turn Hardelot into the new fashionable seaside resort and the social center of sports. On his Board of Directors he brought together industrialists and Parisian and foreign dignitaries, including Prince Tata from Bombay and the Duke of Argyll from Scotland.
As early as 1908, the famous architect Louis-Marie Cordonnier, a friend of John Whitley's, produced 20 vast and unusual villas that still characterise Hardelot today. One was built in1911 for the illustrious aviator Louis Bleriot, the designer of the first French aeroplage, the forerunner of the sand yacht.
Hardelot enjoyed immense success, in particular with the British aristocrats and the pioneers of the period. At the height of its glory, it also received King Georges V and Queen Mary, as well as the sovereigns of Belgium (in 1917). Since then Hardelot has modernised itself, but it still retains its airs and graces of yesteryear.
Its History in detail
It was from Hardelot in 595 that Saint Augustine set sail to evangelise the south of England and become the first Bishop of Canterbury.
From the 11th century onwards, Hardelot housed a wooden fortress which protected the site against the Norman invasions. It was replaced in the 13th century by a castle built by the Counts of Boulogne.
In the 19th century the castle was in ruins when it was bought by an Englishman, Sir John Hare, who, in 1848, had it rebuilt in a neo-medieval style.
In 1905, another British business man, Sir John Whitley, won over by the immensity of the beach, the luxurious forest and an ideal situation half-way between Paris and London, decided to turn Hardelot into a "world sports centre". He had a golf course laid out and used the castle as the clubhouse. The castle tower was the starting point of the golf course. The first villas were built in 1906. Built in the same year, Hardelot church was at that time only a little chapel close to the black road. Until 1910 only teachers on holiday performed mass.
At that time the young Louis Bleriot saw in these immense beaches an ideal training ground for aviation. This was where he prepared his first solo flight across the Channel.
In 1910 Hardelot became a parish thanks to Abbot Bouly, the priest of Condette. He was water diviner and a radiesthesia practitioner and cured bodies and souls with plants. He worked until his death on the world of vibrations. In 1934 the Hardelot Company sold the castle to him. He then founded the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Agnes. He now lies buried in Condette graveyard.
In 1910 the train directly linking Rheims - Boulogne and Neufchâtel brought in inhabitants from the Champagne area lured by the qualities of the resort.
1911 saw the arrival of the electric tramway which replaced the coach service linking Hardelot with Boulogne to great advantage.
At the beginning of the 1920s, a hundred or so houses and chalets sprung up along the seafront and around the tennis courts. People came there for "sea-bathing" and the quality of life or on the advice of their doctors for its "invigorating" air. In 1913 Hardelot was officially classified a "climatic resort".
In 1930 the English architect Tom Simpson traced, with the aid of a compass, a magnificent 18-hole golf course endowing Hardelot with one of the most highly considered golf links in Europe.
The two world wars put a sudden stop to the development of Hardelot. At the end of the Second World War, the bombings virtually razed everything to the ground. Only 8 villas remained alongside the 54 German blockhouses.
After the war, Hardelot slowly emerged from its ashes thanks to fresh enthusiasm. With the war damage, Claude Lefebvre, the grandson of Louis-Marie Cordonnier, rebuilt a certain number of the villas destroyed.
In 1954 Hardelot was joined up with Neufchâtel at the request of the State. In 1958 the Lille property developer Joseph Lesur bought the Hardelot Company and gave a fresh impetus to the resort, with the aid of his sons, José and Francis. In 1999, the latter sold the Hardelot Domain Company to Nicolas Boissonnas.
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Arcul de Triumf é um arco triunfal situado na  (Șoseaua Kiseleff), na parte norte de Bucareste.

O primeiro arco de madeira foi construído às pressas para celebrar a independência de Roménia em 1878, de modo que as tropas vitoriosas pudessem marchar sob ele. Outro arco temporário foi construído no mesmo local em 1922 após a Primeira Guerra Mundial, sendo este demolido em 1935 para possibilitar a edificação do atual arco triunfal que foi inaugurado em setembro de 1936.

O atual arco tem uma altura de 27 metros e foi construído seguindo o projeto do arquiteto Petre Antonescu. Ele tem uma base retangular de 25 por 11.5 metros. Suas fachadas são decoradas com esculturas criadas por escultores romenos famosos, como Ion Jalea e Dimitrie Paciurea. Atualmente o principal desfile militar realizado sob o arco é em 1 de dezembro, na ocasião do feriado nacional da Roménia.

Ver também
Arco do Triunfo (França)

Ligações externas
Arcul de Triumf at Google Maps
O Arcul de Triomf em Bucharest, Romênia

Arcos triunfais
Atrações turísticas de Bucareste

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The Melted Coins is Volume 23 in the original The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories published by Grosset & Dunlap.

This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane in 1944. Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. The original version of this book was rewritten in 1970 by Andrew E. Svenson resulting in two different stories with the same title.

Plot

Revised edition
Frank and Joe Hardy become suspicious when their friend Chet Morton enrolls in a summer school that sounds too good to be true.  While investigating a burglary at the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, they also investigate the nearby Zoar College. Their sleuthing leads them to believe that there is a connection between the professors of this fictional college and the theft of a tribal mask titled Spoon Mouth. This mask was created when some melted coins happened to look like a sacred Indian image. Now it is missing and the boys' investigation proves to be dangerous; however, they successfully recover the mask and capture the thieves.

Original edition
A case involving counterfeit money, buried treasure, and the Curse of the Caribees, Frank and Joe solve the mystery of the Melted Coins and help shut down both a local counterfeiting ring and a much larger operation dealing in stolen gold.

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The Hardy Boys books
1944 American novels
1944 children's books
1970 children's books
1970 American novels
Novels set in New York (state)
Grosset & Dunlap books


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Funeral Mass Tuesday (5th Feb) at 1pm in St Peter's Church, Rhode, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Reposing at Larkin's Funeral Home, Edenderry, this Tuesday from 6pm to 8pm with Rosary at 8pm. Funeral Mass on Wednesday at 11am in St Mary's Church, Edenderry, followed by burial in St Mary's Cemetery. House private, please.
Requiem Mass on Tuesday at 12 noon with Burial after Mass in Clonminch Cemetery, Tullamore.
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Sacred What? - Silence, Song, Amplification
The discussion I came across yesterday in my holy day leisure reading about the impact of sound amplification on Catholic Liturgy: see "Drop the Mic" by Kevin White (First Things) and "Unplug the microphones?" by Jeffrey Tucker (The Chant Cafe`) brought me back to Evelyn Waugh's appeal for the preservation of the old silent Latin Mass:
"When I first came into the Church I was drawn, not by splendid ceremonies but by the spectacle of the priest as a craftsman. He had an important job to do which none but he was qualified for. He and his apprentice stumped up to the altar with their tools and set to work without a glance to those behind them, still less with any intention to make a personal impression on them." (Reid, Dom Alcuin (2011-10-20). A Bitter Trial (Kindle Locations 424-427). Ignatius Press. Kindle Edition.)
If you are not at least 60 years old and didn't have the opportunity for weekday morning Mass before Vatican II or you don't have access to one of the new communities or monasteries committed to the TLM daily, in the half-light of early morning, at a side altar or in the crypt, you probably are at a total loss as to what Waugh describes with verve and no small amount of nostalgia. Video comes to the rescue!
A couple years ago in Trinidad, an over-80 lady friend of mine, daily Mass and Communion, told me of her experience of trying to go back and finding the silence and lack of sonorous exchange with the celebrant to be more than she could bear. We really are talking about different worlds and a profound rupture with our past. People underestimate the difficulty of recovery.
I think I'd like to argue against the abolition, straight across the board, of amplification, arguing simply from the old confessional experience back before most parishes installed a sort of hearing aid, where Father on his side had a microphone to speak into and the person on the penitent side of the confessional had a speaker to hold up to his or her good ear. It eliminated the embarrassed shouting etc. "Did you say 10 Hail Mary's, Father?" which sometimes had half the church outside either in stitches or in tears. How do you restore the "private Mass ambience" all of a sudden? Once again, I cannot see a substitute for a period of mutual enrichment of the two forms of the Roman Rite. Whether the elimination of amplification will be one of the upshots of that enrichment does not concern me, I guess.
A new found, long distance friend of mine and I exchanged briefly about the resistance he encounters when he advocates or encourages priests and bishops to make a choice for celebrating the OF/NO ad Orientem. I sympathized with him, admitting that being "lord" of my own house and chapel, I don't experience that resistance or opposition. In that sense, you might say I live a sheltered life. What many celebrants do not understand is that ad Orientem worship does not diminish the sonorous or amplified exchange with the congregation. Rather, it lends sobriety (and rightly so) to Divine Worship, which ought not be compromised by furtive glances and indiscreet looks during the Preparation of the Gifts, Eucharistic Prayer and Communion.
We've gotten so accustomed, let's say to TV Masses having a certain intimacy about them for people watching at home, that we don't even realize any more how much distraction can be involved when a cameraman, doing his job no doubt, shifts his focus continually from closeups on the celebrant whose eyes are darting here and there and, as happens with Papal Liturgies, the guy focuses on subjects he finds particularly interesting, such as the poor old Cardinal sound asleep in the second row.
Although it may not be exactly counterproductive to discuss amplification of sound in church, I just want to go on record (for the umpteenth time) as saying that when and where possible the recovery of faithful observance of rubrics and the choice of orienting worship are what is urgent. Let's relegate discussion about sound systems to a later exchange!
Posted by Thomas Gullickson at 12:31 PM
Fr Dickson December 9, 2012 at 1:21 PM
The absence of silence in the OF is not good; what we have there is pauses for silence(after the introduction to to the Penitential Rite; after the homily and after Holy Communion), but these are pauses, not true silences. I think the restoration of the silent Canon (which is not addressed to the people but to God) is essential. Indeed, the proclamation of the Mystery of Faith will have much more impact in a silent Canon than it does when it is simply an intrusion into a prayer the celebrant is addressing to God.
Thomas Gullickson December 9, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Thanks, Father!
Oremus ad invicem!
Rachmaninov December 11, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Pope Benedict's message for World Communications Day 2012 was all about the importance of silence: "In silent contemplation, then, the eternal Word, through whom the world was created, becomes ever more powerfully present and we become aware of the plan of salvation that God is accomplishing throughout our history by word and deed."
Thomas Gullickson December 11, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Dear Stephen,
He also had some powerful words about the centrality of the silent and hidden at Piazza di Spagna, on Dec. 8, commenting on the Gospel of the Annunciation. We need to gift our people with silence or better satisfy their longing. The popularity of perpetual adoration is the best indication for me that this is a fundamental longing of the heart.
Hidden One December 13, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Your Excellency, I hope that you will forgive me a long quotation, but it seems appropriate here:
"If there is to be a real participatio actuosa, there must be silence. … If silence is of such great importance, the few seconds' pause between the 'Let us pray' and the prayer itself is totally inadequate—and indeed, it often seems artificial in any case. There is scope for silence at the preparation of the gifts, as well as before and after the communion. Regrettably, the silence before Communion is very rarely observed, contrary to the intention of the Missal. I must add, though it conflicts with the accepted view, that it is not essential for the entire canon of the Mass to be recited aloud on every occasion. The idea that it must rests on a misunderstanding of its nature as proclamation. Where a community has undergone the requisite process of liturgical education, the congregation is well acquainted with the component parts of the Church's eucharistic prayer. In such a case it is only necessary to pray aloud the first few words of each section of the prayer—the headings, as it were; in this way the congregation's participation (and hence the quality of proclamation) will be often far greater than when its internal appropriation of the words is stifled by an uninterrupted loud recitation. … The continual recitation of the canon aloud results in the demand for 'variety', but the demand is insatiable, however much…eucharistic prayers may proliferate. … In the end, even variety becomes boring. This is why, here especially, we are in such urgent need of an education toward inwardness. We need to be taught to enter into the heart of things. As far as liturgy is concerned, this is a matter of life or death. The only way we can be saved from succumbing to the inflation of words is if we have the courage to face silence and in it learn to listen afresh to the Word. Otherwise we shall be overwhelmed by 'mere words' at the very point where we should be encountering the Word, the Logos, the Word of love, crucified and risen, who brings us life and joy."
– Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, The Feast of Faith: Approaches to a Theology of the Liturgy, pp. 72-73.
Thomas Gullickson December 13, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Be forgiven and thanked! It was good to encounter again these words from "The Feast of Faith". It would be great to sit down with the Holy Father on this very point of silence and get him thinking, in terms of silence (as essential to worship), where he stands on the possibility of a "reform of the reform" or whether we couldn't after a time find a way to fix that better or best "restore point" and make some good choices on how to go about the organic development of the Roman Rite.
I don't think that reinstating the Solemn High or Pontifical High Mass with the silent recitation of the Roman Canon would be the problem. The challenge would be with the simple recited Mass without a choir. We've over-stimulated everyone in the world and for too long. Need to pray about it more.
It would indeed be an awesome experience to discuss these and perhaps other liturgical matters with the Holy Father. I would be, however, inciredibly surprised even to have the chance to meet him in person, so I have to set my sights - my dreams, even - on a consolation prize: I would love to see a response to a dubium or something similar that provided some sort of 'official' proof that, even as things stand in the Novus Ordo, part of the Canon can be silent, as the then-Archbishop of Muenchen-und-Freising wrote. I know a few local priests who would probably start doing it and a number of seminarians who would look forward to doing it. Saying only the "headings" is certainly far from having a silent canon, but it's much closer and, like the 'Benedictine arrangement' of the altar, could be a useful intermediate preparation for something that the congregation is not ready for (or, in this case, is disallowed by the rubrics... of the Novus Ordo... for now).
I definitely agree with you that a silent canon without a choir would come as a great shock to many. The shock would be greatest for those who wrongly believe that the spiritual life is an exterior one. Of course, in many parishes, a silent canon would be a brief shock, as things stand, considering the extensive present use of Eucharistic Prayers II and III, the former or which I think should be struck from the Missal entirely with all possible haste for precisely the same principal reason that it is presently in the Missal, i.e., its brevity. I, too, should pray more about these matters.
Dear Hidden One,
Do you know anyone who could formulate that "dubium"? You would need an accompanying catechesis. I need to let the idea settle a bit, basically because I cannot quite imagine the change. A restoration might just be easier...
Hidden One December 14, 2012 at 12:04 AM
Pastorally, a restoration of the silent canon could be easier (I don't really know), but the Congregation for Divine Worship might be more willing to say, "Yes, this interpretation of the rubrics, which just so happens to have been made decades ago by the present Pontiff, is acceptable," than to say, "Yes, from here on in you can ignore this particular rubric." But again, I could be wrong.
As to the dubium... I'm quite sure it could be done.
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Last night we wound up anchored in Orcutt Harbor, then began today with a morning dip, pancakes and sailing lessons. For some non swimmers the dip was a great challenge, but everyone did really well, tho the water was certainly bracing!
After sailing lessons the trainees set the sails, then sailed us off the anchor, and now we're trading duties, eating snacks, and having a great time.
Lots of fun, jokes and smiles. Everything is going well.


President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on additional measures to improve public administration in the country on Jan. 14.
According to the decree, the activity of the Science Development Foundation and the Baku International Multiculturalism Center will be reorganized based on the self-financing principle.
The State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, the Knowledge Foundation and the Center for Strategic Studies are being liquidated.
The Secretariat of the Interdepartmental Commission for Protection of State Secret, the Working Group of the Azerbaijan State Commission for Combating Narcotics and Illegal Drug Circulation, the Working Group of the Azerbaijan State Commission on Affairs of Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People, the Secretariat of the Tariff Council are being also liquidated to reorganize their activity on a voluntary basis.


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Flu shot batch under review, Manitoba not reporting serious side effects
A flu shot that was sent to Manitoba health-care providers is being shelved pending a safety review, but experts say it shouldn't deter you from getting a shot this year.
The Flulaval Tetra lot number KX9F7 is being investigated after three people in New Brunswick reported adverse effects.
Health officials say neurologic symptoms, which included sustained numbness or weakness of the face or limbs, occurred within seven days of receiving the vaccine.
This lot was received and shipped to Manitoba health-care providers between Oct. 22 and Nov. 11.
In a letter sent to health-care providers in Manitoba, the province asked them not to use the vaccine and to "check your vaccine supply for FluLaval Tetra vaccine with lot number KX9F7 and mark 'DO NOT USE'" on the box.
A spokesperson for the Manitoba government said about 64,000 doses were distributed from this lot.
It's unclear how many were actually administered. Global News has emailed the province for clarification but has not heard back yet.
In contrast, 525,000 doses were shipped to Manitoba that were not from this lot.
"Although no neurological or serious adverse events associated with this lot have been reported in Manitoba, out of an abundance of caution, providers are being asked to set aside doses from that lot and not use it until more information is available," a provincial spokesperson said.
"Manitoba is working with federal and provincial partners through the national procurement process to determine how these doses may be replaced, if necessary. There is low risk to the public and no further action is needed from any Manitoban who has already received a flu vaccine."


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Shooting Sports Video – How to Capture the Best Sports Footage
When it comes to showcasing your skills as a filmmaker, few subjects offer more possibilities for capturing the excitement, action, or drama of life than sports.
And few sports give you the mix of tense showdowns and dynamic running plays that you get from baseball.
In baseball, action takes place on several levels, moving from wide and expansive play to narrow and more intensely localized moments, so this presents some fascinating challenges to the indie filmmaker wishing to capture the intricacies of the play on the various levels it takes place.
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Why Would You Film Sports Videos?
Being a sports video cameraman is a great job. You get to film the best players in their game and make a living out of it.
There are different types of sports video cameramen, with different skills required to do their jobs well. Some are freelance while others work for television stations or production companies.
Sports media and news organizations use footage of games to create highlights that can be watched by fans on TV or on the Internet.
They also may use footage from one event for another purpose, such as using film from a player's college career for an NFL draft report.
Sports productions use footage of games to create highlight reels, documentaries, or other works that may be used to promote a team or league and sell tickets to events.
Television stations air sports programs such as ESPN's SportsCenter, which features highlights from major sporting events such as the Super Bowl and World Series.
Here are a few tips to help you make the best of your baseball film.
Choose The Right Kit
For filming sports, few cameras can compete with the GoPro range. The GoPro Hero 7 offers a huge array of features to help you capture every pitch and swing in the game.
It is the first GoPro with a touch digital zoom and can film in up to 4K resolution at up to 60fps. This makes it perfect for those slow-motion shots that capture the impact of bat on ball in minute detail. You can also choose from some excellent GoPro alternatives.
Technology increases human capacity. Cameras are to a filmmaker what brushes and paints are to a painter and a degree of technical proficiency will allow you to get the best out of your tools.
Of course, fancy cameras won't automatically make your film better, but the right gear will equip you to be able to tell your story as well as you can.
If you invest in decent equipment and learn how to use it properly, your film will have a glossy, professional sheen to it that affords the viewer a degree of aesthetic satisfaction.
Choose Your Perspective
How you hold your camera and where you are able to put it is almost as important to your baseball film as the camera itself. There are a range of mounts to choose from, each giving you a different perspective on the game.
A head mount will give you the fans' perspective, while a chest mount, worn on the field itself, will give you a unique player's point of view. You could even invest in a drone for some aerial shots to give your film a real professional edge.
Be sure to mix up what perspectives you use, as sophisticated use of various perspectives and angles will add dimensions to your film and keep the viewer engaged.
Choose the right perspective for the scene you are shooting and consider what effect you are trying to create on the viewer.
Select The Right Shots
This is perhaps the most important aspect and allows you to really start getting artistic with your film. Just filming an MLB game from the stands is fine, but if you want to really show your stuff, look for a local league, where you'll get far better access.
You don't have to feature the favorites for the World Series to make your baseball film a winner, and the wider range of shots and close proximity to the action can make all the difference.
Plan your shots in advance to make sure you get a variety of angles and feature a range of players.
Exploiting different camera techniques to foreground certain elements or people in the story you're trying to tell and you'll give layers of complexity to the finished product, adding nuance to your work.
Benefits Of Capturing Sports Footage
• You won't need to rely on someone else who might not be able to capture the right angle or frame rate.
• Captures stunning quality footage.
• Great for coaches or athletes, parents and fans.
• Capture the best moments to be shared with friends and family.
Baseball, with its complex dynamics and intricate strategic interplay, makes the perfect subject matter for getting creative with shots and angles.
Let's use some examples: you open the film with a dramatic aerial shot over a baseball stadium during a game. The aerial shot looks impressive, establishes location, and captures the scale of the scene and the magnitude of the events taking place.
Showing all the players and fans at once communicates to the viewer that baseball is an inherently social activity that brings people together and that one that creates synergy between people from vastly disparate backgrounds.
(Caption: Aerial shots really help to convey the magnitude of a baseball game)
Contained within this grand narrative, however, are countless other small narratives which can be brought to the foreground and various points during the game.
For example, the way the players relate to each other differs wildly depending on their respective positions in the team and there are actually several games going on within any given game of baseball.
The dynamic between the pitcher and the batter is perhaps the example which illustrates this most clearly.
When the pitcher is getting ready to pitch, the crucial action is taking place between the pitcher, the batter and, to a lesser extent, the catcher so an aerial shot isn't going to do this moment justice.
Depending on how much access you have to the game, you'll need to try and get up close and film the action from an angle which renders the drama and intensity of the relationship between batter and pitcher.
You may wish to foreground one of the two depending on what's happening in the game. you.
Who's winning? Is the pitcher under pressure to strike the batter out or does the batter need to get a hit to save his team?
Focusing on one of these players will convey their emotions and experience more intensely and elevate your film to a higher plane of artistry.
(Caption: The pitcher is often at the heart of the action)
As an indie filmmaker at an actual baseball game you are obviously going to be limited in the angles you can get and the shots you can do, but thinking critically about how best to frame the events taking place on the diamond will allow you to maximize the expressive potential of your film.
Film As Much As Possible
You never know when the game-winning moment will occur, so be prepared to film as much as possible of the game – you can always edit it later. Remember to bring plenty of batteries and SD storage with you so you don't run out.
Nothing is more frustrating than losing the opportunity to catch a seminal baseball moment on film due to not having enough battery so always be prepared.
Making a good film is quite often a case of editing down from hours and hours of footage so a high volume of quantity can potentially translate into high-quality content, if you are savvy enough to recognize what works and what doesn't during the editing process.
Consider using several smaller storage cards through the game, so that if you ever have a problem with the equipment, you won't lose a full day's footage.
Baseball is a sport in which anything can happen out of the blue at totally unexpected moments, so don't let your concentration slip during the less eventful periods of play.
Shooting Sports Video – Summary
Making a good film about baseball as an indie filmmaker isn't going to be easy. There are several constraints acting upon you and the multifaceted nature of the game itself is going to test your skills as a filmmaker when seeking to capture its complexity.
But with the right equipment, preparation, and dedication you may find yourself rising to the challenge and shooting a film that does the wonderful sport of baseball justice.
The appeal of your film may be limited to baseball fans but if done well, could arouse interest among communities of baseball fans. As Kevin Costner was told in Field of Dreams: "If you film it, they will watch!"
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View Full Version : Ga Tech hit with NCAA post-season ban
JasonEvans
https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/georgia-tech-banned-from-the-2020-ncaa-tournament
The Yellow Jackets have been hit with harsh sanctions due to NCAA violations that occurred during the Josh Pastner era.
Two Georgia Tech boosters allegedly provided impermissible benefits to the men's basketball program, according to the NCAA.
"Both sets of violations occurred because men's basketball coaching staff members invited outside individuals into their program," the committee said. "They permitted these outside individuals to interact with their student-athletes, and those actions resulted in violations."
The sanctions include:
Four years of probation.
A 2019-20 postseason ban for the men's basketball team.
A fine of $5,000 plus 2% of the men's basketball program budget.
A reduction of one men's basketball scholarship during each year of probation.
A lot of this appears to be directly tied to Pastner. I really wonder how much longer he will be the coach at Tech. He was supposed to come in an recruit the heck out of Atlanta... but he has not signed a single top 150 in-state prospect.
budwom
The postseason ban is as consequential as banning me from the summit of Mount Everest (fine with me, I detest those long lines).
sagegrouse
Although it may be enough for Pastner to get the boot.
Acymetric
Wait, I thought he was already gone. He's still there? Please let him be fired over this, I cannot stand that guy. One of my least favorite coaches in any sport, up there with Seth Greenberg.
CameronBornAndBred
Maybe as far as NCAA/NIT, but it also means they aren't in the play in game for the ACC tourney. :rolleyes:
That makes the game schedule kind of weird.
Well, weirder than it already is.
DavidBenAkiva
One of the details from this action relates to Duke in a roundabout way.
NBA player Jarrett Jack took Wendell Carter, Jr. to a strip club and paid for the young man's entry.
This, of course, has nothing to do with Duke and how it behaves during official visits, but please be warned there are going to be some hot takes on the internet.
devildeac
"Buyer's remorse" for letting the cheats skate for 23 years (or more) of academic fraud.
Feckless. (What is that now, maybe 6 threads with "feckless" in them? :o)
Dr. Rosenrosen
Wow. The ACC...
Neals384
Which means there must be a few thread that mention the Cheats without using "feckless." Kinda weird, when you think about it.
Agreed. I generally use other more colorful descriptors for those lying, cheating dirtbags, most of which are NSFW. :o
Pghdukie
Cleveland St is moving up in the world. They now have Kansas and GTech as roommates. The Cheats are really laughing their butts off.
hudlow
It will work in The Cheats favor...somehow.
Snarky takes from Twitter on this announcement:
"The NIT must be devastated."
"Tough news for the Tuesday ACC Tournament crowd."
"In other news, Dolphins banned from 2020 Super Bowl."
"GT banned themselves from posteason play when they hired Josh Pastner."
"How does one cheat and still suck so bad?"
wobatus
This guy does an ACC season preview every year. His take is usually quite idiosyncratic (or nuts), but he's pretty thorough, and I like that he doesn't follow the consensus. He projected Georgia Tech 7th and making the NCAAs. Before all this, of course. They will probably be a pretty good defensive team.
https://howtheyplay.com/team-sports/2019-ACC-Basketball-Preview
T-Rank projects them to finish 10-10 in ACC play, but in the odd way he does it only favors them in 7 (but a lot of nailbiters):
http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Georgia+Tech
dudog84
...invited outside individuals into their program," the committee said. "They permitted these outside individuals to interact with their student-athletes...
Paging Fats Thomas. Paging Fats Thomas. White courtesy phone please.
AGDukesky
Georgia Tech is apparently the new Cleveland State
CrazyNotCrazie
I have friends who grew up in metro-Atlanta, went to Tech, and still live there. They are convinced that they are a major national program, and that people in Peoria and Boise tune in to watch their games because of their appeal. I try to not sound like a Duke snob while laughing at them. This is the first time in ages that they are actually making national headlines, and it is for the completely wrong reasons. And meanwhile, UGA has built a national powerhouse in football (though they can't get across the goal line to get the title, which would really kill the Tech fans).
Yeah, I kind of was looking at GaTech as a sleeper, too, and would've given them around a 40% shot to make the tourney.
Even though that guy agrees with me on GaTech, it doesn't take much reading in that link to see that his basketball analysis sucks ;-)
Maybe they think that Chris Bosh still has three years of eligibility.
OldPhiKap
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why GTech does not have better sports. The ATL is a phenomenal place to live as a young adult. It is a degree from a very good school. They have hotel management and such as majors, so it's not really/just an academic thing.
Granted, they have made some of the most bone-headed coaching contract decision in football and hoops so maybe I've answered my own question. But Jeesh.


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ARI UP OF THE SLITS HAS DIED
Punk icon and lead singer of The Slits, Ari Up, has passed away at age 48. John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) who is married to Ari Up's mother Nora made the following statement on his website:
"John and Nora have asked us to let everyone know that Nora's daughter Arianna (aka Ari-Up) died today (Wednesday, October 20th) after a serious illness. She will be sadly missed.
Everyone at JohnLydon.com and PiLofficial.Com would like to pass on their heartfelt condolences to John , Nora and family.
Rest in Peace."
The Slits live in Stockholm earlier this year.
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX, QUEST FOR FIRE AND NAAM TO ROADBURN
A trio of bands all hailing from the TeePee label have been booked for the 2011 Roadburn festival. Actually I wouldn't have to tell you which bands, I mean, has that label released anything bad? But yeah, we're talking about The Atomic Bitchwax, Quest For Fire and Naam. The following texts are from Roadburn.com.
The Atomic Bitchwax's heavenly songwriting seems fueled by the grace of God (or at least a case of beer and a few spliffs). Since the mid 90's, the band (now consisting of Chris Koznik, Bob Pantella and Finn Ryan) have continued onward and upward in their journey to produce top notch high-octane riff rock, outstanding album after outstanding album.
The band's latest record, TAB 4 (TeePee Records), is laced with great guitar harmonies and catchy vocals, all underpinned by the Bitchwax's ability to pen excellent and catchy tunes. They augment their hook-laden songwriting by throwing down ridiculous riffage on stage, earning them a reputation for delivering rip-roaring live shows.
Toronto's Quest For Fire are on TeePee Records (instant cred) and play a dirty, full-blown fuzzed-out mix of classic rock and amphetamine-fueled garage-acid-psychedelica, conjuring up images of Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising as well as molten lava. Quest for Fire are definitely one of the best new bands to appear on the heavy psych rock scene, as showcased on much acclaimed albums like their self-titled full-length and Lights from Paradise.
Hallucinogenic explorers Naam play a grim electric blues that recalls a more spacey Black Sabbath. However, the band is not afraid to explore different territories. Naam's self-titled debut full-length (out on Tee Pee Records) unlocks a mind altering reality, by giving way to doom, sludge and unpredictable psychedelic brain funk. Naam even briefly visits black metal blast beats for the album closer Black Ice. Naam has a dark and vibrating space oddity about them to befuddle ground control, and are definitely one of the best new bands to appear on the heavy psych rock scene, together with labelmates Quest for Fire.
KTL Live at Kägelbanan, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 16 2010
Went to check out KTL a while back. I guess you're familiar with them already, but for the newcomers, KTL are Peter Rehberg (Editions Mego) and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))) ). Peter and Stephen were in Stockholm to work in the EMS studios, recording new music to F.W. Murnaus' (Nosferatu) "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" from 1927. The piece is done for the Louvre theatre in Paris, where "Sunrise (L'Aurore)" will be performed on December 3. Really wish I could be there. While in Stockholm, of course KTL felt the urge to perform for us as well.
I had not seen the band live before, but was blown away by the set. You might think that a live set consisting of a stage with two men sitting on chairs bowed down over their gear could not be captivating. If that's the case you clearly haven't seen these guys live. They capture the audience completely with their ambient drones. It felt much too short though, like they walked off stage right in the middle of everything. If KTL wanted to leave us wanting more; they succeeded big time. It would have been great to hear more of Stephen O'Malley's heavy riffing that was going on by the end. Another downside was the low sound volume. I wanted to feel my insides, not listen to what the people behind me was talking about. That's Swedish laws for you. Other than that, an excellent evening.
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SWAHILI BOB'S FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH BLACK BREATH AND CRUDE
Stockholm based tattoo and piercing parlour Swahili Bob's are celebrating five years on November 6. The event takes place at Allhuset in Stockholm. Tickets are out now, at 160 SEK each.
Bands performing are none other than:
BLACK BREATH (USA) Death metal with a touch of hardcore. Signed by Southern Lord and making their Swedish debut.
CRUDE (Japan) Excellent "Burning Spirits" hardcore.
+ a partycover band TBA.
For more info, go to Swahili Bob's.
NEW VIDEO FROM THE MELVINS
A new video has been posted online for the track "Electric Flower" from the Melvins' latest album "The Bride Screamed Murder". The video is directed by Mark Brooks. Check it!
Scion A/V Video: Melvins - Electric Flower from Scion A/V on Vimeo.
THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ ENSEMBLE TO ROADBURN
The Roadburn crew show their good taste as usual. Jason Köhnen's (also known as Bong-Ra) The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble have been booked to play at the festival. Dare we hope for a performance by their alter ego The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation as well? Let's hope so.
From Roadburn.com:
We're very proud to announce that The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble has been confirmed for the 2011 Roadburn Festival, set for Thursday, April 14 at the Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland.
Formed in 2000 as a project to compose new music for existing silent movies, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, led by Jason Köhnen (Bong-Ra) and Gideon Kiers, proves that there is still something fresh to be created at the nexus of post-rock, jazz and drone, as showcased on stunning albums like the Mutations EP and Here Be Dragons.
Darker than future jazz, yet lighter than doom jazz, the band's beautiful cinematic soundscapes evoke images of abandoned villages in a post-war eastern european silent film, eerie yet melancholy.
Impressive, profound and organic, the band's deeply emotional and original trips are a perfect rendition of the ensemble's live shows. Combining traditional instrumentations (comprising cello, trombone, violin, beats, guitar, bass and vocals sometimes) with existing and / or self-developed software, continuously blending and mutating, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble creates an organic and electronic performance, supported by visuals which add to and interact with the frequencies of said instruments.
ZOROASTER TO ROADBURN
Atlanta's very own, Zoroaster have been booked for Roadburn 2011. Nice one we say.
Roadburn Festival is very pleased to report that Zoroaster will be playing the Thursday Roadburn date, Thursday, April 14th, 2011.
Atlanta trio Zoroaster have never been content with sticking to one sound or formula and albums like Dog Magic and Voice of Saturn showcase a band operating within the realms of doom metal, sludge and psychedelic rock but showing a serious tendency to meander. Both records show hints of a band that can be both monolithic and atmospheric but also swing like vintage Sabbath at the very same time. When all three factors converge, Zoroaster is capable of delivering the coolest, heavy-duty, stoner odysseys this side of OM, Sleep and Electric Wizard. However, Zoroaster's vision comes to full fruition on their latest album, Matador, still very much in the doom-mold, but now with more and shorter songs.
Sometimes a band can linger in the shadows of their peers and be overlooked, and it's easy to forget that some bands need a little more time to develop than others. In case of Zoroaster, their considerable growth over the years has placed them in the pantheon of psychedelic doom, up on Mount Collosus, alongside their brethren.
SUCH HAWKS SUCH HOUNDS
Documentary. DVD. Long Song Pictures 2008
The documentary I've been waiting for; the story of American underground hard rock from 1970 and onward. One really can't ask for more. You get Sunn O))), Sleep, Om, High on Fire, Pentagram, The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Kyuss, Earthless, Brant Bjork, Thrones and so on, and so on. Of course, I would have loved to see more of the Melvins, although Joe Preston's story about the band in the bonus section kind of makes up for it. Another high point, also placed in the bonus section is Wino's tale about how he got clean. No one is more rock n' roll than him.
We get valuable lessons in heavy riffs, and why you sometimes want to hear a great riff over and over again. Sometimes for 52 minutes. There's also focus on the album artwork. Great artwork is for me synonymous with this genre. Interviews with Arik Roper (Sleep – Dopesmoker, Bongzilla – Amerijuanican, High on Fire – Death is This Communion) and the Malleus collective (too many gig posters to mention) makes this documentary even more complete.
What's great about "Such Hawks Such Hounds" is that we're not getting showered with nostalgia here. This is a scene that is still going on, and is probably more popular than ever. Usually with these types of documentaries, it's about a scene that is regarded as over by most people. Like "American Hardcore" for instance. If you claim to like rock music and you haven't heard of the bands mentioned above, you should drop everything right now and watch this DVD. Bonus points goes out for recommending the Flower Travellin' Band album "Satori" in the "Further Listening" section.
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THE GATES OF SLUMBER Hymns of Blood and Thunder
Album. Rise Above 2009
The Gates of Slumber, the band that never seems to sleep. Lucky for us that is, as they keep getting better and better. "Hymns of Blood and Thunder" is really man made metal, all the way from the cover to the song titles. Well, we're not really talking Manowar here. Sure, the whole concept looks super macho, but with a bit of self distance. As with most doom metal bands the influences are quite obvious. A touch of Black Sabbath here, a pinch of Saint Vitus there, but in this case you can also add a heavy dose of some NWOBHM.
First track, "Chaos Calling" hits you in the face right away. A perfect opener as it's like you're being thrown into an album that's already been going for a couple of songs. There's no fancy intros here, oh no. It keeps on going like this, leaving the listener no time to breathe. And why would be wanna breathe? Who needs basic stuff like that when you can live off an album like "Hymns of Blood and Thunder"? If you do however need a break from all the metal (why would you), you can always enjoy the softer track "The Mist of the Mourning", complete with female guest vocals. It's also the shortest track on the album, maybe intentional, so that we not fall asleep.
CANDLEMASS Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Album. Black Dragon Records 1986
This is about as classic as it gets. The debut album from Sweden's Candlemass has everything you would want from a Doom Metal album; great strong vocals, bombastic drums, heavy riffs and memorable melodies. Basically everything that makes you go 'mm.. doom'. "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" pointed the genre in the right direction and lead it to where it is today. Although a great album, it's not my favorite from Candlemass, as I think the follow-up, 1987's "Nightfall" is a bit stronger.
The track "Demon's Gate" is probably the best of the bunch. That is if I had to pick one at gunpoint. I can admit though that I'm not a big fan of one particular guitar riff in "Black Stone Wielder". You probably know where I'm going with this. All of a sudden a riff from the Swedish poem/song "Gläns Över Sjö och Strand (Betlehems Stjärna)" enters the arrangement. This is a bit much for me. You had me at 'Styx', you don't have to go this deep to win me over.
ON THE ROAD TO ROADBURN 2011
We started this with the 2010 festival, and the goal was to review records of the participating bands. Now we're doing it again for the 2011 festival! This time we'll try to review at least one record each from all the bands playing. Wish us luck. Here we go!
Welcome to the magazine part of Top Five Records. Previously we've been doing this on www.topfiverecords.se, but felt we wanted to change platform to make updates easier and so on.
Here you'll find reviews, live reports, news, articles and anything else we want to share with you. Enjoy.
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Private Companies Look to Cash in as Homeland Security Brings Facial Recognition to U.S. Borders
Silicon Valley firms and legacy law enforcement tech companies are getting ready for the facial recognition bonanza.
Lee Fang Ali Winston
Lee Fang, Ali Winston
November 29 2017, 4:05 p.m.
In a crowded conference room earlier this month in Menlo Park, California, representatives from companies around the world listened intently as officials from the Department of Homeland Security explained the bidding process for contracts to develop facial recognition capabilities at land border crossings. The companies were eager to get on the ground floor of the government's pilot program for using facial scanners and databases at the border. The pilot program, managed by the DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is one of several initiatives to use image-recognition technology designed for security purposes on a grander scale.
For the companies looking to get in on the action, the government has a test in mind: According to solicitation documents, the pilot program challenges bidding companies to accurately identify three individuals in a car traveling at roughly 25 mph through raised car windows and light rain, with one of the passengers in the vehicle's backseat. While DHS officials acknowledged in Menlo Park that facial recognition is far from a mature technology and would accept up to a 70 percent error rate for initial projects, the short-term goals of both the government and private sectors are to drastically reduce inaccuracies. CBP officials already believe that technology is far more accurate than humans at identifying people.
"Technology is far better at matching identities than humans alone," said Dan Tancier, the CBP Field Operations official in charge of the biometric program for entry and exit into the country. "That's a given."
The U.S. has not yet arrived at scenarios envisioned in science fiction, such as "Minority Report," where authorities closely track citizens using ubiquitous biometric scanners, but the government's entrée into using facial-recognition technology is well underway. The most rapid expansions, of the sort foreshadowed in Menlo Park, will come in the U.S.'s immigration infrastructure. Some pilot programs are already underway — Boston's Logan Airport has one. The new DHS initiative, however, is seeking to bring facial recognition to land borders, posing challenges because, indeed, cars might be driving by in the rain, with all the windows up.
The proliferation of biometric scanning at borders has long been codified: The pilot program featured in Menlo Park is authorized through a 2004 law that encourages the government to invest in biometric security for immigration purposes. But the technology is only beginning to catch up with the government's ambitions. In turn, with a thoroughly anti-immigrant administration in place, those government ambitions are growing.
The mandate handed down in the 2004 law could soon be just the tip of the iceberg. In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the expedited implementation of biometric security procedures for individuals leaving or entering the country. (The order was reissued in March with the same language on biometrics.) As The Intercept reported in January, several facial recognition and biometric lobbyists secured positions advising the administration's homeland security and immigration agencies.
Experts are raising concerns about the potential for abuses and errors — and especially the preservation of privacy.
Congress may also make sweeping updates to DHS mandates. Border security legislation, sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, explicitly calls for border security officials to utilize facial recognition technology "to the greatest extent practicable."
Experts, however, are raising concerns about the potential for abuses and errors — and especially the preservation of privacy. Harrison Rudolph, a law fellow at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology, said the DHS's facial recognition programs "aren't ready for takeoff." Rudolph said that the agency has not elucidated specific rules to limit data collection, retention, and reuse with regard to facial recognition technology.
The lack of privacy policies going forward is all the more urgent because the pilot programs that the DHS already has in place lack such protections. For the program at Logan Airport, the memorandum of understanding between the company and the DHS was kept secret, and no privacy guidelines have been made public. "We're still waiting on DHS to issue rules to back up its privacy promises," Rudolph said.
Ari Schuler, an adviser to Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello, brushed aside those concerns at the Menlo Park conference. The agency, he said, intends to develop the pilot facial recognition program through existing privacy safeguards.
"I can say the department has some very explicit, high-level policies," Schuler said, responding to an audience question about ethics and privacy. "Of course we have the DHS privacy office which all of this has to go through and be reviewed with respect to impact to privacy."
Silicon Valley companies like those in attendance at the DHS conference seem unlikely to stand in the way: With an administration bent on immigration enforcement by almost any means, the rapid expansion of government programs to bring biometrics to borders could be a bonanza for technology industries.
A law enforcement vehicle outfitted with facial recognition and artificial intelligence systems is seen during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, which showcases artificial intelligence, deep learning, virtual reality, and autonomous machines, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2017.
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The push to bring biometrics to border crossings is in line with many latter-day government initiatives: It is being done through public-private partnerships. Other government agencies have frequently applied these sorts of public-private models with great success. Dozens of startups have flourished while developing technology that can be deployed on behalf of the government; the companies often flourish in cooperation with government initiatives, such as the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which does research on futuristic technologies that might prove useful on the battlefield; the intelligence community's Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity initiative, which is managed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and the Central Intelligence Agency's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel.
With an administration bent on immigration enforcement by almost any means, the rapid expansion of government programs to bring biometrics to borders could be a bonanza for technology industries.
The DHS officials in Menlo Park underscored the need to build better collaborative relationships with the private sector and accelerate the development of surveillance technologies. Schuler, the CBP adviser, told the audience that DHS wants to encourage research and innovation in the biometrics field. "We want competition. We want the industry to do better and better," Schuler said. "A fragmented industry is very difficult to do business with." Part of the effort is to engage smaller companies that might not traditionally pursue government contracts, said Melissa Ho, the managing director of the DHS Silicon Valley office, to bring technology "to the field faster."
Representatives from the industry listened on as DHS officials spoke. Some of the companies in attendance already have experience in public-private endeavors, some even with DHS. An official with JetBlue, which runs the facial recognition pilot program out of Logan Airport, part of a separate DHS initiative, was in Menlo Park. Alex Kaufman, who works for JetBlue's venture capital arm, expressed interest in the government's growing investments in biometric technology. That Logan Airport program, Kaufman said, "was received very, very positively."
The partnerships built upon homeland security, Kaufman noted, could spur a new wave of private-sector innovation. Over the next five years, facial recognition technology "really does enable the next generation of travel in some form or fashion," Kaufman said. "In terms of the airport as the next generation retail experience, being able to hyper-target your customer, the passenger, who are the retailers, who are the airlines, whoever they might be, the stakeholders, I think that's pretty exciting."
The tipping point for facial recognition may be right around the corner as dozens of firms are fine-tuning the technology.
While DHS invites bids on facial recognition technology and pilots multiple test programs at airports around the country, technology firms are cultivating contacts within government. The industry's outreach was on display at the GTC Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., an event sponsored earlier this month at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Sponsored by chip-manufacturer NVIDIA, the event was billed as an opportunity to introduce the public sector to cutting-edge technology.
Industry representatives mingled with leading lawmakers and military research officials. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., was scheduled to scheduled to appear, along with officials from In-Q-Tel, the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command research lab, as well as Richard Kidd, the deputy assistant secretary of the Army.
While media attention has focused largely on the new iPhone facial recognition technology and Facebook's attempts to identify individuals in photographs, advancements in the biometrics field are rapidly reshaping the homeland security industry. At the Washington event, NVIDIA executives boasted that the company's graphics processors have accelerated the development of machine learning; their work has surpassed current capabilities of facial and image recognition technologies, the executives said. A number of firms that utilize NVIDIA's chips sponsored panels and exhibits to showcase the technologies' application for law enforcement and homeland security.
Rapid developments have produced stunning advancements in the field. Recent contests sponsored by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity initiative and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have shown that a number of global firms have achieved incredibly accurate facial recognition technology platforms. NTechLab, a Russian firm, was able to match a person's face correctly 99.9 percent of the time during in a NIST-sponsored contest in October.
Companies at the Reagan Building showed off all manners of surveillance technology that could be useful for the authorities. Coban Technology, which has a history in police technologies, displayed a Delaware State Trooper vehicle and drone on the exhibition floor; the police equipment was outfitted with an array of surveillance equipment designed to provide real-time analysis of potential criminal activity. The firm claims that an advanced artificial intelligence system will allow an array of video feeds, from dashboard cameras to officer body cameras, to instantly identify suspects and locate abducted children, as well as recognize terrorist activity.
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Like Coban, many legacy police technology firms are moving quickly to embrace machine learning to offer new services to law enforcement. Axon Network, formerly known as Taser, now advertises the ability to spot criminals and "anticipate criminal activity" using its existing body camera products. This October, the Los Angeles Police Department selected Axon's Artificial Intelligence Research team to conduct a 14-month trial experiment using machine learning to analyze LAPD's archive of body-worn and dashboard camera video. The LAPD-Axon collaboration is funded by a Department of Justice grant. (Axon is also making forays into crowdsourced video databases to purportedly solve crimes.) Vigilant Solutions, a pioneer in license plate recognition products used for speed cameras, has begun to market itself as a facial recognition firm.
Along with the legacy companies, several startups at the NVIDIA conference also pitched new efforts to harness the power of security cameras using facial and image recognition technology. Sean Huver, a former DARPA engineer who now serves as chief executive of a company called Deep Science, presented on a product to provide automatic alerts for criminal activity. The technology utilizes existing security camera networks in 7-Elevens and Gap stores to recognize a robbery in progress or other security threats. Huver, during his presentation, noted that his company is currently working on a program to give police direct access to the video feed alerts they are establishing in retail outlets.
Vision Labs, a Russian company that presented at the NVIDIA conference, touted a proprietary facial recognition technology that it said used machine learning to continually adapt and teach itself greater levels of accuracy. "In our database we have at least 12 million unique people," said Alexander Khanin, the chief executive of Vision Labs. Khanin, whose firm is used by Russian banks and law enforcement to improve security, is currently engaged in effort to pitch American police departments. One slide from his presentation touted "city-wide" surveillance to identify and locate criminal suspects.
Vadim Kilimnichenko, project manager at Vision Labs, told The Intercept that the company does not yet have any law enforcement clients in the U.S. The firm currently collaborates with Facebook and Cisco, and maintains clients such as Equifax and Sberbank.
For now, these companies are looking for pieces of a relatively limited government pie. At the Menlo Park conference, the Silicon Valley firms in attendance were vying for border patrol contracts of up to $800,000. However, officials indicated that the program was only a preview of much larger efforts afoot.
During the Q&A period, Dan Strellis of Rapiscan Systems, an airport security contractor, asked how the Department of Homeland Security will overcome challenges in bringing more stakeholders into the process as it begins to embrace new technological solutions.
"The biometric security is the big spearhead now," said the CBP's Schuler, pointing to the agency's pilot programs. "Once people start making money, having happier passengers, we'll start to see a gold-rush effect, and there are clearly early adopters who are reaping benefits."
Top photo: A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference, which showcases artificial intelligence, deep learning, virtual reality, and autonomous machines, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2017.
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