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US 20070116379 A1 Abstract An image acquisition device includes a first speed-optimized filter for producing a first set of candidate red-eye regions for an acquired image; and a second analysis-optimized filter for operating on the first set of candidate red eye regions and the acquired image.
Claims(65) 1. A digital image acquisition system, comprising:
(a) an image acquisition device comprising:
(i) an imaging optic and detector for acquiring an image;
(ii) a first speed-optimized filter for producing a first set of candidate red-eye regions for an acquired image; and
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Description 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to digital image processing, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for detection and correction of red-eye defects and/or other artifacts in an acquired digital image. 2. Description of the Related Art Redeye is the appearance of an unnatural reddish coloration of the pupils of a person appearing in an image captured by a camera with flash illumination. Redeye is caused by light from the flash reflecting off blood vessels in the person's retina and returning to the camera. A large number of image processing techniques have been proposed to detect and correct redeye in color images. In general, these techniques typically are semi-automatic or automatic. Semi-automatic redeye detection techniques rely on human input. For example, in some semi-automatic redeye reduction systems, a user must manually identify to the system the areas of an image containing redeye before the defects can be corrected. Many automatic redeye reduction systems rely on a preliminary face detection step before redeye areas are detected. A common automatic approach involves detecting faces in an image and, subsequently, detecting eyes within each detected face. After the eyes are located, redeye is identified based on shape, coloration, and brightness of image areas corresponding to the detected eye locations. In general, face-detection-based automatic redeye reduction techniques have high computation and memory resource requirements. In addition, most of the face detection algorithms are only able to detect faces that are oriented in an upright frontal view. These approaches generally do not detect faces that are rotated in-plane or out-of-plane with respect to the image plane. A redeye filter process is illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 6,407,777 to inventor DeLuca discloses in-camera detection and correction of redeye pixels in an acquired digital image, while US published patent application 2002/0176623 to inventor Steinberg discloses automated real-time detection and correction of redeye defects optimized for handheld devices (each of these is assigned to the same assignee as the present application, as are U.S. application Ser. Nos. 10/919,226, filed Aug. 16, 2004, 10/772,092, filed Feb. 4, 2004, 10/773,092, filed Feb. 4, 2004, and 10/635,918, filed Aug. 5, 2003). US published patent applications 2005/0047655 and 2005/0047656 to Luo et al disclose techniques for detecting and correcting redeye in a digital image and in embedded systems, respectively. The aforementioned patent and published and unpublished patent applications are all hereby incorporated by reference. Within an image acquisition subsystem such as is embodied in typical digital cameras, a peak computing load and resource requirements occur around the time of image acquisition. Upon receiving an image acquisition request from the user the main embedded processing system refines the image focus and exposure to achieve an optimal main acquired image. This image, in turn, is off-loaded from the main optical sensor of the camera and subjected to further image processing to convert it from its raw format (e.g. Bayer) to a conventional color space such as RGB or YCC. Finally the acquired image is compressed prior to saving it on a removable storage medium such as a compact flash or multimedia card. The time taken by the camera to recover from the acquisition of a first image and reinitialize itself to capture a second image is referred to as the �click-to-click� time. This parameter is used in the comparison and marketing of modern digital cameras. It is desired for manufacturers to minimize this �click-to-click� time. Thus, it is desired that any additional image processing, such as redeye filtering, which is to be added to the main image acquisition chain should be highly optimized for speed of execution in order to minimize its impact on the click-to-click time of the main system. Such a redeye filter typically compromises its overall performance in terms of accuracy of detection of redeye defects and quality of image correction. An alternative would be to wait until after the main image has been acquired and perform the redeye filtering at a later time when the camera may execute the filter as a background process, or to perform the redeye filtering off-camera on a desktop PC or printer. There can be drawbacks to this alternative approach, though. First, images are displayed on the acquiring device, immediately after acquisition, with uncorrected redeye defects. Second, when images are accessed in playback mode, there is a further delay while images are post-processed before an image can be displayed. Both drawbacks would create a negative impression on end users. Further, as most digital cameras store images using lossy compression techniques there can be additional disadvantages with respect to image quality as images are decompressed and recompressed in order to perform redeye detection and correction processes in playback or background modes. Such loss of image quality may not become apparent until later when a user wishes to print an image and it is too late to reverse the process. If redeye processing is delayed until the images are loaded onto another device, such as a desktop PC or printer, there can be further disadvantages. First, meta-data relating to the acquiring device and its state at the time the image was acquired may not be available to the redeye filter process. Second, this post-processing device performs redeye filtering on the entire image; so that for an embedded device such as a printer that may be relatively constrained in terms of CPU cycles and processing resources for its primary post-processing activity, it would be desirable to optimize the performance of the full redeye filter. It is generally desired to optimize the detection of red-eye defects in digital images for embedded image acquisition and processing systems. A two-stage redeye filtering process is provided whereby a speed optimized filter performs the initial segmentation of candidate redeye regions and optionally applies a speed-optimized set of falsing/verification filters to determine a first set of confirmed redeye regions for correction. Some of the candidate regions which are rejected during the first stage are recorded and re-analyzed during a second stage by an alternative set of analysis-optimized filters to determine a second set of confirmed redeye regions. Optionally, the first set of confirmed redeye regions may be passed through the second stage analysis-optimized filters. In an alternative embodiment, the second stage filter may incorporate an enhanced correction filter which may be optionally applied to the first set of confirmed redeye regions. A process is provided including implementing a two-stage redeye filter wherein a first redeye filter process, which is optimized for speed, is combined with a second redeye process which is optimized for accurate image analysis. The advantages of a redeye filter implemented within a main image acquisition chain are combined with those of a redeye filter implemented in background/playback mode, while disadvantages generally associated with each of these two approaches are reduced or eliminated. FIGS. 4(c), 4(d) and 4(e) illustrate DCT blocks from A red eye process in accordance with a preferred embodiment is illustrated in Thus, in this embodiment the falsing & verification filters 106 generates a set of secondary candidate regions 109 in addition to the set of confirmed redeye regions 108. The set of secondary candidate regions may include members of the original candidate region set 104, which could be neither confirmed nor eliminated by the speed optimized redeye detection process 100. It may also include combined candidate regions in close proximity to each other. This set of candidate regions 109 is saved either in a RAM buffer, or in non-volatile memory depending on the implementation of the embodiment. Where the data is saved in RAM (or volatile) memory, the image acquisition system applies the second stage redeye filter to the image prior to powering down. The preferred form of storage is in non-volatile memory, or on a removable media card. In other embodiments this data may be stored in the image header with the part-processed image itself. In this embodiment, a second stage, analysis optimised redeye filter 101 is next applied to the secondary set of candidate regions 109. During the analysis optimized detection process 101, the saved candidate regions 109 are preferably further analyzed at a higher resolution than during the speed optimized process. Thus, the filter 101 includes an analysis optimized set of falsing and verification filters 116, which differ either in their nature or in their operating parameters from the falsing and verification filters 106 employed in the speed optimized analysis. Nonetheless, it will be appreciated that it may be useful to perform one or more intermediate stages of optimized analysis at increasing image resolutions. This will depend on the hardware capabilities of the imaging appliance and the resources available within the image processing subsystems of the imaging appliance. Second stage analysis may occur in response to a variety of external events. For example, a user may initiate image playback causing this filter 101 to be applied. Alternatively, a camera may signal that it has been idle for a predetermined interval and thus background redeye processing may be initiated. Where a camera can determine its motion from auto-focus data, e.g., when a camera is idle such that image focus does not change for a predetermined interval and no user input is received, background image processing including stage-two redeye filtering may be initiated. After a set of confirmed redeye regions 118 is determined by the second stage redeye filter 101, a correction filter (pixel modifier) 102 is applied and these corrected regions are merged 115 with the initial corrected image 112 to generate a final corrected image 113. An alternative embodiment is illustrated in For an exemplary, non-exhaustive list of some typical filters that may be found in either the speed or analysis-optimized redeye filters 411, 412, see U.S. published application Ser. No. 10/976,336, filed Oct. 28, 2004, which is assigned to the same assignee as the present application and is hereby incorporated by reference. In the embodiments above, speed optimized redeye detection 100 is preferably applied to a sub-sampled input image. The confirmed redeye regions 108 from this speed optimized redeye detection 100 are passed to a redeye correction module 102/102 a. The corrected redeye image 112 can be displayed on a low-resolution viewing screen of a digital camera immediately after the image acquisition process providing the user with a redeye corrected image almost instantly. However, although this initial corrected image 112 may be adequately corrected, for example, where it is a portrait-style image in which a face occupies most of an image or where large high probability red-eye regions exist, it may not be adequately corrected for images including a large groups of persons, where the candidate redeye regions are smaller or less certain. Accordingly, the second analysis optimized redeye filtering process 101 is preferably implemented after image acquisition but prior to final image 113 display on a larger viewer, or image printing. The analysis optimized redeye detection process 101 and correction process 102 may be advantageously delayed until such high resolution viewing or printing is desired by the end user. In the embodiments of FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b), the sub-sampled versions of the main image or well as uncorrected full size versions of the main image may be provided directly from main image acquisition device hardware 402 rather than needing to explicitly sub-sample a decoded full size main image. As in the case of In the embodiment of The regions output by the DCT prefilter 428, incorporated in the main image acquisition chain 401, can advantageously allow much of the DCT block stream to be bypassed without being processed when an image is subsequently corrected by a filter such as a background filter module 426. This allows either much faster or more detailed analysis and filtering of the DCT blocks which are determined to require processing by an analysis optimized redeye filter 406. Those skilled in the art will realize that further embodiments are possible which separate aspects of both the DCT prefilter and the otherwise conventional type redeye filter 406 between the main image acquisition chain, 401 and a background redeye detection and correction process 426. In a second principle stage of the DCT prefilter 428, the DCT blocks are segmented and grouped 906 based on a plurality of criteria determined from the coefficients extracted at step 904. A region based analysis is performed 907 in order to determine the final candidate redeye groupings. It is next determined if there are any valid candidate grouping 908 and if not the normal JPEG compression process is resumed 408-2. If candidate regions are determined 908 then a bounding region is determined for each region 910 which is sufficiently large to include various eye-region features which may be used as part of a main redeye filter process 411/412 of After the calculations required for each criteria table have been completed 932 they are copied into temporary storage 933 and the prefilter algorithm will next perform a filtering and segmentation step 907 for each of the plurality of criteria tables. This particular step is further detailed in This region-based analysis 936 is comprised of a number of alternative techniques which will be known to those skilled in the art. In particular, we mention that regions may be combined both in inclusive, exclusive and less frequently in mutually exclusive combinations 936-1. An alternative approach to region-based analysis will employ template matching 936-2. An example is provided in U.S. Pat. No. 5,805,727 to Nakano, which is hereby incorporated by reference. A subregion is matched within a DCT image using both coarse and fine template matching techniques based on the DC coefficients of the DCT blocks within the image. A component of the region based analysis is a re-segmentation engine 92-6 which is responsible for analyzing larger regions which may, in fact, be two distinct overlapping regions, or clusters of smaller regions which may, in fact, be a single larger region. Then once the region based analysis 936 is completed a final LUT containing the list of determined flash defect candidate regions is obtained and written to system memory. Returning to step 954 we see that after initialization is completed the next step for the workflow of A number of alternative techniques can advantageously be adapted for use within the redeye DCT prefilter. U.S. Pat. No. 5,949,904 to Delp discloses querying image colors within a DCT block. In particular it allows the determination of color within the DCT block from the DC coefficient of the DCT alone. Thus from a knowledge of the DC coefficients alone color matching can be achieved. U.S. Pat. No. 6,621,867 to Sazzad et al discloses determining the presence of edges within DCT blocks based on differences between the DC coefficients in neighbouring DCT blocks. Now additional image qualities such as texture and image sharpness/blur can be determined through an analysis of additional AC components within a DCT block. Examples of such analysis techniques are described in US patent application No. 2004/0120598 to Feng and US patent application No. 2004/0057623 to Schuhurke et al. Alternative DCT block segmentation techniques may be employed in other embodiments, and specifically techniques described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,407,777 to DeLuca, U.S. Pat. No. 6,873,743 to Steinberg, and US patent applications 2005/0047655 and 2005/0047656 to Luo et al. All of these patents and published applications are hereby incorporated by reference. In Next, in A potential disadvantage in the embodiment of Accordingly, Various means of sensing user activity may be alternatively employed. One exemple includes detecting camera motion and optionally correlating this with other in-camera functions such as an autofocus subsystem and a user-interface subsystem. A camera may also incorporate a power-saving mode which determines that the camera has been inactive long enough to disable certain subsystems. When such a mode is activated by user inactivity then additional background image processing can be initiated without interfering with the use of the appliance by the user. Returning to After an image is analyzed by this speed optimized redeye filter 411 it is subsequently compressed 427-1 and stored 410. In addition data relating to the location of candidate redeye regions and false positives is recorded and associated with the stored image. Now when the camera can initiate background processing, as described above, or when the user enters playback mode and selects an image for viewing it will be partially decompressed 433 from JPEG to DCT block form. As this decompression step is lossless there is no loss of quality to the main image which is temporarily stored in memory and passed to a DCT region decompressor 430. This DCT region decompressor uses the data stored and associated with the original image to determine the specific DCT blocks which contain candidate redeye regions, and, optionally, false positive regions which may benefit from additional detection processing if sufficient time & system resources are available. Each decompressed DCT region is then incrementally filtered by one or more redeye filters to determine corrections which should be applied to said DCT image block. In certain embodiments, DCT blocks may be decompressed to bitmap format and filtered as a pixel block. In other embodiments adjacent, non-candidate DCT blocks may be included in the decompression 430 and filtering 412 processes. Once a decompressed DCT block region, which may include multiple DCT blocks, has been corrected by the redeye filter 412 then the corrected DCT image segment is passed onto a DCT block matching module 416 which, in addition to checking the alignment of DCT blocks will also check the integration of the corrected DCT blocks within the partially decompressed and temporarily stored DCT block image. When all candidate DCT blocks and any adjacent DCT blocks included in the redeye filter analysis have been corrected they are overwritten onto the partially decompressed and temporarily stored DCT block image by a DCT region overwriter 418 module. The partially decompressed and temporarily stored DCT block image is next passed to the DCT to JPEG image compression module 427-1 and is losslessly compressed back to JPEG format. Note that in this way the only regions of the image which are decompressed using lossy techniques are those identified by the speed optimized redeye filter 411 in the image acquisition chain. As these image regions are to be corrected the effect of lossy decompression and recompression on them will thus be negligible. Several further embodiments can be identified. These include (i) saving a copy of the original defect region prior to overwriting the DCT blocks which contain the image defect in the temporary copy of the DCT image. This alternative embodiment supports lossless restoration of the original image. The saved original DCT block region containing the defect can be stored within the header of the JPEG image. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,298,166 to Ratnakar et al., watermark data is incorporated in the image. Thus the corrected image can contain a copy of any original uncorrected regions. Alternatively (ii) multiple alternative correction algorithms can be employed and these may be temporarily copied for later storage in the JPEG header for later selection by an end user through a user interface, either on the camera or subsequently in a computer based image processing application. The overwriting step is optional. If it is used, then certain image analysis criteria can be applied as additional processing either immediately prior to overwriting, or as an integral part of detecting or correcting red-eye or combinations thereof. Further aspects of these embodiments are illustrated in FIGS. 6(a)-(c). The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above herein, which may be amended or modified without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims, and structural and functional equivalents thereof. In methods that may be performed according to preferred embodiments herein and that may have been described above and/or claimed below, the operations have been described in selected typographical sequences. However, the sequences have been selected and so ordered for typographical convenience and are not intended to imply any particular order for performing the operations. In addition, all references cited above herein, in addition to the background and summary of the invention sections, are hereby incorporated by reference into the detailed description of the preferred embodiments as disclosing alternative embodiments and components. Referenced by
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Within the bands entourage (certainly by comparison to the crews clockwork scheduling) travel departure times are often a little loose. This morning was especially so, due to three contradictory memos which had been emailed out last night and this morning. I'd gone to bed having read the one which had us leaving latest, then woke up to the one which had us leaving earliest so I had a bit of a panic run around to get packed and out of the door. Were flying on a regular commercial airline to New Zealand, which always comes as a shock to the system after the joys of private aviation. (I tell you, once youve got used to driving directly across the tarmac right up to the plane and getting on, the very idea of traipsing through an airport terminal and having to deal with security, queues, and so forth becomes quite disorientating.) However, somehow we coped with having to mingle with the unwashed masses and made it onto the flight. We had a whole business class cabin to ourselves on Air New Zealand, which has very comfortable but wildly over-designed flat bed seats. They are set into little booths with flaps and shelves and buttons and things which pop up and down all over the place, resembling a Heath Robinson battery chicken farm. You can imagine two dozen of us playing with all the features in unison
Auckland was cool and windy on arrival, so much resembling Ireland that its hard to believe that the two countries werent manufactured in the same factory. We headed into the city driving past One Tree Hill en route, (where we spotted a restaurant called 'One Tree Grill', ha ha) and pausing briefly to look at Francess high school (Frances, our press officer, is from here), but no sign yet of a blue plaque for her.
I ended up staying in by myself for the evening, even ordering room service, which is most unlike me (I always feel like Billy No-Mates, sitting in my room, eating by myself). However, tonight I really quite enjoyed it. Id nicked a DVD from Frances - the Ricky Gervais Extras TV programme, which Id never seen - so thought Id watch an episode or two. In the end I watch the entire series, which (given the time zone change) finally put me in bed at 4am. Time zones are really no help sometimes.
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Editor's note: This article wades into the ongoing debate over private school choice and public accountability. For background see here, here, here, here, and here.
Policymaking usually involves trade-offs, finding the right balance between competing objectives and even principles. This is especially true in education, where so much is at stake, both for vulnerable children and for the health of society.
One of the principles that should guide education policy is that "parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children" (article 26, 3, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in San Francisco in 1948). Officially, at least, this right is acknowledged by almost every nation and is enshrined in many of their constitutions; it has been settled law in the United States since the Supreme Court's 1925 ruling in Pierce v. Society of Sisters (268 U.S. 510).
Americans agree, as Terry Moe showed in Schools, Vouchers, and the American Public. This is especially true of parents for whom public-school provision is of inadequate quality. "Among public [school] parents," Moe wrote, "vouchers are supported by 73 percent of those with family incomes below $20,000 a year, compared to 57 percent of those with incomes above $60,000. . . .75 percent of black parents and 71 percent of Hispanic parents, compared to 63 percent of white parents. . . .72 percent of parents in the bottom tier of districts favor vouchers, while...
President Obama is leaving us on the edge of our seats as to whether he will discuss certain topics in tonight's State of the Union address. But it is a near certainty that he will talk at length about economic mobility and poverty. While we think that's a good thing, we do wish the President would be more open minded toward policies with a proven track record in helping to grow the economy and lift people out of poverty, including school choice.
New legislation released today by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and a complementary bill from Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released earlier this month show that Republicans see education reform as a major part of their strategy to help our least fortunate neighbors.
Of the two proposals, Senator Alexander's Scholarship for Kids Act is the boldest and would fundamentally reshape the federal education-policy landscape in this country. He repeatedly emphasized in remarks today at the American Enterprise Institute that the program would be voluntary for states. Still, states with even limited school-choice programs could feel its impact. Much of the hype deals with the way it would bolster private-school-choice programs, but it would essentially supercharge any school-choice program, including those that allow charter schools or even public-school "open enrollment." To do this, the bill allows approximately eleven million children to bring an estimated $2,100 scholarship to the school of their choice.
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As the only national educational-choice organization that works to elect state policymakers who support parental choice, lobbies for high-quality legislation, and ensures that the laws work for kids, we've got a pretty good sense of the policy and political questions regarding accountability in private-school-choice programs. We support accountability in publicly funded private-school-choice programs, and our model legislation spells out the very reasonable administrative, financial, and academic accountability measures we believe are necessary to ensure quality, sustainability, and growth in these vitally important programs. Transparency is important for both parents and policymakers, and AFC believes that voucher and scholarship-tax-credit students should take either state assessments or a nationally norm-referenced test and that the results should be reported publicly. It is perfectly reasonable (1) to know whether children enrolled in these programs are making academic progress and (2) to acknowledge and address the issue of whether poor-quality schools should participate in these programs.
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We've written model statutory language aimed at strengthening outcomes-based accountability in private-school choice. Readers will find it at the end of the toolkit. But there are three objectives that form the core of our proposal. We recommend that states
We've passed the time for standing by and patiently hoping that Ohio's lowest-performing charter schools will improve on their own. Or that the authorizers of such charters will solve this problem on their own. As a strong supporter of charter schools, my New Year's resolution is to seize the promise of change and resolutely champion the effort to strengthen the quality of the charter sector across the Buckeye State.
I also know that undertaking such an effort sans allies won't likely yield much change. But timing is everything—and now is the right time for all of Ohio's charter advocates to take up the fight for quality schools.
Charters have been operating in Ohio for well over a decade, and their performance can be most accurately described as mixed. We've been blessed with some resounding successes, such as the Breakthrough Network in Cleveland, Columbus Preparatory Academy, and Columbus Collegiate Academy. These schools, and hundreds other like them around the country, highlight the great potential of charter schools to change the educational trajectory of at-risk students. Yet too many other charter schools in Ohio (and elsewhere) have struggled mightily, as documented by a series of newspaper stories and editorials. In Fordham's own recent review of Ohio charter performance, we found the urban schools in this sector overall performing at the same low levels as district schools. That just doesn't cut it. That doesn't do the state's neediest kids nearly enough good.
The challenges in...
Readers of this blog have come to expect news from around the country, analysis, cogent commentary, and best-practice policy recommendations. All of that has been in large part due to the efforts of Adam Emerson. Sadly for us, Adam has moved on to become the Florida Department of Education's Director of Charter Schools. We want to congratulate Adam on his new position. We also want to thank him for his insight and leadership on parental-choice issues for Fordham and for getting Choice Words off the ground.
But as they say, the show must go on. We are extremely excited to be taking over the reins of what we'll call "Choice Words 2.0." We will continue to provide readers with insight and news, and we will bring our own penchant for data, analysis, deep dives, and a variety of lenses through which to look at all aspects of parental choice.
Please let us know what you want to see us cover and share with us your own insights on topics as we cover them. For those wanting to know a little more about us, we've described below the background and experiences that we'll bring to this work.
Michael Brickman is national policy director at Fordham, where he is already a regular contributor to the Flypaper blog and other publications. He served in...
According to the newest assessment from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools regarding the charter sector's share of the public school market, the number of school districts where at least 20 percent of students attend charters has increased about 350 percent since 2005. In thirty-two districts, at least one in five public school students is enrolled in a charter.
In New Orleans and Detroit (and, very soon, Washington, D.C.), the majority of public school pupils are charter students. The good news is that the top ten cities in terms of charter market share include some of the nation's highest-performing charter sectors (New Orleans, D.C., and Indianapolis). The bad news is that some of the worst performers turn up on that list, too (namely, Philadelphia and three districts in Ohio, a state whose laggard charter performance has been well documented by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes and my colleagues at the Fordham Institute).
When announcing this growth, NAPCS chief executive Nina Rees protested that nearly one million students are on charter waiting lists. Her lament is justified. But quantity and quality still aren't matching up the way they should in this growing movement.
Two years ago, my Fordham colleagues Mike Petrilli and Ty Eberhardt also examined the progress of the charter sector but questioned its quality controls and urged charter leaders and policymakers to consider three main areas of reform: a) strengthening charter school authorizing, b) creating "smart caps" and...
Arbitrary caps on the number of charter schools or charter school students are still bad ideas. At Fordham, we've consistently said so and kept a watchful eye on the fights to remove them. The idea hardly even belongs in conversations about education policy and, instead, represents a kind of education politics that comes about as part of the sometimes-ugly deal making necessary to enact or preserve reform.
Charter school caps and an unhealthy emphasis on market share go hand in hand. A study out this week from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that a majority of students in both New Orleans (79 percent) and Detroit (51 percent) are in charter schools. Additionally, the District of Columbia continues to inch closer, with 43 percent of its students in charters during the last school year. While this may be seen as good news, especially given that all three cities have charter sectors that outperform their district counterparts, even those cities have individual charter schools that shouldn't be operating. Part of the reason the debate over ideas like school choice can be so contentious is that when one side says charter schools in a given city are great and the other side says they are terrible, both are right—because each sector (traditional, charter, and private) in every city has both strong and weak exemplars.
A cap restricts charter school growth and is blind to quality. While it's pretty straightforward to recognize that a cap might prevent a quality charter school from expanding, the reality is likely even more destructive. If...
Jay Greene wants school-choice supporters to relax the testing mandates in the newest and largest voucher programs in the nation. Specifically, these programs require participating students to take their state's public school assessment, which Greene likens to adhering to a "state vision of a good education."
Let's hope these supporters reject his appeal. It's taken quite a push to get where we are now: a level of accountability in relatively few private school choice programs that may be partly responsible for their success and their political support. Hitting the reverse button would only halt the current momentum of the choice movement, while removing one of the few quality-control mechanisms in place for these programs.
To be sure, Professor Greene is not the first to raise concerns about the use of state assessments. His argument is by now familiar: Forcing government test mandates on private schools dilutes what makes these schools private and will force all schools to become cookie-cutter copies. What if families want something other than the state vision of a good education "encapsulated in state standards and testing?" Greene writes.
It's not an unreasonable concern; Mike Petrilli, for instance, once pondered the conflict between public education's "two p's"—parents and the public. Allowing parents to access a multitude of choices—and not forcing them into the Procrustean Bed of public school—is one of the reasons those of us at Fordham support this reform.
But how much of a threat are the state tests in terms of...
What good is it to offer an abundance of school options if parents don't know about them?
It may have been heartening this week to see voters in New Jersey and Douglas County, Colorado, elect local and statewide candidates who have campaigned on the need to change the landscape of public education in a way that maximizes school choice. But the reality is that most families who could benefit from these options have no idea they exist. And that is what's holding back the momentum of the school-choice movement.
Far too many school-choice advocates are still going door to door to promote charter schools, school vouchers, and the like, or they're putting up billboards and running radio ads to reach their audience. I recently had the pleasure of leading a discussion on marketing school choice at the annual conference of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers in San Diego, and I was blessed the insight of leading school-choice advocates who shared their work in the trenches. But it's clear that the choice movement relies mostly on old-school marketing efforts when what we need is new-school sophistication.
Running billboard and radio ads and going door to door helps, but it's not enough. Families need more independent information to make good choices, but there are few institutionalized avenues for parents to explore all their options.
To that end, I propose the following to align with the spread of public and private school options:
Districts such as those in New...


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This article describes how to get Internet Explorer Favorites from another computer into your Firefox Bookmarks on Windows. The Internet Explorer browser is not currently available for your operating system.
- Copying Favorites from the same computer? See Import Bookmarks from Internet Explorer.
- Copying Firefox Bookmarks from another computer? See Moving your Firefox bookmarks and settings.
To copy your Bookmarks/Favorites to another computer, you will have to export them from Internet Explorer, copy the file to the other computer, then import them into Firefox.
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Exporting bookmarks from Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer on the computer that has the Favorites you want to export.
- Press the Alt key on your keyboard. The menu bar (with , , , etc.) will appear.
- Click on the
- In the Import/Export Settings window, click to select Export to a file. Then click the button.
- Select Favorites. Then click the button.
- Select the Favorites folders you want to export. To export all your favorites, click the Favorites folder at the top of the list. Then click the button.
- Click the button, then navigate to a folder to save your bookmarks file. Then click the button.
Copying the bookmark file to another computer
Copy the file you created above to the other computer. You can do this by e-mail, over a network, with a USB drive, or whatever means you have.
Importing bookmarks into Firefox
Open Firefox on the computer that you want to put the Favorites on and then:
Click the Bookmarks button on the right side of the navigation toolbarOn the menu bar, click At the top of the Firefox window, click the and select menu to open the Library window.
Click the Bookmarks button and select
to open the Library window.- From the toolbar on the Library window, click
and choose . - In the Import Bookmarks File window that opens, navigate to the bookmarks HTML file you are importing and select the file.
- Click the button. The Import Bookmarks File window will close.
- Close the Library window.
Your Internet Explorer Favorites will be added to your Firefox bookmarks within the Bookmarks Menu directory.
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So, for the final aspect of the new Permit hull mould, one last task was remaining to make it a real mould, just like turning Pinocchio into a real boy. It is good to do a post cure on the surface coat to bake in the details and take the epoxy to its maximum strength and set the release wax into all the microscopic pours of the new green mould. Instead of making a makeshift oven and by oven, I only mean to have a constant temp of around 60 degrees Celsius (140 F). I did this the easy way and killed two birds with one stone and that was by doing the first fiberglass lay up inside it. Here's how it went;
My mould was waxed and had a nice coat of PVA applied with my touch up gun. I tried experimenting here because I intend this first hull to go to my sister who is in turn painting the box art for my kit packaging. She doesn't have spray equipment or any of that kind of stuff, so I began her hull by spraying my Ful-Fill easy sand primer into the mould first before lamination. All she will have to do to paint is give the hull a very light wet sanding with 1000 grit. This ended up being really cool because it really made all of the details stand out strikingly and gave me a good chance to inspect my final work.
One note here, I sprayed the primer the day before I planned on laminating which apparently wasn't a good idea because it shrank and pull up from the mould along with the PVA. So I ended up doing it all in one shot the next day.
So here are the results. The upcoming pictures aren't of the master but of the actual reproductions; don't be fooled because they are in grey. The thin layer of primer adheres extremely well to the hull, better in fact than if you actually sprayed it on cured epoxy. It captures the texture and detail perfectly. I think it will serve its main mission extremely well by giving the modeler an easily sandable surface that he can get rid of the orange peel left from the PVA application. The only drawback I can see is some minor surface pin holing, which means I have to adjust my spray on technique. If I can fix that then perhaps I'll make this a standard on my boats


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Welcome to our Green-Globe-certified Mövenpick Hotel Nürnberg-Airport. Only 50 metres away from the airport terminals, it is the ideal location wether you are staying on business or for leisure. The hotel is also a great place to stay if you're visiting the Nuremberg trade fair. The centre of Nuremberg as well as the exhibition centre can both be reached by subway within a few minutes. Enjoy a stay in a modern atmosphere in one of our 150 hotel rooms and meet in one of our 11 conference and meeting rooms.
All stays until 30th June 2015 booked on moevenpick-hotels.com earn an extra $20 voucher to spend at restaurant outlets in your booked hotel. [Read more]
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- Directly at Nuremberg Airport
- Only 50 m to airport terminals
- 11 meeting rooms
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Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, our comfortable rooms will meet all your needs.
All 150 rooms are equipped with a full HD TV and SKY Cinema, air-conditioning, a direct-dial phone with voicemail, free WIFI, separate bathroom with a hairdryer, a large desk, safe, minibar and coffee and tea-making facilities.
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Light-flooded hotelrooms in modern colours
The Mövenpick Hotel Nürnberg is a 4-star modern hotel located only 50 metres from the airport and close to the Nuremburg Fair and Exhibition Centre.The hotel offers a number of short breaks and deals in Nuremberg including family offers, city breaks, zoo packages, airport parking and great discounts with our stay and save offers.
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You want to enjoy a classic, international or even Franconian court? The Mövenpick restaurant in the airport terminal which is easily to reach in only a few minutes is the right choice.
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[81] Every interruption breaks the train of thought of the narrators, and all they would have said at first does not again occur to them in precisely the same manner after that.
--- 87 Organon aphorism ---
[82] For instance, the physician should not ask, Was not this or that circumstance present? He should never be guilty of mak-ing such suggestions, which tend to seduce the patient into giving a false answer and a false account of his symptoms.
--- 88 Organon aphorism ---
[83] For example, what is the character of his stools ? How does he pass his water? How is it with his day and night sleep? What is the state of his disposition, his humor, his memory? How about the thirst? What sort of taste has he in his mouth? What kinds of food and drink are most relished? What are most repugnant to him? Has each its full natural taste, or some other unusual taste? How does he feel after eating or drinking? Has he anything to tell about the head, the limbs, or the abdomen?
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[84] For example, how often are his bowels moved ? What is the exact character of the stools? Did the whitish evacuation consist of mucus or faeces? Had he or had he not pains during the evacuation? What was their exact character, and where were they seated? What did the patient vomit? Is the bad taste in the mouth putrid, or bitter, or sour, or what? before or after eating, or during the repast? At what period of the day was it worst? What is the taste of what is eructated? Does the urine only become turbid on standing, or is it turbid when first discharged? What is its color when first emitted? Of what color is the sediment? How does he behave during sleep? Does he whine, moan, talk or cry out in his sleep? Does he start during sleep? Does he snore during inspiration, or during expiration? Does he lie only on his back, or on which side? Does he cover himself well up, or can he not bear the clothes on him? Does he easily awake, or does he sleep too soundly? How does he feel immediately after waking from sleep? How often does this or that symptom occur? what is the cause that produces it each time it occurs? does it come on whilst sitting, lying, standing, or when in motion? only when fasting, or in the morning, or only in the evening, or only after a meal, or when does it usually appear? When did the rigor come on? was it merely a chilly sensation, or was he actually cold at the same time? if so, in what parts? or while feeling chilly, was he actually warm to the touch? was it merely a sensation of cold, without shivering? was he hot without redness of the face? what parts of him were hot to the touch? or did he complain of heat without being hot to the touch? How long did the chilliness last? how long the hot stage? When did the thirst ome on—during the cold stage? during the heat? or previous to it? or subsequently to it? How great was the thirst, and what was the beverage desired ? When did the sweat come on— at the beginning or the end of the heat? or how many hours after the heat? when asleep or when awake? How great was the sweat ? was it warm or cold ? on what parts ? how did it smell ? What does he complain of before or during the cold stage? what during the hot stage? what after it? what during or after the sweating stage?
In women, note the character of menstruation and other discharges, etc.
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[85] For example, how the patient behaved during the visit—• whether he was morose, quarrelsome, hasty, lachrymose, anxious, despairing or sad, or hopeful, calm, etc. Whether he was in a drowsy state or in any way dull of comprehension; whether he spoke hoarsely, or in a low tone, or incoherently, or how otherwise did he talk? what was the color of his face and eyes, and of his skin generally? what degree of liveliness and power was there in his expression and eyes? what was the state of his tongue, his breathing, the smell from his mouth, and his hearing? were his pupils dilated or contracted? how rapidly and to what extent did they alter in the dark and in the light? what was the character of the pulse? what the condition of the abdomen? how moist or hot, how cold or dry to the touch, was the skin of this or that part, or generally? whether he lay with head thrown back, with mouth half or wholly open, with the arms placed above the head, on his back, or in what other position? what effort did he make to raise himself? and anything else in him that may strike the physician as being remarkable.


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As deadline nears, Congress introduces new bills to end bulk NSA surveillance
The new bill lands with just over a month before the Patriot Act sunsets. Privacy advocates say the bill does not go far enough to protect Americans' privacy.
The new bill lands with just over a month before the Patriot Act sunsets. Privacy advocates say the bill does not go far enough to protect Americans' privacy.
Constellation identifies six trends influencing identity management.
The emailing service confirmed it anticipates many more users could be affected than first thought after an employee account was accessed.
The R930 is aimed at the traditional enterprise running workloads such as enterprise and customer relationship management applications from the likes of Oracle and SAP.
Users of the popular publishing platform are encouraged to patch their systems after researcher discovered flaw that could allow an attacker to take over WordPress servers.
WordPress issued a security update shortly after the news broke over the weekend.
iOS developers are being urged to update their apps to use the latest version of a library that fixes a security flaw that leaves their apps exposed to man-in-the-middle attacks.
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A look at the concerns around data security in the cloud and the measures that cloud customers and providers put in place to prevent leaks.
The large DDoS attack on GitHub and Greatfire that occurred over March and April would not have been possible with encrypted web traffic, Google has said.
Last year's breach of the White House's unclassified computer system reportedly saw Russian hackers get access to US President Barack Obama's emails.
The prospect of losing a smidgen of the data hoovered up by law enforcement has worried one police chief enough to effectively 'terror Godwin' the entire conversation, which shows that good is happening with privacy, for a change.
When you don't differentiate between good and bad hackers, you have a problem.
Data breaches, hacks, and vulnerable software makes it easier than ever for a hacker to get access to your data. These simple steps can help mitigate it happening in the first place.
OS X may have a better security reputation than Windows, but it's far from perfect.
A collection of notable security news items for the week ending April 24, 2015. Covers enterprise, controversies, application and mobile security, malware, reports and more.
OPINION: In his RSA 2015 keynote on national cybersecurity threats, Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson told an audience of cybsersecurity experts something so wildly impossible, it almost went unnoticed.
Just because tech firms want to restore the balance of overly-intrusive surveillance doesn't mean they're automatically letting the terrorists win.
Because no matter how many times they tell you that passwords are passe, you're still going to be using them for the rest of your life.
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- Stainless Steel
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- Units: 176
- Mid-rise (7-25 Floors)
- Pre-war Apartment Building
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The Ormonde, located on 70th Street just east of Broadway, defines pre-war elegance with its brick and limestone palazzo style architecture. Designed by architect Robert Maynicke in 1899, the 12-story landmark building stands out among its modern neighbors.
The spaciously renovated apartments of The Ormonde feature hardwood floors, soaring ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows with views of Central Park, the Hudson River and midtown Manhattan. The kitchens have been updated with designer appliances, and the building has a list of modern amenities that seem to go on forever including fitness center, concierge .and a beautifully landscaped roof deck.
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Residents of this premier Upper West Side address can enjoy direct access to Central Park and the arts and culture of Lincoln Center, as well as the cozy cafes, gourmet markets and trendy boutiques that abound in this vibrant neighborhood.
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worst rebrand ever, i'd be ashamed to say i go for the pelicans
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Oh! And i reckon it would be cool to use AD's brow as the pelican wings haha
worst rebrand ever, i'd be ashamed to say i go for the pelicans
With purple and pinstripes from days gone by, I trumpet Hugo's name to the NOLA sky. When rebranders and posers abuse their might, beware my power, TEAL LANTERN'S LIGHT!
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It's all about design. Any name could be seen as stupid without it being in the context of a great design. And vice versa.
If it does become the Pelicans, i just hope it grows on me. Not a big fan of it, but winning cures a lot of ills. For instance, when the Sonics became the Thunder, I thought the name was pretty generic and the uniforms were awful. But eventually once they started winning, it grew on you. You dont really think about it anymore. Same thing with the Grizzlies back in the day. I'm still waiting though on that to happen with the Bobcats.
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I can already see the headlines. The Pelican'ts..
If we had to rebrand New Orleans Knights is the only one i would be comfortable with.. However I am competly against a rebrand!! Win games forget about a rebrand. Hornets brand is great!!!
I mean I'd still root for the home team no matter what but....I'm not buyin no Pelicans Jersey.....I'm sorry....its just sooooooo wack.....
I wouldn't say locals don't care just that we have a different set of priorities.
I don't live in NOLA anymore and all I hear people say is Charlotte Hornets, or are wearing throw back Charlotte Horents hats. Would it be great to win several titles to gain some identity ofcourse, but since rebranding doesn't impact our ability to win titles and can immediately give the team it's own identity I am all for the rebrand. So long as it's not Spirit, Angels, and to a lesser extent Pelicans.
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Imagine the look on this team of 25 and under players if somebody said "Yeah....we're going to be the Pelicans!!" AD, Ryno, EJ, and Rivers will look @ them like....
Good god we like to complain around here.
This team is a representation of our city and state. Like it, don't like it, whatever. But accept it. A rebrand is and always was logical as the Hornets name is a representation of Charlotte.
And with that being said, Pelicans are our state bird. We're sitting here saying it can be our state bird, but hell no it can't be the name of our basketball team?
Look around every sport on every level. Thunder, Beavers, Ducks, Gamecocks, Hornets, Knickerbockers, Celtics, Clippers, Cardinals, Expos, Orioles, Eagles. I could list a thousand names here that you all would laugh at, and everyone would agree they would be much much worse than the Pelicans had they not been in existence forever. Let's be honest with ourselves here.
I understand your point, but that does not change the fact that this name is awful (feels forced). That said i am alright with any name as long as its not the spirit, angels, fairies, mythical creatures- anything along that line really. I would not advise a rebrand unless utah let go of the jazz.... But sadly my opinion does not matter to mr. Benson
Why do I get the idea that the name is irrelevant because the majority of people wouldn't like what they pick, no matter what?
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It is a bit funny that most of the guys on RealGM actually like it. Outsider's perspective. And everyone here hates it.
I'm in for whatever the name changes to and believe the Pelicans is ok with the right logo and color scheme. The logo in PH's avatar is not bad.
It is funny that some will wear a "bee" but not a Pelican though...
If we don't like something why wouldn't we complain? I'll admit personally I think some are going over board if they are saying they won't continue to support the team. However people are well within there rights to say and feel how ever they want about a team they'll be expected to support finacially. People choose to support or not support teams for all kinds of reasons and as you can tell from all the out of market fans a lot of time they based it on the brand of the team.
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I got a very sick feeling when seeing that damn logo and images on Phoronix.. It's too bright and hurts my eyes.. I don't know whats worse, the windows logo or the internet explorer one..
It's to prove win7 how much faster Linux really is! xD
What about older Windowses (XP mostly, not Vista)? Is there something in PTS tying it to a specific version of windows? I tend to believe that XP is still important for most people - even on new systems.
I think having support for all computing platforms helps PTS to pick up more steam. For example OEMs could use it for checking performance of their products.
I fear that most of the tests depend on cygwin, so it's that what gets tested and not raw win7. There should be at least an option to disable these tests.
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hmm I don't have many photos at 3.5 thou... mainly because I have a f/2.8.
Anyway here's my f/2.8 entry.
good topic, i got so many shots i like @ 2.8 it's gonna be hard to decide which one to post.
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