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The Hornets have to make adjustments. Belli is off, so I would start Gray, move Okafor to pf, Landry to sf, ariza to sg, and CP3.
Gray - Bynum
Okafor - Gasol
Landry - Artest
Ariza - Kobe
CP3 - Fisher
Damn, damn, damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't give them MT5.......
J Hornets, why would Larry Bird agree to this trade.
He has to get some assets in return. Maybe some future draft pick and maybe an up and coming player..........
dryice, you're probably correct......
Ok, now it's Orlando as the first choice......
His camp realized that he would be contradicting himself about wanting to win now with the Knicks as his first choice. The Knicks can't compete right away even with CP3.
The biggest variable in this situation is Shinn's strapped for money. The Hornets save a lot of money next year by trading away CP3, Okafor, and Posey's contract to the Magic for Marcin Gortat, Vince Carter's 2011 team option contract (expiring in Shinn's mind), and Nelson to add dept at PG. With the addition of these players; the Hornets team payroll will be about 18 million next year considering D. West opts out, and if the Hornets don't pickup the team option on Ju Ju.
Either way he loses, because if he trades CP3 the franchise will drop substantially in value.
Ok, now it's Orlando as the first choice......
I guess his camp realized that he would be contradicting himself about wanting to win now with the Knicks as his first choice. The Knicks can't compete right away even with CP3. So CP3, why not wait another year here in New Orleans, and then make a serious run for Melo next year.
Orlando can't return equal value for Paul no matter what they think. The only thing they can provide is a dumping ground for Okafor and possibly Posey's contract. In return, the Hornets would probably want their backup center Gortat, Vince Carter's team option contract after this year, and maybe Nelson. That's enough financially relief for Shinn to consider.
Thanks hornetspoet for keeping it real as usual...
I'm still a CP3 fan, however if he doesn't want to be here; there is nothing anyone can say to change his mind.
All of this is a strategic plan by Paul's Camp to try and pry him out of New Orleans. We all can agree that the Hornets have done a terrible job surrounding CP with talent. Now how coincidental that the day the new GM is announced; all of this Chris wants out start to run rampant.
It's a plan deployed by his camp. How can the new GM focus on making this team better when he has to deal with this from day one. They're trying to attack Demps right now, because they know if he makes some deals to make the Hornets a contending team; then what would be there basis for a trade in the future.
If Paul truly doesn't want to be here then I would trade him to Portland for Brandon Roy straight up. Then I'll out and get Iggy from Philly to play the 3 spot. With those moves; the Hornets are a serious playoff team without Paul.
I agree with Xman. The league will definitely have to make some major changes in the next CBA. As it stands today; there will definitely be a lockout in 2011. That is the exact reason why CP3 is trying to execute his exit tragedy. He wants to get his contract extension with one of the teams on his wish list under the current CBA rules. His camp knows this; that is the exact reason why they are in such a hurry.
CP3 may also be forcing the ownership transfer to expedite as well, because he doesn't want to play for Shinn anymore. Shinn knows if he trade CP3 prior to the completion of the sale. Shinn stands to lose a lot of money, because franchise value will substantially decrease in value. That's the reason why he is considered as "the franchise" player........
The GM hasn't been in place an entire day, and now Chris wants out. Per NBA rules, Chris can't go public with his trade demands. He can definitely say that he's not impressed with the moves, or the lack of moves made in the offseason thus far. That would be a clear signal to the Hornets Brass of his intentions.
Now these so called "sources" have told this reporter that he wants to play with another superstar. I guess he doesn't believe that D. West is an adequate 2nd option. I won't believe all of the hype about CP3 disatisfaction about the club; until he publicly states he's not satisfied with the direction of the organization. Maybe these so called "sources" are afraid of what may happen with this team if you put together the brain trust of new GM Demps, Monty, and Chris. Personally, I think this is being hyped up by Lebron's camp.
Don't sleep on Maurice Ager. He had a strong game tonight.
This could be a great news for the Hornets. Lets just hope he's the guy, and he's willing to terminate his contract. Got it off the hoops market blogspot website.......
Panathinaikos could be close to land an important NBA star, still not revealed, for the next season. The Greek powerhouse, according to the Greek media, wants to repeat the experience of signing former NBA players like Dominique Wilkins or Byron Scott. One of the candidates could be Peja Stojakovic. The 32-year-old Serbian guard, now in the the New Orleans Hornets, played in Greece for PAOK Thessaloniki between 1994 and 1998, and could decide to terminate his contract with the Hornets to finish his career in Europe.
3rd generation NOPD officer; enough said.................
So tell me this Xman; if the Raptors was in favor of such a deal, would you pull the trigger??? Sorry dude, but D West isn't the problem, nor the solution. He's a tweener; too undersized against the true 4s and too slow against to true 3s.
He is the only touchable player on the team besides the two rooks that is worth something to other teams in a trade. Bosh would definitely be an upgrade.
Xman I agree also, but they're not making any decisions without the owners buyoff. Chouest man is Avery, so if Chouest become the owner then Avery becomes the coach.
I would like to see the Hornets go after D. Wade in the offseason, and try to send D. West and Mo. Pete (expiring contract) to the Raptors for Chris Bosh in a sign and trade deal. Draft Ekpe Udoh from Baylor or Greg Monroe from Georgetown if he's available.
I say give Michael Cooper, or Bill Laimbeer a shot at the coaching vacancy......
Guys, the reason why DW wouldn't be a good fit at SF, because he doesn't have the footwork to defend at that position. Imagine DW trying to defend Lebron, Kevin Durant, or even Rudy Gay at that position. Amare Stoudemire is a PF that can be easily moved to SF, because he has excellent footwork.
Guys, the reason why DW wouldn't be a good fit at SF, because he doesn't have the footwork to defend at that position. Imagine DW trying to defend Lebron, Kevin Durant, or even Rudy Gay at that position. Amare Stoudemire is a PF that can be easily moved to SF, because he has excellent footwork.
I agree. Why even suggest increasing his minutes.
Jeff Bower is no better than Byron Scott. He's running his best players into the ground. D. Collison is avg. over 40 mins per game since becoming a starter for CP3.
It's going to be maybe another year before the Hornets can bring in some help when Peja and Mo. Pete (apprx. 22 mil) comes off the books. That's sounds crazy; 22 mil for Peja and Mo. Pete..... They can probably trade JuJu next year as well, because his contract is essentially an expiring one. The Hornets will not pick up the team option of 2.8 mil in 2011 unless the light bulb finally comes on for this guy.


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Born in Woonsocket on July 20, 1957, she was the daughter of Edythe (Paine) Hand of Bellingham and the late Lawrence R. Hand.
She was the loving sister of Timothy Hand and his wife, Joyce of Pascoag, RI, Brian Hand and his wife, Donna of Mapleville, RI, Thomas Hand and his wife, Ellen of East Douglas, MA, and Judith Williams and her husband, Roger of Macclenny, FL, and the late Robert Hand and his late wife, Jeannine. She also leaves her father and mother in-law, Richard and Jeannette Ackley of Woonsocket; and her aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
A resident of Woonsocket formerly of Bellingham, Kathie was a graduate of Bellingham High School Class of 1975. She worked as a supervisor at Sports Systems Corporation of Woonsocket for 30 years and previously worked at Fashion Sports Ware and Omni Sports Ware. Together with her husband Alan, they operated AOK Crafts and Pre-Paid Legal.
Kathie enjoyed going to bazaars, making crafts, gardening and was an avid Bruins and Patriots fan. She was a communicant of Assumption Church and St. Blaise Church. She loved life, being with family and friends and will be greatly missed.
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Mark Twain: An American Prophet, by Maxwell Geismar
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The Mark Twain controversy is a dispute about America. Van Wyck Brooks, in The Ordeal of Mark Twain (1920), was the first to suggest that the crudity and shallowness of American society—first on the Missouri frontier of Twain's youth and in the genteel East where he lived his adult life—kept Twain from achieving his full artistic maturity. Starting with Bernard de Voto, whose Mark Twain's America (1932) was the first challenge to Brooks, the opponents of this thesis have tended not to argue that Mark Twain's achievement was higher than Brooks claimed, but rather that Brooks failed to appreciate the virtues of 19th-century American culture. As is now well-known, these critics have ended by coming over pretty much to Brooks's view (de Voto after editing the late works of Twain's decline) while Brooks, as he developed into a celebrator of the American 19th century, went over to the opposition. Maxwell Geismar continues the tradition of focusing on Mark Twain's America, but he is the first party to the controversy to state unequivocally that, far from showing a decline, Twain's "late work far surpassed his earlier in knowledge and insight, in its range and complexity of artistic vision."
When he was sixty-one, Mark Twain suffered personal tragedy: he went bankrupt, his wife's chronic invalidism grew worse, and his favorite daughter died. Twain recovered slowly from his personal grief and, becoming rich again, doggedly paid off his creditors; but, as even his greatest admirers have had to admit, he never experienced a true "rebirth" of his creative powers. Geismar's claim that Twain went on to become an even greater writer than he had been before his reversals would hardly merit serious attention were it not accompanied by his additional charge that Mark Twain's later greatness has not simply been overlooked, but has been systematically suppressed by "Cold War critics." Geismar argues, or rather proclaims, that because Twain was "a natural (and unconscious) Marxist in part of his thinking," he threatens the 1950's-like conformity and complacency of these critics who either deny or ignore Twain's espousal of revolutionary violence, his "repudiation of . . . white Anglo-Saxon culture," his exposures of "the genocide on which American culture rested," and his general insight into the "American racist culture." The Russians, however, are "accurate" in their charge that Americans know only a Mark Twain censored of his social and political observations, especially his attacks on American capitalism. It must be understood that Geismar is making an ideological point here, so that it would be a mere quibble to point out that the documents to which he refers all appear in the numerous collected editions of Mark Twain, or that they were specifically brought together in 1962 in a volume called Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race, with a foreword by . . . Maxwell Geismar.
If Geismar's glaring contradictions are worth attention, therefore, it is only as examples of how a literary critic may go about the appropriation of the fashionable leftism of the day. Himself a figure of the 30's, Geismar has seen fit to revive the vulgar Marxism of that period, only bringing it up to date by dressing it in the stylish garb of youth-worship, Reichian sexual license, Third World polemics, and, at last, the inevitable equation of the United States with Hitler Germany.
Geismar calls "nonsense" the view that Huckleberry Finn was Mark Twain's one masterpiece since "his whole career was a classic." Most readers would agree that there are brilliant passages throughout Twain's writings, but they would nevertheless have to notice much that is unfortunate. From his first major book, The Innocents Abroad, "as in almost all Twain's work from start to last, the quality is uneven" because of "padded material" and "dragging and belabored narrative." The first volume of The Gilded Age, a collaboration, is "poor as literature and disappointing as a historical document." Sketches New and Old has "many . . . sections of trivia; casual, hasty little familiar essays." Even Tom Sawyer "hinge[s] upon a ridiculous melodrama" and suffers from Twain's "uneasiness" about handling sex. A Tramp Abroad, with its "sluggish prose" is an "ordeal" to read, while The Prince and the Pauper, with its "execrable language" and its "affected" central character, amounts to so much "silly stuff"—"contrived and inadequate." The second volume of Life on the Mississippi, a better book, is "an inferior travelogue." A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court has both a "confused structure" and "improbable characters."
Beginning in the 90's, these weaknesses become even more common. In Pudd'nhead Wilson, the "literary execution" of Roxy, the heroine, "is uneven and sometimes quite false." It is to be remarked that Twain "did not create an effective heroine in the whole body of his work." Later, "it is difficult to find anything of interest in Joan of Arc—except its badness." The sequels to Tom Sawyer "cause one only to wonder how Clemens could so openly exploit his famous earlier book while debasing the original characters and concepts."
If these judgments appear too harsh or exaggerated that is because the tone in which they are expressed carries Maxwell Geismar's harsh assertiveness: all of the quotations in the previous two paragraphs are his. Were Geismar not so insistent on branding any criticism of Mark Twain as part of the "Cold War" critics "fashionable and herdlike theory," one might have tried to suggest that, like Bernard de Voto and others who over the years have challenged The Ordeal of Mark Twain, he inevitably fell into the Brooksian orbit. But Geismar exempts himself from any such generosity; as fast as he piles up refutations of his own thesis, he pours out anathemas on all who disagree with him. Van Wyck Brooks gets off fairly easily. He "did not understand Twain's humor" and, unlike Geismar, "falsely used this great artist" to prove a thesis. Others—Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling, F. R. Leavis, Irving Howe, Leon Edel, to give a partial list—are either "prurient Freudians," aesthetes, or "Cold War" ideologues. The remarks on Lionel Trilling are particularly ill-taken since Geismar owes a debt to Trilling's pioneering analysis of Huckleberry Finn. Charles Neider, Geismar reveals, omitted certain sections from his edition of Twain's Autobiography not "on grounds of 'taste' or 'esthetics,' as Neider claimed" (nor because they were already available in other editions and would have made his too long), "but really because of the prevailing Cold War theology in the American fifties whose narrow values many critics accepted so blandly, so smugly, so piously. And still do."
Geismar's political assault rests on his contention that Mark Twain's writings from 1897 until his death in 1910 not only constituted his great period, but are characterized by a critique of America that stemmed from the fact that Twain "alone among American writers . . . had discovered the true nature of modern imperialism." Geismar's own strictures on the works of this period, however, are more severe than those of any of its denigrators. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is an "indistinguished lot" of "poor fiction," and the title story is itself "uneven in craft, rough in detail." A Double-Barreled Detective Story is "a heavy-footed parody"; The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories contains "too many trivial and minor tales for padding"; the "tedious" and "boring" What Is Man? is "not only tangential . . . but self-contradictory"; Christian Science is "uneven"; A Horse's Tale, with its "sadistic ending," is "cruel and hard." And so on.
Geismar makes similar comments about the two works of this period that he holds up for praise: The Mysterious Stranger and Twain's Autobiography, both of which have had their champions, contrary to what he suggests. But more important, what he values in these books is not so much their social or political content as that purely imaginative aesthetic he so despises when "Cold War critics" talk about it. Unfortunately for even this unwitting capitulation, the excellent passages Geismar likes best in the Autobiography were written in the 1870's, while the unfinished condition of The Mysterious Stranger, even if Geismar were right to praise its adolescent nihilism, remains a sad testimony to Twain's confusion near the end.
Of course Geismar disdainfully and in italics dismisses both "the academic controversy over the various editions" of The Mysterious Stranger and the textual problems of the Autobiography. The fact is, however, that he has chosen two works where these matters are crucial. He fulminates against editors who have "suppressed" parts of Twain's Autobiography, twitting them for their elitist notions of form: "One must understand and accept" Twain's "lack of form . . . in order to grasp the secret of his greatness." Charles Neider, ignorant of this principle, has left out certain portions of the Autobiography: "And very likely this was done at the cost of some of Twain's best passages of writing." But just a moment. If it is "very likely" that Neider has omitted passages, if Geismar is not certain whether or not he has, then Geismar has not seen all of Mark Twain's Autobiography. He insists that this is a neglected and bowdlerized masterpiece, that its formless form has been misunderstood, and that it must be printed exactly as Twain wrote it to be appreciated, yet he has never read the work he praises.
More accurately, what he has not studied is the jumble of manuscripts which Mark Twain wrote and dictated over a period of nearly forty years. Including reminiscences, essays, letters, journal entries, and other odds and ends, all the sheets that Mark Twain designated to be included in his Autobiography would add up to an utterly unwieldy and unreadable book, as the scholars and editors have patiently explained. One may argue about the different principles of selection used by the three editors who have done editions of the "autobiography." But to talk of suppression, even in the service of a faltering thesis like Geismar's, is absurd. Once again Geismar himself provides the evidence against his own claims, for he eventually admits that the Autobiography is "tedious" and "repetitious," and that Neider was right to put the disordered manuscripts into a chronological order, formless form notwithstanding.
It would be superfluous to document how Geismar also undermines his own case against the despair which characterizes Twain's late works, how he provides the sort of Freudian interpretations of Twain's books as projections of his life that he complains of in critics like Justin Kaplan (in fact neither Van Wyck Brooks nor Justin Kaplan has a Freudian thesis, though both avail themselves of psychological insights), how he shows Twain to have been a self-censoring Victorian about sex (despite his claim that Twain showed in his works a pagan love of the flesh), or, finally, how he reveals that his "enraged radical" lived in plutocratic luxury, hobnobbing with the head of Standard Oil, and spurning first the Haymarket rioters and then Maxim Gorky when he came to America in 1906 to raise money for the Russian revolutionary movement. (Twain was, you see, a "spy in the house of the oligarchy.")
But Geismar's accusing tone in praising Twain's social criticism in essays like "King Leopold's Soliloquy," "A War Prayer," and "The United States of Lyncherdom" is pure comedy worthy of Mark Twain himself. For Geismar neglects to mention that Twain acquiesced in his publisher's reluctance to print these works; he accepted the suggestion that he donate the first to be printed as a pamphlet by the Boston Congo Reform Association while he suppressed the other two—the last lest it hurt his sales in the South.1 In view of these facts, Geismar's hilariious comment on "The United States of Lyncherdom"—"who knows, if Paine had not published it in 1923, and if, still later, it had fallen into the hands of the Cold War critics of the 1950's, it would still remain unpublished"—deserves a special place in the literary history of our times.
Geismar's obsessive irrationality suggests how potent the anti-American emotion has grown in the space of a few years. For notice that any ordinary resentment against the society would be satisfied by Brooks's thesis that Mark Twain's failure was the consequence of his being an American. But Geismar is concerned to indict political America as well as American society, though he seems not quite aware of the distinction between the two. To do so he employs the myth of an "Old Republic" with democratic revolutionary values (though based on genocide) under which Mark Twain grew up and was nurtured, and a "Modern American Empire" (also engaged in genocide) against which Twain presciently rebelled. (That Twain in the Republic period repudiated American democracy in general and universal suffrage in particular even as he worshiped the English class system, which Geismar does not mention, or that he approved the Spanish American War in the Empire period, which Geismar does note, need hardly give us pause. Any such deviations are simply "very un-Twainish Twain.")
The spirit of fury against the nation combined with assertive praise of what it once is supposed to have been marks a resurgence of the self-righteous strain in native radicalism. Mark Twain hated America, it is proclaimed, and that damning truth has been kept from us; but Mark Twain was a red-blooded American, like Maxwell Geismar an old-fashioned American democrat of the sort that Jamesian aesthetes fear and cannot understand (the book jacket of Mark Twain: An American Prophet appropriately features a slanted red, white, and blue stripe with stars across its face containing the last three words of the title). This foisting of partisan politics on the past is what is known as making history "relevant." The historical revisionists having invented an American imperium responsible for the major ills of the 20th century, literary revisionists may now add that certain writers always knew the terrible truth, that their revelations have been shamefully obscured by literary helots, and that the only true patriots are those who have the courage to proclaim the great anti-American tradition in American letters.
Yet despite Geismar's effort to misread him, Mark Twain's rise to greatness, fortune, and then tragedy with the fulfillment of his dream remains a classic American example. Not quite destroyed by the society, as Brooks at first had it, nor yet its unambiguous champion, as de Voto for a time believed, Mark Twain embodied and sometimes made into art that ambiguity toward the mother country that many of us feel and a few allow to degenerate into blind hatred.
1 This information comes from a book Geismar understandably abhors, Justin Kaplan's splendid Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain.


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Iceland's Ring Road is a national road in Iceland that runs around the island and connects most of the inhabited parts of the country. The total length of the road is 1,332 kilometres (828 miles). Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland, such as the waterfalls Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, are also on or near the Ring Road.
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Sydney Opera House
June 8th, 2014
Taken in Circular quay, Sydney
Adobe Lightroom 5
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 20mm f/2.8 USM.
Photo Settings: 20mm, f/6, 20 seconds, ISO 200.
Cape Solander
June 4th, 2014
Taken in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Australia.
Adobe Lightroom 5.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM.
Photo Settings: 30mm, f/13, 1/5 second, ISO 100.
Moonrise over Yosemite
By pkieren
June 3rd, 2014
On a cool May evening, the Moon rose over the Yosemite valley. With a 6-second exposure at ISO 100, the bright moon illuminated the valley. Taken from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.
Photoshop for RAW processing.
Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.
Photo Settings: 14mm, f/2, 6 seconds, ISO 100.
Map: 37.7307, -119.5736
Mustafarian Sunrise
By Starkiteckt
June 2nd, 2014
The planet where Anakin became Darth Vader. A fiery, inhospitable world.
Adobe Photoshop CS6.
By Starkiteckt
May 29th, 2014
Let your imagination drift into the cosmic void and find solace there... Serenity is waiting.
Created in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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Great players have left, great defense remains
Ray Lewis speaks from heart during acceptance ceremony
BALTIMORE--Sunday was symbolic for the Ravens' defense.
Ray Lewis was honored, but he was in a suit-and-tie, not in uniform. Ed Reed was back in Baltimore, but he was playing for the other team.
Yet, the Ravens' defense was superb, punishing the Texans in a 30-9 drubbing. The Lewis – Reed era is clearly over. However, the 2013 Ravens are moving on, and they are making a statement. Stellar defense is still being played in Baltimore.
"We feel like we can be a great defense," said Ravens coach John Harbaugh. "We're still working towards that."
The Ravens (2-1) have not allowed a touchdown the past two games. Their front seven has no obvious weaknesses. Their pass rush has been ferocious. The secondary looks markedly improved, with Matt Elam starting at safety, cornerback Lardarius Webb fully recovered from knee surgery, and cornerback Jimmy Smith playing the most consistent football of his young career.
The Texans came into Sunday's game averaging 30.5 points and they had great field position in the first half. Yet, the Texans still couldn't muster a touchdown. In the second half, they never made it past the Ravens' 36-yard line.
That bodes extremely well for the Ravens moving forward, heading to Sunday's road game against the Bills. The Ravens' front seven is deep and talented. Linebackers Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil are proven pass rushers. The additions of defensive linemen Marcus Spears and Chris Canty have allowed defensive tackle Haloti Ngata to do what he does best – wreck havoc inside.
Canty (groin) didn't even play Sunday and Terrence Cody (knee sprain) left in the first half. But Arthur Jones, Spears and Ngata controlled the Texans' offensive line, giving Arian Foster and Ben Tate little room to run.
That allowed the linebackers to make plays. Suggs and Dumevil rushed the passer with freedom. Daryl Smith had perhaps the game's biggest play - a 37-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Ravens the lead for good.
If their secondary can eliminate big plays, the Ravens' defense has found a formula they can win with consistently. Peyton Manning embarrassed the Ravens' defense in Week 1. But instead of folding, the Ravens became more determined to find their defensive identity.
"Houston's going to be one of those teams, when it's all said and done, that's going to be in the hunt," said starting safety James Ihedigbo. "To do it against a team like this, will continue to set the bar higher for us.
"In the secondary, we know that if we want to go anywhere, win a championship again, whatever we want to do with this defense starts with us. We got to continue to play at a high level."
This was an early-season measuring-stick game for the Ravens, and they measured up defensively. Their offense is still trying to find its rhythm. But defensively, the Ravens are silencing the critics who believe they have too many new pieces, and lost too many leaders, to be contenders again.
"We love them (Lewis and Reed), respect them, but we're just trying to move on and let everybody know we can still be a great D," Webb said.
"The show goes on," Jones said. "It's a new year, new team, and we've got some great guys who want to win. We're going to keep building, keep rolling."
After what the Ravens did Sunday, it was hard to argue. Reed plays safety for the Texans. Lewis is now in the Ravens Ring of Honor. But the team they left behind is proving it can still play defense.


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Guest post by Timothy Shanahan:
I agree with Gene Bottoms. "School leaders need to understand the 'big ideas' that should be taught in the core curriculum. They do not need to be experts, but they should know enough to determine whether students are being taught the body of knowledge… they are expected to learn in the core curriculum." (From What School Principals Need to Know about Curriculum and Instruction, p. 1., http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/school-leadership/district-policy-and-practice/Documents/What-Principals-Need-to-Know-About-Curriculum-and-Instruction.pdf)
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But one would think they could find time to read the title.
It's an unwieldy mouthful, but it carries essential information to which all school administrators should pay close attention: The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science, and Technical Subjects.
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This means that when it comes to professional development and text resources, to enact the common core it will be necessary to include a wider array of teachers than with past ELA reforms. History and science teachers (and industrial arts and computer sciences teachers, etc.) need to know how to teach the reading and writing of their subjects, and principals have to include, motivate, and support them to ensure this happens. Let's face it: The easiest thing for a science teacher to ignore would be standards labeled English language arts. A principal's leadership will clearly be needed.
Similarly, the standards recommend secondary students spend 70% of their school reading time with informational text. One hears stories of principals appropriating 70% of English class time for such reading (there goes the literature). I don't know if such stories are true or apocryphal, but they highlight the importance of knowing the ELA standards govern the school day, not just the English class.
One of the biggest changes instigated by CCSS is the idea that high school students need to read harder, more challenging texts than in the past; texts that are more in line with the difficulty levels they'll confront in college or the workplace. This one isn't just for English teachers either.
I get that the modern secondary principal is a policy leader, financial planner, building manager, personnel director, head security officer, and public communicator. But to be an effective instructional leader, he or she must grasp the major instructional directions the school needs to go. If you want to lead with the common core, then please, by all means, find time to read the title.
Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor of urban education at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he is Director of the Center for Literacy and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He will be presenting at Ignite 2013 on Friday, March 1, at a session entitled The Common Core Standards: Teaching Literacy in the Disciplines vs Teaching Disciplinary Literacy. Check out Timothy's website at www.shanahanonliteracy.com.


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Not certain what the difference is between a pot still and a column still? We'll get you sorted out. More
Having trouble remembering the difference between single-malts and blended Scotches? Not sure what so singular about single malts in the first place? Today's your day. More
Have you ever wondered about the difference between a spirit and a liqueur? What on earth is a cordial? And why is that bartender over there so precious that he has to call his Manhattan perfect, anyway? Here's your guide to a few easily-confused cocktail terms. More
There are so many misconceptions surrounding absinthe, and it's time to set the story straight. (Just here to drink? I've got 5 essential absinthe cocktail recipes for you, too.) More
While some cocktail bars focus on ever-more unusual techniques and ingredients, there are bartenders and patrons alike who are beginning to push back. While some cocktail programs focus on the elaborate, we're beginning to see an opposite trend emerging: simplicity. More
Spring is starting to turn to summer across most of the United States, and with summer comes an upswing in cocktail parties. Having co-hosted more than a few parties myself, I have a few tips to offer that will help you host a successful bash. More
The response to last week's list of 25 cocktails everyone should know was—let's say—vocal. Though I do believe the original 25 are the true essentials, stretching the number to 30 allows us to include a few more excellent drink recipes to have in your arsenal. More
How many ways are there to enjoy a martini? Over at Slate, Troy Patterson has given a lot of thought to this question. He staged a Tournament of Martinis, in the pattern of the NCAA basketball tourney. Starting with 80 recipes (yes, 80), he paired drinks up and let them battle for supremacy. He includes martini variations that I don't think of as such: for example, martinis with Chartreuse, Scotch, elderflower liqueur, or lime juice. Patterson's path is fun to read, but I have no intention of duplicating his work. Instead I want to focus on just a few elements of the martini: the ingredients, the ratio, the preparation, and the presentation, along with a little history. More
Forget the tomato juice. Put down the celery salt. If you can look past the Bloody Mary, you'll find a whole world of savory cocktails waiting for your enjoyment. Savory cocktails can be built using savory ingredients, such as vegetables and salt, or they can be made from savory spirits, such as aquavit, gin, and sherry. Smoky spirits, such as mezcal and certain Scotches, can also add a savory side to a drink. More
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Thanksgiving evening. You push back from the table feeling satisfied but a little bloated. You know there's a beautiful pie waiting in the kitchen, but you can't look it in the pie eye, you just can't. You need a break, a walk around the block or the entire city, and possibly some Alka-Seltzer. Or, here's a thought: Try a digestive. More
With an autumnal chill settling in, with various cultural and religious holidays approaching, and with the promise of hours locked inside with your family members, I thought maybe you'd want some advice on high-octane cocktails for a change. More


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CNET reports on the FCC's ruling against Comcast and mentions the role that some Stanford Law faculty members played in the complaint and outcome. Barbara van Schewick, co-director of the Center for Internet and Society, provided testimony about broadband network management practices during the FCC's public hearing in April 2008 held at Stanford. Declan McCullagh writes:
The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday finally released the text of its 3-2 ruling saying Comcast violated the law when throttling BitTorrent transfers, marking the first time any broadband provider has been found to violate Net neutrality rules.
Comcast will be required to take these steps in the next 30 days: disclose "the precise contours" of its current and future network management practices, and submit a "nondiscriminatory network management" compliance plan so government regulators can decide whether they approve. The company will not be fined.
If Comcast fails to comply, it will be automatically required to "suspend the network management practices" associated with handling BitTorrent transfers.
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Digital Play has come across Carmel games who have a series of games with nice written text elements and, if you're lucky, a little audio too. These games are great for doing in a connected classroom as an open class activity. Using a walkthrough yourself to keep on track but eliciting the story and play from your learners, these games make for a great speaking or guided writing activity. The first one, Vortex Point, contains a link to a lesson plan that acts as a good blueprint on how to use the games in class.
1 Vortex Point
A lesson plan will help lay out the methodology (click the link in the title) we've used with this and the other games and give you a clear idea of how to use the game in class. The story here is that you are a member of a team of paranormal investigators. It's your job to solve the mystery of some stolen gold bars by what looks like a ghost.
2 Vortex Point 2
This is the continuing story of the Paranormal investigation team based at Vortex Point. This time you are presented with the case of a young girl mysteriously disappearing. The only witness is a friend of hers who can only tell you of the appearance of a ghostly clown in a set of photo booth photographs just before the disappearance.
3 Small Town Detective
A journalist has disappeared under mysterious circumstances and you've been hired to track them down and bring them safely home. Travel around the town picking up clues and talking to key witnesses to help you solve the crime.
4 Mermaid City
Your name is Chad and you run a hot dog stand and some young punk has opened another hot dog stand right next to yours and he's trying to run you out of business. Your quest is to find a way to shut him down and carry on with your business of making and selling the best hot dogs in Mermaid city.
5 Lucky Luke
You are a millionaire and your money seems to have attracted the unwanted attention of a rather crazy woman and her son. Before you know it you are engaged to be married to the woman and set to inherit a rather nasty stepson. You need to work quick and find a way to escape from what will surely be a nightmare of a marriage.
6 Ray and Cooper
Cooper loves sitting on the sofa playing video games all day with his best friend Ray. However, one day this all changes when Ray goes out to get nachos and never comes back. Forced to abandon his gaming and go and look for Ray, Cooper soon discovers that things are not as simple as they seem.
7 Pierre Hotel
There are some strange things happening at the Pierre Hotel. and it looks like it's your job to get to the bottom of things. As you explore the hotel you begin to discover that all is not as it seems and, is that Dracula working at the front desk or is it just your overactive imagination?
8 The Proposal
Tonight's a big night for Josh Bullock. He's planning on proposing to his girlfriend during the Grand Ball at the Orchid Hotel. However Rocco Reynolds, who was her boyfriend fifteen years ago, has something else in mind. Will you make it to the Grand Ball on time?
9 Creepo's Tales
Here Creepo the creepy clown tells the story of 'The Choppin' Mall'. You work in a burger bar and a competitor is selling burger's with a sauce that is out of this world. Set out to discover the secret ingredient and put a stop to the strange practices going on.
10 A Night In Crazytown
Jason is out on a date and has just lent his car keys to his date when a news flash makes him realise that he has just given his car keys to a notorious car thief. Rushing outside he is just in time to see his car disappearing into the distance. Can you get Jason's car back?
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Done with wow..now what?
Im over wow for awhile...finally.
Ill pick it up again when WOTLK ever get released :)
So..I need a new game to occupy my spare time.
Im thinking of Lineage II......has anyone ever played it?
There is no way in hell im touching AOC....it just looks very dull to me and yet Im yet to hear much good about it to be honest.
But..Lineage does look interesting, I just dont know alot about it in general.
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Re: Done with wow..now what?
Nah..it never really was like that for me to be honest. I like the game and I have enjoyed it but it doesnt occupy my every waking moment :)
It something I do instead of watching TV....not something I do instead of...living a normal life.
I guess after 2 70's...I dont want to level another and I have just started to get bored and want to try a new game thats all.
Re: Done with wow..now what?
I personally love Lineage II, but I don't think it's worth the monthly "fee". (lee)
Especially if it's only going to tide you over until WotLK.
If you need more info, PM me because I don't think it's something that can be talked about in public. ;)
Re: Done with wow..now what?
I personally played Lineage 2 a lot on retail, and private servers, (currently playing WoW) but if you were to go retail id say its past its prime, and the community is at low populations compared to WoW.
L2 will definitely take up a lot of time (leveling is much longer than WoW, and essentially no one does quests) if thats what you are looking for, from the class change quests, to sub class quests and 3rd class change quests (:headexplode:) and then leveling it all over again for the sub class.
Best things about L2 though is the open pvp, kill anyone you don't like looking at you, massive pvps, clan wars, castle sieges (really fun imo). Also manipulating the world to affect others - Bored? Go ruin someones day! Buff mobs that people are attacking, train people with mobs etc (chance for them to drop their gear for your benefit). There is a chance you will lose gear or inventory items if you die by a monster, and you also lose experience (~4-5%), you will not drop any gear if a player kills you, unless you are "red" aka chaotic because you just killed someone for no reason and havnt "worked off the karma" yet by killing mobs.
At this point would be pretty hard for you to catch up with all the players who already are in top gear, ebaying might be an option...
But anyways I recommend L2, definitely a lot of fun and very social/political with all the things you can do to people :)
Bad thing with private servers is most of them have the game so skewed, some have edited classes, skills dont work like they should, some have easy donations (to keep server alive) and hence kids got weapons and armor that will rape you unless you donate. Although the most fun ive had is on private servers, but those were C3-C4 servers a while back. Id try to find a server that is near like retail and not too crazy on the donation side with a good population to test it out!
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Lineage = one of the games that invented the word grind
Dont go there. Only asian people can have fun with that game :p
Well nothing new out now.. AoC bombed the patches sucked
Right now I am playing EVE Online try the 21 days trial on steam.
Its a really advanced mmorpg so it isnt for everyone. But I am having lots of fun.
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Warhammer man
don't be fooled by the crappy vids, the HD beta leaks looks sweet
Re: Done with wow..now what?
LOTRO is pretty fun. It's a LOT like WoW, but with better graphics and more to do excluding PvP. PvE seems just as well done as WoW, if not better. The Monster Play (PvP) in it is pretty cool from what I've seen too. I haven't had a chance to play that part much. It's got some great co-op play and it's not all based around freebie arena epics. I'd give it a shot if you haven't already. I'm playing with some friends on Brandywine. Also, one of the coolest things is that you can learn a musical instrument skill in the game and then actually play it by hitting each note. You can bind individual notes to keys and jam away. I swear I heard someone playing Metallica on a lute the other day. :)
It's only $10 to buy and that comes with a free month. There is also a free trial for like 14 days, but it doesn't come with the highest resolution textures in that download. You can find them to download though or just get the install off the DVDs.
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LOTRO is also 9.99 a month (6 month plan I believe). The most active PvMP is on Elendilmir.
I'm not good playing the instruments, but you can download abc files and play them. Eye of the tiger on bagpipes is hilariously funny.
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That was the only thing redeeming about LoTR:Online. It was pretty fun the first few days, but it got boring really fast for me. Don't get me wrong though. It's a great community which seems to gather the more mature crowds which is great, imo.
Anyway, when I got bored, I decided to give this music thing a try. Depending on your class you can learn instruments at level 5. Bards get pretty much all of them right off the bat. If you go to some sites, they have abc files that people have made which you can plop into your LotR documents folder. Then in-game, just type /music to get ready, then /play "song_name.abc" and your character will start playing it. :D Unfortunately, I was at the end of my trial when I did this, and I was actually drawing a crowd - made some gold to boot as well, lol.
Just save this as an .abc file in notepad and stick it in your username/Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Music folder.
Anyway, here's an example.
But then, you also get bastards that play these kinds of songs in Middle-Earth..
But nothing about LoTR:Online really wanted me to stay and actually pay to play it. Other than the Tolkien refences, the game is mediocre at best. The models are pretty "bleh" even with the high-res texture pack. In DX10, it was looking a bit better, but there's just something missing in the game that I can't put my finger on.
I told my friend that if I bought the lifetime subscription for this game, at least I'd have all the time in the world to let the game mature and get better and more content is knocked out. But until then, the trial period was enough for me to uninstall it after I had my fill. :(
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The Ballet School is the guardian of a precious knowledge: the classic academic ballet. Though today's dancer needs a wide diversity in education, he must first receive the legacy of this oral tradition which is 300 years old already.
Ballet is taught at six levels. It is open to girls and boys.
It is a multidisciplinary course which, as well as the different dance lessons (classic, character, contemporary, jazz and folk), offers additional lessons in music, mime, theatre, entertainment law, history of dance, anatomy and gymnastics. General teaching (national curriculum) is dispensed at the school from primary school to the baccalaureate (literary section). As long as the student is enrolled at the ballet school, he or she must continue to study, even after the age of 16.
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• The "Défilé" of the corps de Ballet and the school
• The Ballet School Demonstrations
• The Ballet School Annual Show
These three events take place on the stage of the Palais Garnier in front of an audience. In some years, tours in France or abroad may be added.
Accommodation and meals
The School possesses a canteen open from Monday to Friday and a boarding house open from Sunday evening to Friday evening. Half-board is mandatory but not the boarding house which is a service proposed to families.
Families must be able to collect their child in the event of sickness or accident (at the School or the Clinique at la Defense or another emergency service). For this reason, it is imperative for families living beyond the Paris region to have a correspondent in the Paris region. Teaching is free of charge, only the boarding house and the canteen.
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Teaching goes from the 6th to the 1st Division.
Course work during the year is marked, a quarterly report is sent to parents.
Marks represent half the points needed to move up into the next division, the other half comes from the results of the end-of-year examination.
Students in the first division have priority recruitment to the Opera's corps de ballet. An internal competition is organised for this. Candidates having passed the competition and satisfying the general training conditions (having at least the French Certificate of General Education) join the corps de ballet as trainee "quadrilles".
All students achieving the 1st Division will get the end-of-studies diploma.Students not joining the corps de ballet may remain at the Ballet School if they have not reached the age limit or leave.
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A method and apparatus for automatically focusing a camera that may rely upon ambient light for auto focusing and flash illumination for image capture. A correction factor may be determined that is based at least in part on a range between the camera and a desired subject. The camera focus may be adjusted in accordance with the correction factor prior to capturing a capture image using flash illumination.
1. A camera system comprising:
a camera having a lens, the camera having an auto focus mode, wherein the auto focus mode relies upon a first wavelength or first range of wavelengths of light to automatically focus the camera to a first focus setting;
a range sensor that is configured to determine a range between a subject and the camera;
an offset computation module that determines an offset value based at least in part on the range between the subject and the camera determined by the range sensor, the offset value being effective for correcting focus of the camera from the first focus setting at the first wavelength or first range of wavelengths of light to a second focus setting at a second wavelength or second range of wavelengths of light; and
a focus actuator configured to adjust a focus setting of the camera in accordance with the offset value to the second focus setting, the second focus setting being used in capturing an image of the subject using the second wavelength or second range of wavelengths of light.
2. The camera system of
3. The camera system of
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5. A method of capturing an image of a subject, the method comprising steps of:
pointing a camera at the subject;
achieving focus of the camera on the subject at a first focus setting using ambient light;
determining a range to the subject;
adjusting the achieved focus of the camera from the first focus setting to a second focus setting based at least in part on the range to the subject determined in the determining step; and
capturing an infrared image of the subject using the second focus setting.
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13. A method of focusing a camera having ambient and flash illumination capability, the method comprising the steps of:
pointing the camera at a subject;
achieving a focus of the camera on the subject using ambient light, resulting in a first focus setting;
determining a subject range between the camera and the subject;
determining a correction factor based at least in part on the subject range determined in the determining step; and
adjusting the camera focus from the first focus setting to a second focus setting based on the correction factor, and using the second focus setting to capture an image of the subject using a flash illumination.
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/778,770, filed Mar. 3, 2006, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/807,046, filed Jul. 11, 2006. This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/382,373, filed May 9, 2006, and a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/672,108, filed Feb. 7, 2007. Each of these applications is hereby incorporated by reference.
This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/979,129, filed Nov. 3, 2004, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/655,124, filed Sep. 5, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,183,895, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/275,703, filed Jan. 25, 2006, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/647,270, filed Jan. 26, 2005, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/043,366, filed Jan. 26, 2005, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/372,854, filed Mar. 10, 2006, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/675,424, filed Feb. 15, 2007, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The government may have rights in the invention.
The invention pertains generally to cameras and more particularly to cameras and camera systems in which the camera can be focused using light whose spectrum is different from that used for image capture.
In many instances, flash illumination of a subject is used to obtain a well-exposed image. However, as flash illumination typically has a very short flash duration, it may not be possible for a camera to auto focus properly during the flash discharge event, and hence the camera is typically auto focused prior to image capture using ambient light. If, however, the ambient light spectrum used for auto focus differs from the flash light spectrum that is used for image capture, the camera focus that is obtained during auto focus may not be entirely in focus for the captured image. A need exists, therefore, for structure and methods that permit a camera to be auto focused using ambient light or some spectral subset thereof, while also providing a proper focus under a flash spectrum or some spectral subset thereof, particularly when the ambient light spectrum that is used for auto focus differs from the flash spectrum that is used for image capture.
The invention relates generally to structure and to methods that permit a camera to be auto focused using ambient light or some spectral subset thereof, while also providing a proper focus under a flash spectrum or some spectral subset thereof. This may be accomplished even when the ambient light spectrum that is used for auto focus differs from the flash spectrum that is used for image capture.
In some cases, ambient light may be used for auto focusing the camera, and light from a flash discharge may be used for image capture. Ambient light may include the light that is in or around a subject of interest on a persistent or substantially persistent basis. Ambient light may be produced by man made light sources in the vicinity of the camera, or natural light sources such as the sun. The ambient light used for auto focus may be in the visible spectrum, or some other spectrum as desired. In some instances, auto focusing may rely on a selected spectral subset of the ambient light, but this is not required in all embodiments.
A correction factor may be generated that represents a change in the camera auto focus to correct for the different wavelength(s) used for image capture. In some instances, the wavelength(s) used for image capture may be in the infrared spectrum, and the wavelength(s) used for auto focus may be in the visible spectrum, but this is not required in all embodiments. The correction factor may be applied to the camera focus, and the new corrected camera focus may be used during image capture.
The above summary of the present invention is not intended to describe each disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the present invention. The Figures, Detailed Description and Examples which follow more particularly exemplify these embodiments.
While the invention is amenable to various modifications and alternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and will be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the intention is not to limit the invention to the particular embodiments described. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.
The following description should be read with reference to the drawings, in which like elements in different drawings are numbered in like fashion. The drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, depict selected embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Although examples of construction, dimensions, and materials are illustrated for the various elements, those skilled in the art will recognize that many of the examples provided have suitable alternatives that may be utilized.
While camera 12 is diagrammatically illustrated as a single camera, it will be recognized that in some cases, camera 12 may instead be a compilation of two (or even more) cameras that share a common optical path, i.e., one or more mirrors, beam splitters or the like could be employed to provide each of two or more cameras (or sensors/sensor arrays) with the same or essentially the same incoming image structure. For example, camera 12 could include a first camera that is sensitive only to visible light and a second camera that is sensitive only to infrared (or other) light. In some cases, and in one example, each camera could include a filter or the like that blocks out or otherwise reduces or prevents visible light from reaching the infrared camera and/or reduces or prevents infrared light from reaching the visible camera.
In some instances, camera 12 may include an auto focus mode 14, shown generically as block 14. The auto focus mode 14 may be configured to automatically focus camera 12 using at least a portion of the ambient light spectrum. In some cases, ambient light may be considered as being background, or persistent, light from at least one of natural and man-made sources. In many cases, and not meant to be limiting in anyway, ambient light may include all or essentially all of the visible light spectrum, or only a small portion thereof. The auto focus mode 14 may, in some circumstances, be considered as an internal focus mode, as the elements which act together to form the auto focus mode 14 are often located internal to the camera 12. These elements may include one or more of a motor, a controller and a position sensor, and are often disposed internal to camera 12.
Camera 12 may also include an external focus mode in which an individual or an actuator can manipulate the focus of camera 12, often from an exterior of the camera, although this is not expressly shown in camera 12. In some cases, camera system 10 may include an external focus/internal focus control switch 16 that permits switching camera 12 from an internal auto focus mode (auto focus mode 14) to an external focus mode and/or from an external focus mode to an internal auto focus mode, as desired. Control switch 16 may be a mechanical switch, an electrical switch or may even represent a function provided by an electronic controller that may, if desired, be provided to control various functions and features of camera 12. The use of the terms "internal" and "external" as used herein merely describe an illustrative embodiment of the camera 12. It must be recognized that the various recited features do not have to be "internal" or "external" to the camera 12, and thus these terms should not be interpreted as limiting in any way. More generally, the camera 12 may be considered to include an auto focus mode and a non-auto focus mode.
As alluded to above, auto focusing performed using ambient light or a spectral subset thereof may not provide a clearly focused image if the image capture is performed using a different light spectrum, such as an infrared light spectrum produced by, for example, a flash discharge. In some instances, auto focus mode 14 may rely at least in part on visible light (e.g. a green band of light) within the ambient light spectrum, while the image capture may primarily rely on infrared light. It will be recognized that two spectra of light, such as infrared light and visible light, focus differently due in part to the different refraction of the light caused by the optical elements (e.g. lenses).
To help correct for this, and in some cases, camera system 10 may include a range sensor 18 that may be configured to determine a distance between camera 12 and a desired subject (not illustrated). Any of a variety of different sensors may be used as range sensor 18. In some instances, range sensor 18 may be an optical sensor such as a laser range finder or a scanning laser. In some cases, range sensor 18 may be an acoustical sensor such as an acoustic ranger. If desired, range sensor 18 may instead represent a photographic or image processing technique such as stereo imagery or even a motion-based method. In some cases, the range of the subject may be determined from the setting of the optical system (which may be set in the auto focus mode) when the subject is "in focus" using ambient light. In some cases, such techniques may be carried out by the aforementioned controller.
In any case, a signal related to the range of the subject from the camera may be sent to an offset computation module 20, which may be configured to calculate or otherwise determine an offset value that can be used to correct the auto focus position of camera 12. Offset computation module 20 may rely upon a range/focus tables or calculation module 22 to calculate or look up an offset value that is based at least in part on a subject range (e.g. distance between camera 12 and a desired subject) that is provided by range sensor 18 or otherwise determined. In some instances, range/focus tables or calculation module 22 may be incorporated into offset computation module 20, if desired.
In some cases, an offset value may be calculated via a formula or by referencing a look up table. The offset value may represent a difference in focal length, or in some cases a focus lens servo set point value correction, between the light spectrum relied upon for auto focusing and the light spectrum that will be used for image capture. For example, the offset value may provide a correction to account for using visible light (or a spectral subset thereof) to auto focus and using infrared light for image capture.
Once an offset value has been calculated or otherwise determined, camera 12 may be adjusted from the auto focus position to compensate for the aforementioned difference in focal length. In some cases, a focus actuator 24 may be used to adjust the focus of camera 12 relative to the auto focus position by, for example, rotating a focus ring of camera 12. Prior to adjusting the focus of camera 12, it may be desirable to switch camera 12 from auto focus mode 14 (
In some cases, external or non-auto focusing or adjustment of camera 12 may be carried out mechanically. In some instances, it is contemplated that the adjustment made to compensate for focal length differences may be made by providing appropriate commands to the focus lens adjustment servo, motor or motors that are involved in auto focusing camera 12. When so provided, the controller referenced above (not illustrated) may accept an offset value from offset computation module 20 and may provide appropriate commands to the focusing motor or motors within camera 12. It will be recognized that such a controller may also encompass the function of one or more of control switch 16, offset computation module 20 and/or range/focus tables or calculation module 22. As can be seen, and in this embodiment, the external or non-auto focus mode may be actually located or implemented primarily "internally" to the camera 12.
Control then passes to block 28, at which camera system 10 (
As illustrated, in
Control then passes to block 36, where a correction factor is determined based at least in part by the determined subject range. As discussed above, the correction factor may represent a difference in focal length between ambient light that may be used for auto focusing, and another wavelength(s) such as infrared light that may be used for imaging. At block 38, the focus is adjusted in accordance with the correction factor determined at block 36. This may involve using switch 16 to switch camera 12 from auto focus mode 14 (
As illustrated, in
The invention should not be considered limited to the particular examples described above, but rather should be understood to cover all aspects of the invention as set out in the attached claims. Various modifications, equivalent processes, as well as numerous structures to which the invention can be applicable will be readily apparent to those of skill in the art upon review of the instant specification.
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To no one's great surprise, Enzo Oddo, the 15 year old French wizkid, has repeated Sébastien Frigault's l'insoutenable légčreté de l'autre, a steep physical 8B at Franchard Isatis, Fontainebleau.
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