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Organic dairy, crop education conference set
An Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Syracuse Nov. 4.
Sponsored by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, the event features keynote speakers Ed Maltby, executive director of the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance; and Mary-Howell Martens, owner of Lakeview Organic Grain.
The following workshops will be presented:
Conscientious Care of Organic Dairy Animals, Hubert Karreman, VMD; Diversifying Your Dairy with Local Organic Meats, Bill Eklund; Diverse Grazing Practices, Nathan Weaver, Robert Zufall and Brad Davis; Crop Rotation, Cultivation and Weed Control in Row Crops, Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens; Nutrient Density in Grain Crops, Kevin Engelbert, professor, Margaret Smith and Orin Moyer; Healthy Soils for a Healthy Farm, Heather Darby and Cindy Daley; Growing and Marketing Food-Grade Grains, Glenda Neff, Elizabeth Dyck, Thor Oechsner and Ed Lentz.
The association encourages new farmers and farmers interested in transitioning to organic to attend. Certified organic LLC staff will be available throughout the day to answer questions.
Register online at www.nofany.org/dairyconference or call Katie, the membership and registration coordinator, at (585) 271-1979, Ext. 512.
Early bird discounts save $5 for registration by Oct. 24. Association members pay $35, guests of members (two-person limit) pay $25, and non-members pay $55. Children 12 and under are free. Lunch is potluck, and attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share.
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Senators introduce bill to protect maple industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have introduced legislation that would make intentionally mislabeling food products as "maple syrup" a federal crime. Currently, this form of food fraud is only a misdemeanor. The legislation would make these crimes a felony, increasing sentences that prosecutors can seek for people who defraud consumers and farmers by intentionally mislabeling maple syrup.
"Maple farmers across New York State produce some of the highest quality syrup in the world," Schumer said. "We need to crack down on individuals trying to pass off fake syrup as the real thing so that our farmers can compete fair and square."
Gillibrand noted New York is the second-largest producer of maple syrup in the U.S.
"We shouldn't allow production to be hampered by fraudulent behavior," she said. "This bill ensures that producers of real maple syrup can sell their product in an honest market and that consumers know what they're paying for."
The bill is being introduced in response to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation that determined that a Rhode Island man was marketing and selling a product as maple syrup when in fact it was cane sugar. Cane sugar costs about 2 percent as much as real maple syrup, thus defrauding consumers who believed that they were purchasing real maple syrup.
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Scottish Independence May Impact U.S. Trident Missile Program
The U.S. Trident ballistic missile program could be seriously impacted if Scotland chooses to evict British nuclear-armed submarines from its territory following a vote in favor of secession from the United Kingdom, an international relations expert was expected to argue on Tuesday in Washington (see GSN, March 12).
The governing Scottish National Party has called for a vote on independence from the United Kingdom as soon as 2014. It hopes to then order London to remove the Trident submarine-launched missiles and nuclear warheads stored at the Coulport weapons depot and the four ballistic missile submarines home ported at the nearby Faslane naval base. Such a move would be likely to have serious implications for British strategic deterrent as there are no other readily available sites in the country where the nuclear weapons could be relocated, the Scotsman reported.
"In the absence of a suitable option for rebasing the submarines in England or Wales, the United Kingdom's Royal Navy must consider a range of alternatives -- including disarmament," the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said in advertising the Tuesday seminar in Washington with St. Andrews University professor William Walker.
Additionally, as the United Kingdom and the United States are assumed to have long collaborated on developing and maintaining Trident weapons, plans to modernize the nuclear-ready ballistic missile could be seriously impacted if London ceases to be a user of the U.S.-manufactured technology (see GSN, April 4, 2011).
"I think that the Americans are only just waking up to what Scottish independence might mean for the future of the U.K.'s nuclear deterrent," Walker said.
"They need to know what the future of Trident is in the U.K., not just for defense reasons, but also because the two countries are working together on replacing Trident, and obviously, if the U.K. is no longer part of that it will have implications for the project," he continued.
In its November 2009 white paper on secession, the Scottish government declared that an independent Scotland "would become a non-nuclear weapons state."
"The U.K.'s nuclear deterrent would not continue to be based in an independent Scotland and a Scottish government would need to work in partnership with the rest of the United Kingdom to ensure an appropriate transition and relocation," the white paper states.
Walker, though, said an independent Scotland could come under heavy lobbying from the United Kingdom and the United States to strike some sort of deal on housing the deterrent.
"It is possible that a new Scottish government would come to a compromise in the face of severe pressure from Washington and London, but it is hard to predict," Walker said.
The Scottish National Party, though, has signaled it would be unwilling to consider a compromise on the matter following a vote for independence (David Maddox, Scotsman, April 2).
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To hear it from the New York Times editorial page, the many issues surrounding the attacks in Benghazi are now settled.
In a December 30 editorial, published under the headline "The Facts About Benghazi," the newspaper proclaims an end to the 15 months of debate about the fatal attacks on the U.S. consulate on September 11, 2012. Citing an "exhaustive investigation by The Times" that it says "goes a long way toward resolving any nagging doubts about what precipitated the attack" and "debunks Republican allegations," America's Newspaper of Record declares that "in a rational world" the investigation "would settle the dispute over Benghazi."
Well then.
It's hardly surprising that the New York Times would find the New York Times the final word on an issue.
But for the rest of us, rational and irrational alike, this revisionist account is neither authoritative nor definitive. The central thesis of the piece is wrong, and the sweeping claim the author has made in defending it is demonstrably false.
Here's the background.
In a long, front-page article published in late December, David Kirkpatrick, the Cairo bureau chief of the New York Times, offered an account of the attacks in Benghazi based largely on interviews with Libyans there, including some who participated in the attacks. From these interviews and others, Kirkpatrick declared that there is "no evidence that al Qaeda or other international terrorists had any role in the assault."
It's a startling claim, even beyond the challenge of proving a negative. In an interview on Meet the Press following the publication of the article, moderator David Gregory asked Kirkpatrick how he could be sure that there was no involvement of al Qaeda or international terrorists. Kirkpatrick responded: "I think honestly if you asked anybody in the U.S. intelligence business, they would tell you the same thing."
But that's not true.
We have been asking people in the U.S. intelligence business about al Qaeda and the Benghazi attacks for 15 months. Virtually all of them have told us the same thing: Terrorists associated with al Qaeda and its affiliates were involved in the attacks.
So we were puzzled. How could a star New York Times reporter claim that no one in the U.S. intelligence community believes al Qaeda or other international terrorists had any role at all in the attacks, when we were talking to more than a dozen such sources who said the opposite?
Part of the answer is obvious: We were talking to different people. But that doesn't explain why Kirkpatrick would claim that his sources reflect not just the consensus view of the U.S. intelligence community, but the unanimous view.
The bigger problem for Kirkpatrick is the fact that over the past 15 months many people in the "U.S. intelligence business" have contradicted his main argument on the record.
Consider what Senator Dianne Feinstein told host Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation, back on December 2, 2012, about a briefing from CIA director David Petraeus shortly after the attacks. "General Petraeus briefed us on the 13th," she said. "There is a transcript. He said very clearly that there were al Qaeda elements involved."
Presumably Feinstein, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, qualifies as someone in the "U.S. intelligence business." So does the CIA director.
Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counter-terrorism Center, testified on September 19, 2012, that there were "indications that individuals involved in the attack may have had connections to al Qaeda or al Qaeda's affiliates, in particular Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb."
There were others. Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, reported without qualification that al Qaeda had a role in the Benghazi attacks. "The people involved in the group were affiliates of al Qaeda and other extremist groups," he said during a press conference on November 16, 2012. He continued: "That was well organized—command and control—and that [had] people who had experience in attacking and are al Qaeda and other extremists. They knew how to shoot mortars and hit targets."
Even some Republicans joined intelligence officials and Democrats contending that al Qaeda-affiliated jihadists participated in those attacks. The two top intelligence committee Republicans on Capitol Hill, Mike Rogers in the House and Saxby Chambliss in the Senate, have consistently pointed to al Qaeda ties among the Benghazi attackers.
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In an NBC interview, Google's Eric Schmidt reminded America that "It's important to remember these 5 billion people are just like us. They're just trapped in bad poverty and bad governance and so forth." The CEO of Google was referring to those in the world who don't have smartphones:
NBC host David Gregory asked President Barack Obama this morning, "Is this your Lincoln moment?"
The question came up after Obama invoked the movie Lincoln when talking about Republicans and Democrats coming together to work out a deal on the "fiscal cliff.
A petition on the White House's website calls for charges to be filed against David Gregory for breaking Washington, D.C.'s gun laws. "Press charges against David Gregory for possession of a 30-round, high capacity assault rifle magazine in Washington D.C," reads the title of the petition:
David Gregory mocked the NRA's Wayne LaPierre for proposing that armed guards be at every school in America. But the NBC host seems to have no problem with armed guards protecting his kids everyday where they attend school in Washington, D.C.
"You proposed armed guards in school. We'll talk about that in some detail in a moment. You confronted the news media. You blamed Hollywood and the gaming industry. But never once did you concede that guns could actually be part of the problem. Is that a meaningful contribution, Mr. LaPierre, or a dodge?," asked Gregory.
The second debate between Republican Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren was a contentious one, with Brown deploying a few well-placed lines that may have given him the edge over Warren.
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All these haters...well I believe that SC will be a success! If not I lost some $, who cares? Kickstarter is a good way to bring back a genre that is not mainstream. But seems that ppl dont like to try out new ways and still believe the world is flat. -Massive-Industries- Heavy Duty |
Originally posted by Gdemami No. As a matter of FACT they do not. In all too many cases its a matter of WHO you know, within the VC and other such systems. Not only that, but such systems tend to be very restrictive in terms of who gets what, and thats NOT good for people just starting out. Kickstarter sides steps that, and thats one of the reasons such types will ultimately set their bought and paid for politicians on it. Just to "protect" the public, of course... Sure there are risks. But its up to each individual to make the choice of what to back, and how much to back it. As I've mentioned in terms of games, I can always get more money. But I what I can't get is good, entertaining games to play. |
Not sure why you quoted me...nothing you said in your emotional, irrelevant rant is even remotely addressing anything I said. |
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Originally posted by Gdemami besides the part where he addresses your initial statement that everyone has a fair shot with a publisher? um... i really didn't want to get involved, but you might want to review who's getting emotional and off topic. "i know you are but what am i?" |
I never said anything like that... All I said is that everyone has equal chance to start their own business(to do something), which is true. |
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Originally posted by Gdemami Problem is with that statement, people have been throwing money at nothing for the last 8 years and getting nothing in return much less a decent game or MMORPG, and still even AFTER the job is done the game is unplayable buggy and boring, Id rather helped finance games thru Kickstarter I actually want to play not what some market analyst or investor would think I want to play another WoW clone or another COD ripoff. |
Originally posted by morbuskabis Agree with your post there. People piss and throw away money at bigger things than video games, gambling, alcohol, and crappy video games, but people wont throw a few dollars at a game that promises real enterainment and potential? People these days... |
Originally posted by Obidom Shadowrun Returns harkens back to the old SNES -Genesis days and the project is coming along very well atm and it will be nothing like the XBOX version which they had nothing to do with thankfully and they made that very clear in their videos :P your in for a treat :) |
Originally posted by Astropuyo Guess the same can be said of people that keep buying COD games and WoW clones and getting nothing in return thats new or innovative, in a way their being conned by buying the same game with a few new maps or MMOs with watered down mechanics a a few twists to the same ol vanilla designs that keep appearing in games only for the new "shiny" MMO to die 1-3 months after release. People keep rewarding bad business with more business (EA-Activistion-NC Soft) with more rehashes, ripoffs, and poorly made games and MMOs, really its gamers who are getting nothing in return by continuing to keep giving publishers money for garbage. The door swings both ways my friend, at least with crowdfunding people CAN choose to research and invest in games that will bring fresh IPs to a stagnant industry , new , fresh, innovative, even resurrecting old genres that the publishers won't touch cause it isn't Call of Duty 15. |
In my planet, people don't put the wagen in front of the bulls. If you want to start a business and don't have funds and are pretty good at what you do, you start from the bottom without fear. You create a small inovative game with small budget, make it cheap and people will buy and have fun playing it. The company create an identity and trust... use the profits for bigger/expanding your IP... keep delivering a good product and eventually you will have a good loyal community on their backs. Before they all start buying Mercedes, use that money to develop a big game... again, deliver a good product. Cheers!!! Profit for them and fun for all of us. Now companys want to start "crafting" MMO's before anything else and ask money from the bunch of no lifers addicteds around the web. I'm sad at the community overall. People keep buying collectors editions for 150 euros and etcs... and keep throwing cash at this people with their eyes closed. AND NEVER LEARN. Sad sad days we are living. |
Originally posted by Anthara And in that case, wouldn't you say that the some of people/companies that are commanding these large kickstarter results hvae already created an identity and engendered trust? How many times have people indicated that they loved the work that this person has done and because of that work they believe they can pull it off? Here, right on the front of this forum thread: Aerowyn: i pledged $60 i LOVED the wing commander games.. And Aeorwyn is not the first person to make that statement. Looks like this guy has already done good work and has earned their trust. Time will tell if that trust was fairly earned. |
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Originally posted by Vorthanion I think the word the should that should be used is " infested" ;) |
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Originally posted by Anthara I dont know what planet your from, but here on earth people put their wagon's in front of the bull's constantly. It's called the "Stock Market" What I dont agree with when it comes to kickstarter is the donation thing. Thats bullshit. It should be an investment, you shuld recieve a share and a payback on investment if the product is successful. Funding software like a charity is bullshit. |
Originally posted by laserit To the first of you: Chris Roberts, the man who created the Kickstarter that this article is about, pretty much CREATED the space sim genre. If the man didn't have indentity and trust, he wouldn't have raked in $8m 2 years before his game is set to release. To the second of you: You believe that if you give a project on kickstarter $30 you should get profit sharing and stock options? That is bullshit. If you wanna pretend you're a big shot investor, go put real money into a project that wants it. You donate on kickstarter, you get whatever reward is listed for the amount you pledged. Almost as if it was A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT. If you choose to refuse the reward that's your perogotive. If the project fails and you don't get a reward, then you made a stupid investment. Or as an alternative, if the idea of risking your money on something not labeled an "investment" is so distasteful, you can always throw your money into the blackhole that is EA and they'll begrudgingly deficate out a battlefield or medal of whatever for you. I'm sure that would be more to your taste. In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams |
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Originally posted by ishist I just beleive a business venture (video game production is a business venture) should not be run as a charity or a telethon. It has absolutley nothing to do with Chris Robert's and everything to do with the whole concept of Kickstarter. Now if these were not for profit venture's... I would have a different opinion. |
Originally posted by Wraithone Quoted for Truth! Amen! |
Originally posted by Gdemami So i suppose you never go to Concerts or Movies and never ever taking Vacations with Hotels and trips :) Otherwise that would mean that even you get to pay for something before having it ! Oh and by the way, don't ever by a House on plans ;) We are investing in a future games, by trusting Christ Roberts who said he wanted to create a game that we never saw before because no-one belived it would interest anyone in the gamer community. Fact is, as of Today, Star Citizen the most Pledged game ever in the Crowdfunding History ! Why ? because that game is a Space Simulation ! ONLY on PC ! and because it will be Realistic ! |
Originally posted by laserit I just beleive a business venture (video game production is a business venture) should not be run as a charity or a telethon. It has absolutley nothing to do with Chris Robert's and everything to do with the whole concept of Kickstarter. I just think people should not think what is better for others, road to Hell being paved with good intentions and all and this Hell is ruled by suits dictating the creation of CoD: Modern Warfare 29, Fifa 2342, Mass Effect 20, etc. |
Originally posted by laserit I just beleive a business venture (video game production is a business venture) should not be run as a charity or a telethon. It has absolutley nothing to do with Chris Robert's and everything to do with the whole concept of Kickstarter. Now if these were not for profit venture's... I would have a different opinion. You are missing the point... Star Citizen's Crowdfunding was not run like a Telethon ! The deal was simple : if you like the game and the fact that we want to do it without having to involve an Editor, then buy the game in advance to show that you want to play it. Chris Roberts could simply have done another Wing Commander as EA was asking him ! but he prefered to turn to the people who played his games and ask them if they wanted to play the game every kid ever dreamed to play, now that technology is mature enough ! This is someone assuming his passion and willing to make it come true. he almost invented the space sim and now he wants to make an epic game, without having an editor messing with his vision ! Kinda like what some producers do with their movies to avoid having a Studio messing with their vision ;) George Lucas would agree ;) |


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US 5641596 A Abstract A method is disclosed of operating on a stored digital image produced by scanning the photographic element to smooth film-grain noise. The method includes extracting and storing a set of statistics of the grain pattern of the film type carrying the image, such statistics being representative of local, spatial, and spectral properties of a photographic grain pattern of that type of film; and using the stored set of statistics to operate upon the stored digital image to change such stored digital image so as to smooth film-grain noise when an image is produced.
Claims(16) 1. A method of operating on a stored digital image produced by scanning a photographic element to smooth film-grain noise, comprising the steps of:
a) extracting and storing a set of statistics representative of local spatial and local spectral properties of a photographic grain pattern of the film carrying the image and for a condition of a scanner used with that film; and b) using the stored set of statistics to operate upon the stored digital image to change such stored digital image so as to smooth film-grain noise when an image is produced. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of statistics includes statistics representative of brightness levels potentially in the image.
3. The method of claim 1 further including the step of storing a plurality of sets of statistics corresponding to grain patterns of different films and different scanner conditions and selecting the appropriate set of statistics for the film and scanner condition of the scanned photographic image.
4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the statistics include an average local density for each of a plurality of color channels.
5. A method according to claim 4 wherein the statistics further include a standard deviation or variance as a function of average local density or exposure for each color channel.
6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the statistics include a spatial correlation co-efficient.
7. A method according to claim 1 the statistics include a color correlation co-efficient.
8. A method of reducing the effects of film grain noise from a scanned photographic film image, comprising the steps of:
a) scanning the film image to produce a digital image; b) extracting and storing a set of statistics representative of local spatial and local spectral properties of a photographic grain pattern of the film carrying the image for a scanner condition; and c) reducing the effects of film grain noise in such scanned image by using such stored statistics. 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the set of statistics includes statistics representative of brightness levels potentially in the image.
10. A method of simulating the effects of film grain noise in a digital image, comprising the steps of:
a) extracting and storing a set of statistics representative of local spatial and local spectral properties of a photographic grain pattern of the film as scanned using a specified set of scanner conditions; and b) simulating the effects of film grain noise in such digital image by using such stored statistics whereby such simulated film grain noise digital image is adapted for use in producing an image with film grain noise. 11. The method of claim 10 further including the step of storing a plurality of sets of statistics corresponding to desired grain patterns of different films and scanner conditions and selecting the appropriate set of statistics for a particular film type and scanner conditions to simulate the grain pattern of such film type.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein the set of statistics includes statistics representative of brightness levels potentially in the image.
13. A method according to claim 10 wherein the statistics include an average local density for each of a plurality of color channels.
14. A method according to claim 13 wherein the statistics further include a standard deviation or variance as a function of average local density or exposure for each color channel.
15. A method according to claim 10 wherein the statistics include a spatial correlation co-efficient.
16. A method according to claim 10 the statistics include a color correlation co-efficient.
Description This invention involves the creation of a stored set of photographic film statistics (one or more per film type and scanner configuration) which describe the film grain properties of that film as a function of exposed density or exposure, and specific to a particular digitization condition for the film. The statistics include (at minimum) a set of the density or exposure standard deviation or variance per red, green, and blue color record as a function of average local density or exposure. The statistics may also include one or more of the following additional statistics: spatial horizontal correlation coefficients or covariances at sampling lags of one or more pixels; spatial vertical correlation coefficients or covariances at sampling lags of one or more lines; and spectral correlation coefficients or covariances between the three color channels for spatially corresponding samples (i.e. spatial lag zero), all at a series of local average densities or exposures which span the available range of digitized density or exposure levels. The statistics are preferably created as follows: a series of constant-exposure regions or patches are exposed on samples of the desired film type. The film containing these flat patches is developed in a manner normal to the expected use of the film type, and then digitally scanned using scan parameters (most importantly scanning aperture and pitch) typical of the expected use of the film. Approximately central regions of a digital image of each patch are then selected, either by an operator using a display of the digitized patches, or automatically using either existing knowledge of the patch boundaries or by automatic search for patch boundaries. Within each patch, the average density or exposure and the density or exposure standard deviation or variance statistic per color channel are calculated. In addition, one or more of the correlation or covariance statistics described above may be calculated for each patch. These exposure or density values and corresponding statistics per patch are then stored in a digital file which is accessible by suitably written software or hardware image processing applications. Alternately, a parametric equation predicting each statistic may be fitted as a function of average color channel density and exposure, and the coefficients of the equations stored in a digital file accessible by suitably written software or hardware image processing applications. An example of a cubic polynomial equation follows. Coefficients can be stored in a data file. σ.sub.CH =a.sub.1 +a.sub.2 C.sup.2.sub.CH +a.sub.4 where σ is the standard deviation, a.sub.1 are constants, and C.sub.CH is the original digital count value for channel "CH". Appendix A sets forth data that can be stored in a digital file resulting from the process in accordance with this invention. These data can be processed as will be discussed with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. In the example, sufficient information is given to define the film type, film processing, scanner condition, and post scanner processing in the first two lines. Subsequently, a set of data then defines the standard deviation due to film grain in digital counts (typically proportional to developed film density) resulting for each color channel for several original digital count values of grain-free signal; these original count values approximately span the possible dynamic range of the digital image (which in the example is 0-1023 counts). A second set of data specifies the correlation coefficients between the color channels for a number of original (here listed as "mean") digital count values, defined in the example as triplets of red, green, and blue original count values for a specified correlation coefficient. Finally, spatial correlation coefficients at lags of one and two pixels in the horizontal and vertical image directions are specified for the same mean color triplet values used for the interchannel correlation coefficients. Turning first to FIG. 1, where there is shown a patch target developed film 10 having patch targets 10a, 10b, and 10c. By patch target it is meant a set of photographic patches in which the patches include uniform exposure in which the series of patches 10a, 10b, 10c. . . each constitute a region of constant exposure. Typically, there will be 20 or more of such series of patches which scale the available exposure dynamic range of the film element. A film scanner 11 is adapted to scan each of these patches and produces digital images representative of each patch which are stored. The film scanner is typically a color film scanner which will produce for each patch a plurality of color images, say, for example, red, green, and blue for each patch in the series. Block 15 includes a digital image processor including one or more digital images well understood to those skilled in the art. This digital image processor operates upon each colored digital image for each patch to extract per patch the average digital count value plus the average standard deviation or variance over all of the pixels in the patch per color. The count value is calculated as follows: for each digital image the digital density of each pixel is added and that sum is divided by the number of digital pixels to provide a count value. This could also be referred to as the mean count patch value. The standard deviation of the count values are also calculated in a well known manner. Alternately, the variance is calculated for each color digital image. For providing film grain into a digital image, a series of spatial correlation coefficients for each color for a given number of lag pixels separation are calculated. More specifically, there will be a predetermined separation or lag, say, for example, one pixel between each of the series and these coefficients are calculated, then the lag is changed to say, for example, two pixels between series. These coefficients are calculated both vertically and horizontally and at lags 1 and 2 preferably. The calculation of spatial correlation coefficients is, of course, well known, but it has not been used in the same way as the present invention. The combination of the standard deviation and the correlation coefficients capture the local, spatial, and spectral properties of a photographic film grain pattern of the type of film of interest. After the patch statistics are produced in block 15, they are stored in a statistics data file 19. An example of a statistics file is set forth in Appendix A. The mean count value for color channel "x" or patch "p" is provided by the following equation ##EQU1## where x.sub.i,j is a count value in the "x" color channel located at image coordinates (i,j), and the summation is over all such pixels located in patch "p", which contains np such pixels. The variance σ.sup.2 for color channel "x" of patch "p" is given by ##EQU2## where the summation is again over all pixels having spatial coordinates i,j contained in patch p. The standard deviation σ.sub.x,p of channel x of patch p is given by the square root of the above variance σ.sub.x,p.sup.2. (If the variance is zero, then the corresponding standard deviation is also set to zero). Spatial correlation coefficient of horizontal lag one pixel for color channel "x" of patch "p" is given by ##EQU3## where the summation is over all locations i,j where i,j and i+1 are simultaneously contained within patch p. Spatial correlation coefficient of vertical lag one line for color channel "x" of patch "p" is given by ##EQU4## where the summation is over all locations i,j where i,j and j+1 are simultaneously contained within patch p. Thus, in general, the spatial correlation coefficient for channel x over patch p for horizontal lag k and vertical lag m is given by ##EQU5## Variations of the above definitions for correlation coefficients, such as to account for slight differences in the effective count means and standard deviations which occur over positions (i,j) versus (i+k,j+m), are also usable and generally result in only minor changes in the resulting numerical values for patch sizes on the order of 100 greater. These are recognized in standard texts as alternate valid estimators of the same statistic. As now should be clear to those skilled in the art, other statistics can also be used in accordance with this invention which would include, for example, between color correlation coefficients, specially between red and green and green and blue color balance. This is set forth in the following equation where the spectral correlation coefficient between color channels x and y over patch p is given by ##EQU6## where σ.sub.x,p and σ.sub.y,p are the count standard deviations for color channels x and y respectively over the same patch p. After the appropriate coefficients and statistics are calculated they are, of course, stored in an appropriate stored data file 19 in memory which is indexed according to the film type and the particular scanner characteristics so that it can be accessed for use as will later be described as in FIGS. 2 and 3. The scanner characteristic generally of interest is spatial resolution, that is, the number of pixels per fine for a given scanner which also correlates to the size of a pixel which will finally be produced on a film. Turning now to FIG. 2 where the statistics in the stored data file 19 are usable for cleaning or smoothing digital images. As shown in FIG. 2, there is a film element 20 of a specific film type, which film type and scanner type are used to select the appropriate data file 19. A film scanner 21 scans the image in the film element 20 and digitizes such image. The stored digital image and the stored data file 19 are applied to a noise-cleaning module 25. Noise-cleaning is well understood to those skilled in the art and a representative type of noise-cleaning system is shown in the previously referred to U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,972 to Kwon and Kaplan. In accordance with the present invention, for each local region a plurality of local pixels in the digital image, the corresponding mean color digital count value is calculated. A corresponding mean digital count value per color is then found in the associated data file 19. The standard deviation in the stored data file 19 corresponding to the mean digital count value is then extracted from the data file 19 and incorporated in the noise-cleaning module 25 to estimate the noise. These two statistics are also used in the Kaplan patent to provide for noise-cleaning or smoothing and reference should be made to that patent. The clean digital image is stored in memory block 29. The output of the cleaned digital image 29 is applied to a conventional film writer 37 which as its output exposes a film element 39. The standard deviation statistic is also used in the Kwon and Kaplan patent to provide for noise-cleaning or smoothing and reference should be made to that patent. The inclusion of a table of standard deviations per mean color-channel count value allows for an implementation of the above-described noise-cleaning algorithm of Kwon and Kaplan which explicitly adapts the amount of noise cleaning as a function of the changing amount of film-grain noise with local mean count value. In addition to which another image noise-cleaning method which may be adapted to directly make use of the grain statistics table is the method described in "Digital Image Smoothing and the Sigma Filter", by Jong-Sen Lee, Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing, 24, p. 255-269(1983). In this technique, called the sigma filter, a sliding rectangular window is passed across the digital image to be cleaned. The histogram of the digital counts within the window is computed at each window location, and the location of the count corresponding to the pixel at the center of the window is located in the histogram. Then the histogram of window counts to each side in the histogram of the count for the window-center pixel are averaged (generally including the histogram value for the window-center count) out to a distance in counts which is a predetermined multiple of the expected standard deviation of the image noise. This average is then used to replace the digital count value at the center of the window, thus providing noise smoothing while tending to preserve sharp spatial edges in the image. Such an algorithm can be modified in a straightforward manner to also estimate a local "typical" count value at each window location (most obviously the actual input count at the center of each window, or alternately the average count value within each window). This could then easily be used at each window location to access the grain statistics table (either directly, or indirectly via preloading the grain statistics table into a look-up table in device memory) to extract the expected noise standard deviation (alternately, the expected noise variance) to provide a signal-adaptive variant of the sigma filter. It should be noted that this is different than the method cited in the above reference by Lee to a signal-adaptive version in "Speckle Analysis and Smoothing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images", by Jong-Sen Lee, Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 17, pp. 24-32(1981). This second reference is to a method of estimating local noise in certain circumstances while simultaneously performing digital noise-cleaning, and is subject to estimation error since the noise is generally confused with the desired signal. Turning now to FIG. 3, where the appropriate data file 19 is used in adding film grain noise to a digital image. It will be understood that although a developed film element 30 is shown in this application, it will be understood that a digital image may be provided by a computer itself or may be provided by a television video signal. In any event, in this embodiment, a developed film element 30 is shown and this element is scanned by a film scanner 31 in a similar fashion to that in FIG. 1 to produce a digital image which is applied into the grain synthesis module 33. In this case, the particular data file 19 is selected on the basis of the output film type of which an image is produced. The output of the grain synthesis module is a digital image which is stored as shown in block 35. It is applied to the film writer 37 which, in turn, produces an output exposed image film dement 39 in a similar manner as described with respect to FIG. 2. The grain synthesis module 33 operates as follows: The input digital image is assumed to be effectively free of significant film-grain noise. This may be because the image is derived from an essentially noise-free source (e.g. an extremely fine-grain film), or because it has been preprocessed (e.g. by noise-cleaning or by scanning to sufficient low-resolution to remove grain effects). At each pixel location in the input digital image (typically in a raster scan pattern for visiting each pixel location), for each color channel, a noise value is artificially generated by the computation device using a random-number generator which is then spatially filtered and scaled to produce a value similar to that expected of film grain for that type of film, scanner resolution, and color channel which is desired. This synthesized noise "count" value is then added to the "clean" color-channel count value at that location and is written out to secondary storage. The spatial filter employed is typically a recursive (infinite impulse response [IIR]) filter which makes use of synthetic noise values which were generated immediately preceding the current pixel in horizontal and vertical image directions. The coefficients of the filter can be analytically specified to directly use spatial coefficients at small lags in the horizontal and vertical directions which are stored in the grain statistics table of this invention, to produce a new output grain noise value which is consistent in its correlation values with spatially previous values and with the desired correlation values, has zero count mean, and desired count standard deviation. A variant of this IIR filter approach can also correctly synthesize a film-grain noise pattern which exhibits correlation between color channels (spectral correlation) as well as correlation between noise count values of pixels within the same color channel. This can be a visually significant effect for images derived from photographic film, although of lesser visual effect than that due to within-color-channel spatial correlation. In accordance with the present invention spatial correlation coefficients of spatial lags of one and two pixels horizontally and vertically, and spectral correlation coefficients between adjacent color channels (that is red-green and green-blue) are sufficient to produce good visual matching of film grains between synthesized and real film images, and, along with the film-grain standard deviations and the mean input count values to which they correspond, constitute the preferred set of statistics to be included in a generally usable film-grain noise statistics table. In either film-grain noise smoothing or film-grain noise synthesis applications, it is understood that film-grain statistics will in general be required corresponding to every possible combination of color-channel count value. It has been found by experimentation that not all such combinations need be stored in a generally usable film-grain statistics storage table. Specifically, for standard deviation and spatial correlation coefficient statistics, only the mean (or alternately the noise-free) digital count value of the same color-channel need be employed. In addition, although the mean (or alternately the noise-free) digital count values should approximately span the expected range of such values, they need not be explicitly listed for every possible color-channel count value; rather, a sampling equally spaced in mean count value over the range, typically of about twenty values, is sufficient. The application using the statistics will then use some commonly accepted method for interpolating intermediate values and (if necessary) extrapolating extreme values of the statistics. A preferred method due to simplicity with adequate performance is linear interpolation of intermediate values, and replication of end table values to estimate extreme values. Similarly for spectral correlation coefficients, the preferred implementation only indexes such coefficients by the mean count values averaged over both color-channels associated with the correlation coefficient. This allows for one-dimensional tables rather than two-or three-dimensional tables to be used. In general, the applications using the grain statistics table will fill an internal set of look-up tables by the described interpolation and extrapolation prior to processing the input image. A set of local average (or mean) count values per color channel (or for color-averaged brightness in panchromatic imagery) is provided. These mean count values span the expected count values of image pixels; with each local average count value per color channel of noise count standard deviation (or alternately a variance value) is associated noise count spatial correlation value for each of pixel lags of one and two pixels, in horizontal and vertical image directions. Associated with each local average count value per color channel is a noise count spectral correlation coefficient for spatial lag of zero pixels (i.e. same spatial location) and for all spectrally adjacent color channels (e.g. red-green and green-blue). These relations would be defined by the equations given previously, or by commonly accepted similar estimators of same, or by scaled versions of same; all statistics for a specific scanner condition. A minimally reduced set of grain statistics would include the set of local average (or mean) count values per color channel (or for color-averaged brightness in panchromatic imagery) which spans the expected count values of image pixels; and associated with each local average count value per color channel a noise count standard deviation (or alternately a variance value); all for a specific scanner condition. In general, the scanner condition used to create the grain statistics table is equivalent to that which will be used in the application to modify the input image. Key scanner conditions are the spatial resolution (horizontally and vertically) of each scanner pixel on the film, the sample spacing (horizontally and vertically) of the scanner on the film, and the spectral response curves of the scanner for each color channel. This scanner condition is in the usual implementation image per film grain statistics table, and may be specified by the model scanner and the resolution setting used. The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention. 10 developed film 10a patch target 10b patch target 10c patch target 11 film scanner 15 block 19 stored data file 20 film element 21 film scanner 25 noise-cleaning module 29 memory block 30 developed film element 31 film scanner 33 grain synthesis module 35 regrained digitized image 37 film writer 39 output exposed film image element __________________________________________________________________________Appendix A__________________________________________________________________________(First Set)4 : Version #Film/Scanner Condition: Film5299Develop04Scan01Resolution1.pat3 20 :No. color channels, No. of indexing counts OrigChan StdDevChan__________________________________________________________________________1 : Channel 1 97.2 20.580 2 106.1 22.618 3 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-0.1280 -0.0840 -0.057620 -0.2196 0.2443 0.1801 -0.1112 -0.0761 0.0053__________________________________________________________________________ FIG. 1 is a schematic of devices needed to extract and store a set of statistics of a grain pattern for a particular type of film; FIG. 2 shows a series of devices which use the extracted information as shown in FIG. 1 to smooth or clear film grain noise; and FIG. 3 shows a system of devices for synthesizing film grain in a digital image. The present invention relates to a method of operating upon a stored digital image using a set of statistics representative of a film grain type. As set forth in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,972 to Kwon and Kaplan, a method is described wherein a generalized set of statistics is used to operate upon a digital image to remove film grain noise from scanned digital images. Although effective, a problem with this process is that it is not entirely satisfactory in certain situations, since it requires predetermined noise information and it is difficult to use this process to correct for a whole range of digital images taken from different film types. This is a problem because, in fact, photographic film grain statistics vary with brightness levels, film type, and scanner condition. By comparison, complete film scanner digital processing film writer combinations are available (e.g. the Eastman Kodak Cineon set of components for motion picture film processing) whereby the film type and scanner used to produce digital images are well known at the time of digital processing. The present invention relates to a method for making optimal use of knowledge of film type and scanner condition for the modification of digital images which are film based (as sources and/or outputs). It is an object of the present invention to take into consideration actual grain patterns of different types of photographic films to correct digital images. It is a further object of the invention to correct for variation of grain as a function of brightness levels in digital images. These objects are achieved in a method of operating on a stored digital image produced by scanning the photographic element to smooth film-grain noise, comprising the steps of: a) extracting and storing a set of statistics of the grain pattern of the film type carrying the image, such statistics being representative of local, spatial, and spectral properties of a photographic grain pattern of that type of film and for a condition of a scanner used with that type of film; and b) using the stored set of statistics to operate upon the stored digital image to change such stored digital image so as to smooth film-grain noise when an image is produced. Advantages of the present invention are the ability to measure, record, and exploit for image processing the statistics of photographic film-grain noise specific to a particular combination of photographic film type, photographic development processing, and digital film scanner. 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The American seafood giant describes this savory dish as "jumbo butterflied shrimp hand-dipped in batter flavored with Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Rum and coconut flakes, and served with pina colada dipping sauce."
This secret recipe makes two times the size of a serving you get at Red Lobster, so there should be enough for everyone. The real thing comes with salsa on the side in addition to the pina colada sauce, but you may not even want to include it.
"I love coconut shrimp. This recipe was the best one for it! I didn't want to buy pino mix just for this, they don't come in mini bottles, unlike the liquor! So I used shredded coconut and cream cheese as a substitute. It was such gooood dip! Will definitely make this again. Thank youIThank you "
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Top-ranked recipe named "Red Lobster's Parrot Bay Coconut Shrimp"
Prepare pina colada dipping sauce first by combining all the ingredients. Cover this and let it chill out in the fridge while you make the shrimp.
Heat oil to 350 degrees.
Measure 3/4 cup of flour into a medium bowl. In another medium bowl mix together the remaining 3/4 cup flour, sugar and salt. Stir milk and rum into flour mixture. Let this batter stand for 5 minutes. While the batter rests, combine panko bread crumbs and shredded coconut into a third medium bowl.
Butterfly cut each shrimp before you start the battering: Use a sharp knife to slice through the top of the shrimp (where the vein was) so that you can spread the shrimp open. Leave the tail intact.
To batter the shrimp, dip each one in the flour, then the wet batter, then coat each shrimp with the panko/coconut mixture. Arrange the shrimp on a plate until all of them are battered.
Fry the shrimp by dropping six at a time into the hot oil for 2 to 3 minutes or until the shrimp are golden brown. Remove shrimp to a rack or paper towel to drain.
Serve shrimp with pina colada dipping sauce on the side, along with a small dish of your favorite salsa, if you like.
Serves 3 to 4 as an appetizer.
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mommiichef3 1 month agoThis was a very delicious dish..I'm not really a seafood person but my husband is so I made this for the family and everyone enjoyed it..excellent..
ryanne_y_smith_1 11 month agoThis is delicious!!! Kids love it too ;)
claudiahidalgocarter 1 year ago
Amataka1 1 year agoOMG! Fantastic! Tasted just like red lobsters!!!!! We will be making this again and again and again
CookinQueenOf2 1 year ago
mlesher1 1 year ago
vani89 1 year agofamily liked it... recipie didnt say to buy sweet or unsweetend coconut... i used both but i liked the sweet one better... recipie was good but not like red lobster...
nicolegory 1 year agoLoved!! Used coconut milk as a substitution and they were devoured. My son is the shrimp lover and kept on asking for more and more.
Whykathy 1 year agoAwesome good! Really-------super good
Amosh 2 years agoMost tasty! Make sure your oil is the right temp.
Kanzal 2 years agoI love coconut shrimp. This recipe was the best one for it! I didn't want to buy pino mix just for this, they don't come in mini bottles, unlike the liquor! So I used shredded coconut and cream cheese as a substitute. It was such gooood dip! Will definitely make this again. Thank youIThank you
drouchea 2 years agoTasty, Tasty, Tasty! Did I mention Tasty!
MsBrown 2 years agoFamily loved it... Will make again
Lethalp70 3 years agoThis is an awesome e recipe! Always a hit! The dipping sauce seals the deal! I also use this on popcorn chicken, it's a win win!!
Mason66 3 years agoI made this last weekend in the family loved it so much that were doing it again tonight
robertqua 5 years agoI looked up this recipe at the last minute because I came across some fresh shrimp from Maine the other night. They tend to be smaller so I left the shell on and battered them up just the same. They cooked up, nice and lightly browned, in just a few minutes. I didn't make the salsa because I hadn't the proper ingredients but I will certainly plan for the salsa next time. The shrimp were positively addictive! We ate everything; shell, body, and tails. Nice and crispy! Thanks for the post. I have only one suggestion; please include an exact amount for the flour used for the batter. I used about half a cup if that helps.
LordDrow 5 years agoTurned out great! Wife loved them and the sauce was very good also on the fish we had.
kilikini1 6 years ago[I posted this recipe.]


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BRIGHT MORNING STARS - A Celebration of Americana
Presented by The Mystic Chorale. Inc. at Tremont Temple Baptist Church - Converse Hall
November 19-November 20, 2011
The Mystic Chorale, one of Greater Boston's favorite community choruses, presents "Bright Morning Stars", led by founder and gifted song leader, Nick Page. Experience the harmony of 200+ singers accompanied by our first ever bluegrass band as we celebrate American roots music from Sacred Harp anthems to contemporary folksongs, all expressing a range of emotions from deep sorrow to exultant joy. This concert skillfully mixes songs that...
Tremont Temple Baptist Church - Converse Hall
88 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission Info:
$18/Adults $15/Seniors & Students
General Day and Time Info:
Saturday, November 19 @ 8:00pm Sunday, November 20 @ 3:30pm
Phone: (781) 316-2500
Accessibility Info:
One block from Park Street T stop
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