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Council members Mike Gartner and Jerry Scheevel requested the special meeting of the Preston City Council held Tuesday, April 29. A large crowd again over-flowed into the entry way.
Scheevel made a motion stating that, based on legal counsel's advice on the Heartland conditional use permit (CUP) application, the city council declares the motion made at the April 21, 2003 council meeting, with respect to Resolution number 03-04, passed and that the Heartland CUP is approved. Mike Gartner seconded the motion. Mayor Dave Pechulis preceded to read his position into the record. He explained why the resolution should not be approved and why he refuses to sign the CUP at this time. He characterized the technical information about the operation of the plant beyond the scope of their educations. Pechulis sees the sheer enormity of the plant's structures, and it's proposed 10,000 gallon diesel tank and 18,000 gallon propane tank, as hazards. He said that the nearly 100,000 tons of tires delivered to the plant are projected to give off 588.10 tons of pollutants per year through air emissions. The mayor's interpretation of the state's statutes and the local ordinances is that the 'more stringent rules apply, whether they are local ordinances or state statutes'. In his opinion a super majority of four votes are necessary to pass the resolution. Therefore, the April 21 vote on the resolution failed. Pechulis said that he gives little weight to the opinion of Mary Tietjen, the city's legal counsel on the Heartland matter. �Her opinion is just that, an opinion,� Pechulis said. "We will have to agree to disagree on the matter." Pechulis argued that the City should make a request for another 60 day extension, in part to consider new environmental information revealed in the MPCA process. He concluded by making it clear that Council member Mike Gartner has no authority to sign any documents as Mayor Pro Tempo while he, Pechulis, is capable of performing his duties. Tietjen, responding to the question of the Mayor's refusal to sign the resolution, stated, �Statutes do not require that Resolutions be signed by the Mayor.� She said that there is legal authority that the resolution need not be signed at all. �It is my opinion that the Mayor Pro Temp may sign the Resolution if the Mayor refuses to do so,� Tietjen said. Mike Gartner who admitted that he doesn't get excited very often made his own statement. "Tonight the city of Preston is done paying legal fees, we went through all the proper channels, screwed up, went back and did it the right way,� Gartner explained. �As far as I'm concerned we are done with this." Gartner went on to stress that the council has other issues to deal with and that the city has spent an enormous amount of money for a legal opinion. Gartner went on to say that there is better use for the city's money. �Just because the Heartland CUP is passed doesn't mean the plant will be built,� Gartner said, concluding that Heartland still has a lot of hurdles to cross before then. The motion to clarify the record that the April 21 vote on Resolution 03-04 passed and that the Heartland CUP is approved received a simple majority, with Scheevel, Gartner, and Council member Heath Mensink voting in favor of the permit and Mayor Pechulis and Council member Mike McGarvey against.


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I Beau, P Touraine, G Meduri, A Gougeon, A Desroches, C Matuchansky, E Milgrom, F Kuttenn and M Misrahi
INSERM U. 135 Hormones Gènes et Reproduction and Laboratoire d'Hormonologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, et Institut Fédératif de Recherche IFR 21, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
Published October 1, 1998
A single natural loss of function mutation of the follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) has been described to date. Present in the Finnish population it markedly impairs receptor function, blocking follicle development at the primary stage and presenting as primary amenorrhea with atrophic ovaries. When Western European women with this phenotype were examined for FSHR mutations the result was negative, suggesting that other etiologies corresponding to this clinical pattern are markedly more frequent. We now describe a novel phenotype related to mutations provoking a partial loss of function of the FSHR. A woman with secondary amenorrhea had very high plasma gonadotropin concentrations (especially FSH), contrasting with normal sized ovaries and antral follicles up to 5 mm at ultrasonography. Histological and immunohistochemical examination of the ovaries showed normal follicular development up to the small antral stage and a disruption at further stages. The patient was found to carry compound heterozygotic mutations of the FSHR gene: Ile160Thr and Arg573Cys substitutions located, respectively, in the extracellular domain and in the third intracellular loop of the receptor. The mutated receptors, when expressed in COS-7 cells, showed partial functional impairment, consistent with the clinical and histological observations: the first mutation impaired cell surface expression and the second altered signal transduction of the receptor. This observation suggests that a limited FSH effect is sufficient to promote follicular growth up to the small antral stage. Further development necessitates strong FSH stimulation. The contrast between very high FSH levels and normal sized ovaries with antral follicles may thus be characteristic of such patients.
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A novel system and method for achieving accurate readings of the rotational speed, number of revolutions and direction of rotation of a utility system. More specifically, a system and method for retrofitting existing utility meters with a lightweight tape, having contrasting sections of reflective and non-reflective material applied thereto, which is read by optical sensors as the lightweight tape passes by with the revolutions of the disk of the utility meter. Additionally, the system and method detects unauthorized use of the utility or tampering with the utility meter and its functions.
1. A system for reading and monitoring a rotating disk, comprising:
an adhesive material applied to a portion of the rotating disk that is less than the circumference of the disk and having at least one highly reflective section and at least one substantially non-reflective section so as to produce contrasting sections of reflective material and non-reflective material on the adhesive material;
an optical sensor configured to produce a first output corresponding to detections of the highly reflective section of the adhesive material and a second output corresponding to detections of the substantially non-reflective sections of the adhesive material;
a processor coupled to the optical sensor configured to interpret the outputs produced by the optical sensor; and
a transceiver coupled to the processor for transmitting data to a remote location.
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a second optical sensor wherein a first optical sensor and the second optical sensor are aligned with the adhesive material so as to read the reflective and non-reflective sections, wherein the processor is configured to determine rotational speed and direction of rotation of the rotating disk in correspondence to outputs by the first and second optical sensors.
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a backend computer electrically coupled to the transceiver for receiving data corresponding to the detections of the highly reflective and the substantially non-reflective portions of the adhesive material.
15. A system for reading and monitoring a moving device having a sequence of highly reflective portions and substantially non-reflective portions, comprising:
a moving device that is a belt;
an optical sensor positioned to detect the sequence of highly reflective portions and substantially non-reflective portions of the moving device and configured to produce a signal corresponding to detections of the highly reflective and the substantially non-reflective portions of the moving device, wherein the sequence of highly reflective and non-reflective portions are positioned at a predetermined location on the moving device that is less than entire surface area of the moving device;
a processor coupled to the optical sensor configured to interpret signals produced by the optical sensor; and
a transceiver coupled to the processor for transmitting data to a remote location.
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a backend computer electrically coupled to the transceiver for receiving data corresponding to the detections of the highly reflective and the substantially non-reflective portions of the moving device.
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the moving device has a rotational motion relative to the optical sensor.
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the moving device has a non-rotational motion relative to the optical sensor.
This application is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application entitled, �System and Method for Accurate Reading of Rotating Disk,� having Ser. No. 09/956,377, filed Sep. 19, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,784,807 which is entirely incorporated herein by reference. This application also claims benefit of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/267,736 filed on Feb. 9, 2001.
The present invention generally relates to obtaining accurate readings of a moving device, such as a rotating disk. The present invention more particularly relates to obtaining an accurate remote reading of a rotating disk of a utility meter and detecting and preventing tampering and theft of utilities.
Electrical metering of residential energy has historically been accomplished using electromechanical meters that sense electromagnetic fields in proximity to voltage coils and current carrying conductors. These electromechanical meters are generally effective in metering electrical energy consumption, but are incapable of providing, in a cost effective manner, numerous additional functions currently being demanded by the utility industry. For example, modern utility companies desire metering devices capable of metering, not only total energy consumption, but also many other electrical parameters (e.g., time-of-use).
The industry has responded to this demand by developing completely electronic metering devices. Electronic meters effectively provide the utility with measurements of a number of electrical parameters, as well as many other advantages. For example, to reduce the costs associated with reading meters, utility companies often use electronic metering devices with built-in communications modules capable of communicating meter reading data back to the utility's master station. Such communications networks obviate the need for human meter readers to go to individual subscriber locations to read meters. While such meters may be highly desirable for new installations, replacing existing meters with new, fully electronic meters is generally deemed cost prohibitive.
Various systems and methodologies have been utilized in the past for performing remote reading functions. There are, however, various problems and shortcomings with the methodologies employed in the past. It is often important to provide a remote meter reading system that is easily retrofitted to existing utility meters. Of course, it is particularly important that such retrofitted reading systems fit within the present or available space confines.
Prior methods for remote meter reading have included several different characteristics. In one method, low power radio frequency (RF) transmitters are configured in the utility meters that are capable of transmitting the utility consumption data to a remote location. For instance, RF transmitters can be applied so that utility personnel can simply drive through a neighborhood and remotely collect the meter consumption data by receiving the RF signal. This permits the utility companies to read the meters without having to physically access each individual meter, leading to faster and more efficient collection of meter readings. In another prior method, cellular transmitters are configured into the utility meters that can then transmit the utility consumption data back to the utility company. Additionally, the utility meter can be directly connected to a phone line and then utility consumption data can then be routinely transmitted over phone lines. After collection of the consumption data, the data is communicated to a central station (i.e. the utility company) through a gateway and a wide area network (WAN), such as the Internet. The data can then be analyzed and monitored using an appropriately configured computer and database. Although each of the aforementioned methods of remotely collecting utility consumption data is convenient and efficient for the utility companies, it does not address the concern of the accuracy of the readings and the detection of tampering with the utility meter.
When reading remotely, the utility company could simply �read� the index by implementing devices that interpret the movement of the dials that comprise the index and convey that data to a remote location. However, utility companies desire readings with greater accuracy and the ability to determine whether someone has tampered with the utility meter. Therefore, the utility companies desire the ability to monitor and count the revolutions of the rotating disk of the utility meter. One method for increasing the accuracy of remote meter reading has involved painting or marking a black stripe on the underside of the disk, and configuring an optical sensor to read and count the number of times the black stripe passes the optical reader, and then transmitting the data to a receiver. This approach, however, suffers several drawbacks.
First, it is often difficult to obtain accurate and reliable readings. Although the disk is silver in color, it does not always provide a good reflectivity. Consequently, the contrast between the black stripe and disk may not be as �electrically readable� as desired. Empirical tests have shown that, on a three volt scale, often only a 0.8 volt difference is measured between readings of the black stripe and the silver disk. These readings are further compromised by the fact that the paint or marker typically fades over time, and that good/definable edges are often not present on the black stripe. Faded color and poorly defined edges lead to misreadings and, therefore, inaccuracy in the remote reading system.
A second shortcoming of this type of system is its failure to determine when the disk is not moving or when the disk is rotating in a reverse direction. Theft of electricity has increased in recent years, and many consumers have discovered ways to bypass electrical meters or otherwise cause the disk to stop rotating for extended periods of time. Still other consumers have discovered ways to actually cause the disk to rotate in a reverse direction. With the marking or painting system it is difficult, if not impossible, to detect and prevent these and other types of electricity theft.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,086,292 to Johnson et al., a system for detection of tampering with a utility meter is disclosed. In Johnson, a utility meter is outfitted with a plurality of sensors which monitor the tilt, electric field, magnetic field, temperature, sound, reverse rotation and movement of the rotating disk. However, the invention of Johnson is not easily retrofitted to existing utility meters and requires extensive circuitry and software support in order to adequately perform its tamper detection and electricity consumption monitoring functions. Similarly, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,100,816 to Moore, an adapter device is disclosed which remotely monitors consumption and is retrofittable to existing utility meters. However, the Moore adapter module device requires substantial space to mount the device to a utility meter and additionally requires direct linkage to the original meter's dials and a plurality of other moving parts in order to monitor electricity consumption. Furthermore, because the Moore device is retrofitted to the outside of the existing utility meter it is more prone to tampering.
Accordingly, it is desired to provide an improved system that addresses and overcomes the aforementioned deficiencies and inadequacies of the prior art.
The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining an accurate reading of a utility meter. Additionally, the present invention provides a system and method for determining tampering with utility meters and theft of electricity.
Briefly described, in architecture, the system can be implemented as follows. The present invention utilizes a reflective tape affixed to the rotating disk of a utility meter. This reflective tape is constructed so as to have sections of highly reflective material and non-reflective material, separated by clearly defined edges. Thus, the difference between the reflective areas and the non-reflective areas provides a high degree of contrast and facilitates the �readability� of the tape. As the disk rotates with the use of electricity, the tape is �read� by an optical sensor that is connected to a circuit card. The circuit card is retrofittably mounted in available space within the utility meter so that the optical sensor aligns with the tape as it is carried through its revolutions. By �reading� the passage of the reflective and non-reflective sections of the tape, the consumption of electricity and the rotational direction of the disk can be accurately determined. The consumption data is then communicated to the circuit card and then transmitted to the utility company.
The present invention can also be viewed as providing a method for retrofitting existing utility meters so as to obtain more accurate meter readings and detect unauthorized use or tampering with utility meters. In this regard, the method can be broadly summarized by the following steps: applying a light-weight, highly-reflective tape, such as mylar tape, to the rotating disk of a utility meter and installing an optical sensor and circuit card in such a manner that the optical sensor aligns with and �reads� the tape as it is carried through its revolution on the disk. The reflective tape is marked with sections of non-reflective material and the contrast between these sections is �read� by the optical sensor and the results communicated to the circuit card. The consumption data is then transmitted to the utility company for analysis and monitoring.
Other systems, methods, features, and advantages of the present invention will be or become apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following drawings and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, features, and advantages be included within this description, be within the scope of the present invention, and be protected by the accompanying claims.
The accompanying drawings, incorporated in and forming a part of the specification, illustrate several aspects of the present invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. The components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present invention. Moreover, in the drawings like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
Having summarized the invention above, reference is now made in detail to the description of the invention as illustrated in the drawings. While the invention will be described in connection with these drawings, there is no intent to limit it to the embodiment or embodiments disclosed therein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Reference is now made to
In this regard, the present invention provides a novel system and method for taking an accurate reading of the rotational speed (as well as maintaining a count of the revolutions) of the disk 106. In accordance with the inventive system and method, highly accurate readings are obtained. In addition, the system and method of the present invention detects many types of improper use or unauthorized tampering with the meter 100 not heretofore accomplished by systems of the prior art. Broadly, the present invention utilizes a highly-reflective (preferably mylar) tape 108, which is affixed to the bottom side of the disk 106. The tape 108 is constructed to have extremely high contrasting reflective and non-reflective sections, defined by sharp lines of distinction. The backing of the mylar tape 108 provides an extremely high reflectivity such that the contrasting areas between the non-reflective sections 301, seen as black stripes, and the reflective mylar sections 302 of the tape 108 are easily readable by an optical sensor 110 that is provided on the circuit card 102. The consumption data obtained by the optical sensor 110 is processed by the circuit card 102 and any well-known remote transmission method, such as the RF transmitter 112 shown in
The circuit card 102 is illustrated in
It will be appreciated that the present invention can readily be configured to transmit data to a remote location so as to provide remote meter reading capabilities. As shown in
One important aspect with regard to the mylar tape 108 is that the mylar tape 108 is extremely lightweight. Thus, the mylar tape 108 does not upset the balance of the disk 106 or affect its rotation (the disk 106 being magnetically balanced within the meter 100).
Therefore, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided comprising a utility meter 100 having a rotating disk 106, a segment of lightweight and highly reflective tape 108 affixed to the disk 106, an optical sensor 110 with associated circuitry attached to the meter 100 so as to �read� the mylar tape 108 which passes the optical sensor 110 as the disk 106 rotates, and a transmission device 112.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for retrofitting existing utility meters 100, comprising the steps of applying a lightweight tape 108 to the rotating disk 106, installing an optical sensor 110 positioned to �read� the tape as it passes the optical sensor 110 as the disk 106 rotates, and transmitting the readings of the optical sensor 110 to a remote location.
In accordance with these broad inventive concepts, it will be appreciated that various implementations and embodiments may be utilized. For example, the tape (preferably mylar) 108, which contains a reflective backing, may contain only a single non-reflective (i.e., blackened stripe) section 301. In an alternative embodiment, the tape 108 may contain multiple non-reflective sections 301. Indeed, in a preferred embodiment, multiple non-reflective sections 301, having predefined widths and spacings, are provided so that the optical sensor 110 may readily detect backward rotation of the disk 106. In one embodiment of the invention, only a single optical sensor 110 may be utilized. In the preferred embodiment, however, two optical sensors 202, 204 are used to provide a greater ability to distinguish instantaneous rotational speed, as well as backward rotation of the disk 106.
Having described the top-level concepts of the invention, reference made briefly to
Other states in the schematic diagram of
Reference is made to
Reference is now made to
The meter 100 of the preferred embodiment will also preferably include a RF transmitter 112 for transmitting information regarding the current reading as well as the instantaneous usage, rotational speed and rotational direction of the disk 106 to a remote location. Consistent with the invention, a variety of RF transmitters 112 may be implemented. Indeed, various methodologies in systems are presently known for providing remote meter reading capability to utility meters 100. Therefore, this feature and aspect need not be described herein.
It will be appreciated that the use of a highly reflective mylar tape 108 coupled with optical sensors 202, 204 to detect and measure the rotational speed of the disk 106 of a utility meter 100 as described above, is readily extendable to other fields of uses as well. In this regard, and consistent with a broad aspect of the invention, a highly reflective mylar tape 108 coupled with optical sensors 202, 204 may be utilized to detect and measure movement of an object. In the context of a utility meter 100, the object may be a rotational disk 106. However, in other fields of uses the object may be a virtually endless variety of objects for which measurement and detection is desired.
The embodiment or embodiments discussed herein were chosen and described to illustrate the principles of the invention and its practical application to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the invention as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth to which they are fairly and legally entitled.
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I've had 2 jobs and both have had dress down Fridays. I like.
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Casual day every day where I work too. I love media!
All the eurogamers who actually play with each other on xbl rather than just post pseudointellectual pc handwringing bollocks on the forums, love the shit out of biggy.
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I love casual dress Friday in the office. I can just put on a t shirt which I have dozens of, instead of getting the crappy iron out
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Casual day every day where I work too. I love media!
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Casual all the time here too. I generally wear shit clothes as I spend quite a bit of time in the print room and invariably end up getting smeared in uv ink.
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We normally only get dress down fridays. But loads of windows are broken so we've been allowed dress down for the last few weeks and until the end of august. Going back to proper clothes is gonna be the worst!
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Vince Li will find out in one week whether he'll be allowed to visit Lockport and Winnipeg in the company of a hospital staff member and a security guard.
The request for the increased freedoms were made today before a four-member Manitoba review board panel at the Manitoba Law Courts.
The panel heard that the medicated Li no longer suffers from hallucinations and has been a model patient at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre.
Li killed and dismembered Tim McLean on a Greyhound in July 2008 near Portage la Prairie, but was found not criminally responsible for the crime. A judge ruled Li was suffering hallucinations from untreated schizophrenia at the time of the unprovoked attack.
On Monday, the review board was told Li understands and appreciates the gravity of his offence. Dr. Steven Kremer told the board there is not more much the health centre can do to treat him.
"I think that he has reached a baseline, a good clinical baseline," Kremer said.
Crown attorney Susan Helenchilde did not oppose the additional escorts for Li, as long as they involved a security officer to accompany Li and the hospital staff member.
"We do not know what Mr. Li will do if provoked," she said, calling the crime the most macabre in Manitoba history and "stunningly atrocious."
While Li would be escorted by a security guard and a hospital worker at all times, the supervision would no longer be one-to-one — other patients could be on the trip.
Li also asked for unescorted passes for the grounds of the health centre. His lawyer Alan Libman said there was no fear Li would attempt to escape.
"He's done everything he's been asked to do by the treatment team," Libman said.
Last year, Li was granted temporary escorted passes that allowed him to walk out of the Selkirk Mental Health Centre for visits in the community of Selkirk.
On Monday the hearing was told that while there were no specific threats against Li, hospital staff feel threatened while out with him -- not because of anything he might do, but because of his notoriety.
Updated on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:17 PM CDT: Adds details from hearing.
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Digital Watermarking Presentation By Aswini P Agenda Background Terminology Applications Techniques Information Hiding Information Hiding…..started with Steganography (art of hidden writing): The art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended recipient knows of the existence of the message. The existence of information is secret. Steganography (dates back to 440 BC) Histaeus used his slaves (information tattooed on a slave's shaved head ) Initial Applications of information hiding Passing Secret messages Microchip - Application Germans used Microchips in World War II Initial Applications of information hiding Passing Secret messages What is a Watermark ? What is a watermark ? A distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light (e.g. $ Bill) Application for print media authenticity of print media What is a watermark ? Digital Watermarking: Application of Information hiding (Hiding Watermarks in digital Media, such as images) Digital Watermarking can be ? - Perceptible (e.g. author information in .doc) - Imperceptible (e.g. author information in images) Visibility is application dependent Invisible watermarks are preferred ? What Can Be Watermarked? Multimedia data. Video. Audio. Still Images. Documents. Software. Hardware designs. Multimedia Watermarks A digital watermark is a "secret key dependent" signal "inserted" into digital multimedia data. Watermark can be later detected/extracted in order to make an assertion about the data. A digital watermark can be. Visible (perceptible). Invisible (imperceptible). Applications Copyright Protection: To prove the ownership of digital media Eg. Cut paste of images Hidden Watermarks represent the copyright information Applications Tamper proofing: To find out if data was tampered. Eg. Change meaning of images Hidden Watermarks track change in meaning Issues: Accuracy of detection Applications Quality Assessment: Degradation of Visual Quality Loss of Visual Quality Hidden Watermarks track change in visual quality Comparison Watermarking Vs Cryptography Watermark D Hide information in D Encrypt D Change form of D Requirements Requirements vary with application. For example: Perceptually transparent - must not perceptually degrade original content. Robust - survive accidental or malicious attempts at removal. Oblivious or Non-oblivious - Recoverable with or without access to original. Capacity – Number of watermark bits embedded. Efficient encoding and/or decoding. Contradicting Requirements Perceptual Transparency Payload Robustness Security Oblivious vs. Non-Oblivious Watermarking Example Application: Copyright Protection Design Requirements: - Imperceptibility - Capacity - Robustness - Security Imperceptibility Watermarking Stanford Bunny 3D Model Visible Watermarks in Bunny Model Distortion Watermarking Stanford Bunny 3D Model Invisible Watermarks in Bunny Model Minimal Distortion Robustness Adversaries can attack the data set and remove the watermark. Attacks are generally data dependent e.g. Compression that adds noise can be used as an attack to remove the watermark. Different data types can have different compression schemes. Robust Watermarking Techniques - A Communications Framework Media Carrier Media Carrier Coding and Decoding and Water- X + Modulation Demodulation Watermark mark HVS Noise/Attack Channel Robustness Value Change Attacks - Noise addition e.g. lossy compression - Uniform Affine Transformation e.g. 3D model being rotated in 3D space OR image being scaled If encoding of watermarks are data value dependent Watermark is lost Extraction process fails Robustness Sample loss Attacks - Cropping e.g. Cropping in images - Smoothing e.g. smoothing of audio signals e.g. Change in Sample rates in audio data change in sampling rat results in loss of samples If watermarks are encoded in parts of data set which are lost Watermark is lost Extraction process fails Robustness Reorder Attack - Reversal of sequence of data values e.g. reverse filter in audio signal reverses the order of data values in time 0 1 1 1 1 0 Attack 1 2 3 3 2 1 Samples in time Samples in time If encoding is dependent on an order and the order is changed Watermark is lost Extraction process fails Example: Additive Watermarks I(x,y) IW (x,y) Multiply by gain k factor k IW(x,y)= I(x,y)+ k W(x,y) RI 'W ( x , y )W ( x , y ) T W(x,y) detected T W (x,y): Pseud o Rand om Pattern {-1,0,1} Capacity Multiple Watermarks can be supported. More capacity implies more robustness since watermarks can be replicated. Spatial Methods are have higher capacity than transform techniques ? Security In case the key used during watermark is lost anyone can read the watermark and remove it. In case the watermark is public, it can be encoded and copyright information is lost. Watermark Attacks Active Attacks. Hacker attempts to remove or destroy the watermark. Watermark detector unable to detect watermark. Key issue in proof of ownership, fingerprinting, copy control. Not serious for authentication or convert communication. Watermark Attacks Passive Attacks. Hacker tries to find if a watermark is present. Removal of watermark is not an aim. Serious for covert communications. Collusion Attacks. Hacker uses several copies of watermarked data (images, video etc.) to construct a copy with no watermark. Uses several copies to find the watermark. Serious for fingerprinting applications. Watermark Attacks Forgery Attacks. Hacker tries to embed a valid watermark. Serious in authentication. If hacker embeds a valid authentication watermark, watermark detector can accept bogus or modified media. Example: Forging Photo I.D. Millionaire with Swiss bank Bad account Forgery! Thanks Hong Man, for this picture! Assistant Professor Conclusion Legitimate businesses and webmasters have nothing to fear from copyright law or the new wave of on-line enforcement technology found in digital watermarks and tracking services. By using audio files and images only when they have obtained permission of the copyright owner or the appropriate licensing agency, webmasters should be free to continue making their sites audio visually appealing. Questions ???
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In October of 2009 continues to study with painter Jaime Rivera (Taly, the first dorade�o graduate of the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico and one of the most outstanding painters of Golden Village) in the paint shop in Museo Casa Alegria in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
2010 - exhibition 'Experimental Painting. Dorado Exhibition Hall, Municipality of Dorado, PR.
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This picture does the rings no justice. You have to see them to believe. Beautiful perfect shine and color. All one durable piece, so I don't have to worry about them breaking.


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Jessica Chastain and director Ned Benson talk 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby''s long journey to the screen.Read More »
It seems like Bobby Cannavale might be Martin Scorsese's new favorite actor. The great, underrated character actor won an Emmy for playing the merciless villain Gyp Rosetti on the third season of "Boardwalk Empire," which in turn got him the lead role in Scorsese and Terence Winter's next HBO projec...Read More »
The existence of "The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby" is one of the strangest events in recent American cinema. First time writer-director Ned Benson managed to attract a killer cast at his first time at bat. The film, a New York-set relationship drama, was conceived, shot and screened at Toronto In...Read More »
The noir since 1960 is like pornography: it's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. With "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" in theaters, it may be time to tackle the question more directly. To paraphrase Paul Schrader, what is a (modern) film noir?Read More »
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The family of Sarah Jones, who lost her life while working as a camera assistant on the set of the film "Midnight Rider" in February, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the film's director, producers and others involved with the production.Read More »
William Hurt has dropped out of "Midnight Rider," the troubled biopic of musician Gregg Allman following the on-set death of camera assistant Sarah Jones, the actor's representatives told EW.Read More »
Jessica Brown-Findlay is the winsome heroine in the 1916 portion of the story, and it's nice to see Eva Marie Saint in a lovely cameo, but I shudder to think what Valentine's date night will be like for couples who choose to see "Winter's Tale."Read More »


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Newly infected, already on Atripla. Concerned about antibody testsDear Dr. Young/McGowan:I was recently infected in Oct 08. 10-31-08: (VL/CD4) 265K, 921. 11-15-08: 77K, 821. My doc put me on Atripla right away since he adviced that I still had sth to lose & should try to protect the immune system. I was back again...
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New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Monday sought a
high-level probe into the incidents of low-floor DTC buses
catching fire in the city, alleging that the government
procured the fleet despite adverse opinion by the experts.
Questioning the entire procurement procedure of the new
bus fleet, senior BJP leader V K Malhotra demanded strict
acquisition norms to ensure highest safety standards in these
In third such incident within a week, a low-floor bus of
the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) caught fire at Moti
Nagar area on last Thursday, prompting the government to issue
a stern warning to Tata Motors, the supplier of the fleet, to
improve maintenance.
"There should be a serious high-level inquiry into the
recent and past incidents of malfunction in the low floor DTC
buses," Malhotra, also leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly,
Malhotra claimed that experts in 2007 had opined that
these buses were not suitable for Delhi roads but still the
government went ahead to procure them. "These buses were
procured in spite of expert opinion against them," he said.
The government had also constituted a four-member panel
to look into the incident as well as suggest measures to
ensure highest level of safety to the passengers. The panel
has been given a month`s time to file its report.