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Cranial electrotherapy stimulation
Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation that applies a small, pulsed electric current across a patient's head to treat anxiety, depression, insomnia and chronic pain.[1]
CES technology has been regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1977[2] and is classified as Class III "for devices that have insufficient information or are life-supporting, life-sustaining, or present an unreasonable risk for illness or injury".[1]
There is insufficient data to support CES in treatment of depression.[3] There are no controlled studies for affective disorders.[4] A 1995 meta-analysis of CES for the treatment of anxiety found it better than "sham", but noted that 86% of the studies included in the review were inadequately blinded and the experimenter "knew which patients were receiving CES or sham treatment". Most studies cited as evidence for the effectiveness of CES failed to report all data necessary for meta-analysis.[5]
In the United States, CES technology is classified by the Food and Drug Administration as a Class III medical device and must be dispensed by or on the order of a licensed healthcare practitioners, i.e., a physician, psychiatrist or nurse practitioner; psychologist, physician assistant, or occupational therapist who has an appropriate electrotherapy license, dependent upon state regulations.[6][7]
According to Rosa and Lisanby (2012), CES "became FDA sanctioned for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and insomnia" but "was never subjected to the level of regulatory review now required for new technologies because it was 'grandfather-ed' based on a device that predated the current FDA regulations ... however, there is a relative lack of controlled clinical trials supporting its efficacy."[4]
Some CES devices are also approved by Health Canada and have CE/ISO marks.[8]
Proposed mechanism of action[edit]
The exact mechanism of action of CES is unclear.[4]
"Electrotherapy" has been in use for at least 2000 years, as shown by the clinical literature of the early Roman physician, Scribonius Largus, who wrote in the Compositiones Medicae of 46 AD that his patients should stand on a live black torpedo fish for the relief of a variety of medical conditions, including gout and headaches. Claudius Galen (131 - 201 AD) also recommended using the shocks from the electrical fish for medical therapies.[9]
Low intensity electrical stimulation is believed to have originated in the studies of galvanic currents in humans and animals as conducted by Giovanni Aldini, Alessandro Volta and others in the 18th century. Aldini had experimented with galvanic head current as early as 1794 (upon himself) and reported the successful treatment of patients suffering from melancholia using direct low-intensity currents in 1804.[10]
Modern research into low intensity electrical stimulation of the brain was begun by Leduc and Rouxeau in France (1902).[11][12][13] In 1949, the Soviet Union expanded research of CES to include the treatment of anxiety as well as sleeping disorders.[14]
In the 1960s and 1970s, it was common for physicians and researchers to place electrodes on the eyes, thinking that any other electrode site would not be able to penetrate the cranium.[medical citation needed]
CES was initially studied for insomnia and called electrosleep therapy;[15] it is also known as cranial-electro stimulation[16] and transcranial electrotherapy.[17]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Shelley A (February 17, 2012). "Electrical Stimulators Need High-Risk Rating, Says FDA Panel". Medscape Medical News. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
- ^ FDA Executive Summary for February 10, 2012 Neurologic Devices Panel, fda.gov
- ^ Kavirajan HC, Lueck K, Chuang K (2014). "Alternating current cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) for depression". Cochrane Database Syst Rev 7: CD010521. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010521.pub2. PMID 25000907.
- ^ a b c Rosa MA, Lisanby SH (2012). "Somatic treatments for mood disorders". Neuropsychopharmacology 37 (1): 102–16. doi:10.1038/npp.2011.225. PMC 3238088. PMID 21976043.
- ^ Sidney Klawansky (July 1995). "Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Cranial Electrostimulation: Efficacy in Treating Selected Psychological and Physiological Conditions". Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 183 (7): 478–484. doi:10.1097/00005053-199507000-00010.
- ^ 21CFR882.5800, Part 882 ("Neurological Devices")
- ^ FDA Panel Votes to Curtail Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulators, Psychiatric Times
- ^ Health Canada Approves Drug-Free Treatment Fisher Wallace Stimulator® for Insomnia and Chronic Pain, Yahoo Finance
- ^ Stillings D. A Survey Of The History Of Electrical Stimulation For Pain To 1900 Med.Instrum 9: 255-259 1975
- ^ Soroush Zaghi, Mariana Acar, Brittney Hultgren, Paulo S. Boggio, and Felipe Fregni. "Noninvasive Brain Stimulation with Low-Intensity Electrical Currents: Putative Mechanisms of Action for Direct and Alternating Current Stimulation." Neuroscientist. 2010 Jun;16(3):285-307 doi:10.1177/1073858409336227
- ^ Leduc S. La narcose electrique. Ztschr. fur Electrother., 1903, XI, 1: 374-381, 403-410.
- ^ Leduc S., Rouxeau A. Influence du rythme et de la period sur la production de l'inhibition par les courants intermittents de basse tension. C.R. Seances Soc.Biol., 1903,55, VII-X : 899-901
- ^ L.A. Geddes (1965). Electronarcosis. Med.Electron.biol.Engng. Vol.3, pp. 11–26. Pergamon Press
- ^ Гиляровский В.А., Ливенцев Н.М., Сегаль Ю.Е., Кириллова З.А. Электросон (клинико-физиологическое исследование). М., "Медгиз", 2 изд. М., "Медгиз", 1958, 166 с.
- ^ Appel, C. P. (1972). Effect of electrosleep: Review of research. Goteborg Psychology Report, 2, 1-24
- ^ Iwanovsky, A., & Dodge, C. H. (1968). Electrosleep and electroanesthesia–theory and clinical experience. Foreign Science Bulletin, 4 (2), 1-64
- ^ Gibson TH, Donald E. O'Hair. Cranial application of low level transcranial electrotherapy vs. relaxation instruction in anxious patients. American Journal of Electromedicine. 1987;4(1):18-21
Further reading[edit]
- Guleyupoglu B, Schestatsky P, Edwards D, Fregni F, Bikson M (2013). "Classification of methods in transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) and evolving strategy from historical approaches to contemporary innovations". J. Neurosci. Methods 219 (2): 297–311. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.07.016. PMC 3833074. PMID 23954780.


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One Week in Colorado
Planning on spending the first week of September in Colorado with some friends riding. Is it possible to have a central point of operations and ride a different route each day allowing me to hit a good majority of the highlights?
What would that central point be?
Is the first week of September a good time tour in Colorado?
What are some absolute do not miss roads to hit while we are down there?
Thanks! :freaky
That is about the best time of the year to explore. Kido's are back in school. Lots of camping available. Roads are in the best shape of the year.
Central location?? Lake City is pretty good, but very remote. Ouray has the hot springs and tons of great riding. Those would by my first two suggestions.
Thanks for the ideas. I should also clarify that this is a pavement based ride, my bike is not suited to dirt. :norton
Sept is great for the reasons above. Ouray to silverton is a great ride. The Colorado natl monument and the grand Mesa is great. I love independence pass. You got a week there or does that include the coming and going and are you riding in or hauling? What direction you enter colorado would help with suggestions to maximize you time there. Shoot me a pm and I can give u some suggestions that we have enjoyed when up there on street bikes
September is a fantastic time to be there. Late September gives you the golden aspen trees but also the possiblity of worse weather. Early september doesn't give you the spectacular color changes but is warmer and snow is less likely.
Once you get into the Rockies, it's hard to find a bad route in CO so finding a good one is easy.
As for a central location, I would recommend Buena Vista, Leadville, Dillon or Breckenridge. From any of those locations you have good paved MC roads in all directions.
As for "must see" rides, really you could spend a Month on Colorado and not hit them all. A few to consider (in no partiuclar order) are:
* Independence Pass (CO 82) between Leadville and Aspen. This is the 2nd highest continuous paved road in the US.
* Trail Ridge Road (US 34) in Rocky Mountain National Park. This is the highest continuous paved road in the US.
* Mount Evans rd (CO 5). At 14,125' this is the highest paved road in North America, possibly the highest paved road in the Western Hemisphere (don't know if South America has higher paved roads or not. I know it has higher unpaved roads.)
* Loveland Pass (US 6) between Silver Plume and Dillon
* Monarch Pass (US 50) between Poncha Springs and Gunnison
* McClure pass (CO 133) between Carbondale and Paonia
* CO 92 between Hotchkiss and Sapinero.
* Unaweep/Tabegauche Scenic Byway (CO 141) between Naturita and Grand Junction.
* Lizard Head Pass (CO 145) between Telluride and Dolores.
* Wolf Creek Pass (US 160) between South Fork and Pagosa Springs
* Slumgullion Pass (CO 149 between Gunnison and South Fork.)
* Red Hill Pass/Million Dollar Highway (US 550) between Durango and Ouray.
and one "out of the way" but very fun recommendation:
* Douglas Pass (CO 139) between Fruita and Rangely.
Obviously, I've left a lot of them out, but really all you need to do is get a good map and then figure out where you want to go - even the "worst" road in CO is likely to be better than the "best" MC road out in the flatlands.
One thing: Be prepared for Winter conditions year 'round. It's been known to rain/snow/hail on top of Mount Evans or Trail Ridge even in July. Cold Weather gear is a must no matter what time of year you are riding in CO. And if you are planning on going over passes higher than 11,000' or so, it's better to "summit" them in the morning as afternoons tend to bring thunderstorms. Being above treeline, you will be a target for lightning which kills a lot of people in CO each year.
Remember also that September is the start of the rutting season for deer and elk so you have to be careful of animals on or near the road. Best advice IMO is to plan your riding so you are NOT riding after dark (and why would you want to, anyway? You'll miss the scenery!)
EDIT: Here's a pic of me near the top of Trail Ridge Road in early September, 1999. Notice how cold/wet it looks!
Lots of great info so far, please keep it coming. As for the questions asked around logistics:
We will be trailering in :puke1 and will have 6 days available for riding. Will be arriving from the East as we are coming from Ontario.
And yes the worst road in Colorado is going to be better than the best road in Ontario.
Can't wait. Have the map and book from Butler Maps (Christmas present from my kids) just looking for more local input. Once we figure out the final head count for all those attending, could be from 5 - 10, we'll start looking for accomodation.
Thanks again !
Riding Colorado
Get the BUTLER MAPS. Worth every penny, and saves a lot of time. Wise and experienced advice.
Any Rocky Mountain road is an adventure compared to flatlands riding.
Last two weeks in June, July, August, September, first two weeks October.
Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs is a great central location to go in and out of.
Buena Vista
Buena Vista is pretty central, and there are certainly worse places to be in September.
Steve Farson's book.. http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide.../dp/1884313922
Pretty basic, but more reading.. http://byways.org/explore/states/CO
You've been given great info.-now you may want to zone into an area based on if camping or need lodging as CO can be pricey for a room & some campings spots are nicer or closer to food,etc.. My vote goes to Glenwood Springs as a base area. Steamboat Springs might keep you closer the direction you come in from.
Gunnison would be my vote. Cheap accomodations, camping nearby, laundrymat, etc,, tons of excellent routes / day trips from there.
Ouray is good. Several nice loops to ride from there. Could stay at Ridgway or Montrose, which are near to Ouray.
Another tidbit on western mtn travel-when camping/living in the boonies, that's uncommon elsewhere, there you can go to town & take a shower! Often times a laundromat will have a public, small fee shower but check around. You'll smell better!:D
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The invention corrects for rotational misalignment of images having a prominent periodic structure in a preferred direction, particularly imaged text pages. It preferably also finds the degree of correlation between different images. First the rotational misalignment of an imaged page is detected and corrected, bringing the page into alignment with an axis. The angle of rotation of the page is detected by performing a linear regression analysis on filtered, two-dimensional power spectral density distribution of the page, to find the angular orientation of the periodic components. In the preferred embodiment, two imaged pages are then cross-correlated, preferably by an optical correlator, to find the degree of correlation between the pages.
1. A method of determining the degree of similarity between imaged pages, comprising the steps of:
providing a reference and a target page, both in image form;
rotationally aligning at least one of said target and reference pages by (a) identifying periodic components in said at least one page by performing a two dimensional Fourier transform of said page to obtain a power spectral density distribution (b) finding a page axis which corresponds in orientation with the periodic components in said at least one page, by performing a linear regression analysis of said power spectral density distribution to compute an angle, relative to a reference axis, of a page axis which best fits said power spectral density distribution of said page, and (c) rotating said at least one page through said angle to align said at least one page with said reference axis;
cross-correlating in two dimensions said target and reference pages to produce a cross-correlation image; and
analyzing said cross-correlation image to determine the presence of a correlation peak which indicates similarity between said reference and said target pages.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of finding a page axis further comprises:
modifying said power spectral density distribution by a filter function in the frequency domain prior to performing said linear regression analysis.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said target and reference pages comprise text.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of modifying said power spectral density distribution comprises filtering said power spectral density distribution with an angular wedge filter to attenuate power spectral density signals outside of an angular wedge.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of modifying said power spectral density distribution further comprises filtering said power spectral density distribution with an annular frequency filter.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of cross-correlating target and reference pages comprises the steps of:
inputting said target and said reference pages into an optical correlator which optically computes the cross-correlation of said pages, and
reading the output of said optical correlator to obtain the cross-correlation image.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said linear regression analysis comprises calculating a variance and a covariance of said power spectral density distribution, and calculating said angle as the inverse tangent of the ratio of said covariance to said variance.
8. A method of rotationally aligning a skewed image to a defined reference axis, comprising the steps of:
providing a page, in a digitized image form; and
rotationally aligning said page by (a) identifying periodic components in said page by performing a two dimensional Fourier transform of said page to obtain a power spectral density distribution (b) finding a page axis which best corresponds in orientation with the periodic components in said page, by performing a linear regression analysis of said power spectral density distribution to compute an angle, relative to the reference axis, of a page axis which best fits said power spectral density distribution of said page, and (c) rotating said page through said angle to align said page with the reference axis.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said page comprises text.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of finding a page axis further comprises:
modifying said power spectral density distribution by a filter function in the frequency domain, prior to said step of performing a linear regression analysis.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said step of modifying said power spectral density distribution comprises filtering said power spectral density distribution with an angular wedge filter to attenuate power spectral density signals outside of an angular wedge.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said step of modifying said power spectral density distribution further comprises filtering said power spectral density distribution with an annular frequency filter.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein said linear regression analysis comprises calculating a variance and a covariance of said power spectral density distribution, and calculating said angle as the inverse tangent of the ratio of said covariance to said variance.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to image processing generally and more specifically to text recognition by Fourier transform correlation of imaged multi-line, paged text.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recognition of text in an imaged text database is required for multiple purposes. It is often required to locate a text page in a larger textual database or "book"; or it is sometimes useful to identify duplicate pages which can be deleted, to compress a database without loss of information.
Such a search is relatively easy in the context of encoded information, where characters and words are encoded as a sequence of digital bytes. However, imaged pages, in which the text pages are bitmaps or other graphic representations, are not so easily compared by a computer.
One method of comparing graphic images is cross-correlation, which is usually performed by first two-dimensionally Fourier transforming the images to be compared, then multiplying the pixels point by point, and finally inversely transforming the images back into a spatial representation to show correlation peaks. This well known method has been discussed, for example, in John C. Russ, The Image Processing Handbook, (CRC Press, 1992), pages 218-221. Advantages in speed are potentially obtained by performing such correlations optically, by an optical correlator. See for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,311,359 to Lucas et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,148,496 to Anderson. Both of these patents disclose compact optical correlators capable of performing cross-correlation of digitized, pixellated images.
While correlation of images performs well with rotationally aligned images, pages of text are typically not well aligned rotationally. Text pages are usually digitized by feeding them through a digitizing "scanner", or by imaging them through a digital camera or similar device. Imprecision in feeding and scanning hardware produces varying rotational misalignments in the digitized images. The resulting images are rotated ("skewed") with respect to horizontal and vertical axes. Two otherwise duplicate images which differ by a slight rotation will not produce a strong correlation when compared. This degradation of correlation with skew angle is so pronounced that a misalignment in the range of only 1-2 degrees will significantly degrade correlation. Therefore, a method of rotationally correcting scanned text is a prerequisite to identification of scanned text by correlation.
One method of rotationally correcting text is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,235,651 to Nafarieh (1993). This method operates in the context of an optical character recognition ("OCR") system, and limited in its ability to correct for rotational error. Specifically, the patented system only detects and corrects for inversion of the page, or rotation by 90 degrees (a sideways page). While these corrections may be useful in an OCR system, they are not adequate to allow rapid identification of duplicate imaged pages, which might have errors in rotation of (for example) five degrees or less.
Another method of rotationally correcting images is disclosed by Postl in his U.S. Pat. No. 4,723,297 (1988). His method involves scanning the image repeatedly at varying search angles, optimizing "directional criteria", and then rotating the image based on the optimized directional criteria. The disclosed method only rotationally corrects skew in images during acquisition; it does not identify duplicate images. It requires many iterations to optimize, is computationally complex, and requires the predetermination of the "directional criteria." Various other methods have been developed for detecting rotational or "skew" angle in text, but they have generally been mathematically very complex or computationally demanding. Efforts at improvement have focused on reducing the computational demands of the method. See for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,583,956 to Aghajan, et al., disclosing a method using a subspace-based line detection algorithm, and the other methods cited therein.
The invention is a method for correcting for rotational misalignment of images and, in the preferred embodiment, for finding the degree of correlation between pages (or portions thereof) of images having a prominent periodic structure (such as multi-line text). The method includes two major steps.
In the first step the rotational misalignments of the pages are detected and corrected, bringing the pages into alignment with vertical and horizontal axes. The angles of rotation of the pages are detected by performing a linear regression analysis of filtered, two-dimensional Fourier transform images of the text pages, to find the angular orientation of the strongest periodic components of the text. The preferred embodiment includes a second step, in which two imaged pages are cross-correlated, preferably by an optical correlator, to find the degree of correlation between the pages.
The method can be reiterated for multiple pages of text, thereby comparing a page with each of the other pages to find duplicate pages of text.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the preferred method to implement the invention;
FIG. 3 depicts an example page of text;
FIG. 4 is a graph of the y component of power spectral density (on the vertical axis) versus frequency (on the horizontal axis) for a Fourier transform of the example page of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a graph of the distribution of power spectral density (shown as darkened points) with respect to x frequency and y frequency on the x and y axes, respectively, for a Fourier transformed example text page which has been rotated by two degrees in the x-y plane;
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a preferred implementation of the detect and correct rotation step of FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a graph of the pass band characteristics of a generalized frequency domain filter, with a transfer function varying according to x and y frequency components in a Kx, Ky frequency plane, which can be used to pre-filter the frequency components of a page before linear regression analysis; and
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the details of the correlation step of FIG. 2.
The invention is a method and apparatus for rotationally aligning skewed pages and preferably also for rapidly determining a degree of similarity between pages with a strong periodic structure (especially pages of text). It can be used, for example, to quickly identify duplicate pages (or portions thereof) in an imaged database, either to locate information or so that the duplicated pages can be removed from the database. In some applications the rotationally aligned text might be stored or output as a useful product, for later searching or viewing by a user.
The invention typically operates on imaged pages, preferably having multiple lines of text. It should be understood that an imaged text page is a bitmap or picture or the page, consisting of stored data representing the pages as pixels in a scanned matrix, not as a sequence of encoded characters as in ASCII text. The pages may be digitized by scanning, by a digital camera, or by computer graphic generation, for example.
The pages selected for comparison by the invention should be digitized with sufficiently high resolution to permit correlation. It has been found that an image matrix as coarse as 256�256 pixels (per page) is sufficient to yield strong correlation results for duplicate pages; this is remarkable since pages rendered at such low resolution are illegible (for humans). The invention will produce more definite correlations with an image resolution of 512�512, but at reduced speed. The ability to recognize duplicate pages rendered with very low resolution is a distinct advantage of the invention, not only because high resolution may be unavailable but because the use of low resolution images allows image processing at higher speeds. If high resolution page images are available, they may optionally be reduced to low resolution before processing (by pixel averaging or other well known methods) to increase processing speed, while retaining the corresponding high resolution images in a database for later use.
The apparatus preferred for practicing the invention, as shown in FIG. 1, includes a programmable data processor (with included random access memory or "RAM" 13), a scanner 14, an image storage database 16, an optical correlator 18, and a user interface 20—for example, a keyboard 22 and a video display 24 interfaced to the data processor 12 so that the user can control the operation of the system. The scanner 14 digitizes text for input into the image storage database 16, where the digitized images ("pages") are accessible to the data processor 12. The data processor manipulates the pages according to the method described below, preferably with the aid of the optical correlator 18, which is included in the preferred embodiment. The optical correlator 18, under control of the data processor 12 receives dual images (an "input" and a "filter" image) from the data processor 12 through image input channels, optically performs rapid image correlations and outputs to the data processor 12 a cross-correlation image which is a cross-correlation of the input and filter images.
In one embodiment, the invention has two main steps (each including multiple sub-steps), as shown in FIG. 2. First, any rotational misalignment is detected and corrected (main step 30), preferably for all pages of a document; second, a page of the document (a "target page") is correlated with another page (a "reference page") and the resulting correlation image is analyzed (main step 32) to detect duplicate pages. The second step is preferably repeated in multiple iterations in a loop 34, so that each page of the document is compared to all other pages. This can be accomplished by testing to determine whether all pages have been compared (decision box 36) and if not, selecting another page (step 38) and repeating (from step 32) until all pages have been compared. Duplicate pages are identified (in main step 32) by a high correlation peak in the correlation image. The details of these main steps will be discussed in sequence below.
The rotational correction step 30 will be described first. This step 30 is an image processing procedure which can be suitably executed by the data processor 12 under software control. In order to aid in visualization of the operation of this step, it is helpful to graphically illustrate the Fourier transformation of an example page of text, shown in FIG. 3. The figure shows a typical page reproduced at reduced resolution (256�256). Although the text is illegible at this resolution, it is sufficient to permit the invention to operate.
The page shown in FIG. 3 consists of multiple rows of text 40 which suggest "ridges" (the more black printed text lines) and "valleys" (the white interlinear spaces) of image intensity. These ridges and valleys of print intensity possess a strong periodicity typical of text, which is almost invariably arranged in either rows or columns with consistent spacing. Assume that such a page of text is subjected to two-dimensional Fourier transformation, defined by:
Where PF(kx, ky) is a complex intensity function, kx and ky (wave numbers) are spatial frequencies in orthogonal directions, x and y are spatial coordinates of the page of text, and f(x,y) is the intensity function of the page. The transformation produces a frequency domain representation of the page of text, which is an image with varying intensities PF associated with its points, each point representing a specific (x direction, y direction) frequency component of the original page of text.
Although the above equation is given in integral form, appropriate to a continuous mathematical model, in the invention the page image and the resulting Fourier transform image will typically be represented by discrete (pixellated) images, with discrete mathematical techniques applied to compute the two-dimensional Fourier transform. If performed by a digital computer, well know computational techniques such as fast Fourier transform (FFT) techniques can be used. Alternatively, the Fourier transform image can be formed by optical transformation, by a dedicated signal processor, or by other well known methods.
Due to the periodic ridges and valleys (rows of text) of FIG. 3, the Fourier transform image derived from such a page by scanning in the vertical direction will have strong peaks at the frequency of the horizontal rows on the page. For example, if there are 54 horizontal rows of text on the page then a one-dimensional Fourier transform of the page, scanned in the vertical direction, will have large peaks at a frequency of 54 (per page length). In general, the periodicity of rows of text with a cycle of length Δy will have a strong power peak at a wave number whose magnitude is 2π/Δy (in radians). Power spectral density below about 10 Hz lacks significance for the method and will be filtered out, as described below in connection with FIG. 7.
In contrast to scanning in the y direction, which produces a distinct spectral power peak at the line periodicity, scanning in the horizontal (x) direction will yield a more dispersed PSD for properly aligned page, due to the varying widths and shapes of the alphanumeric characters which form text. There is no single, recognizably dominant periodicity in the x direction.
FIG. 4 shows an example of the power spectral density (PSD, the square of the intensity function PF) projected onto the ky axis for a page that is properly aligned. In the figure the spectral peak due to the rows of text is readily discernible at a wave number of about 45 cycles, which corresponds to the approximate number of rows (45) on the page from which the figure was derived.
FIG. 4 represents only a projection of the PSD image onto the ky axis. It should be remembered that the actual PSD image is two-dimensional, representing periodicity of the text as scanned in both the x and y directions.
In our example, if the text is perfectly oriented (text rows parallel to the x-axis), the PSD distribution for the averaged text row will exhibit peaks as in FIG. 4, and these peaks will be perfectly aligned along the Ky axis. Multiple peaks will generally be present, corresponding to multiple harmonics and other frequency components. However, if the page is rotated then the line of peaks will be rotated relative to both axes. This results from inherent mathematical properties of the two-dimensional Fourier transform operation. Furthermore, the angle of the line joining the peaks and passing through the origin is precisely the angle e of rotation of the page from the proper alignment (for linear kx, k y scales).
FIG. 5 shows the two-dimensional PSD image, plotted in two dimension kx and ky, derived from a page which has been rotated in the x-y plane by two degrees from perfect alignment (lines parallel to x axis). The slight rotation of the PSD peaks is noticeable, and the angle θ is shown. The angle θ of rotation of each text page from proper alignment (as defined above) is found by finding the corresponding angle of rotation of a line passing substantially through the PSD peaks of the Fourier transform image derived from that text page. This is accomplished using statistical linear regression techniques as follows.
Keeping the above example in mind as an aid to visualization, we can describe the detailed procedure of the rotational alignment step with reference to FIG. 6. First, the pages of text, which include at least one target and one reference page, are input in digital form to the data processor (step 50). Preferably both the reference page and the target page are then two-dimensionally Fourier transformed (step 52), by one of the methods suggested above in connection with FIG. 1 to obtain respective frequency domain images (representations) of the pages. The angle of rotation of each page is then computed by using linear regression techniques (steps 54-58).
As a preliminary part of the linear regression, it is preferable but not absolutely necessary to filter the PSD with a frequency domain filter (step 54), most preferably with an annular and angle limited band-pass filter. The graphic form of a preferred filter is shown in FIG. 7, with angles represented by ΔΦ and the frequency cutoffs represented by k1 and k2. This filtering eliminates a large number of smaller peaks scattered throughout the PSD which would otherwise adversely affect the linear regression operation (described below).
The filter angle and annular frequency cutoffs which are most effective will depend upon the particular font and page characteristics of the text. In a suitable embodiment, an acceptance angle of (+/−)5 degrees and an annular pass band between 66 and 128 (cycles per page) are used. These correspond to a maximum rotation of approximately 5 degrees and fonts approximately between 6 point and 12 point, inclusive. Acceptance angles of less than 5 degrees may be used in some applications, where text is more accurately initially aligned. It has been found that filter angles of greater than 5 degrees perform poorly with text pages.
Returning to FIG. 6, after the PSD is filtered the angle of rotation is computed (step 56) using linear regression techniques. First, the data processor computes several quantities: the mean wave number <k>(a vector with components kx and ky), the covariance of the x and y wave number components, and the variance of the y wave number component, according to the expressions:
Where k(i,j) is the wave number vector whose components are the coordinates in kx, ky on the PSD image, i and j are indices identifying particular pixels on the discrete PSD image; PF(i,j) is the local value of PSD intensity at the point i,j; and the summation is over all of the pixels of the PSD image (or at least all of the pixels within the filter pass band).
From these quantities the angle of rotation θ is computed, according to:
It is most preferable to iterate this linear regression multiple times with different filters to provide stable convergence to within � degree. This can be accomplished by progressively decreasing the angle of the filter ring in decrements (optional step 58) and using the previously computed value of the angle of rotation θ as the new starting point for the linear regression of the next iteration, repeating step 58 a predetermined number of times.
After the proper angle of rotation is computed, the imaged page is rotated (step 60) by data processor 12 through that angle (with opposite sign) to correctly align the imaged page with the x and y axes, using standard well known mathematical expressions for rotation of a plane figure, together with well known image processing techniques for pixellated images.
The above procedure for rotationally aligning a page should preferably be repeated at least twice, once for a target page and once for a reference page; it is desirable in most applications to apply the rotational correction procedure to all of the text pages to be searched, aligning them to a common defined set of axes. Alternatively, a first page could be analyzed to determine a preferred axis which then provides the definition of axes; a second page could then be rotationally corrected to the axes defined by the first page. This would yield equivalent results.
In an application where it is desired to correct a multiplicity of pages, the method can be reiterated an indefinite number of times by testing (decision box 62) to determine whether all pages have been corrected, and if not, selecting a new page (step 64) and repeating by returning to the input page step 50, as shown, in a loop until all pages have been corrected.
In some applications the method of rotationally correcting images, as described above, will be sufficient in itself to produce useful results: rotationally corrected documents. Such rotationally corrected documents can be used in angle-sensitive processes such as optical character recognition (OCR).
In one embodiment the method proceeds with correlation (step 32 in FIG. 2) of the corrected pages. As diagramed in FIG. 8, rotationally aligned pages are selected (step 70) pair-wise, each pair including a target and a reference page. The two pages are then cross-correlated (step 72) with one another. This operation is most efficiently performed by an optical correlator, as discussed below.
The rotational alignment and the cross-correlation stages of the invention cooperate to produce text matching, because cross-correlation operations do not produce accurate correlation peaks from rotationally mis-aligned images.
After cross-correlation, the output image is analyzed (step 74) for the presence of a correlation intensity peak. The presence of such a peak indicates a text match between the reference page and the target page. It is an advantage of the invention that the pages need not be perfectly registered in position; they may be slightly shifted upwards or sideways and an adequate correlation peak will be detected (although at a slightly shifted location on the correlation image). The data processor 12 searches the correlation image matrix to find the peak correlation. In practice it has been found that a correlation value of approximately 0.6 is sufficient to identify duplicate text pages, where 1.0 is perfect correlation and 0.0 is perfectly uncorrelated random noise. The actual threshold values to be used in a particular application may be varied depending on the statistical confidence required of the result.
In some applications it may be desired to compare a reference page to every page in a database. This can be accomplished by executing a search loop 76, by testing to detect whether all target pages have been compared (decision box 77) and, if not, looping back to the select page step 70 as shown in FIG. 8. If it is further desired to compare every page in a database with every other page, the search loop 76 can be nested within another search loop 78 as shown, by testing whether all reference pages have been compared (decision box 79) and, if not, looping back to step 70, with the result that every page is used once as a reference page and compared sequentially with every other page. Many variations of the searching strategy are possible, and are also within the scope of the invention, the method of rotationally aligning and comparing images as claimed.
It is an advantage of the invention that the Fourier transform of any image, once calculated in the rotational alignment stage, can be saved either in RAM 13 or in the database 16 for use in the correlation stage—it need not be recomputed. The Fourier transform image can be rotated directly in the frequency domain, then used as input to the filter SLM input of the optical correlator (as discussed below) or in digital correlation in the Fourier transform domain. Rotating the image in the transform domain is equivalent to rotating it in the spatial domain, then transforming, as is well known. This reuse of the Fourier transform yields very significant savings in computational time.
Image correlation by optical correlators is known. See for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,311,359 to Lucas et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,148,496 to Anderson. Both of these patents disclose compact optical correlators capable of performing cross-correlation of digitized, pixellated images. The principles of operation of these devices are discussed in those patents. Their operation may be summarized as follows: An digital electronic input image is written to an input spatial light modulator (SLM), pixel by pixel. That SLM, internal to the optical correlator, modulates a coherent light beam. The modulated beam is optically Fourier transformed and the transform focused on a second or "filter" SLM. The filter SLM is electronically modulated, pixel by pixel, with another image which is the (usually digitally obtained) Fourier transform of a comparison image. The twice-modulated beam is then inversely Fourier transformed and the resulting image is read by a photodetector array, to provide an output image which is the cross-correlation of the input image and the comparison image.
To use an optical correlator in the present invention, one of the target and reference images is output, under control of data processor 12 , to the input image input 80 of optical correlator 18 (referring to FIG. 1). The digitally obtained two-dimensional Fourier transform of the other image is similarly written to a filter input 82 of the optical correlator. A correlator output 84 is then read by the data processor 12.
The cross-correlation operation could be performed by alternative methods, including digital computation in either a spatial or frequency domain using the data processor, by well known methods. Such alternatives and their equivalents are also within the intended scope of the invention. However, use of an optical correlator will typically result in much faster correlation, by several orders of magnitude.
It will also be recognized that certain types of imagery other than text can be found with a strong periodic component in a preferred direction. For example, aerial photographs of periodic ocean wave patterns, or electrophoretically separated DNA sequences may by amenable to analysis by the invention. Such images are also well suited to analysis by rotational alignment and Fourier transform correlation, according to the invention. Alternatively, an image could be marked during image acquisition with a highly recognizable previously defined periodic pattern, such as a cross hatching calibrated to known directions. The resulting peaks in the acquired image could be used to rotationally align the image for correlation. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to use with text, but may be used with any image or data.
While several illustrative embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, numerous variations and alternate embodiments will occur to those skilled in the art. For example, the "reference page" might not be a complete page of text, but could be a word or phrase. The invention would then search a collection of target pages for the word or phrase. Although the invention is illustrated above in the context of portrait formatted pages, the method could be applied to documents in landscape format by rotating the axes. The invention will operate successfully when applied to single-bit, binary images (arrays of pixels each set to either 1 or 0 for black or white) with adequate results; but it will produce superior correlation signals (at some cost in speed) with multi-level resolution of intensity. Images with multi-level intensity information can be converted to binary intensity representations by comparing each pixel's intensity to a threshold value ("thresholding"). The data processor can include parallel processing with dedicated signal processing devices which perform Fourier transformation and/or the linear regression analysis. Such variations and alternate embodiments are contemplated, and can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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Not sure what days we'll be on the trail, but I plan to do what I can to check it out.
In the past, routes like these we've run, (WABDR, UTBDR) it seems like you're always catching and joining up with small groups from day to day.
CO can be tough, weather and terrain-wise. If you are not use to the altitude, best to pace yourself and give more time than you would think. Just looking a mileage alone can get you in trouble and pushing harder than you should, let alone on a big bike with luggage. Pack plenty of water and stay hydrated. Us flatlanders can get in bad shape real fast once you start to climb.
Better to plan a few extra days in there just in case. You can always hop on pavement and be to almost anywhere in CO is about 8 hrs or less, worst case.
Can't wait to get back!
No joke about the altitude. Luckily, my Dad lived in Golden, so I'm a bit used to it. My sister and I rode my 950 to the top of Mt. Evans. At the top I had to push the bike back a few feet so we could load up to leave, and I immediately started seeing spots. Never felt bad at all, but it was amazing how fast the lack of oxygen hit me.
My favorite little rides so far in Colorado were the Peak to Peak:
I was doing the Peak to Peak two-up with my sister when we ran into a massive storm north of Nederland -- including hail.
She loved it. But, I think my favorite road so far was Crawford Gulch:
Can't wait to get the big girl off the beaten path out there.
Hey, CJ, I was planning on putting on a K60 for that trip, but what front tire would you recommend for a round trip like that? That's over 2,000 miles that will likely include everything from freeway to sand.
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I feel privileged to read the Executive Edition because I know I am getting insider industry information before it hits the mainstream media channels. And it's always good to know what my friends are up to in the industry.- By Monica Wise, Founder, L*Space
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IRVINE, CALIFORNIA -- (JUNE 3, 2011) -- After a near-drowning incident in 2010, big wave legend Shane Dorian wondered if he would ever be able to face 50-foot-plus waves again. But today Dorian is back out in the largest surf he can find, thanks to greater peace of mind provided by his new invention.
Working together with Billabong Wetsuits and Mustang Survival Corporation, Dorian created the first wetsuit with a built-in instantly inflatable air bladder. With a quick tug on a ripcord, the wetsuit quickly lifts the wearer from deep underwater to the surface.
The revolutionary suit has been dubbed the "Billabong V1" with the V standing for Vertical ascent and the 1 indicating positive altitude, or one foot above sea level.
Dorian, from Kona, Hawaii, is widely regarded as the best big wave surfer in the world today, having paddled into a half dozen of the most amazing waves ever ridden in the last 18 months alone. But it was one of the waves he wiped out on which made the biggest impression on the 38-year-old father of two.
The disastrous ride happened during Dorian's first trip to Maverick's, the notorious cold-water break south of San Francisco, California during February 2010.
"I took off on the wrong wave and had a horrible wipeout," recalled Dorian. "The wipeout was terrible, I got held under for two waves, I almost drowned. After that I had an idea to incorporate an air bladder, something like the airplane vests where you pull the tab and it inflates immediately with a CO2 cartridge."
Dorian wrote an email to Hub Hubbard, the wetsuit product manager at Billabong USA, describing the idea, and the project was underway.
Hubbard's research quickly lead to Mustang Survival Corporation, a well-known manufacturer of dry suits, flotation systems and other marine lifesaving gear. While most of Mustang's products are designed for use at the surface, they had experience in creating heavy duty polyurethane bladders for the US Military and fabricated a new bladder system for Billabong.
The design evolved over time. "Their initial thought, as was mine, was to position the bladder on the chest of the suit so once the wearer surfaced it would help them to be face-up," said Hubbard.
"Not so, as Shane pointed out, because once you have surfaced you still need to be able to paddle your surfboard. So logically we decided it should go on the back, which still keeps the wearer face-up while inflated."
With the Mustang bladders in hand, Hubbard worked with Barbara Mau at Express Wetsuit repair to develop a prototype.
"The design of the suit is pretty simple actually," said Hubbard. "We added a large zippered pocket on the back of the suit to contain the bladder, which is attached to an inflator and CO2 cartridge which are 'docked' between your shoulder blades so you don't even notice it. A pull cord runs over the shoulder to a handle on the upper chest…you just pull it like a parachute and up you go."
Dorian tested various prototypes in calm water and in small surf and with refinement the Billabong V1 suit precisely fulfilled his vision for greater safety, bringing back the confidence to push the limits in larger and larger waves.
"The first time I used it was at Cortes Bank this winter, 100 miles off the Southern California coast," recalled Dorian. "The waves were super big and I paddled into a really big wave and had a bad wipeout, got pushed under super far and I thought 'this is the perfect time to test this thing.' I pulled my cord and I went from nearly panicking to being totally relaxed. I didn't swim, I just let the thing bring me up."
The most public demonstration of the Billabong V1 suit occurred on March 15 of this year when Dorian and a small group of top big wave surfers paddled into record-breaking waves at Jaws on the island of Maui in Hawaii. Formerly considered a spot so difficult to ride that a jet ski tow-in assist was necessary, Dorian caught an amazing 57-foot wave on that day, winning both the Monster Paddle and Monster Tube categories of the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. When Dorian pulled into the biggest tube of all time and failed to come out, he was pounded by the wave and driven deep underwater, where he deployed the Billabong V1 inflation mechanism. He rocketed to the surface and climbed back onto his surfboard, paddling off to the channel with a conspicuous hump on his back, clearly visible to the numerous photographers on hand.
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What's doing this weekend? With the end of summer approaching, why not hit the drive-in before it shuts down for the season? Here's the scoop on three flicks opening this Friday, August 24.
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If you've ever been to NYC, you know that the most dangerous peeps on the road aren't the cabbies or bus drivers — it's those crazy bike messengers. In this action-packed hipster adventure, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Wilee, a biker whose final delivery of the day could turn into his final delivery ever as a life-or-death chase across Manhattan ensues.
Sexy: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Not sexy: Death by bike messenger
Verdict: We're slightly skeptical about a movie centered around cycling, but we also can't resist the adorableness that is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Make it a double-date night with your bestie!
The Apparition
Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan), a young couple, find themselves being haunted by a ghostly presence that was the result of a university experiment. The problem is that the scary apparition actually feeds on their fear... and they've got lots of fear.
Sexy: Sebastian Stan
Not sexy: Creepy paranormal activity
Verdict: If you like a good scare, this is an obvious choice, not to mention a great excuse to cuddle up with that new guy in your life.
Robot & Frank
When Frank (Frank Langella) reaches that point where living on his own may not be the best idea, his kids (James Marsden and Liv Tyler) decide to skip the nursing home and get a humanoid robot to care for him instead. Susan Sarandon also stars in this near-future-set comedy.
Sexy: James Marsden (the other guy in The Notebook)
Not sexy: Getting old
Verdict: The reviews say two thumbs up, so take your own parents out for a night of laughs and bonding.
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The president's popularity has slid six points to 56% since May (President Clinton's was 47% in July 1995), but pollster Robert Teeter agrees with Matt Dowd that he's still well positioned for re-election — provided that the numbers have bottomed out and will head back up.
The president's margin over a Democratic opponent has slid from 20 points to just 9 since April, though against specific candidates — Dean, Kerry and Lieberman — he leads by 15 percentage points. Democrats lead the president on issues including the economy, education and health care — and break even on tax policy, even after those refund checks have been cut.
Anyone out there contemplating jumping into the contest reading this?
That poll PDF makes for interesting reading.
The Wall Street Journal 's Al Hunt calls George W. Bush more like Reagan or Clinton than his father in his ability to polarize voters. Those who love Bush really love him, and those who hate him really hate him.
"This polarization certainly predates the Bush presidency; American politics has been dominated by debates, often petty, over impeachment, recalls, filibusters, and incessant charges and counter charges of scandals, real or perceived," Hunt writes.
So if Howard Dean is the anti-Bush, what's the hope for a centrist in a race that Bill Carrick says "'will be more about mobilization than persuasion'"?
And we don't mean the convenience store on the ground floor of the building. The Washington Post 's Judy Sarasohn mentions the new lobby shops of Joe Allbaugh, who just opened his, and Jeff Forbes, who's joining a new one this fall. LINK The Note is not a Devenish clip service. But look at this headline: "In One Florida Town, Parents Getting Refund Checks Fulfill Bush's Hopes." LINK
Politics: First Ken Mehlman and Terry Nelson celebrated blogging; now, even more improbably, Tom Daschle plans to start blogging himself (a preview of the book, perhaps?). LINK When Governor Vilsack starts to blog, well, then the world as we know it will have changed forever and completely.
The AP's David Espo writes about how the GOP is targeting the Nevada and South Dakota senate races in an effort to unseat the Democratic leader and whip. LINK The AP previews the American Constitution Society's kickoff conference. LINK
Columnist Norah Vincent writes in the Los Angeles Times about Evan Bayh, the DLC, Ann Coulter, and America's love affair with the extreme. LINK
The economy:
"It might not rival the sold-out concert tours of the Three Tenors, but the "jobs and growth" bus tour of the three Cabinet secretaries certainly had its moments," writes the AP's Martin Crutsinger. LINK
Judicial confirmation battles:
The AP's Jesse Holland reports, "The next U.S. Appeals Court nominee up for a filibuster is Alabama Attorney General William Pryor. Senate Democrats expect to block President Bush's choice for the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta." LINK Senate Republicans fell short of quashing Democrats' filibuster of Appeals Court nominee Miguel Estrada yesterday, and more fireworks flew from the Michigan Senate delegation over four Bush nominees, the Washington Post 's Helen Dewar reports. LINK And Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) decided to pick a fight over the tax returns of a tax court nominee. LINK
Media: "The cable war between CNN and Fox News Channel opened a new front this week when Fox's Brit Hume took aim at the rival network for allegedly promoting" Senator Lieberman's "presidential campaign," Roll Call 's Ed Henry reports.
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Series I. James Moran Papers. [series]:
Scope: Consists of material toward Moran's publications on the history
of printing,including his biography of Stanley Morison; also
reviews, offprints, and clippings.Moran (1917-1978) was a British
historian of printing.
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Printing Presses: Historyand
Development From the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times
[history]by James Moran, Faber and Faber Limited, London,
Scope: Consists of Ts setting copy and several proofs toward the
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Ts setting copy, marked for the printer.
(1 item, 298 pp.)
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Galley proof, corrected.
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Uncorrected page proof.
(1 item, 250 pp.)
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Proofs of plates.
(1 item, 49 pp.)
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2. The Double Crown Club. Materialtoward
The Double Crown Club: A History of Fifty
Years, by James Moran.
Scope: The Double Crown Club was a dining club formed in London in
1924 by OliverSimon and Hubert Foss (printers); it was made up of
typographers and othersrelated to the printing trade. Consists of
correspondence, a Ts draft, galleys,specimen pages, proofs, and
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[1974] Correspondence from R.A.
Ashley, theWesterham Press Limited, Kent, to James Moran, from
Feb to May 1974, concerningthe book's production.
(3 items, 3pp.)
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[1974] Ts setting copy, marked
on by the printer.
(1 item, 109 pp.)
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[1974] Galley proof.
(1 item, 31 galleys)
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[1974] Paste-up of specimen
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[1974] Page proof,
(1 item, 54 pp.)
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[1974] Autograph list of
individuals and institutionsto receive copies of the
(1 item, 4pp.)
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3. Stanley Morison: His
Typographical Achievement, Lund Humphries Publishers,
1971. Material towards Moran's
biography of Stanley Morison
Scope: Morison (1889-1967), a British typographer and scholar, served
as typographicadviser to Cambridge University Press in 1925 and to
The Times in 1930. Material consists of research
materials, drafts, correspondence,galleys, and booklet.
box-folder 3/11
Research materials: documents concerning Morison, and
(12 items)
box-folder 3/12.
Correspondence to James Moran (from Morison's
acquaintances) relatingto Morison. Correspondence covers
1967 to 1970.
(76 items)
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Four Ts and one Ts(carbon) drafts of the
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Galley proof of the book.
(1 item, 24 galleys)
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Galleys for the book, and notes on the book's
(1 item)
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Autograph draft (partial) in notebook.
(1 item, 32 pp.)
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4. Reviews and articles. Various reviews and articles
by JamesMoran.
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Reviews and articles by Moran. Each title is foldered
separatelyand alphabetically, and may consist of Ts, galleys,
proofs, or tear sheets.Written from 1960 to 1973 (several are
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box-folder 4/36.
(21 items)
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Christians United for Israel garnered more than 20,000 signatures on a letter urging U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to drop calls to end aid to Israel.
"Eliminating aid to Israel would abandon a key ally in a dangerous region at a turbulent time," said the letter organized this week by the evangelical group. "Such a cut would betray our highest principles, endanger our nation, and, in the long run, end up costing us far more."
Paul (R-Ky.), a favorite of the conservative Tea Party movement, last week called for massive budget cuts, including to foreign assistance. When pressed, he said that would include Israel.
"I do not believe that the Senator's comments are representative of the Tea Party or the wider American public," Pastor John Hagee, CUFI's founder, said in a statement Wednesday. "CUFI members and leaders have met on several occasions with Tea Party leaders and elected officials; throughout our meetings, Tea Party leaders consistently expressed their commitment to supporting Israel's qualitative military edge in the Middle East."
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Gulf Coast League Mets player charged with shoplifting, punching loss prevention officer
PORT ST. LUCIE — Gulf Coast League Mets baseball player Alex Romero Machillanda has been charged with shoplifting and allegedly throwing a Bealls department store official to the ground while fleeing and resisting arrest on Sunday, according to Port St. Lucie police reports and a spokesman.
Machillanda, 22, is a catcher for the league, a rookie organization in Port St. Lucie that is below the St. Lucie Mets' Single-A team.
"We are aware (of the arrest), but because it is a legal matter, we cannot comment," said New York Mets' spokesman Jay Horwitz.
Police quoted store officials as saying they saw Machillanda remove price tags from clothing and put them in his backpack before leaving the store around 6 p.m. Sunday.
"When a store loss-prevention officer attempted to stop Machillanda for not paying for the clothes, (he) punched the ... officer and took him to the ground, slamming his head on the concrete," police reports stated.
Police officers arrived in time to captured him, but "he resisted by yelling and pulling away from the officers," the reports said.
Police charged Machillanda, of the 8500 block of Champions Way, Port St. Lucie, with felony shoplifting, resisting a merchant, battery and resisting an officer without violence.
Police officials said stolen clothing found in his backpack was returned to the store in the 1700 block of St. Lucie West Boulevard.
He is in the St. Lucie County Jail is lieu of a $40,000 bail.
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It appears the Green Bay Packers' plan of having Clay Matthews and first-round pick Nick Perry harassing quarterbacks from opposite sides of the linebacker unit will have to wait until next year. According to Lance Allen of WTMJ-Channel 4 in Milwaukee, Perry got a second opinion on a left wrist injury that has been lingering since Week 1 and has had surgery on the wrist. Such a surgery could land Perry, who has missed the past three games with a knee injury he was close to putting behind him, on season-ending injured reserve. Perry has two sacks in six games this season and has flashed the ability the Packers were high on when they drafted him 28th overall in April. But even in those six games, he had been limited by his injuries, and his loss -- combined with the absence of Matthews for a game or two with a hamstring injury suffered before the Packers' bye week -- will limit Green Bay's options in a linebacking unit that is quickly growing thin. Desmond Bishop (hamstring) and D.J...
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I've been working on the dash wiring and a lot of other miscellaneous things around the bike since my last report. I'm hoping to get the dash wiring done this weekend.
Here's what I've been dealing with.
All custom stuff for the most part. I made up this diagram to work from. It doesn't yet include the instrument lights.
On the dash I'll have switches for two independently switched auxiliary front lights, a switch for the headlight low beam, and a switch for the hazard flasher. I have a hazard capable flasher unit, but I still need to figure out what kind of switch it needs and how to wire it in. I'll also have a rotary pot for variable power grip heaters. I'll cover the design of these in another report.
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Just for reference, a typical pinout for USB connectors:
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I'll just leave the white and green data lines unconnected. The regulators I chose can source 2 amps each, but to do so for very long will need good heat sinks on them. I'll screw them down directly to the aluminum dash for that.
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Like most of their NBA counterparts and American consumers for that matter, the Spurs have a heavy demand for Nike shoes. Hoopshype.com made an extensive survey of all NBA players and their footware during the 2011 season. Nike dominated the list, across the league and with the Spurs. Nike users and endorsers made up 169 of […] [Read More]
Younger Spurs planning organized workouts during lockout
Several of the younger Spurs have met and plan to start organized workouts soon. Spurs guard Danny Green told Jeff Garcia of Project Spurs.com that he has been in contact with several of his teammates about group work during the lockout. Several of them recently returned to San Antonio to map plans during the workout. […] [Read More]
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Watching a Chicago Bulls-Spurs game on television played at the Alamodome suitably inspired blog brother Jeff Siegel on a trip that most sports fans could only dream of. Siegel and his son, Spence, embarked on an 11-year voyage that has seen them travel to 30 arenas and 30 stadiums as a way to promote father-son bonding. It's a […] [Read More]
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Spurs were interested in Casspi until the lockout shut off transactions
The Spurs apparently were active right up until the cutoff point before the lockout as they attempted to swing a late trade. ESPN.com's Marc Stein tweets that Spurs and the Knicks both were interested in 6-for-9 forward Omri Casspi, who eventually ended up in Cleveland in the J.J. Hickson trade. Casspi remained with the Cavaliers […] [Read More]
Is third place in the Southwest too low for the Spurs for next season's rankings?
The Spurs raced through the Southwest Divsion last season en route to a Western Conference-best 61 victories. Despite that strong showing, Hoops World.com apparently doesn't think much of that season-long production by the Spurs heading into the upcoming season. Hoops World writer Derek Page ranks the Spurs third in the Southwest behind the defending World […] [Read More]
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Kawhi Leonard made the jump from college basketball to the NBA Draft after two seasons. After leading San Diego State to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in history as a sophomore, there wasn't much more for Leonard to accomplish by staying in college for a junior season. Despite Leonard's opportunity to join theNBA, […] [Read More]
Blog brother looks at how the upcoming free agent class could help the Spurs
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I have an old FR daylight tank you can have for free. It holds 12 sheets in an adjustable rack.
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I have an old FR daylight tank you can have for free. It holds 12 sheets in an adjustable rack.
Thanks all.
No negative feedback on the Jobo so that's good. I know it take quite a large amount of chemical if I do inversions but if I process 6 sheets that's not too bad.
Eventually I will get an automated system.
Rick A, thank you for the offer but I like to stay with the Jobo for the future expansion to automated system.
inversion with 2523 tank takes 1.25L, not bad at all if you use anything beyond 1+1.
if you use stock, it might be a bit wasteful, but the results you will get will overcome that with ease.
It reminds me of this device / system I saw recently when it was pointed out on eBay:
I think the inventor is a member: http://www.apug.org/forums/members/mod_photographic/
I have used both the tank with spiral reel for inversion, and the Expert Drum for 4x5. Both work ok, but the Expert Drum is by far the easiest. It is a lot more expensive, however, and the drums are getting harder to find.
You can also use an old Bessler or Unicolor color print drum , both have sections for 5X7. You can do 2 5X7 without modification but if you divide the 5X7 by 2 with a little silicon goop you can do up to 4. Uses very little chem. You can roll by hand or get a motor base. I usally shoot 20 or more sheets at a time so I use hard tanks and hangers, but if shoot just few I will dig out my Bessler drum.
Personal i really like the Jobo system, but dont forget the Nova Combiplan 4x5 tank, it takes six sheets and holds 1 liter of solution. I just got a daylight processor (ANFP-D54) from a pro lab that are closing, I have done some E6 in it and the result is perfect, but you can use the tank by itself.
As Monito has shown my little device i though i'd show you a bit more,
have a look at this video which explains a bit more about my processor-