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An Egyptian Court sentenced 15 members of the Ultras White Knights (UWK) group to a year in prison on Monday, during their retrial over violence charges against Zamalek chairman Mortada Mansour.
The case dates back to August 2014, when Mansour accused a number of the group members of storming the club's headquarters and attempting to assassinate him. The incident took place when tens of Zamalek fans gathered in front of the club, demonstrating against Mansour's decision to ban fans from attending the team's training sessions.
The defendants were accused of vandalism, inciting riot, possession of unlicensed firearms, as well as attempted murder. According to the prosecution, the defendants attacked Mansour and fired rubber bullets towards him; however, they injured a club employee and a journalist instead.
Eleven of the defendants were charged of attempting to assassinate Mansour and possessing weapons, while other four were accused of storming the club, injuring a club employee and destructing public and private properties.
Following the court's decision, the group issued a statement on their Facebook page expressing their hope for the group members to be acquitted before the Court of Cassation.
The defendants were previously sentenced to five years in absentia last January. However, they turned themselves in and were granted a retrial.
Later on Monday, the Zamalek die-hard supporters issued an angry statement, in which they said they would refrain from discussing court decisions that lack fairness.
"We won't allow for any member of the group or the football fans in general to remain behind bars…Until when will the football fans be repressed, with hundreds of fans being detained during the past years, while the real criminals are free," the statement read.
The group also criticised Mansour's orders for the women basketball team to forfeit their match on Monday, due to the presence of fans attending the game. The UWK statement mentioned that Mansour threatened to end the players' careers if they didn't abide by his decision.
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Football fans in Egypt have been banned from attending matches since the Port Said Stadium massacre in February 2012, which saw 72 Al Ahly fans killed. The ban was temporary lifted in February 2015, but was reapplied again following the Air Defense Stadium disaster, which witnessed the death of 20 Zamalek fans.


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(Reuters) - Amgen Inc (AMGN.O) on Tuesday reported first-quarter sales that fell short of Wall Street expectations for most of its biggest-selling medicines, and its shares fell more than 6 percent.
Revenue for the quarter rose 5 percent to $4.24 billion, but was shy of Wall Street expectations of $4.37 billion.
"It was a soft revenue quarter across the board. They missed on all the major products versus consensus and our expectations," said Geoffrey Porges, a biotech analyst with Sanford Bernstein. "It reflects the maturity and increasing competitive intensity facing the company's core products."
The world's biggest biotechnology company did manage to post a profit that exceeded expectations. Excluding one time items, Amgen had adjusted earnings of $1.96, topping analysts' average expectations by 12 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Amgen made up for the shortfall in expected sales "with a little bit of belt tightening and a likely non-recurring tax windfall," Porges said.
Amgen still expects full year revenue of $17.8 billion to $18.2 billion. But it said it now sees earnings per share coming in above the midpoint of its forecast range of $7.05 to $7.35 per share. Wall Street is estimating revenue of $18.07 billion and earnings of $7.21 per share.
"We are well positioned to achieve our full year revenue growth projections," Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Peacock told analysts on a conference call.
The company posted a net profit of $1.43 billion, or $1.88 per share, compared with a profit of $1.18 billion, or $1.48 per share, a year ago.
Amgen earlier this year said it planned to make a big push into biosimilars - cheaper alternative versions of biotech medicines - with plans to launch six beginning in 2017. On Tuesday, it said it would begin a pivotal clinical trial of its version of Roche's ROG.VX multibillion-dollar breast cancer drug Herceptin during the current quarter.
Sales of the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel rose 11 percent to $1.04 billion in the first quarter, largely due to price increases. But that was short of Wall Street expectations of about $1.09 billion.
The anemia drug Aranesp saw sales fall 10 percent to $468 million, well short of analysts' estimates of about $490 million. Sales of the older anemia drug Epogen fell 2 percent to $435 million, missing Wall Street estimates of about $460 million. Both drugs have been in decline for years because of usage restrictions and safety concerns.
The anemia franchise did not appear to benefit much from the withdrawal from the market due to serious safety concerns of a new rival product - Omontys from Affymax Inc AFFY.O.
Even the fast growing newer drugs Xgeva, for preventing fractures due to cancer that has spread to the bones, and the related osteoporosis drug Prolia disappointed Wall Street.
Xgeva sales grew 46 percent to $223 million, short of the $235 million Wall Street was looking for, while Prolia sales jumped 61 percent to $142 million, shy of expectations of about $159 million and down from the prior quarter's $159 million.
Amgen blamed the Prolia performance on what it called "seasonal softness," and said it has seen a significant pickup in sales over the past six weeks.
Combined worldwide sales of the white blood cell boosters Neupogen and Neulasta were flat at $1.34 billion.
Amgen shares fell to $105.50 in extended trading from their Nasdaq close at $112.76. But Amgen shares had been on a tear, climbing 30 percent so far this year.
Reporting by Bill Berkrot; Editing by Phil Berlowitz

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Two thousand thirteen. Thirteen! Remember the Y2K fiasco? When we all bought Amish stuff and hoped the world didn't end?
That was fourteen years ago. Holy heck.
So, 2013 was a whopper of a year. We seem to have a lot of those, this hot husband and I. Since we met we've been trotting around the globe, living abroad, moving around and seeing as much of it as possible.
Let's take a look at my favorite parts of this wild year.
We rang in the New Year in Newcastle England with my daughter. She came to stay with us for about six weeks and I was so happy to have her with me!
There's nothing like playing host to family to bring out the tour guide in us. January was a monster of a month. First was New Year's eve and day in Newcastle, then my girl's nineteenth birthday which happens to fall on Burns Night. I took her on her first train ride up to Edinburgh and we had a real Burns supper to celebrate her day.
From Edinburgh we made our way up to Aberdeen and caught a ferry to Shetland. For a solid year I'd been hoping, wishing, planning and dreaming about seeing the Up Helly Aa festival, and we made it a reality. Best. Night. Ever. You can read about it here.
We had a few weeks back in Newcastle to get to know the local area. My girl and I did a lot of exploring in this thousand year old city and loved every minute of it. You can read our Newcastle posts here.
After my girl went back to the US, Brian and I packed our bags for a three month working/apartment hunting trip back to Brazil. Plans for the move were rolling in earnest.
Our new city of Jundiai in Sao Paulo State is very different from the small beach town where we lived in Rio de Janeiro State. We enjoyed our weekends when Brian wasn't working to explore the streets. You can read more about our finds in Jundiai here.
We made two trips to Houston this year. One to see family and friends, and another to scramble last minute documentation for our Brazilian visas. You can read about the first trip here and here.
Back in the UK we took a few long weekends to see more of Scotland and England, including multiple trips to Edinburgh, and a trip to the Isle of May. Visiting Brian's (and now my) friends was the best part of those trips, by far.
Except for the part when my son showed up. That was better. My boy arrived in June along with my nephew. We had a great two weeks to explore Scotland with them. We loved having them with us! You can read a little about their visit here.
It was a big summer, which included Brian's oldest son's incredibly beautiful wedding on the island of Arran.
You can read about our busy, wet and wonderful weekend on Arran here.
There were a few more big stops along the way, including a day in Sterling. In my four years of visiting and living in the UK I had somehow missed visiting Stirling Castle, but we finally had the chance after the wedding.
While Brian was off to Brazil again I had a chance to mark a few more things off my bucket list before I joined him because I have awesome friends. Stonehenge was certainly one of the highest on that list, and I was there! (Thanks, Sharon!) You can see more of my photos here.
I also made it to the standing stones at Avebury, and spent a day in Bath where we drank the mineral water at the Roman Baths and of course we had to eat some of Sally Lun's buns.
Brian came and went a lot this past year. Preparation for his new job in Brazil while waiting for our visas meant a LOT of business trips for him. Poor guy, when I got him back home with me I ran him ragged. We knew we were on limited time to see as much of the UK as possible before we left again for good.
He didn't even complain that much.
Especially when we got to see beautiful and historic places like York. I made it there twice this past year, once with Brian and once with our good friends. You can read about those trips here.
And then we were gone. The visas came through, the flight was reserved and we left the UK.
And here we are, finishing out the year in Jundiai.
We've been lucky enough to make new friends already, and we're enjoying ourselves in the summer heat as the rest of our friends in the northern hemisphere complain of ice storms, snow and frozen temperatures.
Our Christmas was spent with the best of friends back in Rio das Ostras where we used to live. It was our first Brazilian Christmas, and we couldn't have asked for better. You can read about it here.
And tonight, New Year's Eve, we are at home in our Jundiai apartment where we've been listening to fireworks since noon. In about an hour we'll head down to the condominium party hall and celebrate the new year with our neighbors. We've only met a few of them and I hope we make some more connections tonight.
Really, out of all our travels, those connections are the most important of our 2013 memories. Friends new and old, and family near and far. They are the ones who made this year incredible. Visits with our children, long dinners with our friends, skype calls with our family, facebook chats with those who kept us grounded. Those are what mean the most to us.
Excuse me for a moment while I go call my mom.
Update – I was right! We met some of our neighbors last night and had a blast. We have a few new friends, and I think that's the best way to start a new year.
As for blogging, our most popular post of the year was about the Up Helly Aa Torch Procession. What an amazing night! I'm so glad so many people enjoyed reading about it and seeing our photos.
And just to top it off, my photo of the morning Viking procession on Shetland was my most popular photo on Instagram with 301 likes.
What an incredible year.
We want to send out a giant THANK YOU to all of you. You, our family, friends and online connections, who have given us so much this year. Knowing you're out there and supporting us means the world to us. We are so lucky to have our health, and to live our lives the way we do. The only thing we could ask for is more time with those we love. We're sending that love out to all of you and hoping you all know how much you mean to us.
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This is a small collections of cabins on Isla Bastimientos, very close to where the boats from Bocas land. We stayed in the uppermost cabin. Accommodations are very simple: bed (comfortable), fans (2), moz net, balcony with hammock and a view, hot water shower. The couple and their daughter were all nice, and the property is beautiful with lovely gardening/tropical plants. This is actually the only place we saw the red frog, despite going to the beach of that name.
Our only real disappointment was that the owner wasn't really able to give us any advice about getting around the island. A lot of information seemed to suggest that it is reasonable to walk to Wizard Beach, which we didn't find to be the case at all considering the steep muddy hills. We ended up turning back after about a half hour of trudging through the mud and instead took a boat to Red Frog Beach which was fantastic.
Just as an aside, the internet is super slow (i assume it's that way all over the island), so much so that i found it unusable. (Not that you're going to the island to stay on your computer the whole time, but if you have things that need settling, do it before you leave the mainland.)
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|Jun 21, 2006
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|Maurice V. Garoutte, J. Chounard II Jesse
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|Cernium Corporation
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This application is based upon and claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application invention Ser. No. 60/692,922 entitled Terrain Map Summary Elements, filed Jun. 22, 2005, on behalf of the present inventors.
This invention applies to the field of image understanding as opposed to the field of image processing.
As used herein the term "image processing" applies to computer operations that have pixels as both input and output. Examples include smoothing, threshold, dilation, and erosion. In each of those image processing operations, a buffer of pixels is the input to the operation and a buffer of pixels is the output of the operation. Each pixel in the input and output contains only brightness information.
The term "image understanding" as used herein applies to computer operations where the pixels in the image buffers are grouped into higher level constructs and described with symbolic data. Subsequent image understanding operations can be performed on the symbolic data without referring to the original pixels. This invention anticipates that there will be multiple levels of abstraction between the lowest (pixel) level and the ultimate understanding of objects in a context. An initial step in creating higher levels of abstraction for image understanding was the invention of what is termed the Terrain Map, an element discussed below.
There has been developed a system of the present inventor in accordance with copending patent application owned by the present applicant's assignee/intended assignee, namely application Ser. No. 09/773,475, filed Feb. 1, 2001, published as Pub. No.: US 2001/0033330 A1, Pub. Date: Oct. 25, 2001, entitled System for Automated Screening of Security Cameras, also called a security system, and corresponding International Patent Application PCT/US01/03639, of the same title, filed Feb. 5, 2001, both hereinafter referred to the Perceptrak disclosure or system, and herein incorporated by reference. That system may be identified by the mark PERCEPTRAK ("Perceptrak" herein), which is a registered trademark (Regis. No. 2,863,225) of Cernium, Inc., applicant's assignee/intended assignee.
In the Perceptrak disclosure, video data is picked up by any of many possible video cameras. It is processed by software control of the system before human intervention for an interpretation of types of images and activities of persons and objects in the images. It disclosed the concept of an element called Terrain Map as an image format for machine vision. In that original implementation, the Terrain Map element has one Terrain Map element for each four pixels of the original image with each Terrain Map member in turn having eight members or primitives describing a 4×4 pixel neighborhood adjacent to the four pixels per map element.
In the Perceptrak system real-time image analysis of video data is performed wherein at least a single pass of a video frame produces a Terrain Map which contains parameters (primitives or members) indicating the content of the video. Based on the parameters of the Terrain Map, the Perceptrak system is able to make decisions and derive useful information about image, such as discriminating vehicles from pedestrians and vehicle traffic from pedestrian traffic.
Terrain Map Derivation
Starting with the recognition that all existing raster diagrams are brightness maps arranged for efficient display for human perception, the Terrain Map was designed to provide additional symbolic data for subsequent analysis steps. Using the analogy of geographic maps, the concept of a Terrain Map was proposed as a means of providing additional data about an image.
In such Terrain Map each of the map member contains symbolic information describing the conditions of that part of the image somewhat analogous to the way a geographic map represents the lay of the land. The Terrain Map members are:
Accordingly there is realized in the Perceptrak disclosure a computer system for automated screening of video cameras, such as security cameras, said computer system in communication with a plurality of video cameras and comprising real-time image analysis components wherein video image data from said video cameras is analyzed by said image analysis components and said video image data is then selectively presented to an operator for security monitoring, said system providing real-time analysis of said video image data for subject content and including:
(a) provision for performing at least one pass through a frame of said video image data; and
(b) provision for generating a Terrain Map from said pass through said frame of said video image data, said Terrain Map comprising a plurality of parameters wherein said parameters indicate the content of said video image data;
said Terrain Map containing in said plurality of parameters characteristic information regarding the content of the video, the characteristic information being based on each of kernels of pixels in an input buffer, the characteristic information comprising at least a number of bytes of data describing the relationship of each of a plurality of pixels in a larger kernel surrounding the first-said kernel.
Other aspects of the Perceptrak disclosure are important and should be understood preliminary to a more complete understanding of the present invention.
The current invention builds on the concept of a Terrain Map and creates a hierarchical tree of symbolic data structures with each successive step in the tree summarizing more by providing summaries based upon the underlying Terrain Map or Terrain Map Summary Element members. The intent and benefits of such a procedure can be seen as being not primarily to reduce the quantity of data from the original image buffer but rather as creating a richer construct that is better suited to machine vision.
An immediate system benefit or object is the facilitation of grouping of lower level members based on similarities of the symbolic data.
A benefit or object of the invention outside the field of real time image understanding is the creation of symbolic descriptors of images to enable retrieval of images from large image databases by querying on the content.
It is an additional benefit or object to obtain hierarchical data about primitives or members derived from image data, wherein the hierarchical data provides higher level descriptions of the underlying primitives or members, and wherein the hierarchical data contributes to image understanding, most especially when such image understanding must be realized at the machine level.
Other benefits of the invention include, among still others, the creation and capture of symbolic descriptions of images to enable still further analysis, as by machine implementation, useful in the fields of subject, pattern, positional, symbolic, topological, topographical and/or relational analysis, such as for example the recognition of symmetry or asymmetry or departures from a norm within images in such a way as to enable machine recognition of the nature of objects and images. Use of the invention may also aid probability and statistical analysis of subjects within image fields, particularly as it relates to machine recognition of data elements for such analysis.
Briefly, the invention relates to a system and method for analysis of video or other digital image data for subject content, said method comprising the steps of:
(a) performing at least one pass through a frame of said image data; and
(b) generating a base Terrain Map from said pass through said frame of said image data, said base Terrain Map being an element which comprises a plurality of data members which indicate the content of said image data,
(c) generating at least one upper tier Terrain Map Summary Element hierarchically removed from said Terrain Map, said upper tier Terrain Map Summary Element comprising hierarchical data members in the form of a plurality of descriptive aspects indicating the content of said Terrain Map members.
There is accordingly disclosed a method and system for image data analysis, by making use of a Terrain Map Summary Element data structure, in which the Terrain Map provides processed primitive data about each 2×2 kernel of pixels from an original image. The new data structure is a hierarchical multiple-level or tiered structure of Terrain Map elements, in which each successive Terrain Map level summarizes, for example 16 lower level elements or member. By providing such a hierarchical nature of the map elements, richness is enhanced by each higher element because every element of each successively higher level map summarizes the data from elements of the lower level map. For example, in a five-level Terrain Map Summary Element structure according to the disclosure, each element or member of the fifth level contains information summarizing data about 256K pixels. Each such tier thus adds to the richness of the hierarchical data obtained.
Other objects, advantages and features will be apparent from the description.
The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.
Methodology of the present invention is related to, and useful for, deriving data from captured images where the data is of a form to be used to advantage for machine vision or machine interpretation thereof, as opposed to human vision. It will be understood accordingly that, rather than scanned video, such as that captured by video camera imaging, the present invention is directed to deriving and using data from which machine-implemented decisions can be made.
More specifically, the present disclosure is concerned with a Terrain Map, as set forth in said Perceptrak disclosure, wherein additional information of value regarding primitives derived from image scans is gained by creating a hierarchical tree of symbolic data structures with each successive step in the tree summarizing more of the underlying image. Upon first impression, this would appear to provide a narrowing of bandwidth by reducing the data derived by use of the Terrain Map. However, the intent of such a procedure is not necessarily to reduce the quantity of data from the original image buffer but rather to create what is regarded as a richer construct better suited to machine vision.
For example of a system of usage of such a richer construct, reference is made to the Perceptrak disclosure, a computer system developed for automated screening of video cameras. Said system is in communication with a plurality of video cameras and comprises real-time image analysis components wherein video image data from the video cameras is analyzed by the image analysis components. The video image data is then selectively presented to an operator for monitoring, wherein said computer system further comprises at least one video worker, said video worker capturing video image data from said video cameras; but machine-implemented decision must be made about which video from which video camera (from among many, potentially hundreds of cameras) should be displayed. Such system thus includes at least one analysis worker that receives said video data from the video worker in the form of frames of image data and performs image analysis on said video data to provide data about activities in the image data. The analysis worker in turn comprises:
(a) provision for performing at least one pass through such a frame of said image data; and
(b) provision for generating said Terrain Map from such a pass through the frame of image data, and Terrain Map comprises a plurality of parameters wherein said parameters indicate the content of said image data.
Said Terrain Map contains in said plurality of parameters characteristic information regarding the content of the video, the characteristic information being based on each of kernels of pixels in an input buffer, the characteristic information comprising at least a number of bytes of data describing the relationship of each of a plurality of pixels in a larger kernel surrounding the first-said kernel.
In the Perceptrak system, analysis of information derived from the Terrain Map allows the system to novel image analysis techniques which allow the system to make decisions about which camera an operator should view based on the presence and activity of vehicles and pedestrians. Events are associated with both vehicles and pedestrians and include, but are not limited to, single pedestrian, multiple pedestrians, fast pedestrian, fallen pedestrian, lurking pedestrian, erratic pedestrian, converging pedestrians, single vehicle, multiple vehicles, fast vehicles, and sudden stop vehicle. The image analysis techniques are also able to discriminate vehicular traffic from pedestrian traffic by tracking background images and segmenting moving targets. Vehicles are distinguished from pedestrians based on multiple factors, including the characteristic movement of pedestrians compared with vehicles, i.e. pedestrians move their arms and legs when moving and vehicles maintain the same shape when moving. Other factors which can be used include subject aspect ratio and smoothness, for example, pedestrians are taller than vehicles and vehicles are smoother than pedestrians, and can be distinguished thereby.
Hierarchical Terrain Map Structures
The Terrain Map Structure set forth in the Perceptrak disclosure enables extremely fast and highly efficient machine analysis of images by providing pre-processed primitive data about each 2×2 kernel of pixels from the original image.
As according to the Perceptrak disclosure, processed data from the Terrain Map results in the generation of several parameters for further image analysis. The parameters include: (1) Average Altitude; (2) Degree of Slope; (3) Direction of Slope; (4) Horizontal Smoothness; (5) Vertical Smoothness; (6) Jaggyness; (7) Color Degree; and (8) Color Direction.
The current invention builds on that structure by implementing a hierarchical structure of Terrain Map elements. Many additional parameters for further image analysis can be generated.
Hex Tree Structure
The Terrain Map Structure set forth in the Perceptrak disclosure enabled fast machine analysis of images by providing pre-processed primitive data about each 2×2 kernel of pixels from the original image. The current invention improves and builds upon that structure by implementing a hierarchical structure of Terrain Map elements. The descriptions herein are based on a Hex Tree structure where each successive Terrain Map level summarizes 16 lower level elements. These may here be considered first level elements. The present invention is characterized by the hierarchical nature of the map elements and the richness of each element, not by the 16:1 ratio between levels. The present hierarchical concept can be applied to provide a Quad Tree using a 4:1 ratio between levels.
It will be understood that the use of 16 elements is illustrative, being premised on the use of Terrain Map which has one Terrain Map element for each four pixels of an original image with each Terrain Map element having eight members describing a 4×4 pixel neighborhood adjacent to the four pixels per map element. In one implementation of the Terrain Map as carried out by the Perceptrak disclosure system, one Terrain Map element represents four pixels in the original raster diagram and a neighborhood of a map element consists of an 8×8 matrix surrounding the four pixels. Recognize accordingly that the same concept can be applied with other ratios of pixel to map element and other sizes of neighborhood.
Terrain Map Summary Elements (TMSE)
The current invention extends in a significant way the concept of a Terrain Map and creates a hierarchical tree of symbolic data structures each containing multiple descriptor elements and with each successive step upward in the tree summarizing by its descriptor elements more of the underlying image. To distinguish such upper levels of the hierarchical Terrain Map concept from the first level elements, all upper level element with a richer member set are referred to as Terrain Map Summary Elements and the acronym TMSE is hereby coined to mean Terrain Map Summary Elements, signifying both a set of elements and the elements thereof.
Because each level of TMSE describes increasing numbers of pixels, it is appropriate to recognize that the TMSE member set is richer than the Terrain Map element. Following the inspiration of a map of geographical terrain, such as a topographic chart, the members of the TMSE are named (where appropriate) after features of a landscape, simply as a matter of convenient reference as according to the arbitrary use of the new term Terrain Map by the present inventors, having first been used by the inventor of the Perceptrak system in said Perceptrak disclosure. Thus the term Terrain Map used herein does not relate in any way to maps of geographic terrain other than by way of lexicographic inspiration.
Referring to
In such a computer system the descriptor members or parameters comprise:
In the Perceptrak disclosure, said parameters or descriptor members are generated by color space calculations which comprise a color degree parameter which measures how far a color is from gray scale, and a color direction parameter which measures color based on a two-dimensional color analysis.
With specific reference to
The descriptor elements of said Terrain Map thus constitute a plurality of parameters or descriptor elements which are characteristic information regarding the content of the video, the characteristic information being based on each of kernels of pixels in an input buffer, the characteristic information comprising at least a number of bytes of data describing the relationship of each of a plurality of pixels in a larger kernel surrounding the first-said kernel.
The procedure is sequentially extended to provide successive tiers (levels) of hierarchical data to form Tree Terrain Map structure having multiple levels wherein every element of each successively higher level Terrain Map summarizes the data from a predetermined elements of a next lower level Terrain Map.
The system procedure or method for analysis of data for subject content comprises the steps of:
(a) performing at least one pass through a frame of said image data; and
(b) generating a base (Level 1) Terrain Map from said pass through said frame of said image data, said base level Terrain Map comprising a plurality of base data members in the form of primitives that indicate the content of said image data, for example, video data of a video data frame held momentarily or otherwise in an image buffer as the data is captured by a video camera.
(c) generating at least one upper tier Terrain Map Summary (here, Level 2) hierarchically removed from said base Terrain Map, said upper tier Terrain Map Summary comprising a plurality of elements indicating, as in the form corresponding to said primitives, the content of said base data elements (members) of the base level Terrain Map.
In like manner, the method most preferably involves successively generating tiers Terrain Map Summary tiers above the Level 2 tier, one above the other, each containing a plurality of members indicating the content of data elements of the tier immediately below it, and thereby richly indicative of the original data.
The successive tiers of hierarchical data, identified as Levels 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, thereby provide a Hex Tree Terrain Map Summary structure of a five-level Hex Tree Terrain Map Summary in which every element of each successively higher level Terrain Map Summary summarizes the data from a predetermined of members of a next lower level Terrain Map Summary.
The nature of the hierarchical data is explained below, it being understood that in each tier or level of the Terrain Map Summary structure, the data elements represent information derived from the original image, but not the image itself. That is, in the case of analysis of images, or successive video images, or frames of video images, at least one pass is made through a frame of such data to derive functional descriptor elements based upon or derived from the content of the original image data as according to specific functions described in the Perceptrak disclosure and as further set forth below.
The members of the TMSE described below represent the intention of the present invention to provide a rich symbolic description of groups of pixels. The entire set is not required by the concept of hierarchical Terrain Maps. Thus, a predetermined number of TMSE members may be selected as according to a desired purpose. All of the described members are envisioned as eight bit values except two: ComAltDiff and AvgAltDiff. ComAltDiff and AvgAltDiff apply only to the process of segmentation between foreground and background images. All other members apply to both segmentation and generic image description. Representative TMSE members are:
The LevelDirectionSlope for each TMSE is calculated as a function of the lowest and highest of the bounding elements of the next lower level. In the example of a Hex Tree element in
Measurement of Flatness/Regularity and Common Element
Some of the Hex Tree Terrain Map elements are measurements of the consistency of the underlying level one map elements. All are scored such that if all included level one.
Map elements have the same value, and then Flatness/Regularity is set to the full-scale value of 200 (Percent*2).
The measurement technique is to create an array of long for value bins such as:
The values of all of the underlying elements are checked and the bin for each element is incremented. For example if an AverageAltitude value of 25 is found then ++ValueBin[25].
After all associated Map elements have been tested, the bin with the largest number is the common element and the percent of the total elements in that bin determines the Regularity. The equation for Regularity is:
Regularity=200*ValueBin[BinWithMaxValue]/TotalSamplesChecked Equation 1 Regularity Calculation
The common element is ValueBin[BinWithMaxValue] which yields the most frequently occurring value.
Hex Tree Buffer Size
There are 36 elements here proposed, wherein two are two-byte shorts and the remainder are single byte values which provide 38 bytes per Hex Tree Map element.
The level one map is unchanged from 8 bytes with this Hex Tree scheme.
Map Pixels/Map Map Eles/ Level element 320X240 buffer Bytes 1 4 19200 * 8 153600 2 64 1200 * 38 045600 3 1024 75 * 38 002850 4 16K 4 * 38 000152 5 256K 1 * 38 000038 202,240 bytes
A total of 202,240 bytes are thus required. An example of relative efficiency is:
A 320×240 color image buffer has 230,400 bytes. By comparison, a five-level Hex Tree in accordance with the present disclosure uses 202,240 bytes. This represents a relative usage factor of 88% (12% reduction in buffer size) but the data describing the content of the image is much richer but useful for purposes not served by raw image data.
In view of the foregoing, it will be seen that the several objects of the invention are achieved and other advantages are attained.
Although the foregoing includes a description of presently foreseeable best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention, various modifications are contemplated.
As various modifications could be made in the constructions and methods herein described and illustrated without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative rather than limiting.
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On the heels of impressive growth in Plaza's Brokerage Services team and the addition of more than 900,000 SF to the company's leasing portfolio, Plaza Companies is also bolstering its Property Management team as well. Industry veteran Sharon Cinadr joined Plaza Companies as senior portfolio manager. In this role, Cinadr will initially be managing… Read More →
TopGolf At Riverwalk Teeing Off In Scottsdale; Groundbreaking Later This Month
Golf entertainment company TopGolf unveiled its 12th location and first in Arizona and Metro Phoenix, TopGolf at Riverwalk in Scottsdale The 13-acre property is part of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC). TopGolf will officially break ground on the facility, at 9500 E. Indian Bend Rd. across the street from Talking Stick Resort,… Read More →
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ZELL Commercial Real Estate Services announces the following retail lease transactions: >> Gano Excel USA, a wholesale coffee distributor, has signed a lease for 1,432 SF in the Winsor Ranch Shopping Center at the SEC of 35th and Glendale avenues in Phoenix. Donna Reece and Dena Zell of ZELL Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.,… Read More →
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Ryan Companies US, Inc. Earns LEED Gold Certification For FBI Phoenix Office
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LA Law was an American legal drama series created by Steven Boccho and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and one TV movie.
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LA Law was an enormously popular legal drama series that combined ripped-from-the-headlines stories (including one arc inspired by LA's 1992 'Rodney King riots'), character drama and a sometimes whimsical comedic bent. Characters included wildly promiscuous divorce lawyer Arnie Becker and new associate Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits).
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- The characters of Denise Iannello (Debi Mazar) and Eli Levinson (Alan Rosenberg) were transplanted from the canceled Bochco legal series Civil Wars.
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- Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits) and Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) appeared in an episode of Cop Rock.


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The Plymouth State University Department of Graduate Studies and Community Outreach will present a free financial aid workshop from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13. The workshop will be held in the Hartman Union Building (student center), room 109 on High Street.
Financial Aid 101—Financing an Education Beyond High School is a seminar designed to walk you through the financial aid maze and answer any questions you may have about the process: What is financial aid? Where does it come from? What aid is available? Who is eligible? How do I apply?
The instructor is Crystal Finefrock, of the PSU financial aid office.
To register for this free workshop, call Amy at the Office of Graduate Studies and Community Outreach (603) 535-2734 by January 13, 2005. Light refreshments will be served.


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Diggins scores 15, No. 7 ND beats UMass 94-50
Skylar Diggins scored 15 points and Kayla McBride had 18 points to help No. 7 Notre Dame beat Massachusetts 94-50 in its home opener on Sunday.
Jewell Lloyd scored 13 and Michaela Mabrey added 10 for the Fighting Irish (2-0), who went on a 17-0 run midway through the first half, and scored 30 points off of UMASS's 20 turnovers in the half.
Jasmine Watson had eight points and eight rebounds for the Minutewomen (1-3).
Rashida Timbilla, Kim Pierre-Louis and forward Aisha Rodney also scored eight points each for UMass.
The Minutewomen were outrebounded 34-25.
The Irish led 53-19 at halftime, then cruised, only outscoring the Minutewomen 41-31 in the second half.
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Yet greater difficulties for evolutionary theory involve the origin of the complete genetic code--a requirement for cell reproduction.The old puzzle of 'the chicken or the egg' rears its head relative to proteins and DNA.Hitching says:''Proteins depend on DNA for their formation.But DNA cannot form without pre-existing protein.''This leaves the paradox Dickerson raises:''Which came first,'' the protein or the DNA?He asserts:''The answer must be,'They developed in parallel.' '' In effect,he is saying that 'the chicken' and 'the egg' must have evolved simultaneously,neither one coming from the other.Does this strike you as reasonable?A Science writer sums it up:''The origin of the genetic code poses a massive chicken-and-egg problem that remains,at present,completely scrambled.''
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Evolutionary scientist are forever chasing their tales while at the same time wondering if they ever had them. It would be comical if it weren't so pitifully telling. Being as I hold to a Christian world view, I'm almost certain that God created all living things in a fully-formed state. After all, when Adam was asked to name the chicken he apparently didn't name it "egg". We'll of course never learn the absolute truth in this life, but eventually we will. As Paul so elequently phrased it "We see through a glass darkly, yet one day all things will be revealed".22|00|2
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You yourself said "I'm almost certain" you cannot claim certainty either, certainty is not appropriate for the external world, only tentative claims. Science deals with tentative claims so it is appropriate in understanding the external world. We all trust science, we cannot ignore it on some things and listen to it on others. Is there bigfoot? UFOs? Lochness monster? These are human imaginations. There is no scientific backing. Society cannot take religion more seriously than science
My faith is more rational than your science. You obviously understand little about the Christian faith, which is understandable since you've not investigated it sufficiently. You begin with science and hope to work you way out and find the origin of all that is, whereas I begin with the Cause itself and work my way backwards. It's as though you're bent on preparing and intricate dish without looking at the recipe. You end up never getting enough sugar for your nickel.


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KFWB/980 AM confirmed Tuesday afternoon that former San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock will join the news-talk station weekdays 3-6 p.m., starting Wednesday.
Hedgecock was a front-runner for afternoon drive. He is also on San Diego's KOGO-AM and XM Sirius Radio 3-6 p.m.
Hedgecock's show will also be streamed online at www.kfwb.com and he will also be a frequent contributor to KFWB's 6-9 a.m. weekday forecast, the station announced.
Financial talk show host Dave Ramsey will be on 9 p.m.-midnight weekdays, starting Wednesday, followed by nationally syndicated talk show host Todd Schnitt from midnight to 3 a.m. From 3 to 6 a.m. will be America's Morning News, a program the station described as an investigative news program in partnership with the Washington Times.
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Following a nationwide search to find the UK's top veterinary professionals for 2011, Petplan, the UK's favourite pet insurance provider, has announced the winners of the prestigious Veterinary Awards.
The Petplan Veterinary Awards, in association with the Veterinary Times, often referred to as the 'Oscars' of the veterinary world, recognise and celebrate staff and practices throughout the country that have delivered an exceptional level of care to the nation's pets and their owners.
Alison Andrew, Petplan's Marketing Manager, says she is thrilled by the ongoing success of the awards. "Britain is known to be an animal-loving nation and with millions of households owning cats and dogs, pets play a central part in family life. The Petplan Veterinary Awards give us the opportunity, on behalf of all pet owners across the UK, to thank the veterinary profession for the outstanding service they provide to our pets.
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Alison Laurie, Crown Vets – Highlands
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Maria Corcoran, Orwell Veterinary Group – Ipswich
Maria's ability to naturally lead by example was a prominent factor for the judges, as well as her ability to always make pet care and comfort her top priority. She also provides great customer service and high clinical standards.
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Emersons Green Veterinary Surgery Ltd – Avon
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These are a favorite in my house, they are incredibly easy to make and so good!. A good olive oil and Parmesan cheese is a must with this. Purchase the long narrow French baguette for this and make certain that it is a day old, it makes slicing easier. I have even made these using melted butter in place of olive oil, and added in some garlic powder with the cayenne/cheese mixture. If you like super spicy just increase the cayenne slightly. These make a great late-nite or weekend snack! Yield is only estimated depending on the size of the baguette.
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These are tasty and easy to make. I halved the recipe for an afternoon snack for 2; they would be wondrous served with a salad! I enjoyed the spice of the cayenne and the zing of the parmesan. I usually have these ingredients on hand, so I'll be making these often! Thanks for sharing, Kitten!
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- 1 French baguette (use a day old bread)
- 1⁄3 cup olive oil (you might need a bit more)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- 2 cups grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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- Set oven to 375 degrees (oven rack to second-lowest position).
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- brush one side with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Toss the cheese with the cayenne pepper.
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It's been back and forth between me and this girl. We don't know where we both stand and I guess both have had our hearts broken and hence are hesitant. I've decided to man up and asked her out. She replied all emoticons and the likes happily. She replied yes and was keen then asked me a follow on question. I replied and since, she has not replied - only a 'message seen'. Since then though, I have seen her post up a photo of her having dinner.
So whats the go? You can post on social media but not reply to me?
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What exactly did you say to each other? And I mean word for word. It's hard to judge the situation because she might have seen your reply as ending the conversation, if she had nothing else to ask or add. Here's a dummy example:
Person A: Can I swing by your house at 2 pm to pick up that thing I forgot?
Person B: Sure.
Conversation ended, nothing more can be added since it would not be necessary.
Personally, I only ignore people I don't want to talk to. And these are the people that I wouldn't necessarily treat badly, but neither would I go out of my way to make it seem like I really like them with emoticons and stuff. I wouldn't put an effort into keeping in touch with them or keeping the conversation going. Neither would I say yes if they asked me out.
If I ignore someone I like, it's for a reason. Either I'm really busy and I can't reply, or I read their message while something else happened so I was too busy to reply and then forgot about it. Or we just had a fight and I need to cool off. Other than that, there's no point for me to ignore the person or their message (unless I see the last message they sent as an end to the conversation and I don't need to reply to it).11|00|0


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Linssen Grand Sturdy 470 Sedan Wheelhouse
The Grand Sturdy 470 Sedan Wheelhouse is an exclusive, very well equipped yacht and has its wheelhouse/saloon and cockpit on one level. The wheelhouse is provided with an attractive helmsman's position with an electrically adjustable cockpit bench that enables you to sail "inside" or "outside" in comfort with two people, thanks to the electric sliding roof. Covering the spacious open cockpit, the "Longtop" protects you from sudden showers or the sun when it's too hot.
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Basis specifications 470 Sedan Wheelhouse LOA x beam overall x draft ± 14,45 x 4,40 x 1,20 (single) / 1,26 (twin) m Minimum air draft ± 3,05 m Headroom FC/saloon/AC/steering saloon ± 1,97 / 2,01 / - m CE-classification: B (sea) Weight/displacement ± 21.000 kg /
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Linssen yachts above 47 feet excl. VAT incl. 21% VAT Grand Sturdy 470 Sedan Wheelhouse Twin € 558.500,- € 675.800,- Grand Sturdy 500 AC Variotop® Twin € 987.000,- € 1.194.300,- Grand Sturdy 530 AC Variotop® / Wheelhouse Twin € 1.290.000,- € 1.560.900,- Grand Sturdy 590 AC Variotop® / Wheelhouse Twin € 1.460.000,- € 1.766.600,-
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Friday for $5.1 billion in supplemental disaster relief as damage from Hurricane Irene and other extreme weather events threatens to dry up federal funds.
The government has less than $600 million to help victims of floods, tornadoes and Irene which slammed the East Coast last month. It has already suspended some payments to ensure that money remains for those who have suffered the most.
In a letter to Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boenher, Obama asked Congress to consider $500 million in funding for fiscal year 2011 and a budget amendment for fiscal year 2012 of $4.6 billion for the Department of Homeland Security.
"This request responds to urgent and essential needs," Obama said in the letter.
The money would cover the $1.5 billion Hurricane Irene has cost the federal government, as well as provide funds for other disasters. Irene killed at least 21 people and wrecked property from North Carolina to Vermont.
This year the United States has suffered 10 natural disasters with economic losses of $1 billion or more, according to the National Weather Service, breaking a previous record of 9 set in 2008.
A Senate panel approved $6 billion in disaster aid this week, but is was unclear whether Congress would be able to replenish the government's dwindling relief fund before it runs out.
Some Republicans have said disaster relief funds should be offset by spending cuts elsewhere to prevent the country's fiscal woes from worsening. Republicans control the House.
Democrats, who control the Senate, say Congress does not usually let budget concerns get in the way of disaster relief.
(Reporting by Timothy Gardner; editing by Mohammad Zargham)