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Room to Read | World Change Starts with Educated Children
Dear friends,
It's hard to believe we are already two months into 2014 and we are well on our way to setting our sights on some major accomplishments this year including transforming the lives of children in more than 6,500 schools through literacy and girls' education programming.
What I consider equally important is being able to tell you how these programs are making a difference and I am excited that this year we will be releasing reports from our Research, Monitoring & Evaluation team that speak to this—one report that assesses the long-term effects of our school libraries to increase children's reading habits, and one report that summarizes how Room to Read's Literacy program is currently impacting children's reading skills.
We also continue to look at what's next for Room to Read and this year we will be embarking on our next strategic plan that will take us into 2015 and beyond. During this process we will explore how Room to Read can continue to scale while increasing our impact.
All of our hard work means that more children will grow up to be literate adults and be able to unlock their full potential. We just received exciting news that demonstrates that children themselves are taking notice with our nomination for the World's Children's Prize! The World's Children's Prize is an annual educational program out of Sweden, often called the Children's Nobel Prize, and we are truly honored that John Wood and Room to Read have been recognized by an international jury of youth members from 15 countries along with our fellow nominees Malala Yousafzai (Malala Fund) and Indira Ranamagar (Prisoners Assistance Nepal).
As always, thank you for your incredible support. I look forward to sharing more with you this year as we together create world change through education.
Erin Ganju Co-founder and CEO
Hold a bake sale, run a marathon or grow a wicked-long beard. You can do just about anything to support Room to Read's work. Check out some of our favorite fundraiser stories on the Room to Read blog.
To run any successful retail business, you need to track what is selling and what items might be less popular. This is the same principle we apply to our libraries and naturally, our customers are the children. Last year, through our Research, Monitoring and Evaluation team, we conducted a Book Checkout Study in Laos and we are currently finishing a similar study in South Africa.
This Gates-funded study is specifically analyzing book checkout patterns among children at South African schools with Room to Read libraries. Through this study we hope to learn which books are most popular overall and assess preferences and trends by grade and by gender. With the results in hand, we can then improve our South Africa libraries by ensuring they are stocked with titles that further generate an interest in reading among children.
One way our team will apply the learnings will be to help inform the books that we purchase for our libraries, as well as the types of books that we publish. For example, when a similar study was completed in Laos, Room to Read Laos noticed that the book "Beautiful Flowers," about the friendship between a butterfly and bee, was one of the most popular books. Therefore, when sourcing new stories in Laos last year, the team looked at similar friendship-themed books to publish and also paid closer attention to the design aesthetic and writing style so that they could mimic some of those features for future titles.
In South Africa, the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation team visited a sample of eight schools in December and January, four from each of the two provinces in which we work. At each location, they examined the checkout records from the past six months that can be found in each library's book checkout register—a tool that we train librarians how to use. Some of the data that were collected included the genre and reading levels of the books checked out and name, grade, and gender of the pupils who checked out each book. Preliminary results show that English-language books are more popular than local language books, girls are checking out more books than boys, and children in grades 3 through 5 are checking out more books than children in grades 1 and 2.
"Room to Read's libraries in South Africa serve as many as 50,000 students and this study is making sure they are as strong and successful as possible," said Chris Mothupi, Country Director from South Africa. "With the information from this study, we will be working over the next few months with the schools, teachers and librarians—as well as the children we serve—to better support these student's reading habits and see how we can not only get more children checking out books but more people coming in and out of our library doors."
Learn more about our work in Research, Monitoring & Evaluation »
For the eighth year in a row, Charity Navigator, America's largest and most-utilized independent charity evaluator, has awarded the coveted 4-star rating to Room to Read for our sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that Room to Read is able to efficiently manage and grow our finances while adhering to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities. We are proud to maintain our 4-star rating for consistently executing our mission in a fiscally responsible manner, with 83 percent of total expenses directed toward program costs.
"As Room to Read matures as an organization, now in its fourteenth year of operations, we continue to honor the core business principles that have been in our corporate DNA since day one--transparency, fiscal responsibility, and accountability to our investors and the children we seek to benefit," says Joanne Chou, Room to Read's Chief Financial Officer. "We are focused on the 'how' just as much as the 'what' of our business."
As the nonprofit sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, savvy donors are demanding more accountability, transparency and measurable results from the charities they support. Room to Read's "exceptional" designation from Charity Navigator is a recognition only one percent of rated charities can claim, demonstrating that Room to Read "outperforms most other charities in America", is differentiated from its peers and worthy of public trust, according to Charity Navigator President & CEO Ken Berger.
Read more about what fiscal responsibility means for Room to Read and check out our profile on Charity Navigator.
We all know that Room to Read lives by its motto: World Change Starts with Educated Children but do you want a refresher about what that really means to us and why we think Room to Read is so vital to the changing the world? We will give you a sneak peak from our founder, John Wood: "We need to think big about this—finding ways to be innovative, focused and results-oriented. If you can get a child reading independently, if you can invest in equal education for girls, it's going to impact so many other issues. Education is a game-changer."
Learn more about Room to Read and what we do through the eyes of founder John Wood, and CEO and co-founder, Erin Ganju in less than 3 minutes »
"Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy" by John Wood is now available in paperback edition, in stores and online. The sequel to "Leaving Microsoft to Change the World" chronicles Room to Read's journey from a start-up venture to an award winning nonprofit organization that has reached nearly 9 million children to date. Kirkus Reviews calls it, "an absorbing personal account of a remarkable achievement."
Learn more »
Room to Read boasts chapters in over 50 cities worldwide. Find the chapter nearest you and get details about our upcoming events on our website.
Toronto - March 4Brisbane - March 6Toronto - April 25Montreal - May 1San Francisco - May 8New York - May 8
We are thrilled to introduce you to Shafiqul who comes to Room to Read with 37 years of experience in the international development sector including working with the Dhaka Ahsania Mission, UNDP, BRAC, ActionAid, Prip Trust, Save the Children USA, the Association of Development Agencies Bangladesh (ADAB), Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Services (RDRS) and the Bangladesh Department of Social Services. Shafiqul holds two master's degrees—one in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands and one in Social Welfare from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. We asked Shafiqul about his career in education in Bangladesh and what we can expect from Room to Read Bangladesh in the future.
You have professional experience at many different international development organizations. What made you decide to join Room to Read and how do you think Room to Read differentiates itself from other NGOs?
Bangladesh is one of the developing countries striving to achieve the Education For All and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) especially in primary education and Room to Read's focus in literacy and gender equality in education directly speaks to this.
Through my experiences, I have observed that increasing access to and ensuring quality in primary education is still very challenging. Though enrolment targets might be achieved, retention is still a challenge due to factors such as quality reading materials, teaching practices and lack of competency assessment for students. Creating a joyful learning environment in primary school classes is often considered a contributing factor to retain the learners. Our Literacy program at Room to Read addresses these issues.
I value that Room to Read puts community at the heart of our program operation to ensure sustainability. Additionally, I value an organizational culture with contextual priority, self-motivated staff members within a global network and facilitating horizontal learning opportunities. All this makes Room to Read unique from many organizations.
What excites you most about your role as Country Director for Room to Read Bangladesh? And what are the challenges since you entered your role at a time when we are witnessing much instability in Bangladesh?
We have a great potential to contribute in the expanding primary and secondary education and development sectors in Bangladesh, focusing the underprivileged children in rural areas. The innovative model of our Literacy program has its own merit to scale up by developing partnership and networking in the government and non-government sectors.
I am excited to lead our dynamic team strategically and create a nurturing environment where they can release their full potential. I want to encourage innovation in program implementation, create good practices and scale up our annual achievements. Furthermore, I am also excited to document our program impact. We want to advocate our programs at the national level backed up with adequate empirical data, for which we plan to focus this year more on research, monitoring and evaluation.
Of course there are challenges. Realizing and accepting the context of the current instability due to political changes in the country, my challenge is to take all possible measures to mobilize my country team with consideration of safety and security measures to achieve the targets set for 2014. Our country has a new government which has taken power in January 2014. Therefore, we need to develop new linkages at the macro and micro level. Room to Read has achieved at least some level of familiarity with different quarters of the government, especially with the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, and I plan to capitalize on this and drive to expand this relation with further good works.
What role has education played in your life?
When I started my development career back in 1976, I focused on the non-formal adult functional education for the poor, vulnerable and the marginalized communities following 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' philosophy. I learned that every human being has unlimited potentialities and if opportunities are given they can be the change makers in their societies. To enable this change, literacy is very crucial.
Since then I have worked closely in the education field, directly as implementer or as a manager. I believe educating people and especially investment on children is a pathway of building human and social capital for a nation. My background in development studies, my professional engagement in the integrated education sectors inspires me to continue working for disadvantaged people. I believe that people can change self, family, community, and nation and enter into the world change process if they are literate.
Learn more about our programs in Bangladesh »
When co-founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started Atlassian in 2002, they aspired to create a socially responsible company that cared for the communities it existed within as well as communities in need. Atlassian adopted a 1% model where 1% of profits, 1% of employee time and 1% of equity are donated to the Atlassian Foundation, the charitable giving arm of the enterprise software company. According to Farquhar, it was an easy decision to make since, "giving away 1% of basically nothing at the time was a no-brainer." But after reading John Wood's book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, the pair of entrepreneurs were awed and inspired to get involved with Room to Read.
In 2009, Atlassian leveraged a unique business model to create what they call "causium marketing", a combination of freemium and cause marketing, to simultaneously raise money for charity while giving startups and small teams affordable access to Atlassian software. Atlassian created a Starter License program whereby new users can purchase their 10-user versions of their products for $10. The result? Over $100,000 raised in the first five days. Seeing the possibilities, Atlassian hasn't stopped since.
As of 2013, Atlassian and Room to Read have given more than 170,000 children access to quality educational opportunities. Atlassian's investments have established 238 libraries, constructed or renovated 13 schools, published 13 new local language children's titles, and supported 1,480 young women towards completion of secondary school, giving them the support they need to succeed. Atlassian was also instrumental in Room to Read's launch of our Reading and Writing Instruction program in Cambodia to help young children become independent readers.
While Atlassian has impressively raised $3 million for Room to Read, this inspirational company seeks to do more. Atlassian has an even loftier goal this year—to impact 250,000 children by December 2014 by raising at least $750,000 through their Starter License program. In addition, Atlassian employees have taken it upon themselves to raise an additional $75,000 to support girls' education in Cambodia. This is a reflection of how personally invested Atlassian employees are in furthering Room to Read's mission.
Atlassian continues to grow their Starter License customer base, and will be running a number of targeted fundraising initiatives throughout the year.
Watch Atlassian's video documenting a recent trip a group of employees took to Cambodia to see their impact first-hand »
We are often amazed by how far our students will go to receive a good education, and for Srijana, a young woman from Nepal, this was more than a metaphorical distance; it was a solitary 10 km (6.2 miles) hike across streams and hills to reach her school each way -- every day, starting when she was in just the fourth grade.
At first, Srijana moved in with her aunt who lived closer to the school. However, her aunt did not value Srijana's education and demanded she prioritize domestic responsibilities over school work. She rose early each morning to study and finished her chores late at night. Despite this exhausting schedule, Srijana still managed to become one of the school's top performers.
However, Srijana was not satisfied. "I was spending more time doing housework than studying. I returned home and explained the situation to my parents and told them I was ready to brave the long walk."
"The idea of walking 10 kilometers to school every day was daunting at first. The roads stretched forever and it felt like eternity walking by myself," Srijana said. But this apprehension soon melted into joy. "It's something that I have come to love. I actually look forward to it every day."
Although naturally concerned about their 10-year-old daughter hiking such a long distance alone, including crossing a stream that swelled during monsoon season, her parents knew that nothing would stop Srijana from attending school. However, no one would have guessed where this would carry her next.
Find out what Srijana discovered on her journey to school by reading more on our blog »
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You probably have heard the name Levi Strauss, but do you know the name of Jacob Davis? You know of Levi Strauss because of Levi's blue jeans. Levi made the most of an opportunity given him by a man named Jacob Davis. I got the following story from the Levi's website. Levi Strauss was a dry goods merchant, who came to San Francisco in 1853 at the age of twenty-four to open a west coast branch of his brothers' dry goods business. He had spent a number of years learning the trade in New York after emigrating there from his native Germany. He built up his business into a very successful operation over the succeeding twenty years, making a name for himself not only as a well-respected businessman, but as a local philanthropist as well.
One of Levi's many customers was a man named Jacob Davis, who made his living as a tailor in Reno, Nevada. He regularly purchased bolts of cloth from the wholesale house of Levi Strauss & Co. Among Jacob's customers was a difficult man who kept ripping the pockets of the pants that were made for him. Jacob tried to think of a way to strengthen his trousers, and one day hit upon the idea of putting metal rivets at points of strain: pocket corners, base of the button fly, etc. These riveted pants were an instant hit with everyone, and Jacob began to get worried that someone might steal this great idea. So, he decided to take out a patent on the process, but had trouble scraping together the $68 he needed to file the papers. What he needed was a business partner, and he immediately thought of Levi Strauss.
He wrote to Levi to suggest that the two men hold the patent together. Levi, being an astute businessman, saw the potential for this new product, and agreed to Jacob's proposal. The two men received patent #139,121 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on May 20, 1873 (the birthday of what we know as blue jeans). Jacob Davis was in charge of manufacturing once the company opened its two San Francisco factories. Within a very short time, all types of working men were buying up the innovative new clothing, and spreading the word.
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text: Another thing to keep in mind: in terms of American interests and regional peace, there is plenty of peril in democracy. It was not democrats, but Arab autocrats, Anwar Sadat of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan, who made peace with Israel. An autocrat firmly in charge can make concessions more easily than can a weak, elected leader — just witness the fragility of Mahmoud Abbas's West Bank government. And it was democracy that brought the extremists of Hamas to power in Gaza. In fact, do we really want a relatively enlightened leader like King Abdullah in Jordan undermined by widespread street demonstrations?


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God of War 3 Director Says He "Hopes" The Game Ends the Series
Stig Asmussen gives his candid thoughts on the future of God of War.
In a press breakout session at E3 today, God of War 3 director Stig Asmussen answered a question about whether the game will serve as the final chapter in the series, or just the final game in the trilogy, which has been all Sony has said about their plans to date.
In Asmussen's own words: "Personally I don't know where the series could go beyond this...I hope it's the end."
He then clarified that the decision would be made by higher-ups at Sony rather than the development team at Sony Santa Monica. "We have no control over that," he said. "If the company wants to do a spinoff or a sequel, that's their choice."
E3 2009 -- the game industry's most important convention this year -- is happening all this week! Check out E3.1UP.COM for news, previews, podcasts, videos, blogs, and more direct from the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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SnakeEyez59Posted: Jun 05, 2009 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
i'll join in on this bashing on him , your 31 years old? is that a typo you sure your not 13 , because from reading what you wrote , it sounds like somthing a childrens rant. than again General_Gamer is no better than you. its like 2 kids figthing in a sand box over who gets the shovel.
@SnakeEyes59 - Get helpPosted: Jun 05, 2009 12:00AM PST by Reap
Dude if you are 31 then you are seriously jacked up. Try getting out of the house once and a while. I am embarassed for you. I can't figure out which is worse your maturity level or your intelligence level....they are both so low it's hard to pick.
one more thing....you suck and your a dick ooops that's two things ....oh well
@SnakeEyes59 - Xbox 360 has Native 1080p Resolution in GamesPosted: Jun 05, 2009 12:00AM PST by General_Gamer
I currently own three Xbox 360 games that have 100% true 1920x1080p "Native" resolution.
* NBA Street Homecourt
* Virtua Tennis 3
* Super Street Fighter 2 HD
* It has also been confirmed by SNK Playmore that King of Fighters 12 will run at true 1920x1080p "Native" resolution on Xbox 360.
*It has also been confirmed that Perfect Dark will be released for Xbox Live Arcade with true 1920x1080p "Native" resolution. The original Perfect Dark may have been released for N64, but this does not mean that the Xbox 360 version is "upscaled." This can be confirmed by the fact that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Perfect Dark is not a "port" of the N64 version. The Xbox 360 version of Perfect Dark features fully remixed graphics with enhanced polygon detail, higher resolution, fully remixed 5.1 sound, and new online modes not included in the original.
Please get your facts straight when you write about technical specifications. Otherwise, it simply makes you look bad and gives you a poor reputation. I definitely know the difference between "native" and "upconverted." Xbox 360 outputs true 1920x1080p "native" resolution, as confirmed by the developers and the technical specifications.
I hope this provides you with the information needed. Please have a nice weekend, and happy Father's Day.
why even have a comment section ?Posted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by abercrombieco2
since most people don't even post stuff about the article , its allways ps3 vs 360 or ps3/360 vs wii. why even bother to post anything on here? why do you just post on the message boards? isn't that what they are for? there is no purpose for a response section when no one responds to the article. if you don't like gow or ps3 why are you posting on here? how patheic is that?
This is directed at the dorks arguing about consoles...Posted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by FIG
This is directed at the dorks arguing about consoles: Stop arguing about which console is superior. Both are good for different reasons. Exert brain power on more important and intelligent tasks and save your money so you can have and use both the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Arguements like these amount to circle jerks that are ultimately pointless because you are for the most part like-minded individuals. We are all here because we love games and God of War 3 is going to be a console seller whether you want to believe it or not. I only point to the gameplay. I am sure smart people will be playing this and be open-minded enough to also enjoy Gears of War 2.
I shake my head @ General_Lamer...Posted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by ghost_7
....And with my Best impersonation of SAMUEL L. JACKSON i'll tell him...
STOP Trollin' the Ps3 news sections/games and Posting about Polygon counts, Graphx Resolutions ect Mumbo Jumbo and find yourself a Girlfriend....Pronto, M*ther F**ker!
SERIOUSLY,Posted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by theicon1.1up.com
I can't see them ending the series,if they do it'll just end for maybe a year.Sony didnt really show shit at E3 and unless they come up with a few exclusives that can help substitute God of War,than the PS3 is gonna be on life support.
general_idiot has too much time in his handsPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by sinister51
u blab too much. when u r having sex with your wife or husband do you sit there and go into extreme detail as to why she or he should have an orgasm every time you poke her even though you only have a 2 inch pecker.
DO SOME OF U not pay attentionPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by MiNdGaMeS
it is confirmed for a march 2010 release...this fanboy fighting crap is so lame n i dont understand how some of u dont think gow3 looks amazing(all of the press who seen it in person said its amazing and none of the gow3 e3 vids have truely been in HD because its been recorded from watching the big screen) i used to be a huge 360 n not much into the ps3 but now its the other way around cuz theres so much more interesting games on the ps3 n coming to the ps3...uncharted is prolly the best looking console game so to talk crap about the ps3/360 resolution is just dumb n a waste of ur time cuz games can look good on either console...
frame rate is not as big of a deal as u r making it...look at cod4 they forced that game to stay at 60 fps n some parts of the game were blurry when they should have dropped the frame rate...there are times when it needs to drop to go with whats happening in the game...to say this genre isnt meant for good graphics is a dumb comment...esp. bringing assassins creed into it, its a freakin sandbox game use ur head a little...uve made some really dumb comments trying to make urself look smart...u remind me of some1 who just learned a little n now thinks u no everything...plus do u even own a ps3? ? ?
either way tho gow3 is going to b 1 of the best looking console games this gen. if not the best
p.s. sorry if i missed a few words as i usually do when im typing in a hurry n dont have time to proof read b4 i post
Ignore the detractorsPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by Super_Joe_85
GoWIII will be great!!
@general_gamerPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by earlgreyteahot
You wrote a huge thing on resolution, which does absolutely nothing. And say that GOW3 doesn't look anything special like GOW1 or 2. Let me tell you why it does. The Art direction. GOW1 and 2 had amazing art direction and very well designed levels, that same quality design is going to be in 3. You have not yet seen the full scope of what GOW3 has to offer, so refrain from going in depth on what GOW3 is supposed to be like until you've experienced it.
Utmost RespectPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by Carbon_Dog
for storyline franchises that actually end. I hope it's the end as well. Really, God of War 2's story was much weaker than the first's. Sure, the moment to moment action and set pieces were of a far greater caliber (that Kraken fight is one for the ages, as was the Sisters of Fate), but Zeus' involvement and final fight left a lot wanting that the Ares fight provided in spades.
Here's what would be great: if Sony wanted to do spin offs, have it be the conclusion to Jaffe and Balrog's original stories. When 1up interviewed Jaffe, he said God of War 2 strayed from what he would have done, and Balrog's got the same thing to say about God of War 3. I know it'd be almost impossible to hope for, but bring the old directors back if you're gonna milk the franchise! Let their stories be told!
@ Snake eyesPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by The_High_Now
Fawk? Hahahaha. That's the lamest shit ever. It's "fuck". And it's the best word in the English language, if not the most versatile to boot. For instance:
"Are you fucking afraid your parents will read your message board comments and fuck you up?"
But also:
"You are a fuck."
And if you insist on retaliating by inferring that I'm a homosexual, know that the majority of people who bandy derogatory terms for homosexuals on a frequent basis, are typically self-loathing closet cases.
Resolution Explanation - And Reasons for WritingPosted: Jun 04, 2009 12:00AM PST by General_Gamer
Please allow me to explain some things more clearly, since I apparently didn't do so well enough in the two comments I made below. I am simply writing proven technical facts that are common knowledge.
1. The PS2 versions of God of War 1 and God of War 2 ran at a resolution of 480p, which is classified as Enhanced Definition. This was the primary reason why the God of War games were considered much more graphically impressive than other PS2 games, since most PS2 games run at a resolution of only 480i, which is classified as "Standard Definition."
2. The graphical difference between 480p and 480i is very large; it is an extremely significant difference, regardless of the size of television you are using.
3. The graphical differences between 720p, 1080i, and 1080p are very small. The human eye has a very difficult time detecting the differences, because there are so many pixels being displayed on the screen. Only when extremely large HDTV sets are used and you are sitting close to them can the human eye notice differences at these resolutions with 3D gaming. This is the reason why 720p, 1080i, 1080p are all classified with the same name of "High Definition."
3. God of War 3 has a demo that uses 720p Native Resolution. The demo is only compatible with 720p HDTV sets. The developer made it clear in the Gamespot interview that when the game is released it will "support" resolutions of 720p, 1080i, 1080p in the same way that almost all PS3 and Xbox 360 games do. But "supporting" a resolution is very different than providing a resolution "natively." The Native Resolution of God of War 3 is almost certainly going to remain 720p.
Remember, the PS3 does not have a hardware upconversion chip like the Xbox 360 does. When a game runs at 720p on the Xbox 360, it can instantly be upconverted to 1080i and 1080p and work perfectly with those types of HDTV sets. But Playstation 3 requires software forms of upconversion and programming. This is something Sony addressed with a firmware update, but the software still needs to include those resolutions in order for it to be supported properly. This is why God of War 3 does not even "support" 1080i or 1080p at this point in development. The resolution the developers are targeting "natively" is obvously 720p.
In order to prove what I saying, it's a good idea to think about about all the problems that early PS3 games had when being used with 1080i HDTV sets. The PS3 games had a Native Resolution of 720p, and 1080i was not supported. However, because of the fact that the PS3 does not have a hardware upconversion processor, it was up to the TV to do the processing. Plasma HDTV sets with a native resolution of 1080i from that time didn't have the ability to "upconvert" a high definition signal. This created the unforseen problem where the 1080i HDTV sets received the 720p signal and were not capable of upconverting it to 1080i. Therefore, the PS3 games running in 720p ended up being seen in a "downconverted" 480p resolution.
4. When God of War 3 is released (probably in late 2010) it will run in high-definition. For a 3D game like this, it really doesn't matter if it is 720p, 1080i, 1080p, since the resolutions perform in such a similar way -- virtually identical on all HDTV sets of 50 inches or smaller. Whether the game runs at 720p, 1080i, or 1080p is not important, because all three of those resolutions are classified as High Definition.
5. The important thing to remember here is that God of War 3 will simply not have the same type of resolution advantage over competing PS3 games that the first two God of War games had over competing PS2 games. The difference between 480p and 480i is very significant, so the instant anyone saw God of War on the PS2, they noticed a big difference in graphic resolution performance.
This type of significant difference in graphics does not exist with God of War 3. When people see God of War 3, the resolution does not look any different than other games on the PS3. God of War 3 does not stand out as anything special the way that the first two God of War games did.
6. I am not saying that God of War 3 looks "bad." I am just saying that God of War 3 is obviously not going to be a graphical leader the way that God of War 1 and 2 were on the PS2. Part of this is to blame on the genre. This type of game isn't designed to be a graphic leader in this generation the way that it was last generation.
7. I also think its disturbing that the developers make it clear in the Gamespot interview that God of War 3 will have framerates that fluctuate from 60 frames per second all the way down to 20 frames per second, depending on how many enemies are on the screen. That is a really big spike in framerate amplitude, and it will cause the same stuttering and slow-mo that we see in other PS3 games. I can see an open door for penalties from reviews already.
8. I want to make it clear that pointing out these facts does not make me a "fanboy." And this does not mean that I have a "beef" against Sony. I spend just as much time and precision ripping on Microsoft for raising the prices on recent Xbox Live Arcade games as I do ripping on Sony for delaying PS3 games and giving false release dates. I give credit where credit is due, and I remember the past. I don't like it that Microsoft wants $15 for Virtual On on the Xbox Live Arcade. Similarly, I think it's great that Wolfenstein was released for only $5 yesterday.
And the reason why I don't comment on the Wii much is because I really don't think there is anything bad to say about the Wii, but on the other hand I really don't think there is anything particularly good to say about the Wii, except its impressive sales. I am more of a hardcore gamer who likes high-definition with surround sound. So I tend to focus on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC more than the Wii. I always make sure to point out that I like Wii games such as Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy, though!
oi veyPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by djsaiyan
As much as I don't want to respond to you, I have to point out something (out of many things) in your statement that aren't true.
The demo is running at 720p.
The full game will be running at FULL 1080p ON RELEASE.
This was explicitly stated by Stig Asmussen during his segment on Gamespot's liveshow yesterday.
Sit down and shut up.
lmaoPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by da1nonlysage
great freakin demo cant wait....but seriously guys go get some ass or snatch (preferably, because gays are not welcome in my country, dont care 1up.com boot me) or whatever you loser nerds are screwing these days, your cat or dog, just release and relax.... not that important its JUST A GAME
Hmm.Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by Galactic_Barret
Game looks spectacular. Every journalist that has seen it has also said as much. Hmm. Who to agree with? Three people on a comment section, one of which is a known Sony troll (Same guy who said HDDVD is superior to BD two months ago), or the people that judge, play, and comment on games professionally and who have seen it in person? Yeah... Totally not trolling. At all. Good job, you three people.
I would be okay with this except.....Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by Kenshiro28
Dude.....Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by solidfenix
Its a God of War game.....Its gonna be uber awesome. To think other wise means you probably werent a fan anyway or just a sony hater. Nintendo has made a killing off graphically inferior games for a couple years now. Graphics aren't everything...Not that I'm saying GOW's graphics are sub par. I think it looks phenomenal. I just think people are lookin way to hard.
I see no problems with the graphicsPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by mysteriousgamer
This demo doesn't let me down in the slightest bit. It's on-par graphically with every adventure game out there right now and in some cases better.
Don't pay attention to General Lamer. He points out the graphic problems with games like God of War 3 when clearly the system with the worst graphics wasn't even mentioned. It's clear that he has a beef against Sony and the PS3 specifically.
i dont carePosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by matchewzits
if the graphics are like the fucking second coming of jesus, or if they look like something a fat kid puked up at a lasagna eating contest. the GOW series is awesome, because of the batshit insanley awesome gameplay it has, and also because of the super epic story. I CANT WAIT for this game to come out, and i've got about a half stack just thinkin about it.
I agree - Game does not look amazing - And no graphical overhaul is on the wayPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by General_Gamer
You hit the nail directly on the head. I certainly am not the first person to point out these flaws associated with God of War 3, and I certainly won't be the last.
In fact, in my comment below, I was giving credit where credit was due to the technical advantages of God of War 1 and God of War 2. God of War 1 & 2 used the resolution of 480p, even though most PS2 games used the lower resolution of only 480i. The difference between 480p and 480i is very significant. This is the entire reason why the God of War games were considered graphically impressive on the PS2. But God of War 3 does not have that type of resolution advantage over its competitors. Let's be honest, God of War 3 also lacks polygon detail compared to other hack-n-slash games like Ninja Gaiden and Assassins Creed, as I mentioned in my comment below.
I want to respond to the comments made by GenJones32.
These are not just screenshots of some "unfinished" version of God of War 3. These are screenshots from a 100% playable demo of God of War 3 that lasts about 35 minutes for most people playing it. The levels seen in this part of the game are essentially complete - they are definitely not going to receive any type of "hellweek" programming for graphical updates. What you see is what you get with these levels of God of War 3.
I mentioned technical aspects in my comment below, and the reason I did that was to prove the points I was saying. I gave credit where credit was due. The game seems like it will once again be an entertaining game, but like I said below, Sony can't count on God of War to be a killer-app any more than they did with Killzone 2, because the sales numbers for God of War, God of War 2, and Killzone were all at the same level on the PS2. Those sales numbers are relatively low considering the PS2 had over 120 million users. There have been quite a few games sold this generation that have sold more than the total sales of God of War, God of War 2, and Killzone. That is why I'm simply pointing out these facts. Killzone 2 ended up being a sales failure that didn't come close to achieving its goals. I doubt God of War 3 (or any other game) could fail as badly as Killzone 2 did, but I'm just pointing that that God of War 3 is not a brand that has the same type of installed base of fans as a series like Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto.
Too long to waitPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by Shpeshal_Ed
This game is the reason I bought a PS3.
I soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't want to have to wait till next year dammit.
general gamerPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by Ssnake
is a retard who talks shit on every GOW article, that dumbass must be blind because GOW 3 graphics so far are AMAZING. And like others stated, there is still many months of development left to make everything that much more AMAZING. like i stated before on another article, why dont u go shove ur platform of choice up ur ass. Freaking puss doesn't even reply
everyone talks crap now...Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by MiNdGaMeS
but when this game hits every1s jaw will drop n be so freakin amazed...yet u microsoft fanboys will b like "its not that good" even tho u were amazed by it...anyway i got an extra uncharted beta code if any1 wants it
feelmyrathps3Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by pspgamer_master
you honestly think no one has ever bashed GOW3 before this guy? I think the game is looking pretty good but not amazing yet.
@ General_GamerPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by feelmyrathps3
I once again ask you...are you serious? Like really.....are you totally serious? You have the complete gusto to come onto a GOW III post and talk shit about the game because you have seen screenshots of an UNFINISHED PRODUCT? Keep in mind it has 9-10 more months to be in development. Thats a lot of polish time. And again I ask you, you really dare insult/bash God of War III? Thats honestly like never bee done before. You are truly a pioneer of mental retardation. Lastly, if you have sucha strong opinion on GOW III being shitty, why dont you defend yourself judging on how like 5 different people have called you out?
prequel trilogyPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by GenJones32
General Gamer your an idiot and its a pretty fore gone fact that many of the best games ever made were the very games that didnt sell very well.
As far as graphics are concerned there is this thing called Hell Week (which is actually the last month) which usually is completely focused on polishing the graphics. GOWIII is 8 months away genius they are focused on level building and making sure the gameplay is spot on like previous GOW games. So sit here spewing your bias crap when you fail to mention some of the most important times in a games development cycle (mainly graphics) come near the end of development.
This is the same stupid crap that has been going about MW2 looking bad, just look at the difference one month has made for that game and it is launching in 5 months time.
Now back on topic. I dont think they will try to take the story further than where it ends in GOWIII, but I do think there will be some prequels and what not. There is so much to Kratos that has never truly been answered. I can see a prequel trilogy coming in the future.
Why end a series....Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by EvolvingTenken
That only begun on the PS2 and makes a killing? It makes no sense at all to do that. They are far from "milking" it in any possible way and all of the games in the series (PSP included) have been nothing short of spectacular.
This series won't end and it is silly to think so, especially on the current directors part. Maybe a new spin on the story. I wouldn't mind them picking up where 1 teased at and getting back to Kratos's brother angle in the story. That was pretty interesting.
hahahaPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by klumminati
calm down fellas.
General_Gamer Shut upPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by gravityman
I stopped even reading your posts. Yeah, sure, GOW3 looks like ass. I'm sure you have a whole bunch of technical things to say about it too to prove it. Do you know how I realize that GOW3 has great graphics? Do you? With my freaking eyes. Do you honestly work for Microsoft dude? Just Shut up. This article is about the third game being the concluding chapter of the series. Not about its graphics. Just shut up. Nobody cares.
Game looks entertaining, but grahics are not a strong pointPosted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by General_Gamer
God of War 3 seems like it is going to be an entertaining game, just as the first two God of War games were. However, the graphics in God of War 3 are not impressive in the way that God of War 1 and God of War 2 were.
Remember, the first two God of War games on the PS2 ran at a resolution of 480p, which is Enhanced Definition. Most PS2 games only ran at a resolution of 480i, which is only Standard Definition. This is a big difference, and it is the reason why God of War was given credit as having exceptional graphics on the PS2. God of War 3 on PS3 doesn't have that type of advantage over the competition.
The reason why the God of War games were able to have the 480p resolution is because the viewpoints in the game don't require as much polygon detail. Objects and characters in God of War tend to have a need to look "smaller" in order to create a broader point of view. This is why the higher resolution was required.
I was actually surprised that God of War 3 does not run at a resolution of 1080p, because it does not include large amounts of polygon detail. Some of this could be because the game is hindered by the fact that its original design was on the PS2 console, and the same staff members are not responsible for programming the PS3 version.
The "standard" enemies in God of War 3 did not have the type of graphic detail that is impressive in other forms of Hack-n-Slash games such as Ninja Gaiden or Assassins Creed.
The background of that really big character looked cool at first, but when you realized that he was just doing the same stuff over and over, and there wasn't much depth in the background, it reminded me of the poor looking stuff I used to see on the Sega CD with looping full-motion video.
I wouldn't be surprised of the series does come to an end with God of War 3, because the game series hasn't been nearly as successful as some people have given it credit for recently.
The sales of games like God of War, God of War 2, and Killzone on the PS2 were not relatively impressive when you consider that they were launched for the PS2 when the PS2 had over 120 million owners. Selling 2 million copies of a game on the PS2 is simply not "relatively" impressive, although that is a nice number overall.
Sony wont let this franchise end just yet...Posted: Jun 03, 2009 12:00AM PST by propelledfoot
Their gonna milk the shit out of it, well, thats the most logical thing for Sony to do. Unless they got some other new IP they want to introduce.


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Blog 88. Note: this was a bit late cause my internet was being derpy last night aka it wasn't working. One of the things I've noticed is that this gen has been particularly kind to platformers and side-scrollers. Especially on the Wii. We had New Super Mario Bros Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns (more on those on a later date) and more.
Everyones favorite pink puffball made an interesting return with 2 games on the Wii. One of those games was Kirby's Epic Yarn...
It was E3 2010 and Nintendo just kept showing great game after great game. My brother was eager to see something that he wanted, then suddenly he saw the pink puffball he loves so much. Except this time there was something different about him, something really different about him. He was made of yarn this time.
And he can do a Hadouken.
Kirby had a new yarn form, he look different to be sure, but it took a different approach with it's artstyle as well, something I can wrap my head around ever since Windwaker. These new asthetics lead to a new, and creative art style for the series and probably the best use of graphics on any Wii game to date.
I said Kirby was made of yarn right? Well thanks to his new form, Kirby couldn't use his copy ability, or fly. But thanks to his new stringy form, Kirby had a wide arrange of newfound abilities and those abilities were implemented very well and made the level design very creative with it's arts and crafts styled levels.
Above: Arts and Crafts.
The game was easy for sure, and you couldn't die. "What?!" you might say. Who cares, that way you didn't have to restart from a checkpoint and swear that you have to trek through half of the level again. Kirby also takes a page from Sonic, if he get's touched by an enemy he loses beads, which is this game's currency and the things you need to get medals at the end of the stages.
I said the game was easier, sure but that is basically the core concept of every Kirby game since the first game, easy for anyone to pick up and play, but challenging enough for the skilled player. There are things to make it challenging, like collecting medals at the end. Depending the number of beads you have as your total in the end depends on what medal you'll receive.
You wont get the gold medal unless you steal from that teddy, and if you do how could you?!
There's also treasure to collect, which seems to be a staple of current Kirby games. Some treasures are easy to get, while the others are pretty well hidden and challenging to get, which gives the game an exploration-like touch. All these challenges are enough to satisfy the gamer who wants a challenge from his games.
But if you still want more, there are boss battles like in every Kirby game. In this one you don't just attack the enemy like you would in other Kirby games cause you're made of yarn and it wont hurt them. Instead you wait for an opening or throw back some of the stuff they throw at you. All while trying to dodge attacks so you wont lose your beads for a gold medal. That challenging enough for you?
That dragon is using a laser, James Bond movie villain style
One of the things I loved about the game is the music, it really nails the theme and mood of the level. All the music sounds cheery and fun and at the same time indulging nostalgia thanks to some of the throwbacks in the game later on. This is really one of the best Kirby games you could play on the Wii, both thanks to it's artstyle and gameplay.
But if you want the traditional Kirby platformer, there is the other Kirby Wii Game I mentioned...
Wispy Woods took a spear to the eye
Kirby's Return to Dream Land was a much more traditional Kirby game, for those who didn't like Epic Yarn. And in a way, itis basically New Super Mario Bros Wii but with Kirby, and less competing with each other. The game is pretty fun, and it's pretty linear. It also brings new ideas to the table, some that were seen on that Kirby GCN game or Kirby Wii, like the stacking partners thing. You could do that too.
The levels themselves are pretty cool, each has it's own secrets and you can use new abilities that allows you to find alternate paths to the end. And on some levels you use one of the most rarest power-ups in Mario history.
Basically a Pimped up version of the Kuribo's Shoe
You also have to collect stuff in this too, not treasure but ship parts and the more you collect, the more you unlock. Like special mini-games incase you want a break from questing. It's a really great game, and even more fun with more people.
So did you ever play these games? Did you like them or hate them? Thanks for reading and later.
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Again, I never said it was intentional. I suggested that you two fact check before airing; this rant was more targeted toward Strife. Just clarifying the misinformation or something similar on a future podcast would have been enough on your end.
Even if the misinformation wasn't intentional, it doesn't mean these things should slide. I've been listening for 2 years and I don't plan on stopping unless it really goes down the shit hole.
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The Academy of Utilized Arts is located at 13 satya niketan, south campus, dhaula kuan opp. Venkteshwra college, New Delhi. The particular Institute of Applied Disciplines is affiliated by the UGC recognized EILLM University and also Academy of Applied Disciplines. In Applied Arts School in all programs like graphic merchandising, interior design and great arts recognized by EILLM College or university & Academy of Utilized Arts.
Programs offered by The particular Fine Art Institute of Delhi in various fields, is: :
Visual merchandising
Diploma inside the Visual merchandising
Degree inside Bachelor of Visual promoting
Degree in Applied Disciplines
Foundation Diploma in Graphic Merchandising (FDVM)
Advanced Degree or diploma in Visual Merchandising (ADVM) *
Advanced Diploma inside Visual Merchandising Online (ADVMO)
Graduate Program in Visual Promoting (GPVM) *
Interior Developing
Higher Diploma in Interior planning (HDID) **
B. Sc in Interior Design ***
Advanced Diploma in Interior Developing
Retail Designing
Higher Degree or diploma in Retail Design (HDRD)
B. Sc in retail store Design ***
Admission need at The Applied Art Initiate of Delhi is: :
Candidates who have appeared / appearing:
10 + a couple of (CBSE / ICSE) or perhaps equivalent as per UGC suggestions
Basic knowledge of Artistic and also Creative Skills
General Design and style & Creativity Test
Dissertation Writing Test
The General Design and style & Creativity Test was created to understand the creative knowledge, connection skills and general abilities of the candidates towards Design and style.
Essay Writing Test is always to evaluate the free-writing skills in the candidate.
To introduce, Giclee is a process which enables you to use ink-jet printers for producing prints that you have obtained from electronic digital sources. Giclee probably started out around the 1980s. Then artwork was created by using ink-jet stamping technology to yield an electronic digital print. These days, Giclee provides come of age to indicate ink-jet prints of the greatest quality, a quality that would permit these find place on the walls of the best art galleries. No monitors or other kinds of mechanical products are used in fine art electronic digital printing. This is the reason why as opposed to in the case of dot screens, a person get to see any routine. Further, today's fine art electronic digital printing professionals use the greatest standards of methodology and also precision that would be needed inside the various stages of generation in order to produce the most delightful of fine art Giclee to suit your needs. Secondly, the prices that you have to pay out could turn out to be very reasonable without a doubt.
These fine art Giclee machines use the finest inks which can be light-fast and specially developed for the object of stamping fine art. Secondly, you can get printing sizes up to 63″X59′ (WXL). These printers are not the regular inkjet printers of the pc variety. These are of bigger size. The fact that the inks are light-fast imparts an extended life to the prints. All of us fine art Giclee printers utilize the finest in spray nozzles that you can get. The inks are also not the coloring based ones but are pigmented inks that are very stable. This specific permits fine art digital stamping on the cotton rag sort of watercolor paper too in addition to other canvas and different sorts of fine art papers. You could, therefore , expect light-fastness for more than 80 years among the archival quality designs obtained from the better fine art Giclee printers today.
Finally, artwork digital printing involves making time for excellent scanning techniques considering that the quality of the Giclee printing depends on this operation. The most effective scanners are, therefore , needed for the purpose. Proofs are normally presented for approval after scanning services and color balancing just before printing starts. In its authentic and purest form, dating back to the 1920's, South Camera Township Art was successfully art of defiance. Earlier known as known as âStruggle or Level of resistance Art', Township Art was a vivid depiction of the horrible transgressions of colonialism and also apartheid. One of the lynchpins in the apartheid regime was distinct development for the different característico groups. Non-whites were pressured to live in townships which got few, if any, services. In a measured reaction to Western european influences, black artists decided to illustrate their own realities inside bold and colourful brush cerebrovascular events.
The founding fathers regarding Township Art
Two rising black artists, who successfully alerted the world to the ponder of Township Art, have been Gerard Sekoto and George Pemba.
Prolific in the 1930's, Sekoto created a colourful background of urban African existence in Sophiatown and Area Six. Today, Sekoto is probably the most sought-after South Camera artists, with his work on a regular basis fetching hundreds of thousands of us dollars! George Pemba's naive expressionism, born in the Motherwell Township close to Port Elizabeth, remain delight art connoisseurs. His or her work commands prices starting from R200 000 to practically R1 million.
Poverty generated exploration and expression together with new media
Extreme lower income was a major catalyst for that emergence of a number of fresh, flamboyant Township Art types. Oil paints were simply not affordable to most township occupants and instead they had to improve with new media. Dumile Feni, âthe Goya in the Townships' will long end up being remembered for his excellent contributions to African skill, all tooled with the singular assistance of a ballpoint note down! John Muafangejo and Azaria Mbatha will go down inside the annals of South Camera art history as the innovators of the linocut whereas Ephraim Ngatane & Durant Sihlali join the ranks regarding outstanding watercolourists.
A nation's loss
Sadly, many authentic artworks were intentionally damaged by the fascist South Camera security forces, denying long term generations a unique glimpse to the past. Foreign diplomats as well as other international visitors took that upon themselves to repair as much of the Struggle Skill as possible by buying up parts in the townships and smuggling them out of the country. Inside the decade post-apartheid, a concerted effort was made to repatriate these national treasures.
The particular âRainbow Nation' in full impact
Since freedom, Township Skill, together with the rest of South Camera society, has evolved. Instead of the desolation and hopelessness of the earlier, black artists are now producing art synonymous with the fresh South Africa – bright, colorful and diverse.
Recycled plastic hand bags, old bicycle spokes and also discarded soft drink cans are usually modelled to create unique art works which admirably depict the particular rainbow nation in full impact. Today, Township Art is just not the exclusive domain regarding black township dwellers. It is distinctive style has been appreciated by the likes of Open Ross, Benjamin Mitchley, Katherine Ambrose and Mauro Chiarla, to name but a few. To the south Africa's unprecedented cultural range ensures a rich and ever changing tapestry of arts and homemade projects. Fine Art Portfolio provides a structure of their township art on the market on their online art gallery.


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The third Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting will be held in New Delhi, India from September 18-21.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the meeting.
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will lead the Indian side.
Various issues of bilateral importance will be discussed at the JCC to be held on September 20, said a Foreign Ministry media release on Monday.
The second JCC was held in Dhaka on February 16, 2013 where the two sides reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction at the significant forward movement in implementation of the decisions taken including those of the first JCC meeting.
During the visit, the Foreign Minister will also pay courtesy calls on the President and the Prime Minister of India, and meet other Indian dignitaries.
Meanwile, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to hold a meeting on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 27 which is expected to take the bilateral ties to a newer height.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to leave here for New York on September 21 as the 69th UNGA begins on September 16.
Before the first-ever Hasina-Modi meeting after the January 5 elections here and the formation of new government in New Delhi, both the countries will have a chance to review the entire bilateral issues at the JCC.
A diplomatic source said the third JCC will get a wider spectrum this time with the active involvement of secretaries from both the countries.
Though the agenda of the JCC will remain 'more or less the same', Dhaka will push for the two major pending issues -- Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta Water sharing deal between the two countries for their settlement at the earliest.
Indo-Bangla JCC meet in Delhi from Sept 18-21
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3-D surface reconstruction using spatial frequency-based approaches under influence of perspective distortion
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The multiple view geometry in computer vision includes 3-D image and 3-D video processing techniques have received increasing interest due to the availability of high-end capturing, processing and rendering devices. The 3-D world is projected onto 2-D acquisition surfaces. During this process, depth information can be lost. Furthermore, the classical 3-D measurement procedures based on photogrammetric causes systematic errors at strong curved surfaces or steps in surfaces (depth discontinuities problem). The challenges arise from the foreshortening in one view of the stereo images, that occurs when the measured object have depth variation with the direction of the baseline. At some stage in the matching process N pixels on scanline may correspond to a different number of M pixels in another image. In the first part, we provide a survey of the long-standing stereo vision problems and the classical-based methods (Area-based, Feature-based) those are exhibited these problems. For that, we have developed two methods based on the local-spatial frequency and phase-difference-based techniques combine with structured light concept to improve the accuracy of the 3-D surface reconstruction. The first algorithm is based on the output of linear spatial filters tuned to a range of orientations and scales that make the correspondence analysis more reliable and robust. The responses of these filters at a given pixel constitute a vector called filter response vector (FRV). This vector is correlated instead of correlating area in the two images. The correspondence problem can be solved by seeking points in the other view where this vector is maximally similar. In addition, an automatic procedure is used to evaluate and optimize the filters degree by using Steering theorem and the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). The projective distortion regions are detected to improve the quality of the disparity estimation by adapting the scale filter selection. The algorithm maintains a current best estimate of the viewing parameters (to constrain vertical disparity to be consistent with epipolar geometry), a visibility map (to record whether a point is binocularly visible or occluded) and a scale map (to record the largest scale of filter not straddling a depth discontinuity). Starting with an initial computed disparity map, the algorithm iteratively updates the disparity for each detected region. Then the 3-D surface reconstruction can be recovered. The second algorithm is a phase-difference based algorithm that uses an adaptive Gabor-scale space expansion. This algorithm demonstrates a theory of modeling the physical effects of perspective distortion (foreshortening problem) in stereo vision system. The central part of our model is the development of the dual scale factor that allows the reasoning of foreshortening in both the geometric domain of the world model and the frequency domain of the stereo images. The algorithm also provides a novel solution to the phase-wraparound problem that has limited the applicability of other phase-based methods. We combine the magnitude and phase information for estimating depth information from two-dimensional stereo image pairs. This method takes into account not only the instability of phase but also the surface perspective distortion (the foreshortening in one view). Magnitude information is used to detect "weak points" in the frequency domain, and only reliable phase values remain for a robust estimation disparity. The advantage of this algorithm is that the computed disparity values are obtained with sub-pixel accuracy without requiring explicit sub-pixel signal reconstruction. This relates the parameters in the image plane to the surface slope and does not require prior knowledge of the distance to the object. From the experimental results we conclude the fact that the foreshortening factor has its greatest impact when objects are sharply slanted and located near the cameras. The efficiency and performance is confirmed on the basis of analysis of rectified stereo images. The experimental results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of accuracy and density of the disparity estimates has greatly improved.
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Maui High falls to Campbell in state baseball
May 10, 2013 - Robert Collias
Campbell High School won a battle of Sabers, 5-1, over Maui High in the quarterfinals of the Wally Yonamine Foundation Division I state baseball tournament this afternoon at Maehara Stadium.
Maui High committed five costly errors that lead to four unearned runs for Campbell, including three of four that scored in the first inning.
Maui High will face Waiakea in a fifth-place semifinal today at 2 p.m., while Campbell will play Mid-Pacific in a championship semifinal at 4:30.
Right now in the final game of the day, top-seeded Baldwin leads Mililani 1-0 in the bottom of the third.
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