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Description: We're buckling up for the end of the world with some of the funniest acts around during our December Polygon show: Holiday Explosion!
This month's lineup:
Jake Alvarez (Stand-Up)
Angry People Building Things (Improv)
Rosen and Milkshake (Improv)
ManiPedi (Sketch)
Hosted by the one and only Joe Gates!
Style: Stand-up, Sketch, Improv
Date: Tuesday, December 11th
Time: Doors: 7:30pm
Show Begins: 8pm (prompt)
Admission: $5 at the door
Location: L'Etage (Above Beau Monde)
624 South 6th Street
Philly, PA
Contact: For more information, visit: http://polygoncomedy.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/452068454839768/
Are you an independent comedian in Philly? Looking to perform? Stand-up, improv, sketch and storytellers; we support 'em all. "Like" us on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PolygonComedy), follow us on Twitter (@PolygonComedy), and send us a line email@example.com for more info on how you can be a part of our upcoming shows!
by Aaron Hertzog
Cupcakes is a video from Philadelphia comedian Aaron Nevins that debuted at last Sunday's Bedtime Stories Gets Revenge. Watch as Nevins seeks out a former classmate he's held a grudge against for far too long. Enjoy.
by Alison Zeidman
Today is election day, and before you head off to the polls, Philly Improv Theater sketch revue team The Flat Earth would like to make sure you are properly prepared to make your decision. Enjoy.
New York comic/Philly native Dan Goodman's Skinja began as a joke in his stand-up act. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the project - it is now a fully realized short film in the style of a movie trailer with animation work from former Philly/current New York comedian Pete Kuempel. The mini movie has since been featured on Heavy and Co Ed Magazine. Goodman is trying to raise awareness of the film in hopes to create a full-length version of the movie.
Check out this video from Camp Woods fringe show "Weird People Problems" starring Roger C. Snair.
The fellas at Center City Comedy and Super DPS have teamed up again to make this new short film starring H. Foley as The Sultan of Swat himself, Babe Ruth, transported from the 1930's to modern day Philadelphia. Watch as he learns how the world has changed since his day and tries to adapt to today's fast-paced world alongside Tom Cassidy, Darryl Charles and a slew of other Philly comics you will definitely recognize.
Joe Gates: My group Rintersplit, which is Marc Reber, myself and Matt Akana, and Rick Horner with Claire Halberstadt as Suggestical, a little over a year ago had a show out at Milkboy in Bryn Mawr, and then we went out to a diner afterward and we were talking and it was like hey, it would be really great to start something up for people coming out of classes who really want to perform and really want to form a group, but aren't finding spaces.
AZ: Is that still the primary goal, or mission, for Polygon? To be a place for new groups, or groups that struggle to get shows elsewhere?
Rick Horner: I might say our purpose is to encourage new comedic technique and encourage the performances of groups that are in the Philadelphia area at a pretty professional level, and focus on group dynamics as opposed to individual abilities, and really kind of provide a framework for the administrative operational side to encourage the integrity of the folks that are performing to perform in a professional way.
JG: We've actually been doing the Polygon show for over a year now; our birthday was back in April. We started out at another venue and ever since we've moved to L'etage we've just sort of upped the ante. I have more of a theater background [and at L'etage] we can just run it like a theater show.
AZ: Where were you guys before, and why did you move to L'etage?
JG: We were at Tabu before, a sports bar, and it was more of a...it was difficult to work with the sound of the bar behind us and it was a converted area that was sort of a stage but not quite, and we thought well we could get a place with an actual stage, and that's where L'etage came in. We have a tech booth there, and we can do lighting, so instead of waving a phone madly at somebody to be like you have five minutes left, we can actually dim the lights and make it very professional. Originally we were only improv, but we saw a lot of things like storytelling really growing, and sketch, so we thought let's include everybody.
AZ: Do you do most of the outreach to find those performers and groups, or do they come to you?
JG: Originally it was more of us doing the outreach, but we started to post on Facebook and just kind of put the word out there. So some of it's kind of coming from the community now, now that we've kind of established ourselves a little bit.
AZ: So it's new groups, developing teams, and also people trying to test things out a little bit.
JG: Yeah. I mean we're not an open mic [laughs]. It's different from an open mic in that you don't get just three minutes and then somebody cuts you out. Again it's more professional; we're trying to make this like an actual show.
AZ: And where does the name come from?
RH: I think there was a strong push to make it Voltron because of the idea that Voltron is a bunch of pieces that get pushed together, but I thought that was just a little bit too straight on the money, so we kept discussing it until we came up with Polygon, which is just many different facets of something that's all one thing.
AZ: Rick, you're involved with so many different projects, your own groups, and F Harold, too. What do you feel sets Polygon apart, or what's different about it for you as a producer?
RH: I think Polygon is just another piece of the puzzle. I would say that these things, whether it be Incubator or F Harold or Polygon, these are all levers that are designed to provide growth, whether it be with a mentor, or a venue. Whatever type of thing is needed. And I think for Polygon it's really switching the lever of connecting folks and exchanging ideas and information with a bunch of people who are actively involved in the sketch community and the improv community and the stand-up community. So it's a meeting point, and some of our shows have been really fluid like that, but it hasn't always been that way. Thus far we have sought people out; it's just now that folks are realizing that we're more than just a monthly show, and they're starting to seek us out.
AZ: And it seems like as much as it is for the community, the Polygon shows that I've been to usually have a lot of non-performers in the audience, so I'm curious about how you guys go about marketing your shows.
RH: Marketing is definitely a big focus for us. It's fun to perform, and it's more fun to perform for an audience, but given a choice between an audience of your peers, who are also doing it, and people who have never seen you before, it's more fun and yet more challenging to perform for people when they have really no idea what to expect.
JG: I think the last Polygon we had maybe thirty people who were non-performers.
AZ: And why do you think that is? I work for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and I know from communicating with Marc that you guys are advertising on Phillyfunguide. Has that been successful for you guys? Or maybe it's not just that, but do you know how these outside people are finding out about you?
Marc Reber: We had a bunch of people mention that they'd seen us online, and Phillyfunguide does come up high when you search on Google.
RH: I think we are working on market research and figuring out who's coming to our show and who our target audience is, but we're kind of locked in on what we feel like people might be willing to pay, and frankly I think that it's less than what is being charged at other theaters. I feel better about having a well-attended show that costs less, as opposed to a medium-sized show that costs more.
MR: And I think the last three months, we've tried to branch out our marketing, and I think it has improved things because we've definitely seen more and more people, who aren't just improvisers.
AZ: So besides Facebook and Phillyfunguide, if you were going to make a recommendation for somebody else trying to market their show, could you say more about what's worked for you guys?
MR: I think the next step is seeing what actual advertisement does. The online stuff is very voluntary--like someone has to actually be looking to go to an event to happen to be on Phillyfunguide, as opposed to seeing an advertisement as they're reading a newspaper or something. But either one of those, the online or the advertising, is just a way to expand your audiences.
JG: I think opening up Polygon to more than just improv has helped the numbers, too. I spoke to a couple at the last show and they said we're just here to have a good time. We have no idea what's going to happen, we just like to get out of the house. And I was like, this is the perfect place for you.
MR: And I want to second that to the extent that opening up to all forms of comedy in Philadelphia has made it easier to find acts, and that leaves more time for things like marketing.
AZ: Do you think the venue has anything to do with it?
MR: Yeah, it's just a really great venue. It's hard to deny that. And the bar is right there, it's a very nice bar, it's just a pleasant...it's a total experience. And that venue has always been very popular, so we're very lucky to be in that space.
AZ: Can we get into the specifics of what it takes to put on your own show? What are some of the technical challenges of just producing the show the night of, or leading up to it?
JG: Getting a variety of acts to come in, that's the main challenge I think. And I think one thing that people talk about often on the Philly Comedy Network on Facebook is getting the shows to start on time, so curtain is always at 8:05 just as a courtesy, but performers have to be there ahead of time. So call time is at 7, and then doors open at 7:30, and you let people in and really I think the call time for the performers was the most difficult thing, but it was also the best thing for the show in terms of structure. Because they have time to warm up, sort of situate themselves, look at the stage instead of coming in maybe five minutes after one group has already started and seeing oh that stage isn't going to work for us, or the lighting is wrong, or we need more chairs. So getting everybody there ahead of time, it just makes everything work kind of like clockwork. And definitely getting a space that you love and other people love coming to and love performing at, that's pretty important. And I guess just kind of organizing the groups is kind of fun too. You want something really powerful and awesome, you want something that people have never seen before but will really make them think about coming back, and you want new people too. We love new people, we love their lovely faces. And I think [your team] Malone is an excellent example of that; you guys are kind of really climbing the ladder.
RH: Yeah don't forget to mention Malone, say something about how great they are.
JG: Malone is one of the most attractive...
Milkshake: They're really good looking, is the thing. It's hard to compete. No matter how good your team is, you have to compete with the fact that Malone is a very, very fuckable team.
MR: And there are more than five of them, so.
Milkshake: There's more to choose. As if you needed to choose. Any one of them, male or female, they're all..
AZ: One of our members is under 18...I'll just point that out.
Milkshake: I don't care! I don't discriminate!
MR: Let's say very kissable.
Milkshake: Very kissable!
JG: I would hold hands with any member of that team, on a date, in a meadow.
AZ: Let's talk about what upcoming things you guys have planned.
JG: Well I'm really looking forward to the October show. October is one of my favorite months. I grew up with ghost stories and things like that, so I want to get Rintersplit to perform in October because we're kind of more ghost-oriented, and there are a couple of storytellers I would really like to get in and tell some gnarly ghost story stuff.
AZ: Do you usually try to do themed shows?
JG: I'm getting more into it. Like our last show we had at Tabu, it was all ladies' night, lady-oriented, and it was Mani Pedi's first show and they are fantastic.
MR: But that's not really our point, our point is more just to have a show that everyone can enjoy, that performers can enjoy, and an opportunity for us to perform, because we are among the independent comedy community. So if the theme works out great, and if there are opportunities like October and Halloween, then it's like hey, why not go for it.
AZ: Can you guys talk a little bit more about some of the new components of the show, like Philly Secrets?
MR: Well Milkshake is the director and he had the idea of doing something along the lines of Post ecret, where the idea is that people send in their secrets and essentially they're shared but still secret because they're anonymous. And to the extent that these are very moving pieces, they provide a lot of emotion and a lot of background, things that are all in improv.
Milkshake: I think just one nice thing about the Secrets show is that the source material itself, the secrets that we use, particularly when they come from PostSecret it's a very visual experience, it's a quick snapshot of somebody's situation that they're having difficulty dealing with. So they create this anonymous art, and they send it to Frank Warren in Baltimore and they get it off their chest and they share it with other people. Just those in and of themselves are so interesting that to do theatrical work that's inspired by that, wow, you've got a great diving board into a beautiful swimming pool to kick off from.
AZ: Are you using the secrets from PostSecret, or are you soliciting your own?
Milkshake: We're soliciting secrets from Philadelphia, however the method by which I had chosen to do that was insufficient and I wasn't getting the responses that I need. We're still working on acquiring more, but yeah, the first two performances were entirely reliant on secrets from the PostSecret website. And I have no beef with that, but I want to do the show about secrets of people from Philadelphia. And the scenes that we see can be usually funny but not necessarily, especially with somebody like Kristen Schier on the team, who loves any opportunity to do improvised dramatic work. And a nice thing that was pointed out to me is when you take a secret that's difficult to deal with, like one that's about abuse or addiction, that usually won't be a funny scene, but the scene after that, as long as it's remotely funny, the audience is so ready to laugh that the response is usually pretty explosive.
AZ: How was it determined that Phily Secrets would be a good feature for Polygon?
JG: It's so fresh, and so new, and it's a very rich format and it's laden with dramatic scenes.
Mlikshake: And there's a lot of sexual ones. There are a lot about penises.
JG: [whispering] This is going in the paper!
Mlikshake: Well, she'll snip and cut. Edit.
AZ: I don't want to snip and cut any penises...
Milkshake: Don't, no! Don't do that, it's not necessary. It has no medical benefit. But I was going to say, I would like to do an entire Secrets performance where we're free to choose the sexual material if we want to, but not have it foisted upon us. And that's kind of my job as host and curator, to choose the secrets that we'll work from. But then I think to myself, it would also be cool to have a show where every scene is of a sexual nature.
JG: I'm going to go back and try to answer the question that you asked. I think another one of the reasons that we picked Secrets as kind of a Polygon mainstay is because there's so many different things that come out of it that we don't really see in improv, and that's kind of what we're all about, the new stuff, the fresh stuff.
AZ: And it sounds like Secrets also has this level of built-in theatricality and drama, and sort of that elevated level of theater that you're trying to present with Polygon.
JG: When I was a student of dramaturgy, three of the questions that we always asked ourselves of a play where why this play, why now, and why this audience?
Milkshake: We did go over those questions. Did I answer them well?
RH: You answered them. I don't know how well.
Milkshake: Were you dissatisfied, Rick, with my answers? Do you remember dissatisfaction?
RH: Well you seemed dodgy and unconfident, that's all.
Milkshake: OK, that sounds like me.
JG: You mentioned at many times during your presentation that people are fascinated by real people's lives. But also these people are opening themselves up to us. And kind of trusting us with a secret.
Milkshake: And in turn I feel like the work the cast is doing by improvising a scene is kind of metaphorically putting their arm around that person and embracing them. We're exploring it and experiencing it with them, sort of, to the best of our ability, through theatre.
AZ: So just to wrap up, Polygon is once a month at L'etage, and the best way to book a show is to...
JG: Contact Joe or Mark.
AZ: And if you have a secret that you want to see explored in Philly Secrets?
Milkshake: The best way is to go to formspring.me/phillysecrets.
MR: And Polygon is once a month, at L'etage, but we'll also be part of Fringe again this year, and I'll let Rick talk a little bit about that.
RH: We're finalizing the venue, but I expect that this year there's going to be some good surprises, which I'm not certain I'm ready to divulge quite yet. I might describe the Fringe this year as more opportunities for people to get involved. And there's likely to be some sort of a process specifically to submit to the Fringe shows which will be coming out pretty soon, so people will have slightly more control over their involvement.
JG: So look for updates online, and if you have something new and beautiful and need a space to do it, we'd love to check you out.
The next Polygon show is Tuesday, August 14th at 8 pm at L'etage (624 S. 6th Street). Tickets are $5.


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Monday, January 24, 2011
Vintage Creepy
8 comments:
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
disturbing! those vintage photos are great!
- January 24, 2011 at 6:33 AM
- Rot said...
The tall figure in the back is incredible.
The kids with the paper bags...that would have been me. My parents would totally have cheaped out.
And they would have wanted the bags back.
- January 24, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- Jalogüín said...
Just as creepy as the Hallowe'en Schoolbus Massacre kids from Trick 'r Treat...
- January 24, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- Rot said...
I would have driven that thing into the quarry for free.
; )
- January 24, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- NoahFentz said...
- January 24, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- The October boy said...
Wow! where do you find this stuff. You would not see anything like that today. It has such a ominous feel to it. I vote with the others..disturbing in a facinating way. I'm also sure you would have customized your bag...
- January 24, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- T.D.R. said...
COOL, I like!! "He who walks behind the row."
- January 26, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Sara said...
I have been looking at this pic for two days now wondering if it is real or staged. I mean....dude, that's effed up.
- January 26, 2011 at 11:46 PM

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Wyoming House Won't Ease Marijuana Penalties
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming House of Representatives has voted against a bill that would have decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.
The House voted 45-to-15 yesterday against introducing a bill sponsored by Cheyenne Democrat James Byrd. The bill would have provided for small civil penalties for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana.
Byrd noted that Wyoming currently arrests people for marijuana possession.
Existing Wyoming law specifies that possession of greater than three ounces of marijuana is a felony while possession of lesser amounts is a misdemeanor that can result in jail time.
Neighboring Colorado recently decriminalized marijuana possession.
Rep. Steve Harshman, a Casper Republican, urged the House to defeat the bill. He said it's important for Wyoming legislators to send the right message to children in the state.


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Liberty News
Human Resource Society wins statewide competition
|Dr. Colleen McLaughlin, center, is the faculty advisor for Liberty's Society for Human Resource Management. Winning team members are (left to right): Clayton Stoltzfus, Steven Turner, Janelle Crawford, Jerry Wendricks, Blake Godwin and Jordan McLaughlin.
The Liberty University chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) won first and second place in the 2010 SHRM Virginia State HR Games at James Madison University on Saturday, March 20. The team also received the Collegiality Award, given to the team that displays the most positive attitude and character during the competition.
The competition is played using a "Jeopardy" format and includes five rounds, plus one semifinal round and one final round; the semifinals are a single elimination event. LU's team, which was formed three years ago, has held the first place title and Collegiality Award for two years.
Liberty sent two teams this year, led by faculty advisor Dr. Colleen McLaughlin; the blue team is Jordan McLaughlin, Blake Godwin and Jerry Wendricks, and the red team is Janelle Crawford, Steven Turner and Clayton Stoltzfus.
SHRM is a way for students in Liberty's School of Business to practice for real-world HR situations and network with professionals in the field. The Spring 2009 semester was the first semester LU offered a specialization in HR Management under the Bachelor of Science in Business degree.
"We are very excited to see what the Lord has in store for students who will enroll in this critical program at LU," said McLaughlin.
The team is set to compete at the 2010 Southeast Regional SHRM HR Games competition and student conference at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville April 9-10. First place will win $500 for each team member and a free trip to the 62nd Annual National SHRM Conference & Exposition in San Diego, Calif., this summer, where members will be showcased at the opening ceremony and hear from keynote speakers including Al Gore and Steve Forbes.
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NVIDIA's GF100: Architected for Gamingby Ryan Smith on January 17, 2010 2:00 AM EST
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At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, NVIDIA had several things going on. In a public press conference they announced 3D Vision Surround and Tegra 2, while on the showfloor they had products o'plenty, including a GF100 setup showcasing 3D Vision Surround.
But if you're here, then what you're most interested in is what wasn't talked about in public, and that was GF100. With the Fermi-based GF100 GPU finally in full production, NVIDIA was ready to talk to the press about the rest of GF100, and at the tail-end of CES we got our first look at GF100's gaming abilities, along with a hands-on look at some unknown GF100 products in action. The message NVIDIA was trying to send: GF100 is going to be here soon, and it's going to be fast.
Fermi/GF100 as announced in September of 2009
Before we get too far ahead of ourselves though, let's talk about what we know and what we don't know.
During CES, NVIDIA held deep dive sessions for the hardware press. At these deep dives, NVIDIA focused on 3 things: Discussing GF100's architecture as is relevant for a gaming/consumer GPU, discussing their developer relations program (including the infamous Batman: Arkham Asylum anti-aliasing situation), and finally demonstrating GF100 in action on some games and some productivity applications.
Many of you have likely already seen the demos, as videos of what we saw have already been on YouTube for a few days now. What you haven't seen and what we'll be focusing on today, is what we've learned about GF100 as a gaming GPU. We now know everything about what makes GF100 tick, and we're going to share it all with you.
With that said, while NVIDIA is showing off GF100, they aren't showing off the final products. As such we can talk about the GPU, but we don't know anything about the final cards. All of that will be announced at a later time – and no, we don't know that either. In short, here's what we still don't know and will not be able to cover today:
- Die size
- What cards will be made from the GF100
- Clock speeds
- Power usage (we only know that it's more than GT200)
- Pricing
- Performance
At this point the final products and pricing are going to heavily depend on what the final GF100 chips are like. The clockspeeds NVIDIA can get away with will determine power usage and performance, and by extension of that, pricing. Make no mistake though, NVIDIA is clearly aiming to be faster than AMD's Radeon HD 5870, so form your expectations accordingly.
For performance in particular, we have seen one benchmark: Far Cry 2, running the Ranch Small demo, with NVIDIA running it on both their unnamed GF100 card and a GTX285. The GF100 card was faster (84fps vs. 50fps), but as Ranch Small is a semi-randomized benchmark (certain objects are in some runs and not others) and we've seen Far Cry 2 to be CPU-limited in other situations, we don't put much faith in this specific benchmark. When it comes to performance, we're content to wait until we can test GF100 cards ourselves.
With that out of the way, let's get started on GF100.
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marc1000 - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - linkhey, Banshee was fine! I had one because by that time the 3dfx api was better than DirectX. But suddenly everything became DX compatible and that was one thing 3dfx GPUs could not do... then I replaced that Banshee with a Radeon 9200, later a Radeon X300 (or something), then Radeon 3850, and now Radeon 5770. I'm always in for the mainstream, not the top of the line, and Nvidia is not paying enough atention to mainstream since Geforce FX series... Reply
Zool - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkThe question is when they will come with mid range variants. The GF100 seems to be 448SP variant and the 512SP card will be only after A4 revision or who knows.
The interesting part on the article is the graph which shows the exponecial increase in leakage power after 40nm and less. (which of course hurts more if u have a big chip and diferent clocks to maintain)
They will have even more problems now that dx11 cards will be only gt300 architecture so no rebrand choices for mid range and lower.
For consumer gf100 will be great if they can buy it somewhere in the future, but nvidia will bleed more on it than the GT200. Reply
QChronoD - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkMaybe I'm missing something, but it seems like PC gaming has lost most of its value in the last few years. I know that you can run games at higher resolutions and probably faster framerates than you can on consoles, but it will end up costing more than all 3 consoles combined to do so. It just seems to have gotten too expensive for the marginal performance advantage.
That being said, I bet that one of these would really crank through Collatz or GPUGRID. Reply
GourdFreeMan - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkI certainly share that sentiment. The last major graphical showcase we had was Crysis in 2007. There have been nice looking PC exclusive titles (Crysis Warhead, Arma 2, the Stalker franchise) since then, but no significant new IP with new rendering engines to take advantage of new technology.
If software publishers want our money, they are going to have to do better. Without significant GPGPU applications for the mainstream consumer, GPU manufacturers will eventually suffer as well. Reply
dukeariochofchaos - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkno, i think you're totally correct, from a certain point of view.
i had the thought that the DX9 support is probably more than enough for console games, and why would developers pump money into DX11 support for a product that generates most of it's profits on consoles?
obviously, there is some money to be made in the pc game sphere, but is it really enough to drive game developers to sink money into extra quality just for us?
At least NV has made a product that can be marketed now, and into the future, for design/enterprise solutions. That should help them extract more of the value out of their r&d if there are very few DX11 games for the lifespan of fermi.
Calin - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkIf Fermi is working good, NVidia is in a great place for the development of their next GPU - they'll only need to update some things here and there, based mostly on where the card's performance lack (improve this, improve that, reduce this, reduce that). Also, they are in a very good place for making lower-end cards based on Fermi (cut everything in two or four, no need to redesign the previously fixed function blocks).
As for AMD... their current design is in the works and probably too advanced for big changes, so their real Fermi-killer won't come faster than a year or so (that is, if Fermi proves to be so great a success as NVidia wants it to be). Reply
toyota - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkwhat I have saved on games this year has more than paid for the difference between the price of a console and my pc. Reply
Stas - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - linkthat ^^^^^^^
besides, with Steam/D2D/Impulse there is new breath in PC gaming. constant sales on great games, automatic updates, active support, forums full of people, all integrated with virtual community (profiles, chats, etc.). a place to release demos, trailers, etc. I was worried about PC gaming 2-3 years ago, but I'm absolutely confident that it's coming back better than ever. Reply
deeceefar2 - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkAre the screen shots from left 4 dead 2 missing at the end of page 5?
As a consequence of this change, TMAA's tendency to have fake geometry on billboards pop in and out of existence is also solved. Here we have a set of screenshots from Left 4 Dead 2 showcasing this in action. The GF100 with TMAA generates softer edges on the vertical bars in this picture, which is what stops the popping from the GT200.
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Ryan Smith - Monday, January 18, 2010 - linkWhoops. Fixed. Reply


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Despite sharing the same designation as the ever-popular 5.0L from the Ford camp, the 305 Chevy is viewed as a second-class citizen in the Chevy hobby. This seems odd since it's a Chevy small-block under the skin, but in the performance world, just as in nature, bigger is almost always seen as better.
In reality, 305 Chevys (including our carbureted LG4 version) make great street engines and can be the basis for impressive performance machines. That is not to say that the 350 (by way of the increase in displacement) won't ultimately make more average and possibly even peak power (this depends on combination), but don't dismiss that 5.0L/ 305 you have sitting under the hood on the basis of a missing 45 ci.
Before getting to our test, we should take a look at a few of the common complaints about the 305. According to ramblings on the various forums, the first strike against the 305 is displacement. True enough, it is always easier to reach a given power goal with more cubes, but the major concern for any build up is usually dollars and not displacement. While heads, cam and an intake for the 305 will cost the same as a 350, the fact that you can retain your existing 305 short-block makes swapping over to the larger 350 much less cost-effective. If you are looking for an extra 100-150 hp, the stock 305 short-block (even if it is a high-mileage unit) will work perfectly with the planned upgrades.
If your 305 needs rebuilding or replacing, by all means grab a cheap 350 from a wrecking yard and start with that-or better yet step up to a larger 383 or even 406.
Problem number two with the 305 is the small bore size. The bore (3.736-inch versus 4.00 for the 350) can ultimately limit head flow (by necessitating smaller valves, which limits potential airflow), but not at the power levels for most street engines. Were we to build a 350hp small-block using either a 302 (4.0 x 3.0), a 305 (3.736x3.48) or even a 307 (3.875x3.25) bore and stroke combination, the difference in the power curves would be minimal. If we went looking for a high-winding combination capable of exceeding 500 hp (or more), then the larger bore offered by the 302 configuration would certainly come into play.
Unlike its brother the 307, Chevy actually offered performance versions of the 5.0L 305. The 230hp rating offered by the 1989 LB9 TPI motor pales in comparison to the current LS-based combinations, but back in the day, the TPI 305 with the five-speed tranny was a pretty hot set up and could rip of 14-second quarter-mile times (and near 150 mph top speeds) in stock trim. Introduced in 1985, the TPI motors garnered all the attention, leaving the carbureted LG4 and L03 (TBI) motors seemingly out in the cold. The TPI motors did offer some serious torque thanks to their extra-long intake runners, but power production quickly leveled off at the top of the rev range. Rated anywhere from a low of 145 hp to a high of 170 hp, the carbureted LG4 and TBI L03 305s were down by as much as 60 hp to their TPI counterparts.
Despite that deficit, the LG4 and L03 305s respond very well to performance upgrades. In fact, the TPI induction system will soon become the power restriction, as a carbureted 305 will easily make more peak power (but less peak torque) than a typical TPI set up. The factory TBI induction system leaves a little to be desired, but replacing the TBI with a carburetor is a simple enough matter (though first check with state smog regulations). (For you TBI lovers out there, we do have some of that tech coming.)
To take full advantage of the power gains offered by the mods performed to our 305 test motor, a good set of long-tube headers and free flowing exhaust are a must, as is a true (and free-flowing) cold air induction. On the dyno, our carburetor received an unrestricted supply of cold air, but every effort should be made to provide a dedicated ambient air source in the car as well. We ran a set of mufflers on our long-tube headers to simulate a free-flowing street exhaust, but figure huge power losses with the factory exhaust system.
That brings us to the factory heads and cam. According to our information, factory cam timing for the various 305 combinations checked in as small as 0.350-inch lift and just 179 degrees of intake duration (measured at 0.050). That, my friends, is one wimpy small-block cam. Add to that the fact that many 305s came with a static compression ratio of just 8.6:1 (thanks to dished pistons) and a set of 305 heads equipped with 1.84/1.50 valve combination. The 305 heads (624 and 416 casting numbers are good examples) offer small 56-58cc combustion chambers to keep compression ratio up on the small(er) displacement 305. The valve and chamber sizing is important when choosing suitable replacement heads for the 305, ditto when choosing an acceptable street cam.
To illustrate just how effective the much maligned 305 is for performance usage, we decided to upgrade a stock LG4 using suitable, street-friendly modifications. In choosing our performance components, we selected them based not on some pie-in-the-sky peak power number, but with real driving in mind (though all testing was performed on the engine dyno). It is certainly possible to produce even more peak power with a wilder cam, ported heads and increased static compression (or even displacement for that matter), but our combination was chosen every bit for drivability as much as maximizing power production.
To that end, we elected to run a very streetable XM270HR (our test mill was a later hydraulic roller version) that offered a 0.495/0.502 lift split, a 218/224 duration split and a 112-degree lobe separation angle. An interesting alternative would be the 268XFI H13 with a 0.570/0.565 lift split, a 218/224 duration split and a 113-degree lobe separation angle. Our Trick Flow Specialties heads would certainly be able to take advantage of the higher lift offered by the XFI cam, but we stuck with the low-lift XM270HR grind.
Speaking of cylinder heads, the stock 305 iron heads obviously had to go, but choosing a suitable replacement was actually pretty easy. Looking for the ideal combination of flow, valve sizing (for the small bore) and combustion chamber size (to eliminate any loss in static compression), we went right to Trick Flow Specialties. Given its extensive listing of available SBC heads, we weren't surprised to find a set designed specifically for the 305. Its Super 23 175 heads featured all the variables to help make our 5.0 a success, including 56cc combustion chambers, a 1.94/1.50 valve package and 175cc Fast-as-Cast runners that offered an impressive 245 cfm of airflow from the intake and an equally impressive 192 cfm from the exhaust. That compares to less than 200 cfm for the typical 305 factory heads.
We liked the fact that in addition to the substantial flow increase, the Trick Flow Super 23 175 heads offered small chambers and valves along with aluminum construction to help eliminate the chance of detonation compared to their cast-iron counter parts. With no loss in compression ratio (something common on head upgrades with a 305), we expected big things from the Trick Flow Super 23 175 heads. We also liked the port volume of the Trick Flow heads, as the 175cc intake ports were not excessive compared to the production heads. It is important to point out that increased port volume does not always result in a loss in low-speed power or even port velocity, as velocity is a function of the flow rate versus the cross section. A larger port that flows a commensurate amount of air will actually produce greater port velocity than a smaller one with less flow (at least at wide open throttle). Larger port volumes can become lazy at part throttle since the flow rate is determined by the throttle opening and not the port itself.
Before upgrading the LG4, we ran it in stock trim to establish a baseline. Our tester consisted of a late-model (meaning hydraulic roller cam) LG4 originally equipped with the factory intake and matching Q-jet 4-barrel carburetor. Since it was missing the factory induction system, we simply installed a suitable cast-iron Q-jet intake and carburetor (from the Carb Shop) along with a set of 13/4-inch long-tube headers. The headers were chosen primarily for dyno fitment, but a set of 15/8-inch headers would work every bit as well and possibly offer slightly more torque. Run with an electric water pump (no accessories), long-tube headers and 37 degrees of total timing, the LG4 produced 224 hp and 308 lb-ft of torque. The mild cam, restrictive heads and factory induction system were equally to blame for the lackluster power numbers, but the 305 still managed to exceed 300 lb-ft of torque from 2,500 rpm (or lower) to 3,600 rpm. Obviously the factory induction system was designed with low-speed grunt in mind.
Knowing that the stock 305 heads and wimpy L03 cam were now holding us back, we pulled both at once and installed the Comp XM270HR cam and Trick Flow Super 23 175 heads. It is possible to upgrade the cam or heads separately, but available dyno time meant we had to be quick. If you have to pick one, we'd opt for the cam first, as the TFS heads might not offer a ton of extra power when saddled with the stock cam (less than 0.400 lift). The cam upgrade will require updating the valve spring package on the stock heads, and if you have to remove the heads for the valve spring upgrade, it is a good time to swap the heads as well.
The Trick Flow Super 23 heads were installed using a set of Fel Pro head gaskets (designed for the small-bore 305) and ARP head bolts. Installation of the heads required no change in pushrod length. We also took the liberty of installing a set of inexpensive 1.5 ratio roller rockers from ProComp in place of the stock stamped steel units. No self-respecting small block should be saddled with stamped steel rockers. The upside of the hydraulic roller cam motor is reduced friction and improved ramp rate to increase power for any given lift and duration combination, but the downside is extra expense (roller cams cost more than their flat-tappet counterparts). To keep costs down, we reused the factory hydraulic roller lifters and timing chain rather than replace them during the cam swap.
There are obviously ways to reduce the cost of upgrading a 305, by either porting the stock 305 heads or substituting a set of Vortec iron heads for the slightly more expensive Trick Flow aluminum heads. The downside of porting the stock heads is that they will never equal the flow of the Trick Flow heads, nor will the porting eliminate the potential for cracking (305 heads are thin, weak and prone to cracking, especially if you overheat engine). The Vortec heads are stronger than the 305s, but have their downside as well. The problem with the Vortec head swap is that extra work is required to allow for reasonable cam timing (above 0.450 lift). The extra work and expense required to accept any reasonable performance cam needs to be taken into consideration when considering the Vortec heads, as does the fact that (like the stock 305s), they are heavy lumps of cast iron that will be more prone to detonation than modern aluminum heads. This is a case of you get what you pay for, and the dedicated 305 heads from Trick Flow Specialties are a worthwhile investment.
The last obstacle in our 305 upgrade was the induction system. It was certainly possible to top the new Trick Flow heads and Comp cam with the stock Q-jet intake and carb, but we chose to replace them with a dual-plane, aluminum intake from ProComp along with our favorite dyno carb, the Holley 750 HP series. A low-cost alternative to the 750 HP will provide equal performance at this power level, but the 750 was on hand at Westech and was easy to tune thanks to an external Percy's Adjust-a-Jet system. Make sure to measure the available hood clearance when selecting a high-rise intake like the air-gap-style from ProComp.
With everything bolted in place, we ran the 305 in anger and were rewarded with peak numbers of 362 hp at 5,800 rpm and 353 lb-ft of torque at 4,500 rpm. Torque production with the upgrades exceeded 340 lb-ft from 3,500 rpm to 5,500 rpm, making for not only a broad torque curve but a 305 that no longer fell on its face after 5,000 rpm.
Measured peak to peak, we improved the power output by 138 hp and by over 170 hp out at 6,000 rpm. If 360 hp isn't enough, we certainly could coax 400 hp out of this combination by upping the compression (milling the heads) and/or stepping up in cam timing, but you start to trade-off things like idle quality, drivability and low-speed response for the stronger mid-range and top-end charge.
RPM - HP TQ (Stock LG4) - HP TQ (Modified LG4)
2,900 - 169 306 - 181 327
3,100 - 182 308 - 194 329
3,300 - 199 308 - 209 333
3,500 - 203 304 - 226 340
3,700 - 210 299 - 244 346
3,900 - 217 292 - 260 350
4,100 - 221 283 - 273 349
4,300 - 223 272 - 286 350
4,500 - 224 261 - 300 353
4,700 - 224 250 - 314 351
4,900 - 219 234 - 328 351
5,100 - 214 220 - 339 349
5,300 - 205 203 - 348 345
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"I've shown flashes of consistency." — Aaron Rodgers
"I've shown flashes of consistency." — Aaron Rodgers
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Well Rodgers has shown consistancy in his play. Iam also sick and tired of people blaming this team soley on one of our brighter aspects of this season. This season was not as bad as people think. yes we are 5-10 However we soley lose in the 4th quarter or OT. These holes are fixable and I think we just need to spend some money this offseason and come back stronger next season. I just hope the Packer staff and players learn from this season to improve next season.
i'd rather a-rodg be honest and know he can improve than just stand in front of everyone and say he's played great this year
Aaron Rodgers has done everything asked of him and he's done it well. One criticism I've heard is that he has yet to bring the team from behind for a win. I contend that he's done it several times this year. It's the Packer defense that couldn't hold the opposing offense and let them score to win the game. Had the defense held, Rodgers would be seen as a hero. Aaron came into the season under fire and gracefully handled the situation. I was at the Family night when the crowd booed him. It was totally unfair. He did nothing to deserve those boos. If people have an issue with Ted Thompson, then take it out on Ted. I am a big fan of Aaron's and I believe he can be a great quarterback for this team.
Plus, at least Aaron is able to "man-up" to his part of this bad season. He realizes when he could have played better. He doesn't blame "high pad levels" or "miscommunication" or say that "we didn't get things done" like others associated with the team.
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In the wake of the brutal reviews for "Sucker Punch," writer-director Zack Snyder went on the defensive, insisting that people totally missed the point of the film and later announcing that he would include an R-rated cut with an additional 17 minutes of footage in the home-video release.
Unfortunately, even with the extra footage and a pre-packaged explanation of the film's message, the new cut does not prove significantly better. In fact, the new footage barely makes a dent.
The film follows Baby Doll (Emily Browning) as her evil step-father has her committed to an institution basically run by an even more evil orderly, Blue (Oscar Isaacs), and where a therapist (Carla Gugino) tries to use music to help the girl's work through their issues. When the music plays, Baby Doll retreats into a fantasy world where she battles all manner of demons as she fights to escape the confines of the asylum. And it's actually more confusing than that.
At one point my wife asked why Rocket (Jena Malone) was wearing a nurse's cap while fighting steampunk German soldiers, to which I could only respond, "Why is she fighting monsters in her underwear?" It's not that "Sucker Punch" is shockingly objectifying, or that it crosses some line, but rather that it's just so nakedly—or rather, scantily-cladly—objectifying. Snyder has defended himself against such accusations by pointing out that he didn't shoot the women in a voyeuristic way.
"They might be dressed sexually, but I didn't shoot the movie to exploit their sexuality. There's no close-ups of cleavage, or stuff like that," Snyder told Film School Rejects.
Which is true, but when all the beautiful 20-something women are running around in high heels and lingerie, you don't need to do much else to make them objects.
Snyder says his film is a critique of geek culture, a send-up of genre films, an indictment of the sexuality of cinema, and if you squint, you can see that he's probably being sincere. But the man's entire career has been built on the glorification of geek culture, from his "Dawn of the Dead" remake to "300" to "Watchmen"—geeks are his core audience, so why would he make a film that condemns his own people as sweaty perverts? Or, dumber still, why would he be surprised that his audience would recoil at such a film?
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The film looks great, as Snyder's strong palette and sense of action fill every corner of the screen. But the foes Baby Doll and friends fight are painfully derivative, coming straight from movies we've all seen and loved. And instead of just being a really great popcorn entertainment, the film is bogged down by a sense of self-importance that makes it painful at times to watch.
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Curren D. Price, Jr. was sworn into office in a public ceremony on Saturday, July 13, as the newly elected representative for the city of Los Angeles 9th Council District.
Price highlighted his plans to first focus on beautification and safety, economic development, and youth empowerment for the district he calls "The New 9th" saying, "I am excited to accept this challenge because The New 9th will be a place where people will want to live, work and play—and our potential is limitless. I pledge to build upon the legacy and committed service of (Former L.A. City Council Members) Jan Perry, Rita Walters, Gil Lindsey, Ed Roybal provided with distinction."
Nearly 1000 people from across Los Angeles and California attended the ceremony held on the campus of Los Angeles Trade Technical College, located on Grand & 23rd Street. Adela Barajas, president/ founder of L.A.U.R.A. "Life After Uncivil Ruthless Acts", conducted the ceremonial swearing-In.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was among several prominent leaders to welcome Price, including: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, city of Los Angeles Councilman Paul Koretz, former 9th District City Council Member Jan Perry, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Executive Secretary/Treasurer Maria Elena-Durazo, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Gary Toebban, and the former U.S. Congresswoman the Honorable Diane Watson.
Ninety two point three FM radio personality Josefa Salinas served as mistress of ceremony. Program entertainment included performances by the Lula Washington Dancers, Grupo Folklorico Guish-Bac, L.A. Newton Division Explorers, and the National Anthem presented by Lyndia Free representing "A Place Called Home" (a local, non-profit organization from the Ninth District).
Lunch, featuring food from Chano's Restaurant and Dulan's Soul Food was served following the festivities. Price spoke of the 9th District as being "an area of significant economic educational and culture resources that benefits the city and the Southern California region." The district has a population of 250,000 longtime and new residents that represent the rich diversity of multi-ethnic multi-culture that defines Los Angeles.
The New 9th encompasses L.A. Live with the Staples Center, Nokia Theater and hotels and restaurants; The University of Southern California (the largest private employer in South LA), LA Trade Tech, Exposition Park with its museums, Rose Garden, Coliseum and Sports Area; the California Science Center now home to the Space Shuttle Endeavor; the LA Mart, clothing, manufacturing and auto dealerships. "Collectively, Price said, the District generates thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity."
Price called for the community to "work together and show the kind of teamwork that led us to victory," further saying "there is no limit to what we can accomplish. No good that we cannot achieve. No dreams that we can't realize." He ended his remarks reaffirming his commitment to create an environment that serves as springboard for others who want to contribute to The New 9th District and to make a difference in the lives of its residents.


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Before the historic June declaration, the African Union only had four official languages: English, French, Arabic, and Portuguese.
President Obiang is also the chairman of the African Union.
President Obiang's country has Spanish as one of its official languages. Like the Philippines, it was a former Spanish overseas province. Curiously, aside from Spanish, Equatorial Guinea also has French as an official language when (to the best of my knowledge) it was not even colonized by France!
Equatorial Guinea was able to accomplish what seems to be impossible for this supposedly Hispanic country of ours. No offense (in all honesty, I am an admirer of Obiang's linguistic policies), but between the two nations, we are more Hispanic than the Equatoguineans. So why couldn't we do something like this? Oh wonder of wonders…
Felicitaciones Señor Presidente Obiang por un trabajo bien hecho. Sin duda, usted es un héroe del idioma español no sólo en África sino el mundo hispánico.


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TORONTO - Mark Buehrle pitched eight sharp innings to become baseball's first 10-game winner, Edwin Encarnacion homered again and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Sunday.
Buehrle (10-1) won his sixth straight decision. He gave up six hits, walked one and struck out three.
He lowered his ERA to 2.10, second-best in the AL to New York's Masahiro Tanaka, and improved to 25-12 lifetime against the Royals.
Encarnacion, who matched Mickey Mantle's AL record with 16 home runs in May, started off a new month with another drive. He hit a two-run shot off Aaron Crow in the eighth for his 19th homer of the season.
Jeremy Guthrie (2-5) lost his fifth straight decision.
NEW YORK (AP) — Phil Hughes pitched eight poised innings in his return to New York and wound up a winner when the Twins rallied past the Yankees behind big hits from Josh Willingham and Brian Dozier in a six-run ninth.
Willingham belted a tying homer on the first pitch from closer David Robertson, denying rookie Chase Whitley his first major league victory. Robertson (0-2) then walked two batters and gave up Dozier's two-out double, putting the Twins on top 3-2.
Eduardo Nunez, also let go by the Yankees, lined a two-run double on Matt Daley's first pitch. Oswaldo Arcia added a two-run single off Matt Thornton to make it 7-2, all but sealing Minnesota's second victory in the three-game series.
Hughes (6-1) held his former team to three hits — all in a row to begin the fourth — and retired his final 15 batters during his sixth straight win.
BOSTON (AP) — Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings and Brock Holt drove in two runs with one of his four doubles to lift the Red Sox to their seventh straight win, completing a three-game sweep over the reeling Rays.
Boston's streak follows a 10-game skid, its longest in 20 years. The Red Sox said that matches a major league record for consecutive wins after a double-digit losing stretch, according to research by the Elias Sports Bureau.
The 1989 Detroit Tigers did it after losing 12 in a row, and the 1942 Pittsburgh Pirates also did it after dropping 10 straight.
Holt had his big day after hitting his first major league homer in Saturday night's win. Garin Cecchini added an RBI double for his first major league hit.
Evan Longoria had a pair of singles for the Rays, who dropped their season-high sixth straight. Tampa Bay owns the AL's worst record at 23-34.
HOUSTON (AP) — Manny Machado hit his first career grand slam, David Lough homered and drove in three runs, and the Orioles beat the Astros.
Orioles slugger Nelson Cruz, leading the majors with 20 home runs and 52 RBIs, left in the third inning with a bruised left hand after being hit by a pitch from Scott Feldman. X-rays were negative and Cruz was listed as day to day.
Machado's towering shot capped a six-run sixth inning.
The 21-year-old Machado missed the first month after off-season knee surgery and has struggled since his return, prompting manager Buck Showalter to move him from the second spot to seventh in the batting order. He was back to batting second on Sunday and had two hits for the second straight game, raising his average to .230.
Wei-Yin Chen (6-2) got the win. Feldman (3-3) allowed nine runs in 5 1-3 innings.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jed Lowrie homered and drove in two runs against Oakland nemesis Jered Weaver and the Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Angels.
Josh Donaldson hit a two-run single and Coco Crisp and Lowrie added RBI hits in a four-run third inning against Weaver (6-4) to give the A's their first home sweep of at least three games against the Angels since June 29-July 1, 2004.
Oakland leads the AL West by 4 1/2 games over Los Angeles, its largest pre-All-Star break lead since being 5 1/2 up in 1990.
The big inning was more than enough support for Sonny Gray (6-1), who allowed a pair of sacrifice flies and an RBI double by Erick Aybar in 6 2-3 innings to rebound from a rare rough start. Gray has 11 quality starts in 12 outings this season for a 2.45 ERA.
SEATTLE (AP) — Rookie Roenis Elias pitched a three-hitter for the first complete game of his career, leading the Mariners over the Tigers.
Elias (4-4) struck out eight and walked one in his 12th major league start, and the first one to last longer than seven innings.
The 25-year-old left-hander from Cuba kept Detroit off balance with his curve, striking out five with the breaking ball. The Tigers only put one runner in scoring position, and Elias matched a career high with 111 pitches.
Max Scherzer (6-2) gave up four runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale pitched a two-hitter, Paul Konerko homered and the White Sox defeated the Padres.
Sale (5-0) struck out nine, walked none and threw 100 pitches. He froze Everth Cabrera for a called strike three to end the game, lowering his ERA to 1.59 ERA in seven starts.
Sale has allowed just one earned run in his last 25 innings, a span of four starts. The lefty was on the disabled list in late April because of a strained muscle in his pitching arm.
Konerko had two hits and drove in three runs as the White Sox won for the eighth time in 13 games.
Eric Stults (2-6) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Michael Bourn's two-run homer in the ninth inning gave the Indians a win over the Rockies and a sweep of their three-game series.
Bourn hit an 0-1 pitch into the right-field seats off Adam Ottavino (0-2). Mike Aviles singled and took second on George Kottaras' sacrifice before Bourn hit his second home run of the season.
Bourn raced around the bases and threw his helmet into the air as he was mobbed by his teammates at home plate. The walk-off win was Cleveland's fourth of the season.
Scott Atchison (2-0) worked around a two-out double in the ninth by striking out Charlie Blackmon to end the inning.
Colorado completed a 2-7 road trip and has lost four straight for the first time since last September.


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Anne Grimes at home in Granville, Ohio, 1987.
Photographer: Julie Elman
Aug 4, 2010
By Monica Chapman
"If you ask anybody who plays the mountain dulcimer about how they first discovered it, you will get a story," reflects Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Julie Elman.
Elman's passion for the mountain dulcimer traces back nearly 20 years when an undergraduate design project landed her in the living room of Anne Grimes, a noted dulcimer performer, folksinger and scholar. Today, as the proud designer for Grimes' book, Elman's story has come full circle.
"Stories from the Anne Grimes Collection of American Folk Music" was released in July by the Ohio University Press. The collection – begun by Grimes and completed by her four daughters upon Grimes' death in 2004 – represents more than 60 years of work by Grimes in collecting, researching, lecturing, performing and writing about traditional songs and dulcimers.
A traditional performer with strong Ohio roots, Grimes once told a reporter, "Everybody thinks you find folk music in the hills; you don't… it's in people's heads."
Brimming with energy and a love for music of all genres, Grimes' life was a testament to these words. She knew by heart thousands of songs as well as each song's history, according to her daughter, Sara Grimes.
"Sometimes she would get so excited about all this going on at once – wanting to sing the song, but also wanting to talk about the person she learned it from and its history, etc. — that sometimes she would get nearly tongue-tied," Sara recalled.
Though Elman only met Grimes once, her warmth, poise and musical zeal left an indelible mark on Elman's future.
"It was just a wonderful experience for me to talk to her, to hear her play, and it inspired me to continue playing the dulcimer," said Elman.
Since that sole encounter, Elman has displayed a photograph of Grimes in her home – a photo that, according to Sara, well captures her mother's spirit. Elman provided copies of the photo to Grimes' children upon her death in 2004.
Several years later, Sara connected with Elman again through Ohio University – where Sara was spearheading efforts to publish her mother's book with Ohio University Press.
Sara said she pursued the Ohio University Press with the hope that her mother's stories might serve the academic community by inspiring further research into areas covered in the songs, including labor history, Civil War and pre-Civil War issues, African-American history, as well as traditional American music.
"And, we appreciated that Ohio University happens to be near the center of some important discoveries by Anne Grimes, especially related to dulcimers and dulcimer lore," she added.
But the book was not an instant sell, according to Gillian Berchowitz, senior editor and assistant director at Ohio University Press, who acquired the original manuscript.
"I thought twice about doing this book because we do not necessarily focus on music," recalled Berchowitz. "But it just seemed that Ann Grimes' contributions to Ohio history and culture were so significant that it seemed like a very good book for our press."
"It's material that not only illuminates and gives us a depth of understanding of our own region, but in fact it gives us a depth of understanding of folklore in the United States, of traditional music, and of the fifties and sixties when Anne Grimes collected these stories," she added.
Though Elman couldn't offer much help in terms of publishing, she was eager to offer her expertise in design.
"Because of my interest in the dulcimer – I still play – and because of my experience with Anne, I just felt like I was the right person to design that book," she said.
Up to that point, Elman had only designed one other book for publication – "The Rise of Barack Obama" by Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza, formerly an assistant professor of photojournalism at Ohio University. But the Grimes book posed its own unique set of challenges.
"The challenge in the Obama book was picture-editing and sequencing. And the challenge in the Grimes book was making the typography function well so that the book was visually interesting and easy to navigate, despite the fact that it was text-heavy," she said.
The resulting product – a compilation of stories, photographs and songs on CD – pays homage to the people who sang, played and otherwise contributed to preserving America's musical heritage.
"I think (my mother) would be very happy," said Sara Grimes. "She wanted to write this book to honor her contributors and also to let people know about the rich history of folk music and dulcimers in Ohio, and I think the book does that."
Grimes lasting legacy is the Anne Grimes Collection of songs and other material at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. Her collection of vintage dulcimers and other instruments is preserved at the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.
To purchase "Stories from the Anne Grimes Collection of American Folk Music," click here.
"Stories from the Anne Grimes Collection of American Folk Music," published by Ohio University Press, is now available for purchase. For more information, click here.


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