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Community feedback on proposals for the recovery of the east
Community invited to provide feedback on proposals for the recovery of the east
9 July 2014
New high schools, a city-to-sea river park, eco-sanctuary, flatwater sports lake, heritage garden park, wave garden, and aquatic centres are among more than 25 proposals from the public for the eastern suburbs that feedback is now being sought on.
EVO::SPACE, "Eastern Vision's on-line spatial planning application for community engagement" is a new website providing an "evolutionary space" for ideas and comment.
"Eastern Vision is a group of community leaders who want to help communities create a big-picture plan for the whole of the east that everyone supports and that will still work in 100 years time," says former councillor Rev Peter Beck, convenor of Eastern Vision.
"To do this we need to consider some general guiding principles and how proposals for the future can fit together spatially."
Over the course of the next 8 weeks Eastern Vision will be running a series of workshops and drop-in sessions for the public, to promote the website and encourage as many as possible to participate in the feedback processes throughout greater Christchurch.
"We realise that many in the east are still struggling to get their homes fixed and are still dealing with road works and bridge closures.
"However despite all these horrendous challenges, the earthquakes have also presented us with tremendous opportunities particularly in the east, to reinvent our city in ways that might otherwise not be possible.
"It is now timely to look at what those opportunities might be, and it is crucial that that discussion starts and ends with the people in the communities, rather than behind closed doors in recovery agencies," says Beck.
Everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, will be able to give their opinion.
"It's very important that young people including our children have an equal say, which is why it is great to see schools involved, after all it is our children and their children who will be living in our new city in the future.
"This programme will complement CERA's public consultation on the residential red zones. The feedback we collect and our analysis and Recovery Map for the East that we produce from this, will be published and forwarded to CERA and CCC.
"I encourage you to get involved in these discussions, I know that your voice will be heard and have real influence," says Beck.
The website address is http://evospace.co.nz. This programme is funded by the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust: "Tomorrow starts here".
Eastern Vision exists 'to assist the communities of the east of Christchurch to become vibrant, prosperous, empowered and sustainable, which together with the development of stunning natural assets and amenities, will comprise an outstanding location for people to live, learn, work, invest, play and visit.'
Our mission is to play a leadership role in realising this vision. Although we claim no mandate for such a leadership role, we will actively facilitate a mandate from communities for the vision by endorsing and upholding the Principles of Community Engagement for the Recovery of Greater Christchurch.
Our objectives are:
1. To facilitate a big
picture road map for the recovery of the east that
• Community-engaged
• Collaborative and iterative
• Innovative
• Based on quality urban planning
• Spatially integrated
• Mindful of constraints
• Sustainable long-term
• Inspiring of confidence for all sectors
• Endorsed by all recovery agencies.
2. To facilitate collaborative relationships between communities, community organisations, rūnanga, private sectors, consultants and recovery authorities, that support engagement of these stakeholders and integration of activities, in both the delivery of the road map and realisation of the vision.
3. To monitor the recovery of the east with respect to the agreed road map and advocate for compliance where differences are identified.
4. To secure funding and establish a fund-holding mechanism, to deliver the above.
5. To facilitate the establishment of a Charitable Trust, that includes strong community representation, to administer and manage funding for the implementation of the agreed road map.


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• Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, has announced that it will be offering a new software upgrade (ver. 1.10) for users of the Samsung SMART Camera NX300, worldwide, from end of April.
• The updated version can be accessed by visiting www.samsung.com. Users should go to NX300 product page and click on the 'Support' menu for further details.
• Updated Items:
1. The Playback view has been improved so that the NX300 remembers the last image which was viewed, automatically taking the user to the most recent image seen.
2. Focus Peaking and shutter speed error has been fixed while the K-MOUNT Adaptor is mounted.
3. Picture Wizard and SmartRange'╝ŗ functions have been fixed and can now be adjusted together.
4. AF speed and accuracy have been improved:
- The back focusing problem of some lenses in the range has been fixed.
- The AF accuracy of the 85mm lens has been improved.
- The AF speed and accuracy of the 30mm lens have been improved. (To update the 30mm lens, please reference firmware version1.21)
5. Over exposure during video recording in S mode (Shutter priority mode)has been fixed.
6. Shot to shot time has been reduced.
7. The ISO value setting menu has been fixed to be manually set during video recording in M mode (Manual shooting mode).
8. The OIS error of 18-55mm lens has been fixed.
9. AP Setting menu has been added to Wi-Fi mode.
10. [France only] AZERTY keyboard has been added to Wi-Fi mode.
11. Other bugs are fixed and functions stabilized.

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László Sándor <email@example.com>
st: Intel advances and Stata 13+
Tue, 7 May 2013 11:39:09 -0400
I thought of the occasional geeky messages and blog posts from Bill
and others from StataCorp when I read the following about the imminent
new Intel chips. In case people are interested, I repeat my comment
from the Stata Blog:
"On the floating point side, Intel's new Fused Multiply Add (FMA)
extension includes both 256-bit and 128-bit instructions. Compared to
the conventional separate multiply and add instructions in SSE, FMA
doubles the theoretical throughput. In addition, the fused
instructions eliminate the intermediate rounding stage which can
improve accuracy for some approximation algorithms."
Would this change anything for Stata? (Not before Stata 14 anyway, I am afraid.)
More here: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/05/a-look-at-haswell/
(I also wonder if AVX2 and TSX changes anything.)
I know the drill: no comments on future products from StataCorp. But
maybe there is any technical point to comment? For one, I would love
to know more whether my Stata would get faster over the summer. (Even
existing versions, even?)
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Summary of Project Funding Sources
Site Characteristics
The Meriden HUB site encompasses approximately fifteen acres and comprises an entire city block in Meriden's central business area. It is bounded to the northwest by State Street, to the northeast by Mill Street, to the southeast by Pratt Street and to the southwest by East Main Street. The site is comprised of two parcels. It is a part of a larger planned redevelopment area that is specified in the City Center Initiative (CCI) Plan. In addition to a variety of economic development opportunities, the CCI Plan provides for improved access to and from Interstate 691 and improved gateway enhancements.
Overall Project Description
This project involves reuse of the entire brownfield site. The City has title to the property. Committed State of CT funds are currently supporting the demolition of a vacant, flooded, blighted, 150,000 square foot structure. The larger HUB development project will daylight the underground Harbor Brook and create flood control infrastructure needed to eliminate flooding in and downstream of the central business area. Plans call for the site to be transformed into a city center park with transit oriented economic development.
This project will have positive economic impact on Meriden's downtown area, the city center area, the City of Meriden and south central Connecticut municipalities along the Interstate 91 corridor. In addition, positive economic benefit will accrue to all municipalities along the State's planned New Haven to Springfield commuter rail service line. The project is adjacent to the commuter service rail stop. Parking garage improvements serving commuter rail and an intermodal transportation center will be constructed as part of the project.
The development of an intermodal transportation center in Meriden is a vital component of the City's downtown redevelopment efforts and will provide increased access into and out of the downtown area via existing transportation systems while allowing the City of Meriden to begin to attract new businesses, commuters and residents to the downtown area.
Funding sources- committed funds and applications for funding to date
- CTDECD $250,000 -Grant for Redevelopment Plan and Market Analysis- HUB area- Committed/ Work Completed BL Companies completed an initial redevelopment concept plan for this 15-acre site and the 43 acres adjacent to and north of the site. CTDECD provided a $250,000 grant to a non-profit development company, MERG, $250,000 grant to conduct a market study and gather the information necessary for a municipal development plan for this larger redevelopment area.
- USEPA –Targeted Site Assessment Grant- HUB Site- Committed/ Work Completed In 2005, the City received a grant from the US Environmental protection Agency under its targeted site assessment program. This in-kind grant funded a Phase II environmental site assessment. Metcalf & Eddy (M&E) performed this work. The Phase II indicated that additional Phase II testing needed to be done.
- CTDEP-Phase II Work- Committed/Work Completed CTDEP funded the remaining Phase II work through USEPA funds to the State of Connecticut. CEE completed this work in late 2005. The work plan included testing for contamination of soil and groundwater beneath the former mall building.
- CTDECD $2 Million Dollar Grant for Demolition of HUB Building – Committed/ Work in Process CTDECD provided a $2 million grant to the City for demolition of the HUB building. TRC Environmental Corp was hired in April 2006 to develop a hazardous material removal plan, demo specifications and assist the city in managing all demolition work. Demolition will be completed by June 2007. The work will be completed under budget.
- USEPA- Water Program- $144,300 grant for Phase III and RAP- Committed/ Work in Process Milone & MacBroom and Metcalf & Eddy have been hired to do this work. M&E have begun working on the Phase III and an interim remediation plan.
- USEPA- Brownfields Clean UP Grant- $200,000/ CTDECD/ CTDEP Urban Sites Application – Committed / Work in Process USEPA recently awarded a clean-up grant for the site. It will be used to implement an interim remediation plan once the large building on site has been demolished.
City of Meriden- $176,150 for Engineering/ Design Work for HUB Site- Committed/Work in Process The City hired Milone & MacBroom who are in the process of designing three planning concepts for the HUB site that incorporate an intermodal transportation center. M&M will do final designs and help the City bid the project.
Harbor Brook Flood Control Project Plan- To date, approximately $15,000,000 has been spent to alleviate reoccurring flooding. Of that sum, approximately $7,200,000 has been from City funds and $7,800,000 was funding obtained from either State or Federal programs Elimination of flooding in the Harbor Brook flood plain is critical to the successful economic development of the central city and downtown areas, as well at to controlling flood damage in other areas of Meriden and further downstream. Without assurance that historic flood damage will not recur, economic development efforts on the Hub property and surrounding area will not be successful. The City is actively seeking further funding from state and federal sources, and has reserved City funds for this ongoing project. Flood control work on the Hub site involves the day lighting and restoration of Harbor Brook and the development of the site for flood detention in extreme storm conditions.
Preliminary Grant Preapplication to US Economic Development Administration- Submitted but not Committed $2 million application for infrastructure work. Requirements: equal match and creation of 200 jobs.


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Automatic image registration (AIR) has been widely studied in the fields of medical imaging, computer vision, and remote sensing. In various cases, such as image fusion, high registration accuracy should be achieved to meet application requirements. For satellite images, the large image size and unstable positioning accuracy resulting from the limited manufacturing technology of charge-coupled device, focal plane distortion, and unrecorded spacecraft jitter lead to difficulty in obtaining agreeable corresponding points for registration using only area-based matching or feature-based matching. In this situation, a coarse-to-fine matching strategy integrating two types of algorithms is proven feasible and effective. In this paper, an AIR method for application to the fusion of ZY-1-02C satellite imagery is proposed. First, the images are geometrically corrected. Coarse matching, based on scale invariant feature transform, is performed for the subsampled corrected images, and a rough global estimation is made with the matching results. Harris feature points are then extracted, and the coordinates of the corresponding points are calculated according to the global estimation results. Precise matching is conducted, based on normalized cross correlation and least squares matching. As complex image distortion cannot be precisely estimated, a local estimation using the structure of triangulated irregular network is applied to eliminate the false matches. Finally, image resampling is conducted, based on local affine transformation, to achieve high-precision registration. Experiments with ZY-1-02C datasets demonstrate that the accuracy of the proposed method meets the requirements of fusion application, and its efficiency is also suitable for the commercial operation of the automatic satellite data process system.
Image registration is a fundamental image processing technique in the areas of medical imaging, computer vision, and remote sensing (RS). In the field of RS, automatic image registration (AIR) has been a widely studied problem for decades. AIR has been achieved in many different datasets, including multi-platform [
Image matching is a technique that identifies corresponding structures such as point, line, and surface through certain criteria. The algorithms of this technique can be broadly classified into two categories: area-based matching (ABM) and feature-based matching (FBM). ABM calculates a certain measurement using gray data in the fixed-size window from two images and treats the center points of windows as corresponding points when the measured value exceeds the threshold. The most commonly used algorithms are methods based on mutual information [
The second step of image registration is to estimate the image transformation model with the results of image matching. The affine and polynomial transformation models are commonly adopted for RS image registration. However, under certain situations, such as when the image size is extremely large or when complex image distortion exists, the aforementioned two models can make only a rough estimation of the transformation, but the fitting precision is insufficient and usually uneven on the image. To implement high-precision registration of images with significant distortions, some local fitting methods, such as B-spline functions [
The final process of registration, that is, image resampling, can be conducted using the estimated parameters of the transformation model to warp the input image to the reference image. To achieve sub-pixel accuracy, image interpolation methods, such as bilinear interpolation and cubic convolution interpolation, are usually employed for resampling [
ZY-1-02C satellite, launched on 22 December 2011, is equipped with a multispectral (MUX) camera (10 m resolution, including infrared, red, and green bands), a panchromatic (PAN) camera (5 m resolution), and a panchromatic high-resolution (HR) camera (2.36 m resolution). As China's first satellite that is customized specifically for the land resource department, an automatic satellite data processing system (ASDPS) was established on land to ensure its commercial operation. In accordance with the ASDPS design, the PAN and MUX images captured from the same area are geometrically corrected first, and then image fusion processing is performed to obtain color infrared images with higher resolution. Theoretically, the geographical coordinates of the corrected images from different sensors should be extremely close, and the images can be fused directly. However, the positioning accuracy of different images is influenced by the limited manufacturing technology of the charge-coupled device, focal plane distortion, and unrecorded spacecraft jitter [
An AIR method applied to the fusion of ZY-1-02C satellite imagery is proposed in this paper. First, the images are geometrically corrected with equivalent ground sampling distance (GSD), a coarse matching based on SIFT for the subsampled corrected images is performed, and a rough global estimation is made with the matching results. Feature points are then extracted using a Harris detector, and the coordinates of their corresponding points are calculated according to the results of the global estimation. Precise matching is conducted based on normalized cross correlation (NCC) and least squares matching (LSM). To fit the complex image distortion, which cannot be precisely estimated, a local estimation using the structure of TIN is applied to eliminate the false matches. Finally, using the optimized TIN generated in the process of error elimination, image resampling is conducted based on local affine transformation to achieve high-precision registration. Experiments with ZY-1-02C datasets demonstrate that the accuracy of the proposed method meets the requirements of fusion application, and its efficiency is also suitable for the commercial operation of ASDPS.
The proposed approach can be divided into six steps and each step is specified in
Before the process of geometric correction, the long strip satellite images were segmented into scenes by ASDPS, and the rational polynomial coefficient parameters for each scene of the images were provided. Therefore, the rational function model (RFM) is adopted for geometric correction in our approach. As a result of the limited positioning accuracy of the satellite, the average elevation of the positioning range is used for image correction. SRTM-DEM [
In the RFM, image pixel coordinates are defined as the ratios of polynomials of ground coordinates [
To eliminate the scale differences between images, the equivalent GSD is adopted for geometric correction so that precise matching can be implemented smoothly. Even after geometric correction, a significant accuracy difference remains between images of ZY-1-02C (see analysis in Section 3.1). In this situation, direct NCC matching results in a dramatic increase in time consumption and matching error. Therefore, a coarse matching for the subsampled corrected images is performed in advance. With the results of rough global estimation through coarse matching, the searching range of precise matching is sharply reduced, and precision and efficiency are evidently improved.
In our related work, the coarse-to-fine matching strategy is generally applied using a multi-level image pyramid created by methods that can preserve more image information, such as the wavelet-based pyramid approach [
To avoid repeatable loading of the large image, interval sampling is conducted while saving the corrected images in the process of geometric correction. Aside from its use in coarse matching, the subsampled image can also be filed to ASDPS as a browse map of the corrected image.
SIFT matching is a highly successful FBM algorithm proposed by Lowe [
The subsampled MUX image has to be transformed to grayscale before SIFT matching. To minimize the information losses, principal component analysis (PCA), which was first proposed by Hotelling [
A number of corresponding points can be obtained via SIFT matching. Multiplying the coordinates of these points by the value of
The matching results inevitably contain false matches, which can be eliminated by comparing the residual error of each point pair and the root mean square error (RMSE). The overall accuracy of the coarse matching points is not extremely high. Thus, point pairs with its residual error more than two times of RMSE are removed. The remaining matching points are used to calculate a new RMSE, and the iteration continues until the residual errors of all the remaining point pairs are less than twice the RMSE.
Approximate parameters of image transformation are obtained through global estimation. With the parameters, the position of the corresponding points can be predicted, and the point should be searched out in a relatively small window around the position. Similar to the process of coarse matching, the full-size MUX image should be converted into grayscale through PCA before precise matching. In our approach, the process of precise matching is divided into two steps: feature extraction and matching based on NCC and LSM.
In the featureless and textureless area, determining a reliable matching result is difficult. This situation can be avoided by matching after feature extraction.
The Harris detector adopted in our approach is widely known for its high speed and stable result [
After extracting feature points from MUX images, the coordinates of the corresponding points on HR/PAN images can be estimated through affine transformation. Around the estimated position, a large searching window need not be set to find the corresponding points, which ensures the high efficiency and reliability of matching results when an NCC-based approach is used.
NCC matching can only achieve pixel-level precision. To achieve sub-pixel matching precision, the coordinates of corresponding points obtained by NCC are used as initial values to be refined using LSM. Proposed by Ackermann [
Numerous corresponding points can be obtained through precise image matching. False matches must be eliminated from the corresponding points before use in image registration. The complicated image distortion in PAN/HR and MUX images causes difficulty in employing a mathematical model for the direct and precise description of image transformation. The model cannot, therefore, serve as a criterion to eliminate false matches. However, influences of distortions can be minimized in most cases when the judging area is reduced to a relatively small one [
Using a TIN structure, the adjacency between points can be determined simply and efficiently. Wang
The divide-and-conquer approach proposed by Lee
Based on the preceding analysis, the proposed gross error elimination method is demonstrated as follows:
(1) A TIN is constructed using the coordinates of matching points, and the points in TIN are judged one by one in the following steps; (2) Several nearest neighboring points around the current judging point are collected based on the TIN structure. The neighboring points are determined by an iterative method: first, all the points adjacently connected to the judging point are collected; then, more points that are adjacently connected to the collected points are found and gathered continually. In our approach, the recommended number of iteration times is 2, as shown in (3) Based on the coordinates of the collected matching points, affine transformation parameters of the local distortion can be estimated; (4) The residual error of the judging point is calculated using the affine parameters obtained previously. If the error is greater than a certain threshold (which is twice the RMSE in our approach), the judging point and its corresponding point are eliminated as a false match. Otherwise, we go to step (2) to judge the next point; (5) After traversing all the points in the TIN, we return to step (1) to reconstruct a new TIN using the remaining points. The process continues until the residual errors of all points meet the requirements.
(1) A TIN is constructed using the coordinates of matching points, and the points in TIN are judged one by one in the following steps;
(2) Several nearest neighboring points around the current judging point are collected based on the TIN structure. The neighboring points are determined by an iterative method: first, all the points adjacently connected to the judging point are collected; then, more points that are adjacently connected to the collected points are found and gathered continually. In our approach, the recommended number of iteration times is 2, as shown in
(3) Based on the coordinates of the collected matching points, affine transformation parameters of the local distortion can be estimated;
(4) The residual error of the judging point is calculated using the affine parameters obtained previously. If the error is greater than a certain threshold (which is twice the RMSE in our approach), the judging point and its corresponding point are eliminated as a false match. Otherwise, we go to step (2) to judge the next point;
(5) After traversing all the points in the TIN, we return to step (1) to reconstruct a new TIN using the remaining points. The process continues until the residual errors of all points meet the requirements.
The accuracy of the geometrically corrected image of ZY-1-02C is influenced by numerous factors. Thus, transformation models, such as affine and geometric polynomials, cannot describe the distortions precisely. However, in the local areas of images, affine transformation is sufficient to estimate the distortion. Therefore, image resampling is implemented using local affine transformation based on TIN to achieve high precision.
An optimized TIN has been obtained in the process of error elimination. For every triangle in the optimized TIN, the affine transformation is calculated. Based on the parameters of the transformation, the gray data of the triangle in the input image can be rectified to the reference image. When all the triangles have been rectified, image registration between the input image and reference image is achieved. To achieve registration precision at the sub-pixel level, the bilinear interpolation method is used to resample the input image.
To evaluate the performance of the proposed approach, three datasets from ZY-1-02C were used for the experiments. Among these datasets, two consist of a scene of a PAN image and a scene of an MUX image, whereas the third set consists of a scene of an HR image and a scene of an MUX image. The first dataset is in Mohe, a county in the northern border of China, with a mainly mountainous terrain. The second dataset is in Hangzhou, an eastern city of China, where the main terrain is urban and partly mountainous. The third dataset is in Tokyo, Japan, which consists of the main part of the city and a large sea area. Details of the datasets are described in
Before image registration, geometric correction with equivalent GSD was applied to the images. Meanwhile, subsampled corrected images were generated. According to
To clarify the necessity of image coarse matching before precise matching, a number of checkpoints evenly distributed on the images were manually measured, and the coordinate differences between the input and reference images were analyzed. Generally, corresponding points can be determined by using the geographic information of the images. Therefore, we firstly obtained the geographic coordinates of the checkpoints, which are (
According to the proposed strategy, SIFT matching was conducted on the subsampled images, and a rough estimation of global affine transformation was made based on the matching results.
With the results of coarse matching, a large number of evenly distributed corresponding points can be acquired using the NCC-based matching method, and sub-pixel level matching accuracy can be achieved based on LSM.
Image registration was conducted by resampling the input image using local affine transformation based on TIN. In ASDPS, the images after registration are supposed to be fused by IHS algorithm [
All the algorithms mentioned in this paper were implemented using C++ language. To verify the efficiency of the proposed method, a desktop computer with Microsoft Windows 7 operating system was adopted for the experiments, and the main hardware environment consisted of a quad-core CPU with a speed of 3.20 GHz and 4 GB memory. The statistics show that three datasets respectively consumed 68.2 s, 83.2 s, and 561.8 s in the registration, which completely meet the time requirements of the commercial operation of ASDPS.
The comparative experiments were conducted by using ENVI 5.0. Similar to our approach, Förstner operator is chosen to extract feature points, and matching method of cross correlation is selected to obtain corresponding points. In ENVI, at least three pairs of seed tie points must be measured manually before the automatic generation of matching points, and the false matches should also be removed from matching points by human intervention.
For each set of data, registration tests based on three methods provided in ENVI were conducted, including affine transformation, quadratic polynomial, and triangulation. The registration and fusion results are shown in
As our method is fully automatic, the efficiency is significantly higher than the methods of ENVI. To examine the registration accuracy, RMSE of the registered images by different methods were compared, which is calculated by 50 pairs of checkpoints. More methods of accuracy assessment can be found in Reference [
As shown in
An AIR method with high precision and efficiency applied to fusion of ZY-1-02C imagery is proposed in this paper. A significant characteristic of the proposed method is the successful combination of the benefits from SIFT matching and NCC-based matching. As ASDPS is a commercial operation system with minimal human intervention, the proposed approach is a fully automatic procedure.
Our related studies have two representative approaches to realize a coarse-to-fine registration. One is to perform coarse matching on full-size images by means of FBM, such as SIFT or SURF, and perform precise matching on coarsely registered images by means of ABM [
To resolve the abovementioned issues, the corrected images were subsampled only once with a simple interval sampling method, and coarse matching based on SIFT was performed on the subsampled images. Relatively constant and suitable subsampled image sizes can be obtained with
The error elimination applied in this article differs from the approaches reported in most studies. Traditional error elimination is mostly based on global estimation. The false matches or outliers are excluded by estimation based on least squares [
The main purpose of this article is to obtain fused ZY-1-02C images in spite of significant difference in positioning accuracy among images captured from different sensors. Our method can also be applied to similar problems in satellite data sources. However, the proposed method also has limitations. First, geometric correction with equivalent GSD was adopted before registration. The correction requires RPC parameters for each scene of images. Thus, our method cannot be directly applied to images with rotation and scale differences without RPC parameters. Moreover, using a coarse-to-fine strategy to achieve registration is unnecessary for satellite images with very small difference in positioning accuracy; NCC-based matching can be directly performed, and the corresponding points can be easily searched on the basis of the geographic information of the images.
In the experiments, 50 evenly distributed point pairs were manually selected for each dataset to assess the registration accuracy. The sub-pixel level accuracies were achieved for all the datasets. Comparative analysis revealed that our method is better than methods in ENVI.
The registration error in this article is mainly produced by three factors. First, the error may be generated in image matching. Theoretically, LSM can achieve sub-pixel level precision; however, the accuracy of individual point pairs may remain low because of different influences such as noises. Second, the error may be caused by local affine estimation. In most cases, affine transformation based on TIN structure can sufficiently estimate the local-image distortion. However, in image areas where the distribution of matching points is relatively sparse, some triangle may cross a larger range of image than others would. The estimation based on affine may be insufficient under this condition. Third, the error may be caused by image resampling. Bilinear interpolation adopted in our approach may also produce errors.
In the proposed method, the registration accuracy is significantly determined by the results of precise matching. Parameters such as the size of the template and searching window and the threshold of correlation coefficient are determinants of the matching results. In our experiments, the searching window size (51 × 51 pixels) is determined according to the coarse matching results, and the template window size (13 × 13 pixels) and the correlation coefficient threshold (0.85) are set from experience. Whether there exists any parameter that could yield better results remains uncertain. Moreover, the maximum resolution discrepancy in our test datasets is about four times. We are also uncertain if the proposed approach can process images with higher differences in resolution.
Significant difference in positioning accuracy exists among images captured by different sensors of ZY-1-02C. A coarse-to-fine matching was applied to register images under this situation. Unlike other related works, instead of performing coarse matching directly on the full-size images or using a multi-level image pyramid to implement the coarse-to-fine matching, coarse matching based on scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) was performed for the subsampled images and a rough global estimation was made with the matching results. On the basis of the global estimation results, precise matching was conducted by means of normalized cross correlation and least squares matching. After eliminating the false matches through a local estimation by triangulated irregular network structure, image resampling was implemented based on local affine transformation to achieve registration.
The proposed method can achieve highly precise registration even when the sizes of the processed images are extremely large (maximum of 27,466 × 29,645 pixels). The experiments show that three test datasets consumed 68.2 s, 83.2 s, and 561.8 s in the registration with the accuracies of 0.37 pixels, 0.43 pixels, and 0.66 pixels, respectively. These findings suggest that our method is better than methods in ENVI. The accuracy and efficiency can fully meet application requirements of ZY-1-02C. Our method has been successfully applied at the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application, and the satellite data can be processed efficiently in a parallel computing environment.
However, it is important to mention that some further improvements are required. The adopted SIFT-matching approach can be replaced by a more efficient feature-based matching algorithm, such as speeded up robust features or Gradient location-orientation histogram [
The authors would like to thank the reviewers and editors whose constructive comments and suggestions substantially improved the paper. This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China with Project Number 41301519 and National Key Basic Research and Development Program with Project Number 2012CB719904. We also acknowledge the help of China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application for providing experimental datasets.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Flowchart of the entire process.
Analysis of false match identification. (
Coordinate difference between observed values of checkpoints. For (
Results of SIFT matching on subsampled images. Blue crosses indicate estimated points and red crosses indicate excluded points. (
Coordinate differences between estimated and observed values. (
Results of precise matching. Only correct matches are indicated on the images. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 1. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 2. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 3. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 1 using ENVI methods. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 2 using ENVI methods. (
Registration and fusion results of Dataset 3 using methods of ENVI. (
Comparison of registration accuracy.
Overview of test datasets.
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Images after geometric correction.
|15,119 × 14,318
|15,136 × 14,505
|14,534 × 13,882
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Statistics of coordinate differences between corresponding checkpoints.
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|Dataset 2
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Statistics of coordinate differences between estimated and observed values.
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Results of registration accuracy.
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Mikael Silvestre: The Best £750k Arsene Wenger Ever Spent at Arsenal? (Satire)December 21, 2009
Make no mistake, when Arsene Wenger took out his chequebook last summer and signed away £750,000 in exchange for the services of Mikael Silvestre, it was the best decision he ever made.
Sure, he may be an ageing relic, a defender past his prime who wasn't that great to start with, but the merits of a transfer shouldn't be judged solely on the benefits he brings the club, oh no. We should also look at the effects the transfer has on the selling club.
Sir Alex Ferguson would have been laughing had he reflected on the transfer a year on. Manchester United had won the Premier League title and sported one of the meanest defences in world football.
A lesser man than Arsene Wenger would surely have rued the deal. Looking over at Old Trafford scorning the hand lady luck had dealt him.
But Arsene Wenger is a man that looks to the long-term, a visionary that gazes to the future.
How much would Sir Alex Ferguson pay now to have an experienced defender like Silvestre within his ranks? Manchester United have lost two games in quick succession and this can largely be attributed to the injury crisis that has ravaged the Red Devils' defence.
Indeed, if Arsenal manage to win their game in hand over their old rivals then they will leapfrog them into second place in the Premier League.
Can Arsenal's ascension and United's untimely demise be exclusively attributed to the transfer of Mikael Silvestre? All semblance of meaning and logic dictates that it must surely be so.
Spending £750k to fundamentally weaken one of your closest rivals? Seems like money well spent to me!


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0197 Thursday, 15 March 2007
Date: Tuesday, 13 Mar 2007 17:27:58 +0100
Subject: 18.0184 Ian Richardson, AL Rowse & the Dark Lady
Comment: Re: SHK 18.0184 Ian Richardson, AL Rowse & the Dark Lady
I just listened to "Accolades", by Christopher William Hill, the Dark
Lady play where Ian Richardson plays A. L. Rowse.
Richardson is very good, and it is moving to hear him.
This being said, I was (unfavourably) impressed by the meanness of the
whole thing. Is it possible that A. L. Rowse should be remembered that
way? And only that way?
I had a completely different experience with him.
I was at the time making a living with radio plays, I wrote 2 or 3 a
year, and was always on the lookout for subjects. That is how I hit upon
Francis Tregian jun., the collector of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. In
order to try to understand what kind of compulsion made Tregian collect
not only the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, but a couple of thousand other
music pieces as well, I thought I should understand something of his
childhood. I went to London and started asking around. The only book
about Elizabethan Cornwall in which the Tregian (who were Cornish) were
mentioned was "Tudor Cornwall", by A. L. Rowse, whom I didn't know at
all. I was told by scholars that he was still alive, but that I
shouldn't go and see him, as he would eat me alive and be unbearably
rude to me.
I did not take that advice and went anyway.
He was very courteous, listened to whatever I had to say at the time,
and told me he wondered why I was interested in the Tregian, they had
been fools. He had not really concentrated on the son, only the father
(who was a fanatical fool indeed), I explained that I thought the son
interesting because of the music, and he merely said: "I am willing to
revise my judgement, but prove that the younger Tregian was not the same
fool as his father." To cut a long story short I tried and succeeded
(this contradicts the play, already). So he struck a bargain with me: I
should write "my" story about Francis Tregian and he would help me all
he could. But then I should write "his" story, about his Dark Lady
"You see, he said, for years now I have been convinced Emilia Bassano
was the Dark Lady, scholars won't believe me because I blundered at the
beginning. So maybe if you make a character in a novel of her, people
might believe us. I would do it myself, but I am unable to write novels."
The radio play about Tregian became a full-blown novel. For almost four
years, I flew to Cornwall from Switzerland at least once a month (often
twice), spent a day with Rowse or in his library, and worked with him.
First I completed the Tregian novel, called "Le trajet d'une rivi


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Lady Gaga released Judas, her second single from Born This Way, yesterday, and already religious leaders are in a tizzy, reports The Daily Mail.
In the song, Gaga sings that she is in love with Judas, the traitor who betrayed Jesus Christ. In the video, she reportedly portrays Mary Magdalene and actor Norman Reedus stars as Judas.
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, told HollywoodLife.com that the star is using shock tactics to advance her career.
"This is a stunt...Lady Gaga tries to continue to shock Catholics and Christians in general: she dresses as a nun... she swallows the rosary. She has now morphed into a caricature of herself," he told HollywoodLife.com
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Well-known union employment lawyer Josh Bornstein certainly added fuel to the national industrial relations debate last week in his stinging criticisms of the business community's push for reform.
Any credible debate about productivity growth will acknowledge that such growth is affected by many underlying and fundamental determinants. But it is naive and plain wrong to play down the role that effective industrial relations policy can play.
Talk to any employer in Australia and there can be no doubt our national IR laws are having a direct impact on productivity growth.
Take, for instance, the offshore construction sector where unions are routinely holding multibillion-dollar resource projects to ransom in pursuit of outcomes that are seeing laundry hands and cooks earn more than $300,000 for working half the year.
By refusing to acknowledge such issues, our government is putting at risk the $500 billion worth of global investment slated for our shores. One international study not often cited by supporters of the Fair Work Act is the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness report which, in September, ranked Australia 20th in the world overall and a dire 42nd in terms of labour market efficiency.
When Australia's education enrolment rates, scientific research, quality of market competition and banking system all rank within the top 10, is there really any doubt that our dismal labour productivity is bringing down our overall global ranking?
It is mind-boggling that the government's Asia white paper unveiled a grand plan to elevate Australia's ease of doing business to within the top five in the world, yet blatantly omitted any reference to workplace reform. Another disturbing trend is the assertion that IR reform to facilitate flexible use of labour must mean stripping wages and conditions. When direct employee/employer agreements were in place in the resources industry under the previous IR laws, real wages grew by 12 per cent and employment increased.
Robust discussion about productivity should be encouraged, but attempts to play down the Fair Work Act's negative influence are fooling no one in the wider business community.
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GENBOX-L ArchivesArchiver > GENBOX > 2005-10 > 1128272847
From: Kathy Lenerz <>
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] VERSION 3.6.0 RELEASED
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:09:53 -0700
References: <20051002013349.FFZM13302.gx5.fuse.net@BILLXP> <001001c5c764$f6c65fe0$6d04fd3e@mrrn4hru6ktvdr>
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Robert Warnock wrote:
> I have successfully (I think) updated today. Thanks for the new
> improvements..
> But on trying to install the help files from genboxhelpsetup.exe I keep
> getting the message GenBox.chm: unknown version
> Is this something I'm doing wrong,
Probably not. I get the same error message. As to downloading the full
version, (a.) the update download should work; and (b.) I prefer not to
waste my time doing that.
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1. Re: Lightroom 3.6 crashes when using Wacom Intuos 4PATBPHOTO Mar 26, 2012 12:49 PM (in response to PATBPHOTO)
I guess this doesn't bode well for the Wacom 4/Lightroom 3.6 combo.
2. Re: Lightroom 3.6 crashes when using Wacom Intuos 4johnhawk666 Mar 26, 2012 1:37 PM (in response to PATBPHOTO)
The standard answer to this problem, in past instances, is that the Intuos's driver is incompatible with some versions or updates of Lr, and the usual work around is to install an older driver for the Intuos - you may have to try several unfortunately. I don't know if Wacom ever updated their drivers in past cases of this problem- I don't have one of their products.
3. Re: Lightroom 3.6 crashes when using Wacom Intuos 4Lou Dina Mar 26, 2012 1:52 PM (in response to PATBPHOTO)
I have been using an Intuous 4 with LR3.6 and PSCS4 for quite awhile without any major issues. LR occasionally freezes up once every blue moon, but not regularly. I'm on a Mac, so I am probably comparing apples vs. oranges. I will say that the mouse with the Intuous does NOT work properly with iTunes (won't drag and drop). From what I have read, it is a problem with iTunes not supporting or recognizing the Intuous. A regular mouse works fine.
I think the previous post about trying different drivers may make some sense. Not that you want to do this, but just for the heck of it, try using a different mouse and see if that helps.
4. Re: Lightroom 3.6 crashes when using Wacom Intuos 4trshaner Mar 26, 2012 4:01 PM (in response to PATBPHOTO)
I'm running LR 3.6 and PS CS5 on Windows 7 64 bit SP1 with Intuos4 medium USB connected tablet with no problems. I'm using Intuos driver 6.2.0w5, which I believe is the latest. Available here:
Driver supporting Intuos4 WL, USB versions of all Intuos4 (PTK), Intuos3 (PTZ) and Intuos2 (XD) pen tablets and the Cintiq 24HD, 21UX, 12WX, 20WSX, 18SX, 15X,DTU-2231, DTU-1931 and DTU-1631 pen displays.
Save the file to your computer and then double-click on it to launch the installer.
Wacom implemented the following changes and improvements in v.6.2.0w5:
- New option to disable the Touch Ring Function Reminder pop-up.
- New interactive Pressure Profile dialog box providing detailed tip pressure adjustment options
- Updated web plug-ins for all supported browsers.
- Some miscellaneous other bug fixes.
Date: 25 Jan 2012 Format: Executable Type: Driver Download
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Need Appliance Repair Help? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
How are you? besides having issues with your washer?
Give me one minute to pull up diagrams for your unit. be right back.
the last few digits of the washer, are they avm or aww?
Ok thank you.
the e3 error is for the hall sensor on the motor. It is not sensing at what speed the motor is spinning.
what was the issue? did the error come up on random times throughout the cycles. becoming more and more inconsistent at times.
to the point where it just fails?
i've replaced the old iwth new and its the newer model board.
new board got rid of e3.
and with new board it will NOT spin to FULL 1200rpm.
ahhh! ok. that is the key factor. you may have had a few bad parts here. And now after replacing the motor and control board you are now seeing the tach error coming into play more and more. The tach error if comes up still is not sensing how fast the motor is spinning and will not spin up to full potential. if it spins at all.
you need to replace the hall or otherwise known as the rps sensor.
it is rather cheap part consisdering the price for the motor and control.
let me get pricing for you now. and the part info as well.
rpm sensor? or what is rps?
rps. did i mispell it above?
stand for rotor position sensor
it goes just off the rotor in the back of the machine
no you didn't. just makin i'm reading right.
let me check the info. be right back.
sorry for the delay.
it looks as if whirlpool only sells the sensor with the motor now. cant get it separtely like you used to be able to.
the correct part number for the motor is 34001269. is that what you replaced?
yeh but i replaced with brand new motor and control board.
yes. but is ee above you have a different part number. if you replaced the motor with an old part number then you have not put in the most up to date motor/ parts. whirlpool updates there parts constantly for chnges like this.
that could be the whole issue right there.
here is the picture of the part.
this is old board and i replaced it with 34001492.
let me check it.
sorry old board was 1492 and new board is 34001497.
yes. that is correct and most up to date part number for the control board. part number 34001497
what was the part number your replaced the motor with?
this is motor i got and it should be compatible.DC31-00049A
And did you look at the picture above i sent you of the motor? and did you replace the brown rps sensor that sits on the motor and stator?
that is a samsung part number. let me check it but usually they are not compatiable
i'm pretty sure they are compatible. since that model washer was mfg by samsung.
that model washer wasnt manf by samsung. samsung for a short period of time made some components for maytag as they were going out of business. all parts now are made by whirlpool. and since you have updated the new control board you need the whirlpool version of the motor. that is the whole problem.
the motor comes with the rps sensor builtin.
the motor part number you need is 34001269
yes. the rps sensor now is built into and on the motor. but if you had old part number by samsung with new board the machine will not operate correctly.
basically the machine is not communicating correctly and will not spin up to the required 1400-1600 rpms. change the motor with correct part number i just gave you and you should be good.
you can see here what the replacement notes are. you can even order the part from them as well.and send the old one back under warranty if not older then 3 months. tell them it was damaged and ddnt run. they will take it back.
CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR THE PART INFO FOR THE MOTOR. you will also see that it has been updated. this will fix the whole problem.
i clik on the image and it says its compatible.
This product replaces:
yes. compatable in sorts. but not the most up to date part. that is why it says it replaces.
where were you searching for parts previously? i think they have given you the wrong info. And whoever told you to get a samsung part for a whirlpool machine should not have told you that.
but if it is the board thats the problem than my old motor which still works. it should work with old motor, right?
google. app, apwagner.
it was not the board that was solely the problem. when this problem occurs it is very hard to narrow down if it was the motor or board. Just impossible to check. You have to or is recommended to replace both since they are communicating together. unfortuantely
but here is what i have found in the past. it is the motor that fails most of the time. especially if the tub only spins out at 1200 rpm
if you still have old parts please try putting in old board with samsung motor and see if it works. you got a shot there.
i'm goin to try it.
but if it doesnt then i would just get the new motor and keep the updated board. there is a reason why they make these updates. to fix other problems too. so you want the most up to date parts in your machine. if it is worth it for you to do that is.
k. please get back to me here if you have any troubles. or any other questions. I will be logged on for another few minutes. and then in and out after that. My three month old son is waking up and may have to feed him. but please get back to me here and tell me what has happened as you swapped out parts and i will help you more if you need it.
if i dont get back to you right away please now that I am still here and will get back to you either later tonight or tomorrow.
and if you feel that i have helped to answer your questions please remember to rate my performance positively below this chat now with ok service or better rating. and if you have more follow up questions on this machine or just simply have more questions please feel free to get back to me here at any time and I will continue helping you at no additional charge.
i can run diagnostic on old board. with new board i CANNOT. can not put in service mode.
that is not all that uncommon. But dont just rely on the service mode or test mode as a check for how fast the drum is spinning out. Like I said earlier their is a lot of miscommunication going on here with the board and motor and rps sensor.
just do a few loads and see if they are getting spun out as dry as they once were. that is the real test. if they are then good. you will save a lot of money. If not, then i suggest replacing the board and motor both with the updated parts.
no. its soaking wet.
Please also make sure the washer is on a level, stable surface. And also make sure the load of clothes are balanced as best as can be. And never, NEVER, I REPEAT NEVER, put in a load of clothes that is more then 10-15 lbs. before it is wet. This washer, although says it is a commercial size or super capacity machine, will not be able to handle such a large load. And in time the motor and bearing will fail again. Giving you problems.
did you let it spin out the complete time? and do you see it spinning quickly? is the washer draining fully?
yes drains fully. i'm doing load as test.i'll let you know if this work/fails.
If the water doesnt completely drain out then there is left over water in the machine as it tries to spin clothes dry. it will not spin fast enough for the extra weight of wet clothes. and will only spin slower because of that. leaving clothes wet.
I suggest cleaning out the filter trap of the drain then cleaning out the drain line and hose. then trying it again. but definitely make sure the washer is draining the water completely.
yes. please do a load. not in a test cycle. run a normal cycle and let it finish completely uninterupted. then tell me if the clothes inside are wetter then normal. then we can check the drain pump and the way the machine is draining.
I will be logging off for the night soon so please remember to rate me positively now. I will continue helping you in the am. and if you need me again, just simply come back here and ask your questiosn and i will help you more for no additional charge.
thanks and have a good night.
thanks for your help.
You are very welcome. Glad I could help you. Please feel free to get back to me here with any and all of you appliance questions and I will be happy to help you to the best of my ability.
i'm returning my control board. i think its defective and order a new one.
Jon, just FYI... i took my drain pump out today and the drain impeller is broken.
order part is on the way. hopefully this is the fix.


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QUEBEC-RESEARCH-L ArchivesArchiver > QUEBEC-RESEARCH > 2001-12 > 1008724167
From: Carol Hamp <>
Subject: [Q-R] sliders
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:29:16 -0800
Hi Lori, I know what you mean by sliders only we called them gleesons.
Don't know if I spelled it right or not. Grandma Lalonde made them often
with chicken broth ,pork hocks or beef. Chicken was my favorite. All you
need is flour ,water pinch of salt and an egg to make them richer. Make
them of a consistensy to roll out on floured board like you would
bisquits about one eightth inch thick(I like mine a little thicker) and
drop in boiling broth for simmering about 15 minutes. I use about 2cups
of flour, 1 egg and water and salt to make one batch. My family likes
them so much I make about four batches to a time. How about gillets to
go with them? That is a small bit of bread dough you pinch off and fry
slowly in small amount of grease then turn and cook until fried thru.
Delicious with melted butter. Carol
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Everynet, an LPWA pioneer that helps businesses quickly, easily and cost-effectively deploy and scale IoT solutions, today announced it has launched the industry's first Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) update capabilities for LPWA networks. The company's patent-pending FOTA algorithms and Continuous Delivery toolchain help device manufacturers, LPWA network operators and end users overcome the challenges with LPWA's low data rate networks by simplifying firmware updates for IoT devices.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) matures, and begins to mean more than the oversimplified (and over-hyped) early examples, such as the much maligned connected fridge, it has become clear that mobile networks will be crucial for ensuring connectivity of devices. It's beyond doubt that mobile data connectivity (3G/4G) will be key to this, until the arrival of 5G at least.
Beijing, May 28, 2014 / CEI / -. "Currently, China Mobile, which owns 780 million users, the majority are still using 2G phones," China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua said at the shareholders meeting, the need to push customers to upgrade 3G and 4G, last year the company data flow and therefore the amount of explosive revenue growth. China Mobile CEO Li Yue introduced by Tencent micro-channel business impact, short message service first four months of the company fell more than 20%.
Westbase Technology is to begin distributing Vodafone's MachineLink 3G router, which has been designed for use across a number of vertical markets globally.
In a statement the company said the router would provide M2M connectivity in areas covered by 2G and 3G cellular networks, and could be "mass deployed" to connect remote assets, premises, equipment and vehicles using Vodafone's (Newbury, UK) network or infrastructure available from Vodafone partners.
Kore Telematics has taken over Jazz Wireless Data to expand its footprint and expertise in the M2M connectivity area.
Under the deal, whose terms were not disclosed, Kore (Alpharetta, GA, USA) will acquire a "six-figure" subscriber base from Jazz (Raleigh, NC, USA), which provides M2M networking services in North America.
Kore Telematics has launched an educational program in partnership with modem maker Multi-Tech Systems aimed at supporting M2M players facing a shutdown of 2G networks.
Leading US operators AT&T (Dallas, TX, USA) and Verizon Wireless (New York City, NY, USA) have both announced plans to switch off their 2G networks over the next few years and run all voice and data traffic over 3G and 4G infrastructure.
The plans have generated concern among companies that currently use those 2G networks for their M2M services.
UK operator EE says it will invest £275 million ($450 million) in improving the quality and reliability of mobile calls on its 2G and 3G networks in 2014.
The funds will also be used to conduct trials of new voice technologies such as voice over LTE (VoLTE) and voice over WiFi.
Indian operators Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm have announced a network-sharing plan aimed at avoiding "duplication of infrastructure" and lowering costs.
The companies said they would share inter- and intra-city fiber-optic networks, submarine cable networks, towers, internet broadband services and other technologies that might emerge in future.
Besides avoiding duplication and freeing up capital for other projects, the operators said that comprehensive network sharing would help to "preserve the environment".
Huawei held on to its number-one spot in the global market for radio access networks in the third quarter of 2013, with Alcatel-Lucent overtaking Nokia Siemens Networks to claim third place in the rankings, according to ABI Research.
Huawei (Shenzhen, China) now controls about 28.1% of the market, up by 3.8 percentage points since the third quarter of 2012, with second-place Ericsson (Stockholm, Sweden) boasting a 21.8% share.
The M2M modules market is on the verge of a dramatic shift caused by the rising adoption and falling prices of LTE technology, according to a new study from Machina Research.
According to the research, LTE modules will account for more than two thirds of all modules shipped for use in wireless wide area networks in 2022, up from just 0.5% in 2013, as the initial wave of LTE migration transforms markets in the US, Japan, South Korea, China and parts of Europe.
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By Tom Pedulla, USA TODAY
Which is the NFL's best rags-to-riches story? USA TODAY looks at four NFL players who established themselves after going undrafted and went on to successful careers:
Gary Brackett, Indianapolis Colts
•Overlooked: Brackett (5-11, 235) was a walk-on at Rutgers who began his career with Indianapolis in 2003. Played in all 16 games as a rookie. Middle linebacker needed only two years to establish himself as a starter. Has been a fixture since then.
•Accomplishments: Made at least 100 tackles each of last five seasons. Ranks among Colts' top tacklers this year with 32 stops, 23 unassisted. Leader who can be counted on to put defense in position to make plays. A key to team's sustained success.
•What they're saying: "He may not be the biggest, fastest, strongest guy, but he knows the game like the back of his hand." —Colts defensive tackle Daniel Muir
WEEK 8 PICKS: Our analysts choose Sunday's winners
London Fletcher, Washington Redskins
•Overlooked: Fletcher (5-10, 245) signed with St. Louis Rams as college free agent in 1998. Scouts were concerned about relative lack of size, and lack of height in particular. Level of competition he faced at Division III John Carroll another major question.
•Accomplishments: Set to play in 200th consecutive game. Helped St. Louis reach Super Bowl XXXIV to close 2001 season. Signed with Washington (2007) after five-year stint in Buffalo. Has been Redskins' top tackler every year and their defensive leader.
•What they're saying: "If you have a London Fletcher on your team, you're in pretty good shape as a football coach." —Redskins coach Mike Shanahan
Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers
•Overlooked: Gates (6-4, 260) was known for basketball when he left Kent State as school's sixth all-time leading scorer. Helped Golden Flashes reach Elite Eight in 2002. Had not played football since high school when Chargers signed him in 2003.
•Accomplishments: Among the most prolific undrafted free agents in NFL history. With 67 TD receptions, has scored more often than any of seven tight ends already enshrined in Hall of Fame. Six-time Pro Bowler named to league's All-Decade team.
•What they're saying: "The last seven years tells you we're throwing the ball to Gates." —Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers
Pierre Thomas, New Orleans Saints
•Overlooked: Thomas (5-11, 215) was thought to be too slow to make it even though he ranked second in Illinois history with 4,451 all-purpose yards and sixth with 2,545 rushing yards. New Orleans signed him in 2007.
•Accomplishments: Paced New Orleans in every rushing category each of last two years. Ranked fifth in NFL in rushing average (5.4) in 2009 while carrying 147 times for 793 yards, six TDs. Paced eventual Super Bowl champs with 1,095 yards from scrimmage.
•What they're saying: "I've been told all my life, 'You're too small, you're not fast enough, you're not going to make it.' I've just blocked all that out." —Thomas
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Jessica Biel: Monday Morning in Manhattan
Posted Monday November 19, 2012 3:20 PM GMT
Getting things started for the new week, Jessica Biel exited her apartment building in New York City this morning (November 19).
The "7th Heaven" hottie was all smiles as she encountered a few shutterbugs, looking city chic in a black dress with a black jacket and bright blue heels.
During the premiere of her new flick "Hitchcock," Ms. Biel gushed about her recent honeymoon trip to Tanzania with new hubby Justin Timberlake.
Jessica explained, "It was like magic. It was like heaven. It was the most beautiful thing." Sounds like married life is off to a great start!
Enjoy the pictures of Jessica Biel out in NYC (November 18).
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BIOL 4209 – Neuroscience
(3 credits) 3 hours lecture
This course is an exploration of the expansive field of neuroscience through a multidisciplinary examination of current research. The latest discoveries and techniques in the field will underscore an investigation into hot topics including neurogenesis, learning and memory, addiction, stress, pain, cognition and consciousness, emotional processing, motor control and selected diseases and disorders. An integrative understanding of the topics at a cellular, systems and behavioural level will be emphasized.
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How might a foundation in medical terminology help you in fulfilling your education and career goals? How might a basic understanding of medical terminology benefit you personally?
What are YOUR education and career goals? How will knowing medical terms help YOU -- both in YOUR career and YOUR personal life?
Don't you think you've wasted YOUR time posting this question here -- when we have no way of knowing anything about YOU?
Whatever your career goals are, medical terminology can help you personally to better understand medical reports about you or those close to you.
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'madagascar 2' Stars Visit Israel
The stars of the film "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" received a warm reception in Israel. Ben Stiller, Chris Rock and Jada Pinkett Smith, as well as producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, were in the Jewish state over the weekend for the Israeli premiere of the animated movie. The trio of actors signed hundreds of autographs and were… More ▸


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Does lacrosse lead to rape? NBC's Today show seriously investigated that question in the April 21 edition. Matt Lauer teased the story with this scintillating query:
Lauer: "And still to come, the Duke lacrosse rape case. Is there something about the sport of lacrosse that causes players to act out of bounds?"
Natalie Morales furthered this line of thinking when she introduced the segment at 7:32AM EDT:
Morales: "But first, Matt, the investigation into the alleged rape by some members of the Duke lacrosse team. It's not the first time the players there have been in trouble and it has some wondering whether this aggressive sport leads to aggressive behavior."
Now, NBC may not be aware of it, but it just might be possible that the Duke lacrosse students are innocent. Undeterred, reporter Ron Mott investigated the danger that this sport poses to the United States. An NBC graphic helpfully set the tone by labeling the students as "out of control athletes." Mott stated, "A law professor has been appointed to head a campus committee to figure out if something was wrong with the lacrosse program." James Coleman, the Duke professor in question, had this to say about the accusations:
Coleman: "The reaction in the community should have been, no chance that a Duke student did that. I don't believe that. But obviously something is wrong because people are willing to believe that it could have happened."
So it's the seriousness of the charges that matter? Something is wrong because something could be wrong? Despite the fact that the professer isn't a reporter or anchor, his comments are illuminating. NBC showed their bias here by having no one of reputation who disagreed with the assertion that aggressive sports "lead" to violence. In fact, the only person who disputes the theory is a Duke tennis player. And he simply denies that the players are savages. What proof does NBC provide? Well, according to Mott, lacrosse violence has "happened elsewhere."
Mott: "Several players at St. Johns University in New York were acquitted of gang rape charges in the early nineties. Five years ago, a prep school in Baltimore disbanded its team after teammates watched a porn movie starring one of the players. And now, Duke."
The B-roll video from the New York case has a graphic that labeled it as being from 1990. So, let me see if I have this right: Today's evidence consists of lacrosse players who were acquitted of rape 16 years ago and a case from 2001? One wonders, what will happen if it turns out the Duke University students are innocent? Will NBC withdraw their theory that the sport leads to assaults? Don't hold your breath.


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The driver of the pace car that year was pro golfer Greg Norman, who drove the test runs but was replaced at the last minute with Parnelli Jones because Norman withdrew because of shoulder surgery.
Corvette has served as the official pace car more than any other car, a tally of 11 times. The 1998 Corvette was among the most flash of the bunch with its 345 horsepower engine, Radar Blue paint and its signature yellow and black interior. A checkered flag stretched from the Corvette's functional front gill panel all along the sides of the car and up over its tail.
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About meCuthbert Ogle (d. 23 April 1755), an English musician who emigrated to Williamsburg, Virginia in the early months of 1755, advertised that he would be teaching music there, and then promptly died. Little is known about Ogle: Maurer Maurer writes of the man "It seems impossible to determine anything definite about Cuthbert Ogle's origin, his first appearance in Virginia, the extent of his musical training, or the nature of his private life and affairs."
About my libraryThe musical library of Cuthbert Ogle is listed in its entirety in the appraisement of his estate, made at Williamsburg in September 1755 by well-known musician Peter Pelham, Charles Jones and John Low. Ogle's books, combined with his other possessions (which included a Fiddle & Case, Harpsichord and 2 Hammers, 1 Plain Gold Watch, 1 Spy Glass, 1/2 lb Green Tea, some Fiddle strings and an Old Hatt), were appraised at £69 3s. 4d.
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By Amanda Kim Stairrett
Killeen Daily Herald
FORT HOOD – It was the start of a new school year at the new Meadows Elementary and new students with their new backpacks filed past their new principal who ...
At 7:09 a.m., an offensive wail that would put a banshee to shame pierced the bustling hallways. Kids cringed and held their hands over their ears. Patti Vickers, a principal's secretary, rushed from helping a line of parents to a panel on the wall and shut off the screaming fire alarm.
"Yep, it's the first day of school," she said with a laugh.
The fire alarm didn't obey, though, and continued to annoy anyone within earshot – which was pretty much everyone within the confines of Meadows. Vickers continued futile efforts to bring peace to the school as she joked, "Well, somebody doesn't want to come to school today!"
Aside from insolent fire alarms, the first day of school at Meadows Elementary, the Killeen Independent School District's only new facility this year, started without a hitch. The new building was re-dedicated Sunday, just next door to the building that was home to Meadows students for 54 years.
The school was named in honor of Lt. Col. Benjamin Earl Meadows, an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who designed the early structure of Fort Hood. He also served on the Fort Hood Independent School District board before it merged with Killeen's.
Carol McKissick taught at the old building for 18 years. She is excited about the new building because "they've given us the best of everything," she said Monday as her fourth-grade students filed into the classroom. Everything is new, from the computers to the maps.
"Everything is new and fresh and the kids deserved that," McKissick said.
Though the school can now boast two fully-stocked science labs, wireless Internet throughout the building and what principal Karol Carlisle called two "fabulous" computer labs, something that impressed 9-year-old Grant Hutton and "10 on Sept. 18" Joey Galvan was that their new school had two levels. That's right – two floors and even an elevator Galvan pointed out.
Hutton, the son of Lt. Col. James and Karen Hutton, has spent the summer reading, playing video games and riding his bike. He said he was looking forward to being in Mrs. McKissick's class because he heard she is big on reading.
Galvan, the son of Maj. Jose and Sandy Galvan, likes computers and can't wait to use the new iMacs in the corner of the classroom "for playing lots of cool games." Galvan also likes math ... and gym ... and recess ... and lunch, he said excitedly.
His parents brought him to school that morning and he had to get up at 5 a.m. to travel from Harker Heights.
Soldiers got a day off from physical training Monday morning so parents could accompany their children to school. Soldiers in action combat uniforms passed through the halls alongside Hello Kitty and Spider-man backpacks. Mom toted video cameras and little brothers and sisters who grudgingly came along.
Downstairs, Cristelita Fuertes taught her first-graders the "Firecracker Clap."
"Clap. Psh! Clap. Psh! Clap. Psh! Clap. Psh! BOOM," went 15 pairs of little hands.
Fuertes then led the class in counting to 100 by twos.
"Two, four, six, eight ... 100," called out 15 little voices.
"Did I ever tell you (that) you were in the smartest class in all of first grade," Fuertes asked the students.
During the week, Meadows Elementary is home to about 760 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, Carlisle said. This is her first year as principal. She served as Meadows' assistant principal last year, which was preceded by 20 years of teaching in the Troy Independent School District, two years serving at the Education Service Center Region 12 in Waco, three years as an instructor in the Killeen district and five years as an assistant principal.
Carlisle said her goal is 100 percent success for all students.
"I want this to be a dynamic, educational environment," she said.
She even offered some insight as to why some of the students were so excited about their new, two-story building: "For some reason students just love stairs!"
Check in at the end of the year and see if they still like them, she joked.
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Stocks turned higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday thanks to buying on dips after recent falls.
The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 183.93 points, or 0.97 percent, to finish at 19,230.48. On Thursday, the key market gauge retreated 254.52 points.
The Topix index of all first-section issues ended up 9.16 points, or 0.59 percent, at 1,549.51, after falling 15.23 points the previous day.
Stocks initially came under pressure from selling related to Friday's special quotation fixing to settle December index futures and options contracts.
But investors moved to buy undervalued issues after a three-day decline in the key market gauges, sending stocks bouncing back.
Sentiment improved on the back of an overnight rally in U.S. equities, brokers said.
Large-cap issues, such as exporters, attracted buybacks, briefly pushing up the Nikkei average by more than 230 points in the morning session.
The yen's weakening against the dollar also helped lift the market, according to brokers.
"But the gains were nothing but a technical rally after the Nikkei average retreated to nearly 19,000," said Yoshihiko Tabei, chief analyst at Naito Securities Co.
The market's topside was capped by a wait-and-see mood ahead of key economic events, such as the release set for Saturday of China's industrial output data for November and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting next week, brokers said.
Worries about falling crude oil prices linger, though brokers see lower crude prices as generally beneficial for Japanese companies.
In addition, an official at a bank-affiliated securities firm said, downward pressure on prices from lower crude prices leads to hopes for additional monetary easing by the Bank of Japan.
Such expectations are likely to support the market's downside, brokers said.
Rising issues outnumbered falling ones 1,260 to 547 in the TSE's first section, while 117 issues were unchanged.
Volume grew to 2.41 billion shares from Thursday's 1.87 billion shares.
Automakers Toyota and Honda, tire producer Bridgestone, electronics manufacturer Sony, industrial robot maker Fanuc and air conditioner maker Daikin gained ground.
Also on the plus side were clothing store chain operator Fast Retailing, airlines ANA and JAL, mobile phone carrier SoftBank Group and drug maker Ono Pharmaceutical.
Sharp attracted buybacks on news that the electronics maker's main creditor banks plan to offer additional financial support worth several hundreds of billions of yen.
By contrast, seafood producer Maruha Nichiro, insurer Tokio Marine and trading house Mitsui met with selling.
Sekisui House plunged, weighed down partly by selling to lock in gains, after the home builder kept its full-year earnings estimates unchanged on Thursday.
In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key March contract on the Nikkei average was up 200 points to close at 19,210.


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The New York Jets cleared some hurdles on Sunday towards making an unlikely playoff push, and they didn't even take the field. The Jets will visit the Tennessee Titans tomorrow night on Monday Night Football, but the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans both offered big-time help to Rex Ryan and the green and white by taking care of some of the other AFC playoff hopefuls. Now, the Jets have to make sure they take care of their own business and beat a 4-9 Titans team.
Not many would have pictured this a few weeks ago, but the New York Jets have a great shot at being right in the thick of the playoff picture heading into the final two weeks of the 2012 NFL season. Without Darrelle Revis. Without Santonio Holmes. And with Braylon Edwards.
The Dallas Cowboys knocked off the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime just a few minutes ago, completing a beautiful Sunday for New York Jets fans. Earlier in the day the Houston Texans took out the Indianapolis Colts, leaving the Jets still in position to potentially grab the fifth of the sixth playoff seed in the AFC.
We detailed what needed to happen in our article on Jets playoff scenarios on Saturday and it all went right. Now it's time for the jets to handle their own business on Monday night. They should be buoyed by the fact that the team is still in the hunt, taking on a Tennessee Titans team that has no hope of making the playoffs.Of course, nothing is a given with this Jets team and they are just as likely to lay an egg as they are to plat lights out. The most likely scenario is a grind-it-out nail-biter that will raise the collective blood pressure of the Jets faithful.
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Baldwin visits Penn Hills in Root Sports game
Baldwin begins one of the most grueling stretches of any WPIAL football team tonight, Thursday, against conference foe Penn Hills.
The Fighting Highlanders visit Penn Hills in a Root Sports televised game of the week at 7 p.m.
"Root Sports does a great job with the broadcast," Jim Wehner, Baldwin's fourth-year head coach, said. "We're excited about the recognition that the program and school district will get. It's awesome for the kids."
Penn Hills is celebrating its 75th season in 2012, and is aiming to extend its WPIAL playoff streak. The Indians have qualified for the playoffs for 14 straight years.
"Penn Hills is very talented on both sides of the ball," Wehner said. "They have speed, and they are physical."
Following tonight's Quad Central Conference matchup, Baldwin faces, in succession, conference foes Mt. Lebanon at home, Upper St. Clair on the road, and Woodland Hills at home.
"The next four weeks are going to be very tough," Wehner said. "Hopefully, we can stay healthy and compete."
All four of Baldwin's opponents in the next month traditionally are football powers in the WPIAL's highest division.
Penn Hills was ranked eighth in Class AAAA in the Tribune-Review's high school football rankings prior to last week's 14-0 conference loss to an up-and-coming Peters Township squad.
Mt. Lebanon (No. 7), Upper St. Clair (No. 3) and Woodland Hills (No. 6) all are ranked in the Tribune-Review's top 10 in Class AAAA.
Penn Hills, which defeated Canon-McMillan, 20-13, in Week 1 this season, dropped to 1-1 in the conference and 1-1 overall with last week's loss to Peters Township.
Baldwin, which lost a 40-12 decision to Peters Township in its season opener, socked Plum last week, 35-7, to improve to 1-1 in the Quad Central and 1-1 overall.
"The kids played well. We (had) talked all week about getting back on track," Wehner said. "The offensive line opened the holes, and the running backs made it happen."
Senior running back Dorian Brown rushed for 167 yards on 14 carries, and scored three times, for the Fighting Highlanders.
Through two games, Brown has run for 308 yards on 33 carries and has scored five touchdowns.
Stephon Harris, on a 52-yard dash, and Nick Barca, on a 40-yard jaunt, also reached the end zone for Baldwin last week.
Sophomore quarterback Doug Altavilla connected on 7 of 13 passes for 116 yards and one touchdown.
Baldwin outscored the Mustangs by a 21-0 difference in the second half.
The local squad was propelled by Jay Morrison defensively. Morrison, a junior defensive back, led the team in tackles with seven.
Penn Hills is led offensively by seniors Darius Holloway at quarterback, Aaron Bailey at running back and Jordan Davenport at wide receiver.
Holloway (119 yards) and Bailey (110 yards) combined for 229 yards on the ground in their season opener at Canon-McMillan.
Through two games, Holloway has passed for 194 yards, completing 15 of 22 tosses.
The Indians' offensive line is anchored by Lynwood Barron, a 6-foot-4, 315-pound senior.
And athletes such as senior Toreek Hester and junior Marshall Thompson also are on the radar screens of college scouts.
Ray Fisher is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-388-5820 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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