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4 Director's Cuts That Are Worse Than The Original
Cinematic Listology By Ashe Cantrell on January 8, 2015 | Be the First To CommentOne of the first things you learn as a creative person is that everyone needs an editor. (Except me.) (Especially me.) Having an extra set of eyes that cares about your piece and wants it to be better can never hurt. Sure, sometimes studios get in the way, and in those cases, Director's Cuts are a wonderful thing. But sometimes a director gets a bug up their ass about some perceived flaw in their film and puts out a cut that's just… worse. Like, bad worse.
7 War Movies for People Who Don't Like War Movies
Cinematic Listology By Ashe Cantrell on November 11, 2014 | Be the First To CommentHappy Veterans Day, or early Veterans Day if this goes up early, or belated Veterans Day if it goes up late! Don't blame me, blame our unpatriotic commie editors. (Note to editors: It was just a joke! Haha! Please give me back my family.) And what better way to celebrate our veterans than a good old fashioned war movie! But what if, like me, you're not really a fan of war movies? Well, never fear, because I am here to help with these war movies for people who don't like war movies. Simple enough? Good. MOVE OUT!
18 Good Movies to Stream on Netflix This July
Features By Nathan Adams on July 1, 2014 | Be the First To CommentA big new chunk of movies gets added to Netflix every month—which is awesome—but with the constant glut of new content, how are you supposed to know which movies are worth your time and which are just going to force you to hit stop after twenty minutes? This column will give you a place to start. I had to hit stop on a lot of bad movies in order to get this list together, so you owe me. Without further ado, here are 18 good movies to stream that were recently added to Netflix's Watch-It-Right-This-Second service and should keep you entertained from start to finish. As always, click on the films' titles in order to be taken to their Netflix page, where you can add them to your My List. Pick of the Month: Stories We Tell (2012) Stories We Tell is a documentary from director Sarah Polley that's largely about Sarah Polley. Or, it's about her origins, at least. Okay, a lot of it is about her mom, and how it came to be that Polley's parentage became a point of contention among her older siblings. Is her dad really her dad, or might it have been this other guy? What kind of a life did her mother lead for this to even be a question? How does Polley herself feel about the ambiguity, and how would her relationship with her father change if she found out they weren't biologically linked? This movie attacks the situation from a lot of angles, […]
10 Fantastic Stories From Francis Ford Coppola
Features By Jack Giroux on June 17, 2014 | Be the First To CommentThis post is in partnership with Cadillac Cadillac and the Producers Guild of America recently launched Make Your Mark, a short film competition that challenges producers to create compelling content with limited resources. Contestants will make a short film over a single weekend in late June, and the 30-second Cadillac spot featuring the grand prize winner's film will air during the 2015 Academy Awards. The Guild also recently hosted the Produced By Conference, offering some incredibly storytellers sharing their filmmaking experiences, and the event couldn't have ended on a better note: an hour-long discussion with Francis Ford Coppola. That's right, the legendary director behind The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Jack, The Outsiders, and perhaps his most underrated work, and one of my favorite movies, Rumble Fish. If that isn't reason enough to attend the Produced By Conference in the future, then what is? This panel was easily the most talked about. Up until that point, I hadn't seen a line as long or a more packed house. Thankfully, the wait was worth it, because Coppola knows how to work a crowd. He's charming, thorough, and exhibits no signs of an ego he's earned. Not once did he refer to one of his many landmark films as a "classic." In the case of Apocalypse Now, he didn't go much further than saying it's looked upon more fondly now. Coppola could've said he made one of the greatest pictures ever, and everyone still would've applauded his modesty. He was that charming. His 1979 epic was one of the many talking points of a panel that everyone would have been […]
Do We Put Too Much Stock in Original Dialogue?
Discussion By Christopher Campbell on April 1, 2014 | Be the First To CommentWe all love to quote our favorite movies. Even my one-year-old son just started uttering "I've got it!" all the time, having picked up the phrase from his most-watched movie, Dumbo. I don't know that it's the most original or noteworthy piece of dialogue, but he hasn't seen much yet. Usually the lines we remember and recite are those that stick out for a reason. They don't always have to be something never heard before, as the quote's notability could be all about the way it's delivered by the actor saying it, though most of the time it's a line specific and exclusive to a certain movie. Even if a hundred scripts since have borrowed "I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," we all know it comes from The Wizard of Oz. Aside from the fact that it gives us something with which to represent our fandom or appreciation of a movie, though, original dialogue isn't that important. A lot of the time it's really clever and stylized and therefore wouldn't likely be found in a film with characters intended to sound natural. Imagine a serious realist drama where someone suddenly said something like "Fasten your seat belts… It's going to be a bumpy night" or "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" or "I feel the need — the need for speed." Sometimes original, quotable dialogue is so unnatural that it makes some people cringe, as in the cases of Juno and Napoleon Dynamite. Other times it might […]
The Hellish Productions of 6 Great Movies
Archive By David Christopher Bell on November 4, 2013 | Comments (8)All this week, Film School Rejects presents a daily dose of our favorite articles from the archive. Originally published in November 2011, David C. Bell explores some of the toughest roads to the big screen for a score of great movies. Most films tend to be technological and logistical nightmares right from the start; clusters of egos working together with complicated equipment in an attempt to capture what is essentially a really elaborate lie tends to be a rather surreal process, so it's not really surprising to hear that a whole lot of craziness can go down during the making of a movie – however as unsurprising as it may be, it's still damn entertaining. That's why DVD documentaries, in my opinion, are like the ultimate kind of reality TV: stick a bunch of millionaire actors, union laborers, and eccentric artists in a room with expensive and possibly life-threatening electrical equipment and you're surely going to get something worth watching. These are the sets that were no doubt the worst to be party to, and the best to be a fly on the wall for – that is if you happen to be a really sadistic fly.
14 Great (Human) Movie MacGuffins
Cinematic Listology By David Christopher Bell on March 21, 2013 | Comments (6)First popularized by Hitchcock, Merriam-Webster defines a 'MacGuffin' as "an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance." Basically it's the thing that makes the movie go. For example, R2-D2 is considered by George Lucas to be the MacGuffin of the Star Wars films. But what of human MacGuffins? Anyone can be a hostage or damsel in distress, so lets look at some of the less than conventional living beings that have propelled a plot.
What If Everything Had Gone Right With 'Apocalypse Now'?
Features By FSR Staff on March 11, 2013 | Comments (1)Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Scott Beggs are using the 2012 Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the best movies of all time. Every week, they'll discuss another entry in the list, dissecting old favorites from odd angles, discovering movies they haven't seen before and asking you to join in on the conversation. Of course it helps if you've seen the movie because there will be plenty of spoilers. This week, they imagine a world where all of the massive disasters that took place during the filming and post-production of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now never happened. Would smooth sailing had delivered a bland war film? A forgettable trip into the jungle with a by-the-book villain at the end of a mad road? And why is it the highest-ranked war movie in the first place? In the #14 movie on the list, Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) hunts down a rogue Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) during the Vietnam War and learns all about napalm and surfing. But why is it one of the best movies ever?
New Hollywood Pioneer Francis Ford Coppola Readies a Return to Epic Filmmaking
In Development By Nathan Adams on December 4, 2012 | Be the First To CommentDespite the fact that he's best known for his sweeping, epic-in-scope work from the '70s like The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola has been spending his recent years making smaller, more experimental, or at least more under the radar projects like Tetro and Twixt. Yet, even with a smaller scale bringing lower expectations, his most recent work hasn't been able to gain the same level of esteem as the smaller films of his past, like say 1974's The Conversation. So what does a directing legend have to do to make a dang impact in this town? Some comments he made while pushing his new five film Blu-ray box set to Inside Movies suggest that he's planning on returning to his epic roots. When explaining why he's recently moved from the relative seclusion of his Napa Valley vineyard to new offices at Paramount, Coppola said, "I have a secret investor that has infinite money. I learned what I learned from my three smaller films, and wanted to write a bigger film. I've been writing it. It's so ambitious so I decided to go to L.A. and make a film out of a studio that has all the costume rentals, and where all the actors are."
The Secret Ingredients of 3 Great Films
Features By Scott Beggs on September 24, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThis content series is in partnership with smartwater. smartwater, good taste travels well. Click here to learn more. It's widely known that Quentin Tarantino worked at a video store before making it big, but it's a widely held misconception that he earned his movie education while restocking the shelves of Video Archives. The filmmaker told MSN in 2009: "I want to clear something up about this. People always say I became a movie expert by working in a video store. I was employed by the video store because I was a movie expert. Before I went to Video Archives, I'd get the TV guide every week and read it cover to cover. Look at every movie playing. Circle all the movies I was gonna record. When I first discovered Howard Hawks, I spent a year and a half reading the TV guide and they played about 80 per cent of his entire oeuvre on Los Angeles TV." Obviously, "Watch as Many Movies as Possible," isn't much of a secret, but it's a more honest, tougher-to-take method for success than our vision of Tarantino soaking up movie knowledge through osmosis in Manhattan Beach. The secret involves a lot more homework. In that same spirit, here are 3 other secret ingredients that made great films as great as they are (and in some cases, possible at all).
Culture Warrior: How the 70s Proved Mass-Marketing Wasn't the Only Way to Make Movies
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on January 24, 2012 | Comments (1)As much as I admire the incomparable films made during the era, New Hollywood (the term referring to innovative, risk-taking films made funded by studios from the mid-60s to the mid-70s) is a title that I find a bit problematic. The words "New Hollywood" better characterize the era that came after what the moniker traditionally refers to. Think about it: if "Old" or "Classical" Hollywood refers to the time period that stretches roughly from 1930 to 1960 when the studios as an industry maintained such an organized and regimented domination over and erasure of any other potential conception over what a film playing in any normal movie theater could be, then if we refer to the time period from roughly 1977 to now "New Hollywood," the term then appropriately signifies a new manifestation of the old: regimentation, predictability, and limitation of expression. Where Old Hollywood studios would produce dozens of films of the same genre, New Hollywood (as I'm appropriating the term) could acutely describe the studios' comparably stratified output of sequels, remakes, etc. What we traditionally understand to be New Hollywood was not so much its own monolithic era in Hollywood's legacy, but a brief, strange, and wonderful lapse between two modes of Hollywood filmmaking that have dominated the industry's history.
Culture Warrior: The Vegetarian Movie Lover's Dilemma
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on October 18, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWarning: Some of the links included in this article depict disturbing real-life violence against animals. When we talk about movies, we often talk about representation. And when we talk about representation, we're most likely talking about people. How does this character's personality fit in with my understanding of people in my daily life? What are the roles that men and women of different races, sexualities, and ethnic backgrounds play in a given narrative? What does an old film tell me about people during a different era? Who are the people that made a given film possible, and how did they contribute creatively? Simply put, cinema is a medium made by people, about people, and for people. But we often represent and depict other living beings through our narratives as well. We may be human, but we often identify with things that aren't. This weekend I co-hosted a repertory screening of F. W. Murnau's silent American classic Sunrise (1927). One of the film's most memorable scenes features George O'Brien chasing after a precocious circus pig. The pig stumbles into a quiet kitchen and, through a series of screwball antics, causes a cook to drop a glass of wine onto the ground. It shatters, and the pig drinks the wine. What follows is a brilliant close-up of the pig, its eyes slowly drooping and its snout out-of-focus, which rather effectively conveys the animal's state of inebriation. Through an intuitive implementation of form, the human audience is permitted to identify with the subjectivity […]
Culture Warrior: The Manifest Destiny of The Western's Expansion in 2011
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on August 2, 2011 | Comments (1)A genre nearly as old as filmmaking itself, the western thrived throughout the years of the studio system but has zigzagged across rough terrain for the past forty or so years. For the last fifteen-ish years, the struggling, commercially unfriendly genre was either manifested in a neoclassical nostalgic form limited in potential mass appeal (Appaloosa, Open Range) or in reimagined approaches that ran the gamut between contrived pap and inspired deconstructions (anything from Wild Wild West to The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). But last December, True Grit – a bona fide western remake that relied on the opportunities available in the genre's conventions rather than bells, whistles, or ironic tongues in their respective cheeks – became a smash hit. Did this film reinvigorate a genre that was on life support, as the supposed revitalization of the musical is thought to have done a decade ago, or are westerns surviving by moving along a different route altogether? Three westerns released so far this year – Gore Verbinski's Rango, Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff, and, as of this weekend, Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens – suggest mixed directions for the dusty ol' genre.
Culture Warrior: 'Taxi Driver' at 35
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on March 29, 2011 | Comments (6)You hear the phrase "This movie could never be made today" quite often, and it's typically a thinly veiled means by which a creative team allows themselves to administer loving pats on their own backs. But in the context of at a 35th anniversary exhibition of the restoration of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver with a justifiably disgruntled Paul Schrader in attendance, such a sentence rings profoundly and depressingly true. Like many of you, I've seen Taxi Driver many times before. For many, it's a formative moment in becoming a cinephile. But I had never until last weekend seen the film outside of a private setting. And in a public screening, on the big screen, I'm happy to say the film still has the potential to shock and profoundly affect viewers so many decades on. For me personally it was the most disturbing of any time I'd ever seen the film, and I was appropriately uncomfortable despite anticipating the film's every beat. Perhaps it was because I was sharing the film's stakes with a crowd instead of by myself or with a small group of people, or perhaps the content comes across as so much more subversive when projected onto a giant screen, or perhaps it was because the aura of a room always feels different when the creative talent involved is in attendance. For whatever reason, I found the film to be more upsetting than in any other context of viewing. But one of the most appalling moments of Taxi […]
Movie News After Dark: Fletch Lives, Muppet Cupcakes and Star Trek Girl
Movie News By Neil Miller on February 2, 2011 | Comments (2)What is Movie News After Dark? This is a question that I am almost never asked, but I will answer it for you anyway. Movie News After Dark is FSR's newest late-night secretion, a column dedicated to all of the news stories that slip past our daytime editorial staff and make it into my curiously chubby RSS 'flagged' box. It will (but is not guaranteed to) include relevant movie news, links to insightful commentary and other film-related shenanigans. I may also throw in a link to something TV-related here or there. It will also serve as my place of record for being both charming and sharp-witted, but most likely I will be neither of the two. I write this stuff late at night, what do you expect?
Hangover of Darkness: Ed Helms' Apocalypse
Movie News By Nathan Adams on January 25, 2011 | Be the First To CommentWhen asked by Hitfix about the images for The Hangover Part II that director Todd Phillips released to the public, actor Ed Helms seems to have come off a bit nonplussed. The only bit of information he seemed to be able to offer up about this much anticipated sequel is that, "…this one's nothing like the first one." This doesn't seem like a very good way to hype up an upcoming project to me, seeing as people tended to really like the first one. But perhaps the lack of big hype could have stemmed from the fact that the release date for the film is still several months away and Helms didn't feel prepared to talk about it. There was one bit of stammering in the article that caught my eye, however. The four month long film shoot in Thailand gets describes as "basically the comedy version of Apocalypse Now, always on the edge of total chaos, shooting in places Helms said felt genuinely 'unsafe'". He goes on to sputter out the sentence fragment, "…once we're overseas, once we're in Thailand, it's just…" Did Ed Helms go crazy on the set of The Hangover Part II? Are there any reports of heart attacks and obscene drug use happening on the set? Not that I wish anything ill on the cast and crew of the film, but a bit of chaos may have been just what this one needs. Much of the appeal of the first movie was the "what's going […]
Robert Duvall turns 80 today, and that's an achievement all on its own. It's also important to keep in mind that Duvall has been in the filmmaking business for 49 years. That's 61% of his life. The last thing any of us dedicated that much time to was our Regarding Henry action figure collection and doing the math for that problem. Duvall is an icon amongst icons, a living legend that has put just as much love into his craft as he's gotten back, a cinematic luminary that still continues to make great films. Attempting to pay tribute to him is a difficult task not only because there's not enough space on the internet to do it, but because his career is a difficult one to wrap one's mind around. He's done just about everything except compose a film score, and he's done so while staying at the top of his game through almost five decades of Hollywood evolution.
Disc Spotlight: Apocalypse Now – Full Disclosure Edition
Disc Spotlight By Rob Hunter on November 5, 2010 | Comments (1)I believe it was Robinson Crusoe who once said "Fess up, Friday" after discovering a urine puddle on his straw shack's linoleum floor. As revolutionary as that statement was almost three hundred years ago, it took a young man by the name of William B. Goss to bring it into the digital age. Thanks to his initiative, #fessupfriday is the most-used hashtag in Twitter's four decades of existence. There are certain movies that every cinephile should have seen, but only the brave foolhardy movie lovers immune to ridicule actually admit to the acknowledged classics that have so far eluded them. Which brings me to Francis Ford Coppola's epic Vietnam adventure, Apocalypse Now. #fessupfriday
Free Stuff: Apocalypse Now Comes to Blu-ray, Your House
Free Stuff By Robert Fure on October 14, 2010 | Comments (38)Back in 1979 Francis Ford Coppola took a vacation to South East Asia and filmed a family movie over a weekend. While that is probably untrue, in 1979 he did spend months in hell toiling to create what more than one reputable critic has described as "one of the greatest films of all time." Hitting the streets on October 19th, Coppola's Apocalypse Now comes to Blu-ray in stunning high definition for the first time. Available in two versions, the 2-Film Set and the Full Disclosure set, the former will run you $40 and the three disc latter version is $60. Unless of course you happened to know some handsome fellas willing to give you a copy for free….
Culture Warrior: Synesthesia at the Movies
Culture Warrior By Landon Palmer on August 24, 2010 | Comments (1)Synesthesia (syn-es-the-sia, Brit. syn-aes-the-sia): "The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body." Synesthesia is a neurological disorder in which the experience of one sense motivates an involuntary association with another sense. Those who experience synesthesia, known as synesthetes, are able to either perceive letters or numbers as inherently colored, hear movement, or – in probably the best-known cases of the disorder – see music in the form of colors and/or associative shapes. Now, cognitive sciences seem, on the surface, to have little to do with the study of cinema, but the topic of synesthesia can be particularly helpful in understanding the way in which we interpret the interaction of the two senses most available in watching movies: the aural and the visual.
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I usually am limited with my time to sew--especially in the summertime. I got out a pattern the other day for a quick cutout (or so I thought). The pattern had several sizes. By the time I had picked out all of the correct pattern pieces, an hour or more had passed and also the time that I had to do it. Why are these present-day patterns so involved and complicated as to finding the correct pieces? It is so frustrating. I guess I don't need help--only comments. Thanks for letting me vent - Barb |
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- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Fri, Jul 29, 11 at 15:15
I usually cut out my pattern pieces ahead of time and clip them all together with fabric,notions and everything i need for that project,put it all in a lg zip loc bag and when i'm ready,or have time to sew all the prep work has already been done.You have to take advantage of every minute you have,as the days fly by quickly. Nancy Zieman has a book out called 10,20,30 minutes to sew or something like that.Every little piece of time you use prepping really helps you in the end. |
Most patterns used to be printed in one or two sizes. Over the years multiple sized patterns became the norm, probably for custom fitting. But yes, it is time consuming. I trace pattern pieces onto tissue paper so I'll always have the original intact when I need a different size(weight gain/loss, different sized GKs want the same item, etc). It is also very time consuming transferring the info to the tissue paper, but easier to use again because I keep the traced pieces in a ziplock as Kathi does. |
I already have in mind the pattern that I want and when one of the stores have them for 99 cents I buy several to get the different sizes. I have 6 grandaughters I sew for and I need all the different sizes. I cut out each size and place them in a ziplock bag. It would take me hours to trace all the different sizes.. Between Hobby Lobby and Joanns they have them on sale often.. |
- Posted by barb_roselover_in (My Page) on Mon, Aug 1, 11 at 17:51
I may have to change my mind about sewing (period). Walmart does not handle material anymore and JoAnns has left also. If I want to sew, will have to travel about thirty miles to even get pins or thread. I guess that will bring our 4H sewing to zero. Barb |
- Posted by zensojourner (My Page) on Tue, Aug 2, 11 at 16:07
Try these guys - they have enough actual information in the descriptions to make a pretty good guess at what the fabric is actually like. Unlike Hancock or JoAnn's. |
I hear you Barb. Pattern prep is half the battle. |
- Posted by birdtalker (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 11 at 0:21
patterns used to have just one size, loved it!! Today pattern companies do not want to have to keep such a large inventory of patterns and take up less room in a fabric store so we have multi-sized patterns. Yes, they are a lot more trouble and I hate that sometimes you have to tape pattern pieces together. Try buying vintage or older patterns off ebay. Sometimes they are even cheaper. |
The prices have jumped on patterns since they went to the multi-sized, as well. Digging through my pattern boxes, I find patterns from the 70s with only one size, pattern marked $1.75. Now that price is the sale price, one weekend a month at WM (if you are lucky enough to have a WM with a fabric dept). The problem with buying vintage or older patterns from eBay, garage sales or thrift stores is the possibility of a missing piece. It's been my experience that it's usually a CRUCIAL piece, too, rather than something easily recreated like a facing. Donna |
"patterns used to have just one size, loved it!!" I always hated it as my body shape has always called for two different sizes,LOL! I was never one for altering things so I was happy when multiple sized patterns came out. |
My pet peeve is when you pull out three sheets of pattern tissue and you have the pieces for completely separate views spread across all of them. Would it really be that hard to print the romper on one piece, the boy's shirt on another, and the men's on a third (or the kids all on one)? It barely takes two yards for the whole shirt, and they're only printing half! |
I hear that! I took out a pattern for a costume, and the pieces I needed were on three different sheets - - right in the middle of each one! So folding each up again was a nightmare. BTW, I love Nancy Zieman's 10-20-30 Minutes to Sew book. It helped me to see sewing as little steps that can be squeezed in here and there. One day, go up and set the machines with the correct thread. The next day, cut out the pattern pieces (or trace them and cut them). The next time, lay and cut the fabric. Then start sewing, one step at a time. That way an outfit can be sewn over a period of time instead of devoting all day Saturday to it. Donna |
- Posted by barb_roselover_in (My Page) on Sun, Aug 21, 11 at 23:40
Thanks everybody for your replies. Makes me feel much better. It is so frustrating. Guess they are conserving paper by utilizing all the space, but it surely can ruin your day. Barb |
- Posted by ambermuffinz (My Page) on Sun, Sep 25, 11 at 18:13
I have a few patterns I haven't even dared to try and use. Most of the time I just use patterns I make myself because it's so much easier. I will say on the whole 10-20-30 minute sewing book, I haven't read it but I hate spreading out my sewing like that! I'm the kind of person who wants to finish it once I start it, haha. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Mon, Sep 26, 11 at 4:22
Hi, I haven't posted on this forum much, but I love the 10 20 30 concept. Multi size patterns do make fitting easier if you are not the exact measurements of a single size. That said, I also find them confusing. Kathy |
- Posted by ncangelmom (My Page) on Fri, Sep 30, 11 at 20:25
Hi Barb, don't loose hope! I thought walmart was done with the fabric dept. too. My son works at walmart and I have noticed that his store has started carring fabric again. Precut in 2 to 5 yards, they have a few patterns and all the extras. So maybe your walmart will revamp also! |
- Posted by barb_roselover_in (My Page) on Fri, Sep 30, 11 at 20:55
My Walmart has started handling some fabrics, but to me they are lousy. Also, you certainly don't have much choice as to patterns or the other necessary things essential to good sewing. Whoever is picking out their fabric doesn't know much about the art of sewing with good fabrics. Also, their choices of yarn is nil---there, I've said it, but it doesn't help the situation. Thanks, though, for all of your comments. Barb |
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The University of Wisconsin Press
The Art of Gillian Jagger
Essay by Michael Brenson
Curated by Russell Panczenko
Powerful installation art distilling birth, death, decay, and renewal
Gillian Jagger's complex and moving sculptures are documented in this catalogue of the first museum-organized exhibition of her work, at the Elvehjem Museum of Art. Installation pieces and works on paper are featured, including Jagger's Riftsuspended fragments of weathered board, coiling barbed wire, rusted cutting tools, bones of a deer, a horse skull, and a mummified cat represented the artist's protest against animal abuse. Jagger incorporated sections of a large tree trunk, cast rocks, a grid, chains, hooks, and pulleys in her major recent work, Spiral.Gillian Jagger has recreated nature's themes of death and time in her sculptures since the 1950s. Working in an old dairy barn in Ulster County, New York, she uses found items from farm fields and rural woods to form patterns, textures, and visual rhythms.
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January 2004
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In the smartphone operating system market, Android extended its market share lead by 20.7 percentage points in the second quarter of 2012. According to Gartner Inc., Android's share increased from 43.4 to 64.1 points, specifically.
In second place with 18 percent, Apple's iOS market share grew slightly year over year (0.6 percent) and declined 3.7 points quarter on quarter. Gartner attributes this short-term decline to users' postponing their upgrade decisions in most markets ahead of the upcoming launch of the iPhone 5.
Overall, worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 percent decline from Q2 2011, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales accounted for a 36 percent of total mobile phone sales and grew 42 percent in the second quarter of 2012.
In the second quarter of 2012, Samsung's mobile phone sales remained very strong – up 29 percent from the second quarter of 2011, and Samsung extended its lead over both Apple and Nokia quarter on quarter. Consumer demand for the Apple iPhone weakened as sales fell 12 percent from the first quarter of 2012 but grew 47 percent year on year.
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Mists of Pandaria: Siege of Orgrimmar {WoW}
Mar 21st 2012 6:41AM "Good god, again with this "your leader" talk. Are you delusional or something? Do you really believe there's a Varian out there? Do you expect a phone call from Garrosh thanking you for taking his side? This is getting disturbing. "
Really? You're on a site discussing lore, admit to having the in-game Loremaster title, and can(incorrectly) recall minutia in lore and you're going the "get a life this isn't real" route? Tryharder tryhard.
"Again, because you don't really seem to read my posts: I. MAIN. HORDE."
I read it just fine, but I sincerely doubt someone who mains Horde is going to be an Alliance apologist, and you've fabricated parts of your argument to further that apologist stance, therefore I don't believe you.
"And guess what. I have 85s on both sides too. And the Loremaster title."
Good for you, I also have the silly title, but I wasn't referring to that, being a Loremaster isn't wearing an insulting ! tabard and having a title the same way having Jenkins doesn't make you Leeroy - it just means you completed an achievement.
"But hey. Keep downvoting my posts and convincing yourself I only like Varian because I wear Imperial plate in my free time if it makes you happy. "
Your rampant paranoia aside I will keep putting down your apologist fabrications and the apologist fabrications of Horde-minded players, both of you are rather ridiculous from my perspective.
Mists of Pandaria: Siege of Orgrimmar {WoW}
Mar 21st 2012 3:18AM "Dhohohoho, that's cute. Calling it a retcon because that seems to bolster your argument."
Nope, it was a huge retcon, previously it was established lore before the comic decided to scrub away one of Varian's most significant misdeeds.
"We never knew the details of what happened between the Stonemasons and the House of Nobels. In the comic we found out that Onyxia engineered the dispute by mentally coercing both sides into becoming more greedily and unwilling to compromise."
We surely did, again, this was all established long before the comic, being I'm a Lorekeeper and was editing articles long before that crap came out I should know, before "loldragonsdidit" the nobles refused to PAY period and tossed the workers out, leading to revolts and attempts to coerce the leadership into betraying them - VanCleef refused.
"Not a retcon. Canon. Deal with it."
You have an extremely poor understanding of lore.
"Being "appalled" doesn't let Thrall off the hook here."
No, it would be the part where he was ignorant of it, not the part where he was apalled that lets him off the hook, Garrosh knew and let it continue, Thrall took steps to thwart it.
"He was Warchief at the time, meaning he has unlimited authority and power over the Horde. Guess what, with unlimited authority comes the unfortunate fact that ultimate responsibilty rests with same. Thrall is entirely at fault for what happened in Undercity during his reign."
Cool, the person who knew nothing of what another nation was doing is 100% responsible for what they did, awesome logic, high five.
"Actually the Kor'kron permit the experimentation to continue. There's even still people kept in cages. Go on down to the apothecarium and see. Rather strengthes Varian's position."
That's in-game, the lore ended those experiments, don't equate dev team laziness or lack of resources with Thrall being complicit, and you can stop shining Varian's boots at any point in this discussion.
"Varian didn't need to step in, genius, General Hawthorne already had the perpetrators who broke ranks arrested."
...No, he didn't, in fact the one who urged the General to perpetrate the act in the first place was his second in command, what happened is the troops didn't care to restrain themselves - and they went unpunished for it, even continuing to chase down the Tauren, to the point that many fled into dangerous oasis areas. The General's opinion was these things were "unfortunate" and he eventually sends you to interfere with the murder and looting.
"Yes, it did. If you're willing to use your brain. I realize this might be hard for some people. Major Samuelson was a twilight agent inside Stormwind Keep, and during the Highlands intro we find out he's manipulating SI:7."
No, we don't, we find out he's manipulating the city guard and various other localized elements of Stormwind's kingdom, we actually pair up with SI:7 to further investigate him.
"Who does Samuelson work for? The Black Bishop, a high-level Twilight agent in the cathedral."
Some dude, right.
"Who was the Black Bishop originally meant to be, and who did all members of the cult pay obey as Twilight Father?
...No, the Black Bishop is just an agent, the Twilight Father was cemented long before this quest was added and was always intended to be Benedictus, your fabrications don't work on a Lorekeeper, pal.
"I've barely said a word about Garrosh for this whole debate, are you even reading my posts? Or are you just so urgent to defend your video game leader that you'll scream anything at the "other side" you can think of to make yourself look better?"
You're attempting to elevate your leader above theirs by miscasting his deeds and mistakes as the machinations of others, even going so far as to embrace a blatant retcon in hopes of casting him in a positive light, I've already stated my opinion of each and have maxed characters on both sides, I recognize the flaws of each side - you, on the other hand, have got me beat on the urgent apologist platform.
"Take a chill pill."
Leave, you've lost the argument, be mature and move on.
Mists of Pandaria: Siege of Orgrimmar {WoW}
Mar 20th 2012 4:45AM "Have you never heard of Onyxia? Have you never read the comic?"
Massive Retcon Warcraft Edition? Yeah, I have read that comic.
"Yeah, you'd almost think he just found out Thrall allowed humans to be caged and experimented on for the plague. Oh wait. HE DID."
Nope, Sylvanas, and he was appalled, and then he put in his personal guard to keep watch over the city after learning of her atrocities, Garrosh allowed what Thrall would not have - the new Forsaken. Now on the other hand Varian let the massacre of Taurajo go unpunished where the massacre in Stonetalon got someone thrown off a cliff by the Warchief himself, things aren't so black and white, are they?
"You do realize the implication behind the Alliance Twilight Highlands intro is that BENEDICTUS arranged that for the Twilight, don't you?"
...No such thing happened, that's a blatant lie, he had no hand in it, it was Varian attempting retribution after Thrall refused to act after the massacre of the druids, this was made crystal clear at least three times including the books, and I was there anyway, I did everything on both sides, the Twilight Highlands intro implied nothing of the sort.
You're desperate to play down Varian and attack Garrosh, the truth is they're both bad news and have shades of grey, although Varian may yet be redeemed and it appears Garrosh won't be.
Mists of Pandaria: Siege of Orgrimmar {WoW}
Mar 19th 2012 9:28AM @Omegan01
Among their many faults, these two individuals, you're forgetting Varian is also the man who ordered a secret operation to capture and execute the former Warchief, an orc attempting to help the world, in the midst of a global crisis where his work was vital to defeating Deathwing and then covered up his malicious actions leaving the Alliance ignorant of what their king had done.
If you don't call that as blind, warlike, and provocative as Garrosh then you should rocket-jump out of the conversation, "railgun".
The Soapbox: The inevitable Mass Effect MMO {Massively}
Mar 17th 2012 12:16PM Well ruin my day why don't you.
The Firing Line: Why you should be playing Tribes: Ascend {Massively}
Feb 24th 2012 9:57PM I just couldn't get over the massive grind when I tried it, I don't like that approach with Free To Play, I like it when the choices are purely cosmetic or what have you.
The Light and How to Swing It: What happened to encounters that were interesting to tank? {WoW}
Jan 14th 2012 10:37PM I have to admit the supposedly great multi-phase fight wasn't interesting until the end, I've been tanking for so long I'm really quite bored tanking bosses, I have a much stronger attraction to fights where there is no "boss" to tank or tanking the boss is just one slice of the pie. I want to fight his entire legion, I want his magic user to come down and try to smite the DPS in the midst of it, I want his rabid Dragon to come down and chase me around the map while they buckle him, and THEN I want to tank the boss some.
Looking at numbers, cooldowns, and moving the boss around, or their adds, it's just not exciting to me anymore, although it seems I am alone if majority opinion rules.
Patch 4.3 PTR: New dungeon sets revealed {WoW}
Dec 19th 2011 8:19PM Sure am, given I was banned by a dirtbag who goes around treating everyone like trash and acting like a dictator while the owner does nothing to stop it, the amount of abuse he dolls out keeps a lot of keen minds out of your forum - people like myself who don't tolerate that.
Watch Cataclysm's ending cinematic {WoW}
Dec 1st 2011 4:51PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31P4DgkW9Ns#t=1m17s
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
5 reasons you should love Cataclysm {WoW}
Nov 21st 2011 9:28PM Don't mean to nitpick, but for a lore patch video I'd of gone with 4.2, the 4.1 patch is the "ToC" patch of this expansion in my opinion.
"The Alliance is now under heavy, heavy pressure, beaten back further than they've ever been before"
What? The Forsaken advance? I suppose, I don't exactly call having a fortress in shelling distance of Thunder Bluff and another in shelling distance of Orgrimmar and a foothold in the heart of Horde territory "beaten back", though.
They've been quite successful on Kalimdor, even as the Horde strengthens its own footholds close to the breast.


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In many ways, Andy Blomsness is the face of fitness in Winona. Though he has announced his upcoming retirement from the YMCA executive director position he has held for 28 years, Blomsness is saving his goodbyes. While he will no longer lead the organization, his ties will remain strong as he stays on as a volunteer and prepares to head potential efforts to relocate the Y. (See adjacent story.)
Blomsness grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wis., and went to college at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He took a part-time job at the Eau Claire YMCA while in school, and quickly realized it was something he loved. After college, he took a job as a YMCA program director in Indianapolis, then headed to Winona and another program director position in 1974 to be closer to home. He and his wife moved to Monroe, Wis. in 1982, where he helped lead a capital campaign and build a brand new YMCA in that community. By 1985, former Winona YMCA Executive Director Jim Anderson was ready to retire, and the Winona YMCA Board called Blomsness and encouraged him to apply for the position. "Twenty eight years later, 39 years in YMCA work, and here I am," he said with a smile.
YMCA evolves
When Blomsness first came to Winona, 75 percent of the YMCA members were men. There were about four classes offered, and most exercises were simple calisthenics. In the 1970s, exercise classes began being choreographed to music and evolving.
"Now, we have probably 46 [classes] from yoga to pilates and turbo kicking and body pumpthere's just so much more out there," explained Blomsness.
When the current YMCA building was first erected in 1951, it served about 800 members. By the time Blomsness took his post, the membership had grown to about 1,800. The building was not accessible to people with disabilities, however, and Blomsness soon worked on the capital campaign "Wave of the Future." The money raised funded a new swimming pool, the construction of a new wheelchair accessible entrance, a special needs locker room and elevator, along with an aerobic studio and wellness center.
The efforts reaped new membersup to 3,000and in 2003 the YMCA changed to "single tier" membership packages. The result was that all members had equal access to the facilities and classes, and there were no extra charges for classes or other offerings. Another result is that the YMCA needed more space.
The needed renovation soon came with another successful capital campaign in 2003. This time, the locker rooms were renovated, the wellness center was expanded from 2,000 to 5,000 square feet, and the entrance on Fourth Street was added. As soon as the new space was added, membership again swelled to 4,300. "Then, we kind of ran out of space," said Blomsness.
Today, membership at the YMCA is evenly split between men and women, and family memberships have grown. "It has become truly a family Y," explained Blomsness, in part due to the addition of after school and summer care for kids, which are always well attended. With increased accessibility, Blomsness said more and more people are able to become involved with the Y. "Now, that's a pretty big part of what we do," he said.
The financial assistance program has been formalized and expanded over the years under Blomsness' leadership, as well. When he first started at the YMCA, Blomsness said the program was "on the fly." Now, the program has grown and last year helped 1,170 individuals receive membership benefits representing $195,000 in funding.
The fastest-growing membership segment has been the senior population, and Blomsness said part of the popularity of the YMCA in general is due to a culture shift in which people and the community value health and wellness more than ever before.
"There are far more health-seekers now," explained Blomsness. "Everybody is kind of realizing we have to do something. It's out thereit's not a secrethow good it is to exercise and eat right."
The future
"I think that the future is really great for an organization like the Y, because our market is getting bigger," Blomsness said.
When he looks ahead, Blomsness said he anticipates a growing collaboration between the YMCA and other health organizations in efforts that are intended to help make families and the community more healthy. That could mean programming such as diabetes prevention, weight management, living strong with cancer, and nutrition programs that help teach families and children how to eat more healthful foods.
There is mounting pressure from a variety of sources for people to recognize the value of a healthy lifestyle. From health care costs, to personal well-being, the country needs to get healthy more than ever before, he said. "If you have a chronic disease like heart disease or diabetes, it affects everything," said Blomsness. "I see the Y's role as being critical in the development of good habits. [We'd like to continue and enhance our work] collaborating with schools and other organizations, because we're all in this together, and we all have to work together."
As Blomsness looks ahead to his retirement, he said he expects to do a lot more of the things he lovesbiking, hunting, golfing and travelingas well as helping out at the YMCA as a volunteer. He will keep taking the stationary bike "spinning" class he enjoys, and he will remain close to his YMCA family.
"The Y has been a great career for me because my kids grew up here," he said. "They started at six months old doing Aqua Babies, and then eventually worked here, too."
Blomsness said it will be hard to clean out his office after decades behind his antique desk, but that change is good, too. "The nice thing is that I'll still be here," he said.


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In our 14 week Sunday teaching series on core doctrines of the historical Christian church, I taught on the doctrine of the afterlife today. The sermon was about what we the Bible reveals regarding what happens when we die and about heaven and hell. Not very easy subjects to teach on, and it was one of the few times I have actually texted some friends in the morning to please pray for me as I taught.
As part of the teaching, I once again walked through a biblical narrative storyline and drew it on the white board. Everything we have taught in this series, we are framing within the biblical narrative. I believe a weakness of straight forward systematic theology is the often not teaching how the doctrines historically developed or fit in the grand biblical narrative. So each week we have sketched out a biblical narrative from eternity past/creation/Fall/Israel etc. to the new heavens and new earth and eternity continuing. This way doctrines don't sit in isolation but fit within the narrative.
The teaching today was on the afterlife so I went into scholars persectves on the soul/spirit and physical body composition of human beings and then taught primarily on heaven, the future resurrection of our bodies that the Scripture reveals and about the new heavens and new earth. In addition to the several systeamtic theology books I am using for study I also had N.T. Wright's "Surprised by Hope" and some others I had read in prep of this as part of the afterlife study.
As I was teaching on heaven, Celeste Young was to my left and painting colors on a canvas. Basically she painted what colors she felt would represent the joy of heaven. Which is this photo below. After I taught on heaven, I then made the shift to teach on hell. I have taught on hell in our church several times in the past (I have put summaries of previous hell sermons here and here and here) so I focused more of a shorter but blunt look at its reality. There are many unknowns and mysteries about the specifics of hell, but most scholars do believe it is eternal and I emphasized that as my personal belief as well. Although I did share how some like John Stott who are very credible evangelicals believe in annihilation (that people who aren't followers of Jesus will basically cease to exist in the afterlife). I would be a wishful annihilationist but from scholars I trust, the great majority believe in the eternal nature of it. I'd be a wishful universal reconciliationist but I don't believe there is a solid basis for Scriptural support for that view if one holds to a full inspiration of the Bible. So I mentioned some various beliefs out there and I recommended Francis Chan's "Erasing Hell" book for further reading on the topic of hell.
After the heaven teaching, I transition to teaching on hell and as I did Celeste began painting with black paint over the beautiful colors she had put on the canvas which represented heaven. So by the time I was done, the canvas then looked like this below. It was a graphical representation of seeing the beauty of "heaven" being painted over and become darkness and void of light.
I taught then about Jesus, the cross, atonement and the eternal life offered through faith in Jesus and to wrap it up I then scraped away some of the paint (as cliche as it sounds did it in the shape of a cross) of how Jesus breaks through the darkness and removed the sting of death and how faith in Him gives us the gift of eternal life. I ended the message with an old school walk through a prayer for those wanting to put faith in Jesus and trust in Him.
After the 3rd worship gathering, we had our 4th theology Open Forum and had Professor Gary Tuck with us from Western Seminary in San Jose. We have been holding these theology forums and they have been quite fun with any question goes or disagreement and sharing of opinions. Gary has been part of 3 of them and tonight's primary focus was heaven and hell for the questions that came up.
We have one more week left in this series and next week it ends with the doctrine of the end times. I will be teaching the various ways the church has believed the end times will unfold and the second coming of Jesus. I have been quite happy with this series, the reason is seeing so much interest in theology. Our church is 37% college students so for me I sense a desire for uderstanding doctrine and theology. And not just from Christians. I had a local university student share with me how 4 of her non-Christian friends have been coming to this series. I have multiple discussions with non-Christians who have been coming and have had people sharing they put faith in Jesus during this series which has been a thrill to hear. Last Sunday, we baptized a bunch of people and the stories are always so encouraging to hear.
So it has been one of these days which felt like a truly good day, even though the topic of hell is never, ever easy to teach on. When I made the transition to teach on hell, I shared how my motivation to talk about this very uncomfortable topic is because Jesus talked about it and because it is out of care for people. To keep quiet about heaven and hell or to avoid teaching about it would mean I am not caring about the people there. To explain that further, I showed this clip that we showed a couple of years ago, but I felt worth showing again. It is one most church leaders have seen by now, but it is the one where Penn (from the magicians/comedians Penn and Teller) shares the story of a Christian who gave him a Bible. And the line when Penn says if you really believe there is eternal life and a heaven and hell, how much must you hate me if you don't take the effort to tell me about it. I shared that is our motive as I speak on hell, because of care, not because of mere trivia or of any sense of advantage over others.
So it was a full day and also our church raised a bunch of money today for cell phones, bicycles and supplies for graduating students over in Africa in need of these things. Kristin Jensen rallied us and explained the importance and every gathering had a flood of people contributing. It is 3:03 AM. I am up thinking about the day and all that happened and I better try and sleep now. Typing this made me sleepy. Maybe it made you sleepy too reading it all. Good night.


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The tonsils are glands in the back of the throat. A tonsillectomy is the surgical removal of the tonsils.
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Samples of your blood will be taken regularly throughout your treatment to check your general health, the levels of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets in your blood, and how well your liver and kidneys are working.
This is done to check for enlarged lymph nodes and for signs of lymphoma elsewhere in the body. A CT scan takes a series of x-rays that build up a three-dimensional picture of the inside of the body.
The scan takes 10-30 minutes and is painless. The photograph opposite shows someone having a CT scan.
The scan uses a small amount of radiation, which is very unlikely to harm you and will not harm anyone you come into contact with. You'll be asked not to eat or drink for at least four hours before the scan.
You may be given a drink or injection of a dye, which allows particular areas to be seen more clearly. This may make you feel hot all over for a few minutes. It's important to let your doctor know if you are allergic to iodine or have asthma, because you could have a more serious reaction to the injection.
You'll probably be able to go home as soon as the scan is over.
This scan is sometimes used to check for lymphoma in the head and neck area, the bones, or the brain.
An MRI scan uses magnetism to build up a detailed picture of areas of your body.
The scanner is a powerful magnet, so you may be asked to complete and sign a checklist to make sure it's safe for you. The checklist asks about any metal implants you may have, for example a pacemaker, surgical clips or bone pins. You should also tell your doctor if you've ever worked with metal or in the metal industry, as tiny fragments of metal can sometimes lodge in the body. If you do have any metal in your body, it's likely that you won't be able to have an MRI scan. In this situation, another type of scan can be used.
Before the scan, you'll be asked to remove any metal belongings, including jewellery. Some people are given an injection of dye into a vein in the arm, which doesn't usually cause discomfort. This is called a contrast medium and can help the images from the scan to show up more clearly.
During the test you'll lie very still on a couch inside a long cylinder (tube) for about 30 minutes. It's painless but can be slightly uncomfortable, and some people feel a bit claustrophobic. It's also noisy, but you'll be given earplugs or headphones. You can hear, and speak to, the person operating the scanner.
A PET/CT scan may be done for some types of lymphoma.
It is a combination of a CT scan, and a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, which uses low-dose radiation to measure the activity of cells in different parts of the body. PET/CT scans give more detailed information about the part of the body being scanned.
It is a new type of scan and you may have to travel to a specialist centre to have one.
You can't eat for six hours before the scan, although you may be able to drink. A mildly radioactive substance is injected into a vein, usually in your arm. The radiation dose used is very small. You'll have the scan about an hour later. The scan usually takes 30–90 minutes.
This test may be done to check for lymphoma cells in the bone marrow.
The sample (biopsy) of bone marrow is usually taken from the back of your hipbone (pelvis). You'll be asked to lie on your side on a couch. The doctor will give you a small injection of local anaesthetic into the skin over your hipbone to numb the area. This may sting for a few seconds. The doctor then passes a needle through the skin into the bone and draws a small sample of liquid marrow into a syringe (bone marrow aspirate). After this, they take a small core of marrow from the bone (a trephine biopsy). The samples are then sent to the laboratory for testing.
A bone marrow sample being taken View a large version of the image of a bone marrow sample being taken|.
A bone marrow biopsy can be done in the ward or outpatient clinic. It takes about 15–20 minutes. You may be offered an injection to make you feel drowsy and more relaxed during the procedure. If you have this, you'll need to have someone with you to take you home afterwards and stay with you until the effects wear off.
It's normal to feel bruised and a bit sore for a few days after the test. Taking a mild painkiller, such as paracetamol, usually helps.
The spinal cord and the brain are surrounded by a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In some types of lymphoma, the lymphoma cells may get into this fluid. Some people may have a lumbar puncture test to check for lymphoma in the CSF.
The test is done on the ward or in the day unit. The doctor numbs the area of skin over the lower spine with a local anaesthetic. They then feel for a space between two bones (vertebrae) in your lower spine and put a thin needle into the space to collect a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid. After this, they take the needle out and put a small dressing over the skin. The sample of CSF will be sent to the laboratory so it can be tested for lymphoma cells.
Most people have no problems with this test, although when the needle is put in, it can sometimes cause a tingling down the back of your legs. This is harmless, but can be worrying if you're not expecting it. Some people have a headache for a few days afterwards and may need to take painkillers.
It will probably take several days for the results of your tests to be ready and a follow-up appointment will be arranged for you before you go home.
Waiting for the results of tests can be an anxious time. You may find it helpful to talk things over with a relative or close friend. You can contact us| or another support organisation|.
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All ages of Girl Scouts are welcome to spend the afternoon creating swaps, exploring Museum exhibits and learning more about the history of Girl Scouts.
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Ever wonder what sugar and chemistry have to do with each other? Join us for National Chemistry Week: The Sweet Side of Chemistry. Student affiliate groups from area universities will be here to engage your Scouts in chemistry activities. Appropriate for Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors. No registration necessary, simply purchase your tickets at the Museum Ticket Office.
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Microsoft's IllumiRoom concept is targeting a design that can sit on users' coffee tables and wirelessly connect to next-gen consoles.
That's according to new details which have arrived ahead of this week's CHI 2013 conference in Paris.
According to Microsoft, IllumiRoom can "change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences."
Combining a projector with Kinect, game effects such as falling snow and explosions can be projected into the living room, while illusions can appear to distort furniture around the television.
The video below - the latest since IllumiRoom's CES 2013 reveal - offers more details on how the proposed features work.
"Our vision for a fully developed IllumiRoom system includes an ultra-wide field of view device sitting on the user's coffee table, projecting over a large area surrounding the television," Microsoft Research explains in a CHI 2013 document.
"The device would be connected wirelessly to a next generation gaming console as a secondary display. The ultra-wide field of view could be obtained with an ultra-short throw projector, or by coupling a standard projector with a spherical/parabolic mirror.
"The room geometry could be acquired with a depth sensor or a structured light scan."
Currently Microsoft's prototype utilises a wide field of view projector (InFocus IN126ST) and a Kinect for Windows sensor.
Because the prototype is limited by the field of view of the Kinect and projector (~57 horizontal FOV), the system is mounted above and behind the user's head.
According to Microsoft Research the system is entirely self-calibrating and is designed to work in any room.
While effects that extend gameplay imagery require access to source code, IllumiRoom can track controller inputs for a variety of illusions, as demonstrated in Portal 2 above.
The IllumiRoom team concludes that many factors, including final form factor, cost and computational requirements, must be determined before the concept can be considered for commercial release.
"While there are many unanswered questions regarding peripheral projected illusions, we hope we have demonstrated that they are worth answering."
Microsoft has confirmed it will reveal its next-gen plans at a special event on May 21.


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