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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2008
Four Mile Run to Undergo Spring Cleaning
Arlington and Alexandria Collaborate to Ensure Flood Protection for Residents
Beginning in July 2008, the City of Alexandria and Arlington County will conduct maintenance work, including the removal of excessive vegetation and sediment along the Four Mile Run flood control channel. This maintenance effort is required to ensure flood protection for residents and businesses along lower Four Mile Run.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) constructed the Four Mile Run flood control channel, which extends from I-395 to the stream's mouth at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in the 1970s following several devastating floods in the Arlandria area. USACE designed the flood channel to a width and depth sufficient to carry Four Mile Run's flows during major rain events. Over time, sand and gravel build up in the channel, and plants grow on the sandbars, lowering the channel's capacity for carrying the floodwaters produced by large rain storms. To ensure the protection of homes and properties adjacent to the flood control channel and ensure the structural stability of the flood protection measures, the City of Alexandria and Arlington County periodically must remove the sandbars and vegetation from the channel and close to the levees and floodwalls, in order to maintain the channel's capacity for safely carrying floodwaters.
What Residents Will See
Starting in July, residents will see crews and construction equipment working in and near Four Mile Run, removing trees, shrubs, and other vegetation growing in the channel. Sand and gravel deposits may be removed in specific locations as well, depending on the amount of accumulation since the last dredging occurred in early 2006. While measures will be taken to reduce the amount of sediment that becomes re-suspended in the stream channel, residents may see some brownish discoloration of the water as sediment is being removed and for a short period of time afterward. The sediment and plant material may be temporarily stockpiled in locations adjacent to the stream before it is loaded onto trucks for recycling or disposal. An herbicide called "Rodeo," which is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for application on invasive weeds and emergent vegetation along water bodies, will be used sparingly.
Throughout the summer and fall, targeted tree removal will occur on the landward side of floodwall and levee systems. Arlington County's Urban Forestry staff plan to transplant many of these trees to areas that will not affect the integrity of the flood control structures.
Future Plans
The City of Alexandria and Arlington County are working to limit the need for significant in-stream maintenance in the future. The City and the County have partnered with the USACE and the Northern Virginia Regional Commission on the Four Mile Run Restoration Project, in an effort to return natural stream characteristics to the flood channel corridor, while also maintaining flood protection. The restored stream will reduce sediment deposits within the corridor and also will add vegetation appropriate for a flood control channel. The current channel maintenance activities relate to an existing maintenance agreement with USACE and not the restoration project.
Additional Information
For more information about the Four Mile Run Restoration Project, contact Laura Grape, Northern Virginia Regional Commission Senior Environmental Planner, 703.642.4625 or firstname.lastname@example.com, Jason Papacosma, Arlington County – email@example.com, or Claudia Hamblin-Katnik, City of Alexandria – firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The floods that have devastated Italy over the past week could become even more severe in the future, threatening food production and destroying the country's natural beauty, experts warn.
Storms have battered ancient towns and left large swaths of farmland in Tuscany under water, prompting a warning from the region's governor, Enrico Rossi, that "climate change is making us get used to ever more violent flooding".
A hot, arid summer this year, followed by the floods, has ensured that more traditional Italian produce, which finds its way into kitchens around the world, is increasingly scarce, said Coldiretti.
Italy's wine harvest dropped 6% to a 40-year low, while the apple harvest was down by 22%, pears by 13%, chestnuts by 50% and honey by 25%. Production of flour destined for making pasta dropped by 12%

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It started as 30 words. One hundred years later, it's almost 4 million.
The 16th Amendment to the Constitution, creating the federal income tax, and the millions of words in the tax code today provide data points marking the evolution of a simple concept into a convoluted reality.
The statistics on the burden imposed by the byzantine tax code get wide circulation every year at this time:
* Americans spend more than 6.1 billion hours and $168 billion complying with the tax code.
* Most Americans (60 percent) hire a professional or use tax- preparation software (30 percent).
* The tax code has had 4,680 changes since 2001, more than one a day.
Everyone complains about its complexity. The IRS's taxpayer advocate cites it as the No. 1 problem. Politicians seem to agree that the road to tax simplification goes through lower rates and a broader base. Yet all that consensus has yielded precious little progress.
Max Baucus and Dave Camp, chairmen of the Senate and House tax-writing committees, respectively, said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on April 8 that comprehensive tax reform is "alive and doable." They will seek our input, using social media, in coming weeks.
The two lawmakers have already agreed on "fundamental principles." Tax reform should level the playing field for ordinary families by retaining the code's progressivity and closing special-interest loopholes. It should help U.S.
Noble goals. Yet one day before the Baucus-Camp op-ed appeared, the New York Times ran a front-page exposé on lobbying. The Times analysis found that "at least 28 aides who have worked for Baucus, Democrat of Montana, since he became the committee chairman in 2001 have lobbied on tax issues during the Obama administration -- more than any other current member of Congress."
How, exactly, did we get from the introduction of the income tax on Feb. 3, 1913, to $1.1 trillion of annual tax expenditures, which are government spending by another name minus the transparency?
"The short answer is, there have always been preferences," says Joseph Thorndike, director of the tax history project at Tax Analysts, a publisher in Falls Church, Va. "From the start, there was a deduction for interest paid. It was intended to be a business deduction -- a cost of doing business -- but people with mortgages started to deduct interest."
The charitable deduction was introduced in 1917 "to make the world safe for philanthropy," he says. Then came the preferential treatment of dividends and capital gains; and so on. All these violate the principle of tax fairness -- the idea that people with the same income should pay the same tax rate.
The real impetus for tax breaks came in the 1950s. Congress realized the top marginal rate of 91 percent was a political liability, so lawmakers crafted exemptions to make the rates easier to swallow.
In March 2011, the Senate Finance Committee asked the same question I'm asking -- How did we get here? -- and scheduled a public hearing. The Joint Committee on Taxation provided the background. The report found that of the 270 tax expenditures that existed or were adopted from 1987 to 2007, 202 remained in place in 2007.
"In general, tax expenditures, once adopted, tend to stay in place," the Joint Committee on Taxation notes in its report.
No surprise there. The last attempt to streamline the tax code by lowering marginal rates and broadening the base was in 1986. Top marginal rates began to creep up soon after, and so did the number of tax loopholes, according to the report.
Efforts to repeal the 16th Amendment have come to naught. "The Flat Tax," first proposed in 1981 by the Hoover Institution's Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, is an appealingly simple solution with no real advocates except Steve Forbes. Equally compelling is the idea of replacing the income tax with a national retail-sales tax.
Yet here we are, talking once again of comprehensive tax reform that creates proper incentives to work and save, simplifies our lives, removes inefficiencies and boosts the economy. I don't want to be disappointed again.
Thorndike tells me I need to think about the issue differently. "Tax reform isn't a destination," he says. "It's a journey."
We got there in 1986, he explains. And we will have to fight this battle again, every year. It's the price we pay for democracy.
Caroline Baum, author of "Just What I Said," is a Bloomberg View columnist.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post114823813206475431..comments2018-05-09T17:14:10.753+10:00Comments on The NXT STEP is EV3 - LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Blog: Philo's solution to NXT batteriesAsha email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post-76784811288640288642008-11-21T08:32:00.000+10:002008-11-21T08:32:00.000+10:00When I was younger I've always loved to make elect...When I was younger I've always loved to make electrical robots out of lego but some how I've never seen it out on the market..
If it here on the market now, I am most definitely buying my son a set of lego's just so that can be my excuse! :)Dell notebook batterieshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post-1162591792392082702006-11-04T08:09:00.000+10:002006-11-04T08:09:00.000+10:00Hi Phil,you may look for these numbers:61395961396...Hi Phil,

you may look for these numbers:
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firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post-1148371975024735852006-05-23T18:12:00.000+10:002006-05-23T18:12:00.000+10:00Hello Franklin,I have heard of Rayovac rechargeabl...Hello Franklin,

I have heard of Rayovac rechargeable alkaline cells for some time, but never tried them. Some people seem happy with them (http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=17492) but current limitation (about 400mA from what I've seen) seems to be a real bummer for the NXT. I confirm that a single heavy loaded motor can consume up to 800 mA connected to NXT (up to 2A when directly powered from an external supply!), 600mA sustained.

Moreover I went to the website of Rayovac and of Conrad and found no mention of rechargeable alkaline batteries. Looks like they gave up on this product.

My opinion is that NiMH provide a good solution for all mobile NXT applications, except for the most demanding ones. At 7.2V the NXT+NXT motor deliver more work than a RCX with 2 parallel motor under 9V...

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post-1148324761078379922006-05-23T05:06:00.000+10:002006-05-23T05:06:00.000+10:00It's me again. After reading my first comment conc...It's me again. After reading my first comment concerning batteries and their use for the NXT I realised that I need to explain a bit more about these batteries. I made a little mistake. I was talking about these rechargeble 1.5 V batteries as being Li-Ion but in actual fact they are rechargeble 1.5 Alkaline batteries. I have been using the Rayovac brand for some years now for all my RCX units and the Motors that came with it. Phil, When I looked at your site about all the Lego Motors that saw light over the years I realised that I used these Rayovac 1.5 Volt Rechargeables successfully with these old motors also because their maximum current per motor was just around 120 mA. These special Alkaline rechargeables from Rayovac or Accucell have a current limit when unloading of about 350 mA. this was OK for the 3 moters on 1 old RCX but when looking at your charts about the new NXT motors I realised that there will probably be the big change with the NXT...these new motors are probably the best strong beasts I have seen since motors for radio controlled cars!!! They consume almost 4 times that of the old motors and weigh even much less?!...approx 500 mA?! max. This means that my succesfull use of this new rechargeable technology for RCX's probably is going to restrain me with the new NXT motors. You have done a Study on this from looking at your website...what is your opinion? Are these real maximum currents or would it still be possible to use this new Alcaline rechargeable technology? These new batteries have a limited rechargeable life but have no memory effect and even when, according to the brochure they can only be recharged 25 to 50 times for normal use and 100 times for very frequent use.. the cost of 1 set of 6 AA's for around 10 euro's would still mean that this is a much cheaper solution than buying non-rechargeable Duracells al the time. It is interesting though to talk about this topic for the NXT since even rechargeable battery technology is leaping forward every year. I hope that my comment triggers some more discussion about the LI-Ion pack that Lego is providing for the NXT education pack and the possible future for the Standard NXT box. perhaps some other new solutions are being born soon!!!

Many regards from a big dutch Lego and Mindstorms Fan...FranklinFranklin van den firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-21402852.post-1148282494498785742006-05-22T17:21:00.000+10:002006-05-22T17:21:00.000+10:00Hi Phil,Reading your story on battery life I have ...Hi Phil,

Reading your story on battery life I have the following comment. For some time now also Lithium-Ion rechargeble AA (LR6) batteries exist on the market which do run on 1.5 Volts per cel. I use these for some years know and they are perfect. For example the brand Rayovac but there are also others. The advantage over the NmMh standaard is the 1.5 V instead of 1.2 Volts. It requires a different charger that can be purchased but these batteries are a good solution to the 1.5 Volt Non-rechargeble batteries without loss of power for the many of us. Check out the site of www.Conrad.com where I buy these 1.5 V Lithium Ion rechargeable AA's.

Regards from also a big Lego Mindstorms Fan, FranklinFranklin van den firstname.lastname@example.com


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Great Experience
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-03-20
Did a pitch for these guys and had a great experience. They clearly had done prep-work before the meeting and had intelligent questions and comments. The meeting was productive for both sides of the table.PRIVATE: Members Only
Crv You Want for the Name
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-12-19
Crv is Tough but Fair
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by douglaird on 2007-10-08
Let me start off by saying that I am the CEO of a semiconductor startup so I have zero experience with Quickstart. I am a portfolio company of CRV so you can say my opinion is biased. This is my third start up. The first one went belly up the second went public and we are pre-revenue on this one. I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly since I have worked in silicon valley since 1978. Needless to say I have been up and down Sand Hill Road more than I care to admit so I can honestly say that I have seen it all when it comes to venture capital. The name of the game in venture capital is to touch as many companies as possible to find the next "Google." Consequently many times people don't call back you just have to accept it as the normal course of business. I found CRV to be tough but fair in their analysis of my business plan. Quickstart is a new program so I'm sure CRV is still working out the kinks. It sounds as though there needs to be a more formal process of reviewing plans with a target date for follow up. The Quickstart program is a good idea that could benefit both CRV and entrepeneurs with a little more structure to reduce the fustration.PRIVATE: Members Only (363 Characters)
Susan Wu
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by anonymous on 2011-03-05
Looks like funded reviews and comments are working, CRV in that direction, recently they hired an EIR.PRIVATE: Members Only
Simply "Shrinking" the Traditional VC Model Does Not Work
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by goodform on 2007-05-18
When it comes to Seed Level Funding, The Problem is:
1) The Seed Level Funding pool is shrinking (+/- $500K)
2) Sourcing of Seed Level Candidates is haphazard at best.
3) Seed Level Funding is not economical in terms of ROI, Time, Overhead and Personnel Costs for Traditional VC Firms
4) The Seed Level Funding process is viewed by Funding Candidates as "Cautious" at best and "Adversarial" at worst - The Candidates genuflect and the VCs pontificate
5) After-Funding oversight of the Candidate is not consistent or effective
The Solution is Found in The Following Assumptions:
1) Funding a Candidate to Viability is getting less expensive - open source software, cheaper hardware, ASP-based services to handle back office processes, Web 2.0 buzz . . . .
2) The Funding Candidate is the "Customer" - simply spending less per investment while still maintaining the passive VC investment model will not work. Understand the Customer. Live in the Customer's World.
3) Seed Organizations want their Customers to succeed - incubators, local tech organizations, tech transfers, universities
There is a Solution to the Problem / Opportunity of Seed Level Investing - The START FundPRIVATE: Members Only
Good Experience
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-12-29
Pitched them. Were fast to response and follow up. We were too early for them.PRIVATE: Members Only
Would Have Loved to Work with Them
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by termsheettremors on 2008-05-05
Met George Zachary and was hugely impressed. These guys have lots of their own capital at stake and take the companies they like seriously. If not for an eleventh hour conflict of interest, we'd likely be working with them nowPRIVATE: Members Only (335 Characters)
Getting Aggressive
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-02-16
Quickstart; Renamed Quicksand
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by blk911 on 2007-05-06
The details of the program seem to be fairly straight forward: fund at the seed level, get a ConvDebt w/pref in exchange for shot at series "A". [sic] We'll fund some projects early, not expend a ton of overhead scrutinzing the incubation and launch then get more heavily involved at the first 'open' round.
I made an inquiry on a Friday night at 9pCST, rec'd a reply in 40min. "Nice...but they didn't address my concern" which was that I wanted to have a phone conversation prior to sending in my Exec Summary. 4 days later the reply came "We can't do that...". So I sent a link which gave some public details and ask for a phone convo. "Sorry".
Seemed like it was not too much to ask, since our business is in the mobile space and todate, a completely unique concept there (hence a bit concerned about a blind mail-in).
2 emails more and we concluded that I would contact them post-launch. As described above, I wonder if they are for real or fishing for ideas or getting educated on what folks are doing in what spaces. We have an experienced team, seasoned vets in mgmt, code done, beta launched...and won't even do a phone call"
Odd.PRIVATE: Members Only (178 Characters)
Jon Aurbach is Great.
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by RenaissanceMan on 2011-03-01
Jon was a pleasure to deal with at CRV. Was able to move extremely fast and was completely understanding of any issues that stood in the way of financing. We're just getting started but are very excited to be working with CRV.PRIVATE: Members Only (103 Characters)
Good Guys
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by level on 2009-09-27
These guys had funded a friend's company and we were starting to pitch to them. It wasn't a good fit for us, but my friends gave them high marks. The partner (why am I so bad at names??) went the extra mile to help their company - even coming in to our offices and making sure everything went well when we were exploring integrating our technologies. My friend also compared them very favorably to his angle investors. For what it's worth.PRIVATE: Members Only
Very Pleasant and Quick
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2008-10-28
Pitched to Bill Tai and he passed, was very pleasant and quick. He was good enough to admit that he did not understand the business model, he was straight forward and direct which was refreshing.PRIVATE: Members Only
George Zachary: Class Act
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by mad1tim2 on 2008-06-12
I have hardly met another VC who is as professional, interested and engaged as George. I was impressed from the moment I met him to the week later he gave us a term sheet, to the 9 months later as he has become involved in our company. I would definiteyl show him your plan, as I believe he will give a quick response and move fast to secure a deal.PRIVATE: Members Only (124 Characters)
Charles River/Quick Start/Susan Wu
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by pc-vip on 2007-11-16
Seeing the mixed bag of reviews and ratings of CRV, CRV-QS, and Susan in particular makes me think "yeah, that's right". Mixed Bag.
I followed the steps for CRV-QS, and knowing that Susan was the assigned gatekeeper reached out to her seperately. She was polite, direct, and reasonably prompt.
Is that the goods news or the bad" I'm not sure. While I'm a big fan of smart people trusting their own judgement and instincts in making decisions, I found Susan's rationale for rejecting us from consideration to be incredibly short-sighted, especially given the small nature of a CRV-QS investment and the firm's ability to structure the deal any way they chose.
Sure, nobody enjoys hearing that their baby is ugly...and Susan didn't really say that. What she did say (I'm not kidding), is that the SMB space is too fractured to make investing in a company that is trying to do business there make any sense.
That might be enough to frustrate anyone, but in my case, I asked for a referral to a partner responsible for more traditional VC deals. Susan simply ignored the request.
As I said: mixed bag.PRIVATE: Members Only
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by johnnyonetime on 2007-11-01
The Quick Start program is kind of a joke. We were asked to come in and pitch our idea and told we would receive a response by day's end. We were given 30 minutes to pitch, which really isn't enough time to explain a dynamic market. I'm a proponent of "short and sweet", but every other VC alloted us 1:30 hours to explain our approach.
After the meeting we never heard back from CRV for 45 days! Pure radio silence. Once we did hear back the response was, "there isn't enough information to pursue this opportunity at this stage." No kidding"""" Maybe 45 minutes would have afforded us enough time to provide a sufficient amount of information:)
Susan Wu was the lead on our meeting and we very much liked her. I have worked with Ted Dinnersmith in the past and he too is great. I can't really speak about the others beyond a general angst they cast when you meet them.
CRV has done some interesting deals, but the quick start program is not as advertised. Conceptually it sounds great, but in practice I have to say it just doesn't work.
We are funded at this stage, so I hold nothing against CRV, but I do recommend they retain some brand equity and kill the program.PRIVATE: Members Only (75 Characters)
Sarah Reed is Unprofessional General Counsel
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by anonymous on 2007-10-01
Avoid dealing with Sarah Reed. She oversteps her bounderies as general counsel, as though she is a decision making partner. As an attorney we'd expect her to be fair and unbiased, but in our experience she's anything but. Arrogant ego.PRIVATE: Members Only
Definitely Quick, Maybe Rushed
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-09-25
Dealt with Susan Wu who gave a quick no for QuickStart. I appreciated the quick no, and she gave a brief explanation: she wanted our business model to copy a couple of large firms in our space. This was a topic other investors asked us about, but it seemed like Susan didn't have time to dialog.PRIVATE: Members Only
Quickstart Only for Social Networking"!
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-07-03
Chris told me that Quickstart is ONLY for Social Network Businesses !" WHAT"PRIVATE: Members Only
Smart People
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2010-01-08
Very honest and knowledgeable talk with Izhar.PRIVATE: Members Only
Strong Fund Based on Lots of Experience W/East Coast Office
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by stupatterson on 2007-08-14
CRV has a great deal of experience and a remarkably successful track record. While it's understandable that many entrepreneurs who are turned down by them have posted on here, readers shouldn't take it as an indication of CRV's overall quality. CRV has been a pioneer in the VC space in trying to address endemic/systemic problems like too much money chasing too few quality deals and the obvious need to share learnings across/among portfolio companies. Along with Matrix, General Catalyst and a couple others, they're still leading the top tier of the East Coast funds.PRIVATE: Members Only (702 Characters)
Common Courtesy
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by pharkins on 2007-07-11
I will never understand why any business person, who sought you out, refuses to return a follow up call or email -- amazing. My experience with CRVPRIVATE: Members Only
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-06-01
Bad Experiences with CRVPRIVATE: Members Only (408 Characters)
More Explanation Would Be Appreciated
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-05-02
They said 'no' and that was it. No explanation whatsoever.PRIVATE: Members Only (148 Characters)
Crv Has Definitely Evolved...
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2012-03-21
CRV used to be the class of the Boston VC community, and the firm's mid-90's-vintage funds ranked among the very highest performers anywhere. But their early-2000s funds stalled and they even returned capital from one fund without investing it.
Since then, CRV has come down off the WInter Street hill in Waltham, hired a whole new crop of young, aggressive partners to replace those who are retiring on their success (where have you gone, Ted Dintersmith?), and immersed themselves in the Kendall Square/Cambridge community.
10 years ago, you mostly went to CRV later in the process, when it was time to scale up with a Series B and were looking towards an IPO. Then, CRV's bets were big ones, and you didn't even talk to them for less than $5-10 million.
Now, according to a partner we pitched recently, they rarely do Series B's -- concentrating on Series A investments. One common thread, though, is that they get most excited by size of market potential, and want to see a company that has a plausible story that could get them to a $1B market cap.PRIVATE: Members Only
Fund: Charles River Ventures
Posted by Anonymous on 2010-01-05
Wanted to apply for quickstart, sent info and got a response but they said hard to pick a winner in my business space. Nice folks but I don't think the quickstart program is really alive and kicking.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Whether you can barely contain your excitement for epic football competition, or you prefer to watch the clever commercials between plays, football fans big and small are gearing up for the big game. America loves a game-viewing party, so why not invite your friends and family over and score big with a few surprisingly quick and simple entertaining tricks?

"Since we have two small children and most of our friends do too, quick and easy is essential and so is something suitable for small hands," says Tracy Kistler, an Atlanta-area mom with two kids who loves to host parties, and who blogs at The Un-Coordinated Mommy.

Kistler prefers good food that eliminates the need to sit down or use silverware, because after all, whether you're cheering on your favorite team or chasing the kids around the room, a great football party is full of activity and excitement.

Here are five fantastic game day food ideas guaranteed to be finger-licking good:

Kick off the party with a dip-off
 Dip is endlessly versatile, super easy to make or buy, and a hit with both kids and adults. According to a SuperValue Snack Down Survey, around 30 percent of people eat dip on the day of the big game. Load your menu with a variety of dips, or make your party dip-themed by inviting each guest to bring a dip of their choice. You could even have a dip-off contest by inviting guests to vote for their favorite dip and the winner receives a fun football-themed prize.

Score big with cheesy goodness
 Cheese platters are a big hit on game day, so make sure you offer a spread that features a variety of hot and cold cheese varieties. Everyone enjoys cheesy appetizers – from an interesting cheese board to hot options like easy-to-make FarmRich mozzarella sticks featuring 100-percent real mozzarella cheese breaded to perfection. Those tasty tidbits will move faster than your favorite running back!

Viva victorious veggies
 It's easy to think that game day parties are all about the junk food, but in reality, people love to munch on wholesome, healthy foods, too. In fact, the most popular food to eat during the big game is vegetables, according to a report from research company NPD Group. So cut up those fresh veggies for quick snacking – the crunch is as satisfying as it is healthy.

Guests gobble up meatballs
 When you're going for the big win, few foods are as easy and satisfying as meatballs. Switch up the play and take a healthful approach with FarmRich turkey meatballs, with 50 percent less fat than regular meatballs and gluten-free. The possibilities for these fully cooked, frozen meatballs are endless – warm them on the stovetop with your favorite sauce or use a slow cooker to create a lip-smacking concoction. For more tips, simply search meatball recipes on Pinterest.

Go big with a "snackadium" display
 Add football flare to your appetizers by displaying your treats "snackadium" style – using the shape of a football stadium as inspiration, place green guacamole in the center for the field, and surround with other cheesy treats and food items around the edge to represent the stands. A few flags and makeshift goal posts created from pretzels will create a mini replica of a stadium that is extra tasty.

Try this super simple turkey meatball recipe – perfect for serving at your game day party:

Smokey Cola Glazed Meatballs
 Serves: 6

Ingredients:

1 (28 ounce) bag of Farm Rich Turkey Meatballs
 2 tablespoons butter
 2 cups cola soda
 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
 1/4 teaspoon ground chipotle pepper
 Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a medium sauce pan, add butter and melt.
 2. Whisk in the cola, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar and chipotle pepper. Salt and pepper to taste.
 3. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low until a thicker syrup is formed (about 15 minutes).
 4. Remove from heat and place in the refrigerator for one hour (the mixture will thicken in the refrigerator).
 5. Prepare meatballs according to package directions. Remove from the oven and toss with glaze.
 6. Return to the oven for an additional 5 minutes. Serve warm.

When the snacks are on the line, go deep and score a touchdown with game day foods that are easy to make and impressive. Your guests are sure to be raving about your football party long after game is over.


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ASHVILLE - Sunshine and warmer temperatures did little to improve the somber mood at the 2013 Chautauqua County School Board Association's legislative breakfast.
On Saturday morning, Jan. 19, Chautauqua County superintendents and board members met at BOCES Hewes Center in Ashville for the annual CCSBA function. The legislative breakfast allows school administrators to pose questions to state legislators regarding the challenges that their districts are facing.
Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Chautauqua County, were on hand to answer 14 total questions from individual school districts and the CCSBA. As in previous years, the questions and comments made by the school districts focused on issues such as: high school regionalization, the property tax cap, the funding gap between wealthy and poor districts, and the foundation aid formula.
To read this entire article, visit www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/616492/Schools-Boards-Question-Lawmakers.html.


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Allen Lessels on Motor Sports: Pastrana eyes RallyCross
June 30. 2013 12:15AM
TRAVIS PASTRANA, star of extreme motor sports and NASCAR racer on the rise, and Trevor Bayne, the winner of the 2011 Daytona 500, held court at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Tuesday.
They discussed trying to move up in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings, flying cars and assorted other subjects on what was pretty much an all-work, no-play day at the speedway. Both drivers toil for Roush Fenway Racing.
Tuesday and Wednesday were all about the business of practicing and going fast and wringing every tenth of a second possible out of stock cars at NHMS.
The hot sun beat down on empty grandstands that two weeks from today will be packed full with some 100,000 race fans for the New Hampshire 300 for the first of two Sprint Cup races at the track this season.
There was none of the color and hoopla of a race weekend on this no-frills visit.Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards and Joey Logano and about a dozen drivers in all shared the track and tested and tried various setups with the goal of getting an edge when they return here in two weeks.
Their cars bore little resemblance to what they'll look like when they come back. Most, other than Danica Patrick's Go Daddy ride, were slate gray and carried only a number on the door. Even the haulers that brought them to the track were, for the most part, were unmarked.Most of the drivers stuck close to the garages and conferred with crew chiefs and engineers and other crew members and all of the above digested the information popping up on ever-present laptops.
Pastrana and Bayne, along with a few others, took quick breaks from all that.
Pastrana again plans to do double duty at NHMS.
He won the wild Global RallyCross event that made its debut at the track last July.
"I think it was definitely the best Global RallyCross course (on the series)," Pastrana said and then laughed. "I mean, it's the only one I won, so obviously I'm a little biased toward this course, but it had a lot of unique stuff. A lot of tabletops, a big over-under jump. We had a dirt section. We had the big first turn. It was pretty cool."
Pastrana plans to try and defend his win.
He said others from the NASCAR world might join him.
"There's a lot of talk on the team about guys who want to go out there and have some fun," Pastrana said. "Nothing's confirmed, so I cannot say anything."
Bayne's interested.
"If we could get it hooked up, I'd love to drive it," he said.
Pastrana thinks the idea appeals to a lot of drivers.
"NASCAR's a lot of fun, for sure," he said. "But I think that anyone who drives anything is like, 'I want to fly. I want to jump a car on purpose and not be like, oh, oh, something's wrong.'"
The RallyCross event last year at NHMS was on Saturday night, after the Nationwide race, and caused some logistical issues because track workers had to set up and break down the course in a tight time frame.
This year, the RallyCross competition kicks off race weekend on Thursday night. Fans will need a ticket to get into the event, but the rest of the activities of FanFest that night, including a Sprint Cup hauler parade and concert, are free.
Bayne and Pastrana spent their two days at NHMS and on Friday were the Nationwide race at Kentucky Motor Speedway.
Bayne finished 12th and Pastrana 15th and they maintained their spots in the standings. Bayne is 10th and Pastrana 14th.
The American Canadian Tour continues its swing through New Hampshire with the next two races scheduled at Star Speedway in Epping next Saturday and White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock on July 13.
The White Mountain date is a rain makeup from last weekend. The makeup date was originally announced for August, but there were conflicts and it was rescheduled to the 13th.Wayne Helliwell Jr. of Dover leads the ACT standings through the first six races. Vermont's Jimmy Hebert is second and Hudson's Joey Polewarczyk of Hudson is third. Joey Pole has moved up with wins in the last two races.
Perennial contender and oft-time champion Brian Hoar of Vermont and his team elected to run only a partial schedule this year and he has missed the last two races. He plans to skip the two upcoming New Hampshire races as well and return for an event at Airborne Speedway in Plattsburgh, Vt., on Aug. 20.
NASCAR's Whelen Southern Modified Series, off since April, resumes on Friday at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, N.C.Andy Seuss, the Hampstead racer who relocated to North Carolina, is sixth in points. He finished eighth in the last race.
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How do these compare to "popular" arm chips? Ideally ones powerful enough to run netbooks not just phones.
If you imagine ARM as a women's flyweight newbie and Lynnfield as the men's heavyweight world champion in boxing, you got a pretty good idea how that match will play out. Not nearly the same class and the results are as expected.
What is it now, the secret Linux on ARM "this will crush Intel any day now" idiot brigade doing the modding? I guess I'm in for another dose of negative karma on this post, but wtf.... we're talking about 2-500$ quad-core CPUs with a 95W TDP. There's not an ARM processor in sight that is even remotely competing in this class. Maybe if this was about some low-end Atoms the question could have made a little bit of sense, but now it's just to laugh at. And the ARM fanbois with no humor I guess.
Could someone please stop modding this down? It really is not a troll and the post is essentially true.
Comparing a quad core high-performance desktop processor with a lightweight low power mobile/embedded processor would be completely pointless. An argument which the parent actually made with a little bit of humour.
The quad core desktop processor would absolutely trash the ARM in performance, but would result in a phone that would (literally) burn a whole in your pocket for 5 minutes until it ran out of battery.
It really is like comparing apples to oranges. Both types of processors are completely unsuitable for the main uses of the other.
Besides I can think of at least one use for a female flyweight newbie for which I'd never consider a male heavyweight champion.
How is a raven like a writing desk? They're entirely different kinds of products. They're not even the same kind of computer (RISC versus CISC), but even setting that aside, you'd be better off comparing an ARM CPU to one of Intel's low-end Atom offerings.
The popular ARM chips are single-core Cortex A8 running at between 600MHz - 1GHz. They perform slightly better than (single-core) Atom clock-for-clock on most workloads, and slightly worse on a few. The next generation chips that are just starting to hit the market are based on the Cortex A9, which does a bit better clock-for-clock and scales up to 4 cores per die. ARM chips also typically have the memory and flash controllers, GPU, and a DSP on die. Something like the OMAP3530 consumes around 250mW in real use or around 15mW when playing back MP3s on the DSP. They are typically limited to around 1GB of RAM, with only about 256MB being available in package-on-package configurations (i.e. not requiring a more expensive motherboard).
In short, they compare like apples and oranges. In terms of performance per watt, the ARM chip most likely wins by an order of magnitude - more if you include the DSP. In terms of absolute performance, the i7 wins by at least an order of magnitude.
Perhaps it's nearly time to upgrade my aging Athlon X2 5600+... One thing that I find interesting about this is that Intel decided to still call it "i7" when it apparently doesn't fit into the Nehalem-based i7 motherboards. As the article correctly pointed out - why not call it "i6" to prevent consumer confusion?
My processor goes to i11.
One thing that I find interesting about this is that Intel decided to still call it "i7" when it apparently doesn't fit into the Nehalem-based i7 motherboards. As the article correctly pointed out - why not call it "i6" to prevent consumer confusion?
Intel has never been particularly keen on matching processor branding to sockets; while its probably frustrating to enthusiasts who'd like to be able to rely on the branding rather than several different axes of variation within the same brand name while buildin
I've begun to feel that Intel is lacking focus in their chip lineup. While it makes sense that they have different series for different markets, within those lineups they have too many disparate chips that just cloud the water.
Atom Z vs Atom N is one such case. The Atom is supposed to be their embedded processor series, but they just can't shake off the PC market yoke and focus solely on embedded customers.
They have server CPUs, desktop CPUs, mobile CPUs, and embedded CPUs. But within each segment there are just too many choices that make it difficult to understand the whole picture without true data analysis like this article.
Was it the use of the word capitalist? You do know that it's a perfectly valid economics term, right?
Only when followed by the word "pig!" and uttered in an Eastern European accent.
Wow, how is explaining the market dynamics of chip manufacturing a troll?!? Was it the use of the word capitalist?
Ahh you left out the rest of the phrase "capitalists favorite tool to extract the maximum profit".
Everyone knows the actual favorite capitalist tools to extract profit, in order, are:
1) Form a Monopoly (Microsoft)
2) Form an Oligopoly / Cartel (OPEC, to some extent Intel/AMD)
3) Form a confuse-opoly to eliminate the free market by making it incomprehensible (cell phone pricing, and to a lesser extent, CPU pricing)
4) Government intervention via patents, regulations, govt contracts, special taxes against your c
the relevant picture isn't all that complex. If you want a netbook, you get Atom, game over. If you want an ultralight, you get some cut-down ULV version of the core2. If you get a laptop or a normal desktop, you get a core2. If you get an enthusiast model or workstation, you get a quad core.
What was that you were saying about "not confusing"? Jeez.
Okay I have a Pentium 4. I want to upgrade. What's the modern-day equivalent of a Pentium 5? I see Atom notebooks for sale for $300 but those seem to have less power than what I have now, so do I get a Core2 CPU instead, or is that considered too old? Am I suppose to get an i7 processor? Or perhaps an i8? Maybe I should look at AMD instead?
This confusion reminds me of what happened with Apple with they had Performas, Quadras, and Centris Ma
You aren't understanding the parent.
You take your $800, go to Dell's website, and select $700 worth of computer, and pay $100 tax and shipping. And then you get a free printer with 6 pages worth of ink in it.
You aren't Intel's customer. Dell is. As the GP said, "Aside from enthusiasts who just like following the stuff, the relevant picture isn't all that complex." You fall into that "enthusiast" category, by even thinking about P5 or AMD.
For Dell, it's a no-brainer. You find a decen
But there again you're seeking information far outside that which 90% of the people buying a new computer look for.
Intel doesn't give a shit about how easy it is for you or anyone else to compare processors. It truly doesn't matter.
Dell will buy 100k processors of some generic type. It doesn't matter if they are the same, worse or better than what the're selling now. They'll slap them into a system, mark the entire thing up, and slap the specs on their website.
Joe Average will come
An educated consumer is a dangerous consumer. You want to be able to trump up a product to sell it. But, you can't trump up a product if your buyer is an expert.
Yes, but theory of the beneficent invisible hand is based on voluntary transactions between informed parties. It seems to me that most American businessmen are capitalist, except for than annoying bit about informed consumers. Instead we have a giant industry to manufacture overwhelmed consumers who purchase on color preference.
You comment about trumping up a product is valid as an inference from how the system actually works, but has no point of contact to the philosophical system (capitalism) that we us
They have to keep up the idea that there's competition by having many different brands offering many different options. Truth is that in many markets it's now a grand choice of Intel, Intel and Intel. Then you usually make more money keeping your customers confused and selling outdated or low-end processors to high-end prices than making it all very obvious. AMD is struggling badly to carve out any sort of niche where they can get a premium, delivering value processors isn't making them enough money to do what's necessary neither in R&D nor in process development. Intel on the other hand is pounding away at systems-on-a-chip, SSDs, higher-end graphics and really moving towards the Intel computer with your choice of Dell, HP or Compaq sticker. You can tell nVidia fears that future too.
"Truth is that in many markets it's now a grand choice of Intel, Intel and Intel."
Which helps explain why AMD has an antitrust suit [google.ca] against Intel.
I've begun to feel that Intel is lacking focus in their chip lineup.
Yes. Because they can afford it.
Now fab-less AMD remains in remote second position and can't really compete against the Chipzilla.
That gives a perfect chance to Intel to further fragment the market to maximize the profits.
Yes, I know it's pedantry, but some of us like to live in a world where different words mean different things that make a useful distinction. And now, please, do get off my lawn before my dog comes and pees on your shoes.
but when the results become clear they stopped arguing and there was a general agreement
some of us like to live in a world where different words mean different things
Are you referring to things like the difference between future tense and past tense?
P.S. Please don't bother trying to pick apart any wording that I use in this post. I don't really give a crap about minor stuff like that, but if YOU are going to be a pedant, try not to be so hypocritical about it.
I don't understand how Core was an improvement on Pentium. Pentium was iconic and a household name (which is pretty difficult to achieve in such a low-level field, especially as Intel typically doesn't sell direct to consumers). Core is boring and misleading. For instance, Core 2 Duo
Now there's this i7 and i5 business. Maybe I'm just old but I preferred when "Pentium n" is the new processor and probably better than my "Pentium n-1". I can understand they may have wanted to avoid the Sexium but at least that would be distinctive. Core is about as boring as traditional IBM naming.
Their hardware is excellent these days. They went through some doldrums but generally seemed to sort themselves out pretty effectively and come out with ace stuff. Their Linux support is usually great too. Maybe one of these will be my new PC...
"Centrino". They're not just selling a CPU these days, they're selling a platform. Thus, they are marketing a platform too. The fact that CPUs are still named at all is for the benefit of enthusiasts.
>>>The fact that CPUs are still named at all is for the benefit of enthusiasts.
False. If you bothered to learn your history, you'd know the reason why CPUs have names instead of numbers is because the courts ruled companies cannot trademark numbers. Thus the 80586 became the Pentium and that tradition has continued to today. They cannot just go back to calling them 80986 because of legal reasons.
I think it has to do with the marketing idea that you concentrate on your primary brand--in this case "Intel". You de-emphasise your sub-brands by giving them dull generic sounding names. I suspect this was the idea behind Apple changing the Powerbook and iBook brands to MacBook Pro and MacBook respectively. Emphasise the "Mac" umbrella brand.
I think it's dumb, but there you go.
When the Pentium 4 came out, it performed worse then the Pentium 3. Towards the middle or end of the Pentium 4's life was the only time AMD clearly trounced Intel. The Pentium brand was largely ruined.
Intel made an attempt to re-image itself and shack off any stigma associated with it's old, we're-the-biggest-so-we-don't-care-if-our-chips-suck selves, changing it's "Intel Inside" logo to "Intel Leap Ahead," dropping Pentium, etc.
Not sure that the new stuff is necessarily better, but I believe that was the
I can understand they may have wanted to avoid the Sexium but at least that would be distinctive. Core is about as boring as traditional IBM naming.
They could have used 'hexium' or 'hexagonium' but the first name would have sounded like the CPU had a curse on it, and the second would lead users to think their data would disappear.
The later Pentium 4 procs were just pushing higher and higher speeds with no regards to the incredible TDP they were now producing - basically it was the epitome of a hot and expensive processor which lost to AMD at that time. The Itanium sinking also doesn't help.
The Core stuff is from a different architecture lineage, and I guess they want to tell people that these processors were something different from the hot P4s.
But you're right, the Core naming is retarded - Core and Core 2, are different families,
Little problem with your chronology - Apple has been naming their, uh, core APIs with "core" since at least the beginning of OS X, around 1999. Long before the rest of the industry thought it was cool.
"I'm an Apple fanboy, I was doing whatever it is you're doing before it was cool."
Aw, muffin. Are you jealous? You know, you could just get a Mac if you want one so badly.
The only thing worse than a "fanboy" is a "fanboy" in denial.
No, not the Sexium, more like the Hexium or something like that (yeah, I know it was for the joke, but still
Maybe I'm just old but I preferred when "Pentium n" is the new processor and probably better than my "Pentium n-1".
Not to troll, but the Pentium 4 line was a distinct step backwards from the Pentium III in many respects.
Yes, the Pentium 4 was the successor to the Pentium III. However, it wasn't particularly good in terms of performance, power consumption, or cost. AMD clearly had the upper-hand during that period of time.
Of course, Intel, AMD, ATI, and nVidia *all* need to clean up their product lines so that they make sense to consumers!
Maybe I'm just old but I preferred when "Pentium n" is the new processor and probably better than my "Pentium n-1".
Not to troll, but the Pentium 4 line was a distinct step backwards from the Pentium III in many respects.
Of course, that's not trollish at all, as it's simply true! The Pentium 4s were still, in some sense, "better" as they (eventually! The first Pentium 4s were slower than PIII in some benchmarks, I think) exceeded the raw performance of the PIII. But in terms of microarchitecture, the Pentium 4 was a bit of a dead end. A shame in a way, as it did seem like Intel were thinking toward the future in some respects with that design and then instead ended up wasting a lot of time. The Pentium M, which begat t
These chips have some kind of AES acceleration, called AES-NI.
Are there any benchmarks of this? I use dm-crypt on Linux w/ AES-128 and the throughput is pretty low, about 60MB/sec tops, not as fast as the disk itself.
The VIA Nano [wikipedia.org] has had AES, SHA-1, and SHA-256 acceleration since its inception.
No, Nehalem/Lynnfield does NOT have AES-NI. Westmere will, but only in 2010. As a heavy 1Gbit+ encrypted network user, 3x AES speedup is enough for me to postpone my purchases until then.
But do you trust hardware you can't examine to do your encryption for you? This is a bigger problem for the hard drives where we have to trust a controller to have the data stored at some encryption standard (and can't analyze the data ourselves to check that the encryption was applied properly), but a hardware implementation could, for instance, cache your keys somewhere not nearly volatile enough.
A regular processor running a software encryption algorithm could cache your keys, data, whatever somewhere not nearly volatile enough.
By definition, if it isn't a Nehalem die, it's not Nehalem, even if it's just a "tock" variant (die shrunk - see Intel's "tick/tock" roadmap) of Nehalem it's still a different chip design.
In this case, the CPU has significant design differences from a Nehalem CPU. There's a lot more than just removing some pins from the package. The CPU had to be changed significantly (one DDR channel removed, QPI replaced with DMI) in order to allow those pins to be removed.
The removal of QPI in favor of DMI (much slower but simpler/cheaper) is a *significant* difference.
No, they aren't both right. Nehalem is an arcitecture and nothing more. There is no Nehalem chip.
http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture-silicon/next-gen/ [intel.com]
Intel® Microarchitecture, Codenamed Nehalem
Intel's latest-generation microarchitecture, first exemplified as the Intel® Coreâ i7 processor, represents the next step in faster, multi-core technology that intelligently maximized performance to match your workload
It was first exemplified as the Core i7, and as we know the Core
The removal of QPI in favor of DMI (much slower but simpler/cheaper) is a *significant* difference.
Funny. QPI was not removed or replaced by DMI in any sense of the word. In fact, DMI has existed for at least the last 5 generations of chipsets from Intel. On last year's Nehalem release, QPI connected the CPU with their "IOH" called Tylersburg. Tylersburg was then connected to the ICH with DMI. It was a 3 chip solution. With Lynnfield, the CPU and IOH have been combined to a single chip. The QPI conne
Exactly. I also don't see why the memory for Lynnfield CPUs should be cheaper as the submitter claims.
Two DIMMs are cheaper than three.
Unlike some old designs years ago where the memory had to be installed in pairs, Nehalem's triple channel system is designed so that it can also operate in single or dual channel mode. So the number of DIMMs isn't the issue. You can get away with a single DIMM if you wan't. So, installing 2 DIMMs on a Lynnfield system should be no less expensive than installing those 2 DIMMs on a Bloomfield system. The only thing Lynnfield will do to improve the cost is
1) Decrease the cost of the motherboard/chipset/cpu its
Okay I know it's important for big server farms, but personally speaking I'm not interested in performance per watt at all. I'm only interested in one thing: Which processor/motherboard/graphics card/OS combination gives me the biggest bang for the bucks for my gaming, compilation, and simulation needs?
Bang for the price-of-admittance buck or bang for the total-cost-of-ownership buck?
See, not only server farms need to pay their electricity bills. A modest system can be built in the under 50W range, where gamer systems don't have the 1000W PSU for nothing. There is a huge difference at the end of the month.
A modest system can be built in the under 50W range, where gamer systems don't have the 1000W PSU for nothing.Mostly they do. You need an insanely powerful system to come even close to needing a 1kW PSU. A quite capable gaming system will comfortably function with a PSU of half that capacity.
How nice for you not have a care in the world for energy consumption. As one who actually has utility bills to pay, my electric bill is around 20 cents per kwh, or $1752 per kw-year. If I can save 200 watts of continuous consumption, that's $350.40 less per year for me to pay. Also, I don't play games, so I don't give a flying fuck for graphics performance after the first couple of notches. The same goes for cars. I could drive a car that goes 200 mph and 0 to 60 in 3 seconds, but mpg is important to m
Depends heavily on where you live.
Residential power here is $0.055 per kWh with no hourly, daily or seasonal restrictions or pricing... roughly 25% of what you pay. There are almost no cases where paying extra for a green technology locally will recover the costs.
Since we're talking about different Intel chip lines...
I've been laptop shopping, and I've seen two different kinds mobile processor names: P* vs. T*. For example, P8600 and T9600.
Could someone explain to me the significance of 'T' vs. 'P'?
However, the 60W difference between Nehalem and Lynnfield seems odd since that would means that my system would drop to 35W idle with Lynnfield!
Isn't the claimed 60W difference under load? The idle figures I see in the Tom's Hardware article only show about 30W difference.
However, from what I've read of the article, the new CPUs will pretty much shut down cores which aren't being used and lose an entire north-bridge chip that currently takes about 20W by itself.
My i7 920 system, overclocked to 3.2GHz, draws 95W at idle (monitor excluded). This is based on the APC utility that monitors my UPS unit into which my computer is plugged.
That seems extremely high for an idle system. You should check it with something like a Kill-a-watt.
Are you sure you don't have a few instances of Prime95 or something running in the background ?
I have a 4ghz C2D (overclocked). My x.264 encoding of BD rips takes as long as 18 hours - I keep the quality high. I am looking for more cores and more clock speed if I can get it in order to lower encoding time. I already know more cores will benefit me since a slightly slower 4 core I've "drag tested" has beaten my C2D by a couple of hours but runs hot as hell. I've been looking to move to an I-7 920 clocked to 4ghz but if I can get one of these 800 series CPUs for less, overclock it to nearly the same pe
Why compare 2 Intel products? Where's the comparison with AMD, or - in a perfect world - low-power, high-threads SPARC?
Intel == destructive monopoly, quit playing into their hands. Up next: Worthless comparisons of Vista and W7...
I would say AMD and Intel are neck and neck performance-wise.
If by 'neck and neck' you mean 'often slaughtered by a CPU running 500MHz slower', yes. Which wouldn't be a problem for AMD per se if AMD's slower CPUs were significantly cheaper to build than Intel's; most of the revenue is in the mid-range even if much of the profit is at the high end.
They both alternate years of being in the lead.
AMD get ahead when Intel screw up. Currently Intel are not screwing up and don't seem likely to screw up for some time to come.
There are really only two manufacturers in the CPU market.
That'll be news to ARM (though I suppose that if you're pedantic enough you could claim that they
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BEAUMONT, Calif. - Sophomores Matt Grush and Brian Hollenbeck tied for fourth-place at 7-over par, leading UC Santa Barbara to a third-place finish in the 16-team Braveheart Classic at Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif.
Grush and Hollenbeck matched each other round-for-round, shooting 80 in the first round, 72 in the second round and a 1-under par 71 in the final round to finish at 223. As a team, the Gauchos finished with a 46-over par 910, two shots back of the host school, UC Riverside, and 10 shots off the winning pace set by Cal Poly.
The scores were exceptionally high, particularly in the first round, because of extremely windy conditions.
Junior Tony Verna shot a 15-over par 231, tying for 22nd, while freshman Tyler Weir registered a 22-over par 238 to tie for 57th. Senior Phil Horwith was UCSB's final competitor, shooting a 27-over par 243 to tie for 75th.
The Gauchos were in seventh-place entering the final round, but scored a 290 in the third round, the second best round for any team in the entire tournament. The 290 was good enough to allow UCSB to pass TCU, Kansas State, Cal State Northridge, and Sacramento State in the standings.
The Riverside duo of Nick Paez and Spencer Paschall tied for the individual title with 4-over par 220s.
Santa Barbara returns to action On Monday, March 10, when it travels to the Callaway Golf Collegiate Invitational in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.


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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Conservation Commission Water Quality Division Director Shanon Phillips as one of three representatives from the state on a joint committee with Arkansas to review the phosphorus water quality standard for the Illinois River.
The six-member committee is tasked with designing a study and selecting independent researchers to determine the critical nutrient concentrations that lead to excessive algae growth in the Illinois River.
The comprehensive, three-year study was announced in February following months of negotiations between Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.
The Illinois River is designated a scenic river in Oklahoma. State officials have said that runoff from poultry operations in Arkansas have harmed the water quality in the river, which begins in Arkansas and flows into Oklahoma.


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The trouble with Corporate Christianity. Are Christians getting preferential treatment?
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Great Sunday School Greg! Thanks!
You're very welcome Cesar, thanks.
Many cultures have the concept of procession by demons in their traditions. Usually their manifestations now have a scientific answer, such as epilepsy or paranoid delusion because people are becoming more educated.
Is belief in demons any more ludicrous than belief in gods? When people accept that they are saved by god they must also accept that others may need to be "delivered from evil". If god is real to them, then so is the devil.
It might be useful to keep a crucifix nearby as they work at keeping vampires at bay. I keep one in the back of my van for when I am driving around solving mysteries :-)
I like the culture where they spit in the believers face to drive out the demon...it seems so fitting. :D
When the Catholic Church murdered the young epileptic Anneliese Michel, the idiotic killer priests insisted there were six demons possessing her, including Adolf Hitler, Judas Iscariot and Nero.
The saddest part was when the parents had the body re-buried in a proper coffin, a wacky nun contacted them to say she that had visions that Anneliese's body would be supernaturally preserved...and of course it wasn't.
This is a link from Robert's Wiki above that is worth a look at too. Of course we atheists are arrogant for not believing what many Catholics believe.
There is a collection of evangelicals in America that partake in the practice. One guy from Arizona has his daughter and two other girls help tag-team the victim, er, the possessed.
Great Sunday School.
You certainly have a knack for picking out some stellar TED talks :)


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Water from the Rock?
I heard that the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is leaking and that there is great significance to this event. Can you tell me more?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Rumors have been circulating that a trickle of water has started to flow from under the Foundation Stone on the Temple Mount. Media reports say that it is impossible to locate the source or to stop the flow.
According to Jewish tradition, the Foundation Stone is the holiest spot on earth. It is the connection point between Heaven and Earth, and is referred to by the kabbalists as the "umbilical cord." Furthermore, it is the site of the binding of Isaac, and the site of the Holy of Holies in the Temple. (see Pirkei D'Rebbe Eliezer 35)
So what's the significance today?
The Talmud (Yoma 78a) writes that in the Messianic era, water will begin flowing from the Temple Mount. The water, originally a trickle, will gradually increase until it becomes deep enough to immerse the impure. As the prophet says: "On that day there will be a spring opened up for the House of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, for cleansing and for purification." (Zechariah 13:1)
The recent reports are difficult to verify. The Foundation Stone is 13 by 17 meters in size, and it has steps leading down to a large cave. The room around it is even bigger. It would be like asking someone to find a trickle of water in a large convention center.
In the meantime, keep checking the Western Wall Camera (http://www.aish.com/w/) and let us know if you detect anything!


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Over the summer, I had the opportunity to be at the historic K's Hamburger in Troy, Ohio. For generations, republican presidential candidates have been stumping at this little hamburger shop in Troy's picturesque downtown. The line to get into Governor Mitt Romney's rally there last June was long as dozens of people waited in the heat for their turn to pass through tight security. As a pro-gay marriage, pro-social programs, pro-choice activist, I chatted with a few of his supporters.
One of the people I spoke with was a young African American man, dressed like most everyone else in line—t-shirt and jeans. He said that he supported Governor Romney wholeheartedly, and that the media uproar over the alleged off-shore accounts scored bonus points. He wanted to know how to hide his money, too.
This man shared the sentiments of so many Romney supporters I've spoken with: the desire to join the 1-percent. It's an exclusive club with benefits that are unimaginable to the average American. As Romney himself said, "We're not the party of the rich. We're the party of the people who want to get rich."
Despite what some pundits may argue, there is no class war in America. The issue is more complicated than that. America is not facing a war of rich against poor, but a war of values. There are billionaires, Warren Buffett and George Soros, who advocate stronger social safety nets and outcry that they should be paying more in taxes to help the poor. And then there are working class Americans, increasingly vulnerable to the global economy and continued deregulation, supporting a candidate who views them as the hand-out hungry and self-pitying 47-percent. (Though Romney apologized for this leaked "gaffe," his campaign platform, which included abolishing "immoral" FEMA, reflects this ideology.)
Plutocracy--a government by the wealthy--will do to many Americans what Manifest Destiny did to Native Americans. The middle-class, poor, and nearly affluent who want to join the plutocracy are frightening. With their votes, voices, and donations, they are driving the New Manifest Destiny, inspired by promises of power and wealth at the expense of the less fortunate. We average Americans, even those with plutocrat dreams, are increasingly being threatened by the same greedy values that made large populations of Native American"melt and vanish." From The Conspiracy of Pontiac published in 1851, written by American historian Francis Parkman, indigenous communities were "destined to melt and vanish before the advancing waves of Anglo-American power, which now rolled westward unchecked and unopposed."
One could argue that the New Manifest Destiny is already in full swing. As Ken Shadford, a New York City resident, tweeted Monday night during the hurricane: "Fact that NYU hospital is dark but Goldman Sachs is well-lit is everything that's wrong with this country." For the back story on how this is possible, watch Charles Ferguson's Academy Award-winning documentary on the financial crisis Inside Job. It details the "unchecked and unopposed" power of our financial system that accounts for the recent explosion in extreme wealth.
Exploring this brave new world is Chrystia Freeland, the editor of Thomson Reuters Digital, in her latest book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. In it, she shares her stories of interviewing some of the world's elite--multimillionaires and billionaires. She lets us in on their surreal lifestyles, and presents an in-depth analysis on the economics and politics that made their warped realities possible.
Here are some interesting insights into Plutocrats, a book that's essential reading to understand one of the world's most pressing issues--gross financial inequality.
From an excerpt of Plutocrats on Bill Moyers:
Consider America's economic recovery in 2009–2010. Overall incomes in that period grew by 2.3 percent — tepid growth, to be sure, but a lot stronger than you might have guessed from the general gloom of that period. Look more closely at the data, though, as economist Emmanuel Saez did, and it turns out that average Americans were right to doubt the economic comeback. That's because for 99 percent of Americans, incomes increased by a mere 0.2 percent. Meanwhile, the incomes of the top 1 percent jumped by 11.6 percent. It was definitely a recovery — for the 1 percent.
From Freeland's interview with NPR:
So how are the super-rich that Freeland interviewed different from the super-rich of the past — say, 1955? Well, there are many more of them, and they're a lot richer than they used to be.
"One of the things which is really astonishing is how much bigger the gap is than it was before," she says. "In the 1950s, America was relatively egalitarian, much more so than compared to now." CEOs earn exponentially more now, compared with their workers, than they did 60 years ago.
Freeland says she's worried about what she calls an inevitable human temptation — that people who've benefited from a mobile society, like America, will get to the top and then rig the rules to benefit themselves.
"You don't do this in a kind of chortling, smoking your cigar, conspiratorial thinking way," she says. "You do it by persuading yourself that what is in your own personal self-interest is in the interests of everybody else. So you persuade yourself that, actually, government services, things like spending on education, which is what created that social mobility in the first place, need to be cut so that the deficit will shrink, so that your tax bill doesn't go up.
"And what I really worry about is, there is so much money and so much power at the very top, and the gap between those people at the very top and everybody else is so great, that we are going to see social mobility choked off and society transformed."
Both sides of the political aisle scream about class warfare and use this rhetoric to fan movements. The only movement that matters--the silver bullet, so to speak--will be campaign finance reform that closes all loopholes and takes the money out of politics. We as a society can no longer afford to be a Wall Street government. What will save us?: Fighting again to become a democracy for the people. Sounds idealistic, but it's become a matter of survival.


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ender516 wrote:You can test drive a fix like that yourself, chapcrap. Go to the Greasemonkey drop down menu and select Manage User Scripts. Then click on the Options button next to the name of this script. You should see a dialog box with the User Settings tab showing. The top half is for included pages. Click the Add.. button and type in https://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=*, which corresponds to the Script Setting string, but with the https protocol.
Thanks, I had already done that. And I did it with the last version too. I just don't want to do it every time.


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Words fail me at the almost inconceivable tragedy that has befallen future U-M basketball player Austin Hatch.
Over the weekend, the 16-year-old Indiana hoops star - who recently accepted a scholarship to Michigan - was severely injured in a plane crash that took the lives of his father and stepmother. Hatch's father was flying the three of them to the family's vacation home on Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan when the single-engine Beech A36 crashed. Austin is in a medically induced coma at a hospital in Traverse City where doctors are monitoring his brain swelling, among other injuries.
Tragically - and as hard as it is to comprehend - this is the second fatal plane crash Hatch has survived, and Friday's accident left him with no living siblings or parents.
In 2003, a plane - also piloted by Hatch's father - crashed on the way back to Indiana from the same Michigan lake house. That accident took the lives of Austin's mother, 11-year-old sister and 5-year-old brother.
As I said, words fail me with something like this. So all I can do is say that Austin is in my thoughts and prayers.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Our thoughts are with Austin Hatch
2 comments:
- justthinking said...
How you recover from that (twice) emotionally, let alone physically is what has me tongue tied.
Life is so fragile.
Godspeed to a full recovery for this young man.
- June 27, 2011 9:56 AM
- Ramona said...
so sad.
- July 04, 2011 12:45 AM
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Ed Murray, Mayor
SUBJECT: City of Seattle Wins National Transparency Award
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City of Seattle Wins National Transparency Award
SEATTLE – Today, Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to government transparency, released the winners of the fourth annual Sunny Awards and the City of Seattle was awarded an A-. The award, which honors the most transparent government websites in the nation, went to only 250 out of more than 7,000 state and local entities.
"Transparency has been critical to me since I took office and we launched Seattle's open data initiative at data.seattle.gov. We are honored to receive a Sunny Award and will continue to inform and engage our residents through our award winning web site, open data initiatives, Seattle Channel and social media," said Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn.
For the 2013 awards, Editors at Sunshine Review analyzed government websites and graded each on a 10-point transparency checklist. Editors looked at content available on government websites against what should be provided. They sought information on items such as budgets, meetings, lobbying, financial audits, contracts, academic performance, public records and taxes. The winners of the Sunny Award all received an "A" grade during the extensive grading process.
Seattle's innovative use of communications technology has yielded many accolades. The Seattle Channel was named the best municipal television station in the nation in 2012 from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA). In 2011, Seattle also won Best of the Web from the Center for Digital Government.
"The Sunny Awards recognize governments that make transparency a priority. The winners of the Sunny Awards are cities, counties and school districts that proactively share the public information that empowers citizens and keeps government accountable to the people," said Michael Barnhart, President of Sunshine Review. "We would like to congratulate Seattle for being a champion for transparency and serving as a leader to every state and local government around the nation."
The Sunny Awards announcement falls during the annual of "Sunshine Week," March 10-16, a period nationally recognized by hundreds of media and civic organizations, that celebrates the efforts of activists and the strides taken towards open government.
Sunshine Review is a nonprofit organization dedicated to state and local government transparency. Sunshine Review collaborates with individuals and organizations throughout America in the cause of an informed citizenry and a transparent government.


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Fiorentina head coach Vincenzo Montella has revealed his desire to be in charge at Serie A rivals Napoli someday.
The former Catania trainer has earned plaudits for pushing AC Milan close for the final Champions League qualification spot in Serie A this season and he has revealed a soft spot for the Partenopei and, in particular, club legend Diego Maradona.
"The first game I went to see was a contest where Maradona scored three goals," he told BeIn Sport. "I have a fondness towards Napoli.
"Maybe one day I will have the good fortune to coach at Napoli. I'm still young and I hope I can still do this job for a long time."
The Viola trainer explained his philosophy as coach and believes he has helped shaped the squad, who look set to finish fourth this season with Milan four points ahead of them and Udinese four points adrift in fifth with two games to go.
"The intention is to always play good football, I try to preach the idea of being proactive," he continued. "During this season - as well as last year - I have had the good fortune to train smart guys. But I also add value to this team."
One point from their final two games is all that Fiorentina need to secure a spot in the Europa League next campaign.


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USC is in the midst of a stretch of games few teams would envy.
So losing 75-67 to No. 18 New Mexico on Wednesday night wasn't the worst of outcomes, Trojans coach Kevin O'Neill said.
"It's a brutal stretch," he said of the seven-game swing that includes games against four ranked teams. "If we can survive it, we'll be fine."
For a while USC (3-5) was thriving, taking a 28-18 lead over the Lobos (9-0).
But then New Mexico got its act together, putting together a 25-6 run over the final 7 minutes of the first half.
"That killed us," O'Neill said. "We didn't guard anybody. We couldn't guard a lunch in a kindergarten class. The game was really won in the last 7 minutes of the first half."
Hugh Greenwood, who led all scorers with 17 points, hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes, including one at the shot-clock buzzer with 5 seconds left in the half, to give New Mexico a 43-34 lead.
Over the final 7 minutes of the first half, New Mexico connected on 8 of 11 shots from the field, including 4 of 6 on 3-pointers.
Eric Wise had 14 points to lead five Trojans in double figures while Dewayne Dedmon added 12 points and nine rebounds. But USC had trouble with New Mexico 7-foot post Alex Kirk, who had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
"I think Kirk is really good," O'Neill said. "That guy is going to be a heck of a player."
USC did turn in one of its better shooting performances, going 27 of 51 from the field, prompting O'Neill to say, "I liked the way we played offense."
The Trojans outscored New Mexico 32-20 in the paint and 17-4 on fast-break opportunities, but the Lobos won the battle of the boards 31-23 and had a 17-7 scoring advantage off the bench.
New Mexico took its biggest lead at 59-42 before the Trojans closed the gap behind a 13-2 run that made it 70-65 with 2:13 left.
"We cut it to five and we had our chances," O'Neill said.
But Kendall Williams followed with a 3-pointer for New Mexico to break the streak.
"You get a 17-point lead at home there are a lot of things to go wrong to be caught," Lobos coach Steve Alford said. "I thought USC did a good job of continuing to play extremely hard."
That rally showed that the Trojans have some promise despite losing their fourth straight, O'Neill said.
"We have 10 new players," he said. "I'm glad with the way we played."


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — After nearly two years, the NCAA has finally announced some of the wrongdoing discovered during the investigation of Miami's athletic compliance practices.
The alleged rule-breakers: Former NCAA employees.
NCAA president Mark Emmert revealed Wednesday that the Miami investigation is on hold after the governing body for college sports in this country discovered ''a very severe issue of improper conduct'' — specifically that the attorney for former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro was used ''to improperly obtain information . . . through a bankruptcy proceeding that did not involve the NCAA.''
The NCAA does not have subpoena power. At least one of the people deposed by attorney Maria Elena Perez as part of Shapiro's bankruptcy case appeared under subpoena, and his testimony would not have been otherwise available to NCAA investigators. The investigators who were involved are no longer with the NCAA, Emmert said.
''How in the world can you get this far without it being recognized that this was an inappropriate way to proceed?'' Emmert asked.
That's the question that the NCAA wants answered, and fast.
Miami has been bracing for the arrival of its notice of allegations — the charges it will have to defend itself against during the sanctioning phase of the NCAA probe.
Those allegations are now on hold until an outside review of the NCAA's procedures, specifically in this case, are completed.
''As we have done since the beginning, we will continue to work with the NCAA and now with their outside investigator hoping for a swift resolution of the investigation and our case,'' Miami president Donna Shalala said.
Emmert said the NCAA was trying to find out why part of the investigation was based on depositions specific to the bankruptcy case against Shapiro, who will have to repay $82.7 million to his victims as part of his sentence. One of those depositions was given Dec. 19, 2011 by former Miami equipment-room staffer Sean Allen — who has been linked to Shapiro and many of the allegations that he made against the university.
During that deposition done as part of Shapiro's bankruptcy proceeding, the phrase ''University of Miami'' was uttered at least 58 times either in questions or answers. Miami was not part of the Ponzi scheme that led to Shapiro's legal downfall.
And the timing of this also is curious. Several people who were to be named in the NCAA's notice of allegations against Miami have been told that the document was in the final stages of preparation — and one person who spoke with AP said at least one person who was to have faced a charge of wrongdoing was told the letter was scheduled for delivery to Miami on Tuesday.
Now it's anyone's guess when that will happen.
''We cannot have the NCAA bringing forward an allegation that's predicted on information that was collected by processes none of us could stand for,'' Emmert said. ''We're going to move it as fast as possible, but we have to get this right.''
Emmert spoke angrily at times during a half-hour conference call to discuss the findings, in which he revealed that he briefed the NCAA's executive committee and the Division 1 board presidents with some information about the Miami matter. He said he developed a better understanding of what went on in the days that followed, which led to the hiring of Kenneth L. Wainstein of the firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP to conduct the external review of what happened.
Wainstein, Emmert said, will begin his probe on Thursday, with hopes that he can finish within two weeks.
''We want to make sure that any evidence that's brought forward is appropriately collected and it has the integrity that we expect and demand,'' Emmert said.
The Hurricanes' athletic compliance practices have been probed by the NCAA for nearly two years. Allegations of wrongdoing involving Miami's football and men's basketball programs became widely known in August 2011 when Yahoo Sports published accusations brought by Shapiro, who is serving a 20-year term in federal prison for masterminding a $930 million Ponzi scheme.
Miami has self-imposed two postseason bans in response to the investigation. The Hurricanes also would have played in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game this past season, meaning they could have qualified for the Orange Bowl.