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7 Innovative Buildings Designed to Fit Tight Urban Spaces
Cramped, labyrinthine city space can be as alluring as it is claustrophobic. While some people yearn for vast uninterrupted landscapes and stretching horizons, others are drawn to squeeze themselves into an efficiency apartment that's smaller than the average half-bathroom. With skyrocketing real estate prices and little room left to build in cities like New York or Tokyo, architects have begun to rethink the use of modern urban space.
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Described as a "luxury residential tower in a culture of congestion," Rem Koolhaas's unbuilt design for 23 East 22nd Street in New York is a playful take on the traditional high rise. Koolhaas' well known treatise Delirious New York helped to establish him as an architectural gadfly of overcrowded spaces. The building design uses cantilevers, which allow it to rise up from the confined city block and contort to one side like a passenger on a crowded commuter train.
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Rather than compete for space, the Parasite Office is designed to leach off of existing alleys and gaps between buildings. Russian practice Za Bor Architects conceived of the idea of a hanging, multifunctional, and organic-looking structure that makes use of Moscow's tight spaces without interrupting the flow of street movement.
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Japan is known for its jam-packed subway cars, its tight living spaces, and its dense architecture. Tokyo-based Yasuhiro Yamashita is the master architect of ultra-tiny living. However, his famous Lucky Drops demonstrates that even at just ten feet wide, a home can convey an expansive feel, using very thin, translucent walls to evoke the airy quality of a traditional Japanese lantern.
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If you're not feeling claustrophobic enough yet, take a look at Centrala's super-slender masterpiece, the Keret House. This excruciatingly minimalist design looks to sandwich a narrowly habitable space between two existing buildings in Warsaw. Just don't expect to host too many dinner parties.
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Class A EVP
Written by Karl Sherlock
The American originator of EVP Classification system, Sarah Estep, describes the Class A event of interest as a "clear and distinct voice or sound that is universally accepted and undisputed, because it must be understood by anyone with normal hearing and without being told or prompted to what is being said or heard. It can be heard without the use of headphones." Estep here is talking about the consensus that forms around what's clear and trustworthy....
The first of these criteria quite literally speaks for itself (or seems to). However, it's the second criterion, trust, that moves most people to want to topple a Class A EVP from its pedestal. After all, how are people to trust you when you announce you've found something extraordinary? It's not like you're bonded, right? How do they know what methods you used to capture it? How can they be certain the voice in the EVP doesn't belong to someone very much flesh and blood? What assurances can you give them that you weren't being pranked, or that you haven't actually faked the findings by yourself? Character and credibility are the bottom line if anyone is to believe your EVP is as compelling as you think it is, and in a field suffering a crisis of credibility from the get-go, your character is never as unimpeachable as you would wish it.
By way of example, my team and I gave a library lecture one year on the science and pseudoscience of paranormal investigating. After presenting one of our Class A EVP and explaining why it impressed us, one audience member very respectfully asked, "How do you know someone wasn't pulling a prank on you and your team?" I didn't take offense; in fact, I praised him for his skeptical thinking and explained our rigorous protocols precluding any possibility of shenanigans. I also emphasized how we vetted our own members, which made it improbable anyone would trick a team member. In the end, though, I just had to be honest with him—and with myself—and admitted it was just something I innately knew to be credible. There wasn't anything I could recommend to him except that he search for his own findings, which might then persuade him to put more trust in the ethos backing ours.
But, he was absolutely right about the problem with claims like ours: who gets to set our methodological and moral standards, what are the established rules about faking "evidence," and who consequences us if we break those rules? In the U.S., there is no oversight regulating paranormal investigation—no accredited institutions, no licenses, no embossed certificates you couldn't have merely made by yourself. As long as no money is exchanged for services, the law treats what we do as a form of entertainment. There is, however, membership to self-regulating organizations that value scientific and principled paranormal investigating—Ghost Research International, for instance, or ASSAP (Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena). Belonging to a group, organization, or network chartered and coded on the idea of rigorous and skeptical inquiry is at least one way that our own investigative group can claim a certain degree of ethos in how it handles its cases and its findings.
Fourth century BCE Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle coined the term ethos to describe the persuasive impact of ethical character, rather than the appeal of reasoning (logos) or emotion (pathos). He understood that people put their faith in claims they don't fully understand only if they can trust the character of the person making those claims. In order to inspire that trust, the person making the claim must appear to 1) be earnest; 2) empathize with the audience; and 3) demonstrate knowledge and rigor. Like all rhetorical appeals, though, ethos can be a matter of perception only, rather than anything bona fide. We've all seen first hand how adeptly some politicians can "spin" the public's perception of their sincerity, compassion, and smarts.
However, the motivation of paranormal investigators to search for Class A EVP (or any other "evidence") is usually assumed to be earnest and compassionate enough to make those first two criteria of ethos a forgone conclusion. After all, what gets most people into the search for extra-corporeal phenomena is the same sincere intellectual and/or spiritual curiosity inspiring some scientists to search for signs of extraterrestrial civilization, the quest for that one compelling artifact being first and foremost an existential one. But before we Joseph-Campbell our way onto a journey of discovery, we have to be at least somewhat honest with ourselves about our own motivations: how lonely and insecure we really are in our own corporeal existence: how fearful we are that death will isolate us, even from ourselves; how, in an era marked by its quickly evolving technology, science, and pragmatism, belief in an afterlife is just humanity's neurotic inability to detach itself from ego; how all our intellectual pursuits to discount death as a final nothing could be, finally, all for nothing. Then, when the Class A EVP beatifically resounds in our own audio, it can feel like a clarion call to put aside (for now) our doubt and existential angst and share that little lost artifact of humanity with other soul-searchers. Who could pass up such spiritual wonderment?
Once spiritual wonderment has plumbed within us, however, a Class A EVP will next evoke within us a strong empathy. Like Horton hearing that vulnerable little Whovillian and declaring him "friend," we feel a deep-seated responsibility to honor the life that once identified with that voice. We might feel this way about Class C and B EVP as well, but a lingering degree of doubt prevents us from fully committing. That Class A voice begs us to acknowledge the forgotten, the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the homeless and aimlessly lost, the hopeless and anxiously waiting. If we dignify a Class A EVP, then we are suddenly very much responsible to the datum, the soul, and the realm in which it seems to exist. Perhaps this is why we feel morally obliged to share it with others.
Ahh, but this "sharing" of a Class A EVP is where things may go so terribly awry, making that third and final criterion of ethos unattainable, because, even though your motives might be beyond reproach, why should anyone trust you to "know" what you're doing? Sure, you have faith in what you've found, but what critical thinking and controlled methods of capture did you employ to earn that trust? What degree of skeptical enquiry did you apply to balance faith and logic? What experiments did you attempt to recreate the results? What acknowledgment of possible discrediting factors did you make to discount your EVP being a false positive? Who else reviewed your so-called evidence, and were they objective? The real challenge of laying claim to a Class A EVP is, if you're proved wrong about it, your character takes a palpable hit. Plus, even worse, if you're seen to have misled others, any idea about you being honest and well-intentioned goes out the window. I'll invoke politics again for the sake of analogy: risking the claim of a Class A EVP is the same as risking the idealism to back a controversial candidate, and when he wins and his scandals tribulate an entire nation, no one's going to let you slide with a sudden bout of amnesia. The faith you put in a Class A EVP should be like the faith you attach to a ballot for an elected official. Idealism is nice, but the smart idealist knows never to stop being a realist. And being realistic means not to trust promises and claims but, rather, to do your research, and to do it with intellectual rigor!
The Latin phrase rigor mortis means that stiffness that sets into the body after death, but, ironically, the notion of "intellectual rigor" in paranormal investigating mostly means the opposite: rather than to accept one inflexible position about the "truth" of things after death, rigorous thinking is deep and carefully principled, open to self-correction and adaptation when new findings are presented. Not coincidentally, intellectual rigor is one of the mainstays of the scientific method. This is why the twentieth century founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Marcello Truzzi, said, "An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof." (Yes, Carl Sagan also famously offered his own version of this axiom.)
Class A EVP depend on investigative rigor more than other classifications, because they are claimed to be more extraordinary. Unlike Class C and B EVP, whose uncertainty arises as a result of factors such as obscured sound quality and competing acoustic sources, lack of rigor caused by dubious investigative practices and unreliable recording methods will render a Class A EVP nothing more than a curiosity. Retracing Class A EVP to their source should take you back to a scrupulous account of when, where, and how the EVP was recorded. If there is any doubt whatsoever that deserves mention, it will be to your credit, not to your shame, to announce these when you post a Class A EVP. In fact, a simple caveat is expected with most Class A EVP. Remember, it's all about the odds of a piece of audible "evidence" being for real. If you can give up on the idea of proving life-after-death, or that Heaven is for real, or temporarily put aside the social work of "crossing over" wayward spirits, then you can get down to the rigor of things. A strong, clear, articulate EVP with no probable explanation is an excellent "catch," and it's the best we can hope for, given what we don't yet know about the scientific side of this phenomenon. But, if you put too much faith in the veracity of your EVP and do not acknowledge and accommodate its potential detractors, then you will seem to equivocate the truth, and this can only damage your credibility. Substantiate your claim that an EVP is Class A by revealing your methodologies, your protocols, and your analytical criteria. Delineate a list of plusses and minuses; show others you have come to your decision by way of a pragmatic debate and always invite further dialogue to continue that debate. Don't be inflexible. Our field needs and deserves rigor, not rigor mortis.
The "Listening" Brain
A little faith in your own motivation to find Class A EVP is a good thing. After all, why deny that paranormal investigating is a spiritual pursuit. However, it's another thing altogether to allow yourself to be overly confident in the science of a Class A EVP, or to become complacent with the results. Class A EVP are not captured to entertain. Rather, because of them, we as paranormal investigators are made even more responsible to the scientific method, and to check our facts. Additionally, more than Class B and Class C anomalies, Class A EVP force us to be more demanding of our results. They should make us want to take up the role of serious researcher, which requires we stay current in EVP theory, stay abreast of the tech we employ to capture EVP, study the psychological and neurological factors that influence our "listening" brain, and engage in carefully controlled experiments to recreate or anticipate the effects of EVP. With hard data collected, the science can actually begin. And, with it, you won't merely look like an amateur putting on the appearances of having "scientifimicacity"; you'll actually be contributing to a community of thinkers in a knowledgeable and trustworthy way.
When that day arrives, your ethos as a science-driven paranormal investigator will finally convince others of what a great find that one Class A EVP really was—because you'll have tried repeatedly to knock it off its pedestal first.
Here, then, are a few typical Class A take-downs:
Cross-Talk: In an era where satellite communications might well be responsible for decimating the honeybee population worldwide (from which the toll on agriculture will be incalculably devastating), it's pretty clear that there is a lot we don't yet know about how much radio and microwave transmissions might factor into anomalous voice recordings. It's true that, if radio transmissions were responsible for EVP, we'd hear EVP more often through our speakers, or we'd hear J-Lo singing more often in our EVP. However, try not to discount the possibility that the building materials, wiring, plumbing, or other infrastructural elements of a location are not potentially responsible for transmitting short-range telephonic communications: in other words, walkie-talkies. By this, I'm not implying that people are out to fool you into thinking you're capturing spirit communication. (Though, naturally, we are on the lookout for it in our case investigations.) However, listening for the tell-tale signs of walkie-talkie communication is just practical. With Class A EVP being so audible, listen carefully for push-to-talk (PTT) protocols like, "Copy" and "Over." Probably the variety of EVP most suspect in this way is the spirit conversation: two or more voices are exchanging responses in the unseen spirit realm, and the investigator is lucky enough to have eavesdropped on the conversation. If the contents of the exchange can be discerned clearly and make identifiable references to the room and the activities and people within it, then there may be more to this EVP. If not, however, it may be that you've stumbled into a pocket of telephonic crosstalk.
Facilitated Speech Devices: An issue has come to the debate floor of the paranormal community. The Spirit Box is more commonly known by Frank's Box, eponymously named after its Colorado creator, Frank Sumption, who alleges that his device virtually facilitates two-way telephone-like conversations (also called instrumental transcommunication) with the spirit realm by scanning AM/FM and low band frequencies, from which a noise matrix is created. According to Sumption, this matrix is modulated by the spirits to form their messages--messages that range from one-word utterances to full-length sentences. To date, the clearest and most impressive Class A EVP to have been generated by Frank's Box have come from Frank's very own "Frank's Box," which has led many to be understandably suspicious. But, let's be frank about the box, shall we? There are infinite ways to generate a noise matrix, including Charli Claypool's percolator. Plenty of demonstrations of Frank's Box can be found on the web, and schematics for building your own are readily available too. The concept of the Spirit Box has since evolved into the Ovilus, an electronic speech-synthesis device engineered by Bill Chappell that randomly interprets passing electromagnetic waves into speech, much in the same way investigators use the K-II meter to facilitate basic "yes"/"no" communication. To most in the skeptical community, both of these devices are high-tech Magic 8-Balls, and basing a Class A EVP finding on one is a bit like saying the Ouija board spoke to you. Uh-uh.
Quality Control: For the same reason that EVP occur with inconstant quality, one should not necessarily expect a Class A EVP to remain Class A quality from start to finish. Especially in longer instances, the pattern seems to be that Class A quality occurs in shorter, unpredictable bursts of vocal clarity. (It's better for them to be voices than whispers, but you takes what you can gets.) For that reason, you should be prepared to label some parts of your audio clip "Class A," but other parts as "Class B" or even "Class C." This does not diminish the importance of the sound clip. If parts are loud and clear enough for you and others to form a consensus about what it says and what gender or age the voice is, there's no denying its worth. However, be careful not to ignore potential evidence for the sake of showcasing only the Class A portions of the audio. Quite often, taken together, all of the findings in their inconstant quality will still create impressive results. You may have to extrapolate some of the quieter parts--and, of course, offer a disclaimer with the findings--but if it feeds into a broader context that makes sense for the case and its background, then all of it should stay together. This, however, can present a problem when attempting to filter and adjust the sound of the EVP. You won't want to ruin the impression made by the Class A portion of the audio clip by over-enhancing the Class C parts. Accompanying the EVP with a waveform showing where the anomalous voices are and in what classification strength they can be heard will relieve you of the burden of having to fiddle unduly with filters while keeping the integrity of the original audio clip.
One-Word Responses: With the volume and clarity of the anomalous speech less an issue, one wants to listen to a Class A EVP and not just hear it. Unfortunately, investigators too often use a roster of questions designed to solicit "Yes" or "No" answers only. Never mind it's a little like playing the Ouija board without swinging the pendulum over the letters. More importantly, this technique increases the likelihood that these short denials or affirmations are matrixed noise. Additionally, the risk of the investigator manipulating the interrogation is scandalously bad. The use of K-II meters is an apt illustration of the problem. This controversial do-hickey is now standard in the equipment arsenals of paranormal investigators, under the proviso that more data always makes for better science. It's an adapted EMF detector calibrated to be more sensitive to electromagnetic field disturbances in close proximity and used by investigators to encourage spirits to make their presence known by triggering a series of lights responsive to the detected EMFs. Not only are they suspected to be hypersensitive to everything from the investigator's subconscious desire for the little lights to work to cell phone data boards activated by incoming calls, they work more often than not in the same way one or two knocks signal yes/no responses. They have a funky visual appeal, and hobbyists readily glom onto them so as to "look the part," yet the K-II meter's authenticity and reliability continue to be hotly contested. One-word EVP responses are not dissimilar. Regardless if they're Class A, yes/no responses go little distance to providing the kind of detail that can be cross-checked against the history and background of the case.
Contextual and Complex Responses: An EVP that specifically answers questions or responds to investigators in a uniquely relevant way is called a "contextual response." When a contextual response is also a resoundingly clear, or it takes a full and relatively complex sentence to express itself, it's a rare windfall, indeed. It's far more common that one-word EVP are too fast, too slurred, and too affected by accents and intonations (as they are in living speech) to be winners. One of the simplest and easiest ways, then, to uphold more reliable Class A EVP is to insist that they be longer, more complex, contextual responses to your questions. Creating beforehand a specific roster of questions that draw from the background of the case will more effectively put EVP communication to good work when it does occur. Clearly worded questions that ask for more than yes/no or true/false answers will encourage active communication. By eschewing the seemingly random one-word responses, or at least classifying them as Class B EVP, investigators can showcase an data set of intelligent, contextual responses that will discount the possibility of coincidence or random transmission. Sure, you can make allowances from time to time for random one-word blurts, like when "Petunia!" was the answer to a question no one asked. In general, though, your objective should be to boil off any easily contested findings so that you're left with a purer, truer and more credible data set.
Clear and Transparent
In a way, the classification system for EVP misrepresents the motivation to pursue EVP findings. Say, you've spent the entire third grade improving your Spelling grade from a "C" to an "A." Good for you and your self-esteem. The goal of EVP classification, however, is not to self-actuate. Or, rather, at least it shouldn't be for those of us involved in organized paranormal investigating. To make the classification process about the collecting relegates the whole business to a passing hobby. Rather, we want Class A EVP to contribute to a Class A case, in which excellent findings corroborate a compelling claim of paranormal activity. I've resigned myself to the inevitability that proof positive won't happen during my lifetime—perhaps ever—but hypotheses as big as ours are rarely proved; they're merely upheld by the strength of our circumstantial evidence, our methods of inductive reasoning, and the strength of our character as paranormal investigators.
Perhaps the best rubric by which to measure that character is the degree to which we avoid self-delusion. If our Class A EVP seem clear and transparent to us, then let's be equally clear and transparent as investigators and researchers. Your ethos will then speak for itself.
The following annotated waveform videos exemplify the different ways an "A" EVP classification can be made, and illustrate the value of investigative skepticism and rigor in making that determination.
Go, Don't Go... Whatever.
The two Class A EVP in the following clip occurred five minutes apart in the same location, the costume and makeup rooms of an allegedly haunted theatre converted from an old railway depot. Their deadpan delivery was characteristic of the prolific EVP we gleaned from this investigation. These two are obviously the same adult male voice, but other EVP seemed spoken by a clear female voice with the same acoustic fingerprint. At first, we were positively buzzing with excitement, speculating the entire railcar might be a "conductor" (choo-choo!) of electronic voice phenomena. Then we realized that three people running the theatre that night, two adult males and one adult female, were stagehands experienced in using two-way radio communication to coordinate calling cues, of which the most commonly used is "Go." We can't prove it, but we think we were probably duped by the management into thinking we were capturing spirit voices, making this our first true case of debunking.
EVP 1: (adult male) Billy, go.
EVP 2: (adult male) Don't go.
Anger Begets Anger
The technique used in this audio clip is a mild form of provocation, something our team generally agrees to avoid because it is thought to put unseen "entities" on the defense and invite an adversarial relationship. This EVP seems to show just how true that can be. The first thing you'll notice about this audio clip is its sound quality, which should make it a Class B EVP. However, it's extremely unusual for a finding to be a complete sentence of seven whole syllables. The rarity of that makes this EVP, not just intriguing, but kind of compelling. In the interest of total transparency, the clip has been edited for the sake of brevity, but neither the original sound quality nor the context have been influenced.
Investigator 1: Do you want us to leave?
Investigator 2: I'm not going to leave unless you make me.
EVP: Don't let us catch you alone.
An "Aha" Moment
This next clip illustrates how the designation of "Class A" doesn't always depend on whether listeners recognize the words; it's enough to recognize that the words don't belong there, and that they're acoustically loud and distinct. This waveform video also demonstrates the benefits of meta-surveilling the investigation and documenting the moment this event of interest was captured. DVR surveillance footage was used for the inset video to provide assurances that no one but the client and I were present during the event (though others can be heard chattering in the distance). The initial equipment ratchet noise was caused by me, and the client can be heard off camera exiting the water closet to wash his hands at the sink. It's at that moment when two relatively loud female voices are heard having a brief exchange that would have had no meaning to us if it weren't for the fact that the client's home was built adjacent to a nineteenth century missionary school for the regional Kumeyaay tribe members, and "Ahseewahkee" in Kumeyaay means, "Cold water"—an uncannily precise contextual reference to the client's activities at that moment. The inset also correlates the movements of the client afterwards and points out where the recording device was situated at the time, proving nothing and no one else could be responsible for the two female voices in this engaging Class A EVP.
EVP 1: (female, speaking in Kumeyaay language) Ahseewahkee?
EVP 2: Aha.
Kids Say the Darnedest Things
During this particular EVP vigil, the loud, whirring noise of a nearby vending machine was doing us no favors. However, despite this handicap, an affecting Class A EVP still manages to be heard resolutely. One of our team members had marked on the floor the location of a small plastic ball he was using as a trigger object, and, in the midst of debating whether the ball had moved, this suprising and very clear voice of a child interjected in words no one could mistake.
Investigator 1: (referring to a toy ball used as trigger object) I think it moved.
EVP: (child) Have you seen Mommy?
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West Chester Henderson wins District 1 5A Girls Basketball Championship
PHILADELPHIA, PA -
On Saturday, the West Chester Henderson Warriors defeated the Villa Maria Hurricanes, 41-32, to claim the District 1 Girls 5A Basketball Championship and remain undefeated (28-0) on the season. Grace Ferguson was the leading player of the game for Henderson, scoring 11 points and having three blocks on the defensive end in the final three minutes of the game to seal the win.
Henderson led for a majority of the game, but Villa Maria secured a lead after one quarter of play, making the score 10-8. However, a strong second quarter from the Warriors put them on top heading into the locker room, 22-14. The Hurricanes trimmed the lead in a low-scoring third quarter to 24-21 as Henderson only scored two points in the entire 8-minute period. But thanks to clutch baskets and huge blocks by Ferguson in the fourth quarter, Henderson held on for the win.
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Choosing a Gaming CPU: Single + Multi-GPU at 1440p, April 2013
by Ian Cutress on May 8, 2013 10:00 AM EST
Choosing a Gaming CPU: Single + Multi-GPU at 1440p, 400+ Data Points To Consider CPUs, GPUs, Motherboards, and Memory Testing Methodology, Hardware Configurations, and The Beast CPU Benchmarks GPU Benchmarks: Metro2033 GPU Benchmarks: Dirt 3 GPU Benchmarks: Civilization V GPU Benchmarks: Sleeping Dogs Final Results, Conclusions and Recommendations
One question when building or upgrading a gaming system is of which CPU to choose - does it matter if I have a quad core from Intel, or a quad module from AMD? Perhaps something simpler will do the trick, and I can spend the difference on the GPU. What if you are running a multi-GPU setup, does the CPU have a bigger effect? This was the question I set out to help answer.
A few things before we start:
This set of results is by no means extensive or exhaustive. For the sake of expediency I could not select 10 different gaming titles across a variety of engines and then test them in seven or more different configurations per game and per CPU, nor could I test every different CPU made. As a result, on the gaming side, I limited myself to one resolution, one set of settings, and four very regular testing titles that offer time demos: Metro 2033, DiRT 3, Civilization V and Sleeping Dogs. This is obviously not Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Crysis 3 or Far Cry 3, which may be more relevant in your set up.
The arguments for and against time demo testing as well as the arguments for taking FRAPs values of sequences are well documented (time demos might not be representative vs. consistency and realism of FRAPsing a repeated run across a field), however all of our tests can be run on home systems to get a feel for how a system performs. Below is a discussion regarding AI, one of the common usages for a CPU in a game, and how it affects the system. Out of our benchmarks, DiRT 3 plays a game, including AI in the result, and the turn-based Civilization V has no concern for direct AI except for time between turns.
All this combines in with my unique position as the motherboard senior editor here at AnandTech – the position gives me access to a wide variety of motherboard chipsets, lane allocations and a fair number of CPUs. GPUs are not necessarily in a large supply in my side of the reviewing area, but both ASUS and ECS have provided my test beds with HD7970s and GTX580s respectively, such that they have been quintessential in being part of my test bed for 12 and 21 months. The task set before me in this review would be almost a career in itself if we were to expand to more GPUs and more multi-GPU setups. Thus testing up to 4x 7970 and up to 2x GTX 580 is a more than reasonable place to start.
The most important point to note is how this set of results came to pass. Several months ago I came across a few sets of testing by other review websites that floored me – simple CPU comparison tests for gaming which were spreading like wildfire among the forums, and some results contradicted the general prevailing opinion on the topic. These results were pulling all sorts of lurking forum users out of the woodwork to have an opinion, and being the well-adjusted scientist I am, I set forth to confirm the results were, at least in part, valid.
What came next was a shock – some had no real explanation of the hardware setups. While the basic overview of hardware was supplied, there was no run down of settings used, and no attempt to justify the findings which had obviously caused quite a stir. Needless to say, I felt stunned that the lack of verbose testing, as well as both the results and a lot of the conversation, particularly from avid fans of Team Blue and Team Red, that followed. I planned to right this wrong the best way I know how – with science!
The other reason for pulling together the results in this article is perhaps the one I originally started with – the need to update drivers every so often. Since Ivy Bridge release, I have been using Catalyst 12.3 and GeForce 296.10 WHQL on my test beds. This causes problems – older drivers are not optimized, readers sometimes complain if older drivers are used, and new games cannot be added to the test bed because they might not scale correctly due to the older drivers. So while there are some reviews on the internet that update drivers between testing and keep the old numbers (leading to skewed results), actually taking time out to retest a number of platforms for more data points solely on the new drivers is actually a large undertaking.
For example, testing new drivers over six platforms (CPU/motherboard combinations) would mean: six platforms, four games, seven different GPU configurations, ~10 minutes per test plus 2+ hours to set up each platform and install a new OS/drivers/set up benchmarks. That makes 40+ hours of solid testing (if all goes without a second lost here or there), or just over a full working week – more if I also test the CPU performance for a computational benchmark update, or exponentially more if I include multiple resolutions and setting options.
If this is all that is worked on that week, it means no new content – so it happens rarely, perhaps once a year or before a big launch. This time was now, and when I started this testing, I was moving to Catalyst 13.1 and GeForce 310.90, which by the time this review goes live will have already been superseded! In reality, I have been slowly working on this data set for the best part of 10 weeks while also reviewing other hardware (but keeping those reviews with consistent driver comparisons). In total this review encapsulates 24 different CPU setups, with up to 6 different GPU configurations, meaning 430 data points, 1375 benchmark loops and over 51 hours in just GPU benchmarks alone, without considering setup time or driver issues.
What Does the CPU do in a Game?
A lot of game developers use customized versions of game engines, such as the EGO engine for driving games or the Unreal engine. The engine provides the underpinnings for a lot of the code, and the optimizations therein. The engine also decides what in the game gets offloaded onto the GPU.
Imagine the code that makes up the game as a linear sequence of events. In order to go through the game quickly, we need the fastest single core processor available. Of course, games are not like this – lots of the game can be parallelized, such as vector calculations for graphics. These were of course the first to be moved from CPU to the GPU. Over time, more parts of the code have made the move – physics and compute being the main features in recent months and years.
The GPU is good at independent, simple tasks – calculating which color is in which pixel is an example of this, along with addition processing and post-processing features (FXAA and so on). If a task is linear, it lives on the CPU, such as loading textures into memory or negotiating which data to transfer between the memory and the GPUs. The CPU also takes control of independent complex tasks, as the CPU is the one that can make complicated logic analysis.
Very few parts of a game come under this heading of 'independent yet complex'. Anything suitable for the GPU but not ported over will be here, and the big one usually quoted is artificial intelligence. Deciding where an NPC is going to run, shoot or fly could be considered a very complex set of calculations, ideal for fast CPUs. The counter argument is that games have had complex AI for years – the number of times I personally was destroyed by a Dark Sim on Perfect Dark on the N64 is testament to either my uselessness or the fact that complex AI can be configured with not much CPU power. AI is unlikely to be a limiting factor in frame rates due to CPU usage.
What is most likely going to be the limiting factor is how the CPU can manage data. As engines evolve, they try and use data between the CPU, memory and GPUs less – if textures can be kept on the GPU, then they will stay there. But some engines are not as perfect as we would like them to be, resulting in the CPU as the limiting factor. As CPU performance increases, and those that write the engines in which games are made understand the ecosystem, CPU performance should be less of an issue over time. All roads point towards the PS4 of course, and its 8-core Jaguar processor. Is this all that is needed for a single GPU, albeit in an HSA environment?
Multi-GPU Testing
Another angle I wanted to test beyond most other websites is multi-GPU. There is content online dealing mostly with single GPU setups, with a few for dual GPU. Even though the number of multi-GPU users is actually quite small globally, the enthusiast markets are clearly geared for it. We get motherboards with support for four GPU cards; we have cases that will support a dual processor board as well as four double-height GPUs. Then there are GPUs being released with two sets of silicon on a PCB, wrapped in a double or triple width cooler.
More often than not on a forum, people will ask 'what GPU for $xxx' and some of the suggestions will be towards two GPUs at half the budget, as it commonly offers more performance than a single GPU if the game and the drivers all work smoothly (at the cost of power, heat, and bad driver scenarios). The ecosystem supports multi-GPU setups, so I felt it right to test at least one four-way setup. Although with great power comes great responsibility – there was no point testing 4-way 7970s on 1080p.
Typically in this price bracket, users will go for multi-monitor setups, along the lines of 5760x1080, or big monitor setups like 1440p, 1600p, or the mega-rich might try 4K. Ultimately the high end enthusiast, with cash to burn, is going to gravitate towards 4K, and I cannot wait until that becomes a reality. So for a median point in all of this, we are testing at 1440p and maximum settings. This will put the strain on our Core 2 Duo and Celeron G465 samples, but should be easy pickings for our multi-processor, multi-GPU beast of a machine.
A Minor Problem In Interpreting Results
Throughout testing for this review, there were clearly going to be some issues to consider. Chief of these is the question of consistency and in particular if something like Metro 2033 decides to have an 'easy' run which reports +3% higher than normal. For that specific example we get around this by double testing, as the easy run typically appears in the first batch – so we run two or three batches of four and disregard the first batch.
The other, perhaps bigger, issue is interpreting results. If I get 40.0 FPS on a Phenom II X4-960T, 40.1 FPS on an i5-2500K, and then 40.2 FPS on a Phenom II X2-555 BE, does that make the results invalid? The important points to recognize here are statistics and system state.
System State: We have all had times booting a PC when it feels sluggish, but this sluggish behavior disappears on reboot. The same thing can occur with testing, and usually happens as a result of bad initialization or a bad cache optimization routine at boot time. As a result, we try and spot these circumstances and re-run. With more time we would take 100 different measurements of each benchmark, with reboots, and cross out the outliers. Time constraints outside of academia unfortunately do not give us this opportunity.
Statistics: System state aside, frame rate values will often fluctuate around an average. This will mean (depending on the benchmark) that the result could be +/- a few percentage points on each run. So what happens if you have a run of four time demos, and each of them are +2% above the 'average' FPS? From the outside, as you will not know the true average, you cannot say if it is valid as the data set is extremely small. If we take more runs, we can find the variance (the technical version of the term), the standard deviation, and perhaps represent the mean, median and mode of a set of results.
As always, the main constraint in articles like these is time – the quicker to publish, the less testing, the larger the error bars and the higher likelihood that some results are going to be skewed because it just so happened to be a good/bad benchmark run. So the example given above of the X2-555 getting a better result is down to interpretation – each result might be +/- 0.5 FPS on average, and because they are all pretty similar we are actually more GPU limited. So it is more whether the GPU has a good/bad run in this circumstance.
For this example, I batched 100 runs of my common WinRAR test in motherboard testing, on an i5-2500K CPU with a Maximus V Formula. Results varied between 71 seconds and 74 seconds, with a large gravitation towards the lower end. To represent this statistically, we normally use a histogram, which separates the results up into 'bins' (e.g. 71.00 seconds to 71.25 seconds) of how accurate the final result has to be. Here is an initial representation of the data (time vs. run number), and a few histograms of that data, using a bin size of 1.00 s, 0.75s, 0.5s, 0.33s, 0.25s and 0.1s.
As we get down to the lower bin sizes, there is a pair of large groupings of results between ~71 seconds and ~ 72 seconds. The overall average/mean of the data is 71.88 due to the outliers around 74 seconds, with the median at 72.04 seconds and standard deviation of 0.660. What is the right value to report? Overall average? Peak? Average +/- standard deviation? With the results very skewed around two values, what happens if I do 1-3 runs and get ~71 seconds and none around ~72 seconds?
Statistics is clearly a large field, and without a large sample size, most numbers can be one-off results that are not truly reflective of the data. It is important to ask yourself every time you read a review with a result – how many data points went into that final value, and what analysis was performed?
For this review, we typically take four runs of our GPU tests each, except Civilization V which is extremely consistent +/- 0.1 FPS. The result reported is the average of those four values, minus any results we feel are inconsistent. At times runs have been repeated in order to confirm the value, but this will not be noted in the results.
The Bulldozer Challenge
Another purpose of this article was to tackle the problem surrounding Bulldozer and its derivatives, such as Piledriver and thus all Trinity APUs. The architecture is such that Windows 7, by default, does not accurately assign new threads to new modules – the 'freshly installed' stance is to double up on threads per module before moving to the next. By installing a pair of Windows Updates (which do not show in Windows Update automatically), we get an effect called 'core parking', which assigns the first series of threads each to its own module, giving it access to a pair of INT and an FP unit, rather than having pairs of threads competing for the prize. This affects variable threaded loading the most, particularly from 2 to 2N-2 threads where N is the number of modules in the CPU (thus 2 to 6 threads in an FX-8150). It should come as no surprise that games fall into this category, so we want to test with and without the entire core parking features in our benchmarks.
Hurdles with NVIDIA and 3-Way SLI on Ivy Bridge
Users who have been keeping up to date with motherboard options on Z77 will understand that there are several ways to put three PCIe slots onto a motherboard. The majority of sub-$250 motherboards will use three PCIe slots in a PCIe 3.0 x8/x8 + PCIe 2.0 x4 arrangement (meaning x8/x8 from the CPU and x4 from the chipset), allowing either two-way SLI or three-way Crossfire. Some motherboards will use a different Ivy Bridge lane allocation option such that we have a PCIe 3.0 x8/x4/x4 layout, giving three-way Crossfire but only two-way SLI. In fact in this arrangement, fitting the final x4 with a sound/raid card disables two-way SLI entirely.
This is due to a not widely publicized requirement of SLI – it needs at least an x8 lane allocation in order to work (either PCIe 2.0 or 3.0). Anything less than this on any GPU and you will be denied in the software. So putting in that third card will cause the second lane to drop to x4, disabling two-way SLI. There are motherboards that have a switch to change to x8/x8 + x4 in this scenario, but we are still capped at two-way SLI.
The only way to go onto 3-way or 4-way SLI is via a PLX 8747 enabled motherboard, which greatly enhances the cost of a motherboard build. This should be kept in mind when dealing with the final results.
Power Usage
It has come to my attention that even if the results were to come out X > Y, some users may call out that the better processor draws more power, which at the end of the day costs more money if you add it up over a year. For the purposes of this review, we are of the opinion that if you are gaming on a budget, then high-end GPUs such as the ones used here are not going to be within your price range.
Simple fun gaming can be had on a low resolution, limited detail system for not much money – for example at a recent LAN I went to I enjoyed 3-4 hours of TF2 fun on my AMD netbook with integrated HD3210 graphics, even though I had to install the ultra-low resolution texture pack and mods to get 30+ FPS. But I had a great time, and thus the beauty of high definition graphics of the bigger systems might not be of concern as long as the frame rates are good.
But if you want the best, you will pay for the best, even if it comes at the electricity cost. Budget gaming is fine, but this review is designed to focus on 1440p with maximum settings, which is not a budget gaming scenario.
Format Of This Article
On the next couple of pages, I will be going through in detail our hardware for this review, including CPUs, motherboards, GPUs and memory. Then we will move to the actual hardware setups, with CPU speeds and memory timings (with motherboards that actually enable XMP) detailed. Also important to note is the motherboards being used – for completeness I have tested several CPUs in two different motherboards because of GPU lane allocations.
We are living in an age where PCIe switches and additional chips are used to expand GPU lane layouts, so much so that there are up to 20 different configurations for Z77 motherboards alone. Sometimes the lane allocation makes a difference, and it can make a large difference using three or more GPUs (x8/x4/x4 vs. x16/x8/x8 with PLX), even with the added latency sometimes associated with the PCIe switches. Our testing over time will include the majority of the PCIe lane allocations on modern setups, but for our first article we are looking at the major ones we are likely to come across.
The results pages will start with a basic CPU analysis, running through my regular motherboard tests on the CPU. This should give us a feel for how much power each CPU has in dealing with mathematics and real world tests, both for integer operations (important on Bulldozer/Piledriver/Radeon) and floating point operations (where Intel/NVIDIA seem to perform best).
We will then move to each of our four gaming titles in turn, in our six different GPU configurations. As mentioned above, in GPU limited scenarios it may seem odd if a sub-$100 CPU is higher than one north of $300, but we hope to explain the tide of results as we go.
I hope this will be an ongoing project here at AnandTech, and over time we can add more CPUs, 4K testing, perhaps even show four-way Titan should that be available to us. The only danger is that on a driver or game change, it takes another chunk of time to get data! Any suggestions of course are greatly appreciated – drop me an email at ian@anandtech.com. Our next port of call will most likely be Haswell, which I am very much looking forward to testing.
CPUs, GPUs, Motherboards, and Memory Choosing a Gaming CPU: Single + Multi-GPU at 1440p, 400+ Data Points To Consider CPUs, GPUs, Motherboards, and Memory Testing Methodology, Hardware Configurations, and The Beast CPU Benchmarks GPU Benchmarks: Metro2033 GPU Benchmarks: Dirt 3 GPU Benchmarks: Civilization V GPU Benchmarks: Sleeping Dogs Final Results, Conclusions and Recommendations
HisDivineOrder - Thursday, May 9, 2013 - link
Shhhhhh. You're using too much of that stuff called sense. It might spread and suddenly everyone would want case reviews that reflect what anyone who'd install a motherboard in 99% of the cases they review instead of miniITX for every review. I mean, there's no way that putting a miniITX or microATX into every case review isn't going to impact the actual case being reviewed, is there?
IS THERE?
crimson117 - Thursday, May 9, 2013 - link
Agreed - why review a full tower with a micro atx? Who builds like that?
Gigaplex - Sunday, May 12, 2013 - link
I do. Is that a problem?
Blibbax - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
If you're recommending the A8-5600K, but for people with a discrete GPU, aren't you really recommending the FX-4*** series?
Ortanon - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
Excellent question.
IanCutress - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
Good point - apart from not testing the FX-4xxx processors (I don't have any), the FX-4xxx uses an AM3 platform - the FM2 platform is both newer and the chipsets offer more native USB 3.0 / SATA 6 Gbps as well as a UEFI BIOS from the ground up. The FX-4xxx is still a relevant choice with its L3 cache, and a couple of newer boards have been released to try and get the best from the 990FX chipset. Though out of what I have tested so far, the A8 makes the most sense if you're looking at pure 1-GPU gaming. If I get an FX-4100 in, it will be tested and conclusions adjusted if it performs similarly - there's no point suggesting a CPU I haven't tested and can't back it up with data.
I entirely agree that it'd be wrong to make conclusions without data. However, I feel like the APU recommendation ought to go with some sort of "however..." caveat.
I look forward to your FX4 and FX6 results, however. I was initially not at all sold on these chips, but now that the prices have come down and the FX6 is often priced against Intel's i3, they are much more compelling.
DeathReborn - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
There's always the Athlon II X4 750K BE which still uses FM2 but lacks the IGP.
Cow86 - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
If you're going to compare it against Trinity APU's, then wouldn't it be fairer to get an FX-4300, based on the same piledriver core? See if that L3 cache makes enough of a difference? More up to date as well...
kmmatney - Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - link
If you live near a microcenter, you can get an FX-4130 (3.8 Ghz) and motherboard for $99. That leaves quite of room to get a better GPU, and probably a better overall gaming experience for a given amount of money. I upgraded from an X4-955 to a 3570K about 6 months ago, and have to admit that I barely notice the performance increase in games, and would have probably been better off spending the $250 on a better video card. I do like the extra speed while using handbrake, though, and my son likes my old X4-955 that was a big upgrade from his previous setup, though.


While the customers in your service area might not realize it, you give them the gift of communication every day! This holiday season, show them that they're on your mind with this cell tower Christmas card, printed on 5x7" glossy white cardstock and playfully detailed with a giant cell tower wrapped in a pretty red bow. Personalize your cards with your company logo, a holiday message, or your choice of colors and fonts.


Your basement's walls, flooring and contents can provide you with various clues as to the overall condition of your foundation. Whether covered or not your walls offer a variety of signs that the average homeowner can readily identify. What follows are a series of steps and photos designed to help you recognize if your basement requires a professional inspection. Please keep in mind that these steps and pictures are intended to serve as a guideline only and in some cases basement leakage can present itself without any warning during severe weather conditions. After reviewing this section if you feel that you have a problem or are not quite sure, please feel free to call Watertite for a no-charge onsite inspection.
Is there a musty smell present anywhere in the basement, particularly in storage closets, areas under staircases or small rooms that are not well ventilated?
Have you at anytime seen "pill bugs", "saw bugs" or "centipedes" anywhere throughout your basement? If so, have they been present near open drains or adjacent to outside wall sections and or enclosed areas?
In storage areas or bookshelves within the basement have you found paper products such as boxes or books that exhibit visual moisture damage as well feeling damp and having clear signs of active mould growth?
Are any of your wall surfaces, particularly near the baseboards or corner rounds exhibiting signs of bubbling, warping, discolouration and clear signs of active mould growth? Please remember this type of damage can be localized to very small specific sections along the interior face of the outside walls. Areas of particular interest would be interior corners and wall sections that have rainwater leders either spilling on grade or flowing into below grade drainage on the exterior surface side.
Have you noticed any floor or wall sections that are exhibiting signs of "spalling"?. As seen in this photo the paint is spalling away from the concrete floor and white efflorescence can be seen forming on the bare sections of concrete. This type of "spalling" can also be found on finished wall faces in the form of blistering and bulging.
In areas where the walls have been strapped, insulated and covered only with plastic have you noticed significant amounts of condensation forming behind the plastic at anytime?. This would also apply to areas where the drywall has been removed during remodeling but the wall strapping remains as does the insulation and plastic.
When replacing basement carpeting have you noticed damaged and stained under pad, which disintegrates during lifting and has visible signs of active mould growth? . Also have you noticed if the "tackless" (the nailing strip along the edge) which holds the carpet in place is rusted, showing watermarks or discoloured?
Have you noticed signs of what appears to be mild staining or damp patches along wall faces and floor sections ?. These areas can also have small amounts of white "fuzz" or a white powdery substance commonly referred to as efflorescence.
In more severe cases, have you seen anything that looks like the wall sections featured in these photos which are exhibiting clear signs of active mould growth, water damage and efflorescence? Please note that most problem areas are not this severe.
At anytime have you seen active water during the spring thaws or periods of rain that present themselves on the wall faces or floor areas? (Soggy carpets, buckled hardwood and lifted tile) Also please remember some basements that have sub-floors or sloped concrete floors may have this water showing up in unexpected locations such as the base of the stairs, interior columns and interior demising / bearing walls. Although commonly mistaken for a drainage problem, this is indicative of foundation wall leakage in most cases.
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Police fatally shoot Labette County man while serving a search warrant
Aug 12, 2019 @ 4:59pm
Kansas authorities say police serving a search warrant fatally shot a man they encountered inside a Chetopa home in Labette County.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in news release that the Chetopa Police Department was serving a search warrant at about 12:15 a.m. on Monday after receiving a tip of possible drug activity.
The agency says three officers entered after announcing their presence. The KBI says one officer fired three shots after encountering an armed man and officers quickly left the home.
A 25-year-old woman exited the home after officers called for the occupants to come out.
Police found 38-year-old Scott Souders inside suffering from gunshot wounds with a rifle near him. He was declared dead at the scene. Souders lived at the residence.
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Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. Sells 6,007 Shares of Regal Beloit Corp (NYSE:RBC)
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Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. cut its holdings in shares of Regal Beloit Corp (NYSE:RBC) by 8.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 62,348 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 6,007 shares during the period. Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.'s holdings in Regal Beloit were worth $5,338,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Thompson Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Regal Beloit by 0.6% during the third quarter. Thompson Investment Management Inc. now owns 36,349 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,648,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. State of Tennessee Treasury Department grew its position in Regal Beloit by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. State of Tennessee Treasury Department now owns 30,261 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,205,000 after purchasing an additional 1,269 shares in the last quarter. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD grew its position in Regal Beloit by 17.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mondrian Investment Partners LTD now owns 60,317 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $4,394,000 after purchasing an additional 9,161 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC grew its position in Regal Beloit by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 37,155 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,707,000 after purchasing an additional 10,767 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackay Shields LLC grew its position in Regal Beloit by 12.8% in the 3rd quarter. Mackay Shields LLC now owns 42,052 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $3,064,000 after purchasing an additional 4,766 shares in the last quarter. 92.62% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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In other Regal Beloit news, VP John Avampato sold 5,380 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $82.96, for a total value of $446,324.80. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 10,234 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $849,012.64. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, COO Jonathan J. Schlemmer sold 4,480 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $82.74, for a total transaction of $370,675.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 78,963 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,533,398.62. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company's stock.
Shares of RBC stock opened at $86.19 on Thursday. Regal Beloit Corp has a 52-week low of $67.74 and a 52-week high of $87.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a current ratio of 2.83. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $84.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.15. The company has a market capitalization of $3.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.37, a PEG ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.63.
Regal Beloit (NYSE:RBC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.02. Regal Beloit had a net margin of 7.62% and a return on equity of 10.14%. The business had revenue of $772.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $808.49 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 16.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Regal Beloit Corp will post 5.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th were given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 26th. Regal Beloit's payout ratio is 20.00%.
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Regal Beloit Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells electric motors, electrical motion controls, and power generation and transmission products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Commercial and Industrial Systems, Climate Solutions, and Power Transmission Solutions.
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Keewaydin is a neighborhood in the Nokomis community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are Minnehaha Parkway to the north, 34th Avenue to the east, 54th Street to the south, and Cedar Avenue to the west. The neighborhood contains the majority of Lake Nokomis. It shares a neighborhood organization with the Minnehaha, Morris Park, and Wenonah neighborhoods, which are collectively referred to as Nokomis East and served by the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association (NENA).

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The Institute of Economics, Zagreb received an official acknowledgement "HR Excellence in Research" from the European Commission in February 2012. The acknowledgement was awarded after the Institute had passed an evaluation process according to the European standards in the area of recruitment and career development in research. The evaluation was performed by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission. The acknowledgment will contribute to the Institute's recognition and visibility in Croatian and international scientific community, especially in the European Research Area. The Institute is the third public scientific institute in Croatia awarded for excellence in research career management.
The aim of the European Commission is to grant individual researchers the same rights and obligations wherever they may work within the European Research Area. The European Charter for Researchers addresses the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of researchers and their employers or funding organizations, whereas the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers aims to improve recruitment and make selection procedures fairer and more transparent.
In 2010 the Institute of Economics, Zagreb signed the Declaration of Commitment to the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. It thereby accepted the initiative of the European Commission which in 2005 adopted these documents with the aim of increasing employability and promoting research career as vital elements in the strategy of greater economy growth, employment, and setting up the European Research Area.
After signing the Declaration, the Institute performed an internal analysis of the Institute's existing rules and practice and their degree of alignment with principles outlined in the European Charter and Code. At the same time the Institute began with the process of drafting its development strategy for the following ten-year period. Taking into account the principles of the European Charter and Code, the Institute drafted its development strategy titled "EIZ 2021: A Framework for Development", which was adopted in February 2011. In late 2011 the Institute drafted an Action Plan with activities aimed at increasing the degree of alignment with the Charter and Code. As a result of the undertaken activities and continuous efforts to improve work conditions of individual researchers, the Institute joined the group of European research institutions that received the acknowledgment.
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not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.
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repeated it and endangered the whole family.
We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants.
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, conosciuto anche con il titolo inglese Pale Moon, è un film del 2014 diretto da Daihachi Yoshida.

Il soggetto è basato sull'omonimo romanzo di Mitsuyo Kakuta. È stato presentato in anteprima tra i film in concorso alla 27ª edizione del Tokyo International Film Festival. Nelle sale giapponesi è uscito il 15 novembre 2014.

Trama
Nel Giappone in recessione post-bolla degli anni novanta un'impiegata di banca quarantenne, Rika Umezawa, intreccia una relazione extra-coniugale con uno studente universitario, Kōta Hirabayashi. Le difficoltà finanziarie del giovane, dovute alle rette universitarie da pagare, spingono la donna a compiere continue estorsioni di denaro dalla banca dove lavora. Presoci gusto, inizia a utilizzare i soldi dei clienti per serate in ristoranti di lusso e in hotel a cinque stelle. La situazione però finisce per sfuggirle di mano, facendola piombare in un vortice di bugie e inganni.

Produzione
Il film è basato sul romanzo di successo , pubblicato da Mitsuyo Kakuta nel 2012. Il regista Daihachi Yoshida era combattuto sulla scelta del titolo da dare al film per la distribuzione internazionale, ma alla fine propese per Pale Moon ("luna pallida"), scartando l'opzione della traduzione letterale in Paper Moon, per la presenza di un grande classico del cinema anni 1970 con lo stesso nome, Paper Moon - Luna di carta di Peter Bogdanovich. Inoltre il regista voleva evitare che il film venisse associato a qualcosa che potesse essere interpretato come simpatico o leggero.

Distribuzione

Data di uscita
Il film è stato presentato in anteprima tra i film in concorso alla 27ª edizione del Tokyo International Film Festival, tenutosi nell'ultima settimana di ottobre 2014. Nelle sale giapponesi è uscito il 15 novembre 2014.

Accoglienza

Critica
Mark Schilling del Japan Times ha giudicato il film positivamente, assendogli 4 stelle su 5.

Riconoscimenti
Il film è stato premiato con l'Audience Award (Premio del pubblico) al 27º Tokyo International Film Festival, mentre la protagonista Rie Miyazawa ha vinto quello alla migliore attrice.

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Live Review: Turnover
Stereo, Glasgow, 26 September 2017
I've seen arguably better bands fail to sell out the small but significant room in the basement of Glasgow's Stereo; certainly, acts who are pushing more at the boundaries of what can be done with guitar music than Virginia's Turnover. But on this sweaty September night, with not an inch of space left, it marks the most recent in only a handful of occasions that I've witnessed such a strong emotional response.
Turnover are in the midst of their first shows since the release of their most recent album, Good Nature, which isn't so much a departure from their usual sound, as it is a polishing of it. They retain the lightly strummed guitars, with sunny melodies juxtaposed against dark, earnest lyrics. But since their sophomore record Peripheral Vision, they have moved towards brighter, poppier tunes that forego the more sing-a-long choruses for something that, musically, resembles the jangly but forlorn Real Estate, than it does pop-punk or emo in the style of American Football.
That is evident tonight. Songs like 'Hello Euphoria' and 'Dizzy on the Comedown' are met with rousing renditions from the crowd, belting out every single world. It comes as quite a surprise to me that there is such an intensely devoted pocket of Turnover fans in Glasgow.
Credit: Aaron Siow
The band aren't surprised – they've been here a few times before and they recognise the reaction – but frontman Austin Getz, a large and quite imposing figure who stands in contrast to his delicate voice and lush guitar tones, is unable to thank those who have turned out enough. He appears genuinely grateful.
The set list is, unsurprisingly, heavy on tracks from their third album and they are an utter joy to witness. Singles 'Sunshine Type' and 'Super Natural', as well as stand outs like 'Pure Devotion', are so relaxed and elegant that it begs to be heard in the warm, open air. These are met with less participation from the audience, but more of a quiet respect.
The night wasn't a complete breeze. Usually I like to steer clear of support acts that I dislike in reviews, and stick to mentioning the really great ones – something that becomes usual when you hit the types of gigs I have on the Glasgow circuit in recent months. Spoiled with the likes of Crying, Codist, Lomelda and Ultimate Painting at a variety of venues, my ears weren't quite ready for two that have ended up warranting a special mention here.
I stumbled in, mercifully, halfway through openers Palladino who launched into a misguided cover of Childish Gambino's 'Redbone'. The following act, Emotional, with their vocalist doing his best Mick Jagger impression, and their wanky guitarist a cross between Marc Bolan and Ariel Pink, touted a brand of psychedelic rock that was clearly pining to be Tame Impala, but without any of the style, substance or gravitas, and came off as more like Temples or The Lemon Twigs, or a tediously boring mix of both. It's understandable that bands might want to take their pals on tour, but there must be acts that better serve a band of Turnover's now mid-sized stature, who also trade in a similar vibe?
In any case, Turnover were excellent, and once they were on, the dullness of the support faded. The committed crowd raise the lovely, but generally mid-tempo, songs to a higher level.
The night ends with the thrilling one-two punch of 'Cutting My Fingers Off' and 'Humming' – both from Peripheral Vision. Huge choruses and memorable lines swell loudly across the room, akin to when Pinegrove played tracks like 'Aphasia' and 'New Friends' here at the start of 2017. Turnover can leave Glasgow assured that their unlikely Scottish disciples have been left happy.
Featured photo credit: Aaron Siow
Posted on October 3, 2017 October 2, 2017 by Tony InglisPosted in Gigs, Music, ReviewsTagged glasgow, Stereo, Turnover, Virginia.
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Question 2 is particularly special – we'll be hearing from Professor John Wyatt, who's travelling all the way from University College London to speak to us at the University of Hull!!


This weekend, the V&A is hosting Designerama!, an event to celebrate the opening of the new Sackler Centre for arts education. The digital team (that's me and two colleagues) are hosting the V&A Flickr Design Challenge. We'll be lending digital cameras to museum visitors and asking them to take pictures of their favourite objects that embody good design, then upload them to the Flickr group we've created.
I went around the museum today taking pictures of my favourites to upload ahead of time – like this Japanese silk kimono fabric and this short, squat silver teapot by Christopher Dresser. We're looking forward to finding out what other people consider the objects that represent good design. I'm sure there will be countless definitions of what people actually consider good design. How do you define good design?


BAMAKO (AFP) – A West African Al-Qaeda-linked militant group on Sunday offered to free one of a group of Algerian diplomats kidnapped last year in exchange for the release of three "mujahedeen" held in Algeria.
The Mali-based Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) said in a statement it was asking the Algerian government "for the release of one of its diplomat hostages, to release three mujahedeen" detained on Algerian territory.
"If Algeria rejects the proposal, the Algerian hostages' lives will be in danger," said the statement, signed by MUJAO spokesman Abu Walid Sahraoui.
It did not specify the identity of the "mujahedeen" or where in Algeria they were being held.
MUJAO first emerged in December 2011, presenting themselves as an offshoot of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, when they claimed the kidnap three months earlier of three aid workers.
The group is holding Algerian diplomats from a group of seven seized on April 5 in Gao, northern Mali, as several armed groups descended on the region in the wake of a coup in the capital Bamako.
The kidnappers demanded 15 million euros for the release of the group and threatened to kill them if their demands were not met, but then freed three of the hostages in July.
MUJAO announced in September that it had killed one of the hostages but the information has not been verified by Algeria.


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As the smell of Kosher cooking wafted from the hallway, a silent audience sat captivated while political pundits Mark Mellman and William Kristol, a frequent commentator on Fox News, joined Rabbi Levei Shemtov at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich to discuss the effect of American news on the Jewish community.
"It's all about balancing political motivations with the Jewish faith and living the Torah," Mellman said as part of a panel discussion Thursday.
More than 800 guests gathered at the Hyatt in Old Greenwich for the third day of the sixth annual National Jewish Retreat, hosted by the Chabad-Lubavitch Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, which began Tuesday and concludes Sunday. The crowds were composed of Jews from all walks of life and levels of commitment, forming an atmosphere that program director Rabbi Hesh Epstein describes as "warm, accepting, and non-judgemental."
"Labels for Jews don't exist," Greenwich resident Maryashie Deren said. "When people ask me what I am -- reform, conservative, orthodox -- I just say `I'm Jewish.' Labels divide us, and there is only one thing that unites us, and that is following the Torah."
The retreat brought together rabbis, students from the Sinai Scholars program, and Jewish laymen through a comprehensive program meant to celebrate Jewish culture and spirituality.
"It addresses all elements of the psychological, spiritual, and intellectual makeup," Epstein said.
Each day of the gathering consists of morning prayers and meditation followed by three or four hourly lectures, panel discussions and presentations that range in subject from the fundamentals of Kosher cooking and Jewish poetry to homosexuality in the Jewish community and placing the cosmological origins of the universe in a religious context.
For speaker Leah Poltoirak, of New York City, whose presentation focused on reconciling science and religion, the greatest challenge was choosing which workshop to attend.
"You wish you could clone yourself and be in three or four places at once," Poltoirak said.
Sometimes controversial in topic, the presentations sparked discussions and heated debates among the participants.
"The presenters are warm, very open, and they have a great sense of humor," said Andrew Meles, of Toronto, after attending Poltoirak's presentation on the conflict between modern cosmology and Judaism. "I am fascinated by things of a cerebral nature, and I can accept the sophisticated science as a metaphor, as a fable, for the world. We should certainly discuss these things. But, at the same time, I think God is the way you perceive him and the world is the way you perceive it. I don't buy into it."
Started in Colorado in 2009, the retreat expects its largest turnout this year, drawing participants from more than 50 cities, some hailing from as far as Chile and Canada.
This is the second time the retreat has been hosted in Greenwich, with the blessing of Rabbi Yossi Deren, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Greenwich.
"There is meaningful content," Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, chairman of the Jewish Learning Institute, said. "I don't know of any Jewish retreat that is this varied, that provides a smorgasbord of opportunities to enhance their education. People come back year after year for the positive atmosphere."


#TalesOnRail Artists in Residence: Days 1 & 2: Artsy Paris!
And so the trip begins!
In Episode 1, Sophie and Jack arrive bright and early on a Saturday morning, and we whisk them off almost immediately for a full day of Paris sightseeing. We take a literary tour through Saint-German-des-Pres and the surrounding areas, we enjoy an early evening apero at a sidewalk cafe, we stop by the famous Shakespeare & Co bookstore, we try some cocktails (really, really strong cocktails) at a hip bar along Canal St Martin, and then we pass out, exhausted, in our super hip rooms at Mama Shelter.
Montmartre is full of former artist and writer haunts! We did this awesome walking tour & got to see where Van Gogh once lived, plus a cafe where Picasso used to hang out, plus the neighborhood where Josephine Baker used to perform.
Shakespeare & Co, the Pantheon, St-Germain-des-Pres… if you're a literary fan and you're visiting Paris, you will nerd out on this walking tour.
We stayed at the lovely and artsy Mama Shelter hotel — thanks for having us, Mama!
Our French videographer Michael took us to a couple awesome local spots: La Recyclerie, a cafe/restaurant/mini flea market/outdoor hangout area (on former train tracks!) and then we played some classic petanque at Ground Central, an outdoor bar and exhibition of classic train cars. Can you sense a train theme here?
The Pere-Lachaise cemetery is the resting place of so many literary and artistic giants: Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Sarah Bernhardt, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright, Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, and more.
At the Pantheon, there are people called "Immortals" (actual job title) who are in charge of preserving the French language. #JobGoals.
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