University of Washington

This program will describe some of the Data Compression Groups recent projects: (i) Group testing for image compression is a new flexible technique for achieving high quality lossy image compression and (ii) Unequal loss protection for compressed images and video is a way to obtain graceful degradation of fidelity in the presence of packet loss. It will also describe some of the basic principles in image and video compression including discrete cosine transforms, wavelet transforms, bit plane coding, and motion compensation. To conclude it will then describe several projects that have used group testing or unequal loss protection to achieve their results.

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McFly performing Transylvania at Sheffield Arena as part of the Above The Noise tour on 18/03/11.

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Traditional all-male Dayakan 'trance-dancing' in Borobodur area, Central Java, Indonesia. For info or to visit contact:johnvale46@yahoo.com I travelled to Borobodur from Jogja by local bus. It's 42k's north, and takes about 1.5 hours. It can also be accessed from Solo, across the col (low point) between Mt. Merbabu and Mt. Merapi. They're Javanese locals. Some of these traditional dances are performed by 'professionals', others such as the 'trance-dancing' are done by everyday local guys. There's no alcohol allowed due to Islamic restrictions, so I think they get into these trances as a way of getting 'high'

Toyota Motor Corp. 4/2010 AP

Feb. 1, 2012 - You can live your whole life in a Toyota Camry, as the company points out in this heartstring-tugger. Camry owners are so attached to their cars, they take their kids home from the hospital in them, and then teach them to drive one sixteen years later.

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Toyota is recalling 1.53 million Lexus, Avalon and other models, mostly in the U.S. and Japan, for brake fluid and fuel pump problems, the latest in a string of quality problems for the world's No. 1 automaker. (Oct. 21)