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ATI R5xxx Roadmap Inside: Value Firstby Kristopher Kubicki & Vinney Shimpi on 8/16/2005 3:24 AM EST
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volrathy - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - link12 pipelines 128 bit memory interface are they 256bit graphics core or 128bit my guess is 128bit ? These things the r530 if they get released like this should bench under a 9800pro
/me goes and buys nvidia 7800gt Reply
steger - Tuesday, September 06, 2005 - linkI can't remember any graphics card being hyped up and down like the r5xx. Nice to see actual dates on this... Not buying anything until I see some benchmarks. Reply
volrathy - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkRV515
450MHz Core Clock
800MHz Memory Clock
256MB Maximum Memory Support
128-bit Memory
4 Pipelines
Maximum 16x16MB 2.5ns GDDR2
This is shocking it would prolly bench under a FX5700 Reply
Biatche1488 - Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - linkDont forget the new memory controller i hope it will be good Reply
IntelUser2000 - Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - linkBut really, do we need faster performance at 1024x768 when you are already getting 100+ frames per second on most games? I am sure there are people that say they "feel" the sluggishness when they are running less than 100 fps, but like me I feel most people think otherwise. Improving 1600x1200 resolution fps is more worth it.
It is much harder to extract parallelism for general purpose applications that CPUs are used for. Graphics are easier to parallelize. Therefore, this multi-core CPU thing should do a lot more than before if the programmers take advantage of it. Reply
KHysiek - Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - linkI mean that 128bit cards with 1,4GHz memory (?!). That sounds a little odd.
What is target price range of these cards ? Reply
MrOblivious - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkLet me get this correct here.....
ATI High Performance Roadmap
Core Name Slot Width Launch Date
R520 "XT" Dual Slot Mid October
R520 "XT" Dual Slot Early October
R520 "XL" Single Slot Early September
These dates are after these dates:
Core Name Slot Width Launch Date
RV530 Crossfi Single Slot Late October
RV515 "XL" Single Slot Late September
As stated here:
Since RV530 and RV515 are actually launching first, we have a bit more information about them.
Last time I checked late October was after Mid or Early as was late september. Maybe you were to good at
quote:even for yourselves?
We have obscured the launch times of these cards intentionally.
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI'll repeat what I said in the forums:
Youre correct. However, shipping and launching are definitely not the same (particularly for graphics companies). Keep in mind too the dates are just slightly fudged too - usually they launch 3 or 4 cards at a time; you'll have to read in between the lines there.
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MrOblivious - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - link
Youre correct. However, shipping and launching are definitely not the same (particularly for graphics companies). Keep in mind too the dates are just slightly fudged too - usually they launch 3 or 4 cards at a time; you'll have to read in between the lines there.
What are you trying to say? Are you saying that the highend will be paper launched? So the low end will launch later but ship first? If so just drop the cloak and dagger routine....it is just muddying the water. Reply
Cuser - Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - linkI think Kristpher is being vague for a reason...which he probably cannot state at this moment. So take his advice and "read between the lines". Reply
OrSin - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkDid someone really complain that these cards are not getting faster fast enough.
Thats crazy. Don't blame it on the cards blame it on games with not so great graphics, blame the damn programmers. All they have to do is program graphics anymore. All the levels, storyline and AI is all the same. So gaming companies take 2 year to redo what, the graphic engine, only to do that poorly. The CPU is not holding up any of FPS, and these cards that are out now are over kill for any other type of games. Can't believe people want more speed. Give me the same or less speed at a real price. The fact that graphic cards are costing more then whole systems is crazy. Who the hell needs 1600x1200 at 120 FPS, with all the goodies on. You either play the game hardcore and don't have time to see the "neat" stuff or you play slow and watch the damn sunset. People have offical lost it. Reply
Rock Hydra - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - link
People have officaly lost it.
Uh...buying the best of the best is nothing new.
That's why they call them performance enthusiasts. They're not really concerned about saving money. They want the best they can get. Reply
Powered by AMD - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkits good to hear at least something about R520. Personally I think, after reading the article, that It will have 32 pipes:
"R520 could be much different than what was originally speculated. (In fact, we know it is.)"
And originally speculated, were its 24 pipes. Maybe its higher clock speed or something else, but I think it will have 32 Pipes, call me crazy if you want :p
Spoonbender - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkYou mean they just tacked on an extra 8 pipelines, in the middle of their respins to *improve* yields? ;)
Nah, I doubt that.
The comment that it's much different from the original specs doesn't have anything to do with pipelines. There are plenty of things to tweak, and most likely, they've only changed stuff like the targeted clock speed, as well as asvarious low-level stuff that does nothing more than move a few wires and components around to achieve better yields. Reply
Josh7289 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkATI is going for higher clockspeeds and less pipelines, a la Intel-style. Nvidia seems to be more liek AMD, going for generally lower clockspeeds but more pipelines...
I don't know about the performance of these GPUs compared to Nvidia's, but I'm almost positive they'll run much hotter...
In the end, it won't matter if these cards are better than Nvidia's if the prices are too high, since ATI is already aggresively cutting prices on their current generation cards and Nvidia's prices are going down, too. Reply
Biatche1488 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkGddr3 1.4ns 512mb i dont know if 512mb will make a diference but if it does on a midrange card r520 will be...I will buy a r530 for my computer its on agp cant wait! Reply
shabby - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkIsnt it kinda stupid to be using super duper expensive memory on a midrange product with a 128bit bus? Reply
Jep4444 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkYou don't know the costs of implementing a 256bit memory interface, it requires more complex wiring amongs other things that could very well mean that 256bit at 350mhz is more expensive than 128bit at 700mhz.
Now i'm no expert and i don't know which costs more to implement but i doubt ATI would spend more money to produce a card than necessary. Reply
DrZoidberg - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkyeah well spotted. RV530 has 128-bit memory, silly to have 512 mb 128 bit memory card cause that will hardly make any difference. I think rv530 is designed to kill the 6600gt cause last year x700 wasnt as good as 6600gt. It will be slower than x800xl or 6800gt. Reply
Tanclearas - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI'm thinking this card is directly targetted at the 6600GT/6800. If ATI can release RV530 at $199 US, it seems like it could do very well. Of course, specs rarely tell the whole story, but the figures match up fairly well with the 6800. Same memory bandwidth (1400MHz 128-bit vs 700MHz 256-bit) and both 12 pipeline. RV530 would definitely have the core speed advantage (600MHz vs 325MHz), but the speed might be overkill for the memory bandwidth available. Reply
coldpower27 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkIf the 600MHZ core speed is correct then this card has more then enough fillrate to take on 6800 GT, which I think it would be targeting nevermind 6800 Standard.
And if it intros at say 199US for the 256MB version, and 249US for the 512MB version it would be pretty sweet indeed.
Memory bandwiddth limitation will continue to be an issue considering the fact that memory performance increase have not scaled in a 1:1 ratio with the amount of fillrate each new generation brings.
128Bit was chosen for cost reasons and feasability, as the RV530 may not have the necessary space around it to implement such an 256Bit one.
But remember Nvidia does have an answer soon, with G72 Core, which is likely to have comparable performance to this very card. Reply
Marlowe - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI think you guys are wrong when you expect these cards to be targeted at the 6600GT/6800 cards, as ATI just released X800GT with this purpose. Reply
CU - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkThey may have just released a product to compete with the 6600 and 6800, but the specs seem to suggest that it should be faster than a 6800nu and even the 6800GT if the game is gpu limited and not memory bandwith limit. With a fillrate of 7200 a 6800GT would need to run at 450mhz. Reply
jonny13 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkNote that is only max memory. That certainly doesn't mean that it will come standard. That just means in a year when the top end cards come standard with 512, they can charge an extra $50 for this low end card with a lot of ram, just like the 6600 with 256 today. Reply
Spoonbender - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkyeah, that struck me as odd too. Could it be that this memory is neccesary for the product to compete? 1.4GHz? On a midrange card? If so, it looks bad for ATI. (But then the 128-bit bus makes no sense)
Or maybe some of the specs got mixed up? That's the only meaningful explanation I can think of. The alternative is that ATI has screwed up big time, which doesn't sound as likely... Reply
tuteja1986 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkJust in when i usually buy my Brand NEW Shinny AWesome graphic card. I am hopping the R520 is really supper fast like Rumor Hype it. Reply
Spoonbender - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkHmm, 12 pipelines on their next-gen midrange card? That's not a lot. Impressive clock speeds though. :)
But given this, I highly doubt the R520 is going to be 32 pipelines like some have guessed. 24 sounds more likely. And then it won't be the uber-powerful G70 killer that ATI fans keep hoping for. (Ok, I'm not saying it'll be slower either, at those clock speeds, it seems like it could be a powerful beast still, but I highly doubt it's going to really destroy the G70)
Am I the only one seeing a similarity to Prescott here? Too much focus on extreme clock speeds, at the cost of an efficient design? (Of course, it's too early to judge actual performance, but we know they're going to need a dual-slot design, while NVidia has actually cut down drastically on heat output with the G70.)
And sheeesh, an october launch on the R520 cards? ATI, I'm not impressed. NVidia is getting one hell of a head start here. Reply
ksherman - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI thnk that ATI is really tryng to advance the technology. They are using new techs and a 90nm process, trying to cut down on power and heat! Reply
Spoonbender - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkCut down on heat? The article says clearly the R4520 requires 2-slot cooling. Compare that to the 7800 GTX which produces less heat than even the last-generation ATI cards. Reply
Spoonbender - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkErr, and that was supposed to be R520, of course :) Reply
R3MF - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linki want a 7800GT competitor pronto so that i can afford to buy one shortly after. :( Reply
DLeRium - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkFirst!
Well I hope this will get ATI on track. Be optimistic. But let's hope this won't be a paper launch. On paper these products always look great, but who knows what will happen now. I bought my 7800GT, but I won't be looking back. If ATI buys NV tomorrow, I will not cry. Reply
OrphanBoy - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI bought an X800XL yesterday (off eBay) and I had a minor heartattack when I saw the title of this article! Though I stand by my decision, as there's no way that the R520 XL card will be released as cheaply as you can get X800XLs today, and the RV530/515 cards don't look comparable in performance to the XL... Reply
GhandiInstinct - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkI just recently got the XL as well. No sweat man, no game now or the near future will own the XL. Reply
UzairH - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkHere's hoping the R520 will be a killer, much faster than 7800GTX. I personally feel that GPUs are not advancing quickly enough. ATI had better release real monsters to make up for the very late launch. Reply
coldpower27 - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkYou think GPU's aren't advancing quickly enough there are other things that don't advance nearly as quick, CPU's for one, Memory is another, HD is one of the slowest of these.
GPU's are actually one of the things that advance the fastest, due to the ability to scale through clock frequency AND parallelism. Reply
Rock Hydra - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkWell, I want something that surely justifies the extreme price point. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - linkGPUs aren't advancing quickly enough!? What about processors? The 7800GTX only benefits relative to many other cards at 1600x1200 or higher resolutions, and SLI doesn't even do that some times. Perhaps if we had even faster GPUs for the mainstream we'd see games increase in graphical complexity, but the CPU is really hurting performance in the latest games when you run G70 cards. Reply


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Polo Park. 18A. 94 minutes
Harmony Korine drafts a pair of former Disney princesses (Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez) into this sordid movie about a quartet of college students engaging in a criminal good time under the influence of a gun-toting, grill-toothed gangsta (James Franco). Korine comes close to saying interesting things about race, gender and power, but alas, he still aspires to be an American Godard, which here translates into contempt for bourgeois notions of character and plot. 'Ö'Ö
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Grant Park, McGillivray, Polo Park. PG. 117 minutes
Tina Fey makes a smooth transition from outlandish TV sitcom (30 Rock) to mature movie comedy as a Princeton University admissions officer compelled to take up the case of a brilliant student who may just be the boy she gave up for adoption years earlier. Fey is dependably droll, but this film by Paul Weitz (About a Boy) allows her a rare chance to explore some darker, deeper shadings that take her well out of the Liz Lemon shallows. 'Ö'Ö'Ö1/2
Globe. PG. 125 minutes
Oscar-winner for best foreign language picture this year, this quietly intense film by Michael Haneke examines the lives of an elderly couple (Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) thrown into turmoil when she suffers a series of strokes, leaving him to struggle to care for her at home. In film, the visual language of love tends to be sex, but Haneke offers a bold and beautiful reconsideration. 'Ö'Ö'Ö'Ö
Polo Park, Towne. 14A. 94 minutes
Halle Berry is a 911 emergency operator who confronts her tragic past when she tries to stand between a serial killer (Michael Eklund) and his next intended victim (Abigail Breslin) in a movie that starts out as a riveting, by-the-book kidnapping thriller. It's only when our Oscar-winning heroine puts down the phone and sets out to do some sleuthing of her own that The Call disconnects, turning into something far more generic, far more routine and far less exciting. 'Ö'Ö1/2 (Reviewed by Roger Moore)
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. G. 100 minutes
A Stone Age family that's not the Flintstones, the Croods are a primitive clan forced from their cave by an earthquake, falling under the guidance of a charismatic nomad (Ryan Reynolds). The animated adventure features a strong, star-studded cast (including Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone) and dazzles visually in wondrously colourful, vibrant 3D, but the script doesn't pop off the screen quite so effectively. 'Ö'Ö'Ö (Reviewed by Christy Lemire)
Towne. PG. 97 minutes
A family suffers weird and unwelcome phenomenon in their home, only to learn an alien presence might be behind it all. Call it a horror mash-up: one-third haunted house movie, one-third demonic possession movie and one-third alien invasion movie. It gets to be a bit of a stretch to ask us to buy into ghost/demon/extraterrestrial beings that exist all in one package. 'Ö'Ö
Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital. 14A. 111 minutes
A businessman (Jason Bateman) takes matters into his own hands when he discovers his identity has been stolen, only to discover an unlikeliest of perpetrators (Melissa McCarthy). McCarthy and Bateman bring their collective charm to bear, but as an escapist comedy, you probably have less stressful options, such as staying at home and paying bills. 'Ö'Ö1/2
Grant Park, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 100 minutes
A once popular Vegas magician, Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) attempts to regain his place against an up-and-coming street magician (Jim Carrey) in this generic, fitfully funny mainstream comedy that doesn't nearly get the best from its name-brand players but doesn't qualify as a desecration, either. 'Ö'Ö1/2 (Reviewed by Ann Hornaday)
McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 114 minutes
Director Bryan Singer (X-Men) directs this fantasy about a likely lad (Nicholas Hoult) who ventures up a beanstalk to save a princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) and, oh yes, take on a race of malevolent giants. A solid, unpretentious entry in the busy bedtime story genre. 'Ö'Ö'Ö1/2
Globe, Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 130 minutes
This prequel to The Wizard of Oz posits how a travelling magician of dubious character (James Franco) lands in the magical world of Oz where he is greeted as both a saviour and a menace by a trio of witches (Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz). Pity about Franco being miscast as a charismatic con man, otherwise this is a fun time with a touch of heart, brains and no small amount of courage in retooling cinematic sacred text. 'Ö'Ö'Ö1/2
Grant Park. PG. 98 minutes
Maggie Smith stars as a former opera diva who stirs things up at a retirement home for retired musicians, whose numbers include her own embittered ex-husband (Tom Courtenay) in this tasteful, safe drama directed by, of all people, Dustin Hoffman. 'Ö'Ö'Ö
Grant Park. 14A. 122 minutes
Bradley Cooper plays an unemployed bipolar school teacher who moves back in with his parents (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver) planning to reunite with his estranged wife, only to be distracted by a young widow (Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence) with issues of her own. Director David O. Russell returns to the same eccentric/blue-collar milieu as The Fighter but a climactic dance competition doesn't have the same impact as a prize fight, and Bradley Cooper doesn't have the same impact as Mark Wahlberg. 'Ö'Ö'Ö
Towne. 14A. 112 minutes
Dwayne Johnson plays a regular guy who turns undercover cop to get the goods on a Mexican drug cartel in a desperate bid to save his son from a trumped up drugs charge. While the movie offers a refreshingly clear-headed view on the inequities and absurdities of the war on drugs, casting pumped-up he-man Johnson as a regular guy is just plain absurd. They might as well have cast Roger Rabbit and dubbed the movie Undercover Bunny. 'Ö'Ö1/2
Globe. 14A. 99 minutes
A young woman (Mia Wasikowska) begins to suspect the worst after her father is killed in an accident and an unknown "uncle" (Matthew Goode) moves in with her mom (Nicole Kidman). South Korean director Park Chan-wook balances knuckle-gnawing anxiety and florid melodrama, and he finds his characters charismatic and toxic, pathetic and frightening, absurd and overwhelmingly sad. 'Ö'Ö'Ö'Ö (Reviewed by Colin Covert)


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Aaron Swartz: Persecution or Just a Tragic Naivete?
Probably most of you know of the suicide of Aaron Swartz, an IT genius and activist. As title, do you consider his death to be the result of the oppression by financial and political powers which control the flow of knowledge, or of just his own stupidity? Knowledge, of which innovation being lead mainly by academic researches, should be allowed to flow freely by whatever means necessary (such a politically correct statement, who dare to publicly speak against it?). This main issue here, however, is that he hacked into MIT's network to release the papers which are under paid subscription, which brought him under criminal investigation, probably delivered solid evidence against him.
I dont like those publishers who impose unfair terms against us. Some years ago while I was still in HKUST, its library issued a notice regarding allegation still some students amongst us apply some techniques like machine controlled downloading streaming subscribed papers from a publisher, who subsequently threatened to forbid access of UST users. Can you fuxking believe that? We paid tuition fee, and the Chinese government funded it with taxpayers' money. And UST library blamed us for "excessively" downloading paid materials?!
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He downloaded a collection of scientific articles in an educational establishment, with the objective of releasing them for free to the public as he believed that people shouldn't have to pay for it. The government arrested him before he released them (he had legal access to the documents, it should be pointed out, he didn't hack into the system, he just made clear what his intentions were because he was an idealist), and did their classic "the only option is a plea bargain because we're gonna post bail at like $56973571035130" move). Schwartz was a mentally unstable person and could not cope with the stress, despite the fact that an objective jury would have found him not guilty, and topped himself.
The answer is, it's both. He was being persecuted for a crime he hadn't yet committed, but he still had the intention to pirate the goods and wholesale distribute them. Regardless of his motive, people worked damn hard to discover the information held in those documents, and they deserve the right to compensation for that effort.Itsbastiat, Dawngate
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The NYTimes had a series of articles about him back in January that pointed out that the FBI was out for his blood for using personal funds to publicly release court documents (which are usually behind a paywall). So, when he was found out sticking a laptop into an MIT locker for the purpose of siphoning scholarly documents and releasing them for free, they threw the book at him - far and above how MIT itself wanted to handle the situation.
He committed suicide because he was something of a savant and a hot-house flower. But as is always the case, the government doesn't much care what you do unless you fuck with their money flow. Do that and they will find you and hurt you.
I am opposed to everything related to him because it only became a thing after he died. talk about getting on the hipster bandwagon.- Tom De Roeck.
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Im surprised this didnt happen already in an age where you can get all media free from a torrent. Anyway down with paywalls and big prices I say.
As I know, the publisher which was the most concerned in this case is JSTOR. JSTOR is a academic journal articles archiving service, archiving selected journals (the list is expanding to cover as many as possible) from their very first issue to the latest, only that to avoid competition against original publishers, JSTOR intentionally maintains a time gap that latest few years of issues aren't put on web, so that JSTOR will not serve as substitute of original publishers' distribution channels (unless, maybe if original publishers want to).
Till the day when my access to JSTOR was terminated with my graduation from my college, JSTOR subscription was only open to institutes. I dont have JSTOR's subscription rates but my guess is, it won't be affordable to most individuals even if it is open to individuals now. However, you have to appreciate that JSTOR is maintaining a very expensive operation in all aspects. First thing first, its highly optimized scanning graphic algorithm is superb. I am not saying that the others are sub-standard, I am just saying that JSTOR is just too outstanding. You know what I am saying if you compare scanned images from services like ScienceDirect to JSTOR. (Of course, there are some with crappy scanning quality, like Pro-Quest.) Yes, JSTOR is collecting a high fee, but it justifies the payment.
Here is the JSTOR's PR statement over the sad event.
I've not heard about this specific case but from the brief description I've heard it seems to me like he was (sadly) putting all his efforts into the wrong place.
There's already a trend towards (eventual) open access happening. It's pretty glacially paced (the publishers don't like it, unsurprising due to the profit per effort ratio the whole industry has for them right now, but I think they're slowly beginning to accept and hey as long as they get money for the important work they do actually do, such as editing, building a trusted journal, facilitating peer review etc,) but it is happening.
The US is moving towards all government funded work (NIH, etc) being published open access after one years grace period for the publishers to get their cut.
The UK, in what is a surprisingly progressive move for the Tories and a rare moment of me having a modicum of respect for them, has gone one better and from April is requiring that all work funded by UK bodies is published open access with the publishers getting their cut from a block grant given to universities for that purpose (hopefully this grant is sufficient, I'd imagine the publishers are ultimately going to lose out a bit here as some compromise has to be made, but as I've mentioned above they've been working to long on a business model that is so stacked in their favour it's more than time for them to do so). The UK is also attempted to encourage the EU to do the same but I think there has been limited success so far.
Also I realise that I've been slagging off the publishers perhaps a bit much - I know for example that the American Chemical Society journals allow the author a personal link to their paper which they can share up to 50 times free of charge (and realistically, that's a pretty substantial number of times for most papers), however it's a feature that's not particularly well advertised and overly convoluted to find, or so I've heard.
Anyway getting sidetracked here, but my main point was that he sounds to have been putting his efforts in the wrong place. There's already a trend to open access and he should have been writing to his representative in government trying to convince them to favour open access and so on. Yes progress is slow, yes his voice would have been tiny but it's one of many and some of them are in high places. He'd make more of a difference by campaigning through top down change in open access policies than releasing a bunch of papers into the wild.
Tragic story. He should never have been put under that amount of pressure. Ridiculous.


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Exiting the cluster of bodies at the LSU bench, guard Andre Stringer strode to the free-throw line with the Tigers in an unusual with position with 13.9 seconds remaining against Texas A&M.
Protecting a three-point lead, the junior was a flip of the wrist away from stanching growing doldrums from a winless start in the Southeastern Conference.
Yet LSU spent the bulk of the evening shedding a ill-desired persona.
Blitzed early, the Tigers rallied from a 15-point first-half hole.
Unable to protect a narrow lead midway through the second-half, the Tigers mustered enough gumption to maintain contact.
Then, knotted in an ugly tie game with two minutes left, they flipped momentum when Shavon Coleman drove a crease along the baseline and banked in a floater to seize control.
Then Stringer's late free throw cemented a 58-54 victory Wednesday in front of 7,064 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, sidestepping a fifth-consecutive loss and spoiling the return of Aggies coach Billy Kennedy to his native state.
"We did an excellent job closing the game out and finishing," LSU coach Johnny Jones said. "That's not something we've done the last few games."
It's unlikely the Tigers (10-6, 1-4) will wring their hands over the less-than-stellar details, such as shooting 38.1 percent and a putrid 5 of 23 behind the three-point line. Or allowing the Aggies a plus-6 rebound margin, fueling a 15-7 edge in second chance points.
If anything, LSU's pressure defense, unveiled seven minutes into the first half, proved the greatest counterbalance in forcing a season-high the Aggies (12-6, 2-3) into a season-high 24 turnovers, including 19 steals.
"I'm really disappointed in how we gave them the ball and basically gave them the game," Kennedy said. "They were quick at every loose ball in the second half and played with more effort and more urgency than we did."
Instead, LSU's attention can linger on Coleman, who paced the Tigers with 17 points on 8 of 16 points off the bench, floating his go-ahead shot over Aggies guard Alex Caruso for a 52-50 lead with 1:59 remaining in the game.
And his easy layup a trip later after a rejuvenated Johnny O'Bryant, who added 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, shoveled an assist across the lane to push the led to four points.
"Our offense is based on inside out," LSU guard Anthony Hickey said.
"We've got to get these two going to get defenses to suck in on them and that leaves the wings open. They played their best game tonight."
Eking out victory seemed remote, though, after the Aggies tore off a 19-5 salvo seven minutes into the first half, capping the burst with Caruso drilling a 3-pointer off the right wing with 12:34 left until halftime.
"They were very deliberate in terms of their style of play, making extra passes, getting open, knocking down shots," Jones said. "The did a nice job getting of to a really good start."
It was a span where LSU's worst traits emerged, largely settling for jumpers in missing five of their first seven shots — four of which were 3-pointers — and committing four turnovers that were converted into seven points.
Not that it dented the Tigers' resolve, Hickey said.
"We've got to stay together," Hickey said. 'The crowd was still into it. They weren't dead on us. Everyone was still into the game."
Calling on the press proved the best tweak, forcing the Aggies in seven turnovers the rest of the first half and robbing them off possessions and missing seven of their final 11 shots.
"It kind of lit a fire under us," Jones said. "The press really changed the game for us."
Meanwhile, the Tigers pared into the lead slowly over the next eight minutes, pulling within 25-17 after O'Bryant split a pair of free throws with 4:12 remaining in the first half.
After J'Mychal Reese missed the front end of a one-and-one, Hickey brought the ball upcourt and worked solo on the freshman, crossing him over to clear enough space for a fall-away jumper with 1.2 seconds left in the first half to send LSU up the tunnel down 28-27.
"He flattened out, and I was able to give him some moves up top," said Hickey, who finished with 10 points and added a season-high 8 steals. "I was just trying to make a play for my team."
Yet LSU seemingly whiffed on three chances out of the locker room to assert authority and take a lead in less than a minute.
Trailing 35-34 with 17:30 to go, guard Charles Carmouche watched his open 3-pointer from the left wing pop off the back rim. On the next trip, O'Bryant's lay-up on a run-out thudded off the bottom of iron.
And, finally, Coleman missed a pull-up jumper from the left elbow with 16:42 to play.
The Aggies responded with Caruso 3-pointer from the right corner on kick-out from Elston Turner to stretch the lead back to four points.
Only O'Bryant scored on the low block to pare the lead back to two points, and freshman Malik Morgan put LSU in front 39-38 with a 3-pointer at the top of the key after Stringer drove the baseline and jumped on the right block for a pitch out with 14:54 to play.
As for the Aggies, they went cold for 5:33, missing five consecutive shots and committing a turnover when Reese was called for a charge with 13:07 left in the second half.
No where to be found was Elston Turner, the Aggies leading scorer at 16.1 points per game, who was limited to his second-lowest scoring game of the season at five points on 1 of 7 shooting.
"We extended the defense, which put him away from the basket," Jones said. "When they got in halfcourt sets they didn't have as much time on the shot clock."
In the second half, Turner's lone points came from the free throw line to draw the Aggies even 50-50 with 2:24 left — a testament to the persistence shadowing by Carmouche and Morgan.
The persistence bore dividends when Coleman took a feed in the right corner and drove past a closing turner, and took off from the right block for the go-ahead bucket.
"If they call for a pick, I'll go and then roll out," Coleman said. "If I have a mismatch on a big, I can take him to the basket."


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Queensland Health does it again;
Well not really. You see, this bad decision started some 5 years ago when the Queensland Public Works Director General and the Minister of the day for Department of Public Works accepted a multi vendor, whole of Government, software solution for a complex payroll need that did not comply with the original tender requirements and would never meet individual State Government Departments requirements.
This so called "Software Solution" was concocted at the time by IBM and did not work from day one of its cursed existence. The Software Solution in question flowed like the majestic Brisbane river into Queensland Health some 3 years ago, where despite alarm bells and early warnings to senior Queensland Health officials of critical faults in the solution, nothing changed and it was full steam ahead. Along the way the Software Solution meandered its way through other Departments creating untold havoc along the way at the Queensland Department of Housing and QBuild before flowing with full force into Queensland Health to cause even more destruction.
In the case of Queensland Health the Software Solution combines two applications. The applications we are talking about include a core payroll system by SAP that for all intents and purpose works fairly well. This has then been bolted to a highly complex pay award interpretation engine and staff rostering application by WorkBrain that unfortunately does not work and that in my mind, and that of my Queensland Health peers, clearly never will.
Over the last 3 years of testing alone at Queensland Health we have raised the inherent failings of this particular application so many times because during all of the testing we have done the application has never worked properly or predictably. We believe it has always failed because it had some major faults in its core code. In the end we gave up raising issues and concerns with management about these problems because it became very clear that no one was listening either in the Department or in IBM.
The application as it stands today in Queensland Health has now been so heavily modified by all parties, in an effort to turn a sows ear into a silk purse, that the original application vendor will no longer support it and it will never be able to be upgraded when the original application vendor releases upgrades for it. No upgrade path, no future development and $40 Million of Queensland tax payers hard earned cash flushed down the proverbial toilet and this is only for Queensland Health at this stage, wait till they do the same at Queensland Police and Queensland Education.
However for Queensland Health this is not the worst of it, these critical faults and more are now only just coming to light with the current pay issues where people are either being unpaid, overpaid or worse still, skimmed. Imagine trying to calculate your pay to see if it has been skimmed by $20 When a $40 Million mega calculator payed for with your taxes cannot even work it out; All I can say is good luck.
Still, though inconvenient for the employees of Queensland Health, and as illegal in corporate behavioural terms as this is for Queensland Health, this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is actually going wrong with this critical and potentially life threatening application.
Imagine if you will a complex rostering application that is supposed to roster the right number and type of specialist care doctors and nurses to work at any given time in a given place throughout the great state of Queensland. Now imagine it is not working correctly, partly because it was never designed to do this task for healthcare providers such as Queensland Health, partly because of its inherent coding glitches and finally because it has been modified so greatly beyond how it is supposed to be used that it has become inherently dangerous in the accuracy of the information that it provides to the people who need it most.
Because of this application the type of medical care and skills that are available to taxpayers, in an emergency and god help them should they ever need it, at every Queensland Health facility cannot be guaranteed when this failing application is being used.
In short, Queensland taxpayers lives have most likely been at risk and been in potential jeopardy from the moment they switched this application on.
I wonder what it will take. Will it take strike action, will it take a class action by the Queensland Health staff whose pays have been affected or will it take a class action by the people and the families whose lives have been ruined because when they needed critical medical attention most it simply was not available because the staff were not rostered to work that day as they should have been.
One of the most disturbing issues here is not the fact that a bad decision was made 5 years ago by a few well meaning public servants or the fact that the application as it exists today will never work properly, it is the fact that the current Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Paul Lucas does not have the wisdom or courage to change it now before someone loses their life.
In a statement made by the Deputy Premier yesterday Mr Lucas said "I have made it clear I take this matter very seriously,". Well Mr Lucas it is time for you to show the people of Queensland just how serious you take it because we are now not only talking about bungling peoples pay up any longer we are talking about peoples' lives. I would have thought myself that the money you will save by stopping this madness at this point would easily pay for this dangerous applications replacement if in fact we need such an application at all.
Further, Mr Lucas said that "This is part of going to a new pay system that will be better for everybody in the longer term but I apologise for any errors in the transition". Not good enough Mr Lucas, stuffing up peoples pay and costing people their lives should never be an acceptable part of going to a new pay system and if you think it is then maybe it is time for you to consider a new career path.
As well he also said "That's why I have made it clear to Queensland Health that they need to fix up any errors immediately". Still not good enough Mr Lucas.
It takes great courage and conviction to make the hard decisions but the people who make them are also the sort of people who become Premier some day.
It is time for you to do what the Taxpayers of Queensland pay you to do.
Make the hard decision and turn this application off before it is too late.


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NZXT Phantom 820 Case Review: Everything, Everythingby Dustin Sklavos on 10/15/2012 1:35 AM EST
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Sunrise089 - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkThanks for the review. I was pleased to see the note about watercooling in the conclusion, since as soon as I saw "NZXT" I though "watercooling" from my association with the Switch 810 as a great watercooling case.
I would however like to humbly request the author consider putting watercooling info in an earlier part of the case review, perhaps the "in and around" section when describing the interior arrangement of the case. It's very helpful for me at least to know how practical watercooling will be with a case even if I don't place to use it that way since it helps put some design decisions in perspective ("that case isn't bad, it's just designed around space for rads"). It would therefore be useful to me if that info was more consistently included in reviews and in a predictable place.
Again though, I do appreciate the watercooling info making it in period, even if new info doesn't seem wholly appropriate in a conclusion. Thanks again for the review. Reply
vvv850 - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkWhy do you always show a build on anything rather than a full ATX or e-ATX motherboard? Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkTo keep the testbed standard. A full ATX or e-ATX motherboard isn't going to generate much more in the way of heat or really affect results in any way, but using a Micro-ATX board across cases allows for consistent, comparable results. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkPerhaps people just want to see how the board fits in the case to check clearances visually and see how their motherboard would match up. Using a smaller than ATX motherboard doesn't really help a lot in the visual comparison.
It's just like you said. If the motherboard makes a minimal difference in heat, then I suggest you've given yourself a great reason not to always use the same small motherboard.
I suspect if you used the micro-ATX mb and ATX mb in the same line by the same company, you'd have a minimal difference yet allow users to get a visual on how the larger mb's layout in the case. Reply
chowmanga - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkChanging test hardware is never a good idea. If the audience just wants to see how a full sized motherboard fits, Dustin could take pictures with said motherboard in place but keep the testing hardware the same for thermal results. Reply
HaydenOscar - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkWould have loved to see some temperature results with all the fans off! Reply
DanNeely - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkWould like to see the IO ports and fan controller. Reply
Earthmonger - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkThis is the sort of case you'd find under a 40 year-old business professional's desk. Not because they're PC-savvy, but rather because they aren't. It's the sort of run-of-the-mill case that a local PC shop would bundle together in a build when the customer didn't bother to specify a case preference. Certainly not premium, but not too cheap or gauche either.
That's been Johnny's problem for quite awhile now. He knows how to design really good cases, but he settles on plastic and steel crap like this and says, "Oh well. The kid's will buy it." He doesn't take a design to it's potential, he just compromises and says, "Meh. Good enough." He doesn't take risks anymore, and he doesn't compete with the big dogs.
At $249. the bracket demands a premium case. Or at the very least, premium materials. So I'd wager that you'll see this thing sub-$200 in no time. Probably closer to $175. It's another design in a long line lately that doesn't stand up for itself. Reply
crimson117 - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkWhere's the downvote button when you need one? Reply
ExarKun333 - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkYou would only see this case bundled 'by default' if a buyer gave a big price for a new build and said 'have at it' for the specifics.
It is VERY doubtful many 40-something professionals would have this under their desk. Way off there.
I agree on the premium price/premium materials comment though. Plastic and steel for $250 is asking a lot. Great WC options though... Reply
puppies - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkI actually disagree with just about everything you said in your post.
No 40 year old business professional is going to be seen dead with this case, it is a "gamer" case through and through.
I wouldn't touch aluminium if that is what you class as a "premium" material. It serves no measurable benfit over steel in my eyes and is more easily damaged, i'm sure the case designers looked at various materials when they went through the R+D for this case and may take on board the comments made about the drive trays being too flimsy but simply calling plastic and steel "crap" is laughable.
As for the price demanding a premium case, did you see the thermal and acoustic test results. It justifies itself there without a shadow of a doubt. Reply
glugglug - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkYou mentioned there is a control for the color of the LED accent lighting. Is it possible to rewire the case to have the different LED colors act as different drive activity lights? Reply
Twoboxer - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkThanks for the fine case reviews. They are invaluable.
In your article you mention the Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Corsair Obsidian 800D, and SilverStone FT02 as the "standards" for comparison, but you do not include performance data for them. I don't recall if they were done prior to establishing the current test bed, or if the results are available elsewhere on the web site.
But in any case it would be beneficial to include their results in at least some of tables presented, even if it means repeating those tests using the current test bed. Reply
Astarael - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkAgreed, and the Rosewill Thor v2 was also mentioned and would be nice to have in the comparison (given that it's so much cheaper, a useful cost/benefit analysis could be done). Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkThey were done using the previous testbed. I generally avoid keeping cases around any longer than I have to as they occupy a LOT of space. Reply
Sugarfoot - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkI have been looking to replace my HAF-X for a year now.
Switch 810 almost did it, but since I dont have plans for watercooling for the foreseeable future, I wanted the Switch but with a side intake, as air cooled setups really love that. Plus the front panel's corner mesh was not dust filtered and I am quite keen on keeping my system dust free. (I use demciflex on my HAF)
I thought this case would be exactly it. Finally dethrone the HAF. Turns out not so. Not for me anyway, as ghastly as the HAF-X looks like, this one is even worse. Looks WAY too cheap and "gamer" to me.
Oh well, maybe there will be a Fractal Define R4 XL? Reply
GeorgeH - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkSo, what's the conversion between ? and inches? Reply
glugglug - Monday, October 15, 2012 - link235mm x 650mm x 612mm (W x H x D)
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cases/31207-ph... Reply
superflex - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkFor $249, I'll take an all aluminum Lian Li. Reply
spamreader1 - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkthe cables can't be seen from the motherboard side. I noticed this after I saw the completed install. Reply
Urizane - Monday, October 15, 2012 - linkThe issue wasn't with which side the cables are on. There are plenty of cases that slide drives in from the left and allow you to plug them in on the right. In fact, that's how I've seen all rails in ATX cases where the drives are mounted left to right (instead of front to back). Here, the cables are still facing the right side panel, but for some reason, the drives have to be inserted on that same side. I don't make a habit out of installing and removing drives on a regular basis, so it would make no difference to me. It's just different. Reply
infoilrator - Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - linkA clear objective found and delivered.
The Phantom created a loyal group, the 810 and 410 showed groth and disernment.
This is over the top, but that can be ab apex as well as an excess.
Can't afford it, but I like where it comes from.
lol, someday someone will get all the details perfect, what will the reviewers do? Reply
elitetechguy - Sunday, October 21, 2012 - linkWhy don't you have the dimensions and weight? If the dimensions and weight didn't come with the documentation, why don't you have a scale and measuring device to get that information so you can write a complete review? Reply
sainikbiswas - Monday, April 24, 2017 - linkHi, does this cabinet has support for SSI EEB Motherboard form factor. We are buying the Asus Z10PE-D8 WS so if anybody out here knows an answer to this, please let me know. Reply


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Charged were Gilbert Sellers, 46, and Robert Moses, 65, following an incident that occurred about 1:15 p.m. at 900 SW 13th St., Tobias said.
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NZXT Phantom 530 Case Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on 7/18/2013 12:00 PM EST
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Jumpman23 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkI had my eye on this case and seems to be everything the 630 is but shrunk. I really like the front door on the 530 over all the other Phantoms. It just doesn't look as flat. My only complaint is that the side fan mount just looks odd there especially without a fan. Reply
crimson117 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - link> the fan controller goes a long way towards making things easier. NZXT opts to use a 4-pin molex power connector for it to ensure enough power is available.
I was more than a little peeved that I need to plug an entire molex cable into my modular power supply /just/ to power the fan controller. Reply
crimson117 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkon my Phantom 630, that it. Reply
Dustin Sklavos - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkThe problem as I understand it is that the SATA power lead isn't rated for as high a wattage as the molex is, so the molex becomes a necessary evil. Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, July 19, 2013 - linkThe SATA power connector has 3 12V pins (and 3 5V and 3 3.3V ones). Each pin is able to deliver 1.5A as per the wikipedia entry and 2 other sites I found via google. That is 54W for the SATA power cable for the 12V rail only (22.5W and 14.85W for the 5V/3.3V rails). Numbers for the Molex/4-pin connector are bit hard to come by. The most common number is 13A maximum (rated by Molex for the connector) and 5A for PC use. So it is between 60W and 156W from the 12V rail (25W/55W for the 5V rail). So, just comparing the 12V rails (which will likely be the only ones used), you have a power delivery advantage of the 4-pin Molex connector of ~6W to 102W. Considering that even the 6 pin PCIe connector is only rated for 75W and that is with more ground and 12V connections, I doubt anything above 5A is save or reasonable. So the actual difference as far as I can tell, is fairly small, with some variation possible. However, apart from some Delta fans, I doubt anything plugged into that control uses more than 5W when fully powered (many fans even use less than 1W if they are 120mm or below). So you can safely run at least 10 average fans off a SATA cable. I'm sure they could have handled it with a SATA connector. Unless they give me a specific reason that would go against it or invalidate my quick calculations. :) Reply
JDG1980 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkAny chance we'll see a Silverstone FT04 review sometime soon? Newegg already sold out of their first batch... Reply
kwrzesien - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkThe silver is still in stock: $229 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
Giffs - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkThis case looks awesome, but so does the Nox Hummer Zero usb 3.0
A review on the Nox would be great.
Thanks Reply
justaviking - Friday, July 19, 2013 - linkLooks like a Star Wars stormtrooper. Reply
xbaronjagerx - Sunday, November 24, 2013 - linkFunny you say that... I actually own this case and guess what my computer name is... STORMTROOPER!!! Also, I would like to add something to the review. The reason I'm reading this article is because I just broke the front panel audio jack, due to it being mounted on the front, I went to reach behind the pc and broke it... Just want to throw out there that I'm not happy with the usb and audio in/out being on the top of the case... other than that, the case is fantastic. Reply
xbaronjagerx - Sunday, November 24, 2013 - linkMounted on the TOP... not front. Reply
Ammohunt - Friday, July 19, 2013 - link$129 is a pretty steep price point for me personally i feel that $50 is the sweet spot between chintzy and useful features. Of course a case for me houses my components under my desk not into fashion statements. Reply
Peroxyde - Saturday, July 20, 2013 - linkI thought that too ... until I got a Fractal Design R4 on sale for $80. Now I can say I will never buy low end case. You can't imagine what you miss trying to save $30 / $50 on a case. In my opinion, the Fractal Design R4 beats by far Corsair & Antec cases of comparable price. Wait until you get a sale and get one good case. You will not regret it. Reply
Death666Angel - Friday, July 19, 2013 - linkAT needs a "report spam" button. Reply
versesuvius - Saturday, July 20, 2013 - linkWhat an ugly case. Reply
fluxtatic - Sunday, July 21, 2013 - linkHoly crap - can we get some mods up on these comments? Reply
MustarDude - Sunday, July 21, 2013 - linkHey. I would love to get this case. It's an absolute beauty with ten-million features, but I need to know the exact dimensions. It says, here and at NewEgg, "235mm x 572mm x 543mm", but I can't tell from the pictures whether it goes w x h x d or w x d x h (i'm almost certain its the first), and if that is measured with the plastic coverings at it's widest point. I know 3 cm might not matter to many, but for me it's a matter of "will it fit in my desk or not?" (and I know it's a great injustice to put this in a desk, but I have no choice). If you can help me out at all, it'd be greatly appreciated! Reply
Hawx - Friday, January 24, 2014 - linkHi All,
Greetings !!
Just wondering ,
Do I need to place any type of screws or pins before mounting a MOBO onto it.
Also is it better to install CPU and FAN and then put them in the case or fix the MOBO and then install the cpu and aftermarket cooler FAN.
Please suggest Reply
molex problem - Thursday, March 20, 2014 - linkGuys I need help
I am making a new build and I have completed building it but when connecting the molex connector to power supply I found out that out of 4 pins , 1 pin is missing.
My case nzxt phantom 530
What should I do without the molex connector in built fans don't work
I have water cooling h100i.
So what should I do ? Reply
palixander - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - linkI was wondering if anybody here had installed an LED strip into this case before? I bought an asus maximus viii formula MB, and was just wondering if LED strips lit up well with this case. Reply


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Codirectors of Ithaca College's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Curated Films for International Festival in India
ITHACA, NY — For the fourth consecutive year, Ithaca College faculty members Patricia Zimmermann and Tom Shevory, codirectors of the college's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), have curated a selection of 11 films that will be included in "Voices from the Waters 2010." A four-day international film festival and conference to be held August 27 to 30 in Bangalore, India, "Voices from the Waters" will spotlight the diminishing accessibility of freshwater for human use due to river pollution, climate change, deforestation and other global issues concerning water.
A collaborative partner with "Voices from the Waters," FLEFF has joined with two organizations — Indonesia's Engage Media and the Mexico/U.S. binational Chiapas Media Project — in sending the films to Bangalore.
" 'Voices from the Waters' is the largest international film festival devoted to water, with more than 300 handpicked films that deal with the many artistic, political and environmental dimensions of the worldwide water crisis," Zimmermann said. "The festival offers a chance for a broad-based assessment of consumption patterns, dam placements, droughts, floods and other issues affecting our future."
"The tragic events currently unfolding in Pakistan are a terrible indication of how we need to be good stewards of our planet's water resources," Shevory added.
A listing of the works curated by Zimmermann and Shevory, along with summaries, is attached.
Launched in 1997, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival was an outreach project from the Center for the Environment at Cornell University. In 2005, the festival moved permanently to Ithaca College where it is housed in the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies as a program to link intellectual inquiry and debate to larger global issues.
For more information on FLEFF, visit www.ithaca.edu/fleff.
More information on "Voices from the Waters" is available at www.voicesfromthewaters.com.
Ithaca College's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF)
Curated titles for the 2010 "Voices from the Waters" Film Festival
Bangalore, India, Aug. 27 to 30
"Wake Up Freak Out"
This short animated film by Leo Murray concludes that we are now dangerously close to the tipping point in the world's climate system and catastrophic changes are inevitable.
"Green Gone Wrong"
In this day and age, people in Indonesia, particularly Jakarta, are jumping on the "green" trends bandwagon in a quest to save the Earth from the effects of global warming. Unfortunately, though meaning well, many people misunderstand the essentials of going green.
"Dark Sun"
This short 3D animation film by David Nerlich follows a dreaming monologue, with transient voices and imagery floating and exchanging meaning, to examine how the degradation of the earth's environment has affected the iconic way people have viewed the sun.
"Kereta Angin Sahabat Bumi" (Bicycle Is the Friend of the Earth)
In an effort to stop pollution, the Bike-to-Work community is trying to bring back biking as a method of transport for city workers. The challenge, though, is trying to fight the traffic and keep motor vehicles from pushing them aside.
"The Unreliable World"
People from Sungai Utik, an Indonesian village in Kalimantan, discuss how recent changes in rainfall and weather patterns are impacting their ability to farm, hunt and participate in traditional rainforest life.
"Small Islands, Big Impact"
Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, sees climate change as both a human rights issue and a security threat. On the eve of the Copenhagen Climate Summit, he makes an earnest appeal for the world to defend frontline states such as his.
"Tofiga O Pili Aau"
Documenting the impacts of climate change on the coastal communities in Samoa, "Tofiga O Pili Aau" was created by representatives from eight villages on Savai-i and Upolu islands.
"When It Flood It Was Never Like This Before"
In 2006, after the Philippine government reactivated the Mining Act to revive the mining industry, landslides, flash floods and other calamities occurred, killing thousands of people and devastating commercial life. No one was held accountable, even after a typhoon struck Metro Manila and flooded the metropolis for the first time.
"Dirty Old Coal"
This short film emphasizes how the coal industry is fed to consumers like brands of breakfast cereal. Unfortunately, when only coal is on the shelf and renewable energy sources aren't, consumers have no choice in how to heat their homes.
"Climate Change Options"
Now that the general public accepts climate change and wants to help, more information is needed for people to know the difference between effective solutions to our environmental problems and so-called "greenwashing" and wishful thinking.
Zimmermann and Shevory will also curate the following film from the Chiapas Media Project:
"Pueblos Unidos: Swine Flu Ground Zero in Mexico"
In 1994, with the consent of the then governor of the Mexican state of Veracruz, the U.S. transnational industrial pig farming company, Carroll Farms, started operating in the valleys of Cofre de Perote in Veracruz. The farmers of the region thought the company would bring them benefits by creating jobs, but they soon realized industrial pig farms contaminate the air, land and water. In 2009, an epidemic of swine flu began in La Gloria and has now spread and threatened the entire world.


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Shield Of Straw
Dir: Takashi Miike. Japan. 2013. 124mins
Prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike shows off his formidable skills at constructing taut suspense sequences in Shield Of Straw (Wara No Tate), but this action-thriller doesn't quite live up to a premise that promises far more. Pitting a few brave police officers against an entire nation wanting to kill the prisoner they're transporting, the movie has its pulpy thrills — not to mention a gripping central performance from Takao Osawa — but plausibility issues and an unconvincing exploration of the limits of justice noticeably dampen the fun.
Fujiwara's one-note portrayal of Kiyomaru reduces him to a garden-variety psychopath, not someone whose repellent evil can get under the skin of those protecting him.
Playing in Cannes' Official Competition, Shield Of Straw might have a wider international profile than other Miike efforts because of its contemporary setting and accessible crime-thriller plot. But the film's B-movie soul might keep it more of a cult item, although Miike aficionados will no doubt be interested.
Based on a novel by Kazuhiro Kiuchi, Shield Of Straw is set in motion by the desperate actions of the wealthy Ninagawa (Tsutomu Yamazaki), who has placed an ad in Japanese newspapers offering a reward of a billion Yen to anyone who kills Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara), a repeat rapist and murderer whose latest victim is the man's seven year-old granddaughter.
Frightened for his life, Kiyomaru surrenders to local authorities. But because so many citizens want that reward money, including members of law enforcement, an elite team of cops — including haunted Mekari (Osawa) and ambitious young agent Shiraiwa (Nanako Matsushima) — are assigned to escort the suspect from Fukuoka to Tokyo for sentencing, risking their lives to protect this unrepentant psychopath.
The film's high-concept story gives Miike plenty of opportunities early on to build tension. As Mekari and his team quickly learn, anyone they come across on their journey could be secretly trying to assassinate Kiyomaru — and they'll try just about any possible gambit to do it. This leads to memorable sequences that are as large-scale as a confrontation between an armoured caravan and a truck driver with an explosive payload, and ones that are much more intimate, such as a disturbed man holding a knife to a young girl's throat demanding that Kiyomaru be handed over to him.
At first, the story's creeping paranoia makes for fun moments — the team members aren't even sure they can trust each other — but eventually that pleasure gives way to vague disappointment when it becomes clear that Miike hasn't kept a close eye on the small details of his story.
Setting aside the dubious believability of Japan's government allowing a multi-billionaire to offer a reward for a cold-blooded killing, the most glaring plot problem is the filmmaker's reliance on oddly thoughtless actions by Mekari's team to open the door for action sequences. Despite establishing the fact that they must be wary of everyone outside their inner circle, repeatedly Mekari or his cohorts lower their guard, which predictably brings deadly consequences. (Along the same lines, even though they're guarding a dangerous madman, the team occasionally seems rather incompetent in actually keeping an eye on him.)
Adding to these frustrations is Miike's insistence on peppering his action movie with moral questions about the efficacy of revenge. Shield Of Straw aspires to examine what the ethics are for safeguarding the life of a known killer just so that he can get his day in court, a sign of basic human decency that he himself never showed his victims.
No doubt these thematic concerns give Shield Of Straw a little more emotional resonance, but Miike approaches them in a heavy-handed way. It also doesn't help that Fujiwara's one-note portrayal of Kiyomaru reduces him to a garden-variety psychopath, not someone whose repellent evil can get under the skin of those protecting him.
Still, Osawa serves as a strong force for good at the centre of this story. Without revealing his painful past, let it be said that Mekari has legitimate reasons for killing Kiyomaru, and his growing personal struggle to defend this murderer from the lawless mobs humanises the movie's otherwise muddled stab at moral complexity.
Production companies: NTV, Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, OLM, KODANSHA, YTV, Yahoo! JAPAN, East Japan Marketing & Communications, Inc./STV, MMT, SDT, CTV, HTV, FBS
International sales: Celluloid Dreams, www.celluloid-dreams.com
Producers: Naoaki Kitajima, Misako Saka, Shigeji Maeda
Executive producer: Seiji Okuda
Screenplay: Tamio Hayashi, based on the novel by Kazuhiro Kiuchi
Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita
Production designer: Yuji Hayashida
Editor: Kenji Yamashita
Music: Koji Endo
Main cast: Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, Goro Kishitani, Masatoh Ibu, Kento Nagayama, Kimiko Yo, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki