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Google Photos lets you type in anything to its search box and then bring up photos that contain what you search for. Search results of photos taken over a span of many years is truly impressive. It’s not something that’s common for many photo-syncing apps.
Google is making all of this possible through a type of artificial intelligence called deep learning. The method involves training systems called artificial neural networks on great quantities of data, like images, and then giving them a new piece of data, such as a new image, to receive an inference about it in response.
Google Photos is the first big Google application to employ a powerful 22-layer neural network Google developed last year, called Inception, according to a report from Medium’s Backchannel. All of those layers mean that Google Photos can handle very specific queries.
5) Find all the pictures you have of yourself, or someone else.
Above: Faces Google Photos pulled out of my photos.
Google’s deep-learning capabilities also extend to face recognition. In Google Photos, you can see photos of people across several years. The feature makes it far easier to find the best photos of a given person. It can even pick up on the presence of people in photos that you never noticed.
Face recognition isn’t very common for a photo app. While Flickr does come with image recognition, it doesn’t offer face recognition.
6) Filter, crop, and pop your way to photo-editing glory.
Above: The Cyclone looks way cooler here than it did in my original photo from 2004.
Yes, Google Photos comes with a variety of tools to edit your photos. It’s not a huge leap forward from the Google+ photo-editing features, but it’s nice to have as part of the overall Google Photos application.
While I personally don’t like to play around with filters or vignettes, I do appreciate the ability to rotate images using a grid that appears to line everything up just right.
7) Uploading and grouping up pictures and videos and sharing them across devices is done automatically.
Above: Google Photos on my phone.
Other photo apps do this, too, but I never used any of them. All the perks of Google Photos made me want to try it out, and now I enjoy this low-level benefit. Now I don’t have to take the time to email photos and videos to myself, which I did for years. This has already proven handy in my job, but it’s also helpful for picture-taking in my free time.
Generally speaking, knowing that my pictures will by synced and sometimes stylized right away has convinced me to err on the side of taking a picture than not.
8) Moving photos from Google Drive to Google Photos is a snap.
Above: Old pictures I threw in Google Drive come alive in Google Photos.
I didn’t discover the “Show Google Drive photos & videos in your Photos library” option in the Google Photos settings until two weeks after I started using it, but oh — once I did, it was great.
Photos show up immediately. While the image and face recognition systems go to work, you can scroll through your old photos stored on Google Drive and relive all of those old memories.
The bigger significance of this is that for the first time, all of my photos from multiple cameras and mobile devices are now stored in one central place.
9) It can free up precious storage on your mobile devices.
Above: All those Nexus 9 photos take up space.
When you start the Google Photos app, at least on iPhone, it tells you in a card in the Assistant section that the app “can even help you organize your photos and free up device storage.” And when storage on a device is running low, a card tells you that and gives you the opportunity to free up space by deleting local copies of photos and videos.
When you have just a few gigabytes locally on a phone, tablet, or even laptop, that matters a lot.
10) As a major Google app, Google Photos will get better and better.
Above: The photos for this article. Whoa, a little meta.
Google executives made a big deal about Google Photos when it launched the service last month at its I/O developer conference. The company even gave out glossy books showing its many features. With such a high-profile launch, Google probably won’t be suspending development of Google Photos anytime soon.
The service is not perfect. The face matching and image recognition are surprisingly good, but they do make mistakes. It thought one of my pictures of chicken contained a fish, for example.
The underlying technologies will likely improve over time, leading to better photo and video search. Finding evidence of the improvement should be amusing and satisfying.
NORWICH - A car that was involved in a two-car accident Friday night flipped onto its roof, trapping its occupants inside.
The crash took place shortly after 7:30 p.m. at Water Street and Courthouse Square in downtown Norwich. Traffic was backed up for about an hour until the accident scene was cleared.
The people trapped inside the flipped-over car weren't hurt, police said. The occupants in the other car were taken to The William W. Backus Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The accident is under investigation, police said. Neither driver has been ticketed. Anyone who may have seen the accident is asked to call Officer Hawrylik at (860) 886-5561.
Residents in Damascus rallied in support of their president after a series of Western coalition strikes.
Hours before dawn, a string of powerful blasts jolted awake residents of the Syrian capital. Emerging onto their balconies, they watched Western strikes light up the sky over Damascus.
For around 45 minutes, explosions and the sound of warplanes roared over Damascus, a stronghold of Syria's regime, as the US, France, and Britain carried out raids on military installations nearby and in the province of Homs.
"I heard the strike and woke up. I checked the internet and read: barefaced attack by America, France, and Britain," said Sawsan Abu Tableh.
She and other residents described hearing a volley of fire in the morning, and seeing plumes of thick smoke emerging from the city's north and east.
US air strikes on Syria lit up the Damascus sky.
"I woke up to the sound of the strike at 4:00 am and checked the news," said 49-year-old Rahmeh Abu Hamra, who lives in the eastern suburb of Jarmana.
At that moment, halfway around the world, US President Donald Trump was announcing the joint military strikes on Syria.
Abu Hamra rushed out onto her balcony and saw streams of people heading down to central Damascus in an impromptu rally as day broke.
Syrian government supporters chant slogans against US President Trump during demonstrations following a wave of military strikes.
"We don't care about Trump or a million people like him, we don't care about missiles or anything else," she told AFP.
Just after the barrage of strikes began, Syria announced it was activating its air defence system to block the attack.
The army said around 110 missiles were fired on Syria, but air defences shot most of them down.
Nedher Hammoud, 48, jumped out of bed at the sound of the blasts and clambered up to his rooftop.
"I went out on my roof this morning and saw the missiles being shot down like flies," Mr Hammoud told AFP.
"History will record that Syria shot down missiles - and not just missiles. It shot down American arrogance."
Still in his pyjamas, Mr Hammoud scrambled to join the crowds of people heading to the famed Umayyad Square to show their support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Draped in government flags and blaring patriotic tunes, dozens of Syrians arrived on bicycles, on foot and in cars spray painted with the red, white, and black colours of the Syrian flag.
A traffic jam had already started to form around the square, and young Syrians leaned out of their car windows to take selfies as military personnel looked on.
"God is protecting you, Damascus!" some called out, and others chanted in support of Assad and the army.
A Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft is prepared for airstrikes in Syria at Saint Dizier airbase, eastern France.
Soldiers threw up two fingers to flash the victory sign near a car with pictures showing the president, his late father Hafez al-Assad and ally Hassan Nasrallah, who heads the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.
Car horns blared and people clapped, swaying back and forth to pro-army tunes.
Amina al-Fares, 58, came to the rally dressed in black.
"I lost my recently-married nephew, my son, my brother's children, all for Bashar al-Assad," she told AFP, of relatives killed in Syria's seven-year war.
Mrs Fares said she felt the bombing early in the morning when she was drinking mate, but said she was not afraid.
Syrian soldiers dance and chant slogans during demonstrations against the strikes.
"I heard the first strike, then the second, and I went out onto my balcony," she said.
"Trump thought we'd be in bomb shelters, but here we are in Umayyad Square."
Mr Assad, too, appeared determined to show he was not unfazed.
In footage published by the presidency, he strolled through the grandiose marble halls of his office holding a briefcase, as if arriving for a normal day of work.
Who had the better year in athletics, Alabama or Auburn?
Or call an Auburn-loving priest who would be willing to try an exorcism. I could recommend a few.
Spiritual possession cannot be ruled out after watching the replay of how Auburn lost to Florida in the 11th inning of game three of its super regional on Monday night. The ball bounced, or jumped, or levitated off the glove of Auburn center fielder Steven Williams, and over the fence to send the Florida Gators to the College World Series.
It was a bad ending to a great run, and that was a trend for Auburn this season. They had plenty of underdog moments that left us wanting more.
Football beat Alabama, but lost to Georgia.
Basketball won a share of the SEC, but faded in March.
Baseball was one bad bounce away from possibly upsetting the No.1 team in the country, and going to the College World Series.
It was an exciting year for Auburn athletics, and next season should be even better. For now, though, looking ahead to the 2018-19 academic year can wait. As the summer begins in full, let's take one look back at 2017-2018. It was the year of second-and-26, of course, but when you really think about it, maybe Auburn has a little more to celebrate than Alabama.
Did the unexpected run by Auburn baseball this season push Auburn ahead of Alabama for the better overall year in collegiate athletics?
Maybe so, and here's why.
It was a brutal way for Auburn to go out of the postseason, but that doesn't detract from the excellent season coach Butch Thompson and his players put together. Florida has the best baseball team in the country going into the College World Series, and Auburn nearly pulled the upset despite its star pitcher, Casey Mize, losing game 1 of the best-of-three series.
Overachieving Auburn was a theme this season.
Auburn's regular-season basketball championship probably isn't the story the NCAA or the SEC wants to publicize, but that doesn't take away from its significance.
Auburn baseball was picked to finish as low as ninth in the SEC, and yet made it to baseball's version of the Sweet 16. Auburn basketball was predicted to finish even lower, but won a share of the SEC's regular-season championship.
Most importantly, Auburn football upset Alabama in the Iron Bowl.
That one counts for double.
As far as endings go, it's no contest. Alabama football delivered magic with Tua Tagovailoa's walk-off touchdown throw to beat Georgia, and that's the play that will stand the test of time from this year in collegiate athletics. Give Tua the Espy right now.
What allowed this freshman to do this? How was that possible?
On the basketball court, Collin Sexton delivered some singular brilliance to put Alabama into the NCAA Tournament.
As for baseball, Auburn (43-23) outperformed Alabama (27-29) by a wide margin. Alabama baseball improved from 2017, but that's not really saying much. The team went 5-24 in the SEC two years ago, and was 8-22 in the SEC this season.
Alabama basketball finished 20-16 overall, but underperformed with Sexton, who was surrounded by four other players who might have futures in pro basketball. Self-imploding at the end of the season, barely making the NCAA Tournament and drawing the tournament's No.1 seed in the second round wasn't good enough.
Auburn finished 26-8 in basketball, and was 13-5 against the SEC. In a banner year for SEC hoops, that last record means something. No one was better.
Auburn beat Alabama, but Alabama won the all-SEC national championship. Considering college football's flawed postseason, that's a push. Let's be real, though. Alabama finished with the best football team, and Auburn lost to Central Florida in the Peach Bowl. Subtract points from the Tigers for losing to an eventual national champion.
Who was better overall? Can you really answer that question without considering what's next?
"This is his team," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said.
Alabama has Tua and Jalen Hurts (for now), but Auburn might have a quarterback better than both of them in Jarrett Stidham. Alabama basketball will celebrate a first-round draft pick on June 21, but Auburn already celebrated keeping a potential first-round pick in school for another season.
Auburn is expanding its stadium, but Alabama hosts the Iron Bowl in November.
Auburn upgraded its athletic department with a new director, but Alabama, you know, has that guy named Nick Saban.
The unique dynamic between Alabama and Auburn is like nothing else in the country. Everything is measured, and the competitive spirit of each school constantly makes the other better. No one will ever admit it, but that's a win for everybody.
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Christian Gardner faces three felony charges, including attempted murder, and a misdemeanor in the stabbing. The victim suffered an abdominal wound.
Christian A. Gardner of Monroe was charged with attempted murder Friday in the stabbing of a 44-year-old female acquaintance at her Northville Township home Thursday night.
Gardner, 51, was arrested just after 3 a.m. Friday at the woman's home on Northridge Drive, north of Seven Mile, following a five-hour standoff with police, who had responded to a domestic incident there shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday.
Police said officers arrived at the home to find a man and a woman outside. The man retreated into the house and refused to come out and the woman, suffering visible injuries, was treated by township paramedics and then transported to St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia.
The victim, who had previously dated Gardner, was suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen and arm and finger wounds, said Todd Mutchler, the township public safety director. She was in stable condition at the hospital earlier Friday.
Officers from several departments assisted township officers at the scene and Michigan State Police crisis negotiators eventually helped coax Gardner out of the home, police said.

Google Photos lets you type in anything to its search box and then bring up photos that contain what you search for. Search results of photos taken over a span of many years is truly impressive. It’s not something that’s common for many photo-syncing apps.

Google is making all of this possible through a type of artificial intelligence called deep learning. The method involves training systems called artificial neural networks on great quantities of data, like images, and then giving them a new piece of data, such as a new image, to receive an inference about it in response.

Google Photos is the first big Google application to employ a powerful 22-layer neural network Google developed last year, called Inception, according to a report from Medium’s Backchannel. All of those layers mean that Google Photos can handle very specific queries.

5) Find all the pictures you have of yourself, or someone else.

Above: Faces Google Photos pulled out of my photos.

Google’s deep-learning capabilities also extend to face recognition. In Google Photos, you can see photos of people across several years. The feature makes it far easier to find the best photos of a given person. It can even pick up on the presence of people in photos that you never noticed.

Face recognition isn’t very common for a photo app. While Flickr does come with image recognition, it doesn’t offer face recognition.

6) Filter, crop, and pop your way to photo-editing glory.

Above: The Cyclone looks way cooler here than it did in my original photo from 2004.

Yes, Google Photos comes with a variety of tools to edit your photos. It’s not a huge leap forward from the Google+ photo-editing features, but it’s nice to have as part of the overall Google Photos application.

While I personally don’t like to play around with filters or vignettes, I do appreciate the ability to rotate images using a grid that appears to line everything up just right.

7) Uploading and grouping up pictures and videos and sharing them across devices is done automatically.

Above: Google Photos on my phone.

Other photo apps do this, too, but I never used any of them. All the perks of Google Photos made me want to try it out, and now I enjoy this low-level benefit. Now I don’t have to take the time to email photos and videos to myself, which I did for years. This has already proven handy in my job, but it’s also helpful for picture-taking in my free time.

Generally speaking, knowing that my pictures will by synced and sometimes stylized right away has convinced me to err on the side of taking a picture than not.

8) Moving photos from Google Drive to Google Photos is a snap.

Above: Old pictures I threw in Google Drive come alive in Google Photos.

I didn’t discover the “Show Google Drive photos & videos in your Photos library” option in the Google Photos settings until two weeks after I started using it, but oh — once I did, it was great.

Photos show up immediately. While the image and face recognition systems go to work, you can scroll through your old photos stored on Google Drive and relive all of those old memories.

The bigger significance of this is that for the first time, all of my photos from multiple cameras and mobile devices are now stored in one central place.

9) It can free up precious storage on your mobile devices.

Above: All those Nexus 9 photos take up space.

When you start the Google Photos app, at least on iPhone, it tells you in a card in the Assistant section that the app “can even help you organize your photos and free up device storage.” And when storage on a device is running low, a card tells you that and gives you the opportunity to free up space by deleting local copies of photos and videos.

When you have just a few gigabytes locally on a phone, tablet, or even laptop, that matters a lot.

10) As a major Google app, Google Photos will get better and better.

Above: The photos for this article. Whoa, a little meta.

Google executives made a big deal about Google Photos when it launched the service last month at its I/O developer conference. The company even gave out glossy books showing its many features. With such a high-profile launch, Google probably won’t be suspending development of Google Photos anytime soon.

The service is not perfect. The face matching and image recognition are surprisingly good, but they do make mistakes. It thought one of my pictures of chicken contained a fish, for example.

The underlying technologies will likely improve over time, leading to better photo and video search. Finding evidence of the improvement should be amusing and satisfying.

NORWICH - A car that was involved in a two-car accident Friday night flipped onto its roof, trapping its occupants inside.

The crash took place shortly after 7:30 p.m. at Water Street and Courthouse Square in downtown Norwich. Traffic was backed up for about an hour until the accident scene was cleared.

The people trapped inside the flipped-over car weren't hurt, police said. The occupants in the other car were taken to The William W. Backus Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident is under investigation, police said. Neither driver has been ticketed. Anyone who may have seen the accident is asked to call Officer Hawrylik at (860) 886-5561.

Residents in Damascus rallied in support of their president after a series of Western coalition strikes.

Hours before dawn, a string of powerful blasts jolted awake residents of the Syrian capital. Emerging onto their balconies, they watched Western strikes light up the sky over Damascus.

For around 45 minutes, explosions and the sound of warplanes roared over Damascus, a stronghold of Syria's regime, as the US, France, and Britain carried out raids on military installations nearby and in the province of Homs.

"I heard the strike and woke up. I checked the internet and read: barefaced attack by America, France, and Britain," said Sawsan Abu Tableh.

She and other residents described hearing a volley of fire in the morning, and seeing plumes of thick smoke emerging from the city's north and east.

US air strikes on Syria lit up the Damascus sky.

"I woke up to the sound of the strike at 4:00 am and checked the news," said 49-year-old Rahmeh Abu Hamra, who lives in the eastern suburb of Jarmana.

At that moment, halfway around the world, US President Donald Trump was announcing the joint military strikes on Syria.

Abu Hamra rushed out onto her balcony and saw streams of people heading down to central Damascus in an impromptu rally as day broke.

Syrian government supporters chant slogans against US President Trump during demonstrations following a wave of military strikes.

"We don't care about Trump or a million people like him, we don't care about missiles or anything else," she told AFP.

Just after the barrage of strikes began, Syria announced it was activating its air defence system to block the attack.

The army said around 110 missiles were fired on Syria, but air defences shot most of them down.

Nedher Hammoud, 48, jumped out of bed at the sound of the blasts and clambered up to his rooftop.

"I went out on my roof this morning and saw the missiles being shot down like flies," Mr Hammoud told AFP.

"History will record that Syria shot down missiles - and not just missiles. It shot down American arrogance."

Still in his pyjamas, Mr Hammoud scrambled to join the crowds of people heading to the famed Umayyad Square to show their support for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.

Draped in government flags and blaring patriotic tunes, dozens of Syrians arrived on bicycles, on foot and in cars spray painted with the red, white, and black colours of the Syrian flag.

A traffic jam had already started to form around the square, and young Syrians leaned out of their car windows to take selfies as military personnel looked on.

"God is protecting you, Damascus!" some called out, and others chanted in support of Assad and the army.

A Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft is prepared for airstrikes in Syria at Saint Dizier airbase, eastern France.

Soldiers threw up two fingers to flash the victory sign near a car with pictures showing the president, his late father Hafez al-Assad and ally Hassan Nasrallah, who heads the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.

Car horns blared and people clapped, swaying back and forth to pro-army tunes.

Amina al-Fares, 58, came to the rally dressed in black.

"I lost my recently-married nephew, my son, my brother's children, all for Bashar al-Assad," she told AFP, of relatives killed in Syria's seven-year war.

Mrs Fares said she felt the bombing early in the morning when she was drinking mate, but said she was not afraid.

Syrian soldiers dance and chant slogans during demonstrations against the strikes.

"I heard the first strike, then the second, and I went out onto my balcony," she said.

"Trump thought we'd be in bomb shelters, but here we are in Umayyad Square."

Mr Assad, too, appeared determined to show he was not unfazed.

In footage published by the presidency, he strolled through the grandiose marble halls of his office holding a briefcase, as if arriving for a normal day of work.

Who had the better year in athletics, Alabama or Auburn?

Or call an Auburn-loving priest who would be willing to try an exorcism. I could recommend a few.

Spiritual possession cannot be ruled out after watching the replay of how Auburn lost to Florida in the 11th inning of game three of its super regional on Monday night. The ball bounced, or jumped, or levitated off the glove of Auburn center fielder Steven Williams, and over the fence to send the Florida Gators to the College World Series.

It was a bad ending to a great run, and that was a trend for Auburn this season. They had plenty of underdog moments that left us wanting more.

Football beat Alabama, but lost to Georgia.

Basketball won a share of the SEC, but faded in March.

Baseball was one bad bounce away from possibly upsetting the No.1 team in the country, and going to the College World Series.

It was an exciting year for Auburn athletics, and next season should be even better. For now, though, looking ahead to the 2018-19 academic year can wait. As the summer begins in full, let's take one look back at 2017-2018. It was the year of second-and-26, of course, but when you really think about it, maybe Auburn has a little more to celebrate than Alabama.

Did the unexpected run by Auburn baseball this season push Auburn ahead of Alabama for the better overall year in collegiate athletics?

Maybe so, and here's why.

It was a brutal way for Auburn to go out of the postseason, but that doesn't detract from the excellent season coach Butch Thompson and his players put together. Florida has the best baseball team in the country going into the College World Series, and Auburn nearly pulled the upset despite its star pitcher, Casey Mize, losing game 1 of the best-of-three series.

Overachieving Auburn was a theme this season.

Auburn's regular-season basketball championship probably isn't the story the NCAA or the SEC wants to publicize, but that doesn't take away from its significance.

Auburn baseball was picked to finish as low as ninth in the SEC, and yet made it to baseball's version of the Sweet 16. Auburn basketball was predicted to finish even lower, but won a share of the SEC's regular-season championship.

Most importantly, Auburn football upset Alabama in the Iron Bowl.

That one counts for double.

As far as endings go, it's no contest. Alabama football delivered magic with Tua Tagovailoa's walk-off touchdown throw to beat Georgia, and that's the play that will stand the test of time from this year in collegiate athletics. Give Tua the Espy right now.

What allowed this freshman to do this? How was that possible?

On the basketball court, Collin Sexton delivered some singular brilliance to put Alabama into the NCAA Tournament.

As for baseball, Auburn (43-23) outperformed Alabama (27-29) by a wide margin. Alabama baseball improved from 2017, but that's not really saying much. The team went 5-24 in the SEC two years ago, and was 8-22 in the SEC this season.

Alabama basketball finished 20-16 overall, but underperformed with Sexton, who was surrounded by four other players who might have futures in pro basketball. Self-imploding at the end of the season, barely making the NCAA Tournament and drawing the tournament's No.1 seed in the second round wasn't good enough.

Auburn finished 26-8 in basketball, and was 13-5 against the SEC. In a banner year for SEC hoops, that last record means something. No one was better.

Auburn beat Alabama, but Alabama won the all-SEC national championship. Considering college football's flawed postseason, that's a push. Let's be real, though. Alabama finished with the best football team, and Auburn lost to Central Florida in the Peach Bowl. Subtract points from the Tigers for losing to an eventual national champion.

Who was better overall? Can you really answer that question without considering what's next?

"This is his team," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said.

Alabama has Tua and Jalen Hurts (for now), but Auburn might have a quarterback better than both of them in Jarrett Stidham. Alabama basketball will celebrate a first-round draft pick on June 21, but Auburn already celebrated keeping a potential first-round pick in school for another season.

Auburn is expanding its stadium, but Alabama hosts the Iron Bowl in November.

Auburn upgraded its athletic department with a new director, but Alabama, you know, has that guy named Nick Saban.

The unique dynamic between Alabama and Auburn is like nothing else in the country. Everything is measured, and the competitive spirit of each school constantly makes the other better. No one will ever admit it, but that's a win for everybody.

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Christian Gardner faces three felony charges, including attempted murder, and a misdemeanor in the stabbing. The victim suffered an abdominal wound.

Christian A. Gardner of Monroe was charged with attempted murder Friday in the stabbing of a 44-year-old female acquaintance at her Northville Township home Thursday night.

Gardner, 51, was arrested just after 3 a.m. Friday at the woman's home on Northridge Drive, north of Seven Mile, following a five-hour standoff with police, who had responded to a domestic incident there shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday.

Police said officers arrived at the home to find a man and a woman outside. The man retreated into the house and refused to come out and the woman, suffering visible injuries, was treated by township paramedics and then transported to St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia.

The victim, who had previously dated Gardner, was suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen and arm and finger wounds, said Todd Mutchler, the township public safety director. She was in stable condition at the hospital earlier Friday.

Officers from several departments assisted township officers at the scene and Michigan State Police crisis negotiators eventually helped coax Gardner out of the home, police said.