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William and Ruth Hood fonds:
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Biographical Sketch
Ruth Barker Hood (1903-1999) and William Hood (1904-1994) met several members of the Group of Seven, including A.Y. Jackson (1882-1974) and Arthur Lismer (1885-1969), when they were members of the Toronto Art Students' League and Ruth was a student at the Ontario School of Art (1927- ca. 1931). After marrying in 1930 and moving to the northern mining town of Swastika, Ontario the following year, the Hoods corresponded with Jackson, Lismer, and Lawren Harris (1885-1970), particularly from early 1931 to late 1932, when Jackson invited them to participate in the November 1931 Group of Seven show at the Art Gallery of Toronto.
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The fonds consists of correspondence, exhibition related material, and photographs of William Hood, Ruth Hood, and their daughter Diana, and photographs of members of the Toronto Art Students' League. Correspondence includes letters from Group of Seven artists A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer (1885-1969) and Lawren Harris (1885-1970), and Group of Seven biographer Fred Housser. The letters contain information about Group of Seven activities and encouragement to the Hoods about their own painting. The photographs document various Art Students' League outings and field trips to artists' studios (e.g. Frances Loring (1887-1968), Florence Wyle (1881-1968) and Lawren Harris). The exhibition material pertains to the December 1931 Group of Seven show at the Art Gallery of Toronto, and to the Annual Exhibition of Canadian Art 1931-1932 at the National Gallery of Canada. A second accrual was donated in 1998 by Michael Hood, son of William and Ruth, consisting of William and Ruth's wedding book with signatures of a number of Canadian artists, including Yvonne McKague Housser (1897-1996), Gordon Webber (1912-1986) and Charles Goldhamer (1903-1985). Also included are three notes of congratulations and one newspaper clipping related to the fine arts course at McMaster University.
Source of supplied title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated to the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives by Ruth Hood, 1996.
Physical description: The photographs are accompanied by an identification key.
Finding aids: Box list available.
Terms governing use and reproduction: Permission to reproduce or publish material the William and Ruth Hood fonds must be obtained from the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.
Associated material: See Visual Resources database records for the fonds for further information on the photographs.
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Second accrual processed and described by Kira A. Brown in 2011.
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Blu Tuesday: Fast & Furious 6, Man of Tai Chi and More
Every Tuesday, I review the newest Blu-ray releases and let you know whether they're worth buying, renting or skipping, along with a breakdown of the included extras. If you see something you like, click on the cover art to purchase the Blu-ray from Amazon, and be sure to share each week's column on Facebook and Twitter with your friends.
WHAT: Laying low in Spain following their latest heist, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is visited by DSS agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) with news that his old flame, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), is not only alive, but is working with a British soldier turned criminal named Owen Shaw (Luke Evans) who's planning to steal a top secret computer chip worth billions. With the promise of full pardons for anyone that helps stop him, Dom enlists the rest of the crew and heads to London to face off against Shaw and his own team of street racing criminals.
WHY: The "Fast and Furious" franchise is like popcorn movie kryptonite, because for as cheesy, soapy and utterly preposterous as the movies can get at times, they're also incredibly entertaining, especially following director Justin Lin's retooling of the series. Though the sixth installment doesn't quite live up to 2011's "Fast Five," which took the franchise to new heights in more ways than one, it still delivers everything that fans have come to expect over the years. One of main reasons the last film worked as well as it did was the excellent chemistry between its ensemble cast, and that's still the case here. Of course, the real reason anyone watches these films is the action, and "Fast & Furious 6" doesn't disappoint, with a series of excellent set pieces that somehow manage to outdo the previous movies in excess and sheer ridiculousness. The over-the-top nature of the "Fast and Furious" franchise has always been its greatest asset and its biggest criticism, and there's no better example of that than in some of the gleefully amusing "Oh my god, I can't believe that just happened" insanity that takes place in the film. Bigger and dumber but still tons of fun, "Fast & Furious 6" may have you rolling your eyes even more than usual, but that's part of what make the series so great.
EXTRAS: There's a wealth of bonus material on the Universal's Blu-ray release, including an audio commentary by director Justin Lin, a four-part making-of featurette, interviews with the cast and crew, three more production featurettes, deleted scenes and an exclusive (but haunting) first look at "Fast & Furious 7."
WHAT: Against his master's wishes, Tai Chi student Chen Lin-Hun (Tiger Chen) competes in a local martial arts competition to prove the style's effectiveness. After attracting the attention of wealthy businessman Donaka Mark (Keanu Reeves), Chen is offered the chance to compete in an underground fight club with the promise of making enough money to save his temple. But when he discovers the true purpose behind the fights, Chen teams up with an ambitious police detective (Karen Mok) to bring Mark down.
WHY: Conceived by Keanu Reeves as a starring vehicle for friend/stuntman Tiger Chen, whom he met while working on the "Matrix" trilogy, "Man of Tai Chi" is a throwback to classic martial arts films, right down to Reeves' over-the-top villain. But while the story is pretty generic and the acting is only marginally better than the movies that it's paying homage to, it features some incredible fight choreography from fellow "Matrix" alumnus Yuen Woo-ping. The early fights that take place inside the mirror room are not only some of the best in recent memory, but they really showcase Chen's talent as a martial artist. The final battle between Marks and Tiger isn't quite as memorable from a technical standpoint, but just seeing how much Reeves towers over his pint-sized co-star makes for a visually interesting sequence that evokes the Bruce Lee/Kareem Abdul Jabbar fight in "Game of Death." Though the performances are surprisingly weak for a director that also plies his trade as an actor, "Man of Tai Chi" is nonetheless a solid debut from Reeves who smartly lets the action speak for itself.
EXTRAS: In addition to an audio commentary by director/co-star Keanu Reeves and Tiger Chen, the Blu-ray includes a behind-the-scenes look at making the film.
WHAT: Desperate to reinvigorate interest in B-Boy culture in America, hip-hop mogul Dante Graham (Laz Alonso) convinces childhood friend and former basketball coach Jason Blake (Josh Holloway) to recruit a B-Boy dream team to compete against other elite dance crews from around the world in the upcoming Battle of the Year competition.
WHY: I'm not really sure what Hollywood's obsession is with dance movies (apart from the fact that they're super cheap to produce), but here's hoping that "Battle of the Year" puts an end to this strange fad, because it's one of the worst dance films yet. The premise is absurd, particularly in its lame attempts to validate B-Boy dancing as anything other than a niche subculture, though that doesn't stop director Benson Chen from pimping his 2007 documentary, "Planet B-Boy," every chance he gets. It's hard to believe that Josh Holloway is finding it so hard to get work after the success of "Lost" that he'd have to resort to this, but it goes without saying that he's the only thing that makes this movie even remotely watchable. Usually, the dancing sequences make these films easier to sit through, but everything is edited so poorly that you can't even enjoy the amazing technique on display. It also runs an ungodly 110 minutes long, features more product placement than should be legally allowed, and has enough split-screen montages to make you wonder if you're watching a movie or a music video. Need I say more?
EXTRAS: The Blu-ray release includes a look at B-Boy culture and signature moves, as well as rehearsal footage and some extended dance sequences.
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text: There is such a magical time of year when local Farmers harvest a wealthy and healthy crop. This year the city of Blanco has much to celebrate the Lavender Festival. Book a last minute romantic getaway this weekend (June 11th & 12th) with the Blair House Inn and partake in the festivities of Blanco. Mike's Luxury Transport will offer shuttles from down town Wimberley. Call us today and we can make the most romantic arrangements for you and your significant other that will have memories to last a lifetime!


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BOSTON – He captured hero status with two goals and an improbable glove save against Montreal in the first round.
Then he registered just two assists in the blink-and-you-missed-it second-round sweep of Philadelphia.
Now Michael Ryder seems to be in another one of his goal-scoring slumps.
Entering tonight's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final with series-leading Tampa Bay, Ryder hasn't scored a goal in eight games and has just three assists over that span. All three of his points against the Canadiens came in the Bruins' Game 4 win.
The Bruins' balanced scoring attack isn't as balanced as necessary when it's not getting production from players like Ryder in its bottom six. The veteran winger knows that.
"For sure, you know, it's definitely been a while [since I scored]. I'm getting some chances, you know, and I've got to find ways to get it in the back of the net," said Ryder after the Bruins' morning skate today at the TD Garden. "The team needs scoring, we need to find the back of the net and I'm hoping tonight I can do that."
Regardless of the status of center Patrice Bergeron, Ryder figures to have Chris Kelly back as his center after skating alongside Rich Peverley in Game 1. Kelly was Ryder's center through the last week of the regular season and first two rounds of playoffs. Kelly gives the line a defensive bent that might keep it on the ice in tougher situations, whereas in Game 1 head coach Claude Julien avoided having Ryder, Peverley and Tyler Seguin on the ice in defensive situations.
The two-way challenge could be greater for Ryder and his mates tonight.
"If we're out there, we've got to make sure we're responsible defensively," he said. "And when we get the puck, we'd rather play in the offensive zone, that's for sure. But when we're in the defensive zone, we've got to be really smart and strong on our sticks. Those guys are skilled players and they make plays. And we've got to be ready to shut them down."
A Bergeron-less lineup would probably keep Tyler Seguin on Ryder's opposite wing. The veteran and the rookie showed solid chemistry during the regular season and in Game 1, as Ryder sprung Seguin near the red line for his move into the Tampa Bay zone and the subsequent goal that got Boston on the board.
While it might look like Ryder's focused on finding Seguin sometimes – the two hooked up later in the game on for a pass Seguin couldn't stuff in past Dwayne Roloson at the right post – Ryder says it's all part of the flow of the game.
"It just kind of happens," Ryder said. "He's got a lot of speed, so maybe I'll look wide to see if maybe he's busting. I think he's pretty good at stretching out the D, he's pretty quick. So he gives us the advantage that way. But we don't really look for each other like that. We just try to find the open guys. Segz played well in his first game, the last game, and I think he was excited. Hopefully, he can do the same thing again tonight, work hard and hopefully get better results."
That could easily be Ryder's mantra for tonight as well: work hard and hopefully get better results. The Bruins could use those results now the way they benefited from them against the Canadiens.


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Unfinished Business TonePrint by Harry McVeigh
'Unfinished Business' is a delay that plays with the feedback so that it controls both the vibrato and the delay in order to get a realistic tape feel. McVeigh aimed to get a sound similar to a tape delay that he could use when playing hit single Unfinished Business.
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TC caught up with White Lies' Harry McVeigh just before they played their show in Herning, Denmark. Harry was more than happy to do two TonePrints with us and also answered a few of our questions.
TC: So tell us about how it all began, making music. HM: Gosh. I think I've been playing music or at least I've been around music my whole life. My parents - certainly my mother was very interested and nurtured my interest in music. I started to play when I was five or six years old. I picked up the guitar when I was 13 and I never looked back really. Soon enough I met the guys in our band and we started playing and that was when the process began for me.
TC: What was your inspiration at that time? HM: The person who got me into wanting to play the guitar was the same as with a lot of people – Jimi Hendrix. He's the classical master on the electric guitar – an incredible sound and incredible vision, he completely changed the face of rock music.
TC: How do you define your style with the White Lies? HM: I think I'm a pretty reserved guitarist. There are no crazy solos in our songs, there's nothing outrageous in the sense of guitar and I think as a band we are very reserved in that respect. We focus more on what's best for the song than on what's best for us and our personal issues.
TC: Do you experiment a lot in creating your music? HM: I experiment a lot in the creation of my music and I experiment a lot generally. I think they're like toys, aren't they, the effect pedals. I love playing around with delays and reverbs especially. I just think there are so many amazing sounds you can get out of them. And when you dial in a good sound you can sit there playing it for hours and hours. You know, you can just play one chord over and over again – it's a great feeling.
TC: I guess we can call you an effect guy.. HM: Yeah, I really wanted for this album campaign, to use as many analogue effects as I possibly could.
TC: Do you have a philosophy when it comes to effects? HM: I think if you have a good guitar sound it should sound good whatever. Whereas good effects, a technical and exciting use of effects doesn't necessarily make for a good song.
TC: In terms of composing, how does a White Lies song come to life? HM: I guess it's very simple really. We sort of sit down together, me and Charles usually at a computer and we'll treat it like an artist's sketch book and we'll try and map out the basic structure of a song and the basic core patterns and harmonies and we go on from there. And I think we focus more on the recording side of things once we've got a full idea, a full song together.
TC: What are White Lies' future plans? HM: Well, this year we're touring. We have another show in The Netherlands and then we tour in the UK. And after that I think we're gonna take a lot of time off. We're gonna go on holidays and spend a bit of time with our friends and family and then we're gonna go to some sort of studio and we're going to start writing again. Hopefully we're going to have the time and space to focus on a new record, I'm looking forward to that.
TC: Do you have a special White Lies moment or memory that you cherish? HM: Plenty, there's always moments to remember. I think one of the main highlights was when we played Sziged Festival this year. We were actually offered the headline slot and that was amazing and unexpected for us. I think we managed to deliver a really exciting and interesting show. I wasn't expecting to be able to hold a crowd and play a show at that level. It was an amazing experience.Read more about Harry McVeigh


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We need to help Rebecca
As Sasha noted the other day that Rebecca Hall pantsuit on the carpet at the TIFF premiere of The Town was for sh-t. Look at when she spreads out her legs to and you realise it's not a dress. Goddamn that's bad. And it wasn't great in Boston last night either. I get the idea of it, but it's terribly unflattering, non?
And especially not top form in contrast to when Blake Lively showed up, that freak of nature, those long legs, and her perfect proportion, it's almost unbeatable but this wasn't even a contest. Not that it's a contest because Rebecca Hall is a proper actress, but still...
When Blake doesn't mash her tits up and out and isn't hiking that sh-t up to her ass, there's really, really very little to criticise aesthetically, if anything at all. And of course this matters not much in the grand scheme to Rebecca Hall who gets more quality work than Blake could hope for but at the same time, a dress like hers was an effort, and the effort implies caring, and so if there's caring involved than it means a reaction is forthcoming and the reaction, at least here, is that considering how lovely she is, it could have been a lot better.
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Communicating with the Dead Topic
Posted 14 June 2006 - 09:31 PM
I personally have hundreds of Parapsychology books, some are college text. I have to say I use this book as a reference with my own paranormal group. I even have test questions from the book. Yes, test.
I love this book. I now call it the Bible for spirit communications. I have even taken each chapter for my team to research each chapter. It does take time and practice to achieve some of the things like scary.
There is a new spirit revolution happening on so many levels.
There are those who say speaking to the dead is the devils work, those who do not think there is no such thing as ghost, demons, ect. However, those of us who have been touched by a spirit (or seen a spirit), know other wise. There are those things that we must debunk and rule out all other logical possibilities for a possible paranormal event. Sometimes its as easy as black and white and this is where the book comes in hand. With the use of other technology to back up our findings it makes the documentation easier.
This book is a must for anyone who is interesting in communicating with the other side or just interested in paranormal in general. However, even if you are doing spirit photography or EVPs, that is still a form of spirit communications. Its clear we are never alone and the spirit world is reaching out to tell us something.
Good luck t all those who read this book. I just love it.
Posted 14 June 2006 - 11:28 PM
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"There are some things money can't buy...A good imagination is one of them
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Posted 21 June 2006 - 10:47 PM
I bought it a few months ago, yes, I'm bad at sitting down and reading all at one time.
I do believe I have all your books! I bounce into them all the time, when I can. I love your work Jeff!
I met a woman who did an amazing photo book titled "Sacred" New Orleans Funerary Grounds
by Elizabeth Huston
The photos were all taken a few days prior to Katrina. The photos are absoutely wonderful! She has a real eye for the type of photos she took.
Check it out if you can, its really something different.
Posted 22 June 2006 - 06:14 AM
I thought this was going to be about resurrecting old forum threads.
Posted 22 June 2006 - 08:39 AM
I'm gazing into my crystal ball right now... I think I see a new one in the not-too-distant future...
Posted 22 June 2006 - 12:06 PM
My crystal ball says......I have a few new places to add to your encyclopedia of haunted places...LOL!
Posted 24 June 2006 - 09:53 PM
Thanks, Lady_Gigi, I appreciate the kind words!
If you want to spread your wings to Jefferson, Texas let me know. I'd love to take you to a few places. They (spirit's) have never let me down yet. I'm sure they would be happy to see you too.
I look forward to reading your next book.
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Posted 29 June 2006 - 12:38 PM
Communicating With the Dead (and all of my books) can be purchased just about anywhere. In the United States I recommend Barnes & Noble and Border's. Online, try: www.amazon.com, www.amazon.ca (in Canada), or www.amazon.co.uk (in the UK). In Australia, try Brumby Books. You can also click on the book covers on the homepage of Ghostvillage.com: www.ghostvillage.com.
Thanks for asking!
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Posted 29 June 2006 - 08:49 PM
Love ya, keep up the good work.
Lady _Gigi
Posted 07 July 2006 - 09:42 AM
good job jeff
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UNH prof. reassures parents: School violence is decliningBy GRETYL MACALASTER
Union Leader Correspondent
December 14. 2012 11:01PM
DURHAM - Turn off the television.
That's the first piece of advice University of New Hampshire professor David Finkelhor has for parents dismayed by Friday's tragedy. Finkelhor has been studying national school violence for the past 25 years.
He said the news that 20 children and six adults were fatally shot at a Newtown, Conn., Elementary school on Friday morning is deeply disturbing, but it is not an indication that schools are unsafe.
"It's shocking, and it's not just shocking because of the damage it causes to the victims and families who are directly affected, but it's upsetting because it causes harm to everybody in the country and maybe in the world, because it strikes fear in people's hearts, and they somehow think that schools are dangerous places, that kids are at risk, and it just generally increases the level of fear and suspicion that exists in society as a whole," said Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at UNH.
We need to resist the urge to let the fear take over, he said.
"People have to be careful not to overdo their preoccupation with this particular event. It's a very rare and unusual and extreme event. It is not a sign that kids are at risk or that society is becoming more dangerous for kids," Finkelhor said.
On a whole, trends in school violence have been coming down, he said.
In 2010, the last year with accurate data, 17 children were killed in school shootings, out of the 1,500 children murdered that year.
When 5-year-olds are murdered, 90 percent of the time it is by somebody in their family, and even then they are at a low risk of homicide, Finkelhor said.
But this may come as small consolation to concerned parents. Finkelhor offered some recommendations for how parents can help their children, and themselves, deal with the bad news.
He suggested that parents turn off the television so children are not bombarded by images of the tragedy. Parents should also reassure their children that their schools remain very safe places to be, with staff well-trained in keeping students safe.
"In a way, I do think parents need the same advice. They need to remind themselves that this is a very unusual event and there are 10,000 other things they should be more worried about in terms of risk to their children," Finkelhor said.
Nevertheless, he acknowledged, the question of how this could happen in an apparently safe school remains unanswered.
"We don't know the details yet, so we'll find that out," Finkelhor said.


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KATMANDU, Nepal – Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Nepal's capital holding colored boards in an attempt to break the record for the largest human national flag.
The crowd Saturday comprised mostly students, but other participants included doctors, government workers, politicians and business executives — all of whom stood for hours in an open area in the heart of Katmandu.
One of the event's organizers, Ashish Chaulagai, said more than 38,000 people were estimated to have formed Nepal's flag, shaped as two red triangles with a blue border. Nepal is the only country whose flag is not quadrilateral.
Chaulagai said photographs of the event and a detailed report would be sent to Guinness World Records.
The last record was set in Pakistan by 28,957 people.


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Gotham Awards etch A-list slate
Mon Nov 22, 3:18 PM ET
Ian Mohr, STAFF
A bevy of bold-face names has been booked to make onstage appearances at the IFP/New York's Gotham Awards, Dec. 1, including Jim Carrey (news), Jonathan Demme, Charlie Kaufman, Kate Winslet and Ethan Hawke (news).
Rounding out the list of skedded A-listers to grace the Gotham stage are Kevin Bacon (news), Kyra Sedgwick, Don Cheadle, Patricia Clarkson, Willem Dafoe (news), Mos Def, Michel Gondry, Mike Leigh, Anthony Mackie, Virginia Madsen and David O. Russell.
The awards show is airing live from Manhattan's Chelsea Piers on IFC. This is the first year the Gothams, the IFP/New York's biggest annual fundraiser, has shifted from a fall slot to recast itself as an end-of-year awards date.
Bob Balaban is slated as the night's emcee, and John Cameron Mitchell will handle red carpet duties. DJ Grandmaster Flash has been booked to provide music on the wheels of steel.
Eternal Sunshine is being honored "New York Tribute". It was nominated for Best Picture, but didn't get that honor.
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I also read today that Eternal won the Explore Award at the "Gent film festival" - (Belgium Film Festival Award).


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Forgive me if this is something that was proven long ago, but I've been unable to pull up any data on exactly which stat affects ranged critical hit rate. I asked a member on my linkshell earlier tonight and he referenced a test done on bg a long time ago using thunder staff (simply because no other weapon has dex, not that it affects ranged crit. We all know that thunder staff only affects its own crit hit rate) and stated that dex was tested to be the ranged crit hit stat just like it was to melee. I've always been curious about this but it was never something I could test well enough with my gear at 75, and I didn't feel like running to a zone for a few hours of shooting to try and see.
Well anyway, I've almost built a level 80 Gandiva now and so curiosity got the best of me and I decided to test out what stat boosts ranged crit rate. I chose a setup that made it easy to do.
The Test
Target Mob == Mamool Ja Lurker (Mamool camp outside the Jade Sepulcher)
Mob Level == 81, 82 or 83
Mob agility == 97
I performed the test with my level 99 thief/dancer
My base dexterity == 113
My base agility == 97
The test and its results
Parse Data Screenshot
The dex test is actually on the lower half of the screenshot, but I have it labeled appropriately. You can tell which is which by looking at my ranged hit rate as well. The gear changes I made for the AGI test put me at the hit rate cap, but I only had 85% ranged accuracy with my dexterity set.
Part 1: Dexterity Test
My base agility was 97, and the mobs base agility was also 97. Since we had equal base AGI testing for dex was simple. I equipped my twashtar, thunder thokcha, love torque, pixie and hollow, raiders vest and armlets +2, rajas ring, cuchulain belt, athos legs, and rogue's poulaines. I also had to eat a squid sushi because I didn't have my ranged acc set on me and they have a lot of evasion.
My total dex was 113 + 79 == 192 Dexterity.
The only source of agility I had was the squid sushi +1, so I had 97 + 5 == 102 agility.
HYPOTHESIS: Since my dexterity was 90 higher than the mobs agility if dexterity affected ranged critical hit rate I should have a capped ranged critical hit rate of 25% (20% native plus 5% with merits).
The Results:
After I landed 303 ranged attacks my ranged crit rate was only 11.5%. After the first hundred hits were in the percentage never rose beyond 13.5%, and never dipped below 11%. It stabilized over the last 200 hits with only minor fluctuations of. By the last 50 hits the crit rate fluctuated less than 1%, so it wasn't going to change by much after that point.
Conclusion: Dexterity does NOT affect ranged critical hit rate
Part 2: Agility Test
I didn't have as extensive an agility set on me available to me, but for the AGI test I used ocelo headpiece, arctiers torque, altdorfs and wildhelms earrings, kudzu aketon, alruna's gloves, stormsoul ring, ambushers hose, and athos's boots, and 5 more agi from my sushi.
My total agility was 97 + 77 = 174 AGI
My dexterity was 113 + 26 = 139 (At this point I had already ruled dex out as a possibility, but the total dex I had in part 2 was still 53 less than part 1).
The Results: After 312 hits I had a ranged crit rate of 18.5%. Like the first test, after the first 100 hits the percentages fluctuated mildly, peaking at 19.5% and ebbing at about 18.0%. The final 50 hits mimicked the first test, and the crit rate stabilized at about 18.5%.
Conclusion: Agility DOES affect ranged critical hit rate
Closing Commentary
Although I significantly boosted my ranged crit rate with +77 agility over mobs agility, I was not at the cap. I can only assume this means that ranged crit rate is a check of player agility versus mobs dexterity. Mamool Lurkers have 97 AGI, but their DEX is unknown. Thieves always have a higher Dex than AGI, and is eaily going to break 100. I ran a very small sample size after the second test with only +67 agility instead of +77 by swapping my athos boots to fajin. I didn't save the parse but after only 70 hits the ranged crit rate was around 13%. That sample size was too small to determine anything conclusively, but it does indicate a probable exponential curve similar to the dexterity curve, wherein +40 agility over mobs dexterity does little and the final 10 dexterity shows a 1% increase in ranged crit rate. That however is just conjecture and should not be taken as anything but a theory without a larger sample size.
Edit: originally the parse link was broken. After noticing that I fixed it and it works now.
Edited, Nov 9th 2012 10:51am by Melphina


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Tom Izzo isn't happy with where his Michigan State Spartans are headed.
After being outscored by 14 points in the second half of Sunday's disappointing 68-60 loss at No. 18 Ohio State, the coach of the fourth-ranked Spartans took a hard look at his team as it heads into its final three regular-season games and the postseason.
"I haven't seen the same grit since after that Michigan game," he said of a 75-52 rout three games ago over the then-No. 4 Wolverines at home on Feb. 12. "We're not coming in not playing hard. We played hard against Indiana, they just beat us. I just thought today you give up that many layups — 57 percent shooting in the second half — they should run me out of town."
That isn't going to happen, not to a longtime coach with a 434-175 record, one national championship, six Final Fours and seven Big Ten titles.
But it's a mark of how dissatisfied he is with his team's play over the last three games that he continually reflected on what was plaguing the Spartans.
The loss crippled the Spartans' hopes of catching up with top-ranked Indiana, which now leads the Big Ten race by two full games with four remaining.
Freshman Gary Harris had 14 points, Derrick Nix 12 and Adreian Payne 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Spartans (22-6, 11-4), who have dropped two in a row after winning 11 of 12.
"Yeah, it's difficult. We put ourselves in a corner," Payne said of the situation the Spartans find themselves in in the Big Ten. "Now we have to win games. We have to win all of our games. It's tough, but it's something we've got to overcome."
There was plenty of blame to go around.
"It was a joint screw-up," Izzo added.
The Spartans have a week off until playing at archrival Michigan, then complete a stretch of four games against ranked opponents with a home game on March 7 against Wisconsin.
"The problem is when you're in a league where you play three, four or five ranked teams in a row, it takes its toll," Izzo said. "We did it a little early, and we're doing it again now. It all depends on how the schedule falls. You've got to survive."
Aaron Craft, who had scored just 17 points in his last three games, shredded the Spartans' defense on a succession of slashing drives right through the heart of the lane to score a career-high 21 points for the Buckeyes (20-7, 10-5).
The irony is that Michigan State did a terrific job on Deshaun Thomas, the Buckeye who came in leading the Big Ten in scoring at 20.1 points a game. He managed to make just 4 of 16 shots from the field, finishing with 14 points.
But Thomas did have a big 3-pointer that got Ohio State going after the Spartans built a 36-27 lead on Payne's baseline jumper 90 seconds into the second half.
Craft missed a shot that was tipped out to Thomas on the right side and he drained the long-range shot. It started a 24-5 run that flipped the game around.
"It was nine and they got the missed shot and Deshaun got the tip-out 3," Harris said. "That was the turning point of the game."
Yet the Spartans, who fell behind by as many as 10 points, weren't done yet.
Two foul shots apiece by Nix, Payne and Harris pulled them to 61-59, but Craft sped by Keith Appling for a lunging layup with 2:22 left.
After a free throw by Appling, Evan Ravenel, the only senior on Ohio State's roster, was fouled and he hit both shots to push the lead to 65-60 with 1:13 remaining.
Ravenel then blocked an Appling shot to end any possibility of a comeback.
Izzo was asked if this was a good time to have a week between games.
"It's a good time for a week off — maybe two, three weeks," he said, his voice trailing off.
This could be a strenuous week for the Spartans, to say the least. The way Izzo talked, he might just be ready to push his players hard to impress upon them the importance of what lies ahead.
"That whole thing is going to fall on me," he said. "I've got to do a better job this week in practice. I am disappointed we haven't shown the grit we showed in the last two games — which normally happens when you get fat and sassy. I think we've gotten a little bit of that."
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Former Louisville head football Coach Charlie Strong has been hired to replace Mack Brown at the University of Texas, the school announced Sunday.
Brown resigned last month after guiding the Longhorns for 16 seasons.
Texas Athletic Director Steve Patterson said Strong would "build on the proud tradition of Texas football and the 16 great years that Mack Brown gave to the program."
The AD praised Strong's efforts at Louisville, where he led "a resurgence ... with double-digit game winning seasons, and twice been selected conference coach of the year."
"I'm excited and my family is excited to have the chance to lead one of the premier football programs in the country," Strong said in a statement. "Texas is one of those places that is always on your radar and a program anyone would dream of being a part of because you have a chance to compete on a national level every year."
Louisville compiled an impressive 23-3 under Strong over the past two years, capturing two Big East Conference championships and posting a 3-1 record in bowl games during his tenure.


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Better Business Bureau Luncheon To Highlight Local Businesses
The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana plans to honor local businesses at their 21st Annual Awards Program November 7.
A luncheon will be held at City Club in River Ranch at to honor local businesses exemplifying integrity in the local business community.
The goal of their awards program is to honor outstanding businesses and to ensure customers are treated fairly in an honorable business climate.
Small companies nominated for the 2013 Integrity Award are:
- Acadiana Filter Service
- Lee's Air Conditioning Company
- Paul's Jewelry Inc.
- Westmark Construction Co. Inc.
- Pixus Digital Printing
- First Pioneers Federal Credit Union
- Lafayette Town Planner
- Trust Acadiana Inc.
- My Food Coach
- YMCA of Acadiana
Large Companies nominated include:
- Bruce Foods Corporation
- Adrien's Supermarket
- Cornerstone Village South
- KATC Communications
- Maxum Industries LLC
The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana will announce the winners at the November 1 luncheon.
Tickets are $35 each, and you can call the BBB of Acadiana at (337) 981-3497 for more information.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's Universal Studios has filed a copyright lawsuit against a porn production company, accusing it of lifting language, characters and plot from the best-selling erotic book trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey" for its own adult films and sex toys.
Calling one of the adult movie adaptations of the British novel "a rip-off plain and simple," Universal's lawsuit seeks to stop sales of copycat porn movies and to recoup any profits they earn.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" by E.L. James and its two sequels have sold more than 40 million copies since first being published in 2011. Universal bought the rights for a film adaptation earlier this year for a reported $5 million.
The suit was filed jointly in federal court in California on Tuesday by Universal and James's British company which owns the copyright to the novels.
The lawsuit said that Los Angeles-based based Smash Pictures had produced a movie called "Fifty Shades of Grey: a XXX Adaptation" which lifted "exact dialogue, characters, events, story, and style from the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy."
"The first XXX adaptation is not a parody, and it does not comment on, criticize, or ridicule the originals. It is a rip-off, plain and simple," the lawsuit added.
Smash Pictures could not be reached for comment.
Universal said Smash Pictures had two subsequent movies in production and that one of its subsidiaries had also launched a "Play Kit" of kinky sex toys called "Fifty Shades of Pleasure."
The lawsuit seeks an injunction, unspecified damages, and profits from sales of the movies, which it says are trademark and copyright infringements.
Universal Studios is a unit of Comcast Corp
(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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Yolanda Adams' Vocals Stun in Lionel Richie Tribute at BET Awards 2014! (Video)
Yolanda Adams hits the stage and stuns with her amazing vocals at the 2014 BET Awards held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (June 29) in Los Angeles.
The 52-year-old gospel singer closed out a tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award winner Lionel Richie with a performance of his song "Jesus Is Love" and it was amazing!
Other singers who hit the stage during the tribute performance were John Legend and Ledisi.
"I'll be performing on the @BETAwards tonight during the tribute to @LionelRichie… Stay tuned!!" Yolanda tweeted before the show started.
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LOMA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a pickup truck struck by a careening tour bus died Wednesday at a California hospital, bringing the death toll from the mountain road crash to eight.
Fred Bailey Richardson, 72, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center, authorities said.
Richardson, who ran a landscaping business, was towing a trailer full of equipment when his truck was struck head-on Sunday evening on Highway 38 near Yucaipa by the bus, which was returning a group to Tijuana, Mexico.
Richardson was returning to his century-old stone house in unincorporated Mentone, the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/YDClDv) reported.
Richardson worked on many of his neighbors' yards in the tiny mountain community and was well-liked, Carly Schmitt said. She told the Times that Richardson, who had two grown children, was an avid trout angler and his wife grows African violets.
"The night it happened, I was just watching TV, just bawling my eyes out," Schmitt said of the crash.
Seven other people on the bus died after it struck a sedan, flipped, slammed into the pickup and crashed while heading down the road in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. The crash littered the area with wreckage and body parts.
Dozens were injured and several remained in critical condition.
The roadworthiness of the 1996 bus loomed as a key issue after the driver told investigators the brakes failed as he descended the two-lane highway. Federal records pointed to a history of brake-maintenance problems with the European-made bus.
Road conditions and possible driver error or fatigue also were being considered.
The bus, operated by National City, Calif.-based Scapadas Magicas LLC, was carrying 38 people, including the driver and a tour guide, when it left Tijuana at 5 a.m. Sunday for the daylong trip. The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m.
No one answered the phone Wednesday at Scapadas Magicas' Tijuana office or at a listing for its National City address.
The accident killed San Diego residents Guadalupe Olivas, 61; her daughter, Elvira Garcia Jimenez, 40, and her grandson, Victor Cabrera Garcia, 13.
The trio was part of a group of five employees of a Tijuana health clinic and four of their family members, said Dr. Carlos Sanchez, director of the clinic, which is known by its Spanish acronym Issstecali. The tight-knit group went to see snow.
Garcia Jimenez was a part-time doctor at the Tijuana clinic since October 2011, Sanchez said. Two others in the group — another part-time doctor and a receptionist — remained hospitalized Wednesday with serious injuries.
Also killed were Tijuana residents Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, 38; Rubicelia Escobedo Flores, 34; Mario Garcia Santoyo, 32, and Liliana Camerina Sanchez Sauceda, 24.


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Crysis 3 has just crept out of the jungle into the light of day, and the world is a whole new wild place.
The latest Crytek and EA title, Crysis 3 sees you take control of Prophet once again, with all his nanosuit tech and arsenal of weapons at your disposal – only this time you'll get your hands on alien technology and weapons, too.
And you'll need it in Crysis 3's future version of New York – which has been placed in a nanodome, turning it from an urban jungle into the real deal. There are seven differently themed areas called the Seven Wonders. You'll see swamplands, rivers and dense overgrowth – all of which should look great thanks to the updated CryENGINE tech that drives this first-person shooter.
The only bad news is you'll have to wait until 2013 before you can get your hands on Crysis 3. Plenty of time to mod your wetsuit so that you're properly attired when playing, then.
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Trastuzumab in Combination With AMG 479 in HER-2 Overexpressing MBC Progressing on Trastuzumab
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01479179
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Drug sponsor decision to discontinue study.)
First Posted : November 24, 2011
Last Update Posted : October 26, 2016
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The goal of Phase 1 of this clinical research study is to test the safety and tolerability of AMG 479 when given with trastuzumab.
The goal of Phase 2 of this clinical research study is to learn if the combination of AMG 479 and trastuzumab can help to control breast cancer.
AMG 479 is designed to block tumor cells from growing and spreading.
Trastuzumab is designed to prevent or slow down the growth of cancer cells by blocking proteins inside the cancer cell.
|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer
|Drug: AMG 479 Drug: Trastuzumab
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|Phase I/II Study of Trastuzumab in Combination With AMG 479, A Fully Human Monoclonal Antibody Against Insulin-Like Growth Factor Type 1 Receptor (IGF-1R), in Patients With HER-2 Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer Progressing on Trastuzumab-Based or Lapatinib-based Therapy
|Study Start Date :
|November 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|November 2015
Experimental: AMG 479 + Trastuzumab
AMG 479 18 mg/kg or 12 mg/kg intravenously (IV) 30 minutes after trastuzumab. Trastuzumab loading dose (Week 1) 8 mg/kg IV over 90 minutes; maintenance dose 6 mg/kg IV over 30 minutes every 3 weeks.
Drug: AMG 479
Phase I Starting Dose: 18 mg/kg by vein on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.
Phase II Starting Dose: Maximum tolerated dose from Phase I.
Drug: Trastuzumab
Phase I and II Starting Dose: 8 mg/kg by vein on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.
Phase I and II Maintenance Dose: 6 mg/kg by vein on Day 1 of a 21 day cycle.
Other Name: Herceptin
- Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) [ Time Frame: After first 21 day cycle ]Maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is highest dose for which one or fewer dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) are experienced in 6 participants. DLT is defined as a grade 3, or higher hematological or non-hematological toxicity related to study (AMG-479) drug or combination of AMG 479 and trastuzumab therapy during first cycle (21 days).
- Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) [ Time Frame: Baseline to 24 weeks ]Efficacy measured by clinical benefit rate {CR (Complete response) + PR (Partial response) + SD (stable disease) >/= 24 weeks}. Response assessment by CT or MRI. CR: Disappearance of all target lesions; PR: >30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions, reference baseline sum LD; PD: =/>20% increase in sum of LD of target lesions, reference smallest sum LD recorded since treatment started or appearance of 1 or > new lesions. SD: Neither sufficient shrinkage to qualify for PR nor sufficient increase to qualify for PD, reference smallest sum LD since treatment started.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- History of biopsy-proven HER-2-overexpressing breast cancer and radiographic evidence of metastatic disease. The HER-2 status can be determined either by immunohistochemistry (score, 3+) or by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
- Patients must have received anthracycline-, taxane- and capecitabine-based chemotherapy for breast cancer. In addition, patients must have developed progressive disease to trastuzumab- or lapatinib-based therapy within the last 3 months. Patients who develop metastatic breast cancer within 3 months after receiving trastuzumab or lapatinib in the adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant setting are eligible. Three prior lines of HER2-directed therapy (containing either trastuzumab or lapatinib) for metastatic breast cancer are allowed.
- Woman >/=18 years old.
- Performance status 0-2 (by Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group {ECOG} scale).
- Laboratory parameters: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) 1.0 x 10^9/L or higher; Platelet count 100,000 x 10^9/L or higher; Hemoglobin 9.0 g/dL or higher; Partial thromboplastin (PTT) </= 1.3 x upper limit of normal (ULN) and international normalized ratio (INR) </= 1.5, unless subject is on anticoagulation therapy. Subjects on therapeutic anticoagulation are eligible if there is no bleeding and they are on a stable dose of anticoagulation therapy (eg, on coumadin with an INR of 2 to 3) for at least 7 days before registration(prior to the start of therapy). Continued in inclusion #6.
- Continuation from # 5: Serum creatinine </= 1.5 x the ULN or calculated creatinine clearance (by Cockcroft-Gault formula) >/=40 mL/min; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) </= 2.5 x ULN; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) </= 2.5 x ULN; Alkaline phosphatase </= 2.5 x ULN (</= 5 x ULN with bone/liver metastases ); Bilirubin </= 1.5 x ULN.
- Glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1c)</= 8%
- Fasting blood glucose </= 160 mg/dL (Fasting will require subjects to refrain from all food and beverage [except water] for at least 8 hours). Documentation will confirm patient compliance with nothing by mouth (NPO) status prior to lab exam.
- Patients must not be pregnant. A pregnancy test will be obtained if the patient is a woman of child-bearing potential, defined as a sexually mature woman who has not undergone a hysterectomy or who has not been naturally postmenopausal for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., who has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months).
- Patients must have signed an informed consent document stating that they understand the investigational nature of the proposed treatment.
- Patients must have measurable disease, defined as at least one lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension (longest diameter to be recorded) as >/= 20 mm with conventional techniques, including palpation, plain x-ray, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or or >/= 10 mm with spiral computed tomography (CT) scan. Bone metastases and pleural effusions are not considered measurable disease.
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents within 30 days of registration.
- Left ventricular ejection fraction determined by echocardiogram or multiple-gated acquisition scan (MUGA) (cardiac scan) must be 50% or higher.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Central nervous system (CNS) metastases , unless previously treated by either radiation therapy and/or surgical resection, clinically stable and off corticosteroids. Subjects with a history of CNS metastases that are both treated and stably controlled are eligible if all of the following apply: therapy has been administered (surgery and/or radiation therapy); there is no additional treatment planned for brain metastases; the subject is clinically stable; the subject is off corticosteroids or on a stable dose of corticosteroids for at least 14 days prior to enrollment
- Prior malignancy (other than in situ cervical cancer, or basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin), unless treated with curative intent and without evidence of disease for 3 years or longer.
- Administration of other prior anticancer therapies within 4 weeks of enrollment, except Trastuzumab and Lapatinib.
- Toxicities related to prior anticancer treatment (except alopecia) that have not resolved to </= grade 1 according to common terminology criteria for adverse events (CTCAE V4.0) before registration or prior to start of therapy.
- Prior treatment with investigational treatment targeted to IGF axis including, but not limited to, CP-751,871, IM-A12, RO4858696.
- Previous exposure to AMG 479.
- Currently receiving systemic antibiotic therapy for the treatment of an active infection.
- History of bleeding diathesis.
- Known positive test for human immunodeficiency virus, or chronic hepatitis B or C infection.
- Any co-morbid medical condition that may put the subject at significant risk for toxicity.
- Major surgical procedure within 28 days of registration (prior to the start of therapy).
- Minor surgical procedures within 7 days of registration although placement of central access device, fine needle aspiration, thoracentesis or paracentesis > 1 day before registration is acceptable.
- Known inability to tolerate intravenous (IV) drug administration.
- Has not yet completed at least 30 days before registration since ending other investigational device or drug study(s)
- Subject has known sensitivity to any of the products to be administered during dosing.
- Subject will not be available for follow-up assessments.
- Subject has any kind of disorder that compromises the ability of the subject to give written informed consent and/or to comply with study procedures.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
- History of venous thromboembolism.
- Patient with reproductive potential who will not agree to use one highly effective method of contraceptive such as implants, injectables, intrauterine devices (IUDs) such as copper T or Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), sexual abstinence, vasectomised partner, or condom or occlusive cap (diaphragm or cervical/vault cap) supplemented with the use of a spermicide during treatment.
- Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
- Patient with hearing impairment of > grade 3.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01479179
|Principal Investigator:
|Francisco J. Esteva, MD,PHD
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01479179 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|November 24, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 26, 2016
|Last Verified:
|October 2016
Keywords provided by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center:
Breast Cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer
HER-2-overexpressing breast cancer
Human epidermal growth factor receptor
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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The Fourth of July holiday brought about another first for Google Glass, the computing device that you can wear on your face.
Chris Barrett, a documentary filmmaker and founder of PRServe.com, was wearing Glass for a fireworks show in Wildwood, N.J., when he happened upon a boardwalk brawl and subsequent arrest. He and the technology community that has been tracking notable Google Glass moments believe he recorded the first public arrest caught on the Glass' built-in camera.
"This video is proof that Google Glass will change citizen journalism forever," Barrett wrote on his YouTube page. While all citizen journalists armed with a camera or a smartphone could capture similar video, Barrett told VentureBeat that the fact the glasses were relatively unnoticeable made a big difference:
"I think if I had a bigger camera there, the kid would probably have punched me," Barrett told me. "But I was able to capture the action with Glass and I didn't have to hold up a cell phone and press record."
Barrett added today that the hands-free aspect of using Glass to record a scene made a big difference.
"What is interesting with Glass is that in tense situations, like, say, war reporting, your hands are free while you're shooting. You can use your hands to protect yourself. If I wanted to back away, I could do it without dropping my camera or stopping the recording. That's a big step in wearable computing," Barrett told NPR.
But others worry about the implications. Christophe Gevrey, the global head of editorial solutions for Thomson Reuters, wrote this on his blog:
"More notable than the video itself is the ease at which it was captured without the knowledge of those in the middle of the melee. His footage foreshadows the rapidly approaching future where everything can be filmed serendipitously by folks wearing devices like Google Glass without the knowledge of the parties involved."
The video capability of Google Glass is raising the most concern of regulators. As The Washington Post reports:
"In May, the House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus wrote Google a letter, asking for more information about how Google Glass will work within the company's privacy standards. Last month, 10 privacy regulators from around the world, including Canada, Australia and a European Commission panel, asked Google for more information on how the company's headset complies with their data protection laws and what data it collects."
Google responded on June 7, saying that it won't be changing its privacy policy to deal with Glass-specific concerns but that it is "thinking carefully" about the feedback it's getting from lawmakers.
What do you think? Is Google Glass an exciting new front in citizen journalism or is it making it too easy for citizen snooping? Tweet at us @NPRAllTech or we can chat in the comments.
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CORNISH: And we start at the Jersey Shore.
CORNISH: Over the July 4th holiday, as throngs of people strolled the Boardwalk of Wildwood, New Jersey, a fight broke out.
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CORNISH: It was caught on video by a passerby and posted to the Web. We're hearing some of it now. But it wasn't a video camera or a Smartphone that recorded the incident, it was something new: Google Glass. The device has many features of a Smartphone that looks like a pair of eyeglasses.
And joining us to talk about why this simple recording is raising some big questions is NPR's Elise Hu. And, Elise, first tell us how did this come about? Where did this video come from?
ELISE HU, BYLINE: Well, there was a documentary filmmaker named Chris Barrett, who had just gotten some Google Glasses and he took them out on a stroll to test them out. Glass covers a users eye and with a small screen that can display email, text messages, even show you the weather. It also shoots pictures and video.
Barrett said he filmed some fireworks at first and then, on the boardwalk after, he came up on the scuffle. So from a first person perspective, can see the tense crowd, the shirtless men fighting, and a drunken throng. Eventually, police show up and arrest the scrappers. And you can see the whole scene as filmed by Mr. Barrett.
CORNISH: So what's the significance of this? I mean, there are tons and tons of videos of fights online.
HU: Sure, but since Google Glass is only available to a small batch of test users, we believe this is the first arrest caught on the Google Glass camera. Glass can do many things and video is one of them. And Google Glasses look a lot like regular eyeglasses if you aren't really paying attention.
CORNISH: So how is this any different than what you could get by using a cell phone camera?
HU: It isn't. The difference is that the folks in the scene were captured without the knowledge that they were being filmed, essentially. Now, Barrett said that had he been using a Smartphone to film, he would have gotten beaten up because somebody probably would have noticed he was shooting. So, citizen journalism is certainly being made easier, which is exciting. But some fear citizen snooping is made easier, too.
West Virginia lawmakers are already trying to ban Google Glass while driving. And Las Vegas casinos are banning Glass as well.
CORNISH: So is this a sign of the future, that we're all essentially, you know, on undercover video?
HU: Well, you could describe that as a sign of the present, even, with video cameras on our Smartphones and the apps to share them becoming so mainstream. But video is one of the Google Glass features that members of Congress were most scared of when they wrote an official letter to Google about privacy concerns. Google responded, saying it has no plans to change its privacy policy to deal with Glass-specific concerns but that it was thinking carefully about lawmaker feedback.
CORNISH: Elise, thanks so much for talking with us.
HU: Thank you.
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Read more about Winold Reiss and his murals in the Cincinnati History Library and Archives' Digital Journals.
When Paul Cret and Roland Wank reworked the original Union Terminal design, they created space inside the terminal for a vast collection of public art. The biggest set of these spaces was set aside for a series of murals that would depict the cultural heritage of the United States and Cincinnati, with a particular emphasis on local industry. These murals would make an immediate and lasting impression on a visitor passing through the terminal and it was important to terminal officials that these murals were of the highest quality and spoke to the importance of Cincinnati. A separate contract for art in the various public rooms in the terminal was also let out, with the same intentions as above, that Cincinnati was no longer a place to be avoided, but enjoyed, while traveling. The art commissions, likely one of the largest of the inter-war period, totaled roughly 18,150 square feet of artwork for the new station.
The artist selected for the large mural project was Winold Reiss. Reiss had emigrated from Germany in 1913 and had established himself as a portraitist and interior decorator. Reiss had particularly made a name for himself by painting Native Americans in the American West and through his portrait work in Harlem. The murals themselves were executed in glass mosaic tile. This format would provide exceptionally vivid colors that would not fade with age or be difficult to maintain, something ideal in a potentially dirty, smoke-filled train station. Reiss would work with the Ravenna Tile Company of New York to create the magnificent murals for the new terminal. Reiss's chief responsibility in the project was the creation of the one-third scale cartoons, which Ravenna would use as a reference to create the full scale mosaic tile murals.
Ultimately there was space for 23 mosaic murals in the terminal building. Reiss would photograph local business and create his cartoons from these images, almost directly. For the two massive rotunda murals, Reiss created two timelines; one, of the history of the United States, from the Native Americans to the 'modern' citizen and one of Cincinnati, from settlement to the 'modern' period. In these two murals Reiss planted several real life figures, from his brother, a local engineer, a construction worker at the terminal, to three Blackfoot Native Americans. Reiss preferred to work from the real thing, not creating characters from scratch. As such, he drew on previous work to chance opportunities while photographing local industry.
The mosaics were created from blow-ups of Reiss's one-third scale cartoons, which when finished were shipped to the studio. Here workers would grid out the images and begin matching tiles, or tessera, to the colors found in Reiss' original. Many of these pieces were roughly the size of a nickel and were positioned and trimmed individually to achieve the desired appearance. The murals are silhouette mosaics, which mean the main elements of the murals are fully done in tesserae, but that the backgrounds are colored plaster. This saved money and provided and interesting contrast between the glass tile and plaster.
Workers assembled the tesserae on paper guides, using a sheet which looked a little like a color by number sheet to place everything correctly. They would lightly glue the paper to the tesserae to keep it from shifting. The murals were done in roughly two-foot-square sections, and as each section was finished, another sheet was glued to the exposed side to ensure nothing came loose during transport to the construction site. Once here, the mural assembly team would coat the walls where the murals were to go with a thin layer of plaster. Once the plaster was up, the paper on the back of the design was removed and pressed into the plaster. As the plaster dried, the paper that remained on the front of the section was removed, leaving the finished section in place. They worked from the bottom up and the murals would be carefully inspected to ensure that everything was in its proper place.
Reiss, given his background as an interior designer, provided suggestions on the design the terrazzo floor patterns found throughout the building and provided input as to the color scheme of the rotunda dome. Reiss' designs would eventually account for an astonishing 11,908 square feet of art work!
From left to right, top to bottom: Leather Production; Rolled Steel Manufacturer; Ink Production; Manufacturing of Laundry Machinery; Airplane Manufacturing; Piano Manufacturing; Meat Packing; Machine Tool Manufacturing; Radio Broadcasting; Soap Manufacturing; Pharmeceutical Production; Printing; Manufacturing of Roofing Materials; Steel Manufacturing.
The artist who received the contract for the art in the public rooms was a Frenchman named Pierre Bourdelle. Bourdelle was asked to decorate the ceilings in the private dining rooms, the formal dining room and the hall that lead to it, the paintings that hung along the top of the wall in the cafeteria, hand cut linoleum designs for the women's restroom vestibule by the dining rooms, the panels for the women's lounge (along with its hand cut wall paper) and the newsreel theater. Bourdelle would ultimately create 5,496 square feet of work for Union Terminal, by far the largest single project of his career.
Unlike Reiss's work, Bourdelle's would dwell in fantasy, conjuring up jungle scenes, mermaids, and fanciful flowers. The colors of these murals would be vivid and in some cases, the materials exotic. The ceiling murals were painted oil-on-canvas, using bright colors, some metallic, which he painted and then glued to the ceiling. In the Formal Dining room, Bourdelle painted the largest of the ceiling murals, a map of Cincinnati, bounded on the edges with forms of transportation and landmarks of the city. The map is a curiosity in that it is reversed, east having gone west, much like the famed reversal of the Grand Central Terminal concourse mural. For the dining rooms upstairs, he painted three ceiling murals, all featuring elaborate and fanciful plant life. In the cafeteria he painted a series of murals showing food themes, from roosters to pies and even pizza!
For the Women's Lounge, Dining Room Alcove, and Newsreel Theater, Bourdelle created something truly unique. Using linoleum, Bourdelle carved wall murals which depicted mermaids for the Newsreel Theater, a jungle scene for the Alcove, and various flora in the Women's Lounge. These linoleum panels were a favorite medium of Bourdelle, who believed in a permanence of material for public art, and the durable linoleum fit the bill.
To create these linoleum murals, Bourdelle would start with a sheet of linoleum, and using tools, would score and carve the design into the linoleum. He would then sand then surface and coat the entire mural in a primer. After that he would paint the mural and then lacquer it to protect it. The finished mural would appear almost like embossed leather.
Bourdelle is also notable in that he created designs for the murals Reiss worked on. Currently, it is not clear how the artistic contracts were let, and Bourdelle seems to have compiled a portfolio for the entire mural project. His designs survive in his scrapbook and provide an interesting counter point to Reiss's slightly more heroic representations.
In 2009 and 2010, four of Bourdelle's murals were cleaned and restored as a part of Project One. The murals, which had not been cleaned in over 75 years, carried the cigarette smoke, dirt, and grime of another age. Experts carefully cleaned and repaired the murals and brought them back to their original luster. After months of diligent work, the murals were unveiled in 2010 and can now be seen occasionally during public and private events.
Another feature of the facility is the Rookwood Tea Room, today the Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor. Designed by well known Rookwood artist William E. Hentschel, the design was one of the last architectural tile installations the company would do before declaring bankruptcy. The room features floor-to-ceiling tile in a mint green, pale gray, and mauve color scheme. The design features dragonflies and flowers and partitioned seating. The room originally provided tea, coffee and light refreshments. During World War II, the room served as the primary space of the USO Troops-in-Transit Lounge that was here. Following the end of the war, the room was used for different functions, from food service to a game room. During the years when the building was a shopping center, it was a G. D. Ritzy's ice cream and chili parlor. Since Union Terminal has been home to Cincinnati Museum Center, the room has been used as an ice cream parlor.
Two other works of art form part of Union Terminal's unique and memorable façade. The two bas reliefs flanking the rotunda were carved by Maxfield Keck and his team in 1932. Once the limestone of the exterior was in place, Keck had scaffolding erected and he carved the murals over a period of several months. Once complete, the murals represented transportation and commerce.
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Image Captions: 1 Fellheimer and Wagner Architectural Drawings for Cincinnati Union Terminal MSS Micro 124 Blueprint showing a cross section view of the Rotunda. Here we see the space set aside for the murals, with generic placeholders drawn in. 2 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 This image shows the north side of the Rotunda during construction. Here we can see the space for the Cincinnati mural waiting for workers to erect the scaffolding and begin the installation of the murals. 3 Krotty/Thorp Collection SC#20 Workers lay out the photographic blowups used in the creation of the murals while Reiss' 1/3 scale cartoon hangs in the background. 4 Krotty/Thorp Collection SC#20 Tesserae on one of the backing sheets with a color schematic unfolded on top. 5 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 #41.282This photograph shows the scaffolding in place for workers to install the south mural in the Rotunda. 6 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 This view of the train concourse during August of 1932 shows the blank spaces between the train gates awaiting the installation of the industrial murals. 7 Krotty/Thorp Collection SC#20 The Woman's Lounge showing the carved Linoleum mural and wall paper prepared by Bourdelle. 8 Nick Massa Bourdelle's city mural in the formal dining room, today the Cincinnati Dining Room. Bourdelle painted this featuring four city landmarks (Music Hall, Dalton Street Post Office, Union Terminal, and the City Skyline) along with four modes of transportation (Car, Bus, Train, and Plane). 9 Nick Massa One of Bourdelle's murals in the Historic Dining Rooms under restoration in 2010. 10 Nick Massa The hall that connects the two main dining rooms is decorated with this pattern. 11, 12, 13 CMC History Object Collections The cafeteria originally featured paintings of food items, like these three, of a pie, turkey, and corn. 14 Nick Massa Bourdelle's most elaborate carved linoleum mural was this jungle scene, done for the alcove outside the cafeteria. 15 Nick Massa One of the Historic Dining Room murals after restoration. 16, 17 Nick Massa In 2009 and 2010 Project One restored the south west corner of Union Terminal. Four Bourdelle murals were cleaned as a part of that project and here we see the contrast between the restored and un-restored murals. 18 Betz-Marsh Collection SC#309 The Rookwood Tea Room as it appeared as the reading and writing room for the USO lounge that operated in Union Terminal during WWII. 17 Rombach & Groene Collection (SC#296) The Rookwood Tea Room as a game room in 1947. 18 Nick Massa A detail shot of the design on the partitions in the Rookwood Tea Room. 19 Rombach and Groene Collection SC#29 The Rookwood Tea Room as a game room in 1947. 20 Nick Massa A detail shot of the design on the partitions in the Rookwood Tea Room. 21 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 The two bas-reliefs are under construction in this shot from 1932. 22 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 The finished Keck mural representing Transportation. 23 CUT Progress Photographs SC#319 The finished Keck mural representing Commerce.


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Last spring, Raakel Toppila trekked through Atlanta's Stone Mountain Park and other wooded areas in Georgia and Alabama, collecting leaf samples from the Georgia oak, a scrappy little tree that grows on granite and sandstone outcroppings.
A student in the University of Delaware's Longwood Graduate Program, Toppila's intent was to discover how each leaf — and the particular oak population that it came from — differed in its DNA make-up. Armed with this information, Toppila says that botanic gardens and other natural areas will be able to better protect and revitalize the Georgia oak, which is listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Ontario native is interested in the role that botanic gardens can play in cultivating tree species that are at risk of extinction. "Thousands of plant species world-wide are currently threatened with extinction," says Toppila. "Just as zoos have been at the forefront of animal conservation, gardens can start to play a similar role."
Locally, she notes that several botanic gardens, including Mt. Cuba, are ahead of the curve and already have done considerable work focused on the conservation of native species. Since its inception as the private garden of Lammot and Pamela du Pont Copeland in the 1930s, Mt. Cuba Center has maintained well-documented, wild collected plants.
Since the early 1980s, plants from the Piedmont region, which stretches from northern Delaware to central Alabama, have been a special focus, says Phil Oyerly, the center's greenhouse manager.
Most of Delaware — from south of Kirkwood Highway to the beaches — lies in the Atlantic coastal plain region. Plants from this region also have received conservation help from Mt. Cuba.
One notable example is seabeach amaranth, an annual plant that grows on beach dunes from New York to South Carolina. This plant had not been seen in Delaware for 125 years until one day in 2000 when state botanist Bill McAvoy found a single tenacious seabeach amaranth plant at Delaware Seashore State Park. He promptly collected its seeds and brought them to Oyerly, who propagated them in Mt. Cuba's greenhouses.
Year after year, Oyerly has continued to propagate seabeach amaranth seeds, which McAvoy distributes on Delaware's beach dunes each April. Today, seabeach amaranth grows at Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore state parks.
"Numbers fluctuate annually, but we find at least a few plants every year," notes McAvoy.
Toppila would love to see her research into the Georgia oak be the impetus for a conservation partnership similar to the seabeach amaranth project.
"Botanic gardens could serve as a safeguard against the complete loss of the Georgia oak species," says Toppila. "They could work on its propagation and cultivation and augment existing populations in the wild."
Every plant species has its own particular conservation challenges and in the case of the Georgia oak (and oaks, in general) one issue is its tendency to hybridize.
With the legwork portion of her research over, Toppila is now busy analyzing the allelic variations and understanding the genetic diversity of the wild populations of Georgia oak that she surveyed last summer.
"By looking at DNA from different wild populations, botanic gardens can determine how to best represent the full diversity of the species," she says.
Currently, the greatest threat to the Georgia oak isn't its tendency to hybridize but human impact. At woodlands such as Atlanta's Stone Mountain, which receive lots of visitors, Toppila saw numerous Georgia oak seedlings that had been trampled.
Likewise, people are one of the greatest threats to the seabeach amaranth plant, says McAvoy. When he first began re-seeding the dunes, he used to see tire tracks on the tiny plant, which is particularly vulnerable because it grows on the foredune, the dune closest to the waves — and closest to the vehicles that are allowed on certain state beaches. However, state park staffers now fence off areas where seabeach amaranth grows.
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I never back down, I never run, and I never leave them alive," boasted Tarl Dron, hero of a thousand battles and master of the Stolen Blade. His listeners, a tavern full of soldiers, fishermen, dockhands and assorted riff-raff, roared their approval. The serving girl at his feet giggled demurely and reached forth to refill his cup.
He grinned at her as he lifted the rice wine to his lips and swallowed it down. "Ah, that hits the spot. Many's the time I faced death and wished for a quick swallow of courage. Now then, where was I...? Ah that's right. The crazed Administrator's skeletal legion was vanquished, and there I was, facing the ghoulish man himself. I was bleeding from a hundred wounds and he was offering to let me live if I but flee. But as I said, I never back down and though I was weary, I had the gods on my side and a stout blade in my hand. I closed in with him to do battle...," Tarl paused and took measure of his audience. To a man they were leaning forward in anxious anticipation of the tale's climax, though they had heard the story before. Tarl, relishing the moment, could not help but feel pleased. This was what he lived for: a captive audience and free food and drink.
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It's coming later than usual, but Las Vegas' first big boxing event of the year is set for May 2 between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
The venue remains undecided. The MGM Grand is interested in hosting the fight, as is Planet Hollywood owner Robert Earl, who is teaming with Steve Wynn in a bid to have their properties co-host the bout.
If the MGM lands Pacquiao-Hatton, it would be at the hotel's 16,270-seat Grand Garden Arena. If Planet Hollywood and Wynn are selected, the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center would be the venue.
The fight is expected to air on pay per view on either HBO or Showtime and will be co-promoted by Top Rank, which handles Pacquiao, and Golden Boy Promotions, which represents Hatton.
"We might know something by Friday if the properties get their latest proposals to us," Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said Wednesday. "Both fighters' fans love to come here, and May 2 was a perfect date with Cinco de Mayo weekend and the Kentucky Derby."
Hatton's Ring Magazine and IBO 140-pound junior middleweight titles will be at stake. Pacquiao, who fought successfully at 130, 135 and 147 pounds in 2008, never has fought at 140.
Richard Sturm, MGM president of entertainment and sports, said his hotel is serious about landing the fight.
''We feel it's an excellent event to host," Sturm said. "We're trying to get a deal that works for both sides."
A Planet Hollywood spokesperson confirmed that Earl is trying to bring the fight to his property but declined further comment.
Both fighters are coming off impressive wins at the MGM Grand. Pacquiao (48-3-2) routed Oscar De La Hoya on Dec. 6 at 147 pounds, scoring a technical knockout when De La Hoya quit before the start of the ninth round. Hatton (45-1) dominated Paulie Malignaggi in an 11th-round technical knockout win Nov. 22.
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