Inter-image matching

Interimage matching is the process of determining the geometric transformation required to conform spatially one image to another. In principle, the parameters of that transformation are varied until some measure of some difference between the two images is minimized or some measure of sameness (e.g., cross-correlation) is maximized. The number of such parameters to vary is faily large (six for merely an affine transformation), and it is customary to attempt an a priori transformation reducing the complexity of the residual transformation or subdivide the image into small enough match zones (control points or patches) that a simple transformation (e.g., pure translation) is applicable, yet large enough to facilitate matching. In the latter case, a complex mapping function is fit to the results (e.g., translation offsets) in all the patches. The methods reviewed have all chosen one or both of the above options, ranging from a priori along-line correction for line-dependent effects (the high-frequency correction) to a full sensor-to-geobase transformation with subsequent subdivision into a grid of match points

Bankruptcy as an Alternative to the Statute of Limitations for Relief From Overdue Income Taxes

This article analyzes the situations in which a bankruptcy filing could be used as an alternative to the expiration of the statute of limitations on collections and sets forth various considerations that should be reviewed by the practitioner prior to a bankruptcy filing. Practitioners are cautioned that there are many collateral consequences resulting from a taxpayer\u27s bankruptcy petition filing and each case must be analyzed carefully in light of the interplay of the Bankruptcy Code, the Internal Revenue Code and the sparse case law available in this area

Choral Theatre

Jamaica gained its independence from Great Britain in 1962, after some 300 years of colonization. Prior to Independence, the standard arts education curriculum was decidedly British and Western European. That which was labeled Caribbean or Jamaican “folk” by the British was deemed inferior and was not taught, demonstrated, or performed in formal settings. Thus, generations of Jamaicans never observed or imagined a Caribbean aesthetic in the visual and performing arts. Instead, pre-Independence Jamaicans were taught British and Western European music and performed it the “British” way. Today, Jamaicans boast a number of artistic developments that are instantly recognized across the globe as being “Jamaican.” One such development in choral music is choral theatre, the performance style of The University Singers of The University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. Through its choral theatre performances, The University Singers has established itself as a cultural ambassador for Jamaica and the entire Caribbean region. This performance practice incorporates the use of lighting, instrumentation, staging, costuming, and gesture. The University Singers presents its diverse repertoire—including choral standards from Western Europe and choral arrangements of Caribbean and Jamaican popular music—in the choral theatre style during its annual concert season in its campus home, the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts

Learning Basic (Reading) Skills K-12

Seldom in the history of American education has an issue received more public attention than the reading question is receiving today. Such an abiding concern about a basic skill is almost ironic in view of the fact that the last several decades have brought a flood of innovations in curriculum design and approaches to instruction. Prominent figures such as John Holt, Herbert Kohl, Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner, William Glasser, Ivan Illich, Carl Rogers, Alvin Toffler, and many more have called continually for radical school reform. Relevance and change have been by-words in virtually every piece of recent literature pertaining to education. A wide and largely receptive audience has heard call after call for open schools, ungradedness, team teaching, inquiry, process-oriented approaches to instruction, the use of real-world materials (newspapers, magazines, paper-back books, non-print media) in the classroom, community resources as working laboratories for students, and drastic changes in curriculum design and course offerings

Community Relationships and Population Dynamics of Terrestrial Mammals of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, 1968-1969

Third Annual Report (Covering the tenth year in the Isle Royale Studies) 1968-1969https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1052/thumbnail.jp

Community Relationships and Population Dynamics of Terrestrial Mammals of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, 1967-1968

Second Annual Report (Covering the nineth year in the Isle Royale Studies) 1967-1968https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1053/thumbnail.jp

Community Relationships and Population Dynamics of Terrestrial Mammals of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, 1966-1967

First Annual Report (Covering the eighth year in the Isle Royale Studies) 1966-1967https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1054/thumbnail.jp

Community Relationships and Population Dynamics of Terrestrial Mammals of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, 1969-1970

Fourth Annual Report (Covering the twelfth year in the Isle Royale Studies) 1969-1970https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/wolf-annualreports/1051/thumbnail.jp