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Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:37 pm
Post subject: De Facto Islamic Shariah Law in America, Dhimmitude
evil satanic Islamic shariah law
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De Facto Shariah Law -
in America!
By Janet Levy - Is the United States today a de facto shariah state? A close look at recent events points to some alarming conclusions about the tenets of shariah law taking hold in our once-proud constitutional republic and the unwitting, unequal application of existing U.S. laws.
The result is that when it comes to religious expression, Muslims now enjoy more freedom of religion and speech under our Bill of Rights than non-Muslims. Equal protection under the laws of our country holds for Muslims far better than for non-Muslims. Several recent examples illustrate this point.
Christianity Suppressed
In October, students at a Chattanooga,
high school were told that their longtime tradition of praying at practice and before games would no longer be allowed. The school superintendent had called an end to prayer at all school functions following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
In July, students visiting the Supreme Court from an
Christian school were stopped by police as they bowed their heads and quietly prayed for the justices. The students were standing outside the court building to the side at the bottom of the building steps. They weren't blocking traffic, but an officer abruptly approached them and ordered them to stop praying immediately.
Four Christians were arrested in June for disorderly conduct at the Dearborn Arab International Festival after handing out copies of the Gospel of John. The four had stationed themselves five blocks from the festival and did not actively approach anyone, but instead waited for others to approach them. Still, police officers confiscated their video cameras and led the four Christians away in handcuffs to shouts of "Allah hu Akbar" from Muslim bystanders.
In June of 2006, an instrumental rendition of "Ave Maria" was banned at the Henry Jackson High School graduation in Everett,
. Despite Justice Samuel Alito's protests, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider whether the case was an example of censorship of student speech.
In direct contrast to the above incidents, which limit Christian prayer and expression, numerous examples exist of special accommodations for Muslim activities and religious practices. These indicate an adherence to a separate and distinct policy for Muslims that mirrors the supremacist requirements of shariah law.
Islam Accepted
In the State of
, 7th-grade students at Excelsior Middle School in Discovery Bay, California adopted Muslim names, prayed on prayer rugs, and celebrated Ramadan under a state-mandated curriculum that requires instruction about various religions. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court again declined to hear legal challenges by concerned Excelsior parents, who complained that the instruction was actually religious indoctrination and that Christianity and Judaism were not given equal time and exposure. The curriculum has been upheld as appropriate multicultural material.
After Carver Elementary School in San Diego absorbed Muslim students from a defunct charter school in September 2006, a special recess was provided for the students to pray, classes were segregated by gender, and pork was removed from the school menu. A teacher's aide at the school led children in prayer and was provided with a lesson plan allotting an hour of class time for Islamic prayer. In essence, Muslim students alone were privileged with public school time to practice their religion at an additional cost of $450,000 in public funds and a loss of instruction time. (Note: Looked this up also and revised it a bit as well.)
In May, students at a Wellesley,
middle school visited a local radical mosque and participated in a prayer session. Parents, who gave signed permission for students to visit the mosque, were not informed in advance that students would also be bowing to Allah and listening to lectures on Islam. Surprisingly, teachers did nothing to intervene as students participated and a mosque spokesperson denigrated Western civilization while glorifying and misrepresenting Islam, even falsely referring to the greater rights of women under Islam. Astonishingly, this occurred in a state that has prohibited the sale of Christmas items, including red and green tissue paper, at a school store and forced firefighters to remove a "Merry Christmas" sign from their station.
Over the last few years, the University of Michigan, a taxpayer-funded school, has provided separate prayer rooms and ritual foot baths, requiring bathroom modifications costing over $100,000, for Muslim observances.
At Minneapolis Community and Technical College, where religious displays, including those for Christmas, have been strictly prohibited, foot-washing facilities are being installed using taxpayer dollars after one student slipped and injured herself washing her feet in a sink. Director of Legal Affairs and President Phil Davis justified the disparate treatment of Muslims, explaining, "The foot-washing facilities are not about religion; they are about public safety."
Muslims periodically block the streets of
New York City
, prostrating themselves in the middle of roadways and sidewalks undisturbed by police and other authorities. The resulting traffic jams are ignored, the double- and illegally parked vehicles are free of citations, and law enforcement officers are nowhere to be seen. Surely, practitioners of other religions or groups planning similar gatherings would be required to obtain permits for such an activity. Reportedly, the police have been ordered not to interfere with the Muslim prayer spectacle.
These special accommodations for Muslims effectively elevate the Islamic faith above that of Christians and Jews, reinforcing the message of the Koran -- "Allah proclaims Islam over all other religions" (48:2
, "Islam will dominate other religions" (9:33), and "Islam does not coexist with other faiths" (5:51). Muslims are required by the teachings of their faith to conquer and subjugate non-Muslims and Ensure worldwide submission to Islam -- "The believers must make war on infidels around them and let the infidels find firmness in them" (9:123).
Under Islamic shariah law, Christians may not even speak to Muslims about Christianity nor provide them with any literature about Christianity. With the recent arrests of Christians in Dearborn juxtaposed with prostrate Muslim worshipers in Manhattan (where a mosque is planned at Ground Zero at the same location where a church will not be rebuilt), it appears that the principles of Islamic supremacy and prohibitions against Christian proselytizing have begun to gain traction in America.
Meanwhile, Christianity in America is withering as Bible study is eradicated in public schools, crosses are removed from the public square, and "winter holidays" replace Christmas celebrations. Remarkably, as Christianity is being dethroned and denied public expression, Islam is being unabashedly and openly promoted in what has been a Christian country for over two hundred years. It is truly remarkable that as American students chant prayers in Arabic in California's classrooms, Christmas music and graphics that refer to both Christmas and Chanukah are prohibited in
New Jersey
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CAIR sues Oklahoma for banning Islamic law
Nov 2010
Unindicted terrorist co-conspirator reacts after 70% of voters approve.
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced today it will file a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state ballot measure that bars judges from considering Islamic law in any ruling.
On Tuesday, with about a dozen other states watching, Oklahoma became the first state to put before voters the proposition that Islamic courts, Islamic law known as Shariah and Shariah-based court decisions should be banned.
State Question 755, a constitutional amendment, was approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters. But at a news conference today, CAIR-OK Executive Director Muneer Awad called the measure unnecessary and offensive.
"There's no threat," Awad said, according to The Oklahoman newspaper. "It's a legal impossibility."
Awad was joined at the news conference by Chuck Thornton, deputy director of ACLU-Oklahoma; Imad Enchassi, imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City; and Nathaniel Batchelder, director of the Central Oklahoma Human Rights Association.
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Nov 2010 Sharia law should be introduced into UK legal system
, says leading barrister.
A leading barrister has said that Sharia law should be incorporated into the English legal system.
Hockman said Sharia law could improve relations between faith groups
Stephen Hockman QC, a former chairman of the Bar Council, reportedly suggested that a group of MPs and legal figures should be convened to plan how elements of the Muslim religious-legal code could be introduced.
After speaking at an event organised by the website Islam4UK at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall, Mr Hockman reportedly told The Daily Express: Given our substantial Muslim population, it is vital that we look at ways to integrate Muslim culture into our traditions. Otherwise we will find that there is a significant section of our society which is increasingly alienated, with very dangerous results.
There should perhaps be a standing committee comprising Parliamentarians, lawyers and religious leaders to consider how this could be achieved and what legal changes might be framed.
Sharia law has been criticised for its prevention of some rights for women. Mr Hockman reportedly conceded: The position of women is one area where the emphasis is, to the say the least, rather different.
He reportedly added that the incorporation of Sharia could improve relations between faith groups and boost the countrys security.
He said: I am also sometimes confronted by those who point out that there are elements within the Muslim community who pose a threat to our very security. My answer is not to dispute them but to suggest that it is for those of us forming part of the majority community to address such problems.
Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah
Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson.
Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.
They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.
One parent, Sharon Luinen, said: "This isn't right, it's taking things too far.
"I understand that they have to learn about other religions. I can live with that but it is taking it a step too far to be punished because they wouldn't join in Muslim prayer.
"Making them pray to Allah, who isn't who they worship, is wrong and what got me is that they were told they were being disrespectful.
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:51 am
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State Shariah ban moves up judicial ladder
Arguments pending before 10th Circuit on validity of voters' decision.
A constitutional scholar who graduated cum laude from Harvard Law and later taught at the University of Oklahoma and Oral Roberts University says a federal judge got it backwards when she wrote an opinion that Oklahoma voters would not be allowed to ban the use of Shariah law in their courts.
That opinion came from Chief Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, who before Christmas blocked the state from certifying a constitutional amendment approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters through a ballot initiative known as State Question 755.
A Muslim activist had contended in court that he would be injured by having his religious law banned from use in the courts, and Miles-LaGrange agreed, writing that plaintiff Muneer Awad "has shown that he will suffer an injury in fact, specifically, an invasion of his First Amendment rights."
The judge's order prevented state officials from certifying the election results on that issue, and it now is being appealed to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, where a decision is not expected probably until mid-summer.
State Shariah ban moves up judicial ladder
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Texas legislator moves to stop Shariah
January 2011
Targets constitutional abuses from Islam, immigration, presidential impostors.
A Texas legislator has proposed a state constitutional amendment that would effectively bar courts in the Lone Star State from considering Islamic, or Shariah, law in deciding cases.
Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, earlier this month submitted House Joint Resolution No. 57, which would amend the Texas Constitution to read, "A court of this state shall uphold the laws of the Constitution of the United States, this Constitution, federal laws and laws of this state. A court of this state may not enforce, consider or apply any religious or cultural law."
Berman has been a controversial figure in Texas, repeatedly filing bills on today's hottest constitutional controversies:
* For example, Berman filed a bill that would nullify the national health-care legislation commonly called Obamacare in Texas as an unconstitutional overreach of federal authority;
* He filed a bill that would require candidates for president or vice president to show their birth certificates to the secretary of state before being allowed on the ballot;
* And he filed a bill asking his state to reconsider the constitutionality of allowing illegal immigrants to pay reduced, in-state tuition at public colleges and universities.
Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Berman's latest bill, as well as similar measures in other states that would ban Shariah law from American courts. Hooper claims the constitutional amendment is an attack on the religious freedom of Muslims.
"What we are seeing is those that are trying to enact laws targeting the American Muslim community's constitutional rights realize they are not going to pass legal muster," Hooper told The American Independent. "So they are finding backdoor, roundabout ways to accomplish the same thing."
Thomas Kidd, a senior fellow at the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, also criticized Berman's bill, calling its language an "ill-conceived" attempt to block Shariah in the U.S.
"In the end, this amendment implies that religion and culture cannot influence our law as Texans. The problem is that religion and culture inform all law," Kidd writes in a Houston Chronicle editorial. "Texans overwhelmingly approved a ban on same-sex marriage in 2005 would anyone deny that much of the support for this amendment emerged from religious conviction? Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater."
Berman, however, says American courts need to recognize they are bound by constitutional law alone, and not subject to the whims of men or multiculturalism.
"A lot of federal courts are referring to international courts and laws of other countries. We want to make sure our courts are not doing this, especially in regards to cultural laws," Berman told The American Independent. "If that includes Shariah law, then so be it."
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:02 pm
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Rep. Sandy Adams (FL24) introduced legislation that protects the integrity of our Constitution and U.S. laws by clarifying that our courts should follow and uphold our laws not defer to those of foreign nations.
Ironically, less than a week prior to Rep. Adams introducing her bill,
a Florida judge imposed Sharia Law in a Tampa courtroom, perhaps the best indication yet of just how important such legislation is to this country
ISAF: Bringing Islamic Law... to
U.S. Troops
March 24, 2011
I wasn't even looking for this. I just went to the ISAF website to see whether the grossly underreported weekend murders of two American soldiers (and shootings of four others) by an Afghan security contractor -- again -- was considered newsy enough to post by the official powers that be. "The slayings bring to nine the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed by rogue Afghan security force members, whether uniformed or private security contractors, in the past two months," NBC reports.
Nine? In the last two months? That whizzed by totally unaccounted for. Did any democratically elected officials even think to ask Gen. Petraeus about it?
I still don't know if ISAF tallied up these latest bodies in a public count. That's because the first item to present itself to a viewer of the ISAF site is this picture (below) with the caption: "Religious Importance of the Qur'an." As a well-known sucker for the religious importance of the "Qur'an" -- I prefer "Ko-ran," with Texas inflection -- I just had to click and see.
The caption tells us so-and-so holds his prayers beads during a March 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony on an electrification project in the Farah Distriction, quoting Mr. So-and-So as saying: "If we have electricity ... we can turn on our lights, and read the Koran.
What comment is appropriate here? "The jaw drops"? "The universe spins"? We must go beyond shock to assess the advanced state of psycho-masochism the US military has now attained under the suicidal ideology of COIN, a belief system of unparralleled arrogance that actually believes that a cockamamie scheme of sticks and carrots, at a staggering cost of blood (limbs, skull shards) and unrecoverable treasure, is adequate to remake Muslim Man in Petraeus's Image.
But the joke is on the COINsters. For what is happening is that it is they who are remaking themselves. In seeking to win Islamic hearts and minds, a lynchpin of the non-military, social-work basis of the COIN strategy, they have themselves become de facto followers of Islamic law, and they are spreading it to our troops.
This is the ISAF site tells us. To wit:
"Download Religious Importance of the Qu'ran" the ISAF commands.
So I did. Up pops COIN Advisory # 20100924-001 (I'm not kidding).This perfectly rancid sop to "Cultural Sensitivity" (the non-ironic title) is something for US troops to gag themselves with. Literally. "Never talk badly about the Qur'an or its contents." #2 "recommendation" says, a no-nonsense formulation of Islamic prohibitions against criticising Islam.
Remember, this COIN Advisory is attached to the very first item ISAF displays, hoisted like a flag of dhimmitude to denote ISAF's adoption of Islamic law (sharia), illustrated with a year-old picture of Mr. Prayer Beads exulting over having received the technology of Thomas Alva Edison to read the Koran.
But if illuminating the Koran is perfectly okay for infidels to do, touching the thing is not. Why? "It is considered culturally insensitive for any non-Muslim to touch a copy of the Qur'an," ISAF explains. Why that it is indeed the Islamic case, ISAF doesn't mention. Perhaps it would upset still-not-completely dhimmified troops to learn that this injunction exists because Muslims consider non-Muslim "najis," or unclean, and thus unfit to touch their religious book. We must appreciate the implications: Having accepted this basic supremacist divide, ISAF has also accepted dhimmitude, the cultural condition of all non-Muslim subjects of sharia, and it is imposing it on our troops.
Of course, there's more:
Additionally, verbal disrespect for Islam and/or the Qur'an us considered as inappropriate as physical desecration of the Qur'an. Insulting the Qur'an is an act of blasphemy.
The way Islam treats women stinks = verbal disrespect for Islam. The verses of the Qur'an that call for jihad against infidels are heinous = insulting the Qur'an. Tut, tut: ISAF, veritable mouthpiece of the coming caliphate, deems such talk "inappropriate" and "blasphemy" -- which just might win them an extra pillow at the foot of the caliph's throne.
Muslims believe they have an inherest duty to stand up to injustices committed against Islam and the Qur'an. Therefore, they take any perceived disrespect to Islam and/or the Qur'an extremely seriously....
Therefore, so does ISAF, which recommends:
1. Do NOT handle Qur'ans or other Islamic relgious items. (CAPS in the original.)
2. Never talk badly about the Qur'an or its contents.
3. If you must search a location or person's belongings, ask them if they have a Qur'an or religious item present. If so, ask them to remove it or put it in a suitable place before conducting the search.
4. Your level of sensitivity must be even greater when conducting canine searches. [Dogs are also "najis."] Having an animal anywhere near a Qur''an or other religious artifact is considered highly disrespectful.
5. If you have questions about the Qur'an or Islam, ask respectfully.
6. Be informed and be prepared to answer questions about alleged desecration of the Qur'an.
This kind of thing has been going on a long time -- too long. It's past time to perk up and notice that our adopting the ways of Islam is in fact the objective of jihad.
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TN's anti-sharia debate heats up
March 3, 2011
A radical Islamic group is pressuring Tennessee lawmakers to drop legislation aimed at keeping sharia law out of The Volunteer State.
According to The Tennessean, the anti-sharia initiative has been introduced in the Senate by State Senator Bill Ketron, and in the Assembly by State Representative Judd Matheny. The twin bills are aimed at providing a powerful counter-terrorism tool to state and local law enforcement by allowing for civil and/or criminal penalties against anyone providing material support or resources to terrorist organizations.
But recently the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a front group for the terrorist organization Hamas, held a news conference attempting to use scare tactics to convince the legislators to drop the bill.
LET's TALK REAL HORROR - SHARIA LAW
March 25, 2011
While Obama plays fast and lose trying to deal with his upset liberal base and congress about going to war with Libya, real abuses, violations and murders are happening all over Muslim countries. What will Obama do about those? I imagine, he will continue to ignore them like everyone else does. I am talking about abuses, human rights violations and murders that affect hundreds of millions of Muslim women through out the Middle East on a daily basis because of the use of the evil and racist Sharia law.
Just a few of the millions of rights violations regularly include: Get your puke bag ready. Remember Hena, the 14 year old girl who went out side her home at night to relieve herself in Bangladesh and was raped. She was sentenced to 100 lashes. She fell unconscious and died after 80. You guessed it . Sharia law.
Then there was a 16 year old raped by a 20 year old at her village. She was ashamed and scared so she didnt report it. Her plan didnt work because she became pregnant and was exposed. She was sentenced to 101 lashes. This was carried out 8 months after her rape ..another gift of Sharia Law. This very same district reported 3 other cases who were lashed for illegal intercourse.
The blessings of Sharia continue. A 45 year old woman was whipped 40 times for having intercourse with her stepson. The local imam decided this punishment which killed her. Then there was the 17 year old who was accused of having an affair. She was tortured by the village arbitration council until she confessed. Naturally after that she was whipped 101 times.
The gift that keeps on giving as we talk about the rights of freedom fighters in Libya.
These encounters regarding rape and sex go on daily all over Muslim countries. We havent even talked about the regular beatings that occur, sanctioned by the imams and the Koran. Sharia not only is hateful and violates Muslim women, but calls for the execution of gays, execution of those who convert to another faith, cutting off of limbs and more. It is beyond brutal, discriminatory, evil and makes the rules of the Nazi party look mellow. Where are the REAL freedom fighters and leaders who will stand against this evil and for women?
Democrats where are you? Hillary Clinton, NOW, ACLU and other womens rights groups are simply AWOL. Obama, Republican leaders, media, anyone??? Where was Bush on this? AWOL.
I have screamed about these abuses for years on my radio show and in my articles. It is high time our leadership and someone in the White House screams about this. No one has the right to just pick little pockets of human rights problems while ignoring millions of Muslim women in a rape infested, Sharia sea of horror.
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The goal of terrorism is Sharia law
April 15, 2011
Dick Morris believes many judges today want to legitimize sharia law and make it an element of Western jurisprudence.
Morris told attendees of the Pacific Justice Institute's recent annual gala in Anaheim, California, that sharia law is a monumental threat to the United States government, noting that many judges in America are ruling in favor of it.
He argues that it is dangerous to include Islamic sharia law in Western jurisprudence. "It is not that the sharia law is a method of helping terrorism," he stated. "The goal of international terrorism is the imposition of sharia law."
The former White House advisor explains that most major financial institutions in the world -- such as AIG, Morgan Stanley, and Citibank -- have a sharia-compliance fund where individuals can have their investments go directly to sharia-vetted activities. Under a sharia-compliance fund, he explains, a Muslim must give 2.5 percent of their total net worth annually -- and the funds are directed by sharia-compliance boards that choose where the money goes
"And those funds are run by sharia-compliance boards, which consist of the most horrible Islamic imam extremists you can imagine," he added. "Five or six of them have been bounced off the boards because they went on terror watch lists."
Morris suggests that the funds are a "huge financing arm of Hamas and Hezbollah and other terrorist groups."
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Immigration's results? Islam usurping national laws
Study shows Shariah actually replacing nation's secular standards
October 13, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims who have moved into France are rejecting the nation's values so efficiently that in practicality Shariah religious law is replacing civil law in some regions, according to a startling new report that perhaps is throwing a shadow across what America's future might hold.
The report was published in French, but has been analyzed and evaluated by a number of organizations and individuals, including Soeren Kern, a senior fellow for transatlantic relations at Madrid's Strategic Studies Group.
At Hudson New York, a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy organization dedicated to research and analysis that promotes global security and freedom in human rights, Kern said the 2,200-page report closes with the warning that "France's future depends on its ability to re-integrate the suburbs into the national project."
The study focused on two suburbs in northeastern Paris, Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil. They were the focal points for Muslim riots several years ago and have one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in France, Kern noted.
The locations are similar to several areas in the United States, such as some suburbs of Detroit, where Muslims easily overwhelm every other identified group as the majority.
, for example, an annual Arab Fest is held at which Christians have been arrested simply for talking about their faith among other members of the Muslim-oriented community.
That's not the only hot spot in America. In Oklahoma City, a court case alleges a Christian police officer was disciplined for refusing to attend religious events at a local Muslim mosque on the orders of his commanders. And a fight has erupted over a decision by a Muslim school principal to fire a Christian wrestling coach after a student wrestler converted from Islam to Christianity.
At JihadWatch in the United States, a commentary explained the study found "the fruits of the contradictory notion that letting an immigrant population have everything it wants of the society it left will actually aid integration."
"Rather, it only allows the construction of replicas of their former societies, importing all of the dysfunction that actually encouraged them to emigrate in the first place and letting it fester anew in closed micro-states."
At Middle East Online, Thibauld Malterre said that Muslims have taken to installing their religious society even though the French secular society has reached out.
But he said, " The report does not support the idea that the state has simply pulled back, to be replaced by Islam. The Clichy-Monfermeil agglomeration has been at the center of one of France's biggest urban renewal programs."
In the U.S., Delta Air Lines has agreed to work with Saudi Arabia's national airline, which imposes Islamic law on passengers inside the U.S.
Facilitating the advance of Shariah is "the free press of the West [which] has accepted and enforced Islamic limits on expression by voluntarily censoring" political cartoons.
Startlingly, the Dutch who, until recently welcomed and tolerated Islam and Shariah, have suddenly called a halt. They now are working on plans to require immigrants to learn the Dutch language, culture and legal system.
Immigration's results? Islam usurping national laws
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YouGov's mid-year Brand Index rankings of America's best perceived brands has been released, and Ford has found its way to the top. The Dearborn, Michigan based manufacturer beat out online shopping giant Amazon, The History Channel, and home improvement superstore Lowe's, to take the top spot.
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It doesn't take much to change the opinion of the masses, apparently. Automotive News is reporting that it only took a mere two days for Toyota to see a rebound in its reputation after NASA engineers cleared the company of any electronic flaws in its vehicle software. As you may recall, the Department of Transportation called in some of the brightest minds from the country's space program to have a look at the issues surrounding the rash of unintended acceleration claims involving Toyota vehicle
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- Feb 5, 2010
Those of you who are still following our ongoing coverage of the Toyota recall saga already know that the Japanese automaker has taken a direct blow to the chin when it comes to consumer perception. But just how low has Toyota sunk? Naturally, that depends on who you ask and on how much weight that person choose to put behind these massive recalls, but at least some of you seem to think the automaker has descended all the way to rock bottom.
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Consumers surveyed for the YouGovPolimetrix BrandIndex were asked to rate everything from cable channels to search engines in terms of bang for the buck. It's not so much a scientific study as it is an opinion poll, and among the department stores and search engines, automakers were also rated. Among the domestic carmakers, General Motors claims both the best and the worst, with HUMMER rated the worst bang for the buck while Chevrolet was rated positively. Toyota was among the top ten of all bra
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The Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area (PFNCA) improves the quality of life of those impacted by Parkinson's disease, their care partners and families, and fosters a sense of community to ensure that no one battles this disease alone. PFNCA offers exercise, communication and education programs to strengthen the physical and emotional health of people impacted by Parkinson's.
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Matthew M. Owens, 1854 Blount and Etowah Co, AL
Matthew M. Owens was the son of Martha?, born abt 1830. I suspect Martha was married to an Owens man around 1853--but he probably died around that time. After 1853, I suspect she gave birth to Matthew M. I don't know if his name was ever listed anywhere as Matthew M. Owens prior to 1880 Census, because Martha Owens remarried to a William Davidson in 1858. From 1860 and 1870 Blount County, AL Censuses, Matthew M. is referred to as having the last name of Davidson. Then, in the 1880 Etowah County, AL Census, Matthew and his sister Frances, b 1851, are listed in the household of Nancy Davidson (William Davidson's widow) as Matthew M. Owen and Frances Owen. Nancy Davidson is identified as the head, with Martha Davidson the daughter (really the daughter in law) and Matthew M Owen and Frances Owen are identified as the grandchildren. Matthew M Owens married Venette Adaline Moody and they had only one child, John Wiley Owens.
My question, who was Martha married to before she married William Davidson and what was Martha's maiden name. Anybody out there who connects with this family, I would appreciate hearing from YOU.
Martha's father was b. in Georgia, as was her mother--but she was born in Alabama. Matthew M Owens was born in Alabama, as well as both her parents.
I have a picture of Matthew's 2 sisters. It was taken in Texas.
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Last week Adrienne got the shaft from Lisa as the latter invited all of the other housewives to attend her restaurant Villa Blanca's 3rd anniversary party. Adrienne smarted from Lisa's cold shoulder but it didn't stop Adrienne from notifying her former friend of the slight… by sending a huge and strange flower arrangement congratulating Lisa on her success.
Note: Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched Monday's episode, "The Higher the Heel, the Closer to God."
Kyle Richards asked if Adrienne would talk to Lisa in order to fix the rift between the two. Adrienne felt Lisa was being immature. Kyle countered Lisa was a bit sensitive and Adrienne shouldn't expect the feisty Brit to apologize. Adrienne remarked if Lisa wanted a relationship with her, she needed to apologize. Don't hold your breath, Adrienne.
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When Kyle asked if Lisa would consider coming to a dinner party to hash things out with Adrienne, she declined. Apparently, Kyle was much more interested in her friends patching things up than they were!
Camille arrived (welcome back girl!) at the festivities, and quickly caught up on all the drama, courtesy of Kyle. Camille couldn't understand why former neighbors Lisa and Adrienne couldn't get it together. She and Kyle had after all.
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Metropolitan Stephanos of Tallinn and All Estonia (born April 29, 1940) is the current primate (elected in 1999) of the Estonian Orthodox Church.
Metropolitan Stephanos was born Christakis Charalambides in Bukavu, which today forms part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His parents were of Cypriot ancestry.
The future metropolitan undertook a year of study towards a medical degree at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, but elected in 1960 to switch to divinity studies. He transferred to the St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris, simultaneously pursuing studies at the University of Paris. He was awarded the degree of Master of Theology from St. Sergius and the degree of lector from the University.
Charalambides was ordained to the diaconate on January 6, 1963 and to the priesthood on November 17, 1968 for service in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France. He was appointed in 1972 as protosyngellos (i.e., episcopal vicar) for the southern region of France, with his base in Nice. Fr. Stephanos was consecrated on March 25, 1987 to the episcopacy with the titular title of Bishop of Nazianzus. While continuing his previous responsibilities, he took on new assignments: secretary of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France, lector at St. Sergius, and professor of patrology at the Roman Catholic seminary of Nice.
In 1996, the Ecumenical Patriarchate restored the Estonian Orthodox Church as an autonomous entity under its protection, following the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union. A General Assembly of the church elected Bishop Stephanos as Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia. The new metropolitan was installed on March 21, 1999.
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As you know, I'm always searching for vegetarian versions of hawker center classics to reproduce in my own kitchen. I've always wanted to sample some laksa. Rice noodles? Coconut milk? I'm sold! Well, Shirley of Køkken69 to the rescue. Shirley, a chemist by training, draws upon her lab experiences and applies them to her cooking adventures.
Her gorgeous blog is a treasure trove of easy recipes and stunning photographs. Check out her Durian Snowskin Mooncake, Ondeh Ondeh (Onde Onde): Sweet Potato Glutinous Rice Balls, and Hokkaido Milk Loaf (Hokkaido Milk Bread).
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Laksa, is a spicy noodle dish that is popular in Singapore and Malaysia. Believed to have Peranakan roots, there are two primary versions: the coconut milk based curry laksa (featured here) and the more tangy Penang Assam laksa.
Made with a melange of beautiful spices and spiked with the lovely umami flavour of belachan (dried shrimp paste), the stock is enriched with coconut milk and served with thick rice vermicelli noodles, tofu, hardboiled eggs, fish cake, cockles, and bean sprouts.
So how does one turn this mouth watering dish vegetarian? Obviously the fish cake and cockles have to go but that is not a problem at all. I am equally happy if my favourite laksa is served only with tofu, hardboiled eggs, and bean sprouts. My main concern is the stock. Omitting the belachan and the dried shrimps basically removes an important component of the dish.
The only way I know how to inject the flavour of the sea into a vegetarian dish is through a konbu (Japanese seaweed) stock. So, that was what I decided to do. Instead of adding just plain water, I added konbu stock. Additionally, to re-create the texture of the minced dried shrimp particles in the stock, I added dried soy crumbles (available at tofu stalls/Chinese vegetarian stalls).
Verdict? The foundation of the spices was there to provide integrity to the dish. To those with a less sensitive palate, it tastes quite similar to the original version. However, I was able to pick up the slightly sharp raw taste of the spices. With the umami flavour of the belachan missing, the seasoning had to rely solely on the balance between salt and sugar, rendering the overall flavour somewhat flatter than the original version.
Nevertheless, I am quite confident that this will be well received by my vegetarian friends. Hope you will enjoy the recipe!
Vegetarian Laksa
Konbu Stock
Water, 900 mL
Dried konbu, 12 cm piece
Laksa Rempah (Spice paste)
Lemongrass, 1 piece
Galanga, 20g
Tumeric, 10g
Shallots, 120g
Candle nut, 18g
Dried chili, 7 (soaked in hot water for 5 mins and seeds removed)
Coriander powder, 1 tbsp
Thick coconut cream, 150ml
Coconut milk, 600ml
Chili Oil
Dried chilies, 10 (cut into sections)
Oil, 150ml
Garnishes and Noodles
Tofu puffs (taupok), 6 pieces (sliced)
Bean sprouts, 300g
Dried soy crumbles, 50g (soak in hot water to soften and mince in a blender)
Laksa leaves, 10 leaves, chopped finely
Fresh rice vermicelli, 450g (blanched for 2 mins in boiling water)
Quail's eggs, 12 (cooked and peeled)
Salt, 1 tbsp
Sugar, 1 tbsp
1. To prepare the stock, place konbu and water in a pot and leave to soak for 30 minutes. Place the pot over medium heat until small bubbles appear on the konbu. Remove the konbu from the water and set aside stock for use later.
2. Blend all ingredients, except for the coconut milk, for rempah to form a paste. Set aside.
3. To create the chili oil, heat a wok until very hot. Add oil, lower the heat, and add the dried chilies. Fry until fragrant and chilies turn dark. Using a slotted spoon, remove dried chili from oil.
4. Continue to heat chili oil over medium heat and add the rempah paste prepared in step (2). Fry rempah over low to medium heat for 10 minutes. Water can be sprinkled over the frying rempah to prevent rempah from burning.
5. The rempah should turn quite dark in colour. Add thick coconut cream to rempah in the wok and continue to fry until well blended. Turn up heat and add konbu stock from step (1). Stir and heat to bring the stock back to boil. Add thin coconut milk and simmer.
6. Add salt and sugar. Add minced dried soy crumbles and tofu puffs. Simmer for another 5 minutes. If stock becomes too thick, add a little more water.
7. Spoon stock over rice vermicelli and garnish with tofu puff, bean sprouts, quail's eggs, and laksa leaves.
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I welcome recipes from Singapore and beyond for Cooking with…. Priority is given to original recipes that have not yet appeared online. Please indicate if your recipe has already appeared online or has been submitted elsewhere. Please email all recipes, including high-quality .jpgs, to me with the subject line 'Recipes.'
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Breaking News: Glass Sponge Reefs protected thanks to fishing closure!
Conservation groups welcome protection for Strait of Georgia's unique glass sponge reefs
Vancouver BC – 5 June 2015 – Local and national conservation groups are welcoming today's announcement by the federal government of fishing closures for the Strait of Georgia's glass sponge reefs – a global treasure found nowhere else in the world.
The SCCA has joined in efforts over the past six years with a coalition of conservation groups lead by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society to convince Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to protect these reefs. "They are a global treasure found no-where else in the world. The reefs are thousands of years old and they are incredibly fragile," said Sabine Jessen, National Oceans Program Director at CPAWS.
The fishing closures will prohibit all bottom contact fishing over the reefs themselves and 150 metre wide buffer around them, to ensure that the reefs are not accidentally damaged by fishing gear and to protect them from sedimentation. DFO established voluntary closures last year in order to protect the reefs while consultation was underway. The closures come after months of consultation and discussions among DFO, the conservation groups, the commercial and recreational fishing sectors, and First Nations. The conservation sector was represented by CPAWS, David Suzuki Foundation, Marine Life Sanctuaries Society, Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, and the Vancouver Aquarium.
Read the full press release here.
Pictures: Texada glass sponge. GSR: Dr. Sally Leys credit. Trawling damage to reef: Jackson Chu credit. Dr. Sally Leys in CPAWS sub: Bruce Kirkby credit. GSR: Neil McDaniel credit. Diver & Reef: Neil McDaniel credit.
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Annual General Meeting 2015
The SCCA's Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, June 22nd from 7-9 pm at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.
We're excited to announce that our guest speaker will be Ruth Simons, the Executive Director of the Future of Howe Sound Society.
Memberships can be renewed at the AGM or you can join or renew online. You must be a paid-up member in order to vote.
As per SCCA policy, nominations for the Board of Directors should be forwarded to the chair of our nomination committee. If you are passionate about the environment of the Sunshine Coast and would like to contribute some time and energy, please consider a two-year term as a director. We have monthly board meetings and directors are encouraged to take on a role or an issue.
- Last Updated: Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:04
Gambier wins Logging Reprieve
The SCCA has received the following news release from the Sunshine Coast Natural Resource District:
The Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has decided to decline to accept a winning applicant in the recent tendering of two woodlots on Gambier Island in order for the Province of British Columbia to address community concerns and undertake further consultations with the Squamish Nation consistent with the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Tsilhqot'in Nation v. BC (Tsilhqot'in decision).
On June 26, 2014, several months after the woodlots were tendered but prior to the selection decision, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its decision in this case which provided greater clarity both on Aboriginal title and the Province's responsibilities in relation to both established and asserted Aboriginal title. In reviewing the consultation record for the two Woodlot Licence areas, the Minister concluded that more work needs to be done to ensure that the Province properly carries out its constitutional obligations consistent with this new direction, as well as to address the public interest.
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My boyfriend (25 years old) of 2 years has become really annoying recently. We live together, and he has been grabbing my breasts, and asking for bjs and sex constantly, been calling me some rather "derogatory" names (as to initiate dirty talk)- and all of this non-stop! When I tell him to "stop", he says "you won't let me be myself", and then continues his behavior.
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Maybe it really is the 'real' him. If so, figure out if you can deal with that or not. Has anything else changed? Sex life been the same? No dry-spells or getting bored? Talk to him first (evenly and openly DO NOT be aggressive/condescending, that will shut down communication) and find out what about it he thinks is ok or is getting turned on by? Maybe something new to you could be exciting or at the least establish boundaries/rules. At that point, if agreeable terms can't be reached/respected, you might want to ask yourself if it's time to go.00|00|0
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He got too comfortable and he probably thought it was okay. You need to really talk to him. Maybe find ways to spice things up for him so he won't be too agressive with his talk.00|00|0


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Spadina Avenue is one of Toronto's most prominent streets, running through the western section of downtown. The name originates from the Ojibwa word ishpadinaa, meaning "high place/ridge"
The intersection of Queen and Spadina was born nearly 200 years ago, when the town of York (yet to be christened 'Toronto) housed a mere 2000 people. Queen street was one of the first roads built by the British upon their arrival in 1793.
This corner reflects a microcosm of the Toronto's rich cultural landscape, with its still active streetcar service, the diversification of the city's ethnic population, and now the hub of a bustling district.
Comparing the view at Queen and Spadina in the 1920s with what you'll see during this festival, it's exciting to see how close the past can seem, and how far we've come in the meantime.


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Tags: ads, Android, app, apps, gmail, google play, KitKat, mobile, Phone, Smartphone, smartphones, tablet, Tablets.
Posted 09/30/2013 at 4:16 PM
Posted 4 years ago
Google has been busy rolling out updates for several of its apps over the past week or so, presumably in preparation for the release of Android KitKat. One update that will be available sometime this week will be the newest version of the popular Gmail app; but, while a fresh app update is a good thing, one of the features included in v4.6 might not please the majority of Android users.
According to an APK teardown by the guys over at Android Police, Gmail for Android is set to feature ads. Advertisements have been available on most of Google's products for quite a while, but until now, Gmail has managed to avoid them. The fact that the email app has remained ad-free is one of its selling points; however, this will no longer be the case.
The leaked changelog suggests that advertisements will be shown in the form of emails and users will have the choice whether to save, forward or dismiss.
Any time ads are introduced into an app, the general public reaction is one of anger, but it is not all bad news here. Google is also introducing a few pleasing features; firstly in the form of an unsent message warning in the 'Sent' box. The reminder will help notify users of any emails stuck in 'Drafts' so important messages are not left stranded.
App users will also be provided with a contact's first initial when a picture is not available and Google will seemingly be removing the cancel option before sending an email and replacing it with a back button.
Lastly, Android Police notes that the user interface icons in version 4.6 will be darker than version 4.5. It is a very slight change, but one that adds to the appearance of the app.
Expect the new version of Gmail for Android to be landing in the Google Play Store sometime this week.
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|Gavin Stuart Peter Miller, Eric Michael Hoffert
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|Apple Inc.
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The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/428,356, filed May. 2, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,281,212 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/956,169, filed Sep. 18, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,043,694, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/207,393, filed Dec. 8, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,295,055, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/328,394, filed Oct. 24, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,219,048, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/790,327 filed Nov. 12, 1991, now abandoned. The above-identified applications are herein incorporated by references.
The present invention relates generally to methods for selecting objects from a moving image sequence of digitized or synthesized images, and more particularly, to a technique for storing auxiliary data in an item buffer, along with a video track, so as to precisely identify objects which can be selected from within each frame of the video track.
Object selection methods allow a user to select an individual object from among a group of objects in an image. One approach to object selection centers around determining which line segment on a two-dimensional screen image has been selected by a user. Typically, these line segments are connected to form a polygonal region, but they may also not be connected at all. One method, called "cursor picking", which is described by J. D. Foley and A. Van Dam, in "Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics", Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1984, pps. 200-204, creates bounded extents, which can be checked using simple equations. Such a scheme, for example, would allow a user to select and modify the characteristics of a particular triangle on a screen, even though there may be many other objects, such as circles, trapezoids, and arbitrary polygonal regions, also visible on the screen. Another method for object selection is to have an object name associated with every object in a scene. To make an object an active selection, the user simply types in the object name that they want to select. This method has no geometric correspondence.
Another technique typically utilized in interactive systems, such as Apple Computer Incorporated's HyperCard™ program, permits the user to identify a rectangular bounding region on the screen with a particular object, such as a button or field. The HyperCard program looks to see where the cursor location is when a selection is made and, at that time, searches for the object (such as a button or field) that has a bounding rectangle at that location. If no bounding rectangle encloses the cursor location, no object is selected. Conversely, if there is a bounding rectangle which encloses the object, the corresponding object is selected. All of the above techniques do not allow for accurate object selection of arbitrarily complex boundaries and can be difficult to use when attempting to identify object boundaries precisely.
Item buffers are generally used to speed up image synthesis algorithms, such as ray tracing or radiosity. They may also be used to identify single object three-dimensional surface areas for usage with interactive painting and lighting systems which manipulate two-dimensional images. When computing radiosity form factors, a hemi-cube algorithm is typically used to speed up the calculation. In this algorithm, five faces of a cube are rendered as item buffers which contain object tags. By counting the number of tagged pixels in the face images, the form factor is computed for a particular polygon when seen from the vertex of another polygon. A description of such a system is presented by Michael F. Cohen and Donald P. Greenberg, in "The Hemi-Cube: A Radiosity Solution for Complex Environments", Computer Graphics, #19, Vol. 3, Jul. 1985, pp. 31-40.
Ray tracing may be accelerated by scan-converting an "object tag" image into an item buffer. Then, for each pixel the ray from the camera corresponding to that pixel is assumed to intersect with the object whose tag is in that pixel. By using an item buffer the algorithm avoids performing any primary ray-object intersection tests. In this way, ray tracing is made more computationally efficient. A description of such a system is presented by Hank Weghorst. Gary Hooper, and Donald P. Greenberg, "Improved Computational Methods for Ray Tracing". ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 1984, pp. 52-69.
In "Direct WYSIWYG Painting and Texturing on 3D Shapes," by Pat Hanrahan and Paul Haeberli, Computer Graphics, Vol. 24, No. 4, Aug. 1990, pp. 215-223, a single three-dimensional object is rendered into an "id buffer" which stores the surface u-v values for the visible surface in that pixel. When painting onto the image, the surface position and surface normal vectors are determined by examining the object id buffer and then the result is used to shade the pixel as the texture maps are modified. This method allows a user to paint on an image in two dimensions and allows modification of the object geometry or lighting in three-dimensional space. The resultant modification is computed in three-dimensional space and then calculated as two-dimensional screen pixels, which are selectively written into the visible screen buffer.
A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a method for labeling the pixels within a selected visual area of at least one image frame containing that visual area from a sequence of image frames stored in memory and operative to be displayed on an interactive display so that a user may subsequently select the selected visual area on a pixel accurate, frame accurate basis. To label the selected visual area within an image frame, the scene within that image frame is segmented to identify the selected visual area, each pixel within that selected visual area is then labeled with an area identifier which is unique to that selected visual area, and the pixels containing the area identifiers are mapped into an item buffer. The item buffer is then compressed and stored within a labeled portion of memory linked with the stored frame image from which the item buffer was derived. When a user subsequently selects a pixel within any frame image of the sequence of frame images the pixel is decompressed within the labeled portion of memory corresponding to the pixel in the selected frame image to determine the area identifier for the selected pixel. This area identifier is then used for a number of purposes, such as to identify an area within the frame image corresponding to the selected pixel, or to cause some action related to the selected pixel to be performed.
The personal computer is becoming a more effective tool for presenting multimedia works everyday. Many of the techniques for presenting and using multimedia information in such computers are carried out in software, although hardware products could also be developed, albeit at much greater costs, for carrying out the same functions. With respect to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, hardware could also be developed which would implement the present invention, but software techniques operating in conjunction with the computer system 10 of FIG. 1 are preferably utilized herein to most effectively implement the present invention.
The computer 10, such as an Apple Macintosh computer manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, Calif. is comprised of a central processing unit 12, an input/output 14, a memory 16, a pointing device 18 and a display 20. Preferably, CPU 12 is powerful enough to carryout data compression/decompression in software at reasonable speeds, such as is possible with a Motorola 68020 microprocessor running at a clock rate of at least 16 MHz, but other much lower performance processors running at lower clock speeds could also be used with acceptable performance if additional data compression/decompression hardware were included as part of the computer system 10. Input/output 14 connects CPU 12 to auxiliary devices, such as speakers, and auxiliary sources of data and memory, such as a hard disk storage device, a CD-ROM, or a high bandwidth network. Even with highly efficient compression techniques, substantial auxiliary storage would still be required for the audio, video and hit test tracks of the present invention. Memory 16 would typically include some type of mass storage as well as some random access memory, although other types of fast access memory could also be utilized. Pointing device 18 could be any of a number of such devices, such as a mouse, trackball, or stylus. Display 20 would preferably be any display having sufficient resolution to clearly display the video information.
Video data used in multimedia works is typically formed from a series of single frames of visual information sequentially strung together for playback by computer 10. This video data is typically stored in an auxiliary storage device as a video track along with other forms of temporal data associated with it, such as an audio track.
The present invention is ideally suited for use in a computer 10 capable of operating multimedia type computer programs, such as a software program that is designed to manipulate various forms of media represented as a series of related temporal tracks of data (such as video, sound, etc.), each of those tracks being operative to be offset by some fixed time from the other tracks. A set of such tracks being herein referred to as a multi-track movie. A representation of a small multi-track movie is illustrated in
It should be noted that the video track and the corresponding hit test track will be, in the most general case, a sequence of moving images. However, it is also possible to use the techniques of the present invention on just a single image, in which case each track comprises only a single frame. It should also be noted that the hit test track need not be compressed using the same compression techniques as the video track and need not be stored at precisely the same resolution as the video track. The hit test track is preferably compressed using a lossless data or image compression technique which need not conform to that of the video track. In addition, if the video track happens to be highly compressed, it may make sense to use a subsampled, or coarser grid, version of the hit test track (such as subsampling on the order of 2:1 or 4:1). In such an event, on playback, the nearest available object identification value in the coarse grid version of the hit test track is used as the object identifier. Although this alternative embodiment will not have the pixel accurate advantage of the full resolution hit test track, it still permits the user to select most objects in the scene at an acceptable level of precision.
With respect to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, any track of the multi-track movie has the option of having an associated set of auxiliary, hit test track, information. This auxiliary information is typically stored along with the corresponding track of the multi-track movie as a set of tag, size and data fields that are used to facilitate manipulation of the temporal data contained in that hit test track. Since these fields are user or application defined, they are referred to herein as "user data". This user data is static, meaning it doesn't change over time. The organization and content of the user data for a hit test track, shown generally as 50, is illustrated in
The remaining portions of information contained in hit test track 50 are within the data field, which is preferably comprised of video track identifier 56, compression format 58, pixel bit depth 60 and hit test data 62. The video track identifier 56 describes the video track in a multi-track movie to which the hit test track 50 corresponds. Utilization of a video track identifier 56 allows the computer 10 to know which video track is used in conjunction with the hit test track. Such information can be important where there are a number of hit test tracks which refer to the same video track. Compression format 58 indicates the format utilized to compress the hit test data 62.
As previously stated, although a number of different compression formats can be utilized for both the video track and the hit test data 62, the preferred embodiment for the hit test data 62 is lossless data encoding. There are a number of applicable methods of lossless encoding that may be employed, including run-length encoding, quad-tree coding, or Huffman coding, all of which are well known in the art. By indicating the compression format, the computer 10 may readily determine how to decompress the hit test data. Pixel bit depth 60 indicates the pixel bit depth to which the compressed data is to be decompressed. This feature allows for correct interpretation of the word length of the hit test data 62. It should be noted that compact descriptions of the objects in the hit test track 50, other than compression techniques, can be utilized. For example, it may be desirable to store a geometric description of the objects in the hit test track 50. This list of geometric primitives for hit test regions would likewise correspond to each frame in the original video track.
It should also be noted that hit test track 50 need not include all of the above-described portions in order to be fully operable. Rather than include an indication of the compression format 58 or the pixel bit depth 60, there could be a default compression format utilized by computer 10 which automatically provided that information. For example, the presents invention could take advantage of the compression formats offered by a software program which manipulates (including compression and decompression) multi-track movies, whereby computer 10 would automatically know to handle various types of data in accordance with various types of compression formats.
In addition to the portions of information described above contained within the data field of hit test track 50, there are other portions of information which could be included therein. Two such portions are described below with reference now to
Although discussed in greater detail with reference to
During decompression, only the region at or surrounding the pixel of interest is decompressed. When the exact pixel for object selection is identified, its decompressed value is returned to the program as the object's identifier. The object identifier can then be used to map into a name table or event table if so desired. If the object identifier maps into a name table, an ascii string name is returned to the program. If the object identifier maps into an event table, the "event" is returned to the system, which can trigger the occurrence of various events, such as the playing of a sound, the display of a sequence of video frames or a picture image on the screen of display 20. The event to be triggered and handled by the program, as mentioned above, is data contained in the event table. The meaning of those events will depend on what type of interactive environment is used on the program of interest. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, events are to be interpreted by a high level scripting language.
With reference now to
When a track identified as hit test track has been found, block 78, the program reviews the user data of the hit test track to verify that the identified hit test track refers to the current video track being displayed, block 80. If the hit test track refers to the current video track, the program then determines the compression format Z, unless there is a default compression format and the bit depth at which to decompress the data, block 82. The next step in the process is to decompress the appropriate frame X (corresponding to the video frame X in the sequence) of the hit test track using the decompression method Z. Although the decompression that occurs can be of the full video frame X, it is preferable to lust decompress the region surrounding the exact pixel location (mx,my) selected by the user in the video frame X, block 84. Note that the object identifier value for the selected object would be the same regardless of the pixel location within the object selected by the user. Thus, while decompressing the entire object would certainly produce the appropriate object identifier, decompressing just the pixel location selected would achieve the same result. The object identifier value of the decompressed data at pixel location (mx,my) is then returned to the system, block 86. As previously described above, more complex optional versions of the above process can decompress the hit test data and use the object identifier to map into a table, which returns either an ascii name or an event to be triggered by the program.
With reference now to
If the input frame is from digitized video, the objects in the video scene depicted in the video frame are segmented, using pattern recognition techniques or through manual object tracking, to generate an item buffer for that scene, block 96. Although pattern recognition techniques are less labor intensive than manual object tracking, the effectiveness of pattern recognition, and therefore object identification, can vary significantly depending on the subject matter being recognized. In addition, manual object tracking has the added advantage of allowing the user to specify "invisible" areas of interest in addition to visible objects of interest. Regardless of the type of input data, once an item buffer is created, each item buffer is then compressed using lossless compression, block 98. The program then looks, block 100, to see if the video track corresponding to that item buffer is compressed at a ratio greater than a predetermined threshold, such as 10:1. As previously discussed, if the video track happens to be highly compressed, it may make sense to use a subsampled, or coarser grid, version of the item buffer, such as subsampling on the order of 2:1 or 4:1. Hence, in block 102, a subsampled lower resolution version of the compressed item buffer is used in place of a normal resolution item buffer, as is utilized in block 104. Again, it should be noted that when a subsampled lower resolution item buffer is utilized, on playback, the nearest available object identification value in the coarse grid version of the hit test track is used as the object identifier.
Regardless of the type of item buffer used, in block 106, the images in each item buffer are then stored as a compressed frame in the hit test data portion of a hit test track. The video frame corresponding to that hit test track is then stored in the video track, block 108. This process continues for each frame of the sequence of images until all frames of the sequence have been processed, block 110, at which point, the remainder of the user data, such as the hit test tag 52; the size of the data field 54, the video track identifier 56, the lossless compression format 58, and the pixel bit depth 60, are stored in the hit test track 50, block 112.
It should be noted that the present invention has many applications related to video display and manipulation technologies, such as the multimedia applications described above, but also in other areas, such as video games, where pixel accurate, frame accurate object selection would be desirable. Hence, although the present invention has been described with reference to
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Do Different Choclates Need Different Baking Times??
Baking By cmom Updated 20 Aug 2010 , 12:52am by LindaF144a
I recently made cupcakes with Ghiradelli bittersweet chocolate and baked them for about 18 min. and they turned out moist and wonderful. A few days later I did the same recipe with Valrhona bittersweet and baked them for the same time and they were a bit drier. Was it me or do different chocolates require different baking times.
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Different brands had different amounts of cocoa and cocoa butter. So it is entirely possible. Although I interchange brands all the time and have not experienced this....yet.


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