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Hoosier Bard Productions, the theatrical arm of the New Oxford Shakespeare project at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, takes to the stage next month for a two-weekend premiere of two back-to-back versions of Measure for Measure at the IndyFringe Basile Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair St. Shakespeare's original and uncensored Measure for Measure will kick off the first weekend (February 21, 22, and 23) while Thomas Middleton's more familiar 1621 adaptation of Shakespeare's play will be featured in the second weekend of the show (February 28 and March 1, 2). Tickets ($8 students with ID, $15 general admission) are available at indyfringe.org/measure-measure or 317-869-6660.
Measure for Measure features an international cast of stage veterans, local actors, and IUPUI students under the direction of Equity actor, IUPUI professor of drama, and Hoosier Bard founding director Terri Bourus.
Bourus returns to directing after last year's local and international success of The History of Cardenio, Shakespeare's "lost" play, "a winning blend of the twin geniuses of Cervantes and Shakespeare" (Indianapolis Star). Bourus's "fast-paced emotional rollercoaster of a production" received rave reviews, and was hailed as "a lively gripping piece of theatre" (Shakespeare Bulletin) and "a rollicking experience" (Nuvo). Shakespeare scholars from around the world converged on Indianapolis, and the BBC praised Cardenio as "bold and brash and funny and moving". The play and production were also the subject of the WFYI television documentary, "CSI: Shakespeare".
Measure for Measure asks: when is sex legal? What is the relationship between politics and morality? It tells the tale of a liberal Duke who leaves his city under the control of the conservative fundamentalist Angelo. Angelo immediately starts enforcing laws that make illicit sex a capital offence and a young man, Claudio, is sentenced to death for getting his teenage girlfriend pregnant. When Isabella, Claudio's devout sister, pleads with Angelo to save Claudio's life, the results are explosive.
Audiences will want to come both weekends to experience the two very different worlds of Measure. During the first weekend, audiences will be treated to the warmth and optimism of Shakespeare's Italian summer setting, which invigorates the more lighthearted and comedic version of the original play. The second weekend presents a darker interpretation of the story, set in the winter world of wartime Vienna.
"It's a fabulous learning experience for IUPUI students to work alongside dedicated professional actors," Bourus says. "It's a unique challenge and opportunity for actors, to stretch their boundaries and perform two different interpretations of their characters back to back in successive weekends. "
Audiences will have the chance to hear more about the two texts and two interpretations at the talkbacks with Bourus and members of the cast, after each performance.
The second weekend will also feature a special ASL translated performance, under the direction of IUPUI English Professor Janet Acevedo.
The New Oxford Shakespeare project is also hosting a Master Workshop titled "Editing and Performing Measure for Measure" on Saturday, February 23 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. In addition to Bourus, and NOS editors Anna Pruitt and Rory Loughnane, the workshop will feature two special guests, Professor Gary Taylor, one of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars (Florida State University) and actor-director Christopher Marino (Chicago). In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to discuss some of the various issues that arise in editing and performing Shakespeare's plays with the on-site editors of The New Oxford Shakespeare. Topics include: early modern adaptation; editing drama as a multimedia art form; theatre as a form of research.
Indy Fringe Ticket site: http://indyfringe.org/measure-measure
NOS site: http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/shakespeare
IUPUI Event calendar entry: http://events.iupui.edu/event/?event_id=7986
Hoosier Bard FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hoosier-Bard-Productions/156137937762740?fref=ts


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Deep in the California desert exists a strange, lawless town, where folks live without running water, yet create outdoor art installations and host concerts.
Slab City, CA, is unafraid to embrace its quirks, and it's one of a rare breed of towns that draw travelers for their novelty factor at a time when the world feels increasingly homogeneous, teeming with high-rises and chain stores. After all, we're not talking about just an offbeat tourist attraction; these places take strange to a whole new level.
Related: The World's Strangest Beaches
Consider Thames Town: the Chinese knack for knockoffs has spawned this full-on replica of an English town in a suburb of Shanghai, complete with cobblestoned streets and red phone booths. Have a pint at the pub, post the photo to Facebook, and your friends will be none the wiser.
In upstate New York, Lily Dale is odd in an entirely different way, attracting an outsize population of mediums and psychics who claim to reconnect with the afterlife. Steven Cantor, who directed the recent HBO documentary No One Dies in Lily Dale, tried to capture the town's peculiar energy.
"There are dozens of psychic mediums strolling the grounds, doling out messages from the beyond, particularly during regularly scheduled, immensely popular group sessions centered around an old tree stump, which they believe to be a vortex of spiritual energy," says Cantor. "It's something you have to see to believe."
That sentiment applies to each of the strange towns that made our list, perhaps most of all Elista, a Russian town almost as passionate about chess—an enormous board covers much of the town square—as it is about Buddhism.
If you're inspired to go hunting for the unusual, you may not have to look far. Just outside of Tampa, FL, there's a town popular with retiring performers who keep circus trailers and elephants on their lawns. Your hometown might even take inspiration from a place in Australia that went to unconventional means to put itself on the tourist map—by covering its buildings in dozens of murals.
While every town has a story, these strange spots have the best punch lines.

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In this reprint from the August 2002 issue of Game Developer magazine, Spider-Man developer Jamie Fristrom writes about what went right and what went wrong with the game's development process. Fristrom's current project, Energy Hook, strongly builds upon some of the design principles first explored here and in Spider-Man 2.
Treyarch was finishing up Max Steel and Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater 2 for Dreamcast when we agreed to do a game that would tie in with the Spider-Man movie, and release it simultaneously on all three of the next-generation consoles: Playstation 2 (PS2), Xbox, and Gamecube. We formed a new team out of parts of the others to begin work on the proof-of-concept and design. This team of four programmers, four designers, four artists, and a producer wasn't starting totally from scratch; we had Activision's previous Spider-Man game for the Playstation (PSX) to look at.
We wanted to improve some of the things about the game, such as giving the web-swinging more freedom, and play to that game's strengths, such as the hostage modes and variety of ways in which you could be Spider-Man. We also wanted to add a whole new type of gameplay: aerial combat, the ability to take on flying villains as you swing around Manhattan. Sony/Columbia gave us a ton of concept art and stills from the movie on which to base our work.
The PS2 was our lead SKU, because it has the largest installed base and was the easiest to get development kits for. We figured if we could make our game run on the PS2, we could make it run on anything. We began work on the Xbox a few months after the PS2 and the Gamecube a few months after that.
"All you need is good people," says the submarine commander in Das Boot, after the chief engineer repairs the boat and saves their lives. It's true, with good people you don't need to enforce process because it happens automatically. Everyone makes sure they do a good job: they volunteer for code reviews, they write their own unit tests, they find better ways to do things instead of the ways passed down from on high.
Our team was made up of a number of talented individuals, who each made their own unique, lifesaving contributions. Even the interns were amazing.
Because I'm not in HR, I don't know how we got these people, but I think part of the reason is that the people in charge of interviewing know their stuff, whether it's art or code. Part of it is the referral bonus we give employees for recommending new hires; part of it is that Treyarch is an environment not too many people are willing to leave. (We've seen what's out there, and it's worse.) Part of it may be the free soda, and free dinners during crunch time, and part of it is our policy of not hiring just anyone to fill a position. (We do hire out of desperation occasionally, but rarely. And when we discover we've hired someone who is just average, we let that person go.)
This team was not only talented but also motivated. Even though adding unplanned features was discouraged, many of us stayed late, on our own time, to get stuff in we thought would make a real improvement to the game. This is where the playing-as-Green-Goblin mode came from, and the secret bowling level, the rats in the sewer level, and a lot of special effects.
Treyarch was developing a few titles for the next-generation platforms, and it was obvious that having one crossplatform library to do the rendering, which all the teams shared, would be a big advantage. We formed a new team, Next-Generation Libraries (NGL for short). The Spider-Man graphics/PS2 programmer split off from our group to lead the team, providing the architecture and API to which the various platform graphics libraries would be written, and he developed the initial PS2 graphics library.
NGL had disadvantages as well as advantages: the advantage of more efficient use of coder resources was balanced with the worry that we might not be able to rely on a separate team. The NGL team wasn't always kept in the loop about when our deliverables were due and sometimes weren't available on a weekend or night when they were needed. Finger-pointing would occur: is it an NGL bug or a client-side bug? And sometimes finger-pointing didn't happen when it needed to: a client-side bug would linger on the plate of an NGL programmer who didn't know how to fix it.
At times, the NGL programmers became de facto Spider-Man programmers. They were building the Spider-Man code base on their machines to make sure their changes worked with it, to optimize for the game's worst cases, and to make sure the Xbox and Gamecube matched the PS2 close enough. In the end, NGL worked out great, finishing features and fixing bugs in time to ship.


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We knew that the exterior of the phone was going to be very much the same as before, but we didn't know that Motorola had been tweaking their user interface.
Motoblur has attracted some criticism, some of which you can read in our review of the original Motorola Defy if you are interested.
The same is true of this latest iteration of device from the Google-owned company. In literal terms Motorola has lightened things like the Contacts, swapping the black background for white: it now looks less oppressive and seems easier to read than previously.?
But it isn't just about changing the wallpaper, they've also added in innovative extras. In your Contacts you can easily make groups, in the apps menu you can group apps and get an icon to take you directly to Android Market. Simple things, but could be very popular as they are so easy to use.
On the homepage too, the slightly clunky fixed shortcuts at the bottom of the page (formerly calling, apps menu and contacts) are now customisable, with the demo unit we saw offering calling, camera, Kindle and the apps menu. It isn't unique, but it's certainly welcome.?
There are new widgets, or more refined widgets, although we didn't have the chance to explore all of these. A Moto Agent did tell us, however, that the updated user interface would soon be rolling out to the Motorola Atrix too.
Elsewhere the colour scheme has changed slightly for the body of the phone, although we couldn't tell the difference ourselves. It is still a solid-feeling phone in the hand, with IP67 certification, Gorilla Glass to resist scratches and port covers to keep it clean.
The 3.7-inch display is nice and vibrant and the added power from the new processor is welcomed, although we didn't really have the chance to put it through its paces in our brief play.
All in all, the Motorola Defy+ looks like a reasonable upgrade to the original handset. The added power will help keep up with modern demands and we still like the chunky looks.


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Oman Tribune announced the display of Harun Yahya works in the Oman Book Fair
Oman Tribune, a popular English-language newspaper in Oman, carried in its website the news of the Book Fair organized at the Oman Internationl Exhibition Center. The news report in question highlighted that books displayed in the Exhibition in Seeb, Muscat, were authored by Adnan Oktar who wrote under the penname Harun Yahya. The contribution of the Goodword Publishing, an Indian based published that carries Harun Yahya books in English, is also mentioned as follows:
Goodword Books sells the titles of famous writers such as Harun Yahya…
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fdschoeneman brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 112 Designs von 38 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
PonyProof makes insurance suck less for small businesses. We need a sweet new logo and an icon before we launch.
Our users are construction companies and insurance agents. Subcontractors will use PonyProof to prove they're insured; general contractors will use PonyProof to track their subcontractors insurance documents; and insurance agents will use PonyProof to minimize fraud and keep the trains running on time. Our critical need at this point is for a new PonyProof logo and an icon. You might try to work a horse/pony in there, or not. Another thing might be to use a cowboy pumping his fist, or a construction worker pumping his fist in the air. Or just a stylized P or PP.
- We want people to use PonyProof in a sentence the same way people use Google in a sentence -- i.e. "Can you send me PonyProof?" -- which means that PonyProof must be emphasized above everything else.
- We can't figure out if having a pony in there will be cheesy or not. If you put a pony in there, think Mustang, Ferrari, or Porsche style ponies rather than "My Little Pony." It can be a full pony or just a pony head.
- Another option instead of a pony is to create a fist or a stylized construction worker, or a stylized cowboy, pumping his fist, sort of like the dude with the briefcase in the "My Posse is on Wall Street" t-shirt here: http://awurl.com/zajqok77744#first_…_highlight
- We have a mild preference for strong colors. If you have a color other than this, and think it's worth a try, go for it.
- Nothing too cute. Remember that our target users are construction workers, who work with their hands building shit all day long.
- No pastel colors, please. Have we mentioned the audience is construction workers?
- No references to "The Godfather," or bloody horse heads, please. Insurance agents have to interact with the site, after all.
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Abstract: The Chemistry of Kinship: Daidalos and Kothar Revisited
There has been no shortage of discussions over the past half century pertaining to Bronze and Early Iron Age exchange in the eastern Mediterranean. Starting with H. Kantor's groundbreaking monograph, The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millennium B.C. (1947), scholarship rapidly advanced in the 1990s with S. Morris' Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art (1992), E. Cline's Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea (1994), and the 50th anniversary symposium in honor of Kantor's monograph (1998). More recently, M. Feldman reinvigorated discussions with Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an 'International style' in the Ancient Near East (2006). Overall, great strides have been made using archaeological, historical, linguistic, and literary evidence to understand the nature of commodities production, trade, and consumption during this verdant period in antiquity.
Over the past nine years, the ARCHEM project has sought to expand on this understanding by characterizing the original contents of the vessels associated with the Mediterranean cultures in question. Based out of the Museum of Cretan Ethnology Research Centre, ARCHEM has sampled thousands of vessels in the eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Israel, Egypt, Turkey) with the express purpose of illuminating these cross-cultural relationships from a new perspective. By identifying the contents of a high volume of exchanged objects, we hope to better understand the important roles these artifacts played in the economy and daily life of each consumer society, and the cultures with whom they kept in contact.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
Bauer, D. "Dirty Dishes, Circa 2000 B.C.," Penn Arts and Sciences Magazine, Winter 2006: 13.
Koh, A. "Transforming Archaeological Chemistry," inChemistry 17(4): 16-17.
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Massachusetts: A UMass/Boston Herald poll has Scott Brown leading Elizabeth Warren by 1 point, 49-48, among likely voters. However, other recent pollsfind Warren ahead by about 5 points.
UMass/Boston Herald has been an outlier in this race before. In September, it found Brown ahead by 4 points at a time when Warren was ahead in nearly every other poll.
This doesn't that the UMass/Boston Herald results should be discounted. However, I fear that the pro-Obama tide in Massachusetts may well see Warren through.
Virginia: NBC/WSJ/Marist shows Tim Kaine ahead of George Allen by 3 points, 49-46. The same outfit has Obama ahead of Romney in Virginia by 1 point.
I believe that Romney will outperform Allen in Virginia, perhaps by 2 points as NBC/WSJ/Marist suggests. I also believe that Romney is likely to win Virginia by 2 points or more. So this race still strikes me as a tossup.
Ohio: Ohio Poll/Univ.Cin. finds Sherrod Brown leading Josh Mandel by 4 points, 50-46. This lead pretty much reflects the RCP average. Rasmussen, however, has the two candidates tied at 48 percent.
Brown remains the favorite in this race. However, a very strong Republican showing on Election Day could produce an upset.


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By Russ Britt
Shares of MannKind Corp. dropped on Monday, losing some of last week's momentum, after the company reported the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to take until mid-July to review its inhaled diabetes treatment.
Though some analysts said the FDA's time frame appeared normal, investors got jittery after they nearly doubled MannKind /quotes/zigman/93956/delayed /quotes/nls/mnkd MNKD shares last week. That happened when an FDA advisory panel unanimously approved using Afrezza for Type 2 diabetes and voted 13 to 1 in favor of the drug's use on Type 1 diabetes patients.
Shares were down nearly 11% to $6.13. Investors drove MannKind shares up to the $8 level at one point last week. Analysts said Monday, however, that the selloff may be premature.
"We view an approval [of Afrezza] as the most likely outcome, given the overwhelmingly positive vote, but continue to see some risk in the decision," Cowen & Co. analyst Simos Simeonidis said in a note to clients, adding that it appears the FDA sees the drug as a "real need" for patients who can't or shouldn't use injectable insulin.
Simeonidis went on to say: "Following the very positive vote last week, which significantly increases the chances of approval, we believe the chances of a partnership are also increased. Today's news makes it more likely that a partner would wait until after July 15 to sign on, but if there are multiple parties at the table and this has become a competitive situation, we could theoretically see a partnership before a decision on approval."
Follow Russ Britt on Twitter @russbrittmktw.
Follow Health Exchange on Twitter @MWHealthBlog.
More health-care news from MarketWatch:
Pfizer shares drop despite positive drug tests
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Apr 14, 2010
Webby Wednesday: Vote for Bohemian Rhapsody!
EDIT: Bohemian Rhapsody has returned to The Webby Awards YouTube page for voting. Muppet fans, go forth and vote!!
It's that time of the year again: time for The Webby Awards to honor the best of entertainment on the internet. As I'm sure you all remember, last year Beaker's "Ode to Joy" viral sensation won a People's Choice Webby and Beaker even appeared to make an acceptance speech.
This year, to the surprise of almost no one, the Muppets biggest viral smash hit of all time, "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been nominated--and not just for a single Webby, but for two! That's right, Animal and his Mamma crooning along with the antics of all the rest of the Muppets in the video have garnered them nominations in both the Music and Viral categories.
The competition in these categories is pretty stiff, such as "Auto-Tune the News," "David After Dentist," and "Lindsay Lohan's eHarmony Profile," but the Muppets had a pretty heavy early lead against them all (before they mysteriously disappeared from the ballot).
And, luckily, we Muppet fans can help them hold that lead! Yes, by simply visiting the Webby's YouTube channel and registering we can vote to propel our Muppets to two victories!
On a slightly disappointing note, earlier today the Muppets Facebook page alerted us that "Bohemian Rhapsody" had somehow disappeared from the ballot of both categories. It has since been fixed, but in its time away the Muppets have slipped to second behind "David After Dentist." Obviously this cannot stand, so it's time once again for that great Muppet fan rallying we're all so good at.
Get over to the Webby's channel and register so you can vote, vote, vote!
And while you wait, why not vote for SesameStreet.org in its quest for a Webby?
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - 3 Kings Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Random Musings View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "3 Kings" Elementjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 4Location: Los Angeles, USA Posted: Fri Oct 22, 1999 11:27 pm Has anyone else seen this flick? I'm not a Cloon fan really, and the idea of a movie starring 2 rappers and a TV star didn't really appeal at first, but I saw it. IT KICKS ASS!!! Very different stylistically and visually -- great direction and cinematography. Actually, the same 3 posters Dhabih's put up are the same three I think are cool -- they are very different -- not mainstream really. For this year, I'd add The Sixth Sense and The Matrix to top it off. Any other ones? Back to top Nietzschejunior memberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 1Location: West Point, NY, USA Posted: Sat Oct 23, 1999 4:16 am 3 Kings was definitley a good flick, I'll agree with you on that one. I wasn't sure of it at first what with Cloony and IceCube and all...seemed like it was going to be pretty goofy. The previews led me to believe it was going to be smacking down the army pretty bad, but the movie really surprised me. I loved how it went from being very campy in the beginning and then turned serious with several political issues being explored. You don't see too many films like that anymore. Back to top Alexjunior memberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 44Location: Toronto, Ontario, canada Posted: Sat Oct 23, 1999 5:32 pm gee... i donno guys... for some reason i wasn't impressed with that movie much... but i hope Fight Club is going to be better for me =) ------------------ ____________________ Alex D. G. http://www.alexdg.com Back to top MongoosememberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 363Location: North Posted: Sat Oct 23, 1999 5:37 pm I thought Three Kings was a great movie. Although, I saw Fight Club too, and I'd have to say it was a bit better. But, everyone has the ability to formulate their own opinions, so see 'em both Back to top Alexjunior memberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 44Location: Toronto, Ontario, canada Posted: Mon Oct 25, 1999 12:03 pm daaaamn.... i just saw that Fight Club... the fucking wildest movie ever.... gee.... sometimes it was pretty hard to watch... even for me ------------------ Alex D. G. http://www.alexdg.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Random Musings All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Recently announced Gainward GTX 470 Good Edition card comes with nonreference cooling but reference clocks, so it was only a matter of time when Gainward will launch an overclocked card as well. Today we have a card based on the GTX 470 Good's design, but it's dubbed more familiarly – Gainward GTX 470 Golden Sample.
Compared to the reference GTX 470, Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample comes with a redesigned PCB which should provide better overclocking potential as well as better thermals.
Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample comes preoverclocked – GPU runs at 650MHz, and the memory at 850MHz (reference card runs at 607MHz GPU and 837MHz memory). Apart from nonreference, dual-fan cooling, Golden sample comes with a nice set of video outs; the I/O panel features two dual-link DVIs, HDMI and DisplayPort.
The GTX 470 is based on a scaled down version of the GF100 chip, with two disabled SMs and with 448 stream processors in total. It sits in Nvidia's GTX 400 DX 11 graphics card series and they're aimed at AMD's HD 5800 offer.
Packaging and contents
Gainward prepared a new box design for the new Fermi cards. Now when the company is once again Premium Nvidia partner, Gainward didn't miss out on the chance to emphasize that on the GTX 470 Golden Sample's box.
Due to the fact that Nvidia uses mini-HDMI out on reference designs, Gainward ships mini-HDMI cables with its reference cards. In this case however, there was no need for this as the GTX 470 Golden Sample comes with a native HDMI connector. Note that the card doesn't come with a VGA port, but Gainward ships a DVI-to-VGA dongle with the card.
A closer look at Gainward GTX 470 GS
We have in our hands one of the first GTX 470 Golden Sample cards, so it's not quite on the shelves yet, but we know that it will be priced about €15-20 higher than reference versions. Reference GTX 470 cards are currently priced at about €310, here.
Gainward GTX 470 Golden Sample's PCB is a bit longer than the reference GTX 470's PCB, so you might want to check for compatibility with your case. Golden Sample is 26.7cm (10.5'') long whereas the reference card is 24.1cm (9.5'').
Gainward Golden Sample's cooler uses two 80mm fans. Note that most air stays within the case with only a fraction of hot air leaving the case via I/O outlets. While the cooler still cools much better than the reference once, you still might want to make sure that your in-case airflow is adequate,
Gainward GTX 470 GS cooling is two slots wide, just like on the reference GTX 470 card.
Due to lower airflow around the I/O panel, there was no need for leaving a slot reserved for air outlets, which is the case with reference card. Instead, Gainward put four video outs on its card.
The reference card uses mini-HDMI connector (which naturally requires a special cable), whereas the GTX 470 Golden Sample uses a standard HDMi connector, two dual-link DVIs and one DisplayPort connector. Gainward also included DVI-to-VGA dongle in the box.
Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample, GTX 470 Good and GTX 465 Good come with four video outs each, which makes these cards video-out champs among Fermi cards. Unfortunately, that won't do you much good if you want more than two monitors at the same time, as GF100 won't allow for more than two video outs simultaneously. The picture below shows GTX 470 GS and GTX 465 Good cards.
Fermi cards need no SPDIF cable; audio is routed via PCIe bus. HDMI interface is HDMI 1.3a compatible.
The base of GTX 470 GS' cooling is a copper base with three heatpipes which route the heat to the large aluminum heatsink.
The GTX 465's cooler takes care of memory as well as power regulation circuitry. The green areas you see on the picture are thermal components which are placed to be in direct contact with various PCB components.
Nvidia uses GDDR5 memory on its GTX 400 cards. Gainward opted on Samsung K4G10325FE-HC05 memory rated at 1000MHz (4000MHz GDDR5 effectively). The card packs 1280MB of GDDR5 memory whereas the faster model, GTX 480, comes with 1536MB.
The reference GTX 470's memory runs at 837MHz (3348MHz effectively), which coupled with the 320-bit memory bus gives a bandwidth of 133.9GB/s. Gainward's GTX 470 GS has the upper hand here as its memory is clocked at 850MHz (3400MHz effectively).
If you take a look at the base of the cooler, you'll see that one heatpipe is missing.
It's obvious that the cooler is made with four heatpipes in mind. The four-heatpipe cooler will surely be used with the, yet unannounced GTX 480.
The fans are a part of the plastic hood that covers the heatsink.
It's interesting to see that the fans have separate 4-pin connectors, rather than the usual practice where both fans run on one 4-pin connector. Worry not though, as software RPM-speed regulation will still be a breeze.
Just like the reference card, the GTX 470 comes with two 6-pin power connectors on the upper side of the card.
OnSemi's NCP5392 is in charge of voltage regulation and it's possible to meddle with voltages from software.
Motherboard: EVGA 3xSLI
CPU: Core i7 965 XE (Intel EIST and Vdrop enabled)
Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator 12800 7-7-7-24
Harddisk: OCZ Vertex 2 100 GB
Power Supply: CoolerMaster Ultimate 1100W
Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Fan Controler: Kaze Master Pro 5.25"
Operating System: Win7 64-bit
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Gainward's GTX 470 S is about 6% better than the reference Gainward GTX 470 but it still isn't enough to beat the HD 5850, except perhaps in the least demanding scenarios.
Games: Dirt 2
Gainward GTX 470 GS scores about 5% better than the reference Gainward GTX 470. Although the GTX 470 GS outruns the HD 5850 at 1920x1600, it loses at 2560x1600 by 7.6% (no AA) and 9.4% (AA turned on).
Games: Metro 2033
Metro 2033 sees no significant difference between the GTX 470 GS and the reference GTX 470, but the same goes for HD 5850 as well. At 1680x1050 and maximum detail settings, Gainward GTX 470 GS scores a playable framerate.
FurMark seems to like GTX 470 cards, as they manage to beat the HD 5850. Gainward GTX 470 GS is only 3.6% faster than the GTX 470.
Overclocking and consumption
We must admit that overclocking Gainward's GTX 465 Good Edition was a breeze, which isn't quite the case with reference GTX 470 cards we tested. Naturally, we're talking about Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample so our expectations were pretty high.
GTX 470 GS comes pre-overclocked, albeit not much higher than reference, but it was still enough to record 6% better results compared to the reference card.
Gainward GTX 470 GS proves that it's better in overclocking than the cards based on reference design and cooling. We managed to push the card to 760MHz (note that shaders run at double the speed). We couldn't push the memory all the way to 1GHz, which should be supported by Samsung's K4G10325FE-HC05 memory; we ended up running the memory at 965MHz.
All in all, the "overclockability" of GTX 470 GS card was still nowhere near its little brother – the GTX 465 Good, which we managed to push to 790MHz for the GPU and 1000MHz for the memory.
Since the GTX 470 Golden Sample supports voltage regulation via software, we used MSI's Afterburner v.1.6.0 beta5 to push the GPU to 800MHz (1000mV). The memory couldn't catch up with the GPU so we lowered it from 965MHz to 950MHz. Note however that in order to get 800MHz on the GPU, we had to push the fans to maximum RPM. We must admit that the fans were unbearably loud, but they did the job well and managed to keep the GPU at 92°C.
Gainward GTX 470 GS' out-of-the-box temperatures linger around 87°C, which is 6°C lower than on the reference GTX 470. This is clear proof that Gainward did a good job, and that its cooling is clearly superior to Nvidia's.
We already said that this cooler can use four heatpipes, one more than it has on the GTX 470 GS. If the cooler had the additional heatpipe, we suspect that temperatures would be lower and the fans could make less noise. This way, the GTX 470 GS was only slightly quieter than the reference – meaning you'll easily hear it, although it's not unbearably loud. We measured 44°C in idle mode whereas the reference GTX 470 has 43°C.
Gainward GTX 470 GS is only 3.6% faster than the reference version in FurMark, but our overclocking (800MHz GPU and 950MHz memory) resulted in 20.9% better scores. Overclocking the GTX 470 GS provided us with 16.7% better results.
Vantage Performance gives us the result of the day – the overclocked Gainward GTX 470 Golden Sample manages to beat the GTX 480. In this test, overclocking boosted the GTX 470 GS results by 25.3%.
Power Consumption
In idle mode, Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample card consumes about the same as the reference GTX 470.
Our entire rig with the GTX 470 GS card cozily sitting inside, consumed maximum 433W in 3D. Additional overclocking pushed the consumption to 524W. 3D consumption is expectedly higher compared to the reference card (395W), since the Golden Sample card is overclocked.
Unfortunately for the green team, Radeon HD 5850 is much better in this respect as our test rig consumed 308W with 5850 inside. Idle operation again sees the HD 5850 take the cake as our test rig drew about 146W. The same scenario with the GTX 470 resulted in 149W whereas the GTX 470 Golden Sample drew 152W.
Gainward GTX 470 Golden Sample is the first nonreference GTX 470 we received and it did pretty well on our tests. The card comes preoverclocked to 650MHz for the GPU and 850MHz for the memory, which isn't a radical change from the reference clocks (607MHz GPU, 837MHz memory), but it's enough for the card to score up to 5% better than the reference card.
One of the points where Gainward's Golden Sample takes the cake compared to the reference card is the cooling. Gainward's GTX 470 GS comes with a more efficient cooling solution which is good enough to cool the GPU overclocked to 800MHz, which was our maximum overclock.
Superior cooling almost always spelss nice overclocking potential, but the cooling isn't much quieter than the reference cooling in auto mode. This, however, doesn't mean that the noise is unbearable but rather that you'll hear it when sitting next to the computer. Thankfully, the Gainward Golden Sample's GPU ran about 6°C cooler, so you can always sacrifice some thermals to get some more silence.
Gainward GTX 470 Golden Sample's pricing isn't fixed yet, but we were told it should be priced some €15 to €20 more than reference GTX 470 cards.
So let's recap – nice overclocking potential, superior cooling and a better set of video outs than on the reference card are the main things that make Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample stand out of the crowd. If you're looking to buy a GTX 470, you might want to wait for Gainward's GTX 470 Golden Sample, and if the pricing is indeed €15 to €20 more, you won't regret the wait.


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NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - It was a tournament of firsts for Israeli Julia Glushko but in the end there was only the sting of disappointment after she was ousted in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday.
The 23-year-old qualifier had four chances to reach the round of 16 but the dream run fell short against Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who advanced with a 3-6 7-5 7-6 (4) victory.
Glushko first won three matches to qualify. She beat 20th-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova 6-3 6-4 in the opening round of the main draw for the first tour-level win of her career and followed that by beating wildcard Sachia Vickery 7-5 6-3.
Although Glushko held four match points on Hantuchova's serve in the 10th game of the third set, she failed to convert any and eventually lost in a climactic tiebreaker 7-4 after saving two match points herself in the decider.
"It was a good experience. It was my first time playing third round in a slam," Glushko told Reuters before the pain of losing took over her emotions.
"I'm just so disappointed from today that I can't be happy yet for it. I'm a happy person, just so sad."
Glushko was born in Ukraine to tennis coaching parents and moved to Israel when she was nine years old.
"I grew up in Israel and I totally have the mentality of an Israeli person," she said with a laugh.
The second-lowest ranked player left in the draw at 128, Glushko felt bad about not quite matching the battling example of her mentor, veteran Israeli player Shahar Pe'er.
Israeli Fed Cup team mate Pe'er has won six tour titles and been as high as 11th in the rankings with quarter-final showings at both the U.S. Open and Australian Open.
"Me and Shahar are really good friends, which is great to have because she inspires me so much," Glushko said.
"She is the biggest fighter I know. She would do anything to win, do anything on court to win. I'm on the Fed Cup team since I was 17, so it's been six years.
"And I saw her coming back from 4-0 in the third set, things that are unbelievable. It inspires me to be next to people like that."
Glushko is just now tasting success on the WTA Tour after claiming eight singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF circuit.
"I did win five matches," she said of her time at Flushing Meadows.
"It was great and I beat some really good players and I'm going to be top 100 for the first after these two weeks, so it is exciting."
The 30-year-old Hantuchova, a winner of six career tour titles whose grand slam resume includes reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 2008, will meet unseeded American Alison Riske for a place in the U.S. Open quarter-finals. (Editing by Nick Mulvenney)


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- Italian Grand Prix - FP3
Hamilton edges Alonso by 0.001s in FP3
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Lewis Hamilton topped the third and final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix, edging out Fernando Alonso by the slimmest of margins ahead of the afternoon's qualifying session.
After an intense and close practice session on Friday afternoon, the McLaren and Ferrari were even split by just 0.001s in FP3. Third fastest was Force India's Paul di Resta, who is facing a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox swap this weekend, 0.271 further back.
Red Bull again appeared to be off the pace with Mark Webber 11th and Sebastian Vettel 12th. Vettel's woes were added to when his car stopped on track during his final run of the session with an alternator failure. After selecting seventh gear exiting Curva Grande he swiftly dropped through the gears to a controlled stop and radioed his team to say "low battery". Renault confirmed that it was a different issue to the one that hit Vettel in Valencia and that it would be replaced before qualifying without penalty.
While Mercedes power seemed to be dominant, the two Ferrari's are well in the mix with Felipe Massa fourth quickest, 0.331s slower than Hamilton. Jenson Button was less than a tenth further back but seemed to be struggling in the final sector after a spell spent out of the car in the McLaren garage, while Nico Rosberg showed Mercedes to still be competitive as he ended the session within half a second of the best time.
Michael Schumacher was only 14th quickest but still within a second of Hamilton and his lowly position was explained by a KERS failure that left him without the system for the majority of the session.
A number of drivers struggled in Parabolica during the session with Massa, Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen among those getting caught out with snap oversteer on turn-in as they looked for that extra tenth. With eight teams posting times within 0.8s of the best the stage is set for an extremely close qualifying session.


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Don't ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes
— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) June 16, 2013
COLLEGE STATION – Last Thursday night at the Brazos County A&M Club Coach's Night, Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin wisecracked, "I think we're going to be all right at quarterback."
At least on Saturdays in the fall. The rest of the time, Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel has proven quite a handful. The latest eyebrow-raising event occurred at 1:38 Sunday morning, when Manziel apparently posted on his Twitter account to about 350,000 followers, "(Expletive) like tonight is a reason why I can't wait to leave college station…whenever it may be."
Let's just say the word he used is a familiar one around Aggieland based on the school's affinity for agriculture.
Manziel is eligible for the NFL draft following this season, and all indications are he's going to take full advantage of the opportunity – with the tweet providing even more evidence. He took all online courses during the past spring semester to avoid hassles on campus, although, like many 20 years olds, he's a regular on the night scene and, unlike many 20 year olds, a frequent courtside guest at marquee NBA games.
In any case, Manziel or someone else deleted the tweet, but he had also posted around the same time, "Don't ever forget that I love A&M with all of my heart, but please please walk a day in my shoes."
Considering he comes from wealth and regularly enjoyed the "finer things" even prior to winning the Heisman, some Twitter respondents weren't exactly feeling his pain at that point. Manziel and the Aggies report for training camp in early August – which likely can't come soon enough for Sumlin and his staff.


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12 Secrets To Looking Better In Photos With Model Cate Underwood
Enter Cate Underwood: the 23-year-old model/photographer/DJ, who not only knows the secrets to working it in front of the camera (she modeled for Vogue Russia), but also knows what looks best from behind the camera (she's shot for Vogue Ukraine, ELLE Ukraine, and Harper's Bazaar Ukraine). Read on for Underwood's insider tips so at your next holiday party or family gathering, you'll be prepared to look your very best when the flash comes your way.
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The Key To A Natural Smile
"Usually I ask to be told a joke, so I can smile naturally, which is the best kind of smile."
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The Most Flattering Position
"Cross your legs."
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Trick For Better Posture
Pretend you are squeezing a lemon in between your shoulder blades to instantly improve slumping shoulders.
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Avoid A Double Chin
"Move your chin a little forward and down."
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Makeup Secrets
"A little bit of highlighter on the cheekbones and inside angles of the eyes looks good."
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Even The Playing Field
In a group shot, make sure you are all an even distance from the camera. If one person is closer to the lens, they will look bigger.
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Instantly Thin Arms
Don't jam your arms up against your body, as it will flatten them. Instead, hold them out from your body.
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If You're Not Feeling Confident, Fake It
"When you are just starting to model, you are nervous all the time. Experience makes a big difference for your confidence in front of the camera."
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Define Your Jaw
Pretend there is a string pulling up your nose ever so slightly, which will help define your jawline.
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Know Your Better Side, And Use It!
"Since I was a child I already knew my 'better' side or at least I thought that it is a better one." To find your best side, take a few selfies of each side, and compare to see which you prefer.
Photo:Cate Underwood
Emphasize Your Eyes
"Use makeup to make your eyes look bigger. Any tricks to open your eyes wider won't look natural."
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Project Happiness
"The only way is to be yourself at this point and start to love even your defects—that is exactly what makes you different from others."


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I know this is probably a (extremely) repetative thread (and will probably get locked for that reason), but at this point, there is no other way to bring this issue forward here (as all the threads have been locked). But I've posted this at other forums and wanted to get it around here too, particularly the point about coordination of efforts, should it become necessary:
Right now, until we have more information, its too soon to start really planning a next step. Maybe this is only temporary and brickshelf will be restored while I type this (or while you read it). Or maybe it is gone for good. Point is, we don't know, so we shouldn't be taking steps yet.
What I do suggest is the various heads of the community (i.e. site admins, ambassadors, etc.) should be coordinating and discussing the matter with each other. Thus, if brickshelf is truly gone, they could be in a position to rally the community (I'm willing to offer some help for this in what limited abilities I have) to set up a similar central/universal replacement site. What I don't want to see is a fractured set up (with a castle-brickshelf.com and a space-brickshelf.com and a pirate-brickshelf.com and an adventurers-brickshelf.com) the way the forums have become... Something like that is just too much to keep up with. And that is what's going to happen, if everyone doesn't get together on this, panics and starts to prematurely set up a replacement.
Personally, I'm not sure I like the idea of Lego taking over brickshelf... too much bureaucratic and corporate issues with that.
Caution, thoughtfulness, organization and unity,


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MANISTEE — For a decade now, the Doug Schlaff Memorial Golf Outing has helped enrich the lives of Manistee County youth, whether it's been through the Doug Schlaff Memorial Scholarship or the Doug Schlaff Youth Fund.
Womens Ankle ESSEX Pointed Ladies 8 Stretch Black Leather Toe GLAM Stiletto High Boots Shoes Size Synthetic Heel 3 Spots are still open to play in the 10th annual event, which will be held July 15 at Manistee National Golf & Resort.
The outing kicks off with a lunch at 12:30 p.m., followed by the two-person golf scramble at 1:30 on National's Canthooke Valley course and a steak dinner/awards ceremony at approximately 6:30. All food is included in the cost of registration.
To reserve a spot with a partner, contact the Manistee National Golf Course pro shop at (231) 398-0123 ext. 3. Arrangements to play alongside another two-person team may be made at that time.
Pointed Leather Stiletto Heel Size Shoes GLAM 3 ESSEX Ladies Black Womens Stretch Toe Synthetic 8 Ankle Boots High The cost associated with participating in the event is payable upon arrival at the outing. Cash or a check made out to the Doug Schlaff Fund will be accepted.
Several accompanying fundraising efforts will be part of the event, which include contests, raffles and auctions. Two tickets to the Michigan vs. Wisconsin college football game on Oct. 13 in Ann Arbor will also be up for grabs. The tickets are the most costly on the Wolverines' upcoming schedule.
3 GLAM Ankle Stiletto Size Leather Heel Black Womens Toe Pointed 8 Boots Ladies Shoes High ESSEX Synthetic Stretch All funds raised through the golf outing will benefit the Doug Schlaff Youth Fund.
Schlaff, a former teacher, counselor and coach at Manistee Area Public Schools, lost his battle with cancer in December of 2008 at the age of 35. Since, his legacy has lived on through golf outing and in turn the programs it helps funds.
The Doug Schlaff Youth Fund, established in 2013 and facilitated through the Manistee County Community Foundation, provides financial assistance for area youth to participate in various activities and programs regardless of their families' ability to pay. The fund has provided grants for Manistee Recreation Association swim classes, a summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) camp and support for an annual Children's Theatre Workshop.
Manistee Art Institute's Art Camp for Kids is also supported by the youth fund. The program is designed to develop creative thinking and expose children to different forms of visual art expression.


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On its home page, the Daily Caller flags Charles Johnson's story with the heading above. Clicking on the story shows the headline to be the more prosaic but perfectly serviceable "Supporter of Iranian dictatorship brought Chuck Hagel to Rutgers for 2007 speech." Charles Johnson reports:
A pro-Hezbollah, pro-Hamas candidate for the Iranian presidency, a man linked to Iranian-controlled front groups, brought former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to speak at Rutgers University in 2007, according to another professor on campus.
Hooshang Amirahmadi, who led Rutgers' Center for Middle Eastern Studies when Hagel came to campus, is the founder and president of the American-Iranian Council. He arranged for Hagel's speech on March 2, 2007, the faculty source told The Daily Caller.
As I said in connection with John Kerry, and I probably shouldn't have said it the first time around, "Leffingwell is the best revenge." Better to paraphrase Wordsworth: Allen Drury! thou shouldst be living at this hour.


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As if Lindsay Lohan isn't having a rough enough month few years already, the trouble magnet is on the verge of losing a whole bunch of things that she cares about, sort of. LiLo owes $16,000 to a storage company where she has a unit containing clothes, family stuff, and (fingers crossed) embarrassing items. We all know Linds isn't in the best financial situation, and if she can't cough up the funds to save her stuff -- CHA CHING! -- the storage company will be auctioning off the unit before the month's over.
But alas, there may be help for Lindsay yet coming from ... a strip club? The Scores strip club in NYC is offering to save Linds if she does some work for them. Not that kind of work. Instead of taking off her clothes a la Playboy, they want her to serve as an online video chat host for their website.
Lindsay. Video chatting. Possibly SEX chatting. Man oh man, some of the juicy things she may say ...
Of course, there's a huge difference between the things we'd want to talk to her about and the things that she would talk about. Call me mega lame, but I'd forget the sexy talk and ask Linds what it was like to work with Dennis Quaid. I envision her not really knowing who that is, confused, because that normal happy-go-lucky girl she once was back in The Parent Trap is no longer.
Oh!! I'd also wanna know why on Earth she keeps going back to the same places where she gets into trouble every single damn time. Why not try another club, Linds? Or here's a shocking thought: Why not TAKE A BREAK for a little while? Sounds like your bank account wouldn't mind it.
If I had to guess, Lindsay would keep things pretty standard for the sexy site. Maybe she'd channel her inner playgirl to get some press and do the whole live video chat topless (not like we haven't seen 'em before). I'd imagine she'd try to convince all of the site's sophisticated users that Liz & Dick was the best movie to hit Lifetime ever and that she deserves yet another chance.
Let's be real, though, I'd much rather she didn't accept the gig and we get to see what's in that storage locker.
Do you think Lindsay should accept the offer from Scores to chat and save her stuff?
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More Adventures in Bad Chart Making
I still think Andrew Gelman does this kind of thing better, but it's hard not to comment on the following chart from the Washington Post's Sean Sullivan:
The larger point that Sean is trying to make is important: There has been a significant decline in the production of federal legislation. That said, this chart is horrible. Among the many problems:
- It is incredibly problematic to include the current Congress (113th) in the chart. Doing so exaggerates the trend in an unfair way. Every other Congress has been completed. We haven't even made it to the end of the first session of the 113th Congress.
- The chronology is reversed. Reading left to right, we travel backward in time from the current Congress to the 105th Congress (1997-98). Time series should go forward.
- Only Congress nerds (and I am happy to be one) know the dates for each Congress. Everyone else has to rely on tables like this one. If you are going to make a time series, use commonly known labels for the time periods.
- Why separate the two sessions of each Congress instead of stacking them? The overall trend would still be there (if anything it would appear stronger), and people would still be able to see that most of the action has come in the second session of each Congress.
- Don't stagger the axis tick labels. If the labels won't fit horizontally, rotate them.
- Why start the y-axis at 20 instead of zero? Is the difference that large? Starting the axis at 20 because that's what Excel defaulted to is just lazy.
- Label your axes in ways that people will understand. What does "Public laws enacted" mean? Why not just say "number of laws?"
Here's another stab at the chart using the same data:
Does It Matter If Political Scientists Publish Great Blogs?
Two things happened yesterday that have me thinking about the multifaceted relationship between Political Scientists, our students, colleagues, and larger audiences, and the world of politics, government, and public affairs that we study.
The first is that Time Magazine's Technologizer blog published its annual list of 25 best blogs. Technologizer recognized two blogs written and published by political scientists among its "25 Best Blogs 2012." There among blogs devoted to Bookshelf Porn and What Kate Wore you will find The Monkey Cage and Daniel W. Drezner, two of the most prominent blogs produced by members of the political science profession. Technologizer heaped great praise on The Monkey Cage:
Sharply written and often well illustrated, The Monkey Cage provides a valuable service that's remarkably rare even in the age of information saturation. It flags publicly available social-science research that's relevant to the news of the day, presenting theory and data in easily digestible bites. Launched by George Washington University political scientist John Sides in 2007 to publicize his field, the blog has evolved into a hub for academic myth busting of overhyped campaign coverage and is a useful resource for anyone who wants to understand the cogs of democracy.
As far as Drezner, who teaches at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and blogs at the Foreign Policy website, is concerned, Technologizer is just as laudatory:
You don't need to be an expert on the subject to find his work rewarding. He's adept at explaining tricky matters in a clear, concise and engaging fashion. He also links to worthwhile posts elsewhere, whether he agrees with them or not. And his far-flung approach to his topic even lets him review bad prime-time TV shows.
The Monkey Cage and Daniel W. Drezner are just two excellent political science blogs. You can find others in the list of links on this blog's sidebar.
The other reason I have been thinking about the importance of blogging for political scientists was a comment that I saw on Twitter after last night's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. (By the way I was live tweeting the debate @ProfessorBly.) It's now common for journalists, including journalists like Andrew Sullivan who are primarily bloggers, and the campaigns to tweet instant reactions to the debate, do on-the-fly fact-checking, and spin the results when the debate is over. During the post-debate spinning, which is now a ritual at these events, one journalist tweeted that he didn't know why the campaigns bothered having surrogates spinning the results in person when everybody was watching their Twitter feeds to see how the debate was being spun! In fact, that's just what I was doing, partly so I could turn the TV to the top of the 9th inning in the NLCS, but mostly because Twitter allowed me to sample more reactions, points of view, and spin arguments faster than I could possibly have done by channel surfing between FoxNews, CNN, MSNBC, and the rest. Plus, being able to avoid Sean Hannity and Chris Matthews must be counted a plus.
So here's where I make my pitch that, yes indeed, it does matter if political scientists are producing great blogs. I'm indebted for much of what follows to an article that Charli Carpenter of University of Massachusetts Amherst and the unavoidable Drezner (that's right, the zombie guy) published two years ago in International Studies Perspectives. The article is called "International Relations 2.0: The Implications of New Media for an Old Profession."
Social media like blogs and podcasts are increasingly becoming a way for political science scholars to share and test their ideas before presenting them as conference papers or publishing them in professional journals. Not only does this mean that scholars will have to develop new skills in developing and sharing their research, it can also open opportunities for a wider spectrum of scholarship in political science to get into public circulation. See for example the provocative blog The Disorder of Things, which is devoted to critical inquiry of global politics, and Front Porch Republic, a blog of communitarian political theorists who are devoted to recapturing civic space for the "overlapping local and regional groups, communities, and associations that provide a matrix for human flourishing." Both of these blogs carry on interesting, serious conversation that enrich political science.
And as Technologizer points out, blogs like The Monkey Cage, Daniel W. Drezner, and others are particularly good at showing how what political scientists have learned can help everyone better understand politics, government, and public affairs.
Social media are also changing the ways instructors and students work with one another. As blogs become a more established part of political science literature, students will have to learn both how to read blogs and other social media formats and how to write for them. Outlets like PolicyMic have been established to give students a platform for producing blog content, YouTube style videos and other social media output about public affairs. To be relevant to their students' lives and careers, college professors will need to be nimble in learning how to evaluate, use, and teach others how to use blogs, Twitter, YouTube, and platforms that have not even emerged yet.
Finally, social media are becoming an increasingly important part of the world of politics and government that we study. One of the most contentious foreign policy questions during the current presidential campaign is the hypothetical relationship between an inflammatory anti-Islam video posted on YouTube and the terrorist attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya. Did the video provide a pretext for a carefully planned attack? Did it lead to a fairly spontaneous reaction that provided terrorists an opportunity to attack? Did the video have any significance at all? Questions like this are becoming important for political scientists to study.
Or to bring things closer to home, watch The Digital Campaign, an online documentary from the PBS Frontline series that explores how political campaigns use information about voters mined from Facebook and other online sources to precisely target their messages to individual voters.
Blogging and other social media production will be more and more important in Political Science, a fact recognized by the International Studies Association (mostly political scientists who study IR). ISA has decided to give an annual prize for the best blog in the International Relations subfield. Now that's serious.
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- Does Political Science Matter … (chronicle.com)
- In excitable pundits vs. political scientists, I'll take political scientists every time (washingtonpost.com)
- Congratulations, Dan Drezner (foreignpolicy.com)
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Democratic hopefuls for Senate schedule first televised debate for March 27
The two Democratic primary contenders for the US Senate special election will face off March 27 in their first primary debate, planned by the Boston Media Consortium, a group of TV and radio networks.
US Representatives Stephen F. Lynch
and Edward J. Markey
agreed to the debate, one of six they plan before the April 30 primary election.
The consortium is awaiting responses about a debate invitation extended to the three Republicans in the race.
The debate will be produced at WCVB-TV's studios in Needham and air live at 7 p.m. The consortium also includes WGBH-TV, NECN, WCVB-TV, WGBH Radio, WBUR Radio, and Bloomberg Radio.
The Republicans vying for nomination include Gabriel E. Gomez
, a Cohasset private equity investor; former US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan
and State Representative Daniel B. Winslow
, a Norfolk Republican.
Winslow has proposed nine debates between the GOP contenders, though no schedule has been finalized. The Republicans' first forum is planned on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Stonehill College in Easton, to be live-streamed on the website of WCVB-TV.


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by LEN LEAR
There are some things in life that are way beyond my comprehension, including physics, Aristotelian philosophy, the New York Times crossword puzzle and how a pricey steakhouse like Del Frisco's at 15th and Chestnut Streets (which has a ton of competition with numerous other equally high-end steakhouses in center city) is able to fill hundreds of seats every night during a severe recession.
Not too long after they opened in November, 2008, Del Frisco's was trashed with a one-bell review by the Inquirer's Craig LaBan, which is usually the kiss of death for a new restaurant. To make matters even worse, LaBan later returned and wrote that he was taking away the one bell, leaving them with the dreaded "No Bell Prize." Among the many negatives, referring to the short skirts of female servers, was: "The only thing missing is the stripper pole." (In honor of LaBan, the restaurant now has "The Craig LaBan Memorial Stripper Pole" near the bar, but I have not heard of anyone actually sliding down it.)
Now when you combine the LaBan reviews with the recession and the fact that Del Frisco's has more seats to fill than any other restaurant in center city (about 600) as well as the stratospheric prices (appetizers from $15 to $19, soups and salads from $10 to $11, seafood entrees from $33 to $38, side dishes from $9 to $18 and steaks and chops from $39 to $89), I was sure we'd pretty much have the place to ourselves during our visit in 2009 as well as last week.
During both of those visits, however, it appeared as if every table was occupied, the bar as busy as a snow plow after a two-foot snowstorm, and as soon as any nearby table would empty out, new diners would fill it. And both visits were on weeknights, not weekends. I should add that last week's visit was during Restaurant Week, but manager Rich Furino said that at least half of the customers were ordering from the regular menu. (He insisted, by the way, that all portions on the $35-for-three-courses menu were the exact same size as those on the regular menu.)
One reason for the crowds is undoubtedly the posh setting, which makes one feel like a celebrity. It's hard to imagine a more spectacular setting for a restaurant unless they turn the Palace of Versailles into a steakhouse. The 1922 Packard Building, which was once a First Pennsylvania Bank but was then vacant for about 15 years, includes stately marble columns, ornate sculptured ceilings, gigantic windows and drapes and historical iron work.
The original details are enhanced by a sprawling central bar encasing an exquisite 34-foot glass wine chamber and mezzanine bar with aerial views of the restaurant. The tower has the capacity to hold about 2,500 bottles of wine (there are more than 7,000 bottles of wine in the entire restaurant), and the "Vault," once the location of safe deposit boxes, has been transformed into a regal private dining venue. According to Furino, there is one bottle of wine worth thousands of dollars. "We are going to open it when the Flyers win the Stanley Cup," he said.
If your credit cards can withstand the trauma, the food at Del Frisco's is about as good as it gets. An appetizer of tuna tartare ($16) was heavenly, as was a crab cake with an ambrosial Cajun lobster sauce ($18). A 22-ounce bone-in ribeye steak ($49) had intense flavor with meat slipping delicately away from the bone, like silk falling from skin. A butterscotch cheesecake with a sublime butterscotch sauce ($10) was a symphony of magic, probably the best cheesecake we have ever tasted. A pomegranate martini ($14) elicited a low moan of pleasure.
Del Frisco's is definitely doing its part to revive our comatose financial patient, having added hundreds of new jobs to the local economy. And while everyone expects good food, drinks and ambience at an opulent restaurant, Del Frisco's also offers highly choreographed team service. It seems as if smiling, omniscient service personnel are swirling around the tables to attend to every need. If you coughed, an attendant might just appear out of nowhere to hand you cough medicine. (By the way, one satisfied customer is Mayor Nutter, who eats there often and usually orders the crisp duck steak.)
One local food columnist called the service infantry overkill, but we thought it enhanced the dining experience, especially when the servers are as terrific as Erik Elliott, who waited on us. The Havertown native referred to me as "Mr. Lear," and anyone who calls me "Mister" automatically goes into my will.
Del Frisco's offers valet parking at $18. For more information, call 246-0533 or visit www.delfriscos.com


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He often used primary colors and complimentary colors. He also used mathematical themes in his works.
Here are a few of his paintings:
Improvisation No. 31, Sea Battle, 1913
Composition VII, 1913
Composition VIII, 1923
Kandinsky's Color Studies:
Composition VII, 1913
Composition VIII, 1923
Kandinsky's Color Studies:
For this project, I was inspired by The Art Fairy's post about warm and cool color exploration. And also, this color study post on the Quest Artists blog.
I gave the girls a choice between making circles or diagonal lines. Lily chose circles and Ella chose diagonals. We were supposed to do a warm/cool color exploration last year with our hand drawings, but the kids weren't so into that project. So for this project I really wanted to try and stick to them understanding the color wheel and making thoughtful choices about what colors they put where. I drew this crude color wheel and reminded the girls what complimentary colors were and we also talked about warm and cool colors.
(Hee hee...like my horrible version of a fire and raindrops/snowflakes so my preschooler would know which side was warm and which was cold?) :-)For Lily's circle project:
I asked her to pick one color for the middle of a circle. Then, she could pick any other color she wanted to color the next ring of the circle. For the third ring, she had to mix the first two colors together. The fourth ring consisted of an "opposite" temperature color. So if she had used warm in the middle of the circle, she had to use cool on the outside and vice versa. Then for the background color, I asked her to use the same temperature but a different color as the fourth ring. She used watercolor pencils for the rings and then either markers or slick stix for the background color to make it pop more.
Here is her creation, first with just the colored pencil, and then with the water added:
For Ella's diagonal project:
She got to practice her ruler skills making diagonal lines that ended up matching up on the ends in four different quadrants. For coloring in: I told her we were NOT going to make a pattern with the colors, but a pattern with the temperature of the colors. In each quadrant, she had to alternate using warm and cool colors. And I asked her to really try and use a lot of different colors and not use the same color in the quadrant across from each other. Usually, Ella is not too receptive to taking direction from me, but I told her this was what the project was today and she ran with it! And actually asked my advice sometimes on which color to do next. I LOVE how this turned out and I loved watching her make this work of art. She thought so hard about her color choices and took her time. So fun to see!
In the spirit of Kandinsky, we listened to music while we worked on this project. :-)
Ella's finished product in colored pencil and then after water was added:


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