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Embodiments of the invention relate to interaction between a positionally encoded medium and a digital pen. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to calibrating a digital pen and mapping locations decoded from camera-captured images to corresponding locations of the tip of the pen.
Computer users are accustomed to using a mouse and keyboard as a way of interacting with a personal computer. While personal computers provide a number of advantages over written documents, most users continue to perform certain functions using printed paper. Some of these functions include reading and annotating written documents. In the case of annotations, the printed document assumes a greater significance because of the annotations placed on it by the user. One of the difficulties, however, with having a printed document with annotations is the later need to have the annotations entered back into the electronic form of the document. This requires the original user or another user to wade through the annotations and enter them into a personal computer. In some cases, a user will scan in the annotations and the original text, thereby creating a new document. These multiple steps make the interaction between the printed document and the electronic version of the document difficult to handle on a repeated basis. Further, scanned-in images are frequently non-modifiable. There may be no way to separate the annotations from the original text. This makes using the annotations difficult. Accordingly, an improved way of handling annotations is needed.
One technique of capturing handwritten information is by using a pen whose location may be determined during writing. One pen that provides this capability is the Anoto pen by Anoto Inc. This pen functions by using a camera to capture an image of paper encoded with a predefined pattern. An example of the image pattern is shown in
When annotating a document, a user may mark the document by moving a pen tip with respect to the document. The path of the pen tip may comprise a plurality of strokes, where each stroke corresponds to a series of captured images. Hence, efficiently identifying the path of the pen in order to process the annotation on a document would be desirable.
Further, The x-y coordinates calculated from the center of the captured images may not represent the actual location of the tip of the pen. To map the center of the captured image to the pen tip, techniques for calibrating the relationship between the pen tip and the center of images captured by the camera would be desirable. Conventional calibration techniques, however, typically require complicated equipment and/or involved calibration procedures.
Each time a user changes a pen's ink cartridge, which may happen relatively frequently, calibration may be performed. Therefore, techniques for performing calibration should be simple, relatively quick, and accurate. And such techniques should not require complicated equipment of the type typically used in connection with conventional calibration techniques.
X-y positions of the pen tip may be determined by using a calibration parameter to map the x-y positions of the respective centers of images captured by the pen's camera to the x-y positions of the tip of the pen. The calibration parameter may be generated by iteratively calculating estimates of the calibration parameter.
A calibration module receives calibration input data, which may be produced by a user placing the pen tip at a fixed location on a surface, which may be a positionally encoded medium, such as paper, and then rotating the pen and/or moving the opposite end of the pen in various directions to capture multiple images for use in generating the calibration parameter. A user may perform such a calibration procedure without the need for complicated calibration equipment typically used in connection with conventional calibration techniques.
A mapping module may use the calibration parameter and recovered camera-captured-location information to generate recovered pen-tip-location information.
A virtual pen tip is used for mapping a recovered image-center location to a recovered pen-tip location. The location of the virtual pen-tip depends on a predetermined relationship between the actual pen-tip and the camera based on the configuration of the pen. The virtual pen-tip is the projected point of the pen-tip on an image sensor plane of the digital pen's camera.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be apparent upon reviewing the following detailed description.
The foregoing summary of the invention, as well as the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are included by way of example, and not by way of limitation with regard to the claimed invention.
Aspects of the present invention relate to determining the location of a captured image in relation to a larger image. The location determination method and system described herein may be used in combination with a multi-function pen.
The following is separated by subheadings for the benefit of the reader. The subheadings include: terms, general-purpose computer, image capturing pen, encoding of array, decoding, error correction, and location determination.
I. Terms
Pen—any writing implement that may or may not include the ability to store ink. In some examples, a stylus with no ink capability may be used as a pen in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
Camera—an image capture system that may capture an image from paper or any other medium.
II. General Purpose Computer
A basic input/output system 160 (BIOS), containing the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within the computer 100, such as during start-up, is stored in the ROM 140. The computer 100 also includes a hard disk drive 170 for reading from and writing to a hard disk (not shown), a magnetic disk drive 180 for reading from or writing to a removable magnetic disk 190, and an optical disk drive 191 for reading from or writing to a removable optical disk 192 such as a CD ROM or other optical media. The hard disk drive 170, magnetic disk drive 180, and optical disk drive 191 are connected to the system bus 130 by a hard disk drive interface 192, a magnetic disk drive interface 193, and an optical disk drive interface 194, respectively. The drives and their associated computer-readable media provide nonvolatile storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules and other data for the personal computer 100. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other types of computer readable media that can store data that is accessible by a computer, such as magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, Bernoulli cartridges, random access memories (RAMs), read only memories (ROMs), and the like, may also be used in the example operating environment.
A number of program modules can be stored on the hard disk drive 170, magnetic disk 190, optical disk 192, ROM 140 or RAM 150, including an operating system 195, one or more application programs 196, other program modules 197, and program data 198. A user can enter commands and information into the computer 100 through input devices such as a keyboard 101 and pointing device 102. Other input devices (not shown) may include a microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner or the like. These and other input devices are often connected to the processing unit 110 through a serial port interface 106 that is coupled to the system bus, but may be connected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, game port or a universal serial bus (USB). Further still, these devices may be coupled directly to the system bus 130 via an appropriate interface (not shown). A monitor 107 or other type of display device is also connected to the system bus 130 via an interface, such as a video adapter 108. In addition to the monitor, personal computers typically include other peripheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers and printers. In a preferred embodiment, a pen digitizer 165 and accompanying pen or stylus 166 are provided in order to digitally capture freehand input. Although a direct connection between the pen digitizer 165 and the serial port is shown, in practice, the pen digitizer 165 may be coupled to the processing unit 110 directly, via a parallel port or other interface and the system bus 130 as known in the art. Furthermore, although the digitizer 165 is shown apart from the monitor 107, it is preferred that the usable input area of the digitizer 165 be co-extensive with the display area of the monitor 107. Further still, the digitizer 165 may be integrated in the monitor 107, or may exist as a separate device overlaying or otherwise appended to the monitor 107.
The computer 100 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 109. The remote computer 109 can be a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above relative to the computer 100, although only a memory storage device 111 has been illustrated in
When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 100 is connected to the local network 112 through a network interface or adapter 114. When used in a WAN networking environment, the personal computer 100 typically includes a modem 115 or other means for establishing a communications over the wide area network 113, such as the Internet. The modem 115, which may be internal or external, is connected to the system bus 130 via the serial port interface 106. In a networked environment, program modules depicted relative to the personal computer 100, or portions thereof, may be stored in the remote memory storage device.
It will be appreciated that the network connections shown are illustrative and other techniques for establishing a communications link between the computers can be used. The existence of any of various well-known protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, FTP, HTTP, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11x and the like is presumed, and the system can be operated in a client-server configuration to permit a user to retrieve web pages from a web-based server. Any of various conventional web browsers can be used to display and manipulate data on web pages.
III. Image Capturing Pen
Aspects of the present invention include placing an encoded data stream in a displayed form that represents the encoded data stream. (For example, as will be discussed with
This determination of the location of a captured image may be used to determine the location of a user's interaction with the paper, medium, or display screen. In some aspects of the present invention, the pen may be an ink pen writing on paper. In other aspects, the pen may be a stylus with the user writing on the surface of a computer display. Any interaction may be provided back to the system with knowledge of the encoded image on the document or supporting the document displayed on the computer screen. By repeatedly capturing images with a camera in the pen or stylus as the pen or stylus traverses a document, the system can track movement of the stylus being controlled by the user. The displayed or printed image may be a watermark associated with the blank or content-rich paper or may be a watermark associated with a displayed image or a fixed coding overlying a screen or built into a screen.
The images captured by camera 203 may be defined as a sequence of image frames {Ii}, where Ii is captured by the pen 201 at sampling time ti. The sampling rate may be large or small, depending on system configuration and performance requirement. The size of the captured image frame may be large or small, depending on system configuration and performance requirement.
The image captured by camera 203 may be used directly by the processing system or may undergo pre-filtering. This pre-filtering may occur in pen 201 or may occur outside of pen 201 (for example, in a personal computer).
The image size of
The image sensor 211 may be large enough to capture the image 210. Alternatively, the image sensor 211 may be large enough to capture an image of the pen tip 202 at location 212. For reference, the image at location 212 is referred to as the virtual pen tip. It is noted that the virtual pen tip location with respect to image sensor 211 is fixed because of the constant relationship between the pen tip, the lens 208, and the image sensor 211.
The following transformation FS→P transforms position coordinates in the image captured by camera to position coordinates in the real image on the paper:
L paper =F S→P(L Sensor)
During writing, the pen tip and the paper are on the same plane. Accordingly, the transformation from the virtual pen tip to the real pen tip is also FS→P:
L pentip =F S→P(L virtual-pentip)
The transformation FS→P may be estimated as an affine transform. This simplifies as:
as the estimation of FS→P, in which θx, θy, sx, and sy are the rotation and scale of two orientations of the pattern captured at location 204. Further, one can refine F′S→P by matching the captured image with the corresponding real image on paper. "Refine" means to get a more precise estimation of the transformation FS→P by a type of optimization algorithm referred to as a recursive method. The recursive method treats the matrix F′S→P as the initial value. The refined estimation describes the transformation between S and P more precisely.
Next, one can determine the location of virtual pen tip by calibration.
One places the pen tip 202 on a fixed location Lpentip on paper. Next, one tilts the pen, allowing the camera 203 to capture a series of images with different pen poses. For each image captured, one may obtain the transformation FS→P. From this transformation, one can obtain the location of the virtual pen tip Lvirtual-pentip:
L virtual-pentip =F P→S(L pentip)
where Lpentip is initialized as (0, 0) and
By averaging the Lvirtual-pentip obtained from each image, a location of the virtual pen tip Lvirtual-pentip may be determined. With Lvirtual-pentip, one can get a more accurate estimation of Lpentip. After several times of iteration, an accurate location of virtual pen tip Lvirtual-pentip may be determined.
The location of the virtual pen tip Lvirtual-pentip is now known. One can also obtain the transformation FS→P from the images captured. Finally, one can use this information to determine the location of the real pen tip Lpentip:
L pentip =F S→P(L virtual-pentip)
Mapping the center of camera-captured image to a corresponding pen-tip location in paper coordinates and calibration parameters that may be used in mapping of this type in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are discussed below in sections VIII and IX.
IV. Encoding of Array
A two-dimensional array may be constructed by folding a one-dimensional sequence. Any portion of the two-dimensional array containing a large enough number of bits may be used to determine its location in the complete two-dimensional array. However, it may be necessary to determine the location from a captured image or a few captured images. So as to minimize the possibility of a captured image portion being associated with two or more locations in the two-dimensional array, a non-repeating sequence may be used to create the array. One property of a created sequence is that the sequence does not repeat over a length (or window) n. The following describes the creation of the one-dimensional sequence then the folding of the sequence into an array.
IV.A. Sequence Construction
A sequence of numbers may be used as the starting point of the encoding system. For example, a sequence (also referred to as an m-sequence) may be represented as a q-element set in field Fq. Here, q=pn where n≧1 and p is a prime number. The sequence or m-sequence may be generated by a variety of different techniques including, but not limited to, polynomial division. Using polynomial division, the sequence may be defined as follows:
where Pn(x) is a primitive polynomial of degree n in field Fq[x] (having qn elements). Rl(x) is a nonzero polynomial of degree l (where l<n) in field Fq[x]. The sequence may be created using an iterative procedure with two steps: first, dividing the two polynomials (resulting in an element of field Fq) and, second, multiplying the remainder by x. The computation stops when the output begins to repeat. This process may be implemented using a linear feedback shift register as set forth in an article by Douglas W. Clark and Lih-Jyh Weng, "Maximal and Near-Maximal Shift Register Sequences: Efficient Event Counters and Easy Discrete Logarithms," IEEE Transactions on Computers 43.5 (May 1994, pp 560–568). In this environment, a relationship is established between cyclical shifting of the sequence and polynomial Rl(x): changing Rl(x) only cyclically shifts the sequence and every cyclical shifting corresponds to a polynomial Rl(x). One of the properties of the resulting sequence is that, the sequence has a period of qn−1 and within a period, over a width (or length) n, any portion exists once and only once in the sequence. This is called the "window property". Period qn−1 is also referred to as the length of the sequence and n as the order of the sequence.
The process described above is but one of a variety of processes that may be used to create a sequence with the window property.
IV.B. Array Construction
The array (or m-array) that may be used to create the image (of which a portion may be captured by the camera) is an extension of the one-dimensional sequence or m-sequence. Let A be an array of period (m1, m2), namely A(k+m1, l)=A(k,l+m2)=A(k,l). When an n1�n2 window shifts through a period of A, all the nonzero n1�n2 matrices over Fq appear once and only once. This property is also referred to as a "window property" in that each window is unique. A widow may then be expressed as an array of period (m1, m2) (with m1 and m2 being the horizontal and vertical number of bits present in the array) and order (n1, n2).
A binary array (or m-array) may be constructed by folding the sequence. One approach is to obtain a sequence then fold it to a size of m1�m2 where the length of the array is L=m1�m2=2n−1. Alternatively, one may start with a predetermined size of the space that one wants to cover (for example, one sheet of paper, 30 sheets of paper or the size of a computer monitor), determine the area (m1�m2), then use the size to let L≧m1�m2, where L=2n−1.
A variety of different folding techniques may be used. For example,
To create the folding method as shown in
b kl =a i, where k=i mod(m 1), l=i mod(m 2), i=0, . . . , L−1. (1)
This folding approach may be alternatively expressed as laying the sequence on the diagonal of the array, then continuing from the opposite edge when an edge is reached.
Referring to
Referring back to
Here, more than one pixel or dot is used to represent a bit. Using a single pixel (or bit) to represent a bit is fragile. Dust, creases in paper, non-planar surfaces, and the like create difficulties in reading single bit representations of data units. However, it is appreciated that different approaches may be used to graphically represent the array on a surface. Some approaches are shown in
A bit stream is used to create the graphical pattern 403 of
V. Decoding
When a person writes with the pen of
For the determination of the orientation of the captured image relative to the whole encoded area, one may notice that not all the four conceivable corners shown in
Continuing to
Next, image 601 is analyzed to determine which corner is missing. The rotation amount o needed to rotate image 601 to an image ready for decoding 603 is shown as o=(θ plus a rotation amount {defined by which corner missing}). The rotation amount is shown by the equation in
It is appreciated that the rotation angle θ may be applied before or after rotation of the image 601 to account for the missing corner. It is also appreciated that by considering noise in the captured image, all four types of corners may be present. We may count the number of corners of each type and choose the type that has the least number as the corner type that is missing.
Finally, the code in image 603 is read out and correlated with the original bit stream used to create image 403. The correlation may be performed in a number of ways. For example, it may be performed by a recursive approach in which a recovered bit stream is compared against all other bit stream fragments within the original bit stream. Second, a statistical analysis may be performed between the recovered bit stream and the original bit stream, for example, by using a Hamming distance between the two bit streams. It is appreciated that a variety of approaches may be used to determine the location of the recovered bit stream within the original bit stream.
Once one has the recovered bits, one needs to locate the captured image within the original array (for example, the one shown in
Let the sequence (or m-sequence) I correspond to the power series I(x)=1/Pn(x), where n is the order of the m-sequence, and the captured image contains K bits of I b=(b0 b1 b2 . . . bK-1)t, where K≧n and the superscript t represents a transpose of the matrix or vector. The location s of the K bits is just the number of cyclic shifts of I so that b0 is shifted to the beginning of the sequence. Then this shifted sequence R corresponds to the power series xs/Pn(x), or R=Ts(I), where T is the cyclic shift operator. We find this s indirectly. The polynomials modulo Pn(x) form a field. It is guaranteed that xs≡r0+r1x+ . . . rn−1xn−1mod(Pn(x)). Therefore, we may find (r0, r1, . . . , rn−1) and then solve for s.
The relationship xs≡r0+r1x+ . . . rn−1xn−1mod(Pn(x)) implies that R=r0+r1T(I)+ . . . +rn−1Tn−1(I). Written in a binary linear equation, it becomes:
R=rtA (2)
where r=(r0 r1 r2 . . . rn−1)t, and A=(I T(I) . . . Tn−1(I))t which consists of the cyclic shifts of I from 0-shift to (n-1)-shift. Now only sparse K bits are available in R to solve r. Let the index differences between bi and b0 in R be ki, i=1,2, . . . ,k −1, then the 1st and (ki+1)-th elements of R, i=1,2, . . . ,k−1, are exactly b0, b1, . . . , bk−1. By selecting the 1st and (ki+1)-th columns of A, i=1,2, k−1, the following binary linear equation is formed:
bt=rtM (3)
If b is error-free, the solution of r may be expressed as:
r t={tilde over (b)}t{tilde over (M)}−1 (4)
where {tilde over (M)} is any non-degenerate n�n sub-matrix of M and {tilde over (b)} is the corresponding sub-vector of b.
With known r, we may use the Pohlig-Hellman-Silver algorithm as noted by Douglas W. Clark and Lih-Jyh Weng, "Maximal and Near-Maximal Shift Register Sequences: Efficient Event Counters and Easy Discrete Logorithms," IEEE Transactions on Computers 43.5 (May 1994, pp 560–568) to find s so that xs≡r0+r1x+ . . . rn−1xn−1mod(Pn(x)).
As matrix A (with the size of n by L, where L=2n−1) may be huge, we should avoid storing the entire matrix A. In fact, as we have seen in the above process, given extracted bits with index difference ki, only the first and (ki+1)-th columns of A are relevant to the computation. Such choices of ki is quite limited, given the size of the captured image. Thus, only those columns that may be involved in computation need to saved. The total number of such columns is much smaller than L (where L=2n−1 is the length of the m-sequence).
VI. Error Correction
If errors exist in b, then the solution of r becomes more complex. Traditional methods of decoding with error correction may not readily apply, because the matrix M associated with the captured bits may change from one captured image to another.
We adopt a stochastic approach. Assuming that the number of error bits in b, ne, is relatively small compared to K, then the probability of choosing correct n bits from the K bits of b and the corresponding sub-matrix {tilde over (M)} of M being non-degenerate is high.
When the n bits chosen are all correct, the Hamming distance between bt and rtM, or the number of error bits associated with r, should be minimal, where r is computed via equation (4). Repeating the process for several times, it is likely that the correct r that results in the minimal error bits can be identified.
If there is only one r that is associated with the minimum number of error bits, then it is regarded as the correct solution. Otherwise, if there is more than one r that is associated with the minimum number of error bits, the probability that ne exceeds the error correcting ability of the code generated by M is high and the decoding process fails. The system then may move on to process the next captured image. In another implementation, information about previous locations of the pen can be taken into consideration. That is, for each captured image, a destination area where the pen may be expected next can be identified. For example, if the user has not lifted the pen between two image captures by the camera, the location of the pen as determined by the second image capture should not be too far away from the first location. Each r that is associated with the minimum number of error bits can then be checked to see if the location s computed from r satisfies the local constraint, i.e., whether the location is within the destination area specified.
If the location s satisfies the local constraint, the X, Y positions of the extracted bits in the array are returned. If not, the decoding process fails.
In step 803, n independent column vectors are randomly selected from the matrix M and vector r is determined by solving equation (4). This process is performed Q times (for example, 100 times) in step 804. The determination of the number of loop times is discussed in the section Loop Times Calculation.
In step 805, r is sorted according to its associated number of error bits. The sorting can be done using a variety of sorting algorithms as known in the art. For example, a selection sorting algorithm may be used. The selection sorting algorithm is beneficial when the number Q is not large. However, if Q becomes large, other sorting algorithms (for example, a merge sort) that handle larger numbers of items more efficiently may be used.
The system then determines in step 806 whether error correction was performed successfully, by checking whether multiple r's are associated with the minimum number of error bits. If yes, an error is returned in step 809, indicating the decoding process failed. If not, the position s of the extracted bits in the sequence (or m-sequence) is calculated in step 807, for example, by using the Pohig-Hellman-Silver algorithm.
Next, the (X,Y) position in the array is calculated as: x=s mod m1 and y=s mod m2 and the results are returned in step 808.
VII. Location Determination
In step 901, an image is received from a camera. Next, the received image may be optionally preprocessed in step 902 (as shown by the broken outline of step 902) to adjust the contrast between the light and dark pixels and the like.
Next, in step 903, the image is analyzed to determine the bit stream within it.
Next, in step 904, n bits are randomly selected from the bit stream for multiple times and the location of the received bit stream within the original sequence (or m-sequence) is determined.
Finally, once the location of the captured image is determined in step 904, the location of the pen tip may be determined in step 905.
Next, the received image is analyzed in step 1004 to determine the underlying grid lines. If grid lines are found in step 1005, then the code is extracted from the pattern in step 1006. The code is then decoded in step 1007 and the location of the pen tip is determined in step 1008. If no grid lines were found in step 1005, then an error is returned in step 1009.
VIII. Mapping Camera-Captured-Image Strokes to Corresponding Pen-Tip Strokes
In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, x-y positions of the pen tip 202 may be determined by using a calibration parameter to map the x-y positions of the respective centers of images captured by the pen's camera 210 to the x-y positions of the tip of the pen.
The mapping module 1106 uses the calibration parameter 1104 and recovered camera-captured-location information 1110 to generate recovered pen-tip-location information 1108.
In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, the virtual pen tip 212 is used for mapping the recovered image-center stroke 1203 to the recovered pen-tip stroke 1201. The location of the virtual pen-tip depends on a predetermined relationship between the actual pen-tip 202 and the camera 203 based on the configuration of the pen. The virtual pen tip 212 is the projected point of the pen-tip 202 on the image sensor plane 209. The location of the virtual pen-tip 212 on the image sensor plane 209 is unknown but fixed.
One way to map the location of the center of an image to the location of the pen tip is to identify the spatial relationship between the pen tip and the body of the pen, the spatial relationship between the body of the pen, the lens, and the image sensor, optical characteristics such as the focal length of the lens, the physical size of a pixel of the image sensor, the distance between the image center and the optical axis of the lens, and so on. These measurements typically require special equipment. Moreover, every time the configuration of the pen changes, such as when the ink cartridge is changed, this process may need to be repeated. The concept of the virtual pen tip renders these complicated steps unnecessary. The perspective transform is applied to the location of the virtual pen tip to get the location of the pen tip, that is:
L pentip =F S→P(L virtual-pentip) . . . (5)
IX. Calibration
A calibration parameter Lvirtual-pentip may be estimated in accordance with various embodiments of the invention by performing the following steps, (a) through (g):
(a) A user places the real-pen-tip 202 at a fixed location Lpentip on surface 207. Referring to
(b) The user keeps the pen tip in the location Lpentip and captures a series of images with different pen orientations (i.e., the pen may be rotated and/or the end of the pen that is opposite the pen tip 202 may be moved in various directions while the pen tip 202 remains in the fixed location Lpentip). Referring to
(c) Initialize {overscore (L)}virtual-pentip as (0, 0), where {overscore (L)}virtual-pentip is the estimated value of Lvirtual-pentip.
(d) For each captured image, the transform FS→P and FP→S=FS→P −1 are calculated by m-array decoding and image matching, then equations 6 and 7 are evaluated:
L pentip i =F S→P i �L virtual-pentip , i=1,2, . . . ,N (6)
Lvirtual-pentip i F S→P i�(L pentip +ΔL i), i=1,2, . . . ,N (7)
where N is the number of captured images used for calibration and ΔLi is the offset between the actual pen tip location in ith frame and Lpentip.
(e) With equation (6), set Lvirtual-pentip as {overscore (L)}virtual-pentip to get Lpentip i, i=1,2, . . . ,N. By averaging Lpentip i, Lpentip is estimated as:
(f) With equation (7), set Lpentip as {overscore (L)}pentip to get Lvirtual-pentip i, i=1,2, . . . ,N. By averaging Lvirtual-pentip i, Lvirtual-pentip is estimated as:
(g) Go to step (e).
After several iterations of steps (e) through (g), Lvirtual-pentip and Lpentip will converge respectively to substantially more accurate results, which may be referred to as
may then be used as the calibration parameter Lvirtual-pentip equation (5) for mapping the recovered image-center stroke 1203 to the recovered pen-tip stroke 1201.
An example will now be provided in which
and Lvirtual-pentip are calculated based on the pen tip being placed at a fixed location Lpentip, and the pen being rotated such that 47 images are captured. From each image, a transform FS→P, and
can be obtained. As is shown below, after 47 iterations, Lvirtual-pentip converges from (0.00, 0.00) to finial result (30.80, 7.01), and Lpentip converges to a final result of (978.87, 1618.55). Note that Lvirtual-pentip are in the coordinate system of the captured image with the image center as the origin and Lpentip are in the coordinate system of the corresponding document.
Iteration Number 1—[Step c]—Initialize VirtualPentip (x=0.00, y=0.00) to calculate pen tip on paper for each image.
[Step e]:
Image 0 pen tip on paper: x=985.57, y=1649.70;
Image 1 pen tip on paper: x=985.20, y=1649.25;
. . . ;
Image 46 pen tip on paper: x=1006.41, y=1629.30;
Image 47 pen tip on paper: x=1006.76, y=1628.79;
Average Pen Tip on Paper: x=993.32, y=1643.28.
[Step f]—Use last Average Pen Tip on Paper (x=993.32, y=1643.28) to calculate VirtualPentip of each image:
Image 0 virtual pen tip: x=2.83, y=11.43;
Image 1 virtual pen tip: x=2.42, y=11.66;
. . . ;
Image 46 virtual pen tip: x=9.46, y=−17.72;
Image 47 virtual pen tip: x=10.55, y=−18.45;
Average VirtualPentip: x=3.65, y=0.88;
[Step g]—goto step e.
Iteration Number 2—[Step e]—Use last Average VirtualPentip (x=3.65, y=0.88) to calculate pen tip on paper of each image:
Image 0 pen tip on paper: x=984.86, y=1646.07;
Image 1 pen tip on paper: x=984.50, y=1645.58;
. . . ;
Image 46 pen tip on paper: x=1003.09, y=1628.06;
Image 47 pen tip on paper: x=1003.53, y=1627.54;
Average Pen Tip on Paper: x=991.64, y=1640.32.
[Step f]—Use last Average Pen Tip on Paper (x=991.64, y=1640.32) to calculate VirtualPentip of each image:
Image 0 virtual pen tip: x=6.25, y=10.93;
Image 1 virtual pen tip: x=5.79, y=11.12;
. . . ;
Image 46 virtual pen tip: x=11.93, y=−14.67;
Image 47 virtual pen tip: x=13.01, y=−15.41;
Average VirtualPentip: x=6.87, y=1.64.
[Step g]—goto step e.
Iteration Number 3—[Step e]—Use last Average VirtualPentip (x=6.87, y=1.64) to calculate pen tip on paper of every image:
. . .
Iteration Number 43—Average VirtualPentip: x=30.74, y=7.00.
. . .
Iteration Number 44—Average VirtualPentip: x=30.76, y=7.01.
. . .
Iteration Number 45—Average VirtualPentip: x=30.77, y=7.01.
. . .
Iteration Number 46—Average VirtualPentip: x=30.78, y=7.01.
. . .
Iteration Number 47—[Step f]—Use last Average Pen Tip on Paper (x=978.87, y=1618.55) to calculate VirtualPentip of each image:
Image 0 vitual pen tip: x=31.61, y=6.88;
Image 1 vitual pen tip: x=30.74, y=6.73;
. . .
Image 46 vitual pen tip: x=30.47, y=7.74;
Image 47 vitual pen tip: x=31.46, y=6.96;
Accordingly, in this example, the final value of Average VirtualPentip converges to x=30.80, y=7.01.
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ST. LOUIS — Sharks goalie Antti Niemi slipped away from his teammates after the morning skate to receive his Stanley Cup ring Thursday in a nondescript room in the bowels of the Scottrade Center.
Chicago Blackhawks vice president Al MacIsaac made the trip to St. Louis to present the diamond-encrusted ring valued at $30,000 to Niemi. The design features a small Stanley Cup atop the familiar Blackhawks logo.
Engraved on the inside are the names of the teams the Blackhawks beat en route to the championship and the wins and losses in each series, including the Western Conference final sweep of the Sharks.
"Maybe not today," Niemi said when asked if he would show the ring to his teammates. "Later."
The fact that Niemi was starting his first game since Oct. 24 on the same day he received the ring was "pure coincidence," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said.
And while he acknowledged that added a little excitement to the occasion, he dismissed the idea that he might have some extra motive to prove the Blues wrong for sending him to the Toronto Maple Leafs in June 2008 for a third-round draft pick.
"That's not really in my mindset," Mayers, 36, said. "I just want to go out there and play my game and keep things simple and try to chip in if I can."
He had played the Blues only once since leaving the team, picking up an assist in a game played in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre.
Mayers was a Maple Leaf for 115 games before being traded to Calgary in the multiplayer deal that brought Dion Phaneuf to Toronto. The Sharks signed Mayers to a one-year, $600,000 contract in August as a free agent.
Shortly after the Sharks fell behind 1-0 in the first period, he left no doubt as to his present loyalties when he exchanged punches with St. Louis forward Brad Winchester.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ +16 years-old ] A man and wife, lovers in secret, alone in a room. They want, they want, even bite each other. After love, exchanged a few platitudes, or at least he thinks the man. But now under investigation by police and the courts, Julien discovers the words: Life is different when you live that when the accounts later. What happened? What is accused? You can watch La chambre bleue online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in French at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
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In November 2014, nearly 3,000 workers at the Nokia factory in Dongguan, Guangdong, staged a series of strikes and protests relating to concerns arising from Nokia's decision to sell its mobile phone business to Microsoft. Over 200 employees were dismissed for failing to return to work in breach of the company regulations. Some of these employees issued claims against Nokia for illegal dismissal and sought reinstatement. However, as detailed in one recently publicised judgment, the Dongguan Intermediate Court upheld the decision of the district court of first instance that the dismissals had been lawful.
In its decision, the court gave consideration to the company's Employee Handbook, stating that it had been properly formulated and announced to the employees in accordance with the law. The court also held that the provisions contained within the Handbook, specifically that which stipulates that an employee's absence for 3 consecutive days without prior authorisation amounts to a serious violation of company regulations and shall be cause for immediate termination without compensation, are not contrary to any legal requirements and therefore are lawful and valid. As such, since the employee's conduct (i.e. absence from work for 3 consecutive days without authorisation due to participating in the strike) constituted a serious violation under the terms of the Handbook, the company was entitled to terminate her employment without compensation.


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Some Aspects of the Pure Theory of Corporate Finance: Bankruptcies and Take-Overs
This paper considers the implications of bankruptcies, take-overs, and divergent expectations for the financial policy of the firm; we argue that, under reasonable assumptions, there is an optimal debt-equity ratio. Previous studies have shown that under very general conditions, if there is no chance of bankruptcy, then financial policy has no effect on the value of the firm; there is no optimal debt-equity ratio. Under certain very restrictive conditions, the no bankruptcy condition may be removed. We show that when these restrictive conditions are not satisfied, and when there is a real possibility of bankruptcy if the firm issues too much debt, the firm's valuation will depend on its debt-equity ratio; the real decisions of the firm (e.g., its investment and choice of technique) cannot be separated from its financial decisions; and the real decisions of the firm may not be productively efficient. Finally, the implications of the possibility of a take-over for the financial policy of the firm are considered.
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"I commend State Senator Eric Schneiderman for his success tonight and hope to help ensure that the Office of the Attorney General is in Democratic hands.
"Whenever there were more similarities than differences among the five Democrats competing heartily for this office, and now it's time to party unity to ensure that the principle that we all cherish – the government is a force for good in the people's lives – continues to thrive in the village attorney.
"Running for statewide office was actually like running a marathon, but I lost the privilege of having a job I love, and tomorrow I'll be at work in the office of district attorney struggle the most serious problems Nassau County, with more energy than ever.
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* FTSE 100 up 1 pct in biggest daily gain since April
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* Sports Direct boosted by partnership with MySale
By Francesco Canepa
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index was set to post its biggest daily gain since April on Monday, helped by rises in bid-target drugs firm Shire and retailer Sports Direct.
Shares in Shire hit a record high of 5,045 pence in brisk volume after its board said it was ready to recommend a new offer from AbbVie. The new bid - the fifth by AbbVie - values Shire at 31.3 billion pounds ($53.3 billion).
Some traders saw the announcement as opening the door to further bids, with AbbVie's 5,320-pence-per-share offer as a starting point.
"The board could have been minded to accept AbbVie's offer as a floor, and as it has now established that it is willing to sell the company (unlike AstraZeneca ), (it) is effectively putting a for-sale sign in the window," a London-based event-driven trader said.
AbbVie, which wants to buy Shire to cut its tax bill and diversify its product line-up, raised its bid after the Dublin-based company asked for an improvement on its previous 5,115 pence-per-share offer.
Other traders were more cautious on Shire's stock, which has surged more than 40 percent in the past month.
"What we're doing this morning is basically closing down, per client, half of the exposure, so we're banking something good on the bounce and leaving the other half on just in case (it climbs to 53)," said Galvan's head of trading, Ed Woolfitt.
Shire shares rose 1.9 percent by 1432 GMT on volume that was three times higher than its full-day average for the past three months. FTSE 100 volume was less than 40 percent of the index's own average.
The FTSE 100 was up 67.44 points, or 1 percent, at 6,756.20 points, setting it on course for its biggest daily gain since April 29. The index dropped 2.6 percent last week to post its biggest weekly drop since March as sentiment was hit by the threat of a banking crisis in Portugal.
The index extended gains in the afternoon, tracking gains in U.S. futures after a stronger-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit at U.S. bank Citigroup Inc.
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"Corporate earnings have started to trend to the upside and momentum indicators suggest we are going to continue to see forward-looking estimates improve alongside EPS estimates," Guardian Stockbrokers' director of trading, Atif Latif, said.
Solid gains were also seen by sports retailer Sports Direct , up 3.8 percent, after it announced plans to open in Australia and New Zealand by forming a partnership with MySale Group. MySale rose 4.8 percent.
Rolls-Royce also rose, tacking on 1.7 percent as European planemaker Airbus kicked off the Farnborough Airshow by confirming it would sell revamped versions of its A330 wide-body jet powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. ($1 = 0.5877 British pounds) (Additional reporting by Tricia Wright; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)


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I have been a member at Forrestal Village Fitness for a decade now and here is where I train for my physical wellness, which plays a very important role in achieving my goals. Also, I am a cancer survivor (triple negative breast cancer diagnosed Oct 2014). Yoga classes in the gym help bring balance to the mind helping me stay focused on achieving my goals.
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As President and Co-Founder of ecfirst, the HIPAA Academy™, Allen Nguyen is responsible for day-to-day operations of the company and the delivery of quality technical solutions to customers. Mr. Allen Nguyen was introduced to the Internet in 1989, and quickly recognized it as the communication medium of the future. He has accrued over 15 years of intensive experience and has become an expert in Internet-enabling technology.
Prior to co-founding ecfirst, Mr. Allen Nguyen spent a number of years consulting for several large corporations. As a consultant, he recognized the advantages that the vast amount of technical resources the Internet can offer to a company's research and development efforts and introduced the Internet into the development environment of several large organizations. Then in 1995, expecting to see a profound impact in the commercial arena as well, Mr. Allen Nguyen co-founded ABC Virtual Communications, Inc. with the focus of helping companies to understand, embrace and implement Internet technology. With his help, the company grew from three to 60-plus employees in less than three years. During that time, he also helped build the company's technical infrastructure, led several enterprise-wide web development efforts, and was instrumental in developing and directing product development.
Some of Mr. Allen Nguyen's technical achievements include the successful porting of Sun Microsystem JVM. He was a member of a two-man team that accomplished a pioneering effort in porting the Java Virtual Machine to a real-time, embedded operating system. His Java expertise also led him to design and implement the first 100% Java Applet application to automate the processing of forms from a web browser. Sun Microsystems, the inventor of Java, eventually licensed it for its own usage. At the HIPAA Academy™ his focus has been on EDI solutions and the delivery of a web based risk analysis tool known as bizSHIELD™ On-Line. This tool allows for a quick and low cost method for small organizations to determine the risk within their office as dictated by the HIPAA legislation. Written in Java, this tool is both flexible and secure for the end user and system administrators. Born in Vietnam and raised in Iowa, Mr. Allen Nguyen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Iowa.


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|The CTI US Market Entry Camps are acceleration programs designed for Swiss startup companies looking to enter the US market. The program is open to all Swiss startups in the CTI Start-up coaching program. Depending on the stage your CTI startup company is in, there are two options available: The CTI US Market Entry Camp and the CTI US Market validation Camp (For details please see below).
For the past six years, swissnex San Francisco, swissnex Boston and its outpost in New York City have assisted the most promising Swiss technology startups arriving to the United States by providing them with tailored programs to help them establish a foothold in the US market.
CTI Market Validation Camp:
Early stage & stealth mode start-ups – test your product and business model
- 1 month in start-up hub of your choice (Boston, San Francisco, New York)
- Feedback from customers, investors, partners
- Up to 4 hours of expert coaching
- Up to 4 workshop hours
- 24/7 access to desk and office infrastructure
- Stipend for travel and accommodations
"swissnex Boston received me well prepared with a full list of contacts from the rich clinical environment as well as the medical device business network of the Greater Boston Area. The short time I had available was well spent thanks to the organization by Swissnex, so that I could reach tangible business objectives. The Swissnex team was extremely supportive both on the professional level and past office hours. I strongly recommend to all Swiss startups with international ambitions to participate in the market validation program for a rapid US market assessment." Davor Kosanic – CEO Samantree technologies
CTI Market Entry Camp:
Born global start-ups with initial traction – acquire customers, find partners and hire collaborators
- 2-3 month in start-up hub of your choice (Boston, San Francisco, New York)
- Connect with customers, partners, talents, investors,
- Up to 12 hours of expert coaching
- Up to 10 workshop hours
- 24/7 access to desk and office infrastructure
- Stipend for travel and accommodations
"swissnex is an excellent platform when it comes to internationalization, it provides a fantastic infrastructure and extremely valuable contacts." Michael Sidler, Redalpine (investors of Biognosys, campers 2012)


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"To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self...and to venture in the highest sense is precisely to become conscious of one's self."
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Bryan Johnson is the founder of Kernel, OS Fund, and Braintree.
He founded Kernel in 2016, investing $100M of his personal capital, to build the world's first neuroprosthesis to enhance human intelligence (HI). Johnson believes that the combination of human and artificial intelligence (HI + AI) will define humanity's future.
In 2014, Bryan invested $100M to start OS Fund to support inventors and scientists who aim to benefit humanity by rewriting the operating systems of life. His OS Fund investments include endeavors to cure age-related diseases and radically extend healthy human life to 100+, make biology a predictable programming language, digitize analog businesses, replicate the human visual cortex using artificial intelligence, expand humanity's access to resources, reinvent transportation using autonomous vehicles, and reimagine food using biology, among others. (see investments below)
In 2007, Bryan founded Braintree, an online and mobile payments provider. In 2012, Braintree acquired Venmo. Bryan and his team worked tirelessly to build an exceptional company—one that they loved, and one that was worthy of frequent love letters from its customers. In 2013, Braintree was acquired by PayPal for $800M.
Bryan is an outdoor-adventure enthusiast (mountains, volcanoes, arctic dog sledding), pilot and author of a children's book, Code 7.
Today I'm announcing a $100M commitment to Kernel in an effort to enhance human intelligence and reimagine our future. Unlocking our brain is the most significant and consequential opportunity in history — and it's time sensitive.
Why now? Because the sooner we begin co-evolving human and machine intelligence, the better. The relationship between human intelligence and artificial intelligence (HI + AI) will necessarily be one of symbiosis.
The challenge and potential of exploring this co-evolutionary future is the biggest story of the next century and one in which a closeness in development velocity is a necessity. In order for that to happen, we need to begin working on HI in earnest.
In October 2014, I launched the OS Fund—$100 million to invest in entrepreneurs and scientists who are working on quantum-leap discoveries that promise to rewrite the operating systems of life.
In the same way that a computer has an operating system at its core — dictating the way it works and serving as a foundation upon which all applications are built — everything in life has an operating system.
OS Fund companies are developing new solutions to fundamental problems and improving the lives of billions of people around the world for generations to come.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The biggest worry for the Cowboys on the injury front is quarterback Tony Romo.
He underwent back surgery in December, and all indications are that he's ahead of schedule.
"He is ahead of expectations," Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones said. "He is ahead of where we expected him to be."
Jones said Romo hasn't started throwing passes yet, but he can make throwing motions. The Cowboys begin their offseason program on April 21, and Romo is expected to participate in some capacity.
Showing his faith in Romo, Jones told reporters that with Romo as Dallas' QB, the team isn't facing a rebuilding year. The starting quarterback, who missed the final game of the 2013 season because of an injured back, has undergone two back procedures in the past year.
Romo had a cyst removed from his back last spring and then had a discectomy (surgery to remove a herniated disc) in December. Romo returned home on the same day of that surgery and visited Valley Ranch two days later for exit interviews.
After another 8-8 finish, the Cowboys seemed to be in rebuilding mode, with a quarterback in his mid-30s who is coming off back surgery.
"You don't rebuild with Romo," Jones said. "The firepower we have on offense and where we are with our running backs, and our receivers -- you don't rebuild with an offense that's got the capability we've got. We didn't bring [Scott] Linehan in here to rebuild."


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I would like to thank the Athens-Clarke County commissioners who recently approved a local ordinance banning the tethering of animals.
Tethering dogs is dangerous not only to the dog itself, but also to the community. According to one study, chained dogs are 2.8 times more likely to attack than their non-tethered counterparts, with the majority of these attacks being on children.
Tethering a dog subjects an otherwise social animal to solitary confinement. Forced against their instincts, these dogs are psychologically harmed and pose a threat to their communities.
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Game Of Thrones' most epic battle yet? The Mountain at war with shock star
YOU really don't want to get on the wrong side of The Mountain from Game Of Thrones.
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers.
The Mountain, whose real name is Gregor Clegane, is probably the scariest character in Game Of Thrones.
His huge size, his creepy behaviour and history of extreme violence (remember when he popped Oberyn Martell's eyeballs?) have made him the most dangerous man in Westeros.
Viewers have been desperate to see him fight his brother The Hound, who also happens to be his enemy.
The pair have a shady history, with The Mountain earning his brother his nickname after burning his face when they were children.
According to actor Hafþór Júlíus, the fight, which has been nicknamed the Cleganebowl, could be happening in season seven.
"Everyone is expecting me and my brother to fight in this season. I don't know if that's going to happen or not," he told the Express.
"It looks like it would go that way"Hafþór Júlíus
"They don't tell us that in the show but that's definitely [something] I could see happening in the future because it looks like it would go that way because if you look at the story, it looks like that," he added.
The character was actually killed in the fight with Oberyn but was brought back to life and now lives as a zombie like character doing Cersei Lannister's bidding.
Because of his current state, The Mountain can no longer speak, which the actor is hoping will change.
"I would not mind, if The Mountain would get some lines, I would definitely appreciate that and take it as a good challenge," he said.
The next season of Game Of Thrones is shaping up to be the best yet, with Daenerys finally on her way to Westeros and meeting Jon Snow.
Also eagerly anticipated is the reunion between the Stark children, which is said to go seriously wrong.
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The answer to this conflict should have been obvious to me all along, for one of the most exciting and fulfilling things about sharing my experiences has been the response from people who've been through the same thing. A common reader response to my writings about Christian fundamentalism, for example, is appreciation for putting into words what others have lived through but can't express.
I've often considered writing a book about my religious journey, but the thought that my story isn't unique has held me back. Lots of people have left born-again Christianity; many have been to Bible college, tried pastoral ministry and then turned away from evangelical faith; plenty have struggled with the conflict between sexuality and faith. So what makes me so different?
Frankly, nothing makes me different. My story is the story of thousands of others. But that's the point: Those others might not know how to put their stories into words, but I do.
Whether you should write about yourself is not down to how unique you are or how special your experience is but whether you can tell a story. Everyone's lived through her own story, but not everyone can write her story in a way that makes people say, "Yes. That's what I wanted to say but couldn't."
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Andy Warhol once said, "In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes." Looks like Andy was onto something, because the internet is definitely a fickle creature. A site can go from obscurity to critical mass seemingly overnight, only to see itself fall back into anonymity just as quickly. Most of the time, the sites themselves are to blame for their own downfall. Here is the current batch of websites that are ready for the glue factory.
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7. Paypal
The core concept of PayPal is a fairly noble one, working as a middle-man between buyers and sellers, mostly for auctions on eBay, and ensuring that everyone gets what they're supposed to. Unfortunately, PayPal's cut of the profit is absurd, especially considering the fact that when things go bad, PayPal usually looks the other way.
Also, why is it that PayPal can pull funds from my bank account instantly, but it takes them a week to put money in? And PayPal makes a point of advertising that sellers who use PayPal can accept credit cards. Well, they can - if they upgrade their accounts first, which the buyers don't know and the sellers are forced to do if they want to accept a credit card payment (which by then has already been charged to the buyer and is floundering in PayPal purgatory). This is epicly greedy and an immoral business practice. PayPal, when you die, I will gladly piss on your grave.
6. Monster.com
How this site managed to rise above the ranks of Careerbuilder.com and HotJobs.com is still a mystery. The layout is a complete antithesis to the Craigslist approach, over-designed and constantly busy barraging you with totally useless information while attempt to sift through page after page of hoops you must jump through in order to simply apply for jobs. When you finally cave in to the various demands of Monster.com and their resume templates, cover letter designers, etc. and start actually applying to jobs, you'll notice that out of the 50 or so jobs you might apply to, 46 employers will yield no response whatsoever, three will be a spambot mailing lists which you'll never be able to get off of, and the other filled the position six months ago. Monster.com, you suck.
5. MySpace
How the mighty have fallen. Back in 2004, when Friendster was hitting the mainstream, and its servers could no longer handle the traffic, MySpace stepped in and stole their thunder with a better interface, better clientele, and more features. But what about now? How many add requests do I need to get from fake webcam chicks named XxXxXEmoKittenXxXxX before someone at MySpace figures out there's a problem here?
From an actual "social networking" standpoint, MySpace is done. They've managed to completely ruin their own service. Any square inch of browser real estate that isn't occupied with annoying flash ads is littered with poorly organized bulletins, comments with animated glitter graphics, and ubiquitous "pensive arm extension" glamour shots of people I don't know or care to know.
The only stronghold MySpace has left is their band pages, and when every user on MySpace has about 12,000 friends, all posting spam comments and bulletins on a constant basis, trying to get anyone's attention is like screaming into an infinite abyss. Sorry MySpace, it's all downhill from here.
4. iTunes
Okay, so iTunes isn't a website per se, it's more of an app with a web-ish interface, but iTunes is the bane of my existence, and it needs to be called out. First of all, for anyone who manages their own personal music library on a folder-by-folder basis, iTunes is an exercise in anger management.
iTunes insists on creating its own library database for your music catalog, so if you decide to change anything behind the scenes (i.e. on the folder level), iTunes will almost certainly freak out. And if you're unfortunate enough to have clicked "allow iTunes to manage my music" during the installation, you'll soon notice that your entire library of music has been transformed into a gigantic clusterf*** of files with no rhyme or reason when viewed outside the confines of the iTunes interface. Thanks for that, Apple. Additionally, If you run iTunes on a PC, it is likely the most frustratingly slow program you deal with on a regular basis, which is funny considering the fact that it runs like a champ on most Macs. Wonder why that is?
As for the iTunes Store, let's be frank: why should I pay Apple for music I can get for free? Up until recently, nearly all the music offered on iTunes had DRM security which actually restricted how you could use your own purchased content. So again, why should I give Apple money for things I can get for free and don't include iTunes telling me how I can enjoy things I've actually paid for? Ridiculous! Artists need to get paid, but this method has got to go.
What about the concept of an album as a wholly contained piece of art? Well Apple doesn't think those exists, and songs provided on iTunes must be offered as individual tracks with very few exceptions. So essentially Apple is becoming the largest contributor to the death of the album and the rise of the easy-to-digest, one-track-at-a-time, single-serving of pop drivel.
Somebody, please get ml_ipod to work for the iPhone.
3. Wikipedia
The concept of Wikipedia is incredible: a database to store the entire breadth of knowledge of humanity in real time. And while Wikipedia has become an extremely useful source for information (provided it isn't controversial), the fact that any and all pages are editable has become a massive source of trouble for both the regulatory bodies governing Wikipedia and the users seeking accurate information.
The first issue that comes to mind is, "Who is making these rules? How are they qualified to decide what's accurate or what's even worthy of a Wikipedia page? Who standardized these processes and who are their allegiances to?"
Beyond that, Wikipedia has essentially replaced the concept of actual research for many people, and while it's convenient, the amount of dubious information on Wikipedia is staggering. Seemingly legit Wikipedia entries on controversial subjects are regularly manipulated by the parties involved in order to change important facts to benefit those parties. So while Wikipedia may be convenient and interesting, nearly every word of "fact" on the site is subject to suspicion.
2. YouTube
As much time as I've spent over the last few years being entertained by watching people getting hit with things, people falling off of things, and people stapling things to themselves, YouTube is now really starting to show its age. A few years ago, it was a wild, unkempt bastion of user generated content without censorship (or copyright regulation).
It then became the de facto source for archive footage, useful video clips, and clips from any number of video sources. Now that the video content aspect of the internet has become so fragmented in the wake of lawsuits as corporations desperately try to figure out how to control content, YouTube lingers in this uncomfortable stage of its existence where it has become simply a repository for any and all random useless user-generated clips people want to put on the internet.
The result is that it makes sifting through all those videos of people's cats to find content that's actually relevant a totally unbearable chore. Also, I think we can declare YouTube the winner of worst user comments on the Internet. The lights are getting dim, fellas.
1. Twitter
[I'm sitting at my computer.] [I'm typing now.] [I just farted.] [Kinda smells now.] [Here's a link to a picture of me sitting at my computer.] [My dog just barked.] [He's a brown dog.] [Oh no he just saw a cat.] [Cats are funny.] [Here's a link to cute cats.] [I feel sleepy.] [Chris Brown is a jerk.] [I just took a 'lil nap.] [Now I'm eating a sandwich.] [The sandwich had gross cheese in it.] [I just barfed.] [Here's a picture of my sammy barf.] ENOUGH ALREADY! Seriously, what is the purpose of this? Self-obsession has reached a new peak with Twitter.
Do people really need to know what I am doing on a minute-to-minute basis? Never mind the fact that this is literally the lowest form of communication on the internet - even instant messages offer more than 140 characters of space to articulate your thoughts - Twitter itself seems to serve no new purpose. If you feel compelled to constantly tell people what you're doing, why don't you just staple a post-it note to your forehead?
Whatever. I'm gonna go update my Facebook status. They've got like ten times as many people there totally willing to gawk at my cat pictures on there.
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Posted By: Adina Bailey, Co-Founder, TakeThemAMeal.com on Jan 7, 2013
This week, I was talking to my sister on the phone, and she was telling me about her day. She had just arrived home from spending several hours at the hospital with her friend, Lisa, who was having a procedure to prepare for her upcoming chemotherapy treatments. We talked for a while about how hard it is to watch a friend face this terrible and all too frequent battle.
Later that evening while Lisa was still on my mind, I came across the blog, Life as a Survivor. On her blog, Diane candidly shares her personal struggle with the sickness that resulted from her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer.
Not only does Diane share her story, but she provides a detailed description of what she considers to be the essential contents of a "Chemo Care Package". I don't know about you, but I value this type of information. I love when someone who has walked a difficult road shares her experience, so that we can benefit as we care for ourselves and our friends.
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The Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts was established in 2012 as a non-profit institution dedicated to exhibiting the best Moroccan, North African and international lens-based and contemporary arts. In the future we will be housed in a new architecturally distinct building designed by renowned architect Sir David Chipperfield. On September 6, 2013 we opened MMP+ in the architecturally significant Badii Palace in Marrakech. With a rich program of exhibitions, education and cultural exchange the Museum will be the first such institution on the African Continent and will broaden the artistic experience across cultural boundaries.
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