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The Gleason Public Library is very pleased to announce its upcoming special programs. All of the events are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, these community events will be held in the Hollis Room, Gleason Public Library.
Upcoming for adults:
- Friday, August 29 Book Bingo deadline
- Friday, September 5 Voting deadline for Carlisle Reads
- Monday, September 8 10:15am Community Book Club: Things that Matter
- 3:30pm Caregiver support group
- 7:00pm SFF Book Club
- Tuesday, September 23 10:30am Reading Poetry Anew: Emily Dickinson
- Thursdays, September 25, October 2, and October 16, 7pm Cold War with Gary Hylander
- Thursday, October 2 10:00am safeTALK/COA/CC Youth Team
- Monday, October 6 10:15am Community Book Club: A Town Like Alice
- 3:30pm Caregiver support group
- Tuesday, October 7
- 1:30pm Community Conversations
- Wednesday, October 22 7:00pm Seismology Talk
- Tuesday, October 28 10:30am Reading Poetry Anew: Walt Whitman
- 1:30pm Community Conversations
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UPDATE: didn't make it to the library to pick up a bingo? CLICK HERE TO PRINT AT HOME, and return to the library by August 29th. Come by the Gleason Library to pick up your Book Bingo! Adults and high school students who make "bingo" by Friday, August 29th will be entered in the raffle to win three $50 gift certificates to area businesses. Try out some new genres or settings while you're on the beach, at the cabin, reading with children or grandchildren, or catching up on your "to-read" pile.
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Cold War, Hot Peace with Gary Hylander
Thursday evenings at 7 p.m., September 25th and October 2nd and 16th
Advance registration requested
With the end of World War II, the American people looked to the world beyond their borders with an air of optimism. Nearly eighty percent endorsed U.S. membership in the United Nations as an agent for the peaceful resolution of future conflicts. Yet within a period of less than a year, such optimism had vanished. General Lucius Clay, the American military governor of Berlin, warned that "war……may come with a dramatic suddenness." Meanwhile President Truman charged that the Soviet Union was engaged in a "ruthless course of action…seeking to extend its rule over Europe." The Cold War had started.
Gary Hylander earned his Ph.D. at Boston College and is now an independent scholar who specializes as a Presidential Historian. He is a visiting professor at Framingham State University, on the staff at Boston University School of Education, and a pedagogical specialist for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Hylander is a frequent lecturer at library forums, historical societies, senior living centers, and civil and professional organizations as well as a public affairs commentator on local news and radio.
This series is free and open to the public, but seating is limited; please call the Library at (978) 369-4898 to register or with any questions. Sponsored by the Friends of the Council on Aging Rose Pullara Fund and the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. Gary Hylander appears in partnership with Sage Educational Services.
SESSION ONE: "An Iron Curtain"
After 1945, the Red Army occupied all of Eastern Europe. Stalin's rule was grotesque. He turned all of Eastern Europe into a vast prison. In what emerged as the most evocative metaphor of the Cold War, Winston Churchill announced that an "Iron Curtain" had descended across Europe. Soviet power also threatened the oil fields of the Middle East. Communists swept to power in China. As the first president of the Cold War, how was Harry Truman going to respond to the swiftly moving spread of totalitarian regimes?
SESSION TWO: "Better Dead Than Red"
Threats of massive retaliation and brinkmanship were the Cold War watchwords of the Eisenhower years. The sonic boom was celebrated as the "sound of freedom." During the 1960's, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson continued to deal with the threat of communism in Cuba, Indochina and the Middle East. The Nixon years brought détente with the Soviet Union, withdrawal from Vietnam and an historic visit to Red China in 1972.
SESSION THREE: "The Evil Empire"
In 1980, Ronald Reagan assured voters that the malaise of the Carter years was over and that it was "Morning in America, again." Promoting a massive increase in military spending and backed up by the Reagan Doctrine, President Reagan embarked on a concerted effort to rollback communism in the "third world." At the end of the Reagan-Bush years, the world witnessed the fall of the Iron Curtain and the break-up of the Soviet Union. The Cold War was over.
Music from the Cold War: 1947-1991, with Richard Travers
Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., November 5th, 12th, and 19th
Advance registration requested
This November, music educator Richard Travers presents the Music of the Cold War era, a three part presentation looking at the facts, films and musicians of a dark period of American/Soviet relations. This series will take place on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., November 5, 12, and 19, at the Gleason Library third floor Hollis Room.
Part One (11/5): the effects of the Korean War, McCarthyism, the Space Race, the Iron Curtain, the Voice of America broadcasts and the Bomb Shelter. The composers and artists who wrote music protesting the conditions of the early part of the Cold War will be studied and discussed.
Part Two (11/12): the 'innocence' of the social understanding of the power of the nuclear bomb will be presented using PSAs such as 'Duck and Hide' and 'What is a Communist?' The Kennedy administration and the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, the influence of J. Edgar Hoover, the building of the Eastern Bloc, and the Truman Doctrine will all be discussed. The rock 'n' roll music of the 1950s through the 1970s will be discussed; among the selections will be such classics as "Radioactive Mama", "No, No Joe" and "Atom Bomb Baby". Music from the Vietnam era such as 'Eve of Destruction" and Bob Dylan's 'Masters of War' will be presented.
Part Three (11/19): a close look at the Reagan Administration, Perestroika and Glasnost, and at the influence of classical music and ballet (Nureyev) from the Soviet perspective and Soviet propaganda, as well as music from Billy Joel and Sting.
Music Director Richard Travers earned a master's degree in Choral Conducting from the Boston Conservatory as a student of Allen Lannom and a degree in Music Education from Berklee College of Music. A music educator in the Newton Public Schools since 1976, Travers is the director of four choirs at Newton North High School, and has served as the Assistant Music Director of the Masterworks Chorale, Choral Director of Fitchburg State College, and Director of the New England Conservatory Youth Chorale. He has been the Music Director of the Newton Community Chorus from 1998 to the present. Travers recently completed his tenure as Music Director of the Rosie's Place Jazz Choir working closely with Kip Tiernan, founder of Rosie's Place.
This series is free and open to the public, but seating is limited; please call the Library at (978) 369-4898 to register or with any questions. Sponsored by the Friends of the Council on Aging Lee Milliken Fund and the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. Richard Travers appears in partnership with Sage Educational Services. Visit www.gleasonlibrary.org for more information on all library programs.
Reading Poetry Anew
Dip or dive into the pleasures of poetry. This informal course, led by Mary Zoll, will include poetry readings and reactions, discussions of the patterns and techniques used in the poems, and perhaps some intellectual understanding of the poems. This class meets one Tuesday a month, at 10:30 a.m. in the Hollis Room. Open to anyone interested in experiencing poetry; preregistration is not required. Mary Zoll has published a few poems and read a multitude of poems. Upcoming sessions:
- September 23: Emily Dickinson
- October 28: Walt Whitman
- November 18: Gratitude
- December 9: Rumi
Community Book Club
The Carlisle Community Book Club meets monthly at the Library, usually on the second Monday, at 10:15 a.m. Contact Mary Zoll or call the library for more information. Upcoming meetings:
- September 8: The Things That Matter by Charles Krauthammer
- October 6: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
- November 10: The Last Juror by John Grisham
Do you like reading about what the world might become in the future? Or what it would be like to live in a world of magic? How about if something in the past had happened differently, what would today be like? If the answer to any of these questions is, "Yes," then come to the Gleason Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club. Meet others with your tastes. Discuss the ideas in the books you enjoy reading. Eat cookies. It's all here!
Our next meeting is Monday, September 8, at 7 pm; contact Charles at the library or at email@example.com for more information. We look forward to seeing you!
Caregiver Support Group
Usually meets second Monday of each month, 3:30-5 p.m.
Anne Marie Rowse, BS, LNHA, CMC prin. of Senior Care Advisors, LLC, is a cert. geriatric care manager with over 25 years of experience in the field of health care. Anne Marie volunteered to facilitate a free Caregiver Support Group for those caring for aging loved ones experiencing challenges, including chronic diseases, stroke, heart and pulmonary disease, Alzheimer's dementia or related conditions, as well as current information for family members or elders themselves looking for health care information. She will provide information with life's transitions: requiring more support, understanding the medical maze, living with Alzheimer's and options. This group is open to residents from any town. For more info, please write firstname.lastname@example.com. 2014-2015 meetings: September 8, October 6, November 10, December 8, January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11.
Carlisle Community Conversations
Community Conversations will resume on Tuesdays in October.
Device Advice
Do you have questions about downloading ebooks or magazines through the library? Looking for help navigating a new phone or laptop? Book-a-Librarian sessions at the Gleason are tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual. A library staff member will give undivided attention to customers who want in-depth technical assistance on these and other topics such as starting an email account, joining Facebook, becoming a power user of the library's catalog, or beginning a research project.
To book a 30 to 60 minute one-on-one appointment, call 978-369-4898 and ask for Martha or Katie, or email email@example.com.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our very own EQ1 Educational Seismograph! Stop by the Library any time to see the seismograph and its real-time earthquake data, and stay tuned for our full calendar of workshops coming up throughout the year! Read more about the seismograph...


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Student Alumni Ambassador Monica Lewis, a senior theatre major from Dacula, recently asked Class Coordinator Janet Adams, '62, of Commerce: Where was your favorite place to study on campus when you were a student at YHC?
Thomas Leshin, a sophomore business and public policy major from Elgin, Ill., recently asked Brian Johnson, '94, of Kennesaw: What is the one thing you didn't do at YHC that you wish you had?
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An image classification system uses curvature-based multi-scale morphology to classify an image by its most distinguishing features. The image is recorded in digital form. Curvature features associated with the image are determined. A structuring element is modulated based on the curvature features. The shape of the structuring element is controlled by making it a function of both the scaling factor and the principal curvatures of the intensity surface of the face image. The structuring element modulated with the curvature features is superimposed on the image to determine a feature vector of the image using mathematical morphology. When this Curvature-based Multi-scale Morphology (CMM) technique is applied to face images, a high-dimensional feature vector is obtained. The dimensionality of this feature vector is reduced by using the PCA technique, and the low-dimensional feature vectors are analyzed using an Enhanced FLD Model (EFM) for superior classification performance.
1. A method of classifying an image, comprising:
recording the image in numeric format;
determining curvature features of the image;
modulating a structuring element based on the curvature features;
applying a grid to the image;
superimposing the structuring element on the grid; and
formulating a feature vector for the image using a morphology calculation at points on the grid.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
5. The method of
storing feature vectors for known images in a database;
determining a feature vector for an unknown image; and
comparing the feature vector for the unknown image to feature vectors stored in the database to find a match.
6. The method of
7. The image classification system of
means for storing feature vectors for known images in a database;
means for determining a feature vector for an unknown image; and
means for comparing the feature vector for the unknown image to feature vectors stored in the database to find a match.
8. The image classification system of
9. A method of identifying an unknown image, comprising:
building a database of known images, each known image having a feature vector;
determining a feature vector for the unknown image by,
(a) recording the unknown image in numeric format,
(b) determining curvature features of the unknown image,
(c) modulating a structuring element based on the curvature features of the unknown image,
(d) applying a grid to the unknown image,
(e) superimposing the structuring element on the grid, and
(f) formulating the feature vector for the unknown image using a morphology calculation at points on the grid; and
comparing the feature vector for the unknown image to feature vectors stored in the database to find a match.
10. The method of
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14. An image classification system, comprising:
means for recording the image in numeric format;
means for determining curvature features of the image;
means for modulating a structuring element based on the curvature features;
means for applying a grid to the image;
means for superimposing the structuring element on the grid; and
means for formulating a feature vector for the image using a morphology calculation at points on the grid.
15. The image classification system of
16. The image classification system of
17. The image classification system of
18. A image classification method, comprising:
recording an image in numeric format;
determining curvature features of the image;
modulating a structuring element based on the curvature features;
superimposing the structuring element over the image; and
formulating a feature vector for the image using a morphology calculation at points on the image.
19. The image classification method of
20. The image classification method of
21. The image classification method of
22. The image classification method of
storing feature vectors for known images in a database;
determining a feature vector for an unknown image; and
comparing the feature vector for the unknown image to feature vectors stored in the database to find a match.
23. The image classification method of
24. A mass storage device including an image classification system, the image classification system comprising the steps of:
recording an image in numeric format;
determining curvature features of the image;
modulating a structuring element based on the curvature features;
superimposing the structuring element over the image; and
formulating a feature vector for the image using a morphology calculation at points on the image.
The present non-provisional patent application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/349,579, entitled �Face Classification Using Curvature-Based Multi-Scale Morphology,� filed on Jan. 18, 2002, by Madhusudhana Gargesha et al. The present non-provisional patent application further claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/354,573, entitled �Face Classification Using Curvature-Based Multi-Scale Morphology,� filed on Feb. 6, 2002, by Madhusudhana Gargesha et al.
The present invention relates, in general, to recognition and classification systems and, more particularly, to a feature recognition and classification system using curvature-based multi-scale morphology.
Accurate classification of images or features is an important field of study for a number of commercial applications. For example, the accurate classification of face images is essential for applications that involve automatic face authentication, e.g. for security systems and surveillance applications. The fundamental operation in such applications is face recognition, which involves the computation of similarities between face images. An unknown facial image is scanned, for example, by a security camera, and the unknown image is compared to a database of known images to find a match and identify the subject. The database may contain a number of varying images of the same subject to aid in recognition with different lighting, hair length, aging, facial hair, etc.
A number of approaches for face recognition, suitable for real-time applications, have been used in the prior art. These approaches can be classified as feature-based approaches, data or information-based approaches, such as Principal Components Analysis (PCA), Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA), Enhanced FLD Model (EFM), and connectionist approaches employing artificial neural networks.
A facial image can be viewed as a two-dimensional collection of individual pixels. A straightforward method for comparing face images would be to compare each pixel of the unknown image to the pixel values of all of the images stored in the database and determine a distance measure based on pixel by pixel comparison. If the image is a monochrome gray-scale, then the distance measure is a comparison of the intensity of each pixel. The difference of each corresponding pixel intensity is measured and the differences are summed to attain a distance measure or a sum of absolute distances. The image with the least or minimum distance measure is the closest match. One drawback with pixel by pixel comparison between the unknown subject and every image in the database is the relatively long processing time needed to find the closest match. The pixel to pixel comparison also become complex if the images are misaligned, offset, or vary in size.
A histogram is another feature based classification method. The histogram separates the image into the number of pixels at varying intensity levels. For example, if the possible intensity levels falls between 0 and 255, then the histogram tracks the number of pixels with intensity levels between 0�5, and the number of pixels with intensity levels between 6�10, and so on up to 255. The histogram can be used to create a plot or distribution. The histogram plot of the unknown image is compared to the histogram plots of known images stored in the database to find the closest match in terms of similar distribution of data. One drawback with the histogram identification approach is that the comparison between plots does not distinguish different features or structure or content of the facial images.
Another technique for frontal face authentication has been proposed that involves extraction of feature vectors by employing multi-scale morphology followed by dimensionality reduction using PCA. This makes the technique both feature-based and data analysis-based. The multi-scale morphology employed in such techniques is performed with regular structuring elements. That is, the same generic structuring element is used at all points on a rectangular grid defined on the image.
The present classification system uses curvature-based multi-scale morphology (CMM) and modifies the definition of multi-scale morphology by incorporating curvature information from the surface of the image to be identified. The classification system is applicable to identification and classification of the two-dimensional image of any 3-dimensional surface having curvature variations on its surface. For example, the classification system can be used to distinguish and identify a type of vehicle, craft, vessel, or other object. Although the present invention is applicable to many other uses and applications, the classification system will be discussed in terms of human identification and classification by facial recognition.
The curved surface of the face is an important and useful feature for identification purposes. The principal curvatures of the surface of facial images are computed by using a Gaussian derivative filter to obtain a curvature map of the face image. The curvature map determines the shape of structuring elements employed for multi-scale erosion-dilations performed at grid points. The high-dimensional feature vectors that are obtained by this technique are analyzed by PCA and EFM for dimensionality reduction with improved classification performance. Although this technique involves more computations than the standard technique for multi-scale morphology, the significant improvement in classification performance outweighs the increase in computational complexity.
Referring to
The steps of the classification process running on computer system 16 will be discussed in more detail below.
In step 24 of
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Curvature is a geometric property of a surface that characterizes its shape, appearance and the directions in which it could be deformed. There are various types of curvatures, including Gaussian curvature, normal curvature, principal curvatures, and mean curvature. The Gaussian curvature ξ is an intrinsic property of the surface; it is independent of the coordinate system employed to describe the surface. Normal curvature is a property dependent on the direction of the unit normal to a surface at a point. The maximum and minimum values of the normal curvature at a point occur at specific orientations of the plane containing the unit normal, that cuts the surface. These orientations provide the principal directions h1 and h2 and the maximum and minimum values are called the principal curvatures k1 and k2. The mean of the principal curvatures k1 and k2 at a point is called the mean curvature K.
The Gaussian curvature ξ is related to the principal curvatures k1 and k2 by the following equation:
To determine the principal curvatures k1 and k2 for an intensity image, the principal curvatures at every point in an intensity image are estimated using Gaussian derivative filters. The separable 2-D Gaussian kernel given by equation (3) can be effectively employed for smoothing operations.
A practical implementation of Gaussian derivative filtering with the above kernel for images (which are discrete 2-D signals), involves choosing the coefficients of a recursive filter that performs the Gaussian smoothing of the derivatives (gradients) along the two dimensions. The value for η, a parameter that controls the smoothing operation, is chosen, e.g. η=2. From this value of η, the filter coefficients b0, b1, b2, b3 and b4 are calculated as shown by equations (4) and (5).
The values for P, Q, R, S, T, c0,c1,c2,c3 are determined using recursive filter design techniques. The filter in a separable manner is applied to each row and column. The Gaussian filtered first derivative along each dimension is obtained:
Here, a[n] denotes the 1-D signal corresponding to each row(column) of the image, w[n] denotes the intermediate signal obtained by applying forward differences and c[n] denotes the output signal obtained by applying backward differences. Similarly, the Gaussian second derivatives can be obtained by applying equation (6) iteratively.
Denoting the intensity image I=f(x,y) by f, the following Gaussian filtered derivatives��x, �y, �xy, �xx, �yy are obtained. The subscripts denote the order of the dimension(s) along which the derivatives are computed. From these derivatives, the parameters A,B,C,D,F,G,M,N are estimated by:
The principal directions h1 and h2 are obtained as the roots of the quadratic equation.
The principal curvatures k1 and k2 are then obtained using:
Based on the values of the principal curvatures k1 and k2 at every point on f(x,y), the different feature points on the face can be distinguished. Of particular interest are the points for which k1<0 and k2<0 where the local shape is convex (peak points) and the points at which k1>0 and k2>0 where the local shape is concave (pit points). The convex points correspond to features like cheeks, eyebrows, bridge of the nose, etc., while the concave points correspond to features like the eye sockets, nostrils, the region between the lips and the chin, etc. In order to obtain the discriminatory features of a face, which consist of both convex and concave points, a suitable thresholding operation can be performed. A binary image can be obtained by considering points for which √{square root over (k1 2+k2 2)}≧τ, a threshold value. Such points correspond to features on the face that include both convex and concave points.
A sample face image and the threshold binary image with τ=0.4 are shown in
This map resembles an edge image but carries more detailed information in the form of continuous grayscale variations. The shape information from this map could be employed for deriving discriminatory indices for face classification.
In multi-scale morphology applications, scale-space techniques have been employed successfully for image analysis and computer vision. The underlying concept of scale-space is that image features extracted at multiple scales, where the scaling could be applied to the image, filter or structuring element, exhibit a strong relationship with each other as well as with the corresponding feature at zero scale, i.e. with no scaling applied. In other words, the features, when plotted across various scales, lie in a specific path in the �scale-space� This scale-space concept can be easily extended to morphology, which is a useful tool in image analysis. The structuring element in morphological operations is scaled and the resulting features in the morphologically transformed image are analyzed. Features extracted by performing morphological operations at various scales constitute a signature or feature vector for indexing images.
The fundamental operations in mathematical morphology, dilation, and erosion are defined. Denoting the functions, �: D⊂Rn→R and g: G⊂Rn→R, where D and G denote the domains of the respective functions, the following basic morphological operations are defined. The dilation of f(u) by g(u) is denoted by (�⊕g)(u) and is defined by:
The erosion of f(u) by g(u) is denoted by (�Θg)(u) and is defined by:
The following duality exists between erosion and dilation operations:
It is computationally simpler to employ structuring elements that are symmetric about the origin so that ĝ=g. If, in addition, it is desired that there be no level-shifting and horizontal translation effects, equations (14) and (15), respectively, should hold for the structuring elements.
The structuring element in multi-scale morphology is spatially scaled to yield features at different scales. It is given by:
In image indexing applications, the multi-scale dilation-erosion operation specified in equation (17) is performed at points on a rectangular grid defined on the image. Structuring elements play an important role in the retrieval performance of indexing and retrieval systems based on filtering and morphology. The shape of the structuring element is a significant aspect that determines the success and error rates of a retrieval system. A variety of structuring elements can be employed that includes �flat� or cylindrical, hemispherical and poweroidal structuring elements.
Exemplary structuring elements are shown in
For example, a point in the neighborhood of the eyes or nose provides more discriminatory information than a point, say, on the flat part of the forehead. Since curvature captures information that shows the relative significance of points on the face, a structuring element is employed whose shape varies as a function of curvature and the scaling factor. For the purpose of clarity, the structuring element is denoted as a function of the x and y dimensions in the image plane. The curvature-based structuring element gc σ(x,y) is defined in terms of the scaled structuring element gσ(x,y) and the curvature map c(x,y), see
Similarly, for a hemispherical structuring elements, equation (20) is obtained:
In equations (19) and (20), σ denotes the scale parameter. The negative sign in equations (19) and (20) is consistent with the requirement specified by equation (14). However, equation (15) does not have to hold for the structuring element that is chosen to make every point, including the origin, dependent on curvature. A typical instance of the curvature-dependent structuring element for a particular grid point and scale is shown in
The definition for the multi-scale morphological operation can be modified to eliminate the need for a reflection operation of the structuring element about the origin. This would be necessary since the structuring element is no longer symmetric. Also, the reflection operation is needed for dilation. The modified multi-scale erosion-dilation operation is given by:
The feature vector Γ for the face image is formed by arranging the values obtained by multi-scale dilation-erosions given by equation (19) at each grid point across the scales {−σm,−σm−1, . . . −σ1,0,σ1, . . . ,σm−1,σm}, where σmdenotes the maximum value of the scaling factor. Denoting the size of the feature vector Γ by S as follows:
The feature vectors extracted by multi-scale morphology in the previous section are analyzed by two techniques�Principal Components Analysis (PCA), which is employed for compact feature representation by reduction of dimensionality of the data, and the Enhanced FLD Model (EFM), which is employed for improved classification performance.
The basis of PCA technique is the Karhunen-Loeve Transform (KLT), which is a data compression technique employed to obtain a lower dimensional representation of data. The PCA technique is applied to the feature vectors obtained by multi-scale morphology discussed above. The PCA approach represents the data in a compact form with negligible reconstruction errors; however, it does not provide good discriminatory power. Therefore, the lower dimensional feature vectors obtained by PCA are analyzed by the Enhanced Fisher Linear Discriminant Model (EFM) for better classification performance.
The PCA method derives the most expressive features (MEF) of the database set and does not model the variation of data between the images in the same class and between the classes. Hence, features derived by employing PCA do not necessarily help in providing a good discrimination performance. The Fisher Linear Discriminant (FLD) method, however, is capable of distinguishing the within- and between-class variations, also known as scatter. The FLD projections thus obtained constitute the most discriminating features (MDF) classification space. The FLD method requires large sample sizes for better generalization. It outperforms PCA in terms of recognition and classification performance when the training images are representative of the range of face variations. The Enhanced FLD model (EFM) improves the generalization capability of FLD. The EFM technique is applied to the reduced-dimensional representation of the feature vectors obtained by PCA.
In comparing the classification performance of the proposed CMM approach with standard multi-scale morphology (SMM), SMM comprises of multi-scale morphology followed by PCA and EFM, while CMM comprises of the proposed method for curvature-based multi-scale morphology followed by PCA and EFM. The intention here is to compare CMM with SMM.
Assume a database of 400 grayscale images of 40 subjects. The dimensions of all the images are 112�92 pixels. There are 10 images of each subject with pose, lighting, scale, and appearance variations within reasonable limits. In a first setup, the �leave-one-out� strategy is adopted in which the training set is formed by selecting all but one of the face images of each of the subjects in the database. The test set consisted of one image of each subject that is left out of the training set. This strategy tests the performance of the classification system when there are adequate samples to train the system.
In the second setup, the training set is chosen to have as few images per class as possible. The second setup strategy is adopted to test the ability of the system to learn the distinguishing features between classes when the training samples are very few. The setup comprised of a training set that consisted of 3 out of 10 images for each of the subjects. The training examples for each subject are chosen at random to make up a training set of 120 images. The remaining 280 images, which had 7 images of each of the subjects, are included in the test set. The most significant factor that affects classification performance is the number of leading Eigenvectors M′ considered for projection in the PCA technique. Considering more leading Eigenvectors may be redundant, and in some cases, may lead to poor retrieval results.
For both setups described above, a 4�5 rectangular grid is defined on the images with a uniform inter-pixel distance dg=18. The value of σm=9 is employed for multi-scale morphology which meant that dilations and erosions are performed at varying scales from 1 to 9. A value of η=2 is used for the Gaussian filtering approach.
In order to analyze the reason for superior classification performance of CMM, a �rolling-ball� analogy is used. Multi-scale dilation (erosion) can be visualized as being equivalent to a ball of radius determined by the scaling factor, rolling on (below) the intensity surface of the image. The intensity variations in the resulting dilated (eroded) image are obtained by the locus of the center of the ball. In the SMM approach, the radius and hence the size and shape of the ball do not change as it rolls on (below) the intensity surface, for a fixed scale. In the CMM approach, however, the �ball� is no longer a regular shape such as a sphere, instead, it is an irregular object whose shape is controlled by the curvature of the intensity surface as the object rolls on (below) it, for a fixed scale. Therefore, the dilated (eroded) image in the CMM technique captures subtle variations in shape across various scales, which the SMM technique fails to extract. This results in superior classification performance of the CMM approach, as illustrated in
To aid in understanding the classification system, consider the following example of an implementation for human face recognition. Assume an unknown subject is scanned and record with video equipment 14 using standard communications and protocol, for example by airport security cameras. The security personnel desire to known the identity of the person. The present CMM system can provide that information in an expeditious manner with reasonable certainty.
An important aspect of the classification system is to identify one or more features of the face to be identified which have the most distinguishing information. Thus, an important part of the classification system is identifying which areas of the face that have higher distinguishing information content. In general, areas of the face that have curvature or variation in surface height will have more data than relatively flat areas of the face. The nose, ears, and area around the eyes have more distinguishing data than the forehead and neck. Once those information-rich curved areas are identified and converted to feature vectors then the classification performs a comparison between the feature vector of the image to be identified with feature vectors in the database to find probable matches.
An early step is to select a structuring element. The structuring element can be any shape, e.g. see
The flat surface of the structuring element is modified or modulated with the curvature information of the face or image. The curvature information can be dependent on the image being analyzed. The curvature information is derived from the image based on intensity or color. For the areas of high curvature, where the curvature information of the face is maximum, e.g. the nose and ears, the image is dark. For the areas of low curvature, where the curvature information of the face is minimal, e.g. the neck and forehead, the image is light.
The face image is a collection of pixels with each pixel having an intensity or luminance value, say 0�255, as defined by the face image. Moving across each line of the image, as the curvature also increases, the gradient or rate of change of intensity from pixel to pixel increases. As the curvature decreases, the gradient or rate of change of intensity from pixel to pixel decreases. For example, moving across one line of the image, adjacent or nearby pixels in the vicinity of the nose will have significantly different intensity or luminance values. If four adjacent or nearby pixels have intensity values of 100, 140, 200, and 250, then the gradient between pixels is 40, 60, and 50. The gradient or rate of change of intensity moving across the pixels is high. The nose is determined to have a high curvature and correspondingly contains significant distinguishing feature information.
Moving across one line of the image, adjacent or nearby pixels in the vicinity of the forehead will have similar intensity or luminance values. If four adjacent or nearby pixels have intensity values of 36, 32, 35, and 37, then the gradient between pixels is −4, 3, and 2. The gradient or rate of change of intensity moving across the pixels is low. The forehead is determined to have a low curvature and correspondingly contains less distinguishing feature information. Thus, the gradient or change in intensity or luminance values moving across each line of the image will define the curvature information.
With this general principal, the equations (1)�(9) and associated text described above provide the technique of detecting curvature and converting that information to the principal curvature at each point of the image using the Gaussian derivative filters. The principal curvature values k1 and k2 are determined for each point on the image and a principal curvature map is derived by using these values.
As further explanation and to provide a specific example of the application of the Gaussian derivative filters to the image to obtain the principal curvature map, consider a 32�32 gray level image as below:
When viewed as an image comprising gray levels between 0�255, the image would appear as shown in
The Gradient derivative and smoothing filter of equations (1)�(9) is applied to calculate the principal curvature at every point in the image. Based on the principal curvature values, a curvature map of the image is derived which highlights both peak and valley points. The curvature map is shown below for the 32�32 matrix with the peak values are highlighted in bold font.
The top, bottom, left and right boundaries of about 8�10 pixel width can be disregarded because curvature cannot be estimated with confidence for these border pixels. These values are set to zero and viewed the image with a linear mapping of fractional values in [0,1] to integer values in [0,255] with values greater than 1 being saturated to 255, as shown in
Using an image having m�n pixels, in our example, m=112 and n=92, and based on the above curvature processing, the principal curvature k1 and k2 are determined for each pixel. A grid is then superimposed over the image. The structuring element is aligned with each intersection of the grid over the image. The size of the grid is selected, with consideration of the size of the structuring element, to make sure the important feature elements of the image fall within one or more structuring element overlays on the grid. For the 112�92 pixel image, a grid is selected with inter-pixel distance of 18 pixels, yielding a 4�5 grid having 20 points on it.
The structuring element is placed on each intersection of the grid. The height of the structuring element is modulated by the principal curvature values as described in paragraphs [24]�[25] above. An morphology calculation, as defined in equations (10)�(22) and associated text, is derived from the principal curvature map is applied to the image. The morphology calculation is performed for each pixel. In an alternate embodiment, the radius of the structuring element is incrementally increased for each morphology calculation, for example from a starting radius of 1 pixel and incremented by 1 each calculation to a maximum radius of 9 pixels. In yet another embodiment, all morphology calculations can be performed for one radius over the entire image and then the radius increased and the calculation repeated.
The morphology calculation after obtaining the principal curvature map may be explained with an example. Consider a 7�7 region in the image which has the following intensity values:
Assume that a cylindrical structuring element of radius 2 is placed on the center pixel of this region which has the coordinates (4,4) in a one-based indexing system. The (4,4) pixel has been highlighted in bold in the above matrix. The span of the structuring element for the 7�7 region is shown in the matrix below. The x's denote the image pixels with which the structuring element pixels overlap, while the +'s denote the image pixels with which the structuring element pixels don't overlap.
Now that the shape of the structuring element is known, a cylindrical structuring element of radius 2 is generated with the actual pixel values. A typical structuring element will have its height equal to the radius of its base, so that the following values are obtained:
The curvature map for the pixels in the same 7�7 region in the image looks like the data below with the bold values indicating the curvature values used to modulate the structuring element values.
If the structuring element values are modulated with the curvature values, then the modulated structuring element would be as below, obtained by multiplying the height of the structuring element pixel by the curvature value:
A dilation is performed on the image at the chosen point (4,4) for the chosen scale with radius=2. Dilation involves (1) subtracting the structuring element values from the image pixel values, and (2) taking the maximum of the resulting set of values.
Step (1) yields:
Step (2) involves taking the maximum of the values in bold, which is 111.9114, the feature vector value corresponding to dilation at the point (4,4) for scale=2.
Similarly, erosion involves (1) adding the structuring element values from the image pixel values, and (2) taking the minimum of the resulting set of values.
Step(1) yields:
Step (2) involves taking the minimum of the values in bold, which is 96.7160, the feature vector value corresponding to erosion at the point (4,4) for scale=2. Similarly, the values for the other scales are determined by considering bigger/smaller structuring elements as the case may be. For the degenerate case of zero scale, the pixel value at (4,4) is taken �as is�, which is 96. Thus, the feature vector is formed for the point (4,4) by concatenating the �m� erosions, �m� dilations and the zero scale value yielding (2m+1) values for that point. Here �m� denotes the maximum value of the scale factor. The same process is performed at other points on the grid to form the feature vector. A typical feature vector size is 50 values for the image; the feature vector containing the most distinguishing features for the image.
Returning to
In summary, a novel technique for classification of face images employing CMM has been discussed. The standard approach for multi-scale morphology is insufficient because all grid points on the image are eroded/dilated by an exactly similar shaped structuring element, for a given scale. The present approach employs curvature information to control the shape of the structuring element employed for morphological operations and is, therefore, superior to the standard approach in terms of classification performance. The increase in computational complexity is offset by superior classification performance.
Although the present invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, any person skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail, and equivalents may be substituted for elements of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Many modifications may be made to adapt to a particular situation or material to the teaching of the invention without departing from the essential scope of the invention. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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If you want to know more about Jason Wu's designs and where to find them, check out the selection at Neiman Marcus. Warning: Be prepared to drop some major cash. Here are a few of my favorite Jason Wu pieces:
Leather-Trim Tweed Bomber Jacket, on sale now for $682: If you have the money to splurge, this is a truly unique blazer with front zip and welt pockets. The tweed leather mix is playful, but sophisticated.
X-Ray Floral-Print Silk Trench Coat & Dress, $2,940 for the trench and $2,195 for the dress: Layering an elegant trench with a matching dress is powerful and feminine business attire. The floral X-ray print silk organza and sheer long sleeves are design choices I love.
Lace-Underlay Draped Chiffon Gown, $3,995: Dare I say that I love this dress more than Michelle's? I'm so attracted to this look of two dresses in one. The lace black and neutral underlay in relationship with semisheer chiffon overlay is exquisite. It would draw attention anywhere.


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Lucas: No, we'll do it just the same way that we're doing the animated series, which is we usually write a whole year first, and then we'll start shooting, and then we'll shoot the whole year and then once we've got [something to show], we'll see where we can put it. We're going to do a hundred of them, too. [It should be] easier [to place] than the animated one because it's live-action.
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Lucas: Well, we're doing these before we get a commitment, so we're just doing them on the faith that we're going to [sell them]. I mean, we're doing them ourselves, so we can finance them, we don't need to have a commitment of any kind. We're simply going to sell them.
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Robert is a SilverStripe developer who cut his teeth on computer games, first hacking them together between classes at uni and then professionally at Sidhe Interactive, where he worked on games for the PlayStation2 and Xbox consoles. After leaving Sidhe to "go indie" and develop websites to raise capital, he found that he really enjoyed working with web technologies and decided to make a go of it. This is Robert's first time as guest writer and he is here to introduce us to his latest project: the Drupal connector module.
The Drupal connector has finally arrived! With this module you'll be able to embed or import content from a site running on Drupal 5+ into your SilverStripe 3 site.
Amidst the craziness of December 2012, we held an in-house mobile app competition at SilverStripe Headquarters, coined the "Jedi Challenge". The topic for the Jedi Challenge was to interact on the move. The application needed to be mobile and multi-user focussed. There were really no boundaries with this competition, which saw a range of entries from a recipe app, to a real-time, multi-player game. Head over to ss.com for the full story.
It's been about six months since we released 3.0 stable into the world, and the whole team is proud to see it being adopted so well by the community at large. Since then, we've had over 500 pull requests to our core, mostly targeted at the new version, which is a fantastic result.
Typically, you had to wait for at least a year to get to the next major stable version. In the spirit of continuous delivery, we want to shorten this time frame a bit, and provide you with slimmer, but more frequent releases. Accordingly, the 3.1.0 beta 1 release has a lot of incremental, but less visible improvements. With the release being in beta status, we don't expect any further API changes, and encourage you to download it and try the codebase (changelog, upgrading guide).
Back in 2007, when we made the decision to open source our CMS, we were faced with a decision: which open source license should we release it under? Although at first glance it may seem like a bit of tedious legal administration, the choice of license cuts to the heart of the goals of an open source project.
There are many other licenses to choose from, such as GPL, BSD, MIT and Apache. MIT and BSD are very similar. The Apache License has a similar permissive intent, but is more explicit, and as such it is a lengthier, more complex document. We didn't spend too much time choosing between very similar licenses and instead quickly narrowed our choice down to two alternatives: BSD and GPL.
The creators of liked.com consist of a team of six Swedish guys - entrepreneurs Marcus and Robert, developers Tomas, Eskil and Andreas, and a designer, Dawid, all located in Stockholm. They started to build the site one year ago during their spare time. Tomas and Eskil have been working with SilverStripe for about four years now within different companies and projects throughout Sweden. After many late nights of hard coding and design work, the project has become quite the success.
SilverStripe is pleased to announce the immediate release of SilverStripe Framework and CMS 3.0.3 stable.
3.0.3 is the third release in the 3.0.x series, a series of releases based on the major 3.0 release aimed at fixing bugs, adding minor functional enhancements and addressing security issues that have been discovered since that release.
I have the pleasure of introducing a new module that we created here at the SilverStripe HQ - The Document Management System (DMS) module.
A few years ago, community member Aaron Calino (UncleCheese) created the Data Object Manager module for SilverStripe 2. This module was packed with features that allowed users to manage DataObjects related to pages. However, as Aaron has stated in this forum post, the new GridField class in SilverStripe 3 does much of what Data Object Manager did in SS2, so he won't be making a version of Data Object Manager for SS3.
I am a developer who uses the SilverStripe CMS. I have over four years experience in everything from small websites to large multi-user internal system tools. I was originally drawn to SilverStripe in my web developer infancy because of its strong and intuitive templating system, and I've never looked back. I give back to the community by providing support on the IRC channel, through which I've met new people and learnt a whole heap of things I never would have without the tools I'm about to talk about below.
So. You're a developer who has (perhaps recently) discovered SilverStripe. That is great! You're loving how easy its sleek UI and extremely supportive framework makes your life when it comes to developing websites or web applications. However you've just come across an issue that you're having trouble solving. Maybe it's a question about how something works, what the best way to achieve something might be, or maybe how to troubleshoot a problem you're having with the system. Perhaps you just want to say "Hi" to the community. Whatever your reasons, SilverStripe has a variety of methods to enable you to contact people who are willing to offer you support.
This month, we welcomed the newest member in a long line of Uncle Cheese's brainchildren – the Dashboard module. Dashboard is for SilverStripe 3 only, and with a highly extensible API and frictionless interface, it's likely that you'll find more than a few reasons to use it on your next SilverStripe project.
One of the disadvantages of being a developer is that we rarely get to play the role of an end-user in the software we create. When clients and project managers ask me what I love so much about SilverStripe 3, I usually rattle off a bunch of technical things – the new ORM, the improved templating, the GridField API – things that mean nothing to a content editor. What most upgrade-fearing users are wondering is how SilverStripe 3 makes content editing easier, faster, and more powerful than ever before.
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Three hundred open source enthusiasts, the San Francisco sun, Android statues and loads of idea sharing. That's the mixture which made the Google Summer of Code Summit 2012 such an amazing event. As a participating organization in the preceding open source internship programme, SilverStripe was invited to join the two day conference. Ingo Schommer represented the org admins and Philipp Krenn this year's mentors.
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One-year anniversary of Diamondbacks-Dodgers brawl: By The Numbers
After all, it changed the entire complexion of the National League West race in 2013.
Here's a look back at the fateful brawl by the numbers:
Four players were plunked during the two innings of chaos: Cody Ross and Yasiel Puig in the sixth inning and Miguel Montero and Zack Greinke in the seventh inning.
The benches cleared after both instances in the seventh.
Eric Hinske was one of two Arizona players suspended in the aftermath of the fracas. His penalty spawned the short-lived 'Free Hinske' campaign from sympathetic fans, but Major League Baseball did not reduce the suspension.
The D-backs ultimately did free Hinske, though. The veteran infielder and outfielder was designated for assignment 17 days after the brawl.
Not only did the D-backs fall to the Dodgers that night, but they proceeded to nose dive throughout the rest of the campaign. A first-place team at the time, Arizona closed its season seven games below .500 with a 45-52 record.
Kennedy was the principal figure in the brawl, after all his bean balls in the sixth and seventh innings set off the fireworks at Dodger Stadium. For nailing Puig and Greinke respectively, Kennedy received a 10-game ban -- the longest non-drug suspension levied by the league since May 2006.
After returning from his extended hiatus, Kennedy made eight more starts with the D-backs before being shipped to San Diego in a deadline deal.
In all, five players (Hinske, Kennedy, J.P Howell, Ronald Belisario and Skip Schumaker) and three coaches (Don Mattingly, Kirk Gibson and Mark McGwire) were suspended for a total 24 games.
Of those 24 games, 16 were served by members of the D-backs.
Heading into their June 11th contest with the D-backs, the Dodgers were sitting in the cellar of the division (8.5 games back). Propelled by a three-run eighth off reliever David Hernandez, Los Angeles not only took the testy affair but 64 of its final 100 games.
The Dodgers finished 2013 with an 11-game cushion in the division and managed to make it all the way to the National League Championship Series.
Since his infamous encounter with Kennedy back on June 11, 2013, Greinke has compiled a 20-5 record -- best winning percentage of any NL pitcher with at least 20 starts in the last calendar year.
Ninety games after their dust up with Arizona, Los Angeles got revenge, clinching the NL West title with a 7-6 win on Sept. 19 at Chase Field.
Of course that afternoon wasn't remembered for what happened between the white lines, but instead by what happened outside of them. After winning the division, several Dodger players celebrated by taking a dip in the pool beyond the right centerfield wall.
In the 10 games that have been played between the two sides in the City of Angels since the brawl, the D-backs have managed to win just three times (.300 winning percentage).
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Convenient room
Old interior
The size of the room is very small
The friendly staff
No swimming pool and fitness area is small also the sauna and steam room are mixed
The room was very comfortable with nice view. The staff was very helpful
The executive lounge was very small and crowded
The single room I stayed in was very very small. I stayed in the hotel before in a single room and it was much bigger. The charge shouldn't be the same. And it should not be advertised as a single room.
executive lounge location
bathroom and room too small for price paid
The view from our room was nice. The bed was comfortable and the room had space. The staff all seemed courteous and available.
We did not like the bathroom arrangement! The toilet was far from the main bathroom. The shower was difficult, water splashing out as not enough drain or enclosure. Small. The breakfast was OK, but for the price not good value compared with other similar range hotels. The package we were offered for additional price presumably included lounge, all drinks (we assumed that meant "drinks", not just juice, water, cokes, etc... and dinner. Snacks don't equal dinner! Misrepresentation!!! And, the room had NO ventilation, no window opened. There was no table (a desk and end tables only) for a snack, etc. This hotel apparently caters to quantity not quality. Not in any way a 5 star hotel as it states it is.
very little
damp, musty, outdated
View opposite the river; the quiet.
for us older travellers, a bit of a hike downtown
Loved the breakfast and the evening snacks and drinks. We didn't even have to go out yo eat, awesome!
The Marriott was a very nice and clean hotel with very helpful staff. Our room had lots of space and was very comfortable.
What I didn't like was there was an extra charge to watch extra channels on TV and the breakfast was also not included in the room rate. The wifi was also at an extra cost. This hotel is quite expensive if u choose to use all these extras
everything was excellent,
Hotel 4 star with 5 star price and 3 star service.
Location and staff were excellent. Location was very much central. Breakfast enjoyable. Bar very friendly
Did not like the room given to me in the old wing. When booked I did not know this. So was disappointed. No free VI fi in the rooms. It is a standard in many of your competitors.
The Zurich Marriott is perfectly located next to the river making for an easy walk to all of the great spots to hang out in the summer time. The facilities were excellent and the staff was great. Somehow they found out that it was my birthday and they suprised me by sending a bottle of wine to my room. I will definitely stay here again next time I'm in Zurich.
Every thing was perfect
1) comfortable bed. 2) excellent bathroom facilities.
1) The sound proof system is very bad and you can hear all of your neighbors . 2) no free WiFi in the room.
Wifi is not included in the room rate so I needed to upgrade to Executive. Calls to fixed land lines in Switzerland are not included in the rate either. Executive lounge is quite poor and not serviced regularly.
Location was good close to the train station, only 10 minutes by walk. Some rooms have goo view.
Bathroom was very small like Barby,s bathroom. Breakfast was poore.
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Location of the hotel close to the old town. Friendliness of the staff.
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When I checked in, the shampoo is about half bottle. If you have big luggage, it is not easy to walk to the train station even it is closer.
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Since 2009, we've hosted this annual charity event to celebrate science and space and bring people together for a great cause. We hold the annual Star Party the night before Dragon*Con begins, in honor of Jeff Medkeff. All proceeds from the Star Party go to wonderful charities, such as the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, American Cancer Society, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and CosmoQuest.
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Volley Fest 2014
This is a great opportunity for anyone who loves the game of volleyball to come and play. No prior experience is necessary and players can get together with a group of friends to form teams, or you can bring already formed teams. They can be school affiliated teams, or just a group of girls that haven't played together before.
Volley Fest, NORCO's Middle School tournament, will be on Saturday, September 20th. There will be 2 age brackets:
For more information and to register, visit our Youth page - loacated on the left side of the Clincs & Events page.
Join Us, October 11th, for The Theander Memorial Classic
It is time for the 2014 indoor coed 4s Theander Memorial Classic volleyball
tournament and silent auction! We are very excited for the 4th year of the
tournament and hope to continue raising money for Hope and Lane Theander,
our friend Gregg's 2 kids, while playing the sport that Gregg loved. Part
of the proceeds last year also went to club volleyball scholarships for
players in Colorado. Between the two tournaments run by Colorado
Volleyball Charities we gave away over $4,000 dollars to volleyball
families in need! We had a very competitive tournament last year in both
the Comp and Rec divisions and are looking forward to even better turnout
this year!
For more information and the registration form, head over to our Programs page. Please contact Casey Robinson via EMAIL reguarding any questions.
Pre-Tryout Clinic - 11s - 14s
Online registration for both Pre-Tryout Clinics are NOW LIVE and avaliable on the 'Tryouts' page.
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Tryouts for teams 14 and Under will tryout on Sunday, September 21st
Registration is avaliable on the 'Tryouts' page.
Tryouts for Wyoming teams 14 and Under will be on Sunday, October 5th
The 2014-2015 Player Registration is now live!
This registration is if for Core Team Players only - Prep Team Registration is coming soon!
For this year's Membership pricing, more information, and to register - click on the "Tryouts" Tab!
Last week AAU Volleyball named their 2014 Academic All American award winners - NORCO's Katie Hanson being one of them! The Academic All American award recognizes athletes of the AAU Volleyball program for their excellence in academics as well as athletics. Way to go, Katie!!
Former Metro State University Assistant Coach, Gavin Markovits, will be helping with NORCO's 17 Black Team and will serve as the players rep for Collegiate recruiting. Gavin coached for Metro State University, helping the Roadrunners to the NCAA Tournament for the last 9 seasons and winning several tournament matches. Gavin assisted with one of Metro's most successful seasons in 2009; the team had 9 straight wins - winning the RMAC Tournament and had 2 wins at the NCAA Tournament. In his fifth season with the Roadrunners, the team went 25-7 and had a 14 game winning streak. Prior to coaching, Gavin worked with the AVCA for 4 years in media relations and with USA Volleyball as a public relations coordinator.
Welcome to NORCO Gavin!
18 Black - Jared Rudiger
17 Black - Sam Peters
16 Black - Kate Hampson
15 Black - Linda Crum
14 Black - Glenn Sapp
13 Black - Laura Pierce-Barnes
12 Black - Amber Ortner
11 Black - Whitney Carlson
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other level coaches will be announced on our 'Staff/Coaches' Page.
Address: 7395 Greendale Rd, Windsor, CO 80550
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NORCO clothing and accessories are available all summer long. Call Alx (970) 667-5005 for more information!
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If you are interested in working bingo for the month of September please click on the fundraising tab you see to your left. Scroll down to the "Scheduling Link" and enter what your availability for the month of September. If for some reason you can not get the scheduler to work, or if you have any questions, please feel free to email us directly with your availability. Remember, this is a great time to start volunteering for bingo and earn credits towards your 2014-15 club season.
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At NORCO Juniors, we are committed to providing our players and parents with the tools and resources they need to be successful in the recruiting process. Therefore, we have teamed up with VolleyballRecruits.net - The Official Recruiting Tool of USA Volleyball, to ensure our players are maximizing the exposure they receive throughout the recruiting process.
All players receive great discounts on VolleyballRecruits.net memberships as a member of NORCO Juniors!
Please click on our Recruit tab above for more information!
NORCO Volleyball is a non-profit organization that focuses on developing volleyball players into well-rounded individuals. Our focus is more than volleyball and our qualified coaches strive to teach young men and women how to be successful. Every year, we hope to instill lasting impressions on these players that they will carry with them for a lifetime. Club Volleyball is a tool that teaches young men and women how to face difficult circumstances where they are forced to be uncomfortable and pushed to balance school, life, family, and volleyball. This is a challenge for every young adult and a necessary part of preparing for the next stages in life.
You have an opportunity to give back to Norco. Whether you're a long-time volleyball enthusiast, former player, former parent, current player, current parent, or anything else, we would love for you to partner with NORCO.
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If you would like to give back to Norco, click the "Donations" button below!
Thank you for supporting NORCO, we couldn't do it without the support of our loyal members. We appreciate you very much!
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