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Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:00 PM<br>Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun4<br><br><br>
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<p>Hello,<br>
</p><p>Got your travel plans dialed in for summer? We do! Not only will the the UG team be headed to TechEd in Orlando, we'll also be attending TechEd Europe in Amsterdam this month. If you're attending either event, make sure you let us know. And have you downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview? This week we'd like to offer you a preview of Charles Petzold's new book "<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zhc3d0jej8tp1oq0jo2oueqa22t8n8gu5cd39g80" target="_blank">Programming Windows, 6th Edition</a>" in ebook form (the print version will be out in November this year.) Tell us your <a href="http://oreilly.com" target="_blank">oreilly.com</a> account and we'll give you a copy.</p>
<p>—Marsee Henon & Jon Johns</p>
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<h3>Available for Review</h3>
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<p>The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, <a href="http://oreilly.com" target="_blank">oreilly.com</a>, and/or your blog.</p>
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<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2bd1mu7s37ffjcaqudp1b9bpk4v7dvg5h121ms0" target="_blank">Maintainable JavaScript</a></li>
<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zv4gkf72irq4uhjfds9qorchbjcma170p9o7nnn8" target="_blank">Web Workers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zb646kmo95vs7pqkbdrl7edkgaq5p4b8ijd6flo8" target="_blank">Orchard CMS: Up and Running</a></li>
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<p>Computer vision is increasingly being used in everyday technology. Barcode scanning, augmented reality, and facial recognition are a few examples you may be familiar with. O'Reilly's Andy Oram interviews Jan Erik Solem, author of the upcoming book "<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqv3bpk962ahur7el9egtmt9nb3ub945n763u180" target="_blank">Programming Computer Vision with Python</a>," in this recent <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zkle8m85rksgmrga4rdc6ahu28n9t8fvsqtcp5d0" target="_blank">O'Reilly <code> podcast</a>. </p>
<p>Highlights from the full video interview include:
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<li>The value of Python in computer vision [Discussed at the 0:24 mark]</li>
<li>Searching for images within images [Discussed at the 2:13 mark]</li>
<li>Clustering or grouping images [Discussed at the 3:22 mark]</li>
<li>Constructing a 3D scene from images [Discussed at the 6:11 mark]</li>
<li>Modeling and calibrating a camera [Discussed at the 7:22 mark]</li>
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<li>Read "<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z68gjao6a5kvkiv3fp2374e3n51gu3jnhkefc38o" target="_blank">What's changed for app developers since Consumer Preview</a>" on Windows 8 app developer blog for an overview of what's new in Visual Studio, the platform, and the De Center.</li>
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