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May graduate (Ph.D, EPID) Olubunmi Orekoya committed to career in reducing health disparities in pediatric obesity
July 5, 2017 | Erin Bluvas, bluvase@sc.edu
Olubunmi (Bunmi) Orekoya found her way to public health through a series of personal experiences. Growing up in Nigeria, she observed the many complications of diseases that can be prevented through vaccinations. After experiencing measles herself, Orekoya was particularly motivated to pursue a career in the health field.
Despite limited financial resources, Orekoya, the third of five children, earned a medical degree from the University of Ibadan through the support of her parents—neither of whom had the opportunity to pursue a higher education degree. "From a tender age, I understood the reality of my family stressors and the goal was to excel in school and proceed to college," she says. "Going to college became one of the best decisions I have ever made and my experiences have taught me that hard work, motivation and knowledge are vital to achieving one's goal."
Following medical school, Orekoya worked with HIV/AIDS patients at Harvard PEPFAR in Nigeria. Through this role, she administered antiretroviral therapy and conducted voluntary counseling and testing. She also helped set up satellite antiretroviral clinics in neighboring towns—gaining critical teamwork skills and making an impact on each individual's health despite limited resources. But something was missing.
I did not simply want to treat patients or manage complications of disease, rather, I wanted to educate people on health behaviors, prevent diseases, conduct research on distribution and determinants of disease, and understand social determinants of health and health behaviors.
-Olubunmi Orekoya, Ph.D in Epidemiology Graduate
Orekoya noticed that a number of new patients arrived at the clinic each day, often already in stage III or IV of the disease. "From the literature and my work experience, I knew that more patients are dying from complications of disease in the developing world due to lack of adequate preventive strategies, and I wanted to find out more about factors influencing health and how to work at this level to prevent disease," she says. "I did not simply want to treat patients or manage complications of disease, rather, I wanted to educate people on health behaviors, prevent diseases, conduct research on distribution and determinants of disease, and understand social determinants of health and health behaviors."
In 2009, Orekoya moved to the United States to earn a master of public health degree from Boston University with an emphasis in maternal and child health. She chose the Arnold School for her epidemiology doctoral program after speaking with a then-UofSC student.
"I knew this was the place I wanted to be because of the diversity of the faculty," the Norman J. Arnold Doctoral Fellow says. "I also thought the city would be a great place to raise my children. I think it was one of the best decisions I've made!"
Throughout her program, Orekoya has built her expertise in pediatrics obesity. Her specific goal is to identify maternal, individual, environmental, and social factors influencing childhood obesity while developing evidence-based intervention strategies that help reduce health disparities in this population.
Orekoya's dissertation research, which focused on early life factors and health outcomes in mothers and children, was supported by the 2016 Seung Yeun Kim Dissertation Award from UofSC's Walker Institute. As a result of her individual and collaborative efforts, she already has nine peer-reviewed publications with another six under review or in progress.
I knew this was the place I wanted to be because of the diversity of the faculty...I also thought the city would be a great place to raise my children. I think it was one of the best decisions I've made!
-Olubunmi Orekoya, Ph.D in Epidemiolog Graduate
Though she technically graduated in May, Orekoya took the next step in this journey in February when she began a postdoctoral fellowship contributing to a postpartum study at Virginia Commonwealth University. She already has her next position lined up as well. After her fellowship, Orekoya will begin a three-year pediatrics residency as a physician at Metropolitan Hospital in New York to combine her research skills as an epidemiologist with her clinical skills.
"My goal is to be a well-rounded physician equipped with a superior ability to manage both common and complex pediatric diseases using evidence-based medicine while also designing cutting-edge research that will answer pertinent health questions in diverse populations," she says. "I am particularly interested in understanding disparities in health due to race, gender, place of residence, and other determinants of health behavior, especially as related to the pediatric population."
For prospective students interested in a career in epidemiology, Orekoya has some advice. "Epidemiology is the backbone of public health," she says, though admitting a bit of bias. "Have an open mind when you come to the program, but start thinking about your dissertation topic early and identify committee members to guide you through the process. Challenge yourself and venture into uncharted territories."
She also recommends finding great mentors: "Listen to your mentors and be willing to take corrections. Remember, they want you to succeed as much as you do!"
For Orekoya, those mentors have included Boston University's Yvette Cozier and Milton Kotelchuck. "I have had amazing teachers and mentors at USC who believed in me and were my support system throughout my program, including Drs. Jihong Liu, Linda Hazlett, Anwar Merchant and Sarah Rothenberg," she says of her Arnold School mentors. "Dr. Liu was my academic advisor and dissertation chair—she was amazing and quite understanding of my circumstances of being a mother of two young boys and juggling that with a Ph.D while taking the United State Medical Licensing Exams at the same time. I was able to complete the program without delay because of the professional guidance and mentorship of my professors"
Orekoya also credits her sons with keeping her motivated throughout her doctoral program, which ended on a particularly high note. "When I walked on that graduation stage as the best doctoral student in epidemiology department, I was in awe and all I could say is that dreams do come true!" she says. "You just have to believe!"
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Olubunmi Orekoya graduated from the Arnold School of Public Health with a Ph.D in Epidemiology. She also won the 2017 Epidemiology Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from her department.


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Greg Berlanti Talks Love, Simon, and How He Got That Gay Kiss on Dawson's Creek
Greg Berlanti Love, Simon Director Interview
15 March, 2018 by Ryan Roschke
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On March 16, the gay coming-of-age tale Love, Simon will finally hit theaters. The release marks a special moment in cinematic history. There have been few big-studio films with an LGBTQ+ person at the center, especially when it comes to a younger audience. This is a powerful story for any person of any age, chock-full of emotional scenes and the touching reassurance that it's OK to be yourself, no matter what.
In the days leading up to the film's debut, I sat down with director Greg Berlanti to talk about this critical benchmark. When it comes to LGBTQ+ onscreen storytelling, Berlanti is a veritable legend. He's been cultivating and presenting LGBTQ+ characters for 15 years; his influence has brought important representation to scores of projects, from Dawson's Creek all the way to Riverdale. Suffice it to say, there couldn't have been a better person at the helm of Love, Simon.
Love, Simon's impact is easy to identify, but I wanted to know when the importance of the project actually struck Berlanti. Was it the first time he read the script? The first day on set?
"I didn't viscerally feel that feeling, almost as an audience [member] more than as a director, until after about a week of shooting," Berlanti explained. "I went to look back at the footage, and I stopped watching it very quickly as a director and started to watch it as an openly gay person. And crying in happy scenes and wondering, 'Why am I emotional?' And showing it to my friends who are also gay, and seeing them have the same kind of [reaction]. I think it was just the power of representation. It needed to be up on its feet before I could feel that."
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In talking to Berlanti, I had to bring up a frequent complaint I'd heard in the past handful of months. Yes, Love, Simon is a heartwarming and sweet film. Yes, it's an important film to have in the LGBTQ+ cinematic vault. But there's a nagging feeling that it should have come out a long time ago. The reality is, Simon's story may have mattered even more if it had come out one decade or two decades ago, when it was much harder for young gay men to come out of the closet. What did Berlanti have to say to all these people who wish Love, Simon had been made sooner?
"I agree with them," Berlanti said in response. "I wish it had, too. I wish it had come out 30 years earlier, so I could have seen it at 15. That being said, everyone's going to bring their own story to this story. Everyone does when they walk into a movie theater or they watch a TV show. Some of that you can let in when you're making it. Most of it, you can't think about."
Berlanti has a point. In broader strokes, this is more than a story about a young gay man coming out. It's about being yourself and owning your authentic identity.
"Keep doing your best, and keep doing what feels truthful to you."
To take the point further, there are still plenty of places, inside and outside the United States, where it's not OK to be gay. A gay man living in a liberal Los Angeles neighborhood and a gay man living in a conservative pocket of Arkansas will have completely different reactions to the film. Sure, some people needed it 10, 20, or 30 years ago. But plenty of people still need it now. And plenty more people will absolutely need it in the future.
"You know, you can only bring your truth to it," Berlanti continued. "I've been fortunate enough to be a part of helping create LGBT characters on television for the last 15 years. And there have been times in that — when you're helping create change — there are some people it's not gay enough for, and some people it's too gay for. All you can do is just keep doing your best, and keep doing what feels truthful to you."
With the full force of 20th Century Fox behind Love, Simon, it's clear that Berlanti is pushing LGBTQ+ storytelling in ways that it's never been pushed before. As he mentioned, though, he's been at this for 15 years. I asked what it was like back then, when LGBTQ+ representation was sparse. Did getting these characters on TV seem insurmountable? As it turns out, this progression hearkens back to one of the most important moments in LGBTQ+ TV history: the gay kiss on Dawson's Creek.
"Change is totally possible, and it happens really quick."
"I was working on Dawson's Creek at the time, and they asked me to take over running the show," Berlanti recalled. "I said, 'OK, I'll do it, but I want this gay character [Jack] and that gay character [Ethan] to have a kiss.' And they said, 'We'll talk about it at the end of the season.' And the end of the season came, and they said, 'Oh, can you do it next season?' And I said no. And they said, 'Well, we're not going to let you.'"
That's how it goes, right? In this case, it was Berlanti's willingness to walk away that changed the network's mind. "I said 'OK, well, I'm not going to be in my office, because I quit,'" he continued. "And they said, 'No, no, no, we'll let you do it. We'll let you do it, but you have to put the camera across the street' — I'm not kidding! — 'and it can shoot them from a distance.' And you know, I moved it as close as I could. But within three or four years, I had executives telling me to add more kisses, and more gay kisses, to the stories we were working on. So, change is totally possible, and it happens really quick."
Now, 18 years after that fateful kiss on Dawson's Creek, we have Love, Simon. With so much change in just that time alone, Berlanti's words could not ring truer. Change is totally possible. Who knows where we'll be in another 18 years? I can't wait to find out.
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Paddington bear creator and author Michael Bond dies at 91
LONDON — Michael Bond, creator of marmalade-loving children's favorite Paddington Bear, has died aged 91, his publisher said Wednesday.
HarperCollins said Bond died at his home the previous day after a short illness.
Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children's Books, said the duffel-coated, Wellington boot-wearing bear "touched my own heart as a child and will live on in the hearts of future generations."
The furry adventurer first appeared in A Bear Called Paddington in 1958 — a stowaway from "Darkest Peru" who arrived at London's Paddington train station wearing a sign saying "Please look after this bear. Thank you."
Adopted by the Brown family, the misadventure-prone bear went on to star in more than 20 books, a television series and a feature film.
The books have sold some 35 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 40 languages, including Latin ("Ursus Nomine Paddington").
Bond said he based the character on a teddy bear that he bought for his wife as a stocking filler, and named him after the station he used for daily commutes.
Today, countless stuffed Paddingtons are for sale in toy stores and souvenir stands around Britain, and a statue of the iconic bear stands at the station.
Explaining the character's enduring appeal in 2008, Bond said "there's something about bears which sets them apart from the other toys."
"I think dolls are always wondering what they're going to wear next," he told The Associated Press. "Bears have this quality that children in particular feel they can tell their secrets to and they won't pass them on."


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El 44.° Parlamento de Canadá es el periodo legislativo federal actual de Canadá, los miembros de la Cámara de los Comunes (cámara baja), fue determinada por los resultados de las elecciones federales de 2021 llevadas a cabo el 20 de septiembre de 2021. El Parlamento se reanudó oficialmente el 22 de noviembre con la reelección del presidente Anthony Rota, y el Discurso del Trono leído por la Gobernadora General Mary Simon al día siguiente.

Está dirigido por un gobierno minoritario del Partido Liberal bajo el mandato de Justin Trudeau. Seis meses después de la primera sesión, el 22 de marzo de 2022, se anunció que el Nuevo Partido Democrático apoyaría al gobierno con medidas de confianza y suministro.

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Cambios desde las elecciones

2021
 20 de septiembre de 2021: en la elecciones federales de Canadá de 2021, el Partido Liberal obtuvo la mayoría de los escaños en la Cámara de los Comunes, pero no logró alcanzar una mayoría absoluta.
 22 de septiembre de 2021: Kevin Vuong, quien fue expulsado por Justin Trudeau del partido liberal por un caso de agresión sexual que luego sería retirado, dijo en esta fecha que continuaría en el 44º Parlamento como miembro independiente de la Cámara de Comunes.
 22 de noviembre de 2021: Inicio del período parlamentario y reelección del Honorable Anthony Rota como Presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes.

2022

 2 de febrero de 2022: Erin O'Toole es destituido como líder del Partido Conservador y, en consecuencia, como líder de la oposición oficial, en una votación del caucus.
 21 de febrero de 2022: la Cámara de los Comunes votó para confirmar la Ley de Emergencias, con 185 a favor y 151 en contra de la moción. La ley se invocó en relación con las protestas de los convoyes en Ottawa y en los puntos fronterizos.
 23 de febrero de 2022: el Representante del Gobierno en el Senado, Marc Gold, retira sin votación la moción de confirmación de la Ley de Emergencias equivalente en el Senado, tras la revocación por parte del gobierno ese mismo día.
 22 de marzo de 2022: el Partido Liberal y el Nuevo Partido Democrático anuncian un acuerdo en el que el NDP apoyará a los liberales en mociones (incluidos los presupuestos) hasta 2025 a cambio del apoyo liberal a ciertas políticas del NDP.
 El 28 de mayo - el Liberal Sven Spengemann dimite como el diputado de Mississauga-Lakeshore para aceptar un papel en las Naciones Unidas.
 10 de septiembre: Concluye la elección de liderazgo del Partido Conservador de 2022. Pierre Poilievre es elegido como el nuevo líder conservador.
 El 13 de septiembre - Alain Rayes, miembro del Parlamento por Richmond-Arthabaska, deja el caucus conservador y decide ser independiente, tras la elección de Pierre Poilievre como líder conservador.
 19 de noviembre - La elección de liderazgo del Partido Verde 2022 concluye. Elizabeth May es anunciada como la nueva líder del Partido Verde de Canadá.
 El 12 de diciembre - Una elección parcial federal se realiza en Mississauga-Lakeshore, eligiendo al Liberal Charles Sousa.
 El 12 de diciembre - el diputado liberal de Winnipeg South Centre Jim Carr murió debido al cáncer.
 El 31 de diciembre - Bob Benzen dimite como el diputado por Calgary Heritage.

2023

 El 27 de enero - Dave MacKenzie dimite como diputado por Oxford.
 El 1 de febrero - Candice Bergen dimite como diputada por Portage-Lisgar.
 El 8 de marzo - Marc Garneau dimite como diputado por Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount.

Liderazgo

Cámara de los Comunes

Composición

Véase también
 Anexo:Miembros de la Cámara de los Comunes del 44.° Parlamento de Canadá
 Elecciones federales de Canadá de 2021
 Parlamento de Canadá
 Cámara de los Comunes de Canadá
 Senado de Canadá

Referencias

Política de Canadá

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WHAT do you call an African country that suffered under one of the most vicious colonial regimes, was attacked by a powerful neighbor at independence, fought a brutal civil war for more than a decade and was classified as the poorest land on earth?
If the country is Mozambique, you call it a success story.
I just returned from a stroll through Mozambique with my faith in the human spirit reinforced. Forever starved for tales of woe, our media only tell us of Africa's crises – the last time Mozambique made headlines was during the disastrous flooding in 2000. Yet, along with the continent's undeniable problems, there's more than one success story.
After a long civil war – fomented by the old South African apartheid regime – Mozambique almost miraculously converted its warring factions into political parties and held elections. With help from the international community, a model demobilization program turned tens of thousands of unruly soldiers into law-abiding citizens. Even the United Nations came through, removing countless landmines from the countryside.
When the Portuguese revolution of 1974 opened the door to independence, Mozambique was appallingly undeveloped and overwhelmingly illiterate. Then-fashionable socialist theories of regime organization and economics didn't help the new state.
But the country did have one advantage that Western observers misread: The leader of the liberation movement, Samora Machel, was more than a doctrinaire leftist.
He honestly believed in racial equality. And in social justice. He wanted to build a country, not a string of palaces.
At a time when African nationalists, from Idi Amin to Joseph Mobutu, were driving out the many hues of talent their countries desperately needed, Machel envisioned a multi-racial society that prefigured the achievement of Nelson Mandela.
Machel didn't want to see his country re-colonized by the East bloc or the West. He built his own path. The result? The whites-only South African government assassinated him, luring his aircraft into a hillside with a false navigational beacon.
But the seeds he planted took root. When socialist policies failed, Machel's successors switched to a market economy. As in all poor countries, corruption threatened to complete the country's ruin, but enough good men and women fought for the rule of law to move the society forward – including a courageous journalist, Carlos Cardoso, who paid with his life for taking on a Pakistani criminal family whose tentacles had penetrated the government.
Instead of blaming anyone else for their problems, the people of Africa's poorest country rolled up their sleeves and went to work. By the end of the century, Mozambique was posting the continent's highest economic growth rates.
Then the great floods struck, inundating more than 5 percent of the country, destroying vital roads and rail beds while displacing entire populations.
With international help – including support from the U.S. Air Force – the people of Mozambique struggled through the calamity. When the mud dried, they went back to work.
By our standards, the schools are impoverished. But they're full. There's a hunger for learning rivaled only by that I encountered in India. With AIDS rampant, health care is abysmal. But it gets a bit better each day. Development programs actually work, with most international assistance reaching the people who need it.
Although the country divides into a heavily Muslim north and majority-Christian south, with native beliefs tenacious throughout the country, the absence of religious strife is noteworthy. Machel set the tone for that, too – his "socialist" vision included religious freedom.
Investment is coming in steadily, especially from South Africa's booming business sector. With 2,500 kilometers of coastline, Mozambique provides the most direct access to global markets for the landlocked countries of southern Africa – with transit and port fees an important source of income. The rail lines may be in need of refurbishment and the roads still bear the scars of war and long neglect, but there's great potential beyond the ruts and potholes.
Natural-gas fields are under development. There may be oil deposits, too. Crime remains low by regional standards. The country has a lively, combative press.
Next month there'll be another presidential election. The incumbent, Joaquim Chissano, is stepping down voluntarily – another remarkable event by African standards. Whether the current ruling party, Frelimo, wins again or the opposition manages a surprise upset, a transition that isn't marred by sour-grapes violence may mark a turning point for the southern half of the continent – sending a message to the neighborhood's oppressive regimes that the people, not aging dictators, are destined to rule.
Things are far from perfect in Mozambique. Life remains hard and poor. Corruption is snapping at the economy's tail. Temptation will be magnified as gas and oil revenues arrive. International criminals exploit the state's lack of resources, using the country as a conduit for heroin and other drugs. The country's remote wilderness could easily hide terrorists.
Still, I'm rooting for Mozambique to prove that failure isn't the region's destiny. From the streets of Maputo, Africa doesn't look like a "dark continent" at all. On the contrary – it's bathed in sunlight. And hope.


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The Resurgence: Why Moussa Sissoko Can Be Tottenham's Long Term Dembele Replacement
At the best of times, Moussa Sissoko has been a hugely frustrating player at Tottenham since arriving for £30m in August 2016. He hasn't always been the most popular figure, partly because of sub par performances but also because he was often a scapegoat.
But it all appeared to change at Selhurst Park in a 1-0 Spurs victory, in which Sissoko put in an excellent performance. The Frenchman was unlucky not to be named man of the match, with the award going to goalscoring centre back Juan Foyth.
At full time, chants of Sissoko's name were ringing around the stadium as he embraced the fans. It was a moment which seemed to signify a fresh start for a man who had apparently ran out of chances with the Tottenham faithful.
This man tonight. 👊#COYS pic.twitter.com/hpTRdOSFxu
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 28, 2018
It was a similar story on Wednesday night after Sissoko played a vital role in setting up Christian Eriksen's winner against Inter in the Champions League, driving at the Italian side's defence before popping it off to Dele Alli, who in turn teed up Eriksen to smash home.
One person who never gave up on Sissoko was Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino and his trust has been repaid with consistent performances of late from the midfielder.
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This patch of form couldn't have come at a better time for the team, with mounting injuries in the midfield area. The likes of Mousa Dembele, Victor Wanyama, Eric Dier and Harry Winks have all missed matches through injury this season and at some points Sissoko, who himself has been injured, has been the only fit senior midfielder.
Yet he has been able to soften the blow for Spurs and has been a significant factor in keeping them in the top four in the early period of the season. While this shows how he has been a fix to Tottenham's short term problems, his presence in future seasons could be even more crucial to their success.
For some time now, Mousa Dembele has been one of the best midfielders in the Premier League with a unique mixture of power and skill but at 31 his powers appear to be waning. There has also been speculation about him ending his stay in north London at the end of the season.
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A look at some of the players the club has had reported interest in indicates they are trying to prepare for this by finding a long term replacement. Lyon's Tanguy Ndombele has been heavily linked with a move to Spurs, but there aren't many players who can match Dembele's skill set as well as Sissoko.
Both players are powerful runners with the ball and are able to lead attacks by driving through defences, often picking good passes. While neither are prolific scorers, they make up for it defensively with the ability to break up opposition attacks.
Sissoko is one of the closest matches to the Belgian and luckily for Tottenham he is already at the club. When Dembele's time at the club is over, alleged 'flop' will be the ideal replacement and hopefully for Spurs he will be able to replicate the fine form he has shown in recent weeks over an extended period.
If he can, the Lillywhites will not feel much of a drop off and will be able to remain playing at the high level they have sustained in the last few years.
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Sissoko could be the answer to both Tottenham's current injury crisis and their search for a Mousa Dembele replacement, something most Tottenham fans wouldn't have believed a couple of months ago.


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Before The Voice whittled down Season 22's Top 13 to its Top 10 this week, I was all set to write an article suggesting that Team John Legend's Parijita Bastola was as unbeatable as, say, Season 21's Girl Named Tom or Season 16's Maelyn Jarmon. Because the series' first Nepali-American contestant is just. That. Flawless. (To date, the teenage Adele has never even earned a grade from me that wasn't in the A range — and you know how grumpypants I can be!)
But after Monday's ear-popping performances — seriously, I was giving out A's like they were party favors — I had to chuck that theory. Parijita did beautifully, as she always does. However, Team Camila Cabello's Morgan Myles and Team Gwen Stefani's Justin Aaron didn't just bring it, they brought extra "it" as if they were afraid that they might run out. Team Legend powerhouse Omar Jose Cardona reminded us of just how flippin' incredible he is when he's picked the right song. (In other words, when he isn't hopping around the stage to Imagine Dragons.) And Team Legend's Kim Cruse delivered a rendition of "Always On My Mind" that was so stirring, it's still on my mind.
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Then, of course, there was early frontrunner bodie from Team Blake Shelton. Dude reinvented "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" in a way that made The Proclaimers' classic as heart-tugging and powerful as the original was peppy, in so doing making me regret describing him as an early frontrunner — he's a frontrunner, period.
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Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity (ΠΚΑ) is an international secret social Greek-letter college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868.The national headquarters is located at 8347 West Range Cove Memphis, Tennessee 38125.
Pi Kappa Alpha was founded at the University of Virginia on March 1, 1868. At the time, the University of Virginia was the fifth largest school in the United States. Only Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Michigan were bigger. The University of Virginia is considered the first truly American state university because it was the first to be established totally free from religious control.It all started in Room 47 West Range when Frederick Southgate Taylor turned to Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford, his cousin and roommate, for help in starting a new fraternity. Also present was James Benjamin Sclater, Jr., a schoolmate of Tazewell, and Sclater's roommate Robertson Howard. Those four men voted to add a fifth to their group and chose Julian Edward Wood. Although history is unclear, William Alexander, probably a friend of Sclater, Jr., was proposed for membership and was admitted as a founder. The first initiate was Augustus Washington Knox. They started handing out bids in 1868 and it hasn't stopped since then.
The essence of the Founders' vision for Pi Kappa Alpha can be found in its Preamble. A committee was first suggested by Brother William Alexander "to draw up a statement of the origin and the organization of the Fraternity." The committee was composed of brothers Robertson Howard and Littleton Waller Tazewell. The resulting statement is now referred to as the Preamble."For the establishment of friendship on a firmer and more lasting basis;for the promotion of brotherly love and kind feeling; for the mutual benefit and advancement of the interests of those with whom we sympathize and deem worthy of our regard; We have resolved to form a Fraternity, believing that, thus we can most successfully accomplish our object."
The years after the Civil War found a proliferation of American college fraternities being organized, particularly in the South. Pi Kappa Alpha's founding in 1868 was soon followed by the founding of Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu. These fraternities, along with Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha Order, and Sigma Phi Epsilon, are known as the "Virginia Circle".
Before the end of Spring 1868, the brothers had decided that they wanted more than a Virginia society. They wanted to become a national fraternity. The following 21 years would prove to be some of the most troublesome times, nearly shattering the dreams of these young men. With universities making it nearly impossible for fraternities to exist by placing bans on the presence of secret societies, the Fraternity was still able to expand. The second chapter, Beta (Davidson College), had even voted to disband saying in a letter to the president of the college, "we have disbanded our chapter and we do not intend to carry it on unless we can do it openly and above board, as we regard its ties too sacred for other procedure."
Nearly two years later, the third chapter, Gamma (William & Mary), was established. During the years that followed until 1889, there would be a total of ten charters granted; however, only five remained active. This was the year of a most important convention. The Hampden-Sydney Convention brought the likes of Theron Hall Rice, a transfer to Virginia from Southwestern, who represented Alpha; Howard Bell Arbuckle, a recent graduate and then a teaching fellow at Hampden-Sydney, who represented Iota; and John Shaw Foster, a delegate from Theta Chapter at Southwestern (now Rhodes College). Lambda at the Citadel was to have been represented by Robert Adger Smythe, but a telegram from Charleston explained, "no holiday given us. Impossible to come. Act for us in everything." This convention is of major importance, as it is considered the rebirth of the Fraternity. Together, Theron Rice, Howard Arbuckle, Robert Smythe, and John Foster came to be known as the Junior Founders.
Another pivotal event in the Fraternity's history is the 1933 Troutdale Convention. At this meeting, the national organization was restructured. Former national officer titles were replaced with simple ones, the number of national officers was increased, and the Fraternity established the executive secretary (later executive director, now executive vice president) as a paid professional administrator. The year marked the end of direct regular service by two junior founders, Arbuckle and Smythe. The period of the Junior Founders had passed and Pi Kappa Alpha looked forward to a new generation of leaders.
There are chapters in nearly every state and at many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada; information about currently active chapters can be found on the Pi Kappa Alpha website. The largest chapter with the largest fraternity house in the country is the Delta Lambda chapter at Florida State University.
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Robertson Howard
Frederick Southgate Taylor
Julian Edward Wood
James Benjamin Sclater Jr.
Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford
Volunteer structure
The Fraternity's governing board, the Supreme Council, has the authority to appoint a variety of volunteer committees to assist in implementing or monitoring programs. Examples include the International Education and Recruitment Advisors, the International Real Estate Advisors and the International Risk Awareness Advisors. Other appointments include International Historian and International Chaplain. All of the men who serve in these capacities are considered International Officers, along with former Presidents who hold the title for life by virtue of their election and service.
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Seven months after his call to free the slaves, Emerson hails the Emancipation Proclamation.
The aim of the war on our part is indicated by the aim of the President's Proclamation, namely, to break up the false combination of Southern society, to destroy the piratic feature in it which makes it our enemy only as it is the enemy of the human race, and so allow its reconstruction on a just and healthful basis. Then new affinities will act, the old repulsions will cease, and, the cause of war being removed, Nature and trade may be trusted to establish a lasting peace.
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My hopes and dreams for zucchini bread, zucchini relish and yummy stir fry after stir fry were dashed when I noticed the ends of the zucchini in the garden were soft and mushy. A quick Google search revealed that my poor plants have blossom end rot caused by a calcium deficiency. Oh no! I pulled off the damaged fruit and treated the plants with an organic fertilizer. Next up will be some pulverized egg shells in the soil around the plant for a boost. Hopefully the next round of zucchini will fare better.
My giant borage plant is attracting lots of bees. buzz buzz buzz. And, butterflies.
And, my dream of a shelf stocked with tons of pickles may be on hold until next year as well. My cucumbers aren't producing like I wish they would. It could be too early for them yet, but I've only had a handful of cukes from about 10 plants. I'll never be able to pickle much at this rate!
Cucumber plants need bees to thrive and create cucumbers, and luckily the borage lives next to them in the garden is attracting bees like crazy! So, there's hope. Perhaps August will be their month. If it's any consolation, the borage flowers give my water a nice, refreshing cucumber taste when they're frozen in ice cubes, which will have to do for now.


Could You Handle The Fame Monster? Take The Quiz!
We've all wondered from time to time what it would be like to become famous. Nobody wants to be forgotten and achieving fame is one of the few ways that you can guarantee your own immortality. We've all dreamed of positive aspects of fame; the money, the houses, the travel, and the attention but if you actually get there do you think you'd be able to hack it? Could you live with the paparazzi following your every move or scary stalkers sending you disturbing fan mail? Would you really be okay with people wanting to know everything about you? Would be able to carry your fame lightly and breeze through Hollywood or would you end up as a flash in the pan? Would fame possibly even cause you to have a complete meltdown or do you think you were born to be in the spotlight? Not everyone is cut out for a life of fame, but if you succeed at it (and don't fall into any career killing traps) then it just might be your ticket to immortality. We've got all the answers right here. Just answer our easy questions and we'll tell you whether or not you have what it takes to famous!
How is your public speaking?
Excellent - I was born to speak in public!
Most of us hate public speaking and find it a terrifying notion that somehow gives us nightmares of epic proportions. Can you imagine doing this in front of thousands of people at a red carpet event? How about doing this with your favorite actor or actress standing next to you?
Fame and fortune await anyone given the right place and circumstances. You could be the next big action star or Nobel peace prize winning ambassador. How about the pilot for the planned mission to Mars? What would you do to become famous? How far would you go and what price would you pay?
Would you appear in a reality TV show?
Reality TV is one of the fastest growing industries in television history. From Big Brother to Survivor and everything in between. Could you live like that for an unspecified amount of time? Having strangers watch your every move from the comfort of their couches? How about having a film crew with you pretty much for everything? Can you handle the pressure?
Your boss asks you to delete an offensive tweet. What's your response?
Ah yes, Tweeting for twits, or is that twitting for tweets? Could you handle some of the offensive tweets that seem to be becoming the norm? How would you handle it if your employer asked you to remove or respond to some very offensive tweets, tweets he or she made?
Complete this statement: Fame equals...?
Fame equals a lot of things, but what does it mean to you? Does fame equal fortune? Or does it equal paparazzi? How about your right to privacy? Maybe you aren't that bothered about privacy or the constant flashbulbs going off. But could you have a family and subject them to that kind of exposure?
Rejection is a common thing in any industry, as well as in personal life. Some of us deal with rejection quite well, others, not so well. How do you deal with it? Could you deal with it if you have been training hard for a role only to be told you don't fit the bill?
Secrets are sometimes hard to keep under wraps, a secret only remains a secret as long as no one else knows. If you were told something in secret, could you keep it to yourself, regardless of what it might be? Or do you draw the line based on the content of the secret? Can you keep it to yourself?
You only have time in your day for one event - what's it going to be?
You're famous! And now you're also in demand. Your diary is filling up fast because people just can't seem to get enough of you. You have to start making decisions about where you are going to go and who you want to be seen with. Today you only have enough time to attend one of these - which is it going to be?
You suffer an embarrassing "wardrobe malfunction" - what's the best way to deal with it?
Wardrobe malfunctions can happen to anyone at any time. They might be embarrassing to us, but for others, they are a source of entertainment and perhaps even money. If you had to have a major wardrobe malfunction in a public place with cameras to capture it for posterity, how would you handle it?
What aspect of fame do you think is the most scary?
Fame can be a scary thing. It can lead to new doors opening but it can also lead to disaster if something goes wrong. Imagine thinking you are doing something for the good but it ends up being taken out of context? It could kill your career and will probably never be forgotten. What's your fear?
Social media can make or break your fame. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are but a few platforms that can be used. Facebook is probably the most popular social media platform out there but how many of your Facebook friends have you met in real life? How many do you truly know?
Which celeb do you feel is most undeserving of their fame?
Some celebrities deserve to have their fame celebrated, others, not so much. Some have worked their way up from the bottom and others have gained notoriety for the wrong reasons and have attained fame for simply doing something silly. Who do you think should not be considered or deemed a celebrity?
Which celeb do you think had the worst meltdown?
Celebrity meltdowns are well documented and have spawned a ton of funny memes. Who can forget Brittney Spears and the hair shaving incident? Or the sweet and innocent Amanda Bynes that went off the rails. How about the ever popular Lindsay Lohan meltdown? Who was your favorite celebrity to have a wobbly?
What would your scandal be?
Scandals are everywhere. From the major Hollywood scandals to the ones at the office. What would yours be? Do you think yours could be related to Mary Jane? Or how about some social media oopsies? Perhaps you have that picture or video that you should not have, you know the one, the one that you sent to your coworker or perhaps got from him or her? Maybe it's a verbal issue and those paparazzi hear everything don't they?
A fan manages to get to you - what should you do?
What would you spend your first movie check on?
So you have completed your first movie, it's a box office winner of note and you stand to make millions off it. How would you spend some of that hard earned cash? Would you have a massive blowout party? How about paying off all your debts and buying your mom that dream home?
Your latest FB post is not getting many likes. What will you do?
Leave it up - who cares how many likes it gets?
You upload a new photo of yourself on Facebook. It's taken you hours to edit and you think you look amazing. You've carefully chosen the words for the post attached to it but it doesn't seem as though anyone is interested. It's hardly getting any likes, what are you doing to do now? Delete it? Or just leave it and move on?
Do you think looks are just as important as talent?
Can looks overshadow talent? You'd think so, but then again, who wants to listen to someone who can't keep a basic sentence together. Take Steve Buscemi, not exactly a handsome man, but a superb actor. How do you think you would fare against the Hollywood greats who might not have the looks but sure have the talent?
What do you think the best aspect of fame is?
Fame brings a lot of aspects to the fore. Money, attention, and influence to name but a few. Just look at the Hollywood stars and starlets getting involved with the UN to do something good. They can influence policy by simply being there. What do you think the best aspect of fame is?
What's the best way to deal with the paparazzi?
Over the years the paparazzi have been blamed for a lot of things, from deaths of royals to invasions of privacy and even trespassing. If you were to find yourself in that situation, how would you handle it? Could you just brush it aside and keep going or would you snap and take action?
How do you respond to haters?
What haters? Everyone loves me!
Haters are going to hate, that's a fact of life. And we all have haters to a certain degree, whether it be due to fame and fortune or simply because of who you are. How do you deal with haters? You can ignore them and hope they simply go away or you can take action to try and remedy the situation.
While accepting an award you fall on stage. How should you react?
Unintentional slip-ups happen. You are receiving an award for your latest movie or album and as you get to the top of the stage, in full view, you trip and fall. How do you handle this? Do you freak out or simply laugh at yourself and make light of the situation?
Do you follow a diet and exercise plan?
Diets, eating plans and exercise, even doctors will tell you that you need them. How do you go about it? Do you hit the gym regularly or do you simply take a walk? How about your diet? What is it going to be tonight? Sloppy Joe's or chef's salad? What is your choice?
Do you believe talent and fame go hand in hand?
We are all talented in some way, shape or form. But does that talent mean you should be famous for it? How about the guy down the street that can play the banjo and harmonica at the same time? Should he be famous or is there someone better? Do you believe talent and fame go hand in hand?
Which celeb do wish would just quit Hollywood?
Celebrities in Hollywood are much respected and form role models for children and adults alike. But some should not be allowed to. If you could pick, which celebrity would you choose to quit Hollywood? Would it be Kirsten Stewart with her perpetual look of boredom, Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan or good old Robert Pattinson?
Which "becoming famous" movie did you like best?
Movies often tell the story of how someone rose to fame and fortune and how it changed their lives forever. Regardless of how it's portrayed it often does not reflect the inner struggles or the mountain of issues that had to be overcome. Which "becoming famous" movie did you like best?
You have enough money to live anywhere, what do you choose?
Now that you have made enough money from your movies, music, or Youtube videos, you have the freedom to chose where you want to live. It can be anywhere in the world as your finances now allow it. Where would you go? Would you want a nice private island or somewhere in the heart of the glitz and glamor district?
Is being famous your best chance at immortality?
There is a fine live between fame and infamy, each holds its own form of immortality. We can still recall events and persons of a thousand years ago, but can you remember the stars and starlets from the early 20's to the late 40's? How long do you want to be remembered and do you think becoming famous is your best chance at immortality?
How do you feel about celebs who complain about their lack of privacy?
Celebrities and their privacy are always an issue. On the one hand, they are in the public domain, on the other, they have private lives too. How do you feel about celebs complaining that they have no privacy? Do you feel sorry for them or do you feel that this is what they wanted?
What will you always do for yourself, no matter how famous you are?
We have all heard the tales of celebs and their diva-type behavior. From Mariah Carey's outrages demands to Ariana Grande's doughnut licking incident. And there are some downright weird ones in between. But, as a celeb, what would you do for yourself no matter your level of fame? What can you simply not see others doing for you?
Do you secretly enjoy seeing famous people fail?
The fall from fame can be harsh and unpleasant. Some celebs have quietly disappeared and just dropped out of the public eye of their own accord while others have had a loud and very public fall from grace. On the odd occasion, they manage to rectify things and work their way back up. How do you feel about celebs who flat-out fail?
How much influence do you think luck has on fame?
Luck can be a fickle mistress, one moment holding your hand and giving you everything and the next, taking it all away in the blink of an eye. But just how lucky must you be to become famous? is it all luck or is there some skill involved? How much influence do you think luck has on fame?
No matter how famous you are, you still need to get around. Whether you drive yourself or are driven, it does not matter. What car would suit you? How about a Ferrari? Or perhaps a Spyker? Maybe you just want to relax in the back, so how about a nice old limo?
If money was not a factor where would you jet off to? Would you go someplace secluded and tranquil or would you head for the party? What country would you choose? Somewhere warm and sunny or how about a cold and dark climate? What's your dream travel destination?
Every beginning has an end, and this my friend, is the end. The end of this quiz. But, before you go, consider this. Where would you draw the line at increasing your fame? What would simply be too much or too great a sacrifice for you? What would you consider going too low?


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Director Adam Shankman is working on another "Step Up." "There will be more," he told us of the dance film franchise at Jack Black's Friars Club roast. "It's going to be a sort of all-star edition of the movies. I'm trying to make sure Jenna Dewan-Tatum is there. But Channing Tatum is booked for two years." He added: "I like to take credit for that union . . . because we cast them together." He suggested the couple name the child they're expecting after either of their character's names in the first two films.


Lenovo has announced three new premium Yoga-series laptops, the Yoga C930, Yoga Book C930 and Yoga S730.
The Lenovo Yoga C930 is the priciest of the three, starting at 1499 Euro. It's also the laptop most recognisably part of the Lenovo Yoga family.
It's a hybrid laptop with a touchscreen and a 360-degree hinge. However, the old hinge design that looked like a collection of watch parts has been replaced by a sound bar.
Its drivers point at your rather than, as is more common, firing out from the underside. The display adds to the Yoga C930's media cred too.
1080p and 4K versions are available, but both have Dolby Vision, an HDR standard. This could be one of the best portable entertainment laptops to date. As long as you don't take "entertainment" to mean "gaming".
Its specs aren't made for games. The Lenovo C930 has either an Intel Core i7-8550U or i5-8250U CPU, both part of the pre-Whiskey Lake generation. And the various configs start at 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD.
Other extras include a pen that slots into the laptop, a fingerprint scanner and far-field mics for better digital assistant support.
The Lenovo Yoga S730 is the second sound and vision obsessed laptop. It's not like other Yogas, though.
Its hinge opens up to 180 degrees, not 360, and it does not have a touchscreen. This is for people who want a laptop, not a lifestyle machine.
However, its 1080p screen supports Dolby Vision and the speakers have Dolby Atmos, although they probably don't sound as good as the C930's sound bar.
The Yoga S730 is just 1.2kg, and 11.9mm thick. Add slim screen surrounds and you get a very portable machine. It has either an Intel Core i7-8565U or i5-8265U CPU, newer than those of the C930.
Finally, we come to the Yoga Book C930, which will seem the strangest of the three if you have not met a Yoga Book before.
An E-Ink touchscreen sits where a keyboard would usually live. There is no physical keyboard here.
The E-Ink display can also double as a document reader and note-taking surface. An included Precision Pen stylus lets you draw on either the main screen or the E-Ink one, both with 4,096 levels of pressure fidelity.
More specs? The E-Ink screen is of 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, and the colour display is a 2560 x 1600 pixel IPS LCD with 400-nit max brightness. You miss out on Dolby Vision here, but the Book C930 does have Atmos speakers and is ultra-portable.
It's just 9.9mm thick and weighs 775g.
You can choose between Intel Core i5-7Y54 and m3-7Y30 CPU. Both are part of the 7th Generation of Intel chips, and aren't close to as powerful as those of the Lenovo Yoga S730.
But if you buy a Yoga Book C930, you'll be attracted by its unusual design, not its raw power.
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Tech N9ne Explains 'Wither' To Loudwire.com
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Tech N9ne talks to loudwire.com about one of the most anticipated collabs of his career.
Tech N9ne and Corey Taylor came together in a long awaited collaboration for Tech N9ne's Special Effects album with the song "Wither". Loudwire.com premiered the disquieting track that reveals the darker emotions inside.
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PhotoRealistic RenderMan
Application Note #10
The Viewing Transformation
Perhaps one of the least understood sections of the RenderMan Interface Specification is the viewing transformation. Hidden among the calls to RiScreenWindow, RiFrameAspectRatio and others are the keys to getting your intended camera view onto the pixels of a display device. This note will try to demystify this large group of RenderMan procedures and their parameters, so that you can reliably generate the image you want without distress.
The viewing transformation converts objects from their 3-dimensional camera-space coordinates into the appropriate 2-dimensional raster-space coordinates. The camera coordinate system is a coordinate system with the camera at the origin, looking out over the positive z axis. It is, essentially, the scene from the camera's point of view. The raster coordinate system is the space of the pixels on the monitor. Connecting these two coordinate systems there is a special coordinate system known as the screen coordinate system. The screen coordinate system is, conceptually, the same as the film plane of a camera. It is usually best to consider both the screen coordinate system and the raster coordinate system to be two-dimensional, even though we know that RenderMan can output depth information.
The RenderMan Interface Specification has a rather complex viewing transformation. The interface has many calls which each set-up a small piece of the transformation. Each of these values has a "reasonable" default, which is to say that if you don't set it, it will default to something which is probably appropriate, given the values that you have already set. What is confusing about all of this is that in order to be "appropriate given what you have already set", these defaults are interrelated in complex ways. The good news is that this means you typically only need to set some of the values in order to get the picture you want. The bad news is that if you are trying to understand the whole pipeline, it is quite involved. Hopefully this application note will clarify these relationships. This material is presented in a different form in Chapter 8 of The RenderMan Companion, and the reader might want to read both treatments before deciding that he understands this topic.
THE SIMPLEST CASE
The simplest case is to let absolutely everything default. This is possible using RenderMan, and the image you get is entirely reasonable. Consider the following program:
static RtPoint vertices[3] = {
{-.5,.5,1.0}, {.5,.5,1.0}, {0,0,1}     /* triangle at z=1 */
RiBegin(RI_NULL);
RiWorldBegin();
RiPolygon(3, RI_P, (RtPointer)&vertices, RI_NULL);
RiWorldEnd();
RiEnd();
Using PhotoRealistic RenderMan this program would generate a TIFF image of the triangle, named ri.pic, at a resolution of 512x384. The camera is at the origin of the world coordinate system, which is the same coordinate system as the triangle is in, so the triangle one unit in front of the camera. It is an orthographic projection, and since the image resolution is 4/3 as wide as it is tall, we can see everything in the scene that falls inside the box from x = -4/3 to x = +4/3 and from y = -1 to y = +1. The third vertex of the triangle, which is at the (x,y) origin, is in the center of the image.
In practice, one or more of those values is probably not quite what you want for your application. The procedures described below change those values from their defaults to specific desired values, and, as mentioned above, such changes sometimes change the defaults of other values as well.
Figure 1. Screen-to-raster geometry
Figure 2. Camera-to-screen geometry
SCREEN-TO-RASTER PROCEDURES
The viewing transformation can be broken down into two pieces, the camera-to-screen projection and the screen-to-raster projection. The camera-to-screen projection flattens the 3-D world onto the 2-D screen. The screen-to-raster projection maps every point on the screen onto some output pixel. In the next section, we will see how we can specify a rectangle of interest on the screen. In this section, we will discuss the screen-to-raster projection, whose job it is to figure out how to get that screen rectangle onto the raster.
The first, and most obvious thing you might want to change is the image resolution. The default for resolution is determined by the output device. Each output device has a default resolution, and the default output device, a TIFF image, has a default resolution of 512 by 384. By using the RiDisplay call, you can change the output device, and this will determine the new default resolution. If you want strict control of the resolution, the RiFormat call can be used to set an explicit output resolution. It should be made clear that the resolution values given by RiDisplay and RiFormat are device maximum resolutions. No image may be made bigger than this resolution. It might happen that a smaller image would be made, as we will see later.
Pixel Aspect Ratio
Another thing that RiDisplay and RiFormat change is the pixel aspect ratio. Pixel aspect ratio defines the ratio of the width to the height of the individual pixels on the device. Many displays have square pixels, and the ratio is 1.0; other displays have pixels that are wider than they are tall, or vice-versa. The TIFF default for pixel aspect ratio is 1.0, and each framebuffer device has the correct default for its monitor. It is rare to need to change this value, but if you do (for example, you are rendering on one device for later display on another) it is done with RiFormat. If you want to use RiFormat to set the resolution, but don't want to change the pixel aspect ratio (or vice-versa), use a value less than or equal to 0.0 for the RiFormat argument you don't want to modify. It will then retain its default value.
Frame Aspect Ratio
The other aspect ratio which is available in RenderMan is the frame aspect ratio. This is used to force the exact ratio of the width to the height (shape) for the output image as a whole. For example, you may have heard that NTSC video "has a 4 to 3 aspect ratio", or that 70mm film "has a 1.85 aspect ratio". You can set the required frame aspect ratio with RiFrameAspectRatio. If you do not set it, it defaults to the full size of the output device, which is usually what you want.
It should be obvious that the combination of resolution and pixel aspect ratio already define what the frame aspect ratio is, and that specifying it again is either redundant or inconsistent. So why is it in the interface? If you know specifically what ratio you need, then you always want exactly that ratio, independent of what resolution or pixel aspect ratio you are using. In particular, you can make your rendering requests device-independent by specifying only the frame aspect ratio. Then the device can set the "default" (but actually "device maximum") resolution and pixel aspect ratio, and your image will use the appropriate subset of that, in order to make the largest image possible which still has the correct frame aspect ratio.
What if you redundantly set both format and frame aspect ratio? You get the biggest image of the correct shape smaller than your specified format. Notice that if you let the pixel aspect ratio default, then frame aspect ratio is not really redundant, because going to a different device with a different pixel aspect ratio will give you a differently shaped image even though it has the same resolution.
Crop Windows
Sometimes you want to generate only a small part of an image rather than render the whole thing. You could move the camera, zoom in on the section you wanted, and adjust the resolution, but that would be pretty complicated. Instead, it is very easily done with RiCropWindow. Setting a crop window does not change anything about the camera placement or viewing parameters. The only thing it does is indicate which subset of the normal output pixels you actually want rendered to the device. The crop window is specified as a fraction of the total image, rather than in pixel numbers, so that it is a resolution-independent value. The default is obviously 0.0 through 1.0 in both x and y.
CAMERA-TO-SCREEN PROCEDURES
The screen coordinate system is, conceptually, the same as the film plane of a camera. Just as the lens of the camera focuses the light onto the film plane, so the camera-to-screen transformation projects the objects in the scene into screen coordinates. Note that the screen coordinate system is not the film itself, but the unbounded two-dimensional plane that the film lies on. The design of a real camera can choose how big the film is and how it is centered on the film plane, and even whether the film plane is perpendicular to the lens system. The camera-to-screen transformation controls all of these parameters in RenderMan's virtual camera.
Figure 3. Perspective versus orthographic projections
The first step in the camera-to-screen transformation is to set up the camera projection. There are two kinds of projections available in PhotoRealistic RenderMan: orthographic and perspective. The projection is set by the RiProjection procedure, and defaults to an orthographic projection.
A perspective projection is the kind we are normally used to, with a vanishing point at the horizon, and where objects shrink as they get farther away. Typically, we think of looking through the top of a pyramid, with the tip at the camera point, and the screen (film) plane exactly one unit in front of the camera. Objects are projected onto the screen plane along lines that intersect at the camera and get farther apart with distance.
An orthographic projection is a much simpler projection. This is sometimes called a "parallel projection", because here we project objects onto the screen plane along parallel lines that are perpendicular to the screen. They don't go through the camera at all, unless you like to think of the camera as being an infinite distance behind the screen plane. Objects appear the same size on the screen independent of their distance from the camera.
Screen Window
It should be clear that we can draw such projection lines to any object which is in front of the camera, and thus all objects project to the screen somewhere. However, we don't want everything to be in the image, so we only display those objects which project into a certain rectangle of interest on the screen, the so-called screen window. You can think of the screen window as being the rectangle which is the intersection of the perspective viewing pyramid or orthographic viewing box with the screen plane. It is this rectangle which is then projected onto the display device by the screen-to-raster transformation.
The screen window is set by the RiScreenWindow procedure. Generally, the screen window is centered at the origin. That way, objects right in front of the camera appear in the middle of the output image. Also, generally, the screen window has the same shape (frame aspect ratio) as the display device. If this were not true, shapes of objects in the world would be distorted when they appeared in the image. The default for screen window obeys both of these conventions. It is centered around the origin, and its shape is set to be the same as the frame aspect ratio. Its overall size is chosen so that it ranges from -1 to 1 in the smallest direction. So, if the frame aspect ratio is wider than tall, the default will be -1 to 1 in y, and wider than that in x. If the frame aspect ratio is taller than it is wide, the default will be -1 to 1 in x, and taller than that in y.
The screen window can be used to zoom in or out. Shrinking the screen window (keeping the same shape) is equivalent to shrinking the viewing pyramid, and this means a smaller section of the world will get projected onto the same raster: a zoom. The screen window can also be used to create off-center projections, by merely specifying a window that is not symmetric about the origin. And, as mentioned above, if the screen window is not the same shape as the frame aspect ratio, you get an image which appears stretched in one direction (anamorphic), like the ones you get with a Panavision camera lens. Offset screen windows can also be used to present stereographic images.
Figure 4. Field of view geometry
The perspective projection can take one optional argument which is the field of view. This parameter is very similar to the screen window, and is therefore a bit confusing. The perspective field of view moves the screen plane toward or away from the camera, so that the square which falls between (-1,1,-1,1) in screen coordinates covers the specified angle, as seen from the camera. For example, by default the field of view is 90 degrees, and thanks to trigonometry this means the screen plane is 1.0 units in front of the camera. If you were to specify a field of view of 20 degrees, the screen plane would be moved back to 5.6713 units away (1.0/tan(10.0)).
It is popular to use only the field of view to control the viewing pyramid, in a way similar to the way a physical camera is used. In this scheme, the screen window is allowed to default to its normal value of (-1,1) in the "smaller" direction, and the field of view controls how much is visible through this screen window. The field of view control can then be thought of as the minimum of the horizontal or vertical field of view, because in the "larger" direction you see an even wider angle. This scheme is not as general as using RiScreenWindow, since it gives you only undistorted centered perspective views, but this is usually what you want, anyway.
It can be very confusing if you try to use both field of view and screen window at the same time. Remember, the field of view does not specify the viewing angle through the specified screen window -- it specifies the viewing angle through the (-1,1,-1,1) window by moving the screen plane. The screen window is then figured relative to this moved screen plane, and you get double motion. In practice, this is pretty hard to control, and is only used in rare circumstances.
Screen Transforms
The RenderMan Interface Specification describes the concept of a screen transformation, which is saved when RiProjection is called. This is a matrix which is applied to objects after the projection onto the screen and field-of-view calculation, but before the screen windowing occurs. This matrix would model effects such as plan views, where the film plane is not perpendicular to the lens. However, PhotoRealistic RenderMan does not support the use of a post-projection transformation in this way. The only screen transform which PhotoRealistic RenderMan can support is a scale or translation in the 2-D coordinates of the screen plane. This makes the screen transform no more powerful than RiScreenWindow, and as a result, it is not used very often.
The viewing transformation has lots of controls, but typically they are not all used together. Rather, a couple important controls are set and the rest are let to default to their "logical" values. So, even though the RenderMan Interface Specification is confusing when it describes all of the complex interactions of the controls, this need not be a burden to the average user. He just needs to remember a few simple rules:
The device knows its maximum resolution and pixel aspect ratio, and these can be overridden with RiFormat.
The chosen resolution and pixel aspect ratio determine the frame aspect ratio, and this can be overridden with RiFrameAspectRatio. If you override this, you won't use all of the pixels on the device.
The frame aspect ratio determines the default screen window, which is centered and encloses the -1 to +1 square. This can be overridden by RiScreenWindow to zoom or to provide off-center or anamorphic views.
Zooming can also be done by using RiProjection ("perspective", "fov", ...) to set the minimum of the horizontal or vertical field-of-view. The other will be appropriate to meet the frame aspect ratio. It is best not to use this and RiScreenWindow at the same time.
With these rules in mind, it should be easy to get exactly the view you want onto exactly the pixels you want.
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