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FLASHBACK: Left-wing media, politicians, celebs all fell for Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax
After a nearly two-week trial, former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty on five out of the six charges of disorderly conduct stemming from filing a false police report to Chicago Police about an alleged "hate crime" incident that he claimed took place back in January 2019.
(Article by Nick Monroe republished from ThePostMillenial.com)
On Thursday evening a jury decided that Smollett wasn't telling the truth in saying that two "MAGA country" racists poured bleach on him and put a noose around his neck in earnest. Instead, the jury sided with the testimony of the Osundairo brothers who exposed the Jussie Smollett as a fraudulent act.
Jussie Smollett has been found guilty on five of six counts in his hate hoax trial.
Read more: https://t.co/8P4ec5hF5v pic.twitter.com/9L8yVEHnHG
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) December 9, 2021
The entire cast of "The Big Bang Theory" did a photo-op in support of Jussie Smollett immediately following reports about the so-called hate crime attack.
"We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie." – President Biden.
What happened today to @JussieSmollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie. https://t.co/o8ilPu68CM
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 30, 2019
"This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate." – Vice President Kamala Harris.
.@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I'm praying for his quick recovery.
This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 29, 2019
"The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country." — Bernie Sanders
The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country. We must come together to eradicate all forms of bigotry and violence. https://t.co/2accVEJrCG
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) January 29, 2019
"This attack was not 'possibly homophobic.' It was a racist and homophobic attack." — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
There is no such thing as "racially charged."
This attack was not "possibly" homophobic. It was a racist and homophobic attack.
If you don't like what is happening to our country, then work to change it. It is no one's job to water down or sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes. https://t.co/QAi0IYtSeR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 30, 2019
"What happened to Jussie Smollett is vile and tragic; thankfully, he will recover. But hate crimes like this are happening more frequently, egged on by careless hate-filled rhetoric." — Eric Swalwell
What happened to Jussie Smollett is vile and tragic; thankfully, he will recover. But hate crimes like this are happening more frequently, egged on by careless hate-filled rhetoric. We start reducing these crimes by rejecting the speech – neither can ever be accepted as normal.
— Eric Swalwell (@ericswalwell) January 29, 2019
"THIS is why the LGBTQ community continue to fight to be seen and PROTECTED against hate! We ALL have to take this racist and homophobic act of violence very personally!" — Actress Viola Davis
OMG!! THIS is why the LGBTQ community continue to fight to be seen and PROTECTED against hate!
We ALL have to take this racist and homophobic act of violence very personally! My arms are around you @jussiesmollett. You are loved! https://t.co/bprDZ3Luah
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) January 29, 2019
"I am disgusted and horrified to hear of the homophobic and racial attack on Jussie Smollett last night. Unfortunately, these hateful attacks happen way too often." — Mindy Kaling
I am disgusted and horrified to hear of the homophobic and racial attack on Jussie Smollett last night. Unfortunately, these hateful attacks happen way too often. We must call out and hold those accountable. Sending love to you, Jussie.
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) January 29, 2019
"DEAR GOD! Prayers and justice for Jussie Smollett." — Kerry Washington
DEAR GOD! Prayers and justice for Jussie Smollett.
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 29, 2019
"This is why so many of us just feel less safe in Black and Brown skin these days." — MSNBC Political Commentator.
This is why so many of us just feel less safe in Black and Brown skin these days. Prayers for Jussie & #stopthehate Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime – CNN https://t.co/XMgdKdfo1b
— Karen Finney (@finneyk) January 29, 2019
"This makes me so sick to my stomach today. Confirmed. Jussie Smollett, we are all with you!" — Daniel Hernandez, LA Times.
This makes me so sick to my stomach today. Confirmed. Jussie Smollett, we are all with you! @JussieSmollett https://t.co/X20522toj6
— Daniel Hernandez ✍🏽🌞 (@longdrivesouth) January 29, 2019
"What happened to Jussie Smollett is another reminder that white supremacy thrives off of anti-Blackness and homophobia." – CiCi Adams, NBC.
What happened to Jussie Smollett is another reminder that white supremacy thrives off of anti-Blackness and homophobia.
We know what "MAGA" means, we know what that red hat represents and we know the man who empowered those racists to do what they did.
It must stop.
— CiCi Adams? (@CiCiAdams_) January 29, 2019
"I am horrified to read of the racist and homophobic attack against Jussie Smollett. Sending love & light to Jussie." – Prasanna Ranganathan, HuffPost and CBC.
I am horrified to read of the racist and homophobic attack against Jussie Smollett. Sending love & light to Jussie.
— Prasanna Ranganathan (@PRanganathan) January 29, 2019
"What more evidence does @Chicago_Police need to call what happened to Jussie Smollett what it is – a hate crime?" — Rashad Robinson, Color of Change
What more evidence does @Chicago_Police need to call what happened to Jussie Smollett what it is – a hate crime? It's not "possible." Not "apparent." The media, law enforcement, and our elected leaders put us in danger every day by continuing to diminish this issue. https://t.co/hGkd5x2V7S
— Rashad Robinson (@rashadrobinson) January 29, 2019
"This is what the Trump-Pence White House has enabled through their hateful rhetoric and actions." — Charlotte Clymer
The hate crime on Jussie Smollett is not an isolated event. Hate crimes against LGBTQ people increased 17% in 2017 according to the FBI's recent report. 2018's stats will be worse.
This is what the Trump-Pence White House has enabled through their hateful rhetoric and actions.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳🌈 (@cmclymer) January 29, 2019
"The MAGA hat is the new white hood." — Andy Herren
Not a peep from Trump about the racist, homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett.
This is deliberate. He knows who his base is. He continues to spew words that provoke this kind of hatred.
I hope he proves me wrong.
The MAGA hat is the new white hood.
— Andy Herren (@AndyHerren) January 29, 2019
"No, the real damage was done to Jussie Smollett. We don't have enough information just yet, but racist and homophobic people who commit hate crimes don't typically tend to be Bernie supporters." – Ali A. Rizvi
No, the real damage was done to Jussie Smollett. We don't have enough information just yet, but racist and homophobic people who commit hate crimes don't typically tend to be Bernie supporters. No one knows either way yet. https://t.co/rTCOHn26XC
— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 29, 2019
"The guilty must face the maximum," wrote Al Sharpton.
The reported hate attack on my friend and brother, actor Jussie Smollett is despicable and outrageous. The guilty must face the maximum.
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) January 29, 2019
The special prosecutor in the case told reporters that lying under oath will come up at Smollett's sentencing hearing. He's being kept on his recognizance bond but will have to come to Chicago in-person for his sentencing.
Read more at: ThePostMillenial.com
Tagged Under: activists, false-flag, hate crime, hoax, hollywood, Journalism, Jussie Smollett, left cult, lies, msm, news cartels, politics, rigged, wokies
CNN declares outdoor activities like hiking, biking, fishing and running to be racist constructs
Instacart shopper accused of running over elderly couple's groceries after spotting pro-police sign on their property
Florida Gov. DeSantis pushes back big-time on society-destroying critical race theory by introducing 'Stop W.O.K.E. Act'
Paul Craig Roberts: America is erasing herself
Trans "female" swimmer Lia Thomas is a sign of things to come: The utter destruction of women's sports at the hands of "woke" leftists (op-ed)
North Dakota becomes latest state to ban divisive critical race theory in schools, calls for curriculum to be 'factual' and 'objective'
In a world dominated by mass DELUSION, the truly sane seem like outcasts
Leftists on Twitter now calling for mass genocide of the unvaccinated
Revealed: "Woke" schools now using the same grooming tactics that are used by predators to seduce kids
"AOC" mindlessly denies crime is spiking around country via "smash-and-grab" robberies, even as wealthy LA residents are forced to hire private security
Chicago detective: Jussie Smollett scheduled meeting 'on the low,' paid for supplies, held 'dry run' before 'attack'
Anti-Defamation League claims Waukesha attack suspect Darrell Brooks isn't an extremist
CNN's Don Lemon allegedly sent Jussie Smollett texts informing him of police investigation
California schools teaching WITCHCRAFT to force critical race theory and BLM indoctrination on students
POLL: 4 out of 5 Democrats have already been turned into COVID "obedience slaves" who will do almost anything to comply with false authority
Parents demand removal of Hispanic school board member after she doxxed White parents who sued over mask mandate
Prosecutor: Jussie Smollett orchestrated 'fake hate crime' to look like attack by supporters of Donald Trump
Transgender swimmer dominating women's circuit after competing on men's team for years
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Azure Remote Rendering (ARR) is a service that enables you to render high-quality, interactive 3D content in the cloud and stream it in real time to devices, such as the HoloLens 2.

This SDK offers functionality to convert assets to the format expected by the runtime, and also to manage
the lifetime of remote rendering sessions.

> NOTE: Once a session is running, a client application will connect to it using one of the "runtime SDKs".
> These SDKs are designed to best support the needs of an interactive application doing 3d rendering.
> They are available in ([.net](https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.remoterendering)
> or ([C++](https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/api/remote-rendering/)).

[Product documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/remote-rendering/)

## Getting started

### Install the package

Install the Azure Mixed Reality ARR client library for .NET with [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/):

```dotnetcli
dotnet add package Azure.MixedReality.RemoteRendering
```

Add a package reference:

```xml
<PackageReference Include="Azure.MixedReality.RemoteRendering" Version="1.0.0" />
```

### Prerequisites

You will need an [Azure subscription](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/dotnet/) and an [Azure Remote Rendering account](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/remote-rendering/how-tos/create-an-account) to use this package.

### Authenticate the client

Constructing a remote rendering client requires an authenticated account, and a remote rendering endpoint.
For an account created in the eastus region, the account domain will have the form "eastus.mixedreality.azure.com".
There are several different forms of authentication:

- Account Key authentication
  - Account keys enable you to get started quickly with using Azure Remote Rendering. But before you deploy your application
    to production, we recommend that you update your app to use Azure AD authentication.
- Azure Active Directory (AD) token authentication
  - If you're building an enterprise application and your company is using Azure AD as its identity system, you can use
    user-based Azure AD authentication in your app. You then grant access to your Azure Remote Rendering accounts by using
    your existing Azure AD security groups. You can also grant access directly to users in your organization.
  - Otherwise, we recommend that you obtain Azure AD tokens from a web service that supports your app. We recommend this
    method for production applications because it allows you to avoid embedding the credentials for access to Azure Spatial
    Anchors in your client application.

See [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/remote-rendering/how-tos/authentication) for detailed instructions and information.

In all the following examples, the client is constructed with a `remoteRenderingEndpoint` Uri object.
The available endpoints correspond to regions, and the choice of endpoint determines the region in which the service performs its work.
An example is `https://remoterendering.eastus2.mixedreality.azure.com`.

> NOTE: For converting assets, it is preferable to pick a region close to the storage containing the assets.

> NOTE: For rendering, it is strongly recommended that you pick the closest region to the devices using the service.
> The time taken to communicate with the server impacts the quality of the experience.

#### Authenticating with account key authentication

Use the `AccountKeyCredential` object to use an account identifier and account key to authenticate:

```C# Snippet:CreateAClient
AzureKeyCredential accountKeyCredential = new AzureKeyCredential(accountKey);

RemoteRenderingClient client = new RemoteRenderingClient(remoteRenderingEndpoint, accountId, accountDomain, accountKeyCredential);
```

#### Authenticating with an AAD client secret

Use the `ClientSecretCredential` object to perform client secret authentication.

```C# Snippet:CreateAClientWithAAD
TokenCredential credential = new ClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret, new TokenCredentialOptions
{
    AuthorityHost = new Uri($"https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}")
});

RemoteRenderingClient client = new RemoteRenderingClient(remoteRenderingEndpoint, accountId, accountDomain, credential);
```

#### Authenticating a user using device code authentication

Use the `DeviceCodeCredential` object to perform device code authentication.

```C# Snippet:CreateAClientWithDeviceCode
Task deviceCodeCallback(DeviceCodeInfo deviceCodeInfo, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
    Console.WriteLine(deviceCodeInfo.Message);
    return Task.FromResult(0);
}

TokenCredential credential = new DeviceCodeCredential(deviceCodeCallback, tenantId, clientId, new TokenCredentialOptions
{
    AuthorityHost = new Uri($"https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}"),
});

RemoteRenderingClient client = new RemoteRenderingClient(remoteRenderingEndpoint, accountId, accountDomain, credential);
```

See [here](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet/wiki/Device-Code-Flow) for more
information about using device code authentication flow.

#### Interactive authentication with DefaultAzureCredential

Use the `DefaultAzureCredential` object with `includeInteractiveCredentials: true` to use default interactive authentication
flow:

```C# Snippet:CreateAClientWithAzureCredential
TokenCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(includeInteractiveCredentials: true);

RemoteRenderingClient client = new RemoteRenderingClient(remoteRenderingEndpoint, accountId, accountDomain, credential);
```

#### Authenticating with a static access token

You can pass a Mixed Reality access token as an `AccessToken` previously retrieved from the
[Mixed Reality STS service](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/tree/main/sdk/mixedreality/Azure.MixedReality.Authentication)
to be used with a Mixed Reality client library:

```C# Snippet:CreateAClientWithStaticAccessToken
// GetMixedRealityAccessTokenFromWebService is a hypothetical method that retrieves
// a Mixed Reality access token from a web service. The web service would use the
// MixedRealityStsClient and credentials to obtain an access token to be returned
// to the client.
AccessToken accessToken = GetMixedRealityAccessTokenFromWebService();

RemoteRenderingClient client = new RemoteRenderingClient(remoteRenderingEndpoint, accountId, accountDomain, accessToken);
```

## Key concepts

### RemoteRenderingClient

The `RemoteRenderingClient` is the client library used to access the RemoteRenderingService.
It provides methods to create and manage asset conversions and rendering sessions.

## Examples

- [Convert a simple asset](#convert-a-simple-asset)
- [Convert a more complex asset](#convert-a-more-complex-asset)
- [Get the output when an asset conversion has finished](#get-the-output-when-an-asset-conversion-has-finished)
- [List conversions](#list-conversions)
- [Create a session](#create-a-session)
- [Extend the lease time of a session](#extend-the-lease-time-of-a-session)
- [List sessions](#list-sessions)
- [Stop a session](#stop-a-session)

### Convert a simple asset

We assume that a RemoteRenderingClient has been constructed as described in the [Authenticate the Client](#authenticate-the-client) section.
The following snippet describes how to request that "box.fbx", found at the root of the blob container at the given URI, gets converted.

```C# Snippet:StartAnAssetConversion
AssetConversionInputOptions inputOptions = new AssetConversionInputOptions(storageUri, "box.fbx");
AssetConversionOutputOptions outputOptions = new AssetConversionOutputOptions(storageUri);
AssetConversionOptions conversionOptions = new AssetConversionOptions(inputOptions, outputOptions);

// A randomly generated GUID is a good choice for a conversionId.
string conversionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

AssetConversionOperation conversionOperation = client.StartConversion(conversionId, conversionOptions);
```

The output files will be placed beside the input asset.

### Convert a more complex asset

Assets can reference other files, and blob containers can contain files belonging to many different assets.
In this example, we show how prefixes can be used to organize your blobs and how to convert an asset to take account of that organization.
Assume that the blob container at `inputStorageUri` contains many files, including "Bicycle/bicycle.gltf", "Bicycle/bicycle.bin" and "Bicycle/saddleTexture.jpg".
(So the prefix "Bicycle" is acting very like a folder.)
We want to convert the gltf so that it has access to the other files which share the prefix, without requiring the conversion service to access any other files.
To keep things tidy, we also want the output files to be written to a different storage container and given a common prefix: "ConvertedBicycle".
The code is as follows:

```C# Snippet:StartAComplexAssetConversion
AssetConversionInputOptions inputOptions = new AssetConversionInputOptions(inputStorageUri, "bicycle.gltf")
{
    BlobPrefix = "Bicycle"
};
AssetConversionOutputOptions outputOptions = new AssetConversionOutputOptions(outputStorageUri)
{
    BlobPrefix = "ConvertedBicycle"
};
AssetConversionOptions conversionOptions = new AssetConversionOptions(inputOptions, outputOptions);

string conversionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

AssetConversionOperation conversionOperation = client.StartConversion(conversionId, conversionOptions);
```

> NOTE: when a prefix is given in the input options, then the input file parameter is assumed to be relative to that prefix.
> The same applies to the output file parameter in output options.

### Get the output when an asset conversion has finished

Converting an asset can take anywhere from seconds to hours.
This code uses an existing conversionOperation and polls regularly until the conversion has finished or failed.
The default polling period is 10 seconds.
Note that a conversionOperation can be constructed from the conversionId of an existing conversion and a client.

```C# Snippet:QueryConversionStatus
AssetConversion conversion = conversionOperation.WaitForCompletionAsync().Result;
if (conversion.Status == AssetConversionStatus.Succeeded)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Conversion succeeded: Output written to {conversion.Output.OutputAssetUri}");
}
else if (conversion.Status == AssetConversionStatus.Failed)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Conversion failed: {conversion.Error.Code} {conversion.Error.Message}");
}
```

### List conversions

You can get information about your conversions using the `getConversions` method.
This method may return conversions which have yet to start, conversions which are running and conversions which have finished.
In this example, we just list the output URIs of successful conversions started in the last day.

```C# Snippet:GetConversions
foreach (var conversion in client.GetConversions())
{
    if ((conversion.Status == AssetConversionStatus.Succeeded) && (conversion.CreatedOn > DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-1)))
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"output asset URI: {conversion.Output.OutputAssetUri}");
    }
}
```

### Create a session

We assume that a RemoteRenderingClient has been constructed as described in the [Authenticate the Client](#authenticate-the-client) section.
The following snippet describes how to request that a new rendering session be started.

```C# Snippet:CreateASession
RenderingSessionOptions options = new RenderingSessionOptions(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30), RenderingServerSize.Standard);

// A randomly generated GUID is a good choice for a sessionId.
string sessionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

StartRenderingSessionOperation startSessionOperation = client.StartSession(sessionId, options);

RenderingSession newSession = startSessionOperation.WaitForCompletionAsync().Result;
if (newSession.Status == RenderingSessionStatus.Ready)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Session {sessionId} is ready.");
}
else if (newSession.Status == RenderingSessionStatus.Error)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Session {sessionId} encountered an error: {newSession.Error.Code} {newSession.Error.Message}");
}
```

### Extend the lease time of a session

If a session is approaching its maximum lease time, but you want to keep it alive, you will need to make a call to increase
its maximum lease time.
This example shows how to query the current properties and then extend the lease if it will expire soon.

> NOTE: The runtime SDKs also offer this functionality, and in many typical scenarios, you would use them to
> extend the session lease.

```C# Snippet:UpdateSession
RenderingSession currentSession = client.GetSession(sessionId);

if (currentSession.MaxLeaseTime - DateTimeOffset.Now.Subtract(currentSession.CreatedOn.Value) < TimeSpan.FromMinutes(2))
{
    TimeSpan newLeaseTime = currentSession.MaxLeaseTime.Value.Add(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30));

    UpdateSessionOptions longerLeaseSettings = new UpdateSessionOptions(newLeaseTime);

    client.UpdateSession(sessionId, longerLeaseSettings);
}
```

### List sessions

You can get information about your sessions using the `getSessions` method.
This method may return sessions which have yet to start and sessions which are ready.

```C# Snippet:ListSessions
foreach (var properties in client.GetSessions())
{
    if (properties.Status == RenderingSessionStatus.Starting)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Session \"{properties.SessionId}\" is starting.");
    }
    else if (properties.Status == RenderingSessionStatus.Ready)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Session \"{properties.SessionId}\" is ready at host {properties.Host}");
    }
}
```

### Stop a session

The following code will stop a running session with given id.

```C# Snippet:StopSession
client.StopSession(sessionId);
```

## Troubleshooting

For general troubleshooting advice concerning Azure Remote Rendering, see [the Troubleshoot page](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/remote-rendering/resources/troubleshoot) for remote rendering at docs.microsoft.com.

The client methods will throw exceptions if the request cannot be made.
However, in the case of both conversions and sessions, the requests can succeed but the requested operation may not be successful.
In this case, no exception will be thrown, but the returned objects can be inspected to understand what happened.

If the asset in a conversion is invalid, the conversion operation will return an AssetConversion object
with a Failed status and carrying a RemoteRenderingServiceError with details.
Once the conversion service is able to process the file, a <assetName>.result.json file will be written to the output container.
If the input asset is invalid, then that file will contain a more detailed description of the problem.

Similarly, sometimes when a session is requested, the session ends up in an error state.
The startSessionOperation method will return a RenderingSession object, but that object will have an Error status and carry a
RemoteRenderingServiceError with details.

## Next steps

- Read the [Product documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/remote-rendering/)
- Learn about the runtime SDKs:
  - .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.remoterendering
  - C++: https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/api/remote-rendering/

## Contributing

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Call of Duty® 2
The sequel to the 2003 Game of the Year! Call of Duty® 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic World War II conflicts. The winner of over 80 Game of the Year awards, Call of Duty 2 offers more immense, more intense, more realistic battles than ever before, thanks to the stunning visuals of the new CODTM2 engine. All-new, unprecedented enhancements from stunningly realistic graphics to seamless gameplay, thanks to the revolutionary COD2 engine, groundbreaking A.I., and choice-based gameplay innovations. Beautifully rendered snow, rain, fog, and smoke, combined with dynamic lighting and shadows make this the most intense WWII shooter to date.
Call of Duty 2 lets players experience four individual soldier stories as they overcome insurmountable odds in multiple campaigns. Players have the freedom to follow each of the four storylines through for the ultimate character-driven experience, or they can engage in the historic battles chronologically for quick hitting action. Along with the new missions, the game features an enhanced engine, advanced AI, and even more authenticity than before.
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With Call of Duty 2, like its predecessor, you're wowed by the amount of chaos that's whirring wildly about you, but when the cloud of smoke settles and you have a look around, the impeccable work that has gone into these backgrounds, environments, structures, and textures is remarkable. Call of Duty 2 is easily one of the best looking Xbox 360 games we've seen, and it will stand out from the crowd come this November.
The fact is, there is very little time when Call if Duty 2 isn't moving at 100 MPH. We've played a bunch of missions before, and I'd personally only seen the Battle of Pointe Du Hoc section. It's one hell of a ride. Earlier this week, I got to play the Russian campaign mission, Repairing the Wire (there are four campaigns, one Russian, one American and two British). In it, you must follow a communication cable through a large portion of the blown up city to its end, while fighting off swarms of German soldiers, and later on a regiment of tanks that only intensify the level.
In this single-player campaign level, you're given a rifle and an automatic machine gun, but you can at any time, after killing an enemy, switch one of your two weapons out for another. You're able to carry two two-handed weapons and a pistol, plus two sets of grenades, frag and smoke. The keyboard and mouse work quickly, smoothly, and they're enough to make a grown console man weep. While the Xbox 360 controller is very nice, indeed, it's still not the equivalent of a mouse and keyboard.
The enemy is so aggressive and so constant that you're pushed into the fray. Unlike other FPS titles, you're compelled to move, find cover, shoot, and move again because the enemy either outnumbers you and your squad, has better positioning, or it's simply throwing grenades into your spot. For instance, I always play games on normal mode, checking out easy and hard to compare. Normal mode is the general default level of difficulty for 99% of the games on the market. The mission I picked to play was farther into the game, and it was the first time I played it, but on Normal, it was kicking my, and everyone else's, ass. An Infinity Ward producer switched the level to Easy for me and most other people, which normally would be pretty embarrassing. Not so here. In fact, an Infinity Ward producer even reached a part of a mission on Normal where he died a few times because it had changed and was so tough. It's challenging, and that's good. The situation was even a little funny. I handed the controller to a few guys, who refused to pick it up. So, I plugged on.
The whipping I got made me a better player pretty quickly. The enemy charges forth, tactically moves toward and around you, using cover, and employing teamwork to take you and your squad out quickly. If you stick to one spot, they'll throw grenades. Or crowd you. The enemy forces you leave your spot, shoot, move, and find cover again. You cannot take too much time to wait and carefully aim. There isn't enough time for that. You then have to shoot, drop more enemies, creating a hole in their defense, and charge forth. Using grenades is always a great idea because it's easy, but also because it usually wipes out a few guys at a time. The intuitive learning arc is quick with grenades. The animation is smooth and quick, and their death animations are realistic and fun to watch, but they're kept in check.


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LOS GATOS, Calif. - April 17, 2019 - eTradeWire -- Zero (http://www.zeroapp.ai), provider of the industry's most innovative artificial intelligence email management solution, today announced it will be demonstrating its integration with Intapp Time on stage today at 11:20am ET in the Julliard room at Intapp Connect19 (https://connectny2019.splashthat.com/), New York April 17–18 at Grand Hyatt Central Station. Zero is the only AI-powered technology to automate passive, instant capture of billable interactions with client email on mobile devices, a primary billable activity of attorneys who must frequently work away from their desktops. The integration means that attorneys using the Intapp platform can automatically capture billable work from their mobile devices and populate contemporaneous time entries in Intapp Time without taking additional steps or consuming administrative resources.
"Until recently, time entry systems for the legal profession have failed to accommodate real-world workflows of attorneys, which increasingly rely on the flexibility and convenience of mobile devices," said Ryan Steadman, CRO at ZERO. "Zero dramatically reduces the cognitive and administrative 'drag' that comes with the timekeeping and filing chores that constantly distract attorneys from substantive legal work. Our solution to this problem is simple and elegant, ensuring these non-billable administrative chores are completed instantly and accurately, and allowing attorneys to keep their focus on creating value for their clients.
The integration with Intapp Time comes on the heels of Zero integrations with many of the leading time entry platforms in the industry, including Bellefield, Carpe Diem, Elite and Aderant. With the new integration, users simply log into Intapp from the Zero app, open an email or email conversation, and Zero automatically begins recording user activity. Zero identifies the matter each email pertains to and the conversation topic, and records the time the user consumes reading individual emails, composing replies, composing new emails and reading attachments. Zero then automatically generates a detailed time capture narrative and sends it to Intapp, grouping time captures by email subject and grouping conversations with a unique ID number.
In addition to automating time capture and time entry narratives, Zero's AI technology automatically files emails with unparalleled accuracy and efficiency into a firm's DMS. The AI-powered time capture feature automatically identifies the associated matter—including correctly identifying matters for clients with multiple matters—creates an accurate narrative and feeds these time records directly into the firm's time entry system for review, edit and posting.
For more information about Zero's Intapp integration or its presence at Intapp Connect19, or to schedule a private demo, please visit the website: https://www.zeroapp.ai/request-demo.
Zero is the industry's only mobile-first, artificial intelligence technology for email management. Zero both wins time and finds new revenue for lawyers and law firms. Zero's AI technology automatically files emails with unparalleled accuracy and efficiency into iManage, NetDocuments and OpenText document management systems; is the only application to automatically capture billable time for interacting with client email on a mobile device; and includes a set of email productivity tools for lawyers such as wrong recipient detection that improve compliance and an additional variety of smart features that allow customers to process and analyze large volumes of email faster and more accurately than any other mobile email client.


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Chain Reactions: DeAngelo Hall, Alex Ovechkin Shine In Pro Bowl, All-Star Game
We recap a strong weekend for DC's All-Stars and a good weekend for a pair of local college basketball teams.
By Scott Jackson Jan 31, 2011, 9:33am EST
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I love the irony that an all-star game where no defense is played has a guy from one of the worst defenses in the NFL as the game's MVP. Congrats to DeAngelo Hall for picking up the honor, but can we go ahead and lose the Pro Bowl in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement? The game is a joke. No one wants to play in it and the guys that are on the field avoid contact at all costs.
The NHL Knows All-Star Games
Sure the NHL All-Star Game has no defense and avoids contact, but unlike the Pro Bowl, it is entertaining to see guys in space on the ice fans like goals. However, keep in mind it is an All-Star Game that is meaningless (take note MLB). I even loved the draft they had on Friday night, and the last guy chosen was not treated like a geek in gym class like many sports writers feared. Instead the All-Star Phil Kessel got a new car and $20,000 to give to a charity. Also, Capitals stars Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green racked up two points apiece.
Hoyas win, Hoyas win and Must Do it Again
The Big East is a Meat Grinder. Georgetown got a big road win on Saturday at Villanova, winning for the seventh time in the last eight games when they two teams have played. However, there is no time to celebrate the four-game winning streak in the Big East, with Big Monday and Louisville ahead. The Cardinals just won a double-overtime game at Connecticut.
Austin Freeman also appears to be out of his funk. The Hoyas star had 30 poitns in the win against the Wildcats.
Maryland in Familiar Territory
It is an annual right of passage for the Maryland basketball program. Get off to a slow start in the season, dig yourself a hole and then climb out of said hole while everyone questions whether or not you can do it. They took another step in that direction with a 74-63 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday. Sophomore Jordan Williams continues to be one of the best low post players in the country, with 21 points and 15 rebounds against Georgia Tech.
The win over the Yellow Jackets came despite the Terps hitting no three-pointers. it was the first time since 1999 that Maryland failed to hit a three-pointer, a span of 407 games.
"We're not a team that can depend on style points to win games," said Maryland coach Gary Williams. "Our pressure defense helps us. Every team has to play a certain way each year, and that has to be us this year. We have to play with a lot of intensity."
Wizards Road Skid at 23 Straight ... Will they be Undressed in Dallas Next?
When will it end? Will it ever end? It sure does not seem likely on Monday as the Wizards play at the Dallas Mavericks. Is there anything that's more unlikely than the Wizards beating a quality team like Dallas on the road? I have the answer to that. It is about as likely as a stripper shortage in Dallas.
Smokeless Strasburg
Ok from the silly to the serious here. Nationals ailing Ace Stephen Strasburg is not only working his way back from Tommy John Surgery, but he is also working on kicking the smokeless tobacco habit.
"I'm still in the process of quitting," Strasburg, 22, said. "I've made a lot of strides, stopped being so compulsive with it. I'm hoping I'm going to be clean for spring training. It's going to be hard, because it's something that's embedded in the game."
Good for Strasburg and I'm sure the guys in the dugout are happy. There is nothing worse than accidently picking up a cup of Gatorade only to find out it is someone's spit cup. Yikes!


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IMAGING WITH MULTIMODAL ADAPTIVE-OPTICS OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IN MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME: THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
Explore LWW Online Jan 7 2016 Ophthalmology
Purpose: To elucidate the location of pathological changes in multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) with the use of multimodal adaptive optics (AO) imaging . Methods: A 5-year observational case study of a 24-year-old female with recurrent MEWDS. Full examination included history, Snellen chart visual acuity, pupil assessment, intraocular pressures, slit lamp evaluation, dilated fundoscopic exam, imaging with Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT), blue-light fundus autofluorescence (FAF), fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, and adaptive-optics optical coherence tomography . Results: Three distinct acute episodes of MEWDS occurred during the period of follow-up. Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and adaptive-optics imaging showed disturbance in the photoreceptor ...
Mentions: University of Pittsburgh Joel S. Schuman Daniel X. Hammer
Combined Reflectance Confocal Microscopy-Optical Coherence Tomography System for Imaging of Biological Tissue
Explore patentscope.wipo.int Jul 31 2014 Microscopy , Patents
A dual-modality apparatus for imaging of biological tissue includes a reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) imaging apparatus and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging apparatus. A first optical component reflects a first beam of light provided by a RCM imaging apparatus towards a sample and passes a second beam of light provided by an OCT imaging apparatus towards the sample, such that the first and second beam of lights share at least a portion of an imaging path.
Mentions: Physical Sciences Incorporated R. Daniel Ferguson Nicusor Iftimia
Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography with dynamic retinal tracking
Explore opticsinfobase.org Jun 17 2014 Ophthalmology
Adaptive optics optical coherence tomography (AO-OCT) is a highly sensitive and noninvasive method for three dimensional imaging of the microscopic retina. Like all in vivo retinal imaging techniques, however, it suffers the effects of involuntary eye movements that occur even under normal fixation. In this study we investigated dynamic retinal tracking to measure and correct eye motion at KHz rates for AO-OCT imaging. A customized retina tracking module was integrated into the sample arm of the 2nd-generation Indiana AO-OCT system and images were acquired on three subjects. Analyses were developed based on temporal amplitude and spatial power spectra in conjunction ...
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Qiang Wang Ravi S. Jonnal
Multi-functional adaptive optics retinal imaging
Explore uspto.gov Apr 15 2014 Ophthalmology , Patents
An optical apparatus includes a system of optical components capable of operating in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components includes a first optical module for the SLO mode, a second optical module for the OCT mode, and a first scanning device. The first optical module for the SLO mode includes a first source adapted to provide a first imaging beam for the SLO mode and a first detection device configured to receive a first signal associated with a first image of a retina of an eye. The second ...
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Physical Sciences Incorporated R. Daniel Ferguson
Repeatability of in vivo 3D lamina cribrosa microarchitecture using adaptive optics spectral domain optical coherence tomography
Explore opticsinfobase.org Mar 10 2014 Ophthalmology
We demonstrate the repeatability of lamina cribrosa (LC) microarchitecture for in vivo 3D optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans of healthy, glaucoma suspects, and glaucomatous eyes. Eyes underwent two scans using a prototype adaptive optics spectral domain OCT (AO-SDOCT) device from which LC microarchitecture was semi-automatically segmented. LC segmentations were used to quantify pore and beam structure through several global microarchitecture parameters. Repeatability of LC microarchitecture was assessed qualitatively and quantitatively by calculating parameter imprecision. For all but one parameters (pore volume) measurement imprecision was <4.7% of the mean value, indicating good measurement reproducibility. Imprecision ranged between 27.3% and ...
Mentions: University of Pittsburgh Joel S. Schuman Larry Kagemann
Optical coherence tomography-based micro-particle image velocimetry
Explore opticsinfobase.org Nov 1 2013
We present a new application of optical coherence tomography (OCT), widely used in biomedical imaging, to flow analysis in near-wall hydrodynamics for marine research. This unique capability, called OCT micro-particle image velocimetry, provides a high-resolution view of microscopic flow phenomena and measurement of flow statistics within the first millimeter of a boundary layer. The technique is demonstrated in a small flow cuvette and in a water tunnel.
Automated lamina cribrosa microstructural segmentation in optical coherence tomography scans of healthy and glaucomatous eyes
Explore opticsinfobase.org Oct 24 2013 Ophthalmology
We demonstrate an automated segmentation method for in-vivo 3D optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the lamina cribrosa (LC). Manual segmentations of coronal slices of the LC were used as a gold standard in parameter selection and evaluation of the automated technique. The method was validated using two prototype OCT devices; each had a subject cohort including both healthy and glaucomatous eyes. Automated segmentation of in-vivo 3D LC OCT microstructure performed comparably to manual segmentation and is useful for investigative research and in clinical quantification of the LC.
Mentions: University of Pittsburgh Massachusetts Institute of Technology James G. Fujimoto
Accurate prediction of collapse temperature using optical coherence tomography-based freeze-drying microscopy
Explore Wiley Online Library May 19 2013 NDE/NDT , Other Non-Medical
The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of developing and applying a laboratory tool that can provide three-dimensional product structural information during freeze-drying and which can accurately characterize the collapse temperature ( T c ) of pharmaceutical formulations designed for freeze-drying. A single-vial freeze dryer coupled with optical coherence tomography freeze-drying microscopy (OCT–FDM) was developed to investigate the structure and T c of formulations in pharmaceutically relevant products containers (i.e., freeze-drying in vials). OCT–FDM was used to measure the T c and eutectic melt of three formulations in freeze-drying vials. The T c as measured by ...
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Physical Sciences Incorporated University of Connecticut
Combined reflectance confocal microscopy/optical coherence tomography imaging for skin burn assessment
Explore opticsinfobase.org Apr 13 2013 Dermatology
A combined high-resolution reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM)/optical coherence tomography (OCT) instrument for assessing skin burn gravity has been built and tested. This instruments allows for visualizing skin intracellular details with submicron resolution in the RCM mode and morphological and birefringence modifications to depths on the order of 1.2 mm in the OCT mode. Preliminary testing of the dual modality imaging approach has been performed on the skin of volunteers with some burn scars and on normal and thermally-injured Epiderm FTTM skin constructs. The initial results show that these two optical technologies have complementary capabilities that can offer the ...
Mentions: Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Physical Sciences Incorporated
Multimodal adaptive optics retinal imager: design and performance
Explore opticsinfobase.org Nov 20 2012 Ophthalmology
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) are complementary imaging modalities, the combination of which can provide clinicians with a wealth of information to detect retinal diseases, monitor disease progression, or assess new therapies. Adaptive optics (AO) is a tool that enables correction of wavefront distortions from ocular aberrations. We have developed a multimodal adaptive optics system (MAOS) for high-resolution multifunctional use in a variety of research and clinical applications. The system integrates both OCT and SLO imaging channels into an AO beam path. The optics and hardware were designed with specific features for simultaneous SLO/OCT output ...
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Harvard University Physical Sciences Incorporated
Adaptive optics line scanning ophthalmoscope
Explore uspto.gov Jun 19 2012 Ophthalmology , Patents
A first optical module scans a portion of an eye with a line of light, descans reflected light from the scanned portion of the eye and confocally provides output light in a line focus configuration. A detection device detects the output light and images the portion of the eye. A second optical module detects an optical distortion and corrects the optical distortion in the line of light scanned on the portion of the eye.
Imaging flow dynamics in murine coronary arteries with spectral domain optical Doppler tomography
Explore opticsinfobase.org Mar 13 2012 Cardiology
Blood flow in murine epicardial and intra-myocardial coronary arteries was measured in vivo with spectral domain optical Doppler tomography (SD-ODT). Videos at frame rates up to 180 fps were collected and processed to extract phase shifts associated with moving erythrocytes in the coronary arteries. Radial averaging centered on the vessel lumen provided spatial smoothing of phase noise in a single cross-sectional frame for instantaneous peak velocity measurement without distortion of the flow profile. Temporal averaging synchronized to the cardiac cycle (i.e., gating) was also performed to reduce phase noise, although resulting in lower flow profiles. The vessel angle with ...
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Thomas E. Milner Marc D. Feldman
Fluorescence-guided optical coherence tomography imaging for colon cancer screening: a preliminary mouse study
Explore opticsinfobase.org Dec 19 2011 Oncology
A new concept for cancer screening has been preliminarily investigated. A cancer targeting agent loaded with a near-infrared (NIR) dye was topically applied on the tissue to highlight cancer-suspect locations and guide optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, which was used to further investigate tissue morphology at the micron scale. A pilot study on ApcMin mice has been performed to preliminarily test this new cancer screening approach. As a cancer-targeting agent, poly(epsilon-caprolactone) microparticles (PCLMPs), labeled with a NIR dye and functionalized with an RGD (argenine-glycine-aspartic acid) peptide, were used. This agent recognizes the ανβ3 integrin receptor (ABIR), which is over-expressed ...
Optical coherence tomography-based freeze-drying microscopy
Explore opticsinfobase.org Dec 7 2011 Microscopy
A new type of freeze-drying microscope based upon time-domain optical coherence tomography is presented here (OCT-FDM). The microscope allows for real-time, in situ 3D imaging of pharmaceutical formulations in vials relevant for manufacturing processes with a lateral resolution of <7 μm and an axial resolution of <5 μm. Correlation of volumetric structural imaging with product temperature measured during the freeze-drying cycle allowed investigation of structural changes in the product and determination of the temperature at which the freeze-dried cake collapses. This critical temperature is the most important parameter in designing freeze-drying processes of pharmaceutical products.
Explore wipo.int Jul 28 2011 Patents
Differentiation of pancreatic cysts with optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging: an ex vivo pilot study
Explore opticsinfobase.org Jul 25 2011 Gastroenterology
We demonstrate for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging can reliably distinguish between morphologic features of low risk pancreatic cysts (i.e., pseudocysts and serous cystadenomas) and high risk pancreatic cysts (i.e., mucinous cystic neoplasms and intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms). In our study fresh pancreatectomy specimens (66) from patients with cystic lesions undergoing surgery were acquired and examined with OCT. A training set of 20 pathology-OCT correlated tissue specimens were used to develop criteria for differentiating between low and high risk cystic lesions. A separate (validation) set of 46 specimens were used to test the OCT ...
Mentions: Brigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Daniel X. Hammer
Hybrid spectral domain optical coherence tomography line scanning laser ophthalmoscope
Explore wipo.int Jul 20 2011 Ophthalmology , Patents
An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser ophthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components can include a first source to provide a first beam of light for the OCT mode and a second source to provide a second beam of light for the LSLO mode. In the OCT mode, a first optic is used that (i) scans, using a first surface of the first optic, the first beam of ...
Preliminary evaluation of a nanotechnology-based approach for the more effective diagnosis of colon cancers
Explore futuremedicine.com Dec 5 2010 Gastroenterology , Oncology
Aim: The goal of this research was to develop and preliminarily test a novel technology and instrumentation that could help to significantly increase the diagnostic yield of current colon cancer screening procedures. This technology is based on a combined fluorescence–optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging, and topical delivery of a cancer-targeting agent. Materials & methods: Gold colloid-adsorbed poly(ε-caprolactone) microparticles were labeled with a near-infrared dye, and functionalized with argentine–glycine–aspartic acid (RGD peptide) to effectively target cancer tissue, and enhance fluorescence-imaging contrast. The RGD peptide recognizes the αvβ3-integrin receptor, which is overexpressed by epithelial cancer cells. OCT was ...
Stabilized retinal imaging with adaptive optics
Explore uspto.gov Jul 20 2010 Ophthalmology , Patents
A system provides an optical image of an object. A first module tracks a reference feature of the object. A second module includes a source for an imaging beam, a scanning device to move the imaging beam along a portion of the object and a detection device receives a signal associated with an image of the portion of the object. The first module controls the position of the imaging beam relative to the reference feature to correct for the motion of the object. A third module detects a distortion of the object and compensates for the distortion.
Mentions: Daniel X. Hammer Wasatch Photonics Physical Sciences Incorporated
High resolution multimodal clinical ophthalmic imaging system
Explore opticsinfobase.org May 18 2010 Ophthalmology
We developed a multimodal adaptive optics (AO) retinal imager which is the first to combine high performance AO-corrected scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and swept source Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (SSOCT) imaging modes in a single compact clinical prototype platform. Such systems are becoming ever more essential to vision research and are expected to prove their clinical value for diagnosis of retinal diseases, including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy (DR), age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and retinitis pigmentosa. The SSOCT channel operates at a wavelength of 1 µm for increased penetration and visualization of the choriocapillaris and choroid, sites of major disease activity ...
Explore uspto.gov Jan 19 2010 Ophthalmology , Patents
Automated algorithm for breast tissue differentiation in optical coherence tomography
Explore SPIE Digital Library Jun 26 2009 Oncology
An automated algorithm for differentiating breast tissue types based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) data is presented. Eight parameters are derived from the OCT reflectivity profiles and their means and covariance matrices are calculated for each tissue type from a training set (48 samples) selected based on histological examination. A quadratic discrimination score is then used to assess the samples from a validation set. The algorithm results for a set of 89 breast tissue samples were correlated with the histological findings, yielding specificity and sensitivity of 0.88. If further perfected to work in real time and yield even higher ...
Swept-source parallel OCT
Explore SPIE Digital Library Feb 19 2009
We present an optical coherence tomography (OCT) system that can create a full 2D cross-sectional image of a sample within one single spectral sweep of a swept source at a frame rate of 160 fps. The unique combination of line field and swept source technologies in a Fourier domain OCT configuration achieves ultrahigh imaging speeds with a greatly simplified wavelength swept source. The system was initially tested on reflective and diffuse targets.
Real-time processing for Fourier domain optical coherence tomography using a field programmable gate array
Explore Scitation Nov 3 2008
Teoman E. Ustun, Nicusor V. Iftimia, R. Daniel Ferguson, and Daniel X. Hammer Real-time display of processed Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) images is important for applications that require instant feedback of image information, for example, systems developed for rapid screening or image-guided surgery. However, the computational requirements for high-spe ... [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 114301 (2008)] published Mon Nov 3, 2008.
Monitoring blood flow in the retina using a line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope
FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to systems and methods for examining eyes. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods that employ scanned lines of light for examining eyes and monitoring blood flow in the retina.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe retina is among the most highly vascularized and metabolically active tissues in the body. Like the central nervous system of which it is a part, it is also susceptible to ischemic injury. Degenerative diseases of
Foveal Fine Structure in Retinopathy of Prematurity: An Adaptive Optics Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study
Explore iovs.org Apr 23 2008 Ophthalmology
purpose. To describe the fine structure of the fovea in subjects with a history of mild retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) using adaptive optics–Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (AO-FDOCT). methods. High-speed, high-resolution AO-FDOCT videos were recorded in subjects with a history of ROP (n = 5; age range, 14–26 years) and in control subjects (n = 5; age range, 18–25 years). Custom software was used to extract foveal pit depth and volume from three-dimensional (3-D) retinal maps. The thickness of retinal layers as a function of retinal eccentricity was measured manually. The retinal vasculature in the parafoveal region was assessed ...
(26 articles) R. Daniel Ferguson
(26 articles) Physical Sciences Incorporated
(24 articles) Daniel X. Hammer
(16 articles) Nicusor Iftimia
(15 articles) Mircea Mujat
(3 articles) Harvard University
(3 articles) University of Pittsburgh
(3 articles) Joel S. Schuman
(3 articles) Gadi Wollstein
(2 articles) Larry Kagemann


Interview 8/4 at 8 PM cet.
Critics and fans alike hail pianist and composer SATOKO FUJII as one of the most original voices in jazz today. A truly global artist, she splits her time between Berlin and Japan and tours internationally leading several ensembles. Just as her career spans international borders, her music spans many genres, blending jazz, contemporary classical music, rock, and traditional Japanese music into an innovative synthesis instantly recognizable as hers alone. Her wide-ranging compositions can incorporate the simple melodies of folk song, the harmonic sophistication of jazz, the rhythmic power of rock, and the extended forms of symphonic composers. Although Fujii's compositions are full of sudden shifts in direction and mood, the extremes are always part of a greater conceptual whole. As an improviser, Fujii is equally wide-ranging and virtuosic. In her solos, explosive free jazz energy mingles with delicate melodicism and a broad palette of timbre and textures.
Born on October 9, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan, Fujii began playing piano at four and received classical training until twenty, when she turned to jazz. From 1985–87, she studied at Boston's Berklee College of Music, where her teachers included Herb Pomeroy and Bill Pierce. She returned to Japan for six years before returning to the US to study at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where her teachers included George Russell, Cecil McBee, and Paul Bley, who appeared on her debut CD Something About Water (Libra, 1996).
Since then Fujii has been an innovative bandleader and soloist, a tireless seeker of new sounds, and a prolific recording artist in ensembles ranging from duos to big bands. She has showcased her astonishing range and ability on nearly 70 CDs as leader or co-leader in less than 20 years. With each new recording or new band, she explores new aspects of her art.
Between 1997 and 2008, her New York trio with bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Jim Black released seven critically acclaimed CDs. Cadence magazine described the group as "Beautiful and exciting by turns, and sometimes both at once." Jason Bivins inSignal to Noise, praised the "dynamite unit" for its "improv delirium, hot grooves, and melodic dances. In 2004 trumpeter/husband Natsuki Tamura joined this trio to form the Satoki Fujii Four, which released the critically acclaimed Live in Japan 2004 and 2006'sWhen We Were There.
In 2001 came the radically different Vulcan (Libra Records), an avant-rock/free jazz fusion album by a new group, the Satoko Fujii Quartet featuring Tatsuya Yoshida of the Japanese avant-rock duo, The Ruins. "The sensibility here is aggressive to the point of primitive," said Bill Bennett in JazzTimes. "Vulcan is … a masterpiece of jazz expression." Between 2001 and 2007, each of the Japanese quartet's five albums, including Zephyros (Polystar, 2004) and Angelona (Libra, 2005), received equally enthusiastic approval. Toh-Kichi, her duo with the quartet's drummer Yoshida, released CDs in 2002 and 2004.
However, Fujii's creative ideas for large ensemble cannot be fully encompassed by a mere two big bands, and she has gone on to work with two others―Orchestra Nagoya, with which she as recorded three CDs since 2004, Orchestra Kobe. In 2006 she released an unprecedented four CDs―one by each of these orchestras―at one time. Even four orchestras is not enough for the prolific composer-improviser. At the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival she premiered a fifth big band, the Satoko Fujii Orchestra Chicago.
As the new century progressed, Fujii continued to establish new ensembles. In 2006 came the co-operative trio Junk Box with Tamura and percussionist John Hollenbeck.
In addition to leading her small and large ensembles, Fujii has also engaged in many collaborative duo projects and ad hoc groups, and appeared as a member of ensembles led by others. With violinist Carla Kihlstedt, she has made two CDs, including Minamo, which Ben Ratliff of the New York Times says "is extraordinary, a series of tight, dramatic events." She has also released a limited edition duo recording with pianist Myra Melford, Under the Water. A meeting between Fujii and Tamura and Dutch pianist Misha Mengelberg and trumpeter Angelo Verploegen is documented on Crossword Puzzle. She has also toured and recorded with saxophonist Larry Ochs' Sax and Drum Core, and appeared on albums by drummer Jimmy Weinstein, saxophonist Raymond McDonald, and Japanese free jazz legend, trumpeter Itaru Oki. She is a regular member of Tamura's Gato Libre quartet, in which she plays accordion, and First Meeting, and played synthesizer in his quartet between 2002 and 2004.
In 2013, Fujii also set off on a new musical adventure with the Satoko Fujii New Trio, featuring bassist Todd Nicholson and drummer Takashi Itani―her first piano trio since 2008. The group released their debut recording, Spring Storm, that same year.
Earlier bands led by the constantly exploring trumpeter have been very different in character. Peter Marsh of the BBC had this to say of the 2003 Natsuki Tamura Quartet release Hada Hada: "Imagine Don Cherry woke up one morning, found he'd joined an avant goth-rock band and was booked to score an Italian horror movie. It might be an unlikely scenario, but it goes some way to describing this magnificent sprawl of a record." The collaborative trio, Junk Box, which he co-founded in 2006 along with pianist Fujii and drummer John Hollenbeck, plays Fujii's "composed improvisations," graphic scores that take "ensemble dynamics to great creative heights," says Kevin Le Gendre in Jazzwise. Their music "is full of bluster and agitation that nonetheless retains moments of great melodic beauty, usually by way of concise, pertly pretty motifs that trumpeter Tamura plays in between bursts of withering roars that often dissolve into austere overtones." Cut the Rope, the debut release by his most recent quartet, First Meeting, featuring Fujii, drummer Tatsuhisa Yamamoto and electric guitarist Kelly Churko, "is a noisy, free, impatient album, and ranks among Fujii and Tamura's most accomplished," according to Steve Greenlee of the Boston Globe.


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This research project addresses the question how picture books can support the development of literary competence in young children (four to six-year-olds) in classroom situations. The concept of literary competence (Culler 2002 (1975))  is based on the notion of linguistic competence, developed by Chomsky in the mid 1960s. Chomsky in turn based his distinction between (individual) linguistic competence and linguistic performance on de Saussure's (1857-1913) distinction between the (more collective) notions of langue and parole. To understand (or produce) a sequence of spoken sounds in a certain language as a sentence one must have implicit knowledge of the system, the structure of the language in which the sentence is spoken. Only then will the utterance have meaning or make sense. This implicit knowledge Chomsky calls 'linguistic competence'. By analogy, Culler suggests we can also think of structure and meaning as constituting properties of literary works, knowledge of which may be present in the reader's (or listener's) head to a greater or lesser extent. It is this knowledge that Culler refers to as literary competence. Thus, to read a text as literature requires knowledge of the system or the structure according to which a literary text is organised.
In Structuralist Poetics: Structuralism, linguistics and the study of literature, Culler (2002 (1975)) developed a poetics that puts the emphasis on the structuring abilities of the reader rather than on the structure of literary texts. Structuralist Poetics describes the implicit knowledge, the literary competence of readers who successfully operate within the literary system. The concept of literary competence can therefore be thought of as 'a theory of the practice of reading' (Culler 2002:301). Because it deals with the knowledge and skills competent readers have at their disposal, this poetics lends itself to pedagogical applications. In the first two years of primary education (often mixed into one class called group 1/2) teachers frequently read stories to children, but usually little attention is given to how these stories work, or how they are structured. Culler's concept of literary competence concerns only adult readers; this study investigates how it can be made use of (implicitly) in the reading practices of group 1/2.
Chapter 1 discusses the possibilities and limitations of reading picturebooks to children as literature on the basis of scholarly and professional publications. The intended structuralist approach to picturebook reading differs in a number of important aspects from common reading practices in group 1/2. In the first two years of primary education, story reading is often considered as an aid to support language development (particularly vocabulary), to support the development of knowledge of the world and to support children's socio-emotional development. However, because of the richness of its system, the picturebook genre also happens to have more than enough qualities to support literary reading in a structuralist sense. The central feature of the picturebook system is that text and image are either complementary or in contrast with each other. Other important features of picturebooks are 'gaps' and meta-fictive elements. The presence of these structural elements in picturebooks may draw the reader's attention to the ways in which the literary system works.
Chapter 2 discusses the concept of literary competence from an institutional point of view. In the learning objectives of primary education, literary competence is not mentioned as such, although it could be said to be involved in the 'intermediate' objectives (in Dutch 'tussendoelen') of 'book orientation' and 'narrative understanding' for group 1/2. However, through efforts aimed at book reading promotion (in Dutch 'leesbevorderingsbeleid'), falling within the realm of cultural policy rather than educational policy, the concept of literary competence can be said to play a role within primary education. Within this context, literary competence is usually defined in a much broader sense than that originally covered by Culler's use of the term. In some cases, the structuralist origin of the concept even appears to be ignored completely. Broader definitions of literary competence, as found in certain policy documents for instance, are the result of a series of pragmatic additions to the original concept (such as the ability to search and find books in libraries, and the ability to participate in discussions about books). In book reading promotion, the concept of literary competence is also often linked to the notion of 'reading pleasure' (in Dutch 'leesplezier'), the underlying assumptions being that when children enjoy reading books, they will become more competent readers of literature, and conversely competent readers will enjoy reading more. In policy documents on book reading promotion, reading pleasure is often described in terms of immersion, identification, and imagination (for instance Van Dormolen et al. 2005). These views of reading pleasure are firmly established in primary education today but they are quite removed from the more reflective structuralist approach with its primary interest in the workings of the literary system. A structuralist conceptualisation of picture book reading in classroom situations will therefore have to deal with this issue and balance the two approaches in some way.
Chapter 3 reports on a Delphi-procedure. In this procedure, eleven experts in the field of children's literature and primary education discussed the possibilities of the concept of literary competence in the first two years of primary education and how picture books can support literary development. These expert opinions have been used to set up a model that describes the knowledge and skills of a four to six-year-old (a theoretical construct) who reads picture books in a way that could be called 'competent'. Lying at the centre of this model is the child's awareness that stories are fictional and that within this awareness children develop a basic knowledge of story structures and of the conventions and strategies of storytelling. Apart from their input being used to set up a model for the children's literary competence, the experts also analysed (the same) two picture books and proposed ideas for a read-aloud session of one of these books. This resulted in a series of useful questions and points of interest for drawing up instructions for literary reading.
Chapter 4 contains theoretical discussions of each of the three topics selected from the conceptual model of literary competence (see Chapter 3). Each topic is discussed in terms of how it 'works' in picture books and what specific knowledge and skills are required by readers to be able to deal with issues related to the topic. In theory, 'story characters' appear to be a relatively easy and accessible category for young children. Being able to distinguish between the main character and additional characters and to pay attention to (possible) character development are important insights in the development of literary competence. Tension/suspense, the second topic is already slightly more complex because it involves the distribution of information. As a story develops, relevant information may be withheld from the reader or from a story character. As a result, the reader or the character is kept in a state of suspense. Ironic humour is the most complex of the three topics discussed here. Grasping it requires meta-linguistic skills (for example the awareness that someone might (intentionally) say something and in fact mean the opposite) and meta-representational skills (knowing what is supposed to happen in order to realise that something is not going according to plan). On the basis of these three topics, a corpus of twenty-four picture books was assembled. Each book came with reading instructions to make it possible for teachers to read the book to their pupils as literature. By asking thought-provoking (implicit) questions on story structure and storytelling conventions, each reading instruction (see attachment 3) addresses a literary phenomenon that is prominently present in the book in question.
Chapter 5 describes how the reading instructions were tested and optimised in two groups 1/2 of one primary school using the method of educational design research. Transcriptions of these read-aloud sessions resulted in paradigmatic excerpts that show how the reading of picture books as literature takes place in the classroom. From this small-scale try-out it can be concluded that children are able to respond to picture book stories in a way that can be called 'literary competent'. The educational design research also showed that literary reading (in accordance with Culler 2002) affords its own kind of 'reading pleasure'. Children clearly enjoyed reflecting on questions like 'Can we visit that story character [a rabbit] in his castle?' (which indirectly addresses the fictional nature of stories). Also the awareness that a reader might know more than a story character, or finding out that there are intentional and humorous contrasts between words and images, or between intention and realisation (irony), proved to be a source of enjoyment. In order to measure the level of literary competence of children participating in the subsequent experiment a 'measuring instrument' was developed.
Chapter 6 describes how an individual task containing questions similar to those in the reading instructions was designed around an authentic picture book entitled Watje Wimpie.  The format of the Watje Wimpie-task is based on the 'Narrative Comprehension Task'. VLES-K is an instrument to measure individual children's familiarity with picture books.
Chapter 7 describes an experiment (randomised controlled trial with pre-test and post-test) in which eighteen randomly selected groups 1/2 participated. Nine of these groups, again randomly allocated, took part in an intervention programme that involved the reading of the picture book corpus using the reading instructions. The other nine groups did not take part in this intervention (and did not get the books) but were read to in the usual ways. Randomly selected children from all eighteen groups did the Watje Wimpie-task (before and after the intervention period) and the VLES-K (only pre-test). The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential (logistic regression) statistics. The results of the experiment show that reading picture books using the reading instructions had a considerable effect (odds ratio of >14 after adjustment for a range of prognostic variables for literary competence) on the dependent variable of literary competence. In the post-test, children in the experimental groups (i.e., the groups that took part in the intervention) performed significantly better on the Watje Wimpie-task for literary competence than did the children in the control groups. Reliability tests (for internal consistency and content validity and for interrater reliability) confirmed the validity of the task.
Chapter 8 offers a summary of the project, discusses the most important findings and suggests directions for future research. The teachers who participated in the intervention were enthusiastic about what they called an interesting new perspective on picture book reading. An issue they found problematic was that when reading picture books as literature children are required to stay within the story for as long as is possible. Within the structuralist approach, a story is to be read and discussed within the literary system to avoid 'an unseemly rush from word to world' (Culler 2002:151). When reading a story as literature readers should therefore not immediately move from the story to their own world. This follows from 'a desire to avoid premature foreclosure, to allow the text to differentiate itself from ordinary language, to grant maximum scope to the play of formal features and of semantic uncertainties' (Culler 2002:187). Possible future research could concentrate on this aspect in more detail. Other aspects that might be interesting are the somewhat problematic relationship between 'reading pleasure' and the 'structuring' reader and questions related to issues of complexity (how much structural complexity can young children handle?, etc.). The conclusion that can be drawn from this investigation is that young children can actually become competent readers of picture books in a structuralist sense. If the sector takes the concept of literary competence seriously, the development of it can start as early as the first two years of primary education.
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