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'The Tree of Life': Terrence Malick Syndrome Strikes Again
Posted on May 29, 2011
I think of it as the "Hiroshima Mon Amour" scam. You juxtapose, as the Alain Resnais movie of 1959 did, some characters going about their quotidian business—in that case a love affair—with some cosmic event—in that instance the dropping of the first atomic bomb—in hopes of granting world historical significance to the story. Such films are not truly historical narratives. That is to say, the foreground figures do not in any way interact with huge and enigmatic events. The hope is that some sort of resonance between large events and minor happenings will be established.
I've always thought that there's something cheesy about films of this sort. They are attempts to impose "importance" on essentially unimportant, or at least highly conventional, occurrences—never more so than in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life," winner of this year's Palme d'Or at Cannes, and the occasion for more critical heavy-breathing than any other film in recent memory.
It opens on a family called the O'Briens, living humbly in Waco, Texas. Dad (Brad Pitt) is a talented musician working in a dead-end job. Mom (Jessica Chastain) is loving and uncritical of his behavior in relation to their sons, which veers from the angrily stern to the waywardly affectionate. They have three rather ordinary sons. In the film's first long sequence the O'Briens are obliged to deal with the unexpected death, as a young man, of one of the boys. Once that is managed—rather distantly it seemed to me—the movie spins off into a long passage about the creation of the world.
Volcanoes erupt. Seas crash. The cosmos takes form. A couple of dinosaurs are seen in sportive play (a very bad idea that one). What all this banging about has to do with the fate of the O'Brien family, which we witness growing steadily, without relief, into mediocrity, is not explained. Because, of course, it cannot be explained. The formation of the universe as we know it has nothing whatsoever to do with the mild malformation of this family—except possibly as a lame pun. "Nuclear" family—"nuclear" universe. Get it? The last we see of the O'Briens, Sean Penn, one of the sons, and apparently a successful, if unhappy, architect, is leading them into an end-of-days sequence—lots of folks wandering silently on a beach, getting their feet wet as they await—I guess—some explanation of existence. Which is not forthcoming, although there is a hint that the best we can do in life is to love one another as best we can.
This will not do—either as philosophy or as the conclusion of a picture that has wasted close to two and half hours of our time with its twaddling pretenses. But it is not quite the end of our concern with it. Or to put it more concisely, with Terrence Malick. He is, of course, famously reclusive and a famously slow worker. Over the course of 38 years he has made only five movies (an average of one every seven and a half years). The supposition among critics and audiences is that anyone proceeding at so ponderous a pace must be struggling to articulate truths that are at the least sublime and at most close to unspeakable. Aside from his first movie, the bleak and darkly witty "Badlands" (about a serial killer on the run with his dopily romantic girlfriend), that has not been the case. All of his subsequent efforts have been pretty, narratively empty and emotionally unengaging. You can admire his effort to find new methods of screen story telling, but it has proved impossible to involve yourself with his films at any level.
Yet, critically, no one wants to give up on Malick. He does make beautiful images—though I think they are more self-conscious intensifications of conventional screen imagery than they are highly original—and he plays the role of the dedicated artist convincingly (it is said that he spent four years editing "The Tree of Life"). This makes it extremely difficult for critics to believe that a man so devoted to his creations, so uninterested in grosses or the trappings of fame, could actually be quite an inept filmmaker.
But such is the case. Setting aside a few reviews that simply take Malick at his word, "The Tree of Life" has been largely greeted by a sort of cautious ambivalence—its manifest ambitions acknowledged, its tediousness and pretentiousness glossed over. In effect, the critics are reviewing his earnest biography, not the work at hand. But it has to be said: There is something mulish about his sophomorism, something stupefying about his work. Movies, I believe, are an essentially worldly medium, playful and romantic, particularly in America, where, on the whole our best directors have stated whatever serious intentions they may harbor as ignorable asides. There are other ways of making movies, naturally, and there's always a small audience available for these noble strivings—and good for them, I guess. But I'm with Preston Sturges, who gave this immortal line to Veronica Lake in "Sullivan's Travels": "There's nothing like a deep-dish movie to drive you out in the open." She was speaking, of course, to a director briefly smitten with the Terrence Malick syndrome.
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By nick, August 1, 2011 at 8:33 pm Link to this comment
I disagree with your review. I think this is perhaps one of the best movies that
By Hans Guerth, June 20, 2011 at 4:56 am Link to this comment
Terrence Malick now is in good company with David Lean whom this man Schickel tried to destroy 40 years ago (on `Ryan's Daughter`) - viperous as ever.
By John, June 3, 2011 at 11:45 pm Link to this comment
RS, to quote from your third paragraph, "Mom (Jessica Chastain) is loving and uncritical of his behavior in relation to their sons." How can you justify writing that? Did you even watch the film? Even to a casual viewer, her disagreement is spelled out in detail repeatedly in the visuals. Do you require more dialog to understand? I won't even go on about your other comments, which are similarly obtuse.
By edith grove, June 3, 2011 at 10:07 am Link to this comment
"There are other ways of making movies, naturally, and there's always a small
By Grady Lee Howard, June 1, 2011 at 3:17 pm Link to this comment
While a technical achievement this film is hardly "a form of prayer" unless you refer to the type of public prayer Franklin Graham sometimes attempts. Malik spent many hours making it pretty. He did not spend much time or effort making it meaningful. Now I admit that it resonates with a particular sociobiological assumption that we are the original stardust (the stuff of genes) and that stardust lives forever. How often I've heard that drug trip fallacy repeated. We are not the dinosaurs or the wind or the waves crashing at Malibu. We are people. Malik failed to give enough information about the O'Briens, or their milieu, or their history. He then included extraneous material he considered an analogy. The only explanation I can offer is that Terrance has indulged the magic mushrooms one time too many. Aphasic minds may write poetry, but have lost communicative ability. A badly lived life may be art, but it is bad art.
By an, May 31, 2011 at 7:08 pm Link to this comment
Shenonymous, i don't understand how you can say you feel one way or another
confusing to me to say the least.
watch the film and get back to me.
the beginning of the film could be read as biblical if you so choose, but in
it starts with the book of job quote, and its characters live in texas in the
one could watch this film as an atheist and think wow, its amazing how large
By Sandorvaal, May 31, 2011 at 9:06 am Link to this comment
It's forgivable, even in someone calling himself a film critic, to not get a movie.
What is not forgivable, is vindictiveness in a reviewer. It is one thing to say "it
Schickel's unprofessional display of hostility is likely misdirected anger and
This leaves the reader with two choices. One can either admire Schickle for his
By kw, May 31, 2011 at 8:32 am Link to this comment
So Shenonymous is that a "yes" or a "no" that you've actually seen the movie you're so worked up over, or have you just read a bunch of propaganda? Remember, it's important to be "informed".
And, where do you get this idea which you keep repeating that the information I (or any viewer) have in regard to the creation of the universe I only first obtained last Friday night while seeing Mr Malick's film? What exactly am I supposed to "beware" of? Also, what specifically did Mr Malick get wrong in his creation sequence? That information would be helpful in knowing what offends you so. (Malick is a former Harvard grad and Rhodes Scholar btw, who apparently studied and consulted with many experts in the field for more than a few years while crafting his film, but none of that seems to matter, just that he's also a Christian seems to be the sticking point. Again what scenes specifically offend you in regard to the film he made and that is being discussed here?)
Also, the majority of the human beings alive on planet earth today have some sort of religious belief or faith. If they have all evolved this way, then is evolution wrong? If that's their evolutionary path, then why worry or care? There is no right or wrong, there is just evolution, and evolution will course correct when it sees fit, right? I can't imagine someone complaining on the internet about Christians is really going to effect that ultimate outcome one way or the other.
By kw, May 30, 2011 at 10:59 pm Link to this comment
So if you think Mr Schickel is wrong, and if you happen to appreciate and enjoy 'The Tree Of Life', it's because you're "scared"? Scared of what? And somebody should again examine the members who made up the jury at Cannes, they weren't all Americans and they voted Mr Malick's movie the festival's highest award. But of course they're all cowardly conformists right, and only Mr Schickel is the brave voice crying out in the wilderness? There's simply no way it could actually be a powerful work of art? How ridiculous. Also, I for one love entertaining movies, I like plenty of mainstream fare and lots of downright crap as well, but if I can also appreciate filmmakers who attempt to do something other than "entertain" and who push the art form, I'm then an "elitist"? I thought it laughable Mr Schickel even proffered such an argument, but it seems there are actually other people who can only see through that same limited lens.
And Shenonymous I wouldn't worry about all those evil Christians out there, I don't think Hollywood will abandon the atheist, agnostic, or nihilistic film directors any time soon. Assuage yourself. I mean Woody Allen puts out a movie every year deriding religion and proclaiming that there is no God, like clockwork. Relax, you're not unrepresented in the film world I assure you. Lars Von Trier can make his statements about life and the world as he understands it through the art of his filmmaking, and so can Terrence Malick. Did you even see the movie? I think a few of the people the most bent out of shape here haven't even seen it judging by their posts.
By bruce marshall, May 30, 2011 at 8:48 pm Link to this comment
I think it is time Mr. Schickel retire from criticism and concentrate on dvd documentaries and commentaries.
By an, May 30, 2011 at 2:38 pm Link to this comment
just wanted to add another tidbit for the genius shcickel…. HIROSHIMA MON
also Shenonymou, one need not be christian to enjoy TREE OF LIFE, though
By Kingharvest, May 30, 2011 at 11:51 am Link to this comment
This daily journal of random thoughts reminds me of some of the reviews of The Shadow Line. It does not make sense, it is convoluted, the characters are unfamiliar…
Well yes, maybe those things are true, but the beauty of it is that the next time we watch it, and we will, just as the next time we watch The Tree of Life, our preconceptions of what it is or could be or should be will have fallen to the wayside and we will enjoy the work for what it actually is. That is one of the ways one identifies a great piece of art. Sometimes you have to work at it. Sometimes it does not drop into your lap.
You would think that the author would have figured this out by now, but it is hard to contemplate such things while staring longingly at one's navel, isn't it.
By LYLE SLACK, May 30, 2011 at 9:03 am Link to this comment
Mr. Schickel and I had a passing acquaintance some years ago, and he said to me once, apropos of another long-winded film, "It must art—it's too painful to be anything else." One of Richard's funniest and most perceptive observations, I thought then. Obviously neither he nor the state of pretentiousness in films has changed.
By Moonwatcher, May 30, 2011 at 8:12 am Link to this comment
As a personal response to his filmography, I disagree very strongly with Schickel's estimation of Malick's worth as a filmmaker. In contrast to Schickel, I get deeply involved with Malick's films and find it rewarding to watch them again and again.
But what's particularly annoying about this review of The Tree of Life is that Schickel devotes only about two paragraphs to actually analyzing the film. (Contrast that with A.O. Scott's very informative review. http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/movies/the-tree-of-life-from-terrence-malick-review.html?nl=movies&emc=mua1) Schickel's "review" of the film is essentially just a personal airing of grievance over Malick's perceived fraudulence as an artist.
I was disappointed to see Schickel trotting out hackneyed phrases like "famously reclusive," in his description of Malick, because in 1999 Schickel opened a well-crafted Time magazine obituary of Stanley Kubrick with the following statement:
"One thing we ought to clear up right away: Stanley Kubrick was not, as careless journalism always insisted, reclusive. Elusive was a better word for him; seclusive the best one, implying, one hopes, that his refusal of fame's odious and stupefying obligations was a conscious, clarifying choice he had embraced, not a neurotic compulsion to which he had surrendered."
Sadly, Schickel's review of The Tree of Life (as Robespierre115 already pointed out) recalls the clueless contemporary critical dismissals of Kubrick that now seem so embarrassing.
By kw, May 29, 2011 at 9:25 pm Link to this comment
Mr Schickel's comments and criticism's reveal someone who completely failed to grasp much of the filmmaker's intent, and little else, from my reading. I mean "Nuclear" family"? Is that really what the reviewer thought Malick was going for? He then argues that the film is a failure because this supposed attempt at a pun, or 7th grade level metaphor, didn't work? That is a pretty profound failure on the reviewer's part to even be up to the material he then bashes so severely. Then to follow by claiming the creation sequences had absolutely "nothing" to do with the O'Brien family in Waco, is actually a rather stunning admission of a reviewer very much in over his head. One could argue whether they think the device succeeds or not, but to not even be aware of the connections to begin with? To not understand the forces of nature distilled down and played out in this family dynamic itself? (as is the case in all of human life on this planet) Or to have no grasp of the duality of the relationship and conversations between the "Father" and his children? Yikes. The rest seems to be the standard boilerplate about how Malick "can't" tell a story, and is ultimately "quite an inept filmmaker". How truly laughable a comment could someone make? And not even a mention of the performances given by Pitt or Hunter McCracken, who played his oldest boy, anywhere in the review amongst all the petty and simplistic whining? Did the director have anything to do with that? It's interesting on some level to actually read the thinking of the type of person who could dismiss a film like 'The Tree Of Life' as an abject failure and a complete waste of someone's time. Essentially the same mindset behind those that stood and booed at Cannes I would imagine. This review in particular though is funny because Schickel is arguing in circles with himself. None of the things he states as being the director's motivations, which he then savagely derides, are even remotely correct in the first place. Or even in the ballpark for that matter. It's as though he has no understanding or registered on any level the quote from the book of Job presented at the start of the film and then expounded o throughout. At least argue the merits, not pathetic little straw men that don't even have anything to do with the filmmaker's actual presentation to the audience. I find it almost contemptible that someone could be so dismissive of such an astonishing accomplishment in the art of filmmaking. (let alone a film critic!) I believe this epic and profound movie will resonate with many people deeply. There will be plenty more bashing away in the vein of Mr Schickel still to come I'm sure, but yeah I think their sad complaints will be long forgotten. Mr Ebert very much saw the same incredible work of art I did, that's for sure. As for a wastes of time, I'd like to get back just the few minutes I spent reading Mr Schickel's above twaddle. I for one can't wait to see Mr Malick's extraordinary film again.
By Brill Papdish, May 29, 2011 at 4:53 pm Link to this comment
Did Malick run over Mr. Schickel's dog? Maybe Mr. Schickel is trying to teach by example. This review is unpleasant, pointless, and mean spirited. I feel, after reading it, like someone ran over my dog.
By an, May 29, 2011 at 1:12 pm Link to this comment
you call yourself a critic?
the idea that films have to be a certain way is pathetic. that they have to be
a film, or any work of art, doesn't have to one certain way to be successful.
preston sturges is a great filmmaker, certainly, as are many other light and
are american classics like TAXI DRIVER "romantic and playful," or 2001: A SPACE
get a clue.
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Accustomed to working with the exacting requirements for space payloads, Techshot took a logical step in commercializing separation technology for the equally strict medical field, beginning with an organic separator developed for the Organic Separation Experiment that first flew on STS-57. Next, the company developed advanced separators based on the Advanced Space Experiment Processor (ADSEP), operated in low gravity without using a centrifugal field. These technologies provide biphasic, electrophoretic, and magnetic separation capabilities.
During early development of these separators, Techshot found the number of cells collected was insufficient for the needs of the experiment, for example, in stem cell transplants. To remedy this, Techshot purchased the license for a magnetic separation technology from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, already shown to produce enough cells for a stem cell transplant. The resulting system—Magsort—is a multistage electromagnetic separator for purifying cells and magnetic particles for a variety of research and medical uses, including stem cell research and cancer treatment, in a much more refined manner than previously possible.
A laboratory apparatus for separating particles (especially biological cells), Magsort separates cells based on their magnetic susceptibility and magnetophoretic mobility. Magsort refines a sample population of particles by categorizing multiple portions of the sample and separating substances into individual parts, instead of as entire sets. As Todd explains, "If you have a mixture of cells—A, B, C, and D—Magsort will separate and collect A and B and C and D and put them separately in the hands of a research investigator . . . . Other existing methods would sort out only B, for example."
The cells of interest might only be present in low numbers, so refined separation techniques are necessary for effective research. In its magnetophoretic process, the Magsort creates magnetic particles that are smaller than the cell but react only to one certain cell type. The hematological stem cells, for example, have molecules on their surface (clusters of differentiation 34) that can react with an antibody and then attach to a magnetic particle. If the mixture is then placed in a magnetic field, only the stem cells will be drawn to the magnet.
Magsort includes an electronic unit coupled to a built-in computer and a processing unit that includes horizontal upper and lower plates, a plate rotation system, a graded series of capture magnets above the upper plate, and a wheel for sequencing the small permanent capture magnets. The bolted plates rotate, and an interface between them acts as a seal for separating fluids. Up to 15 upper cuvette stations allow for fraction collection; a stepping motor drives the rotation system, causing the upper plate to rotate for fractional sample collection. User interface software displays the status of the various components on a small organic light-emitting diode (LED) monitor: the translating electromagnet, capture magnet, and the rotation of the upper plate.
Techshot is currently developing other separation products for the medical field. A Techshot spinoff company, IKOTech LLC, is commercializing a version of the Magsort called the Quadruple Magnetic Sorter; it is used primarily for stem cell processes and cancerresearch and treatment, including the detection of rare cancer cells and the removal of undesired cells from bone marrow transplants. Another model is being developed for type 1 diabetes pancreas islet transplants. Todd explains, "Right now, it takes two or three donor organs to treat one person. Our process greatly increases the yield." With enough healthy (transplanted) beta cells of their own, patients' symptoms could vanish.
Techshot credits the success of their separation technologies with their years of experience with NASA, and consider the company itself a spinoff. Rich Boling, vice president of corporate advancement, claims that Techshot's years of experience in payloads made their commercial separators possible, as their capabilities as a company were "refined in the crucible of human space flight."
Originating Technology/NASA Contribution
"Dentists," comedian Bill Cosby memorably mused, "tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair, and the first thing they grab is an iron hook!" Conventional periodontal probing is indeed invasive, uncomfortable for the patient, and the results can vary greatly between dentists and even for repeated measurements by the same dentist. It is a necessary procedure, though, as periodontal disease is the most common dental disease, involving the loss of teeth by the gradual destruction of ligaments that hold teeth in their sockets in the jawbone. The disease usually results from an increased concentration of bacteria in the pocket, or sulcus, between the gums and teeth. These bacteria produce acids and other byproducts, which enlarge the sulcus by eroding the gums and the periodontal ligaments.
The sulcus normally has a depth of 1 to 2 millimeters, but in patients with early stages of periodontal disease, it has a depth of 3 to 5 millimeters. By measuring the depth of the sulcus, periodontists can have a good assessment of the disease's progress. Presently, there are no reliable clinical indicators of periodontal disease activity, and the best available diagnostic aid, periodontal probing, can only measure what has already been lost. A method for detecting small increments of periodontal ligament breakdown would permit earlier diagnosis and intervention with less costly and time-consuming therapy, while overcoming the problems associated with conventional probing.
The painful, conventional method for probing may be destined for the archives of dental history, thanks to the development of ultrasound probing technologies. The roots of ultrasound probes are in an ultrasound-based time-of-flight technique routinely used to measure material thickness and length in the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Laboratory at Langley Research Center. The primary applications of that technology have been for corrosion detection and bolt tension measurements (Spinoff 2005). This ultrasound measurement system was adapted to the Periodontal Structures Mapping System, invented at Langley by John A. Companion, under the supervision of Dr. Joseph S. Heyman. Support of the research and development that led to this invention was provided by NASA's Technology Applications Engineering Program and by the Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research, in Great Lakes, Illinois. In fact, a request from the U.S. Navy spurred the development of the tool: A sailor on a submarine had to be airlifted 1 month into a 6-month tour due to a life threatening case of periodontal disease, costing the Navy millions of dollars as the mission had to be abandoned.
Patented as the Ultrasonagraphic Probe (USProbe) in May 1998, Visual Programs Inc., of Richmond, Virginia, obtained an exclusive license for the system in January 2000. According to John Senn, of Visual Programs, the new device may be one of the major steps forward in the battle against periodontal disease. "The probe should be the next major piece of dental equipment. By using the new technology, dentists and hygienists will be able to perform exams earlier and may detect periodontal disease while the teeth can still be saved." According to Jack Singer, the president of Visual Programs, "The name NASA has opened many doors for us that may not have been opened otherwise. It gives credibility to a new concept that otherwise might not have been accepted."
Product Outcome
The USProbe mapping system is a noninvasive tool to make and record differential measurements of a patient's periodontal ligaments relative to a fixed point, the boundary between the crown and root of a tooth, called the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ). The mapping system uses ultrasound to detect the top of the ligaments at various points around each tooth, and uses either ultrasound or an optical method to find the CEJ at the same points. The depth of the sulcus is calculated as the difference between these two points.
The probe used in the mouth to send and receive ultrasound signals is very small, and additional instrumentation is contained within a standard personal computer, allowing the entire measurement to be computerized. In addition, manual charting of pocket depth will be eliminated, since the data will be automatically transmitted to the computer. In addition to solving the problems associated with conventional probing, the USProbe may also provide information on the condition of the gum tissue and the quality and extent of the bond to the tooth surface.
Visual Programs developed the USProbe as the next-generation, state-of-the-art diagnostic tool for detecting and characterizing periodontal disease. The USProbe automatically detects, maps, and diagnoses problem areas by integrating diagnostic medical ultrasound techniques with advanced artificial intelligence. Visual Programs expects it will quickly become the industry standard technique, replacing the current uncomfortable and invasive techniques. NASA and Visual Programs are proud to contribute technology that will increase the number of healthy smiles and decrease the number of grimaces produced by their maintenance.


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- 1⁄2 cup butter
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- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
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- 1⁄3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee crystals
- 1 cup soy flour
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- 3⁄4 cup quinoa flour
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- Beat butter in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the 1 cup turbinado sugar and baking powder; beat until combined. Beat in eggs. Beat in cocoa powder, coffee crystals, and as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour, chocolate pieces, and nuts with a wooden spoon. Divide in half.
- Shape each portion into an 11-inch-long loaf. Place loaves 5 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten each loaf until 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches thick. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon turbinado sugar.
- Bake in a 350°F oven for 25 minutes or until firm and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cookie sheet for 30 minutes or until completely cool.
- Transfer to a cutting board, and cut each loaf diagonally into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Lay slices, cut side down, on the cookie sheet. Bake in a 325°F oven for 8 minutes. Turn slices over and bake for 5 – 10 minutes more or until dry and crisp. Transfer slices to wire rack to cool.


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It's a now-infamous video: a female doctor contentedly munches on her salad while describing her method of carefully using "grabbers" to insure that, when she is crushing the limbs of a baby in utero, valuable organs like the heart and liver are not shredded, because people will pay good money for those."We've been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, because we know [that they are marketable], so I'm not gonna crush that part, I'm gonna basically crush below, I'm gonna crush above, and I … [Read more...]
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The headlines of the past two weeks have given me a lot to process, and this weekend is a good time to think on things. Since the Obergefell decision, there are fights breaking out all over the internet, between Gays and Straights and Christians and Other Christians, and even between Catholics and Other Catholics.The idea of the "Other" got me thinking about a piece I'd written a while back at First Things, one that -- to my surprise (but then I never know how groups of people are going to … [Read more...]
Why Proselytizing Doesn't Work, in One Photo
Once before I wrote that Pope Francis, Pope Benedict and Cardinal Dolan were right, when they said that proselytizing was folly, and that "you're going to hell if you don't straighten up and fly right", was not the best way to greet people.That made a lot of people mad. So mad, that I lost a few regular readers over it because they were convinced I was spouting heresy.But here, in one photo -- a grab from a you tube video, but believe me, it's going to quickly become an iconic photo -- … [Read more...]
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This past week I got to spend some time with Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, the Catholic sister who takes in girls who have been brainwashed, made to kill, been held captive, raped and left to raise the resulting children on their own. She teaches them skills, and helps them to become self-sufficient. As I watched a short documentary about Sister Rosemary and heard these girls talking about what they have been through, I couldn't help but to think how, in comfortable America, we're busy carrying on … [Read more...]
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Guest blogger Russell Shaw takes a look at the Pew Study, and the realities before us. Something to sharpen our thinking about "Why We Remain Catholic" - ESby Russell Shaw The first and arguably most important thing to say about the Pew Research Center's new overview of American religion is that it offers no grounds for either complacency or panic. What it does instead is invite -- perhaps demand -- that it be taken very seriously by responsible church people.In its first "religious lan … [Read more...]
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In the sphere of media studies, development journalism has been conceived as a type of journalism th at can be used to facilitate development in any modern society. Among scholars and media experts, development journalism is essential in tackling development issues that affect the different facets of life. The thrust of this paper explores the effective use of development journalism as a...
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Vintage has been in for awhile. From clothing to advertising and even in entertainment vintage is in. It's also big with photography and in demand for everything from weddings and portraits to commercial work. One part of the vintage look and feel that has been pretty popular that I do admit I love is the resurgence of holga and lomo photography. Holga and lomo cameras are being sold everywhere I look and for those that don't have any interest in breaking out some film from the fridge there are many ways of creating images in Photoshop or Lightroom that look like they were taken with a holga or lomo camera. Holga photography I have always loved, the softness of the image and light leaks streaking across the frame can make for such a beautiful image. Its one of those things that makes me remember the best photos aren't taken because the photographer used the best camera out there with the most megapixels but the photographer with the best vision. Vision is really everything when it comes to art and it's amazing what you can create with a $30 camera.
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After properly cooking a lobster, its once-brown exoskeleton turns bright red, letting chefs know that it's both ready to serve and profoundly embarrassed for showing up without pants. Make a meal of deliciously mortified seafood with today's Groupon to the Rhode Island Seafood Festival at India Point Park. The festival is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 15. Choose between the following options:
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Restaurants, breweries, artists, and nonprofits will congregate at the first-ever Rhode Island Seafood Festival to promote their wares while festival-goers scarf down succulent seafood from Rhode Island and southern New England. Clams burrow into fried dough balls ($6 for a dozen, $4.50 for a half-dozen), bathe in creamy pools of chowder ($5), and arrive freshly steamed from nearby stove saunas ($15). Festival vendors such as Matunuck Oyster Bar dish out mouthwatering bites while Aquidneck Honey dispenses beekeeper's honey collected from local hives. Newport Storm microbrews, Narragansett lagers and ales, and a plethora of soft drinks wash away traces of salty oceans and bitterness over ill-fated white-whale pursuits. Narragansett Beer proudly sponsors the 2011 festival alongside the Rhode Island chapter of the American Red Cross, Rescom Replacement Windows, and Yelp.
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Other bacteria: If you know that you have strep and are on an adequate dose of penicillin, then one of two possibilities exist. 1.) you have a viral infection and the antibiotic is not helpful and 2.) there are other bacteria in your respiratory tract that are not sensitive to penicillin. Get a throat culture and determine what bacteria, if any, are present and a sensitivity to determine the correct antibiotic. ...Read more
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Smoking!: Ok, people often get yellow/green sputum from uri's and as long as it resolves within a week or so then patients do well. If it doesnt resolve after 7-10 days or if it gets worse then see your primary md. Smoking is bad for your lungs period. It prevents the lung from clearing out infections. And yes, it can be from smoking. The metallic taste can be from the smoking or from the current uri. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
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Hi all, I just released an Android game written in C++ (using SDL2), named "Hatched!". It can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bik5.hatched Here's a youtube: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1yMoj03LU[/youtube] Hatched is loosely based on "Eggerland", and features ~50 puzzles, most of which are quite intricate, but always compact. The goal is to collect gems, and then reach the exit to the next room. Once the gems have been collected, various traps are activated, making a safe exit a matter of careful planning. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Jacco Bikker.
Hi all, I just released an Android game written in C++ (using SDL2), named "Hatched!". It can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bik5.hatched Here's a youtube: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1yMoj03LU[/youtube] Hatched is loosely based on "Eggerland", and features ~50 puzzles, most of which are quite intricate, but always compact. The goal is to collect gems, and then reach the exit to the next room. Once the gems have been collected, various traps are activated, making a safe exit a matter of careful planning. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Jacco Bikker.
phantomus replied to phantomus's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFor those with fast GPUs, here's an executable that renders at full 1280x800 res, instead of the upsampled 640x400: https://mega.co.nz/#!ZwBjWChQ!cgoSi1I-7gLKkBooUHFgmQWClwMocl-qqQ8YeiR2vx8 Note that this requires the original package for the data. Also note that this still uses only one GPU; multi-GPU rendering has been disabled in the demo. Let me know how this runs on your machine. :)
phantomus replied to phantomus's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingOpenCL support is highly desirable, and should be available at some point in time. That, or a generic alternative. A CPU tracer is already available (not in the demo); it produces the same output, but a lot slower (it was not built with CPU performance in mind, but with a focus on maintainability). The post processing (hit F3 in the demo, it's off by default) is just your typical image post processing. The lensflare is pretty accurate; it's based on recent work by Prof. Eisseman of the Delft university. It does a pretty close approximation of physically correct lens flares.
phantomus replied to phantomus's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingFiltering is being researched at the moment (not by me though); it is far from trivial in this context. Normally you would do something in screen space, but a path tracer typically doesn't have a single depth per pixel (which is needed to find geometry edges), so that is of limited use. The best solutions so far filter in 'path space' (considering the full set of paths arriving at the camera), but this is compute- and memory intensive. I would expect filtering to bring a significant improvement to path tracing at some point in time, but right now, it is not yet sufficiently researched.
phantomus posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHi all, I posted a demo of the new Arauna2 renderer on ompf2.com: http://ompf2.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1887 A youtube of the demo can be found here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znr1JJLI5uY[/youtube] A higher quality version of the video can be downloaded as well (warning: large; 850Mb): https://mega.co.nz/#!pgJQUJ4Z!XaJIW0B_BMha39FIk8TsOk2CV2RTw5wRPEpDbrVeNBk And finally, the demo, which requires a decent CUDA device and 64-bit windows: https://mega.co.nz/#!UphmTTxb!JAfhjCfDa3-zDo3Zy5gD9EArYxlkJKa10XPqZY8sZRs Arauna2 is an interactive path tracer, which produces images using a random process. As a result, images contain noise, which will fade away as the pixel values approach the 'expected value'. Arauna2 has been optimized to produce decent quality images very quickly, and converges to high quality images in seconds. It is intended for architectural walkthroughs, but something involving games would be even more awesome. As you can see in the demo, we are not there yet, sadly. I believe Arauna2 is currently the fastest path tracer, but that is of course strongly dependent on requirements. Main limitation is the fixed shading path, which supports the full Phong model, specular, dielectrics, textures, normal mapping and emissive surfaces, as well as every sensible combination of those. Illumination is provided using light emitting surfaces, meshes, point lights, spotlights (including IES profile support) and directional lights. - Jacco.
Yeah, sad story I am afraid, tbp disappeared, but he left a vivid community. Sadly we couldn't even salvage the old board. It was such a unique place, with an awesome blend of academics and hobbyists (and people slowly making the transition, like myself). The new board is similar, but tbp was a far better board operator. I wish I knew where he is now, he disappeared.
phantomus replied to ISDCaptain01's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHm, I see a lot of familiar stories. Mine, briefly: Got a zx-81 when I was 12, and overjoyed with it. Copied code from books and magazines, learned English that way. Then my grandpa bought me an MSX, which I really enjoyed; coded it on the assembler level. Got a game published as source code in a magazine when I was 16 or so. Then I got an Amiga, played games, no coding... Hated the thing. AMOS did work for me, but only slightly, because it was way too slow. Then I got a PC, and I used it like the MSX: Turbo Pascal with inline assembly, and finally sufficient performance for decent 3D (which I got interested in by a source in an MSX book that did some basic 3D). I spread my code using BBS'es, still no internet... After that: software rasterization, at a very decent level; maybe someone remembers the Alpha engine, and Focus. Then the GPU arrived, which I managed to evade, because I didn't like the 'canned polygons'.. When shaders arrived I got a bit more interested, but in the meantime I discovered ray tracing, and the impossible performance claims made by Ingo Wald (realtime!). After a few years, I got to that level, which was incredibly rewarding; I got there by reading tons and tons of papers. 6 years later, I got my PhD basically on the side, topic was real-time ray tracing for games. Very proud of that. In terms of education: none related; MSX time was books-only (from the library, mostly), PC time was books only too, plus some stuff from BBS'es. Then came the internet, which was amazing: I wrote the portal column for flipcode, and later a similar series on ray tracing. Obviously, I got tons back as well. After that I got my stuff from papers, which currently still is my main source of information. I did most of this in solitude, I think there was only one guy that really thaught me a few things (besides book authors, such as Michael Abrash). Times have changed though: you can now actually get a decent education in games and graphics, which at least allows you to be around people with similar interests. Even if you can't do such a course, you will still be able to meet those people online, which makes a lot of difference. On the other hand, the amount of material to soak up is just incredible, far more than when I started, and I can totally imagine that this is daunting, to say the least. When I got into this, at least it was possible to know 'everything' about graphics (getting close to Abrash, Wald, Fatmap and Fatmap II). Right now, you either pick a niche, or you become a generalist in a narrow field. Now I need to get back to adding spotlights to my path tracer. Graphics programming is such a joy! - Jacco.
Oops, that should have been http://ompf2.com/blog.php . Also linked to from the main page.
phantomus posted a topic in Your AnnouncementsHi all, I am not sure how many of you know about this forum: http://ompf2.com It started as a replacement for the great ompf forum, which focuses on ray tracing, both from an academic point of view and more hobyist oriented. Obviously you are welcome to join this forum to stay updated on the latest and greatest advances in ray tracing, both real-time and off-line. Recently (as in: today ), we added a blog, which will provide daily (hopefully) news from ray tracing land. Url: http://ompf2.com/blog.php Hope to see you there, - Jacco. EDIT: fixed url to blog.
phantomus posted a topic in GDNet Comments, Suggestions, and IdeasAn IOTD that I posted yesterday is now on the frontpage, but the image itself is broken (I'm on Chrome). Related to this: It took me an hour to post the IOTD. Based on earlier experiences, I copy-pasted the largest text portions prior to hitting 'preview' or 'save', because in Chrome, both buttons lead to disaster. I had to revert to IE to post, and even then, it took two attempts...
Ah but that CPU doesn't even have SSE2... In that case you can't even compile Arauna yourself; it has tons of hand-written SSE2 code. Sorry about that. Then again, your CPU is ancient, you should be grateful it still works. ;)
Arauna doesn't use a GPU at all. 800x800 @ 30fps would require (depending on the scene) a quadcore processor, ideally an i7. With one of those that performance level is not too hard to reach. Brigade does use the GPU, but it's a path tracer, so you can't speak in terms of fps, it's all about the number of samples per second you can produce. You basically balance resolution, noise and frame rate rather than just resolution and frame rate. Arauna on AMD: That's a problem, sorry about that. I believe the version that was posted here does work.
Check this forum: http://ompf.org/forum . It's all about ray tracing, with an emphasis on real-time. Quite some ompf members lurk on GameDev too btw. Shameless plug: Check my real-time ray tracer, Arauna: http://igad.nhtv.nl/~bikker . The release of a real-time path tracer is imminent, two more weeks. Name is Brigade. Check it out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC2zKIqttzk And here's a video of a game done with Arauna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33yrCV25A14 Greets, Jacco.
phantomus replied to genesys's topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingHm, I'm not a C++ expert, so someone will probably correct me, but here we go: If you have only a small recursive function, then you are doing tons of function calls compared to the actual work load. A function call is not 'free': a stack frame is produced, parameters are put on the stack and retrieved inside the function again, and of course there is the jump and return. By creating your own stack, you guarantee that the code doesn't do anything beyond what you intended: you put only the code on the stack that you need, and some variables simply change iteratively (most notably, the current node pointer, in this case). And finally, a recursive function can't be inlined. Depends on the circumstances how bad this is, of course.


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The user view on cloud services
In addition to new computational and data management models we need user-centric models that support increasing of understanding about the environment where the users are using cloud services. The users act in a combined digital and physical world. They need services that especially help them to navigate in both of these worlds and between these worlds.
The complexity of digital world is increasing. It contains more and more things interacting and transferring information inside the digital world and between digital and physical world. We need models and frameworks to understand the interactions between physical and digital worlds. In Kuusisto & Kuusisto (2013) a physical and digital world framework is outlined. The framework consists of two dimensions: physical world and digital world. The framework models that activities are executed either in physical or digital world and they occur in one of those worlds. For example, traveling by a car is an activity that is executed and occurs in the physical world. If the driver needs a map update for his navigation system and pays the maps by a credit card he would perform an activity that is executed in the physical world but occurs in the digital world. The purchased maps update to the navigation system would be an activity that is executed and occurs in the digital world. The driver receiving route instructions is an activity executed in the digital world and occurring in the physical world. Recently, those activities executed in the digital world and occurring in the physical world have gained most interest.
One approach to the user-centric view on cloud services is to model services to be provided on the above described frameworks. Deeper studies are needed to experiment this and other frameworks more comprehensively.
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